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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT Pursuant

 

to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

 

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) : June 14, 2022

 

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   001-38228   83-2809420
(State of Incorporation)   (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1300 W. 120th Avenue, Westminster, Colorado   80234
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

303-684-2207

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

N/A

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

 

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

 

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, at $0.0001 par value

Preferred Stock Purchase Right

MAXR

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New York Stock Exchange, Toronto Stock Exchange

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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:

 

¨ 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))

 

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

 

Emerging growth company ¨

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

Senior Secured Notes

 

On June 14, 2022, Maxar Technologies Inc. (the “Company”) completed the closing of the sale of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), pursuant to an indenture, dated June 14, 2022 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, which governs the terms of the Notes. A copy of the Indenture, which includes the form of the Notes, is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

A brief description of the terms of the Notes and the Indenture follows:

 

Interest. The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 7.750% per year, payable semi-annually in arrears in cash on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on December 15, 2022. Interest payments will be made to the holders of record of the Notes on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1. The Notes were issued at a price of 100.0% of their face value.

 

Maturity. The Notes will mature on June 15, 2027, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased.

 

Guarantees. The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior secured basis (the “Guarantees”) by each of the subsidiaries (the “Guarantors”) that guarantees the Company’s indebtedness under its Syndicated Credit Facility (as discussed below) and its 7.54% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “Existing Notes”).

 

Collateral. The Notes will be secured on a first-priority basis by liens on the Company’s and the Guarantors’ assets (the “Collateral”), that also secure, equally and ratably, our indebtedness under the Syndicated Credit Facility and the Existing Notes, pursuant to the terms of a first lien intercreditor agreement.

 

Ranking. The Notes and Guarantees will be the Company’s and the Guarantors’ senior secured obligations. The Notes and the Guarantees will rank senior in right of payment to any of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ future subordinated indebtedness, will rank equally in right of payment with all of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future senior indebtedness (including the Syndicated Credit Facility and the Existing Notes), rank equally to all of Company’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future senior secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the collateral securing such indebtedness (including the Syndicated Credit Facility and the Existing Notes), be effectively senior to all of Company’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future unsecured indebtedness and all of Company’s and the Guarantors’ existing and future indebtedness secured on a junior basis to the extent of the value of the collateral securing the Notes and the related Guarantees, and will be structurally subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of each of the Company’s existing and future subsidiaries that does not guarantee the Notes.

 

Optional Redemption and Repurchase. The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at the Company’s option on or after June 15, 2024 at specified redemption prices, together with accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption. The Company may also redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at its option at any time prior to June 15, 2024 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes plus a “make-whole” premium, together with accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption. In addition, the Company may redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at any time before June 15, 2024 with the net cash proceeds from certain equity offerings at a specified redemption price, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption. If the Company experiences specific kinds of changes of control, it may be required to offer to purchase the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the date of the repurchase.

 

Covenants. The Indenture contains covenants limiting the Company’s and its restricted subsidiaries’ ability to, among other things incur, assume or guarantee additional debt; issue redeemable stock and preferred stock; pay dividends, make distributions or redeem or repurchase capital stock; prepay, redeem or repurchase debt that is junior in right of payment to the Notes; make loans and investments; grant or incur liens; pay dividends, make loans or asset transfers from restricted subsidiaries; sell or otherwise dispose of assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries; enter into transactions with affiliates; and consolidate or merge with, or sell substantially all of their assets to, another person.

 

Limitation on Indebtedness. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its restricted subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly incur any indebtedness, provided however that it may incur indebtedness: (i) with respect to any pari passu lien debt, if the First Lien Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Indenture) for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered (calculated on a pro forma basis) preceding the date on which such indebtedness is incurred (without netting any cash received from the incurrence of such indebtedness proposed to be incurred) would be no greater than 3.75 to 1.00, (ii) with respect to any Junior Lien Debt (as defined in the Indenture), if the Secured Net Debt Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Indenture) for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered (calculated on a pro forma basis) preceding the date on which such indebtedness is incurred (without netting any cash received from the incurrence of such indebtedness proposed to be incurred) would be no greater than 4.1 to 1.00, or (iii) with respect to indebtedness that is not secured, if the Consolidated Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Indenture) for the Company, calculated as of the date on which such additional indebtedness is incurred, would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00.

 

 

 

 

Events of Default. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, each of the following, among other events, constitutes an event of default under the Indenture (after the expiration of the applicable grace periods specified therein): (1) failure to pay interest or premium, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes when due; (2) failure to comply with the covenants in the Indenture; (3) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument securing or evidencing indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount in excess of $100.0 million with respect to a default in the payment of principal, interest or premium when due or where such default results in the acceleration of such indebtedness; (4) failure of the Company or any of its significant subsidiaries to satisfy certain final judgments when due; (5) certain bankruptcy events with respect to the Company or a significant subsidiary; (6) a Guarantee by a significant subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect in any material respect or a Guarantor that is a significant subsidiary denies or disaffirms its obligations under the Indenture or its Guarantee; and (7) a security interest with respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $100.0 million, individually or in the aggregate, in certain circumstances ceasing to be in full force and effect or the assertion by the Company that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable. Upon the occurrence of an event of default under the Indenture, the principal and accrued interest under the Notes then outstanding may be declared due and payable, subject to certain limitations.

 

The offer and sale of the Notes was made solely in a private placement to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons outside the U.S. in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, are subject to restrictions on transfer and may only be offered or sold in transactions exempt from, or not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Neither the press release nor this Current Report on Form 8-K constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities.

 

The foregoing description of the Indenture does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Indenture, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1.

 

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

 

On June 14, 2022, the Company completed the closing of its amended and restated credit agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”). A copy of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement consists of a revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility”) in a maximum outstanding principal amount of $500 million, and a term loan in an aggregate principal amount of $1,500 million (the “Term Loan B”, and together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the “Syndicated Credit Facility”).

 

A brief description of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement follows

 

Refinancing.        On the closing date, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was used to (x) refinance or repay all outstanding term loans and replace revolving commitments under the Company’s existing credit agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) and (y) amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement, to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity date of the revolving credit facility to June 15, 2027; provided that if the Notes are not repaid in full by the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of the Notes (the “Springing Maturity Date”), the maturity date for the Revolving Credit Facility will be the Springing Maturity Date, (ii) extend the maturity date of the term loan to June 15, 2029; provided that if the Notes are not repaid in full by the Springing Maturity Date, the maturity date for the Term Loan B will be the maturity date of the Notes, (iii) increase the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio financial maintenance covenant to (1) 5.50:1.00 for each fiscal quarter ending on or prior to December 31, 2022, (2) 5.00:1.00 for each fiscal quarter ending on and after March 31, 2023 through and including December 31, 2023 and (3) 4.50:1.00 for each fiscal quarter ending on or after March 31, 2024, (iv) increase the Interest Coverage Ratio maintenance covenant to 2.50:1.00 as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, (v) increase the total amount of term loans outstanding to $1,500 million and (vi) permit the issuance of the Notes, the redemption of the 2023 Notes, as discussed below under Item 7.01 “Regulation FD Disclosure” , and other related transactions.

 

Collateral.        The Syndicated Credit Facility is guaranteed by the Company and certain of its restricted subsidiaries. The Syndicated Credit Facility, subject to customary exceptions, is secured on a first-lien basis on substantially all of the Company’s and such restricted subsidiaries’ tangible and intangible assets, and is secured equally and ratably with the Notes and the Company’s Existing 2027 Notes.

 

Mandatory Prepayments.        The Company is required to make mandatory prepayments of the outstanding principal and accrued interest of the Term Loan B upon the occurrence of certain events, including to the extent of a specified percentage of annual excess cash flow that is not reinvested or used for other specified purposes.

 

Covenants.        The Syndicated Credit Facility is subject to customary affirmative covenants, default provisions, representations and warranties and other terms and conditions. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains customary negative covenants including, but not limited to, restrictions on the Company’s ability and that of its guarantors to merge and consolidate with other companies, incur indebtedness, grant liens or security interests on assets, pay dividends or make other restricted payments, sell or otherwise transfer assets or enter into transactions with affiliates.

 

 

 

 

Events of Default.        The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement provides that, upon the occurrence of certain events of default, the Company’s obligations thereunder may be accelerated. Such events of default include payment defaults to the lenders, material inaccuracies of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to other material indebtedness, voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy proceedings, material money judgments, certain change of control events and other customary events of default.

 

Interest, Amortization, Maturity.        Borrowings under Term Loan B will bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, either Adjusted Term SOFR plus an applicable margin ranging from 4.00% to 4.25% or ABR plus an applicable margin ranging from 3.00% to 3.25%, in each case depending on the total Net Leverage Ratio. The Company must make equal quarterly installment payments in aggregate annual amounts equal to 1% of the original principal amount of Term Loan B, with the final balance payable at maturity on June 14, 2029; provided that if the Notes are not repaid in full by the Springing Maturity Date, the maturity date for the Term Loan B will be the maturity date of the Notes. Borrowings under Term Loan B may be repaid by the Company, in whole or in part, together with accrued interest, without premium or penalty. The Term Loan B was issued with original issue discount of 4.50%.

 

Borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility will bear interest at a rate equal to, at the Company’s option, if such borrowings are made (w) in Canadian dollars, either the Canadian Prime Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.75% to 2.50% or the CDOR Rate plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.75% to 3.50%, (x) in Euros, Euribor plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.75% to 3.50%, (y) in British Pounds Sterling, SONIA plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.75% to 3.50% and (z) in US dollars, either Adjusted Term SOFR plus an applicable margin ranging from 2.75% to 3.50% or ABR plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.75% to 2.50%, in each case depending on the total Net Leverage Ratio. The Revolving Credit Facility is payable at maturity on June 14, 2027; provided that if the Notes are not repaid in full by the Springing Maturity Date, the maturity date for the Revolving Credit Facility will be the Springing Maturity Date. The Revolving Credit Facility may be repaid by the Company, in whole or in part, together with accrued interest, without premium or penalty.

 

The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1.

 

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

 

The information set forth under Item 1.01 “Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement” is incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

 

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

 

On June 14, 2022, the Company completed the redemption of $500 million aggregate principal amount of its 9.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”). The 2023 Notes were redeemed at a price of 107.313% of the principal amount thereof.

 

On June 14, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the issuance and sale of the Notes, the entry into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the consummation of the redemption. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

The information Contained in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that section and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing by the Company under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language contained in such filing, unless otherwise expressly stated in such filing.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.   Description
4.1   Indenture, dated as of June 14, 2022, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and notes collateral agent.
10.1   Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 14, 2022, among the Company, Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto
99.1   Press Release of Maxar Technologies Inc., dated June 14, 2022.
104.1   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

 

 

 

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.

 

Date: June 14, 2022 Maxar Technologies Inc.
   
  By: /s/ James C. Lee
    Name: James C. Lee
    Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.,
as Issuer

 

and

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent

 

 

 

Indenture

 

Dated as of June 14, 2022

 

 

 

7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article 1
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference
Section 1.01.   Definitions 1
Section 1.02.   Rules of Construction 51
Section 1.03.   Certain Compliance Calculations 52
Article 2
The Notes
Section 2.01.   Form, Dating and Denominations; Legends 53
Section 2.02.   Execution and Authentication; Additional Notes 54
Section 2.03.   Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent; Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust 55
Section 2.04.   Replacement Notes 56
Section 2.05.   Outstanding Notes 56
Section 2.06.   Temporary Notes 57
Section 2.07.   Cancellation 57
Section 2.08.   CUSIP and ISIN Numbers 57
Section 2.09.   Registration, Transfer and Exchange 57
Section 2.10.   Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange 60
Section 2.11.   Offshore Global Notes 62
Article 3
Redemption; Offer to Purchase
Section 3.01.   Optional Redemption 62
Section 3.02.   Mandatory Redemption 63
Section 3.03.   Method and Effect of Redemption 63
Section 3.04.   Offer to Purchase 65
Article 4
Covenants
Section 4.01.   Payment of Notes 68
Section 4.02.   Maintenance of Office or Agency 68
Section 4.03.   Reports and Other Information 68
Section 4.04.   Compliance Certificate 70
Section 4.05.   Taxes 70
Section 4.06.   Stay, Extension and Usury Laws 70
Section 4.07.   Limitation on Restricted Payments 70
Section 4.08.   Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries 77
Section 4.09.   Limitation on Indebtedness 79

 

 

 

 

Section 4.10.   Limitation on Asset Sales 86
Section 4.11.   Limitation on Affiliate Transactions 90
Section 4.12.   Limitation on Liens 93
Section 4.13.   Existence 93
Section 4.14.   Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control 94
Section 4.15.   Future Subsidiary Guarantors 95
Section 4.16.   Maintenance of Insurance 96
Section 4.17.   Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries 96
Section 4.18.   Suspension of Certain Covenants 97
Section 4.19.   Post-Closing Deliveries 99
Article 5
Merger and Consolidation
Section 5.01.   Merger and Consolidation 99
Section 5.02.   Successor Entity Substituted 101
Article 6
Defaults and Remedies
Section 6.01.   Events of Default 102
Section 6.02.   Acceleration 103
Section 6.03.   Other Remedies 105
Section 6.04.   Waiver of Past Defaults 105
Section 6.05.   Control by Majority 105
Section 6.06.   Limitation on Suits 105
Section 6.07.   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment 106
Section 6.08.   Collection Suit by Trustee 106
Section 6.09.   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim 106
Section 6.10.   Priorities 106
Section 6.11.   Restoration of Rights and Remedies 107
Section 6.12.   Undertaking for Costs 107
Section 6.13.   Rights and Remedies Cumulative 107
Section 6.14.   Delay or Omission Not Waiver 107
Article 7
The Trustee
Section 7.01.   General 107
Section 7.02.   Certain Rights of Trustee 108
Section 7.03.   Individual Rights of Trustee 110
Section 7.04.   Trustee’s Disclaimer 110
Section 7.05.   Notice of Default 110
Section 7.06.   [Reserved] 110
Section 7.07.   Compensation and Indemnity 110

 

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Section 7.08.   Replacement of Trustee 111
Section 7.09.   Successor Trustee by Merger 112
Section 7.10.   Eligibility 112
Section 7.11.   Money Held in Trust 112
Section 7.12.   Security Documents; Intercreditor Agreements 112
Article 8
Legal Defeasance and Covenant Discharge
Section 8.01.   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance 112
Section 8.02.   Legal Defeasance and Discharge 112
Section 8.03.   Covenant Defeasance 113
Section 8.04.   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance 113
Section 8.05.   Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions 114
Section 8.06.   Repayment to the Company 115
Section 8.07.   Reinstatement 115
Article 9
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver
Section 9.01.   Amendments Without Consent of Holders 115
Section 9.02.   Amendments with Consent of Holders 117
Section 9.03.   Revocation and Effect of Consents 119
Section 9.04.   Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent to Sign Amendments, etc. 119
Article 10
Subsidiary Guarantees
Section 10.01.   Subsidiary Guarantee 120
Section 10.02.   Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability 121
Section 10.03.   Execution and Delivery 122
Section 10.04.   Subrogation 122
Section 10.05.   Benefits Acknowledged 123
Section 10.06.   Release of Subsidiary Guarantees 123
Article 11
Collateral and Security
Section 11.01.   Security Documents 124
Section 11.02.   Notes Collateral Agent 124
Section 11.03.   Release of Collateral 125
Section 11.04.   [Reserved] 125
Section 11.05.   Authorization of Actions to be Taken by the Notes Collateral Agent 125
Section 11.06.   Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent Under the Security Documents 126

 

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Article 12
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 12.01.   Satisfaction and Discharge 126
Section 12.02.   Application of Trust Money 127
Article 13
Miscellaneous
Section 13.01.   Holder Actions 127
Section 13.02.   Notices 128
Section 13.03.   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent 129
Section 13.04.   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion 129
Section 13.05.   Payment Date Other Than a Business Day 130
Section 13.06.   Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial 130
Section 13.07.   No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements 130
Section 13.08.   Successors 131
Section 13.09.   Counterparts 131
Section 13.10.   Separability 131
Section 13.11.   Table of Contents and Headings 131
Section 13.12.   No Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members and Stockholders 131
Section 13.13.   Force Majeure 132

 

EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT A Form of Note
EXHIBIT B Form of Supplemental Indenture
EXHIBIT C Restricted Legend
EXHIBIT D DTC Legend
EXHIBIT E Regulation S Legend
EXHIBIT F Regulation S Certificate
EXHIBIT G Rule 144A Certificate
EXHIBIT H Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate
EXHIBIT I OID Legend
EXHIBIT J Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement

 

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Post-Closing Deliveries

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of June 14, 2022, among Maxar Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), as issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors party hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Notes Collateral Agent”).

 

The provisions of the Trust Indenture Act will not apply to this Indenture.

 

RECITALS

 

The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of up to $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, and, if and when issued, any Additional Notes as provided herein (the “Notes”). All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and the Company has done all things necessary to make the Notes (in the case of the Additional Notes, when duly authorized), when executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company as hereinafter provided.

 

THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH

 

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the parties hereto covenant and agree, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:

 

Article 1
Definitions and Incorporation by Reference

 

Section 1.01.      Definitions.

 

2023 Notes” means the Company’s $1,000,000,000 9.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2023 issued on December 2, 2019.

 

2027 Notes” means the Company’s $150,000,000 7.54% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 issued on June 25, 2020.

 

2027 Notes Indenture” means the indenture dated as of June 25, 2020 pursuant to which the 2027 Notes were issued, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

2027 Notes Secured Parties” means the 2027 Notes Trustee and the notes collateral agent under the 2027 Notes Indenture.

 

2027 Notes Trustee” means the trustee under the 2027 Notes Indenture.

 

Acceptable Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(b).

 

 

 

 

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, (a) Indebtedness of any Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets or property from such Person, in each case whether or not Incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or acquisition, and (b) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset or property acquired by such specified Person. The term “Acquired Indebtedness” does not include Indebtedness of a Person that is redeemed, defeased, retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon consummation of the transactions by which such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or such assets or property are acquired, which Indebtedness of such Person will not be deemed to be Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

act” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.01(b).

 

Additional Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Excluded Assets”.

 

Additional Collateral Release Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Excluded Assets”.

 

Additional Notes” means any notes issued under this Indenture (other than the Initial Notes) having the same terms in all respects as the Initial Notes (or in all respects except with respect to interest paid or payable on or prior to the first Interest Payment Date after the issuance of such Additional 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 the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”) when used with respect to any Person means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.11(a).

 

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent.

 

Agent Members” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(b)(3).

 

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Agreed Security Principles” means the below principles, which qualify and limit any guarantee, security and perfection requirements under this Indenture, the Notes, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements:

 

(1) the Collateral shall exclude the Excluded Assets; and

 

(2) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required to take any Excluded Perfection Action.

 

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a Note on any date of redemption, the greater of:

 

(1)1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

 

(2)the excess, if any, of (a) the present value as of such date of redemption of (i) the redemption price of such Note on June 15, 2024, (each such redemption price set forth in Section 3.01) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through June 15, 2024 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such date of redemption plus 50 basis points, over (b) the then-outstanding principal of such Note, as such amount is calculated by the Company.

 

Approved Commercial Bank” means a commercial bank with a consolidated combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000,000.

 

Asset Sale” means, (a) the sale, lease (other than an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business), conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions that are part of a common plan) of assets or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (b) the issuance or sale of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law), in each case by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”).

 

Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales:

 

(1)an issuance or other disposition of Capital Stock, property or other assets by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2)the disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents and securities not otherwise contrary to this Indenture;

 

(3)a disposition of obsolete, surplus, damaged or worn out property, equipment or other assets, or of property, equipment or other assets that are no longer useful or economically practicable to maintain in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(4)a disposition pursuant to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction;

 

(5)the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 5.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

 

(6)any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 or any Permitted Investment;

 

(7)any disposition of assets or property, or issuance or sale of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in a single transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than or equal to $25.0 million per fiscal year;

 

(8)the creation or incurrence of a Permitted Lien and dispositions in connection therewith;

 

(9)dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;

 

(10)the issuance and sale by a Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock that is permitted by Section 4.09;

 

(11)the lease, assignment, license, sublicense or sublease of any real or personal property (including, without limitation, of intellectual property or other general intangibles) in the ordinary course of business;

 

(12)a disposition of Receivables under and in accordance with an Asset Securitization; provided that the aggregate amount of such Receivables subject to such Asset Securitization shall not at any time exceed $400.0 million and such disposition shall be structured as a “true sale”;

 

(13)a surrender or waiver of obligations of trade creditors or customers or contract rights (including, without limitation, pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer) or a compromise, settlement, release or surrender of any contract, tort or other claim in the ordinary course of business;

 

(14)dispositions arising from any foreclosures, condemnations, eminent domain, seizure, nationalization or any similar actions on assets or property;

 

(15)a disposition in the ordinary course of business;

 

(16)dispositions of non-strategic assets purchased as part of a Permitted Investment; provided that the Fair Market Value of all such non-strategic assets which are disposed of by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor (excluding any non-strategic assets which such Person is required to dispose of by any government or other body with jurisdiction over such Person) does not exceed 25% of the total Fair Market Value of the assets purchased pursuant to such Permitted Investment (measured at the time of such Permitted Investment);

 

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(17)dispositions of Investments in joint ventures, to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(18)the unwinding of any Hedging Agreement;

 

(19)without limiting the foregoing, the assignment, license, cross-license or sublicense of intellectual property related to any satellite and/or related ground infrastructure and equipment;

 

(20)dispositions of any satellite (or any portion thereof or any rights to acquire any satellite) for Fair Market Value: (i) to any Person for whom such satellite was procured that is not an Affiliate of the Company or (ii) where the definitive agreement for such disposition is entered into prior to such satellite entering into commercial service;

 

(21)the settlement or early termination of any Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and the settlement or early termination of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction; and

 

(22)dispositions consummated pursuant to a Permitted Tax Restructuring.

 

Asset Sale Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(d).

 

Asset Securitization” means an Asset Sale by or on behalf of a Person at the election of such Person involving receivables and/or other assets in the course of an asset securitization transaction and regardless of the form of asset securitization, and for the purposes of this Indenture shall include any disposition of accounts receivable.

 

Attributable Debt” means, in respect of any lease entered into by a Person or a Subsidiary thereof as lessee in connection with a sale-lease back transaction, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP) of the lease payments of the lessee, including all rent and payments to be made by the lessee in connection with the return of the leased property, during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended) but excluding for certainty, amounts required to be paid on account of insurance, taxes, assessments, utility, operating and labor costs and similar charges; provided that if such lease constitutes a Capitalized Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capitalized Lease Obligations.”

 

Authenticating Agent” refers to a Person engaged to authenticate the Notes in the stead of the Trustee, which Person shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

Authentication Order” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02(c).

 

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Authorized Representative” means, at any time, (i) in the case of any Pari Passu Lien Credit Facility Obligations or the Senior Credit Facility, the Bank Collateral Agent, (ii) in the case of the Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations or the Notes Secured Parties, the Trustee, (iii) in the case of the 2023 Senior Secured Notes Secured Obligations, the 2023 Senior Secured Notes Trustee (each as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), (iv) in the case of the 2027 Senior Secured Notes Secured Obligations, the 2027 Senior Secured Notes Trustee (each as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement), and (v) in the case of any other Series of Pari Passu Lien Debt or Pari Passu Lien Secured Parties that become subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement after December 11, 2019, the trustee, administrative agent or similar representative for the holders of such series named in the applicable joinder agreement to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Available Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.07(a)(C).

 

Average Life” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the products of the numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by (2) the sum of all such payments.

 

Bank Administrative Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Senior Credit Facilities.”

 

Bank Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Senior Credit Facilities.”

 

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

 

Bankruptcy Law” means (i) for purposes of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar statute (including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors), regulation or provision of any jurisdiction in which the Subsidiary Guarantors are organized or conducting business and (ii) for purposes of the Trustee, any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar statute, regulation or provision of any jurisdiction in which the Trustee is organized.

 

Board of Directors” means as to any Person, the board of directors, board of managers, sole member or managing member or other governing body of such Person, or if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity or has a general partner, the board of directors, board of managers, sole member or managing member or other governing body of such entity or general partner, or in each case, any duly authorized committee thereof, and the term “directors” means members of the Board of Directors.

 

Business Day” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or the place of payment are authorized or required by law to close. If a payment date at a place of payment is not on a Business Day, payment shall be made at that place on the next succeeding Business Day, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.

 

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Capital Lease” means a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real and/or personal property, which lease is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of the lessee under GAAP.

 

Capital Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, participations (including rights to receive a share of profits or losses), equity appreciation rights or other equivalents (however designated) of or in equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock or any limited liability company, membership or partnership interests (whether general or limited), together with any and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase or acquire any of the foregoing, but excluding any debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for any of the foregoing.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a Capital Lease and, for purposes of this Indenture, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof (that is, the amount in effect corresponding to the principal of such obligations), determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(1)any readily-marketable securities or other investment property (i) issued by or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the Canadian or United States federal governments or (ii) issued by any agency of the Canadian or United States federal governments the obligations of which are fully backed by the full faith and credit of the Canadian or United States federal governments, as the case may be;

 

(2)any readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the Canadian or United States federal government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, or any province or territory of Canada or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least “P-1” from Moody’s;

 

(3)any commercial paper rated at least “A-2” by S&P or “P-2” by Moody’s and issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America or Canada;

 

(4)any U.S. dollar or Canadian dollar denominated time deposit, demand deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit, or bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by (i) any lender or (ii) any commercial bank that is (A) organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, Canada or any province of Canada, (B) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulators) and (C) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $500 million or the equivalent amount in Canadian dollars;

 

(5)shares of any United States or Canadian money market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clauses (1), (2), (3) or (4) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net assets in excess of $500 million or the equivalent amount in Canadian dollars and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in Canada or the United States of America, as the case may be; and

 

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(6)investments otherwise consistent with the Company’s “Short Term Investment Policy” previously provided to the Trustee as in effect on the Issue Date;

 

provided, however, that the maturities of all obligations specified in any of clauses (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) above shall not exceed 12 months.

 

Cash Management Services” means any of the following to the extent not constituting a line of credit (other than an overnight draft facility that is not in default): automated clearing house transactions, treasury and/ or cash management services, including, without limitation, cash aggregation, mirror or concentrator accounts, zero-balance accounts, treasury, depository, overdraft, credit, purchasing or debit card, non-card e-payables services, electronic funds transfer, treasury management services (including controlled disbursement services, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items and interstate depository network services), other demand deposit or operating account relationships, foreign exchange facilities and merchant services.

 

cash transaction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03(a).

 

Certificated Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit A, including appropriate legends as set forth in Section 2.01(b), but that does not bear the DTC Legend and does not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Notes” attached thereto.

 

CFC” means a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

Change of Control” means:

 

(1)the Company becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) of the acquisition by any “person” or “group” of related persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) of the beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that such person or group shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all shares that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company; or

 

(2)the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition (other than by way of merger, amalgamation or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act); or

 

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(3)the adoption by the stockholders of the Company of a plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

Change of Control Offer” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.14(b).

 

Change of Control Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.14(b)(1).

 

Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.14(b)(2).

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Collateral” means, collectively, all of the present and future assets and properties of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantors subject (or to be subject) to Liens created by the Security Documents.

 

Common Stock” means with respect to any Person, any and all shares of, interest or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or nonvoting) of such Person’s common stock whether or not outstanding on the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.

 

Company” means Maxar Technologies Inc. or any successor obligor under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to Article 5.

 

Consolidated Coverage Ratio” means as of any date of determination, with respect to any Person, the ratio of (x) the aggregate amount of the Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements prepared on a consolidated basis are available, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, to (y) Consolidated Interest Expense paid in cash of such Person for such period, calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

Consolidated Debt” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP but specifically excluding (x) any Indebtedness which is not included in clause (a), (b), (c) (solely to the extent drawn and not reimbursed or cash collateralized), (e) or (f) of the definition thereof and any guarantees of the foregoing types of Indebtedness and (y) any Convertible Indebtedness solely to the extent (1) any and all payments of principal due under the definitive documentation for such Convertible Indebtedness are required to be satisfied by the delivery of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) (whether such Equity Interests are received by the holders of such debentures or notes as payment or are sold by a trustee or representative under such indenture or agreement to provide cash for payment to holders of such debentures or notes) and such amounts are not payable by the issuer thereof in cash and (2) such Convertible Indebtedness and any and all payments thereon are expressly subordinated to the Obligations with respect to the Notes; provided that, for the purpose of calculating Consolidated Debt, Non-Recourse Debt shall be the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of all property of the Company or any Subsidiary subject to a Lien securing such Non-Recourse Debt (as demonstrated to the Notes Collateral Agent’s reasonable satisfaction), and (ii) the amount of the obligations comprising such Non-Recourse Debt.

 

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Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period:

 

(1)increased (without duplication) by the following items to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:

 

(i)income tax expense;

 

(ii)Consolidated Interest Expense;

 

(iii)depreciation, amortization and all other non-cash charges, losses or expenses;

 

(iv)[reserved];

 

(v)all reserves, provisions or fair value losses established in such period to the extent that such reserves, provisions or fair value losses do not relate to:

 

  (A)      a payment made, or which becomes payable, during such period; or

 

  (B)      a payment which is payable within 365 days from the end of such period;

 

(vi)Restructuring Charges and related charges (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include facility closure, facility consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs and excess pension charges);

 

(vii)any fees and expenses related to the Transactions or fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment or other modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction;

 

(viii)all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness;

 

(ix)the amount of any loss attributed to non-controlling interests;

 

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(x)charges, losses, or expenses incurred to the extent covered by indemnification or refunding provisions in any document, including those pertaining to any acquisition consummated prior to the Issue Date, or any insurance, in each case, to the extent so reimbursed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(xi)any fees, expenses or charges attributable to the implementation of any Run Rate Adjustment (as defined below), plus

 

(2)pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to acquisitions, dispositions and other specified transactions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives and/or actions that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Company in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of an Officer of the Company) within 18 months after such acquisition, disposition or other specified transaction, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other initiative and/or action (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of the period for which Consolidated EBITDA is being determined and if such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such action (it is understood and agreed that “run rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken within the time frame described above) (any of the foregoing, a “Run Rate Adjustment”); plus

 

(3)proceeds of business interruption insurance received during such period (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in such period; plus

 

(4)lost income that would have been generated by any failed satellite received during such period in an amount not to exceed the insurance proceeds received from such failed satellite; less

 

(5)the following to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income (without duplication):

 

(i)income tax benefits;

 

(ii)non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period) including non-cash gains as a result of last-in first-out and/or first-in first-out methods of accounting; and

 

(iii)the amount of any gains attributed to non-controlling interests;

 

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provided that (i) the aggregate amount of Run Rate Adjustments added back pursuant to clause (2) above shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA (determined before giving effect to all such adjustments) for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters and (ii) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period (x) currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including the net loss or gain (i) resulting from swap contracts for currency exchange risk and (ii) resulting from intercompany indebtedness and other intercompany investments) and (y) all other foreign currency translation gains or losses.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the fiscal quarter (i) ended June 30, 2021 shall be deemed to be $149 million, (ii) ended September 30, 2021 shall be deemed to be $133 million, (iii) ended December 31, 2021 shall be deemed to be $126 million and (iv) ended March 31, 2022 shall be deemed to be $102 million and (b) where applicable, Consolidated EBITDA (including the amounts set forth in the preceding clause (a)) shall be further adjusted on a pro forma basis in accordance with the definition of “Pro Forma Basis” with respect to any transaction(s) other than the Transactions.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, without duplication, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for any period and as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, whether or not capitalized, the sum of:

 

(a)       interest incurred during such period on Indebtedness;

 

(b)       the aggregate cost of obtaining short-term and long-term advances of credit, reported as interest expense on the consolidated income statement of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, including accrued and unpaid interest charges, standby fees, and discounts and fees payable in respect of bankers acceptances and letters of credit, but for greater certainty excluding arrangement and underwriting fees;

 

(c)       payments made or required to be made during such period on account of the interest component (or portion thereof reasonably attributable to interest or other compensation for the extension of credit) of any payment under a Capitalized Lease Obligations;

 

(d)       interest on uncertain tax positions;

 

(e)       imputed interest;

 

(f)       accretion interest on long term obligations;

 

(g)       forward points on hedging instruments;

 

(h)       net payments, if any, made pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness;

 

(i)       any discount on the securitization of Receivables, whether or not treated as interest expense under GAAP; and

 

(j)       any lease, rental or other expense in connection with Attributable Debt;

 

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less:

 

(k)       any interest on Subordinated Obligations that is paid or satisfied by the issue of Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the proceeds of further Subordinated Obligations; and

 

(l)       net payments, if any, received pursuant to interest rate Hedge Agreement with respect to Indebtedness.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) for purposes of calculating the denominator of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Expense shall be limited to total interest expense on Indebtedness payable in cash (including the interest component under Capitalized Lease Obligations payable in cash), but excluding to the extent included in interest expense, (A) fees and expenses associated with the consummation of the Transactions, (B) annual agency fees paid to the administrative agent under the Senior Credit Facilities, (C) costs associated with obtaining Hedging Agreements and any interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Agreements or other derivative instruments, and any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedging Agreements for interest rates, (D) fees and expenses associated with any issuance of Equity Interests, Investments or Indebtedness incurrence and (E) any interest component relating to accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities and (ii) where applicable, such calculation shall be on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for the fiscal quarter (i) ended June 30, 2021 shall be deemed to be $46 million, (ii) ended September 30, 2021 shall be deemed to be $15 million, (iii) ended December 31, 2021 shall be deemed to be $45 million and (iv) ended March 31, 2022 shall be deemed to be $15 million and (b) where applicable, Consolidated Interest Expense (including the amounts set forth in the preceding clause (a)) shall be further adjusted on a Pro Forma Basis with respect to any transaction(s) other than the Transactions.

 

Consolidated Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Debt less any unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than any nonconsensual Lien that is permitted under the Credit Facility Documents, Liens of the Bank Collateral Agent and Liens that are subordinated to or pari passu with the Liens of the Bank Collateral Agent pursuant to an Intercreditor Agreement) in an amount not to exceed $150,000,000 as of such date.

 

Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Net Debt on such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or prior to such date.

 

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, calculated on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that the following shall be excluded (without duplication):

 

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(a)all extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items;

 

(b)the after-tax effect of gains or losses attributable to asset sales made out of the ordinary course of business or gains or loses realized upon the disposal, abandonment or discontinuation of the operations of any of such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(c)the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;

 

(d)any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents actually distributed (or, so long as such Person is not (x) a joint venture with outstanding third party indebtedness for borrowed money or (y) an Unrestricted Subsidiary, that (as reasonably determined by a responsible officer of the Company) could have been distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) as a dividend or other distribution or return on investment, subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution or return on investment to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (e) below;

 

(e)solely for the purpose of determining the Available Amount, any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor by operation of the terms of such Restricted Subsidiary’s charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its shareholders (other than (a) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released and (b) restrictions pursuant to the documents necessary to implement the financings under the Senior Credit Facilities (such documents, the “Credit Facility Documents”)), except that the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents actually distributed or that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained above in this clause (e));

 

(f)the after-tax effect of any net gain (or loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations and any net gain (or loss) on disposal of disposed, discontinued or abandoned operations;

 

(g)any net gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset or disposed operations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by a responsible officer or the board of directors of the Company);

 

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(h)any (i) non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions and (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts;

 

(i)all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness and any net gain (loss) from any write-off or forgiveness of Indebtedness;

 

(j)any unrealized gains or losses in respect of any obligations under any Hedge Agreement or any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings related to hedge transactions or the fair value of changes therein recognized in earnings for derivatives that do not qualify as hedge transactions, in each case, in respect of any obligations under any Hedge Agreement;

 

(k)any unrealized foreign currency translation gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness of any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person and any unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses relating to translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies;

 

(l)any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(m)any purchase accounting effects including, but not limited to, adjustments to inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue in component amounts required or permitted by GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Restricted Subsidiaries), as a result of any consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof (including any write-off of in process research and development);

 

(n)any impairment charge, write-down or write-off, including impairment charges, write-downs or write-offs relating to goodwill, intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation;

 

(o)any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or cancellation of Indebtedness or any obligations under any Hedging Agreement or other derivative instruments, and

 

(p)any net unrealized gains and losses resulting from Hedging Agreement or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 and related pronouncements.

 

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Convertible Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of Company (which may be Guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors) permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture that is either (a) convertible or exchangeable into common stock of the Company (and cash in lieu of fractional shares) and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock) or (b) sold as units with call options, warrants or rights to purchase (or substantially equivalent derivative transactions) that are exercisable for common stock of the Company and/or cash (in an amount determined by reference to the price of such common stock).

 

Corporate Trust Office” means, with respect to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, the office of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent at which at any time its corporate trust business relating to this Indenture shall be administered, which such office on the date hereof shall be the address of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent specified in Section 13.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, may give notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principle corporate trust office of any successor trustee or collateral agent (or such address as such successor trustee or collateral agent may designate by notice to the Holders and the Company).

 

Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.03.

 

Credit Facility Documents” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income”.

 

Debenture” means any mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt or similar document made by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent granting a first-priority (subject only to Permitted Liens) mortgage and charge over all real property interests of such entity and, where such entity would otherwise also have granted a GSA, the security interests to be granted in a GSA; provided that, with respect to Collateral located in the United States of America, the Company shall provide in lieu of a demand debenture a mortgage, charge, deed of trust or other similar agreement in such form as shall reasonably be requested by the Notes Collateral Agent.

 

Debt Facility” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Senior Credit Facilities) or commercial paper facilities or indentures with banks or other institutional lenders or trustees providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit or issuances of debt securities evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or similar instruments, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time (and whether or not with the original administrative agent, lenders or trustee or another administrative agent or agents, other lenders or trustee and whether provided under the original Senior Credit Facilities, or any other credit or other agreement or indenture).

 

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

 

Depositary” means the depositary of each Global Note, which will initially be DTC.

 

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Derivative Instrument” with respect to a Person, means any contract, instrument or other right to receive payment or delivery of cash or other assets to which such Person or any Affiliate of such Person that is acting in concert with such Person in connection with such Person’s investment in the Notes (other than a Regulated Bank or a Screened Affiliate) is a party (whether or not requiring further performance by such Person), the value and/or cash flows of which (or any material portion thereof) are materially affected by the value and/or performance of the Notes and/or the creditworthiness of the Performance References.

 

Designated Noncash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of noncash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration by the Company, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or other disposition of or payment or collection on such Designated Noncash Consideration.

 

Directing Holder” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(d).

 

disposition” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Asset Sale.”

 

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), in each case at the option of the holder thereof or upon the happening of any event:

 

(1)matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are no more favorable in any material respect to holders of such Capital Stock than the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the Notes and any purchase requirement triggered thereby may not become operative until compliance with the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the Notes (including the purchase of any Notes tendered pursuant thereto));

 

(2)is convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock which is convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that upon such conversion or exchange it shall be an Incurrence of such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock)); or

 

(3)is redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock in whole or in part,

 

in each case on or prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the final maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date will be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or a direct or indirect parent of the Company or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because they may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries or a direct or indirect parent of the Company in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability.

 

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Dividing Person” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Division.”

 

Division” means the division of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations of a Person (the “Dividing Person”) among two or more Persons (whether pursuant to a “plan of division” or similar arrangement), which may or may not include the Dividing Person and pursuant to which the Dividing Person may or may not survive.

 

Division Successor” means any Person that, upon the consummation of a Division of a Dividing Person, holds all or any portion of the assets, liabilities and/or obligations previously held by such Dividing Person immediately prior to the consummation of such Division. A Dividing Person which retains any of its assets, liabilities and/or obligations after a Division shall be deemed a Division Successor upon the occurrence of such Division.

 

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation, and its successors.

 

DTC Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit D.

 

Electronic Record” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.09.

 

Electronic Signature” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.09.

 

Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equivalent equity or ownership interests in any Person, and any option, warrant or other right entitling the holder thereof to purchase or otherwise acquire any such equity interest, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Equity Interests or cash based on the value of such Equity Interests.

 

Equity Offering” means a public offering or private sale for cash by the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock), other than (x) public offerings with respect to the Company’s Capital Stock, registered on Form S-4 or S-8, (y) an issuance to any Subsidiary of the Company or (z) any offering of the Company’s Common Stock issued in connection with a transaction that constitutes a Change of Control.

 

Event of Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(a).

 

Excess Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(d).

 

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

 

Excluded Assets” means:

 

(i)       motor vehicles in the United States of America, other assets which are subject to certificates of title and commercial tort claims;

 

(ii)       pledges and security interests with respect to particular assets (including in respect of interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other non-wholly owned entities) to the extent prohibited by law or prohibited by permitted agreements binding on such assets containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by the UCC or other applicable law;

 

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(iii)       any fee owned real property with a value of less than $10.0 million;

 

(iv)       any leasehold interest unless, by virtue of the nature of the leasehold premises and any assets affixed thereto, the failure of the Notes Collateral Agent to enjoy a Lien thereon would reasonably be expected to result in (A) a material impairment of the ability of the Notes Secured Parties or Junior Lien Secured Parties, their respective agent(s) or a receiver to effectively manage any material business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (B) a material reduction in the recovery from the Collateral on a realization of the Collateral; provided that the foregoing shall not exclude any leasehold interests that may be perfected by a UCC filing;

 

(v)       intent to use trademark applications prior to the filing of a statement of use;

 

(vi)       Equity Interests:

 

(A)constituting margin stock to the extent and for so long as such assets do not secure any other Pari Passu Lien Obligations;

 

(B)in any Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that the foregoing shall not exclude any Equity Interests in Immaterial Subsidiaries that may be perfected by a UCC filing;

 

(C)in any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary if the granting of a security interest in such equity would be prohibited by law or by organizational or governance documents of any Subsidiary or would trigger termination pursuant to any “change of control” or similar provision (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law); or

 

(D)at the option of the Company, in any Restricted Subsidiary that is either a CFC or FSHCO (other than, in the aggregate, 65% of the voting Equity Interests and 100% of any non voting Equity Interests in such CFC or FSHCO);

 

(vii)       any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a Purchase Money Obligation, Capitalized Lease Obligations or similar arrangements, in each case, to the extent permitted under the Security Documents to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement, purchase money, capital lease or a similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition;

 

(viii)       any property and assets the pledge of which would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization that has not been obtained after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law;

 

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(ix)       those assets as to which the costs of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to holders of the Notes of the security to be afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Company, to the extent and for so long as such security is not subject to a Lien securing any other Pari Passu Lien Obligations;

 

(x)       [reserved]; and

 

(xi)       U.S.-Owned Assets;

 

provided while any obligations under the 2027 Notes are outstanding, “Excluded Assets” shall not include any asset subject (or required to be subject) to a Lien securing the 2027 Notes (any such assets, to the extent described in clauses (i)-(xi) above and not otherwise required to be pledged by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor but for this clause (x), the “Additional Collateral”) and (y) immediately upon the earlier of (i) the repayment in full of the obligations under the 2027 Notes or (ii) the release of the Liens on any such Additional Collateral securing the 2027 Notes (such earlier date, the “Additional Collateral Release Date”), such Additional Collateral shall immediately constitute “Excluded Assets” and shall be released by the Notes Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 11.3(10).

 

Excluded Perfection Actions” means (i) any action to perfect any pledge, security interest any mortgage by means other than by (A) filings pursuant to the UCC in the office of the secretary of state (or similar central filing office) of the relevant State(s) and jurisdictions, (B) filings in the applicable real estate records with respect to any Material Real Property required to be subject to a Debenture by the terms hereof or any fixtures relating to such Material Real Property, (C) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, with respect to intellectual property to the extent expressly required in this Indenture or the Security Documents, (D) Debentures in respect of Material Real Property and (E) delivery to the Notes Collateral Agent to be held in its possession of all Collateral consisting of Equity Interests and instruments, in each case, as expressly required in this Indenture and the Security Documents, (ii) to enter into any control agreement or similar arrangements with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents, other deposit accounts or securities and commodities accounts, (iii) to enter into an assignment agreement, collateral assignment agreement or other similar security agreement (other than the Security Agreement) with respect to the rights of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under or with respect to the definitive documentation for any Permitted Investment, any representation and warranty policy or any business interruption insurance policy (except as otherwise contemplated by the Pari Passu Lien Documents) (provided that the rights and interests of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors thereunder, and the security interests of the Notes Collateral Agent therein, shall not constitute Excluded Assets or otherwise be excluded from the Collateral), (iv) to obtain or deliver leasehold real property mortgages, landlord lien waivers, estoppels or collateral access agreements, (v) to take any perfection action (other than the actions listed in clauses (i)(A) and (E) above) with respect to any assets not located in the United States of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (including any intellectual property of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor registered or applied for in any jurisdiction outside the United States) or enter into any security document governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than a jurisdiction within the United States or (vi) take any actions to create or perfect any security interests in any Excluded Assets or to make enforceable any such security interests in such Excluded Assets; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor takes (or is required to take) any action to grant or perfect a Lien to secure obligations under the 2027 Notes in any assets, the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor shall also take such action to grant or perfect a Lien in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent to secure the Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations.

 

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Excluded Subsidiary” shall mean (i) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (ii) Immaterial Subsidiaries (iii) any Subsidiary prohibited by any applicable contractual requirement permitted under this Indenture or requirements of law from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect), so long as in each case such contractual restrictions have not been entered into in contemplation of such acquisition or designation (and including any requirement to obtain the consent of any governmental authority or third party pursuant to any such contractual requirement referred to in this clause (iii)), (iv) any Subsidiary that is an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or would be if it were to provide or maintain a Subsidiary Guarantee, (v) any Foreign Subsidiary, (vi) any U.S. Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC whose guarantee would otherwise reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse tax consequence as reasonably determined by the Company, (vii) any FSHCO, (viii) any not-for-profit Subsidiary or any Subsidiary that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary), (ix) any joint ventures or any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary on any date such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of this Indenture (for so long as such Restricted Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary), (x) any Subsidiary deemed an “Excluded Subsidiary” under the Senior Credit Facilities and (xi) in the event the Senior Credit Facilities are no longer outstanding, any Subsidiary that the Company reasonably determines that the cost (including any tax cost), burden, difficulty or consequence of providing a Subsidiary Guarantee is excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Restricted Subsidiary shall be an “Excluded Subsidiary” if it guarantees the obligations of the Company under the Senior Credit Facilities.

 

Expiration Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.04(c)(4).

 

Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price that could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction (as determined in good faith by the Company, whose determination will be conclusive for all purposes under this Indenture and the Notes).

 

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2019, among the trustee and notes collateral agent under the indenture dated as of December 2, 2019 governing the 2023 Notes issued thereunder, the Bank Administrative Agent, the Bank Collateral Agent and each additional representative in respect of a Series of Pari Passu Lien Debt from time to time party thereto and acknowledged and agreed to by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as supplemented by that certain joinder no. 1, dated as of July 1, 2020, relating to the issuance of the 2027 Notes, and as further supplemented by that certain joinder no. 2, dated as of the Issue Date, relating to the issuance of the Notes (as may be further amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time).

 

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First Lien Net Debt Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Net Debt (other than any portion of Consolidated Net Debt that is unsecured or is secured solely by Junior Liens) on such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or prior to such date.

 

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a U.S. Subsidiary.

 

FSHCO” means a U.S. Subsidiary of the Company that owns no material assets (directly or through one or more disregarded entities) other than Equity Interests (including any Indebtedness that is treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

 

Funded Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of borrowed money or advances or evidenced by indentures, bonds, notes, debentures, loan agreements or similar instruments.

 

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those 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 approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (x) 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 (a) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 825—Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein and (b) the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose hereunder as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness and (y) any lease that is treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of December 31, 2018 shall be treated as an operating lease (and any future lease, if it were in effect on December 31, 2018, that would be treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of December 31, 2018 shall be treated as an operating lease), in each case for purposes of this Indenture, notwithstanding any change in, or required implementation of, GAAP after the Issue Date.

 

Global Note” means a Note in registered global form substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, including appropriate legends as set forth in Section 2.01(b).

 

Grantor” means each of the Company and any other entity pledging property or assets as Collateral.

 

GSA” means a general security agreement (or equivalent under applicable laws) made by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent granting to the Notes Collateral Agent a security interest over all of its existing and after-acquired personal property of every nature and kind whatsoever.

 

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Guarantee” means, as to any Person, any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing, any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

 

(1)to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, properties, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or

 

(2)entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); provided, however, that the term “Guarantee” will not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

 

Guarantor Subordinated Obligation” means, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement.

 

Hedge Agreement” means any agreement governing Hedging Obligations.

 

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, commodity swap agreement, commodity cap agreement, commodity collar agreement, foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer, modification or mitigation of interest rate, currency, commodity risks or equity risks either generally or under specific contingencies.

 

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

 

IAI Global Note” means a Global Note resold to Institutional Accredited Investors bearing the Restricted Legend.

 

Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the delivery of the most recent financial statements provided to the Trustee, have assets with a value in excess of 2.0% of the Total Assets and generate more than 2.0% of Consolidated EBITDA as of such date, and (b) taken together with all such Immaterial Subsidiaries as of such date, did not have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of Total Assets and generate more than 5.0% Consolidated EBITDA as of such date.

 

Incur” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, Capital Stock or Lien, to issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for such Indebtedness, Capital Stock or Lien; provided, however, that any Indebtedness, Capital Stock or Lien of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) will be deemed to be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; and the terms “Incurred” and “Incurrence” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

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Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication, all as calculated in accordance with GAAP, and whether with or without recourse):

 

(a)all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, including obligations with respect to bankers’ acceptances;

 

(b)all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments;

 

(c)all indebtedness of such Person for contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit or letters of guarantee which provide credit support for obligations which would otherwise constitute Indebtedness of such Person within the meaning of this definition or for drawn reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, letters of guarantee and surety bonds; provided that Indebtedness shall not include cash-collateralized (but otherwise unsecured) letters of credit, letters of guarantee or surety bonds;

 

(d)all indebtedness of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services, other than:

 

(i)       trade indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms accounted for as accounts payable or deferred revenue; and

 

(ii)       commercially reasonable payment terms intended to reflect the commercial interests of contracting parties as opposed to the granting of credit;

 

each as incurred in the ordinary course of business, net of prepayments thereof;

 

(e)all Purchase Money Obligations (including indebtedness in respect of which the rights and remedies of the seller or lender thereunder in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of the purchased property, in which case the amount attributed to Indebtedness shall be the lesser of such indebtedness and the Fair Market Value of the property to which recourse is limited);

 

(f)all Capitalized Lease Obligations and other Attributable Debt;

 

(g)the amount for which any Equity Interests in the capital of any such Person that is a corporation or other entity may be redeemed if the holders of such Equity Interests are entitled at such time to require such Person to redeem such Equity Interests, or if such Person is otherwise obligated at such time to redeem such Equity Interests, in each case whether on notice or otherwise (excluding any amounts so attributable to Equity Interests held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company);

 

(h)the amount of any earn-out obligation which is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP; and

 

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(i)the maximum amount which may be outstanding at any time of all Indebtedness of the kinds referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above which is directly or indirectly Guaranteed by such Person or which such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire (whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness);

 

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, letters of guarantee and surety bonds) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that any obligation or liability in connection with an Asset Securitization that constitutes an Asset Sale under clause (12) of such definition shall not constitute Indebtedness.

 

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

 

Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith determination of the Company, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

 

Initial Lien” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.12(a).

 

Initial Notes” means the Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Notes issued in replacement thereof.

 

Initial Purchasers” means the initial purchasers party to a purchase agreement with the Company relating to the sale of the Notes or Additional Notes by the Company.

 

Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act).

 

Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto.

 

“Intercreditor Agreements” means, collectively, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Interest Payment Date” means each June 15 and December 15 of each year.

 

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P Global Ratings or, in each case, the equivalent thereof under any new ratings system if the ratings system of any such agency shall be modified after the Issue Date, or any equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of direct or indirect loans, Guarantees of loans, advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. “Investments” shall exclude extensions of trade credit and loans to customers in the ordinary course of business on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices of such Person (including notes receivables received from customers in the ordinary course of business in connection with the provision of satellite construction and related services).

 

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For purposes of Section 4.07:

 

(1)“Investment” will 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 will be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (a) the Company’s aggregate “Investment” in such Subsidiary as of 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 designation; and

 

(2)any assets or property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.

 

Issue Date” means June 14, 2022.

 

Issuer” means the Company together with all successors thereto.

 

Joinder Agreement” means the joinder to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement substantially in the form of Annex II to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Junior Lien” means a Lien granted, or purported to be granted, by a Junior Lien Security Document to the applicable Junior Lien Debt Representative, at any time, upon any property of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to secure Junior Lien Obligations.

 

Junior Lien Debt” means any Funded Debt (including borrowings under any Junior Lien Documents) that is secured by a Junior Lien and that was permitted to be Incurred and permitted to be so secured under the applicable Junior Lien Documents; provided, that, (i) on or before such Funded Debt is Incurred by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, such Funded Debt is designated by the Company as “Junior Lien Debt” for the purposes of the Junior Lien Documents in accordance with the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and (ii) if such Funded Debt is the first series of Junior Lien Debt incurred after the Issue Date, the Junior Lien Debt Representative for such Funded Debt shall execute and deliver a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or, unless such Funded Debt is Incurred under an existing Junior Lien Document for any Series of Junior Lien Debt whose Junior Lien Debt Representative is already party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Junior Lien Debt Representative for such Funded Debt executes and delivers a joinder to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in respect of and in accordance with the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations secured by a Junior Lien do not constitute Junior Lien Debt but may constitute Junior Lien Obligations.

 

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Junior Lien Debt Representative” means, in the case of any Series of Junior Lien Debt, the duly authorized collateral agent, trustee, agent or representative of the holders of such Series of Junior Lien Debt who maintains the transfer register for such Series of Junior Lien Debt or is appointed as a representative for such Junior Lien Debt (for purposes related to the administration of the Security Documents) pursuant to the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing such Series of Junior Lien Debt, and who has executed the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any joinder thereto, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.

 

Junior Lien Documents” means any indenture, notes, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument pursuant to which any Junior Lien Debt is Incurred and the Junior Lien Security Documents.

 

Junior Lien Obligations” means any Junior Lien Debt and all other Obligations in respect of Junior Lien Debt, including any post-petition interest whether or not allowable, and all guarantees of any of the foregoing; provided such Lien is permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, further, that the holders of such Indebtedness or their Junior Lien Debt Representative shall become party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or any joinder thereto.

 

Junior Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of Junior Lien Obligations and each Junior Lien Debt Representative.

 

Junior Lien Security Documents” means all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements, consent or direct arrangements, or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor creating or perfecting (or purporting to create or perfect) or governing rights of enforcement with respect to, a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the applicable Junior Lien Debt Representative, for the benefit of the holders of Junior Lien Secured Parties, including, without limitation, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time.

 

Legal Defeasance” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.02.

 

Lien” means, with respect to any asset or property, any mortgage, lien, pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset or property, 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 any asset or property and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the UCC or PPSA (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease or an agreement to sell be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

Limited Condition Transaction” means (1) any acquisition or other Investment permitted under this Indenture by the Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and (2) any repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock with respect to which a notice of repayment (or similar notice) has been issued.

 

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Long Derivative Instrument” means a Derivative Instrument (i) the value of which generally increases, and/ or the payment or delivery obligations under which generally decrease, with positive changes to the Performance References and/or (ii) the value of which generally decreases, and/or the payment or delivery obligations under which generally increase, with negative changes to the Performance References.

 

Material Real Property” means any fee owned real property or leasehold interest owned by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor that does not come within the exclusions set forth in the Agreed Security Principles.

 

Maxar Space Real Estate” means any new real property (owned or leased), including any fixed and capital assets and/or fixtures relating thereto acquired following the Issue Date (whether through purchase, lease, construction and/or sale leaseback) and utilized in any portion of the business and operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries, and/or any joint venture of the Company or any Subsidiary that is not a subsidiary.

 

Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds (using the Fair Market Value of any Cash Equivalents) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Noncash Consideration received in any Asset Sale and any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct cash costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Noncash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.10(b)) to be paid as a result of such transaction, any costs associated with unwinding any related Hedging Obligations in connection with such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset or property disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

 

Net Short” means, with respect to a Holder or beneficial owner, as of a date of determination, either (i) the value of its Short Derivative Instruments exceeds the sum of (x) the value of its Notes plus (y) the value of its Long Derivative Instruments as of such date of determination or (ii) it is reasonably expected that such would have been the case were a Failure to Pay or Bankruptcy Credit Event (each as defined in the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions) to have occurred with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor immediately prior to such date of determination.

 

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Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness of a Person:

 

(1)       as to which neither Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor (i) provides credit support or financial assistance of any nature whatsoever (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument which would constitute Indebtedness), or (ii) is liable (directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise); and

 

(2)       default with respect to which (including any rights which the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action) would not permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause a payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity.

 

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person that is not a “U.S. person,” as defined in Regulation S.

 

Noteholder Direction” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(d).

 

Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture; provided that if any Additional Notes subsequently issued are not fungible with any Notes previously issued for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Additional Notes will have a separate CUSIP or ISIN number, as applicable. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

 

Notes Collateral Agent” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture.

 

Notes Secured Parties” means the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders of the Notes from time to time.

 

Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest, fees, and expenses 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, fees, and expenses is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premiums, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, payable by the Company or Subsidiary Guarantors under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

Offering Memorandum” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.01(17).

 

Offer to Purchase” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.04(a).

 

Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer or the Secretary (or any person serving the equivalent function of any of the foregoing) of such Person.

 

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Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by an Officer of the Company or a direct or indirect parent of the Company.

 

Offshore Global Note” means a Global Note representing Notes issued and sold pursuant to Regulation S.

 

OID Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit I.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company.

 

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that ranks pari passu in right of payment to the Notes or, with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

Pari Passu Lien” means a Lien granted, or purported to be granted, pursuant to a Pari Passu Lien Security Document to the applicable Authorized Representative, at any time, upon any property of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to secure any Pari Passu Lien Obligations.

 

Pari Passu Lien Credit Facility Obligations” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Pari Passu Lien Obligations.”

 

Pari Passu Lien Debt” means (1) the Notes issued on the Issue Date commencing on the date on which the Notes are secured by Pari Passu Liens and the 2027 Notes, (2) any Additional Notes and any additional notes issued under the 2027 Notes Indenture, (3) the Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities and (4) any other Funded Debt (including borrowings under any other Pari Passu Lien Documents) that is secured by a Pari Passu Lien and that was permitted to be Incurred and permitted to be so secured under the applicable Pari Passu Lien Documents; provided, that, in the case of this clause (4), (a) on or before such Funded Debt is Incurred such Funded Debt is designated by the Company as “Pari Passu Lien Debt” for the purposes of an officer’s certificate executed and delivered in accordance with the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, and (b) unless such Funded Debt is Incurred under an existing Pari Passu Lien Document for any Series of Pari Passu Lien Debt whose Authorized Representative is already party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Authorized Representative for such Funded Debt executes and delivers a joinder to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in respect of and in accordance with the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Obligations secured by a Pari Passu Lien do not constitute Pari Passu Lien Debt but may constitute Pari Passu Lien Obligations.

 

Pari Passu Lien Documents” means this Indenture, the Senior Credit Facilities and any other indenture, notes, credit agreement or other agreement or instrument pursuant to which any Pari Passu Lien Debt is Incurred and the Pari Passu Lien Security Documents.

 

Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations” means Obligations in respect of the Notes, this Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents relating to the Notes.

 

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Pari Passu Lien Obligations” means, collectively, (1) the Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations, (2) Secured Obligations (as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities) with respect to the Senior Credit Facilities (the “Pari Passu Lien Credit Facility Obligations”), (3) all Obligations in respect of the 2027 Notes, and (4) and all other Obligations in respect of each Series of Pari Passu Lien Debt, including any post-petition interest whether or not allowable, and all guarantees of any of the foregoing.

 

Pari Passu Lien Secured Parties” means (1) the Senior Credit Facility Secured Parties, (2) the Notes Secured Parties, (3) the 2027 Notes Secured Parties and (4) the holders of any other Pari Passu Lien Obligations and each Authorized Representative thereof.

 

Pari Passu Lien Security Documents” means all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements, consent or direct arrangements, or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor creating or perfecting (or purporting to create or perfect) or governing rights of enforcement with respect to, a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the respective Authorized Representative, for the benefit of any of the applicable Pari Passu Lien Secured Parties, including, without limitation the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms.

 

Paying Agent” refers to a Person engaged by the Issuer to perform the obligations of the Trustee in respect of payments to be made or funds to be held hereunder in respect of the Notes.

 

Payment Default” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(a)(5)(A).

 

Performance References” means the Company or any one or more of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Permit” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (30) of the definition of “Permitted Liens.”

 

Permitted Asset Swap” means the substantially concurrent purchase and sale or exchange, including as a deposit for future purchases, of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided, that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10(b).

 

Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction” means any call or capped call option (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Company’s common stock purchased by the Company in connection with the issuance of any Convertible Indebtedness; provided that the purchase price for such Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction, less the proceeds received by the Company from the sale of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction, does not exceed the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of such Convertible Indebtedness issued in connection with the Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

 

Permitted Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.09(b).

 

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Permitted Investment” means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in:

 

(1)the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(2)any Investment by the Company or any of its 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 all or 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, amalgamation, consolidation, transfer, conveyance or liquidation;

 

(3)cash and Cash Equivalents, and Investments that were Cash Equivalents when made;

 

(4)receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms or such other concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

 

(5)commission, payroll and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

 

(6)loans or advances to officers, directors, employees, managers, consultants and independent contractors of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for business-related travel and entertainment expenses, moving and relocation expenses and similar expenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

(7)loans or advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, officers, directors, employees, managers, consultants and independent contractors of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount not in excess of $10.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

(8)any Investment acquired by the Company or any of its 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 issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable;

 

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(b)in satisfaction of judgments or received in compromise, settlement or resolution of obligations of trade creditors, customers, dealers or distributors that were incurred in the ordinary course of business or of any litigation, arbitration or other dispute; or

 

(c)as a result of a foreclosure or other remedial action by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any Investment in default;

 

(9)Investments made as a result of (a) the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10; provided that to the extent that the assets sold in such Asset Sale were part of the Collateral and the assets received as non-cash consideration are required to be pledged as collateral pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities, such assets will be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents reasonably promptly after receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof; or (b) any other disposition of assets or property not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

(10)any Investment (a) in existence on the Issue Date, (b) made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date, or (c) that replaces, refinances, refunds, renews or extends any Investment described under either of the immediately preceding clauses (b) or (c), provided that any such Investment is in an amount that does not exceed the amount replaced, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, except as contemplated pursuant to the terms of such Investment in existence on the Issue Date or as otherwise permitted under this definition or under Section 4.07;

 

(11)(A) Hedging Obligations, Cash Management Services and Guarantees permitted under Section 4.09; and (B) Permitted Bond Hedge Transactions that constitute Investments;

 

(12)intercompany current liabilities owed to Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Permitted Joint Ventures Incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the cash management operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

(13)Investments made in connection with the funding of contributions under any non-qualified retirement plan or similar employee compensation plan in an amount not to exceed the amount of compensation expense recognized by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such plans;

 

(14)Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14) that are at that time outstanding, having an aggregate Fair Market Value (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) at the time of such Investment, not to exceed the greater of (x) $265.5 million and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered; provided, that, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

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  (15) Investments to the extent made in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
     
  (16) Investments expressly required pursuant to Pari Passu Lien Documents;
     
  (17) Guarantees permitted by Section 4.09;

 

  (18) Guarantees of performance or other obligations (other than Indebtedness) arising in the ordinary course of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

  (19) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary or the Company acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into or consolidated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

 

  (20) Investments with respect to transactions entered into in order to consummate a Permitted Tax Restructuring, including Investments in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any Permitted Tax Restructuring;
     
  (21) any repurchase of Indebtedness not constituting Subordinated Obligations;

 

  (22) Investments made with respect to any Permitted Joint Venture (or any Person which upon the making of such Investment becomes a Permitted Joint Venture), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (22) since the Issue Date that are at that time outstanding, having an aggregate Fair Market Value (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) at the time of such Investment not to exceed the greater of (x) $265.0 million and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered;

 

(23)Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount, as valued at cost at the time each such Investment is made and including all related commitments for future Investments, not exceeding the greater of (x) $106.2 million and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered;

 

(24)any other Investments, so long as, (i) after giving pro forma effect of such Investments, the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio for the period preceding the date of such Investments would be no greater than 3.10 to 1.00 and (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; and

 

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(25)Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”; provided that such Investments were not incurred in contemplation of such redesignation.

 

Permitted Joint Venture” means any other Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) in which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has made a Permitted Investment or any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 4.07 (or Subsidiary of such Person), which Person is engaged in a Similar Business and in respect of which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries beneficially owns at least 10.0% of the Capital Stock of such Person.

 

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1)(a) Liens on Collateral Incurred to secure Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (1) or (2) of Section 4.09(a) or clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) and, in each case, obligations secured ratably thereunder; provided that, to the extent such Liens are (x) Pari Passu Lien Obligations, such Lien will be subject to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and (y) Junior Lien Obligations, such Liens will be subject to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement; and (b) Liens on Collateral Incurred to secure Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (2)(b) of Section 4.09(b) and obligations secured ratably thereunder;

 

(2)Liens Incurred to secure Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (4) of Section 4.09(b) and obligations secured ratably thereunder; provided that such Liens extend only to the assets, property and/or Equity Interests, the acquisition, design, development, lease, construction, repair, replacement, maintenance, installation, improvement or insurance of which is financed thereby and any replacements, upgrades, additions, accessions and improvements thereto and any income or profits thereof and any contracts, licenses, consents, permits, authorizations, services or insurance policies relating thereto (and including, in each case, the proceeds thereof);

 

(3)Liens Incurred in connection with workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases, or Liens to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or to secure surety, stay, customs or appeal bonds, or as security for contested taxes or import or customs duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(4)Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, vendors’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s, construction contractors’, mechanics’ or other like Liens, or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review (or which, if due and payable, are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves are being maintained, to the extent required by GAAP) or with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect as determined in good faith by management of the Company;

 

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(5)Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies (i) which are not yet due and delinquent, (ii) which are being contested in good faith by proper legal proceedings or (iii) with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect as determined in good faith by the Company;

 

(6)Liens to secure surety, stay, appeal, bid, indemnification, warranty, release, performance or similar bonds or with respect to regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances or similar obligations in the ordinary course of business, or Liens with respect to insurance premium financing;

 

(7)survey exceptions, encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights of way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

 

(8)Liens securing Hedging Obligations, Cash Management Services and other bank products so long as any related Indebtedness is permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture;

 

(9)leases, licenses, subleases, sublicenses, occupancy agreements or assignments of assets or real or personal property (including, without limitation, real property and intellectual property rights);

 

(10)judgment and attachment Liens and Liens arising by reason of a court order or decree and notices of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being contested in good faith, in each case not giving rise to an Event of Default;

 

(11)Liens (A) on specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or letters of credit entered into in the ordinary course of business issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods, (B) arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business, or (C) in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation and exportation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(12)Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions relating to banker’s Liens, rights of set-off, revocation, refund or chargeback or similar rights and remedies as to deposit or securities accounts or other funds or instruments maintained with a depositary institution; provided that:

 

(a)such deposit or securities account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the Company in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board; and

 

(b)such deposit or securities account is not intended by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depository institution;

 

(13)Liens arising from UCC or PPSA financing statement (or equivalent) filings regarding operating leases or consignments entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(14)Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens permitted under clauses (1) (which clause (1) includes Liens Incurred to secure Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities and the 2027 Notes) and (18) (which clause (18) includes Liens Incurred to secure Indebtedness in respect of the Notes) of this definition);

 

(15)Liens on assets, property or Equity Interests of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens were not Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such event; provided, further, however, that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(16)Liens on assets or property (including Equity Interests) at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquires the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens were not Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further, however, that such Liens do not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(17)Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company owing to a Restricted Subsidiary, or of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(18)Liens securing Obligations in respect of the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof (but excluding any Additional Notes and related guarantees);

 

(19)Liens securing Indebtedness Incurred to refinance, refund, replace, defease, amend, extend or modify, as a whole or in part, Indebtedness that was previously so secured pursuant to clauses (8), (14), (15), (16), (18) and (19) of this definition or securing Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (14) of Section 4.09(b); provided that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus any additions, improvements, accessions, replacements, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of assets or property that is the security for a Permitted Lien hereunder;

 

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(20)any interest or title of a lessor under any Capitalized Lease Obligation or operating lease; and Liens or rights of distress reserved in or exercisable under leases for payment of rent or other compliance with the terms of such lease;

 

(21)Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(22)Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed the greater of (x) $265.5 million and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered;

 

(23)other Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business that do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(24)Liens that may be deemed to exist by virtue of contractual provisions that restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from incurring or creating Liens on their assets or property;

 

(25)Liens on deposits made or other security provided in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers or under self-insurance arrangements and Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

 

(26)Liens on satellite assets and other work-in-progress related to a sale contract with a customer securing the obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under such sale contract and Liens encumbering property under construction arising from progress or partial payments made by a customer of such Person relating to such property;

 

(27)Liens on Receivables (including any deposit account in which any collections from such Receivables are deposited; provided that the only monies deposited to any such deposit account shall be collections from such Receivables); provided that such Receivables are the subject matter of a securitization that is an Asset Sale under clause (12) of the definition thereof;

 

(28)applicable municipal and other governmental restrictions, including municipal by-laws and regulations, affecting the use of land or the nature of any structures which may be erected thereon, provided such restrictions have been complied with and do not reduce the value of the assets of the Person or materially interfere with the use of such assets in the operation of the business of the Person;

 

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(29)the right reserved to or vested in any governmental or regulatory authority by any statutory provision or by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit of the Person, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(30)the right reserved to or vested in any government or subdivision or agency thereof, by the terms of any permit, license, approval, consent, order, right, certificate, judgment, writ, injunction, award, determination, direction, decree, authorization, franchise, privilege, grant, waiver, exemption and other similar concession (a “Permit”) acquired by such Person or by any law, to terminate any such Permit or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(31)the encumbrance resulting from the pledge or deposit of cash, letters of credit or securities:

 

(i)        in connection with any of the Liens referred to in clause (4), (5) or (10) of this definition pending a final determination as to the existence or amount of any obligation referred to therein;

 

(ii)        in connection with contracts, bids, tenders, leases or expropriation proceedings; or

 

(iii)       to secure workers compensation, employment insurance or other social security benefits, pension or post-retirement benefits, liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds, costs of litigation when required by law and public and statutory obligations;

 

and any right or refund, set-off or charge-back available to any bank or other financial institution (including under any consolidated banking, mirrored account or similar arrangement);

 

(32)security given to a public utility or any other government or subdivision or agency thereof when required by such utility or other government or subdivision or agency thereof in connection with the operations of such Person in the ordinary course of its business and not securing Indebtedness;

 

(33)the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions, if any, expressed in any grants from any public authority, and statutory exceptions to title;

 

(34)Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on commercially reasonable terms as part of Permits or arrangements under material contracts to secure the return of assets;

 

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(35)Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection (or comparable non-U.S. liens), (ii) 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 or (iii) incurred in connection with a cash management program established in the ordinary course of business on the cash subject to such program;

 

(36)undetermined or inchoate Liens incidental to current operations which have not at such time been filed;

 

(37)Liens in the nature of the right of setoff in favor of counterparties to contractual agreements with the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(38)Liens on the Capital Stock of Permitted Joint Ventures to secure Indebtedness of such Permitted Joint Ventures or arising under or pursuant to any joint venture agreement, stockholders agreement, partnership agreement, LLC agreement or similar agreement;

 

(39)Liens on Collateral Incurred to secure Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (19) of the definition of “Permitted Debt”;

 

(40)with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by applicable law; and

 

(41)Liens on assets of property of Restricted Subsidiaries other than Subsidiary Guarantors, securing Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors otherwise permitted under Section 4.09.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this definition, (x) a Lien need not be Incurred solely by reference to one category of Permitted Liens described in this definition but may be Incurred under any combination of such categories (including in part under one such category and in part under any other such category), (y) in the event that a Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of such categories of Permitted Liens, the Company may, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this definition, and (z) in the event that a portion of the Indebtedness secured by a Lien could be classified as secured in part pursuant to clause (1) of this definition (giving effect to the Incurrence of such portion of 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 (1) of this definition and thereafter the remainder of the Indebtedness as having been secured pursuant to one or more of the other clauses of this definition.

 

Permitted Tax Restructuring” means any reorganizations and other activities related to tax planning and tax reorganization (as determined by the Company in good faith) entered into on or after the Issue Date so long as such Permitted Tax Restructuring does not materially impair the Subsidiary Guarantees or the security interests of the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders and is otherwise not materially adverse to the Holders and after giving effect to such Permitted Tax Restructuring, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries otherwise comply with the Subsidiary Guarantee requirements under this Indenture.

 

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Permitted Warrant Transaction” means any call option, warrant or right to purchase (or substantively equivalent derivative transaction) on the Company’s common stock sold by the Company substantially concurrently with any purchase by the Company of a related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction.

 

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 hereof or any other entity.

 

Position Representation” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(d).

 

Post-Closing Transaction Documents” means the documents set forth in Schedule 1.

 

PPSA” means, as the context requires in respect of an asset or jurisdiction, the Personal Property Security Act (or equivalent statute) applicable to any security interest granted in such asset or otherwise applicable in such jurisdiction.

 

Preferred Stock,” as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is preferred as to the payment of dividends upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

 

Premises” means owned real properties required to be subject to a mortgage lien that form a portion of the Collateral (including all after-acquired real property that is not an Excluded Asset).

 

Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to the calculation of any test, financial ratio, metric, basket or covenant under this Indenture, including the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio, the Secured Net Debt Leverage Ratio and the First Lien Net Debt Leverage Ratio, and the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA or Total Assets of any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of any period or date, that pro forma effect will be given to any acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or Investment, any Incurrence, assumption, repayment or redemption of Indebtedness (including Indebtedness Incurred, assumed, repaid or redeemed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transaction and for which any such test, financial ratio, metric, basket or covenant is being calculated), all sales, transfers and other dispositions or discontinuance of any Subsidiary, line of business, division, segment or operating unit, any operational change (including the entry into any material contract or arrangement) or any designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case that has occurred during the four consecutive fiscal quarter period of such Person being used to calculate such test, financial ratio, metric, basket or covenant (the “Reference Period”), or subsequent to the end of the Reference Period but prior to such date or prior to or substantially simultaneously with the event for which a determination under this definition is made (including any such event occurring at a Person who became a Restricted Subsidiary of the subject Person or was merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the subject Person or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the subject Person after the commencement of the Reference Period), as if each such event occurred on the first day of the Reference Period; provided that (x) pro forma effect will be given to reasonably identifiable and quantifiable pro forma cost savings or expense reductions related to operational efficiencies (including the entry into any material contract or arrangement), strategic initiatives or purchasing improvements and other cost savings, improvements or synergies, in each case, that have been realized, or are reasonably expected to be realized, by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries based upon actions to be taken within 18 months after the consummation of the action as if such cost savings, expense reductions, improvements and synergies occurred on the first day of the Reference Period; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to the preceding clause (x) shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (determined prior to giving effect to such all such adjustments), and (y) no amount shall be added back pursuant to this definition to the extent duplicative of amounts that are otherwise included in computing Consolidated EBITDA for such Reference Period.

 

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For purposes of making any computation referred to above:

 

(1)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 for which a determination under this definition is made had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligations have a remaining term of 12 months or longer and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Indebtedness with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term);

 

(2)interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer, in his or her capacity as such and not in his or her personal capacity, of the Company or a direct or indirect parent of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3)interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate as the Company may designate; and

 

(4)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 greater of (i) maximum commitments under such revolving credit facility as of the date of determination and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under such revolving credit facility on such date).

 

Any pro forma calculation may include, without limitation, adjustments calculated in accordance with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, and adjustments calculated to give effect to any Run Rate Adjustments.

 

Purchase Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.04(c)(2).

 

Purchase Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.04(c)(4).

 

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Purchase Money Obligation” means any monetary obligation created or assumed as part of the purchase price of property or assets, whether or not secured, provided that any Lien incurred in respect of such obligation shall not extend to any property or assets other than the property or assets acquired in connection with which such obligation was created or assumed and fixed improvements, if any, erected or constructed thereon and the proceeds thereof.

 

Rating Agency” means (1) each of S&P Global Ratings and Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (including any respective successor to the rating agency businesses thereof) or (2) if any of S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. ceases to rate the Notes, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Company as a replacement agency for S&P Global Ratings or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., as the case may be.

 

Ratio Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.09(a).

 

Receivables” means (1) satellite orbital incentive payments payable to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under satellite purchase agreements and any other contingent payments related to satellite construction projects or (2) any right to payment (including any accounts receivable) owed to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) created by or arising from the sale of goods, lease of goods or rendition of services, no matter how evidenced whether or not earned by performance (whether constituting accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper or otherwise), all collateral securing such right to payment, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, all proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are of the type customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with securitizations of accounts receivable (as determined in good faith by the Company) and which, in each case, are sold, conveyed, assigned or otherwise transferred or in which a security interest is granted by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company to a Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Reference Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Pro Forma Basis.”

 

Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to refund, refinance, replace, exchange, renew, redeem, retire, repay or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism) (or successive refundings, refinancings, replacements, exchanges, renewals, repayments or extensions) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date (but excluding any 2023 Notes or 2027 Notes refunded, refinanced, replaced, exchanged, renewed, redeemed, retired, repaid or extended on or prior to the Issue Date) or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture (including Indebtedness of the Company that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor) including Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness, provided, however, that:

 

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(1)the refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(2)the refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(3)such refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced (plus, without duplication, any additional Indebtedness Incurred to pay interest, defeasance costs or premiums (including tender premiums) required by the instruments governing such existing Indebtedness and fees, underwriting discounts and other costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith);

 

(4)if the Indebtedness being refinanced is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee, such refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee on terms not materially less favorable, when taken as a whole, to the Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(5)refinancing Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor; and

 

(6)to the extent such refinancing Indebtedness is Secured Indebtedness, the Liens securing such refinancing Indebtedness have a Lien priority equal or junior to the Liens securing the Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased.

 

Register” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.09(a).

 

Registrar” means a Person engaged to maintain the Register.

 

Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the June 1 or December 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

Regulated Bankmeans an Approved Commercial Bank that is (i) a U.S. depository institution the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (ii) a corporation organized under section 25A of the U.S. Federal Reserve Act of 1913; (iii) a branch, agency or commercial lending company of a foreign bank operating pursuant to approval by and under the supervision of the Board of Governors under 12 CFR part 211; (iv) a non-U.S. branch of a foreign bank managed and controlled by a U.S. branch referred to in the preceding clause (iii); or (v) any other U.S. or non-U.S. depository institution or any branch, agency or similar office thereof supervised by a bank regulatory authority in any jurisdiction.

 

Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.

 

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Regulation S Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit E.

 

Reinstatement Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.18(a).

 

Related Business Assets” means assets used or useful in a Similar Business or any securities of a Person received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such securities shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Restricted Investment” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Legend” means the legend set forth in Exhibit C.

 

Restricted Payment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.07.

 

Restricted Period” means the relevant 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Restructuring Charges” means all charges, accruals, reserves, costs and expenses caused by or attributable to (a) any restructuring, relocation, reconfiguration, conversion, consolidation, closure, start-up, integration, termination, cost saving initiative, business optimization or transition of any business, facility, function, product, equipment or other asset or property or in respect of any acquisition, disposition or other transaction, (b) any recruiting, signing, retention or completion bonus or severance, relocation, restructuring or curtailment costs in each case for any future, current or former officers, directors, employees, managers, consultants or independent consultants or (c) any modifications to pension and post-retirement benefit plans or arrangements.

 

Retained Excess Proceeds” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(f).

 

Revolving Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Senior Credit Facilities.”

 

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A Certificate” means (i) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto or (ii) a written certification addressed to the Company and the Trustee to the effect that the Person making such certification (x) is acquiring such Note (or beneficial interest) for its own account or one or more accounts with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and each such account is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A, (y) is aware that the transfer to it or exchange, as applicable, is being made in reliance upon the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A, and (z) acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) or has determined not to request such information.

 

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Run Rate Adjustment” has the meaning assigned to such term in clause (2) of the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA.”

 

Sale/Leaseback Transaction” means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person.

 

Screened Affiliate” means any Affiliate of a Holder (i) that makes investment decisions independently from such Holder and any other Affiliate of such Holder that is not a Screened Affiliate, (ii) that has in place customary information screens between it and such Holder and any other Affiliate of such Holder that is not a Screened Affiliate and such screens prohibit the sharing of information with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries, (iii) whose investment policies are not directed by such Holder or any other Affiliate of such Holder that is acting in concert with such Holder in connection with its investment in the Notes, and (iv) whose investment decisions are not influenced by the investment decisions of such Holder or any other Affiliate of such Holder that is acting in concert with such Holders in connection with its investment in the Notes.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Second Acceptable Commitment” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.10(b).

 

Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means a second lien intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J hereto (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Company, the Bank Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent), among the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent, the Bank Administrative Agent, the Bank Collateral Agent, the applicable Junior Lien Debt Representative and each additional representative in respect of any Junior Lien Debt and/or a Series of Pari Passu Lien Debt from time to time party thereto and acknowledged and agreed to by the Company, as it may be amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time

 

Secured Indebtedness” means any Consolidated Debt of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien on property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby).

 

Secured Net Debt Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Net Debt secured by a Lien on property or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby) on such date to Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or prior to such date.

 

Secured Ratio Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.09(a).

 

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

 

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Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, the Grantors party thereto, and the Notes Collateral Agent.

 

Security Documents” means the Security Agreement and each of the security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements, consent or direct arrangements, or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor creating or perfecting (or purporting to create or perfect) or governing rights of enforcement with respect to, a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent.

 

self-liquidating paper” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03(b).

 

Senior Credit Facilities” means the credit facilities comprised of (a) a revolving facility in the initial aggregate principal amount of $500 million (the “Revolving Facility”) and (b) a term B facility in an aggregate principal amount outstanding as of the Issue Date of $1,500 million (the “Term B Facility”) pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, by and among the Company, as the borrower, the lenders party thereto from time to time and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Bank Administrative Agent”) and as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “Bank Collateral Agent”), as amended through the Issue Date, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, extended, refunded, restructured; replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time (including increasing the amount loaned thereunder; provided that such additional Indebtedness is Incurred in accordance with Section 4.09), and in each case including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith.

 

Senior Credit Facility Secured Parties” means “Secured Parties” as defined in the Senior Credit Facilities.

 

Series of Junior Lien Debt” means, severally, each issue or series of Junior Lien Debt for which a single transfer register is maintained.

 

Series of Pari Passu Lien Debt” means, each of (i) the Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations, (ii) the Pari Passu Lien Credit Facility Obligations, (iii) all Obligations in respect of the 2027 Notes and the guarantees and security documents in respect thereof and (iv) all other Obligations in respect of Pari Passu Lien Debt incurred pursuant to any Pari Passu Lien Document, which pursuant to any joinder agreement to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Authorized Representative (in its capacity as such for such Pari Passu Lien Debt).

 

Short Derivative Instrument” means a Derivative Instrument (i) the value of which generally decreases, and/or the payment or delivery obligations under which generally increase, with positive changes to the Performance References and/or (ii) the value of which generally increases, and/or the payment or delivery obligations under which generally decrease, with negative changes to the Performance References.

 

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Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, as in effect on the Issue Date.

 

Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business or other activities that are similar, reasonably related, incidental, complementary or ancillary thereto, or that constitute an extension, development or expansion thereof.

 

Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in the agreement governing or certificate relating to such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision, but shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

 

Subordinated Obligation” means any Indebtedness of the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to the Notes.

 

Subsidiary” of any Person means (a) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total ordinary 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 (or Persons performing similar functions) or (b) any partnership, joint venture limited liability company or similar entity of which more than 50% of the general partnership interests, as applicable, is, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (1) such Person, (2) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (3) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. Unless otherwise specified herein, each reference to a Subsidiary will refer to a Subsidiary of the Company.

 

Subsidiary Guarantee” means, individually, any Guarantee of payment of the Notes, and, collectively, all such Guarantees. Each such Subsidiary Guarantee will be in the form prescribed by this Indenture.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary that provides a Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture; provided that upon release or discharge of such Restricted Subsidiary from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture, such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to be a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Successor Company” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(a)(1).

 

Successor Guarantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(b)(1).

 

Suspended Covenants” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.18(a).

 

Suspension Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.18(a).

 

Suspension Period” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.18(a).

 

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Term B Facility” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of “Senior Credit Facilities.”

 

Threshold Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(a)(5).

 

Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP, as shown on the most recent internal consolidated balance sheet of the Company, determined on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

Transaction Election” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.02(b).

 

Transactions” means the (i) offering and sale of the Notes and the use of proceeds thereof, (ii) consummation of the borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities on the closing date thereof, and (iii) payment of fees and expenses in connection with all of the foregoing.

 

Transaction Test Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 1.02(b).

 

Treasury Rate” means as of any date of redemption of Notes the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or is obtainable from the Federal Reserve System’s Data Download Program as of the date of such H.15) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source or similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to June 15, 2024; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to June 15, 2024 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption date to June 15, 2024 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

 

Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.

 

Trust Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, or any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor trustee under this Indenture pursuant to Article 7.

 

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UCC” means, as the context requires in respect of an asset or jurisdiction, the Uniform Commercial Code applicable to any security interest granted in such asset or otherwise applicable in such jurisdiction.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

 

(1)any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company in the manner provided below; and

 

(2)any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

U.S. Global Note” means a Global Note that bears the Restricted Legend representing Notes issued and sold pursuant to Rule 144A.

 

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) 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 that is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of 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 depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary 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 depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depositary receipt.

 

U.S.-Owned Assets” means assets owned by the United States Department of Defense or any other agency of the United States government, and any assets that are qualified as classified assets by any applicable Laws of the United States of America.

 

U.S. Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

Verification Covenant” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02(d).

 

Voting Stock” of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees, as applicable, of such Person.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary, all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law) is owned by the Company or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

 

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Section 1.02.     Rules of Construction.

 

(a)                 Unless the context otherwise requires or except as otherwise expressly provided,

 

(1)            an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

 

(2)            “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision;

 

(3)            “or” is not exclusive;

 

(4)            “including” is not limiting;

 

(5)            words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(6)            all references to Sections or Articles or Exhibits refer to Sections or Articles or Exhibits of or to this Indenture unless otherwise indicated;

 

(7)            references to agreements or instruments, or to statutes or regulations, are to such agreements or instruments, or statutes or regulations, as amended from time to time (or to successor statutes and regulations); and

 

(8)            in the event that a transaction meets the criteria of more than one category of permitted transactions or listed exceptions the Company may divide and classify such transaction as it, in its sole discretion, determines.

 

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(b)                 Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, when (i) calculating any applicable ratio in connection with the Incurrence of Indebtedness, the creation of Liens, the making of any Asset Sale, the making of an Investment, the making of a Restricted Payment, the designation of a Subsidiary as restricted or unrestricted, the repayment of Indebtedness or for any other purpose, (ii) determining whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result from any action, or (iii) determining compliance with any representations and warranties and any other condition precedent to any action or transaction, in each case of the preceding clauses (i) through (iii) in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, the date of determination of such ratio, whether any Default or Event of Default has occurred, is continuing or would result therefrom, or the satisfaction of any other condition precedent shall, at the option of the Company (the Company’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, a “Transaction Election”), be deemed to be the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment or the date that the definitive agreement for such Restricted Payment, Investment, acquisition, Asset Sale or Incurrence, repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is entered into, the date a public announcement of an intention to make an offer in respect of the target of such acquisition or Investment or the date of such notice, which may be conditional, of such repayment, repurchase or refinancing of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is given to the holders of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (any such date, the “Transaction Test Date”). If on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Limited Condition Transaction and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof), with such ratios, absence of defaults, satisfaction of conditions precedent and other provisions calculated as if such Limited Condition Transaction or other transactions had occurred at the beginning of the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which internal financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period are available, the Company could have taken such action on the relevant Transaction Test Date in compliance with the applicable ratios or other provisions, such provisions shall be deemed to have been complied with. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) if any of such ratios, absence of defaults, satisfaction of conditions precedent or other provisions are exceeded or breached as a result of fluctuations in such ratio (including due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA), a change in facts and circumstances or other provisions at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Transaction, such ratios, absence of defaults, satisfaction of conditions precedent and other provisions will not be deemed to have been exceeded, breached, or otherwise failed to have been satisfied as a result of such fluctuations or changed circumstances solely for purposes of determining whether the Limited Condition Transaction and any related transactions is permitted hereunder and (ii) such ratios and compliance with such conditions shall not be tested at the time of consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction or related transactions. If the Company has made a Transaction Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to any other Limited Condition Transaction or otherwise on or following the relevant Transaction Test Date and prior to the earlier of the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or the date that the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Transaction is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Transaction, any such ratio or basket shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith (including any Incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated. For purposes of any calculation pursuant to this paragraph of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, Consolidated Interest Expense may be calculated using an assumed interest rate for the Indebtedness to be Incurred in connection with such Limited Condition Transaction based on the indicative interest margin contained in any financing commitment documentation with respect to such Indebtedness or, if no such indicative interest margin exists, as reasonably determined by the Company in good faith.

 

Section 1.03.      Certain Compliance Calculations.

 

(a)                 Unless otherwise specified herein, the baskets set forth in this Indenture shall be tested solely at the time of consummation of the relevant transaction or action utilizing any of such baskets and, for the avoidance of doubt, if any of such baskets are exceeded as a result of fluctuations to Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA after the last time such baskets were calculated for any purpose, such baskets will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. For purposes of determining whether the incurrence of any Indebtedness or Lien or the making of any Investment, Restricted Payment or prepayment or other satisfaction of any Subordinated Obligation complies with any basket that is based upon the greater of a specified U.S. dollar amount and a percentage of Total Assets or Consolidated EBITDA, Total Assets and/or Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis. U.S. dollars shall be the currency of calculation for all financial ratios. For purposes of determining whether the incurrence of any Indebtedness or Lien complies with a ratio test that is based upon the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, First Lien Net Debt Leverage Ratio or Secured Net Debt Leverage Ratio, the proceeds of the Indebtedness being incurred will be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Coverage Ratio, First Lien Net Debt Leverage Ratio or Secured Net Debt Leverage Ratio, as applicable.

 

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(b)                 Unless otherwise specified, all calculations hereunder shall be calculated based on the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, and neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall have any liability or responsibility for performing or verifying any calculations hereunder or for any information required in connection with such calculations.

 

Article 2
The Notes

 

Section 2.01.      Form, Dating and Denominations; Legends.

 

(a)                 The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A. The terms and provisions contained in the form of the Notes annexed as Exhibit A constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange or usage. The Initial Notes will be initially represented by Global Notes. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes will be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 in principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Notes shall be known and designated as “7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027” of the Issuer.

 

(b)                  

 

(1)            Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (c), Section 2.10(b)(3), Section 2.10(c) or Section 2.09(b)(4), each Initial Note or Additional Note will bear the Restricted Legend or Regulation S Legend, as the case may be.

 

(2)            Each Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note or Additional Note, will bear a legend in substantially the form of the DTC Legend.

 

(3)            Initial Notes and Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S will be issued as provided in Section 2.11(a).

 

(4)            Initial Notes and Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance on any exception under the Securities Act other than Regulation S and Rule 144A will be issued, and upon the request of the Issuer to the Trustee, Initial Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A may be issued, in the form of Certificated Notes.

 

(5)            Initial Notes resold to Institutional Accredited Investors will be in the form of an IAI Global Note.

 

(6)            Notes issued with original issue discount shall bear a legend in substantially the form of the OID Legend.

 

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(c)                 If the Issuer determines (upon the advice of counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the Issuer may reasonably require) that a Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or a successor provision) without the need for current public information and that the Restricted Legend or the Regulation S Legend, as the case may be, is no longer necessary or appropriate in order to ensure that subsequent transfers of the Note (or a beneficial interest therein) are effected in compliance with the Securities Act, the Issuer may instruct the Trustee to cancel the Note and issue to the Holder thereof (or to its transferee) a new Note of like tenor and amount, registered in the name of the Holder thereof (or its transferee), that does not bear the Restricted Legend or the Regulation S Legend, as the case may be, and the Trustee will comply with such instruction.

 

(d)                 By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Legend or the Regulation S Legend, as the case may be (or any beneficial interest in such a Note), each Holder thereof and each owner of a beneficial interest therein acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note (and any such beneficial interest) set forth in this Indenture and in the Restricted Legend or in the Regulation S Legend, as the case may be, and agrees that it will transfer such Note (and any such beneficial interest) only in accordance with this Indenture and such legend.

 

Section 2.02.      Execution and Authentication; Additional Notes.

 

(a)                 An Officer shall execute the Notes for the Issuer by facsimile or manual signature in the name and on behalf of the Issuer. If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Note is authenticated, the Note will still be valid.

 

(b)                 A Note will not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature of the Trustee on a Note will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly and validly authenticated under this Indenture.

 

(c)                 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Notes executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication. The Trustee will authenticate and deliver:

 

(1)            Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000, and

 

(2)            Additional Notes from time to time for original issue after the Issue Date in aggregate principal amounts specified by the Issuer, subject to the terms of this Indenture,

 

in each case upon a written order of the Issuer signed by an Officer of the Issuer (an “Authentication Order”). The Authentication Order shall, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes, specify the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be authenticated, the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and whether the Notes will be in the form of Global Notes or Certificated Notes.

 

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(d)                 In case the Issuer shall be consolidated or merged with or into or wound up into any other Person or shall sell, assign, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into which the Issuer shall have been merged or wound up into, or the Person which shall have received a sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article 5, any of the Notes authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be exchanged for other Notes executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Notes surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon a written order of the successor Person signed by an Officer of the successor Person, shall authenticate and make available for delivery Notes as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section 2.02(d) in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Notes, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time outstanding for Notes authenticated and delivered in such new name.

 

Section 2.03.      Registrar, Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent; Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

(a)                 The Issuer may appoint one or more Registrars and one or more Paying Agents, and the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent, in which case each reference in this Indenture to the Trustee in respect of the obligations of the Trustee to be performed by that Agent will be deemed to be references to the Agent. The Issuer may act as Registrar or (except for purposes of Article 8) Paying Agent. In each case the Issuer and the Trustee will enter into an appropriate agreement with the Agent implementing the provisions of this Indenture relating to the obligations of the Trustee to be performed by the Agent and the related rights. The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes. The Issuer may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) acceptance of any appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuer and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The appointment of an Authenticating Agent shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuer. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by the Authenticating Agent.

 

(b)                 The Issuer will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and will promptly notify the Trustee of any Default by the Issuer in making any such payment. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed, and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Payment Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent will have no further liability for the money so paid over to the Trustee.

 

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Section 2.04.     Replacement Notes. If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuer and the Trustee receive evidence to their satisfaction of the loss, destruction or theft of any Note, the Issuer will issue and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate a replacement Note of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuer and entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. The Holder must furnish an indemnity or security that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee to protect the Trustee and in the judgment of the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee and any Agent from any loss they may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuer and the Trustee may charge the Holder for their fees and expenses in replacing a Note, including any amounts to cover any tax or assessment. In case the mutilated, lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may pay the Note instead of issuing a replacement Note. 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 replacement Note.

 

Section 2.05.      Outstanding Notes.

 

(a)       Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for:

 

(1)            Notes cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to it for cancellation;

 

(2)            any Note which has been replaced pursuant to Section 2.04 unless and until the Trustee and the Issuer receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser; and

 

(3)            on or after the maturity date or any redemption date or date for purchase of the Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, those Notes payable or to be redeemed or purchased on that date for which the Trustee (or Paying Agent, other than the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer) holds money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date.

 

(b)                 A Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or one of its Affiliates holds the Note, provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the outstanding Notes have given or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder (other than in respect of any action pursuant to Section 9.02 that requires the consent of each Holder of an affected Note), Notes owned by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer will be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, (it being understood that in determining whether the Trustee is protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Notes which the Trustee knows to be so owned will be so disregarded). Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be so disregarded and shall be regarded as outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer.

 

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Section 2.06.      Temporary Notes. Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have insertions, substitutions, omissions and other variations determined to be appropriate by the Officer executing the temporary Notes, as evidenced by the execution of the temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes will be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Issuer designated for the purpose pursuant to Section 4.02, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any temporary Notes the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes will be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes.

 

Section 2.07.      Cancellation. The Issuer at any time may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated hereunder which the Issuer has not issued and sold. Any Registrar or the Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to it for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee will cancel all Notes surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and dispose of all canceled Notes in accordance with its normal procedures and upon receipt of a written direction from the Issuer directing it to cancel any such Notes. Upon the written request of the Issuer, the Trustee shall deliver copies of such canceled Notes to the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid in full or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.08.      CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” and/or “ISIN” numbers, and the Trustee will use CUSIP numbers or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption or exchange or in Offers to Purchase as a convenience to Holders, the notice to state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption or exchange or Offer to Purchase. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN numbers.

 

Section 2.09.      Registration, Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)                 The Notes will be issued in registered form only, without coupons. The Trustee shall maintain a register (the “Register”) of the Notes, for registering the record ownership of the Notes by the Holders and transfers and exchanges of the Notes. Upon request from the Issuer, the Registrar shall provide the Issuer with a copy of such Register.

 

(b)                

 

(1)            The Notes shall initially be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes. Each Global Note will be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or its nominee and, so long as DTC is serving as the Depositary thereof, will bear the DTC Legend.

 

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(2)            Each Global Note will be delivered to the Trustee as custodian for the Depositary. Transfers of a Global Note (but not a beneficial interest therein) will be limited to transfers thereof in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees, except (i) as set forth in Section 2.09(b)(4), (ii) if the Issuer in its sole discretion determines that any Global Note (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Certificated Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee, and (iii) transfers of portions thereof in the form of Certificated Notes may be made upon request of an Agent Member (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) if required to do so pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, by written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures of the Depositary and the Registrar and in compliance with this Section and Section 2.10.

 

(3)            Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) will have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its custodian, and the Depositary may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever, including but not limited to notices and payments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any notice to be delivered to DTC (including, but not limited to, a notice of redemption) may be delivered electronically by the Trustee or the Issuer in accordance with applicable procedures of DTC.

 

(4)            If (x) the Depositary notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for a Global Note and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days of the notice or (y) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee has received a request from Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes, the Trustee will promptly exchange each beneficial interest in the Global Note for one or more Certificated Notes as provided by the Issuer in authorized denominations having an equal aggregate principal amount registered in the name of the owner of such beneficial interest, as identified to the Trustee by the Depositary, and upon completion of full exchange of the positions in the Global Notes, the Global Note will be canceled. If such Global Note does not bear the Restricted Legend or the Regulation S Legend, as the case may be, then the Certificated Notes issued in exchange therefor will not bear the Restricted Legend or the Regulation S Legend, as the case may be. If such Global Note bears the Restricted Legend or the Regulation S Legend, as the case may be, then the Certificated Notes issued in exchange therefor will bear the Restricted Legend or the Regulation S Legend, as the case may be.

 

(c)                 Each Certificated Note will be registered in the name of the Holder thereof or its nominee.

 

(d)                 A Holder may transfer a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) to another Person or exchange a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) for another Note or Notes of any authorized denomination by presenting to the Trustee a written request therefor stating the name of the proposed transferee or requesting such an exchange, accompanied by any certification, opinion or other document required by Section 2.10. The Trustee will promptly register any transfer or exchange that meets the requirements of this Section by noting the same in the register maintained by the Trustee for the purpose; provided that:

 

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(x)       no such transfer or exchange will be effective until it is registered in such register; and

 

(y)       neither the Trustee nor the Issuer will be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note for a period beginning (1) 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes or an Offer to Purchase or (2) 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Note so selected for redemption or purchase in whole or in part, except, in the case of a partial redemption or purchase, that portion of any Note not being redeemed or purchased, or (iii) if a redemption or a purchase pursuant to an Offer to Purchase is to occur after a Regular Record Date but on or before the corresponding Interest Payment Date, to register the transfer of or exchange any Note on or after the Regular Record Date and before the date of redemption or purchase. Prior to the registration of any transfer, the Issuer, the Trustee and their agents may deem and treat the Person in whose name the Note is registered as the owner and Holder thereof for all purposes (whether or not the Note is overdue), including without limitation the transfer or exchange of such Note, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee or any Agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(e)                 The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions hereof and the applicable procedures of the Depositary. No written request with respect to any such transfer shall be required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.09(d) to effect the transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Global Note.

 

(f)                 From time to time the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate Global Notes and Certificated Notes as necessary in order to permit the registration of a transfer or exchange in accordance with this Section 2.09.

 

(g)                 No service charge will be imposed in connection with any registration of any transfer or exchange of any Note, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than a transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable upon exchange pursuant to subsection (b)(4)(y)).

 

(h)                 The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

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(i)                 (1)          Global Note to Global Note. If a beneficial interest in a Global Note is transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Trustee will (x) record a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note being transferred or exchanged equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (y) record a like increase in the principal amount of the other Global Note. Any beneficial interest in one Global Note that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Note, or exchanged for an interest in another Global Note, will, upon transfer or exchange, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will thereafter be subject to all transfer and exchange restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.

 

(2)            Global Note to Certificated Note. If a beneficial interest in a Global Note is transferred or exchanged for a Certificated Note, the Trustee will (x) record a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (y) deliver one or more new Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having an equal aggregate principal amount to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the owner of such beneficial interest (in the case of an exchange), registered in the name of such transferee or owner, as applicable.

 

(3)            Certificated Note to Global Note. If a Certificated Note is transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the Trustee will (x) cancel such Certificated Note, (y) record an increase in the principal amount of such Global Note equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (z) in the event that such transfer or exchange involves less than the entire principal amount of the canceled Certificated Note, deliver to the Holder thereof one or more new Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the untransferred or unexchanged portion of the canceled Certificated Note, registered in the name of the Holder thereof.

 

(4)            Certificated Note to Certificated Note. If a Certificated Note is transferred or exchanged for another Certificated Note, the Trustee will (x) cancel the Certificated Note being transferred or exchanged, (y) deliver one or more new Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the Holder of the canceled Certificated Note (in the case of an exchange), registered in the name of such transferee or Holder, as applicable, and (z) if such transfer or exchange involves less than the entire principal amount of the canceled Certificated Note, deliver to the Holder thereof one or more Certificated Notes in authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the untransferred or unexchanged portion of the canceled Certificated Note, registered in the name of the Holder thereof.

 

Section 2.10.      Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)                 The transfer or exchange of any Note (or a beneficial interest therein) may only be made in accordance with this Section, Section 2.09 and Section 2.11, and, in the case of a Global Note (or a beneficial interest therein), the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee shall refuse to register any requested transfer or exchange that does not comply with the preceding sentence.

 

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(b)                 Subject to paragraph (c) below, the transfer or exchange of any Note (or a beneficial interest therein) of the type set forth in column A below for a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) of the type set forth opposite in column B below may only be made in compliance with the certification requirements (if any) described in the clause of this Section 2.10(b) set forth opposite in column C below.

 

A B C
U.S. Global Note U.S. Global Note (1)
U.S. Global Note Offshore Global Note (2)
U.S. Global Note Certificated Note (3)
Offshore Global Note U.S. Global Note (4)
Offshore Global Note Offshore Global Note (1)
Offshore Global Note Certificated Note (3)
Certificated Note U.S. Global Note (4)
Certificated Note Offshore Global Note (2)
Certificated Note Certificated Note (3)

 

(1)            No certification is required.

 

(2)            The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee a duly completed Regulation S Certificate; provided that if the requested transfer or exchange is made by the Holder of a Certificated Note that does not bear the Restricted Legend, then no certification is required.

 

(3)            The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee (x) a duly completed Rule 144A Certificate, (y) a duly completed Regulation S Certificate or (z) a duly completed Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate, and/or an Opinion of Counsel and such other certifications and evidence as the Trustee or the Issuer may reasonably require in order to determine that the proposed transfer or exchange is being made in compliance with the Securities Act and any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States; provided that if the requested transfer or exchange is made by the Holder of a Certificated Note that does not bear the Restricted Legend, then no certification is required. In the event that (i) the requested transfer or exchange takes place after the Restricted Period and a duly completed Regulation S Certificate is delivered to the Trustee or (ii) a Certificated Note that does not bear the Restricted Legend is surrendered for transfer or exchange, upon transfer or exchange the Trustee will deliver a Certificated Note that does not bear the Restricted Legend.

 

(4)            The Person requesting the transfer or exchange must deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee a duly completed Rule 144A Certificate.

 

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(c)                 No certification is required in connection with any transfer or exchange of any Note (or a beneficial interest therein) after such Note is eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or a successor provision) without the need for current public information; provided that the Issuer has provided the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate to that effect, and the Issuer may require from any Person requesting a transfer or exchange in reliance upon this clause (c) an opinion of counsel and any other reasonable certifications and evidence in order to support such certificate. Any Certificated Note delivered in reliance upon this Section 2.10(c) will not bear the Restricted Legend.

 

(d)                 The Trustee will retain copies of all certificates, opinions and other documents received in connection with the transfer or exchange of a Note (or a beneficial interest therein), and the Issuer will have the right to inspect and make copies thereof at any reasonable time upon written notice to the Trustee.

 

Section 2.11.      Offshore Global Notes. Each Note originally sold in reliance upon Regulation S will be evidenced by one or more Offshore Global Notes that bear the Regulation S Legend. During the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Offshore Global Note may only be transferred to or for the account or benefit of Non-U.S. Persons, unless permitted by applicable law.

 

Article 3
Redemption; Offer to Purchase

 

Section 3.01.      Optional Redemption.

 

(a)                 At any time prior to June 15, 2024, upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ prior notice delivered or mailed to each Holder or otherwise given in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary, the Company may redeem all or part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date notice of such redemption is delivered, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such redemption date).

 

(b)                 At any time prior to June 15, 2024, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings at a redemption price of 107.750% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such redemption date); provided that:

 

(1)            at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately after each such redemption unless all such Notes are redeemed concurrently; and

 

(2)            such redemption occurs within 180 days after the closing of such Equity Offering.

 

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(c)                 [reserved].

 

(d)                 Except pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 3.01 or Section 4.14(e), the Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to June 15, 2024.

 

(e)                 On and after June 15, 2024, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or, from time to time, a part of the Notes upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to such redemption date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on June 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Year  Percentage 
2024   103.875%
2025   101.938%
2026 and thereafter   100.000%

 

(f)                 Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.03 hereof.

 

(g)                 If the optional redemption date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business, on such Regular Record Date.

 

(h)                 Any redemption notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent. The redemption date of any redemption that is subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent may, at the Company’s discretion, be extended, modified or delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company in its discretion), or such redemption may not occur and any notice with respect to such redemption may be modified or rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its discretion) by the redemption date, or by the redemption date so delayed (which may exceed 60 days from the date of the redemption notice in such case). In addition, such notice of redemption may be extended, if such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company in its discretion) by providing notice to the Holders.

 

Section 3.02.      Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not be required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

Section 3.03.      Method and Effect of Redemption.

 

(a)                 If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 4.14(e), it shall furnish to the Trustee, at least two Business Days (or such shorter period as the Trustee may agree) before the notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 3.01 or Section 4.14(e), notification 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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(b)                 Notices of redemption must be delivered or mailed by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, at least ten 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, notwithstanding Section 3.01 and Section 4.14(e), redemption notices may be delivered or mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 12 hereof.

 

(c)                 The notice of redemption will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will include or state the following:

 

(1)            the redemption date;

 

(2)            the redemption price;

 

(3)            the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(4)            Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent in order to collect the redemption price;

 

(5)            on the redemption date the redemption price will become due and payable on Notes called for redemption, and interest on Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

(6)            if any Note is redeemed in part only, on or after the redemption date, upon surrender of such Note for cancellation, a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original Note; and

 

(7)            if any Note contains a CUSIP or ISIN number, no representation is being made as to the correctness of the CUSIP or ISIN number either as printed on the Notes or as contained in the notice of redemption and that the Holder should rely only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.

 

(d)                 If fewer than all of the Notes are being redeemed, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements and, in the case of Global Notes, the procedures of the Depositary; provided that the selection of Notes for redemption shall not result in a Holder with a principal amount of Notes less than the minimum denomination of $2,000. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes selected for redemption, and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

 

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(e)                 Once notice of redemption is delivered or mailed to the Holders in accordance with Section 3.03(b), Notes called for redemption become due and payable at the redemption price on the redemption date, and upon surrender of the Notes called for redemption, the Company shall redeem such Notes at the redemption price, subject in each case to the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions to such redemption set forth in the notice of redemption in the case of a conditional redemption pursuant to Section 3.01(g). Commencing on the redemption date, Notes redeemed will cease to accrue interest. A notice of redemption, 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 deliver or mail a notice of redemption 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. Upon surrender of any Note redeemed in part to the Trustee for cancellation, the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to the Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the surrendered Note; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples 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 3.04.      Offer to Purchase.

 

(a)                 An “Offer to Purchase” means an offer by the Company to purchase Notes that is required by Section 4.10 or Section 4.14. The Company will notify the Trustee at least two Business Days (or such shorter period as the Trustee may agree) prior to the commencement of an Offer to Purchase.

 

(b)                 The Company shall send or cause to be sent notices of an Offer to Purchase by first class mail, postage prepaid, or electronically, at least ten days but not more than 60 days before the purchase date to each Holder at such Holder’s registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary. The Offer to Purchase shall be made to all Holders. The notice of an Offer to Purchase, 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 deliver or mail an Offer to Purchase or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for purchase in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of any other Note.

 

(c)                 The notice of an Offer to Purchase for an Asset Sale Offer must include or state the following:

 

(1)            that an Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Indenture;

 

(2)            the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness offered to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer (the “Purchase Amount”);

 

(3)            the purchase price;

 

(4)            an expiration date for the Offer to Purchase (the “Expiration Date”) not less than ten days or more than 60 days after the commencement of the Asset Sale Offer, and a settlement date for purchase (the “Purchase Date”) not more than five Business Days after the Expiration Date;

 

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(5)            a Holder may tender all or any portion of its Notes, subject to the requirement that any portion of a Note tendered must be in minimum amounts of $2,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

 

(6)            each Holder electing to tender a Note pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender such 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, as applicable, at the address specified in the notice, prior to the time specified in the notice on the Expiration Date in order to be accepted for purchase in the Offer to Purchase (any such Note being duly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed written instrument of transfer);

 

(7)            interest on any Note not tendered, or tendered but not accepted for purchase by the Company pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, will continue to accrue;

 

(8)            on the Purchase Date the purchase price will become due and payable on each Note accepted for purchase, and interest on Notes purchased will cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date;

 

(9)            Holders are entitled to withdraw Notes tendered by giving notice, which must be received by the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, not later than the time specified in the notice on the Expiration Date, setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the tendered Notes and a statement that the Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Notes purchased;

 

(10)            (i) if Notes and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount less than or equal to the Purchase Amount are duly tendered or surrendered by the holders or lenders thereof and not duly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Company will purchase all such Notes, and (ii) if Notes and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Purchase Amount are duly tendered or surrendered by the holders or lenders thereof and not duly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, that the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner provided in this Indenture and, if applicable, the amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness accepted for purchase shall be determined on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness accepted for purchase (with such adjustments as may be appropriate so that only Notes in minimum amounts of $2,000 or in integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof are purchased);

 

(11)            if any Note is purchased in part only, on or after the Purchase Date, upon surrender of such Note for cancellation, a new Note or new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original Note; and

 

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(12)            if any Note contains a CUSIP or ISIN number, no representation is being made as to the correctness of the CUSIP or ISIN number either as printed on the Notes or as contained in the notice of the Offer to Purchase and that the Holder should rely only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes.

 

(d)                 If any Note is to be purchased in part only pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, any notice of purchase from any Holder that relates to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof that has been or is to be purchased.

 

(e)                 Prior to the purchase date, the Company shall accept validly tendered Notes for purchase as required by the Offer to Purchase and deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee all Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate specifying which Notes have been accepted for purchase and directing the Trustee to cancel such Notes. On the purchase date, the purchase price will become due and payable on each Note accepted for purchase, and interest on Notes purchased will cease to accrue on and after the purchase date, subject in each case to the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions to such purchase set forth in the Offer to Purchase in the case of a conditional offer pursuant to Section 4.14(f). Upon surrender of any Note purchased in part to the Trustee for cancellation, the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to the Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the surrendered Note; provided that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiples 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.

 

(f)                 If fewer than all of the Notes are being purchased, selection of the Notes for purchase will be made by the Company in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed and in such manner as complies with applicable legal requirements and, in the case of Global Notes, the procedures of the Depositary; provided that the selection of Notes for purchase shall not result in a Holder with a principal amount of Notes less than the minimum denomination of $2,000. The Company will notify the Trustee promptly of the Notes or portions of Notes selected for purchase, and, in the case of any Note selected for partial purchase, the principal amount thereof to be purchased.

 

(g)                 The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations, in each case to the extent such laws, rules or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this covenant, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

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Article 4
Covenants

 

Section 4.01.      Payment of Notes.

 

(a)                 The Issuer agrees to pay the principal of, premium, if any, on 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 Paying Agent, if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary, holds as of noon (New York City time) on the due date money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

 

(b)                 The Issuer agrees to pay interest on overdue principal, and, to the extent lawful, overdue installments of interest at the rate per annum specified in the Notes.

 

(c)                 Payments in respect of the Notes represented by the Global Notes are to be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders of the Global Notes. With respect to Certificated Notes, the Issuer will make all payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holders thereof or, if no such account is specified, by mailing a check to each Holder’s registered address.

 

Section 4.02.      Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

(a)                 The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee or the Registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served; provided that legal service of process on the Issuer may not be served at any such office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee. The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Issuer . The Issuer 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 Issuer fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations and surrenders may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

 

(b)                 The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be surrendered or presented for any or all of such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

Section 4.03.      Reports and Other Information.

 

(a)                 Notwithstanding that the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise reports on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Company shall (a) file with the SEC (unless the SEC will not accept such filing), and (b) deliver to the Trustee and, upon written request, the registered Holders of the Notes, without cost to any Holder, from and after the Issue Date:

 

(1)            within the time periods specified by the Exchange Act (including all applicable extension periods), an annual report on Form 10-K (or any successor or comparable form) containing the information required to be contained therein in all material respects (or required in such successor or comparable form);

 

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(2)            within the time periods specified by the Exchange Act (including all applicable extension periods), a quarterly report on Form 10-Q (or any successor or comparable form); and

 

(3)            all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K (or any successor or comparable form).

 

(b)                 In the event that the Company is not permitted to file such reports with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act, the Company shall nevertheless deliver to the Trustee and make available such Exchange Act reports to the Holders of the Notes as if the Company were subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act within the time periods specified by the Exchange Act (including all applicable extension periods), which requirement may be satisfied by posting such information on its website, on Intralinks or any comparable password-protected online data system which will require a confidentiality acknowledgment (with a copy to the Trustee). The Company will hold quarterly conference calls (for the avoidance of doubt, the Company’s quarterly earnings call shall satisfy such requirement) for the Holders and securities analysts to discuss such financial information for the previous reporting period no later than ten Business Days after distribution of such financial information.

 

(c)                 In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Company shall, for so long as any Notes are outstanding, make available to the Holders and to prospective investors, upon their request, the 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)                 Delivery of such reports and information to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of them will 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 duty to review or analyze such reports, information or documents. The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the filing, timeliness or content of any such reports, information or documents, and the Trustee shall have no duty to participate in or monitor any conference calls.

 

(e)                 The Company will be deemed to have satisfied the information and reporting requirements of this Section 4.03 if the Company (or any direct or indirect parent of the Company) has filed reports or registration statements containing such information with the SEC via the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (or any successor system) within the time periods specified above and such reports are publicly available.

 

(f)                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, such reports and other information required to be provided pursuant to this Section 4.03 may be, rather than those of the Company, those of any direct or indirect parent of the Company.

 

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Section 4.04.      Compliance Certificate.

 

(a)                 The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the Issue Date a certificate from the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company stating that the officer has conducted or supervised a review of the activities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and their performance under this Indenture under the preceding fiscal year and that, based upon such review, to the best of his or her knowledge, the Company has fulfilled its obligations hereunder or, if there has been a Default of which he or she has knowledge, specifying the Default and its nature and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(b)                 If any Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of a Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying the Default, and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.05.      Taxes. The Company shall pay or discharge, and cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay or discharge before the same become delinquent all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or its income or profits or property, other than any such tax, assessment or governmental charge that is being contested in good faith by appropriate legal proceedings or with respect to which the failure to make payment could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect to the Holders of the Notes as determined in good faith by the Company.

 

Section 4.06.      Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor covenants, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby expressly waives, to the extent that it may lawfully do so, all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

 

Section 4.07.      Limitation on Restricted Payments.

 

(a)                 The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to:

 

(1)            declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Capital Stock (including any payment in connection with any merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) other than:

 

(x)       dividends or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); and

 

(y)       dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution;

 

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(2)            purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than in exchange for Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock));

 

(3)            make any principal payment on, or purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations, other than:

 

(x)       Indebtedness of the Company owing to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Subsidiary Guarantor owing to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(y)       the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement; or

 

(4)            make any Restricted Investment;

 

(all such payments and other actions referred to in clauses (1) through (4) (other than any exception thereto) being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

 

(A)            no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);

 

(B)            immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment on a Pro Forma Basis, the Company would be permitted to Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness as Ratio Debt; and

 

(C)            such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments declared or made subsequent to the Issue Date (excluding all Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b)) would not exceed the sum of (without duplication) (such sum, the “Available Amount”):

 

(i)                        50.0% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Income (or 100% of any loss if Consolidated Net Income is negative) for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing on January 1, 2022 to and including the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements prepared on a consolidated basis are available; plus

 

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(ii)                        100.0% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value of assets or property other than cash, received by the Company since the Issue Date from the issue or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock), including Capital Stock issued upon exercise of warrants or options; plus

 

(iii)                        100.0% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Company received in cash and the Fair Market Value of assets or property received other than cash (other than Disqualified Stock); plus

 

(iv)                        100.0% of any cash dividends or cash distributions received directly or indirectly by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture, to the extent that such dividends or distributions were not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(v)                        the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange subsequent to the Issue Date of any Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than debt owing to and held by a Subsidiary of the Company) convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (less the amount of any cash, or the Fair Market Value of any other assets or property, distributed by the Company upon such conversion or exchange); plus

 

(vi)                        100.0% of the aggregate amount received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in cash and the Fair Market Value of assets or property (other than cash) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date from:

 

(A)       (i) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Person, (ii) repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary by any Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), and (iii) prepayments or repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets or property (including by way of dividend or distribution) by such Person to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than for reimbursement of tax payments);

 

(B)       the sale, transfer or other disposition (other than to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture; or

 

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(C)       any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture; plus

 

(vii)                        in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value of the Investment of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) (valued in each case as provided in the definition of “Investments”), other than to the extent constituting a Permitted Investment; plus

 

(viii)                        the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 18.8% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis); plus

 

(ix)                        the aggregate amount of Retained Excess Proceeds since the Issue Date.

 

(b)                 Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:

 

(1)            a Restricted Payment made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the issuance or sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination) or any cash capital contribution to the Company; provided, however, that the amount of net proceeds from such sale of Capital Stock that is utilized for such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.07(a);

 

(2)            any payment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

(3)            any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the issuance or sale of, Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company or contributions to the equity capital of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock);

 

(4)            any payment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of any Subordinated Obligation, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to provisions similar to those set forth in Section 4.10 and Section 4.14;

 

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provided that, prior to or simultaneously with such payment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement, the Company (or a third party, to the extent permitted by this Indenture) has made any Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as the case may be, with respect to the Notes and has repurchased, redeemed, defeased or retired all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in connection with such Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as the case may be;

 

(5)            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 a redemption notice related thereto, as the case may be, if at such date of declaration or notice such dividend, distribution or redemption would have complied with this provision;

 

(6)            the purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value (or Restricted Payments to the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company to finance any such purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value) of Capital Stock (including related stock appreciation rights or similar securities) of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company held, directly or indirectly, by any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or their assigns, estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses or permitted transferees (including for all purposes of this clause (6) Capital Stock held by any entity whose Capital Stock is held by any such future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company or their assigns, estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses or permitted transferees) pursuant to any stock option plan or management equity plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or other agreement or arrangement or any stock subscription or shareholder or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate amounts paid under this clause (6) shall not exceed $25.0 million in the aggregate during any fiscal year (with unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to succeeding fiscal years); provided, further that such amount in any fiscal year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

(A)            the cash proceeds received from the Company from the issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company), in each case to any future, present or former employees, officers, directors, managers, consultants or independent directors of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company that occurs on or after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of such cash proceeds utilized for any such purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement for value or dividend pursuant to this clause (6) will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.07(a); plus

 

(B)            the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company (to the extent contributed to the Company) after the Issue Date; plus

 

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(C)            the amount of any cash bonuses otherwise payable to employees, officers, directors, managers, consultants or independent contractors of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company that are forgone in return for the receipt of Capital Stock; less

 

(D)            the amount of cash proceeds described in the subclause (A), (B) or (C) of this clause (6) previously used to make Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (6); provided that the Company may elect to apply all or any portion of the aggregate increase contemplated by subclause (A), (B) or (C) above in any fiscal year;

 

provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from any future, current or former officer, director, employee, manager, consultant or independent contractor (or any permitted transferees thereof) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, in connection with a repurchase of Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company from such Persons will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provisions of this Indenture;

 

(7)            the declaration and payment of dividends or distributions to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred in accordance with Section 4.09;

 

(8)            the purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement of Equity Interests of the Company: (a) deemed to occur upon the exercise or exchange of options, warrants, other rights to purchase or acquire Equity Interests of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Company if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise or exchange price thereof, or (b) made in lieu of or in connection with withholding or similar taxes payable or expected to be payable by any future, present or former director, officer, employee, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or direct or indirect parent of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (or their respective Affiliates, estates, heirs or immediate family members) in connection with the exercise or exchange of options, warrants, other rights to purchase or acquire Equity Interests of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Company or the grant, vesting or delivery of any of the foregoing;

 

(9)            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);

 

(10)            payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, or in connection with any dividend, distribution or split of, or the exercise or exchange of options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire Equity Interests of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for, Equity Interests of the Company;

 

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(11)            the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement of any Capital Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Company, to prevent the loss or secure the renewal or reinstatement of any license, permit or other authorization held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries issued by any governmental or regulatory authority or to comply with government contracting regulations;

 

(12)            dividends or distributions in connection with the making of ordinary dividend payments in respect of the Company’s Common Stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed $25.0 million in any fiscal year;

 

(13)            other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, which, when taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (13) (as reduced by the amount of capital repaid or otherwise returned from any such Restricted Payments that constituted Restricted Investments in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (exclusive of items reflected in Consolidated Net Income)) not to exceed the greater of (x) $132.75 million and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered;

 

(14)            (a) any payments in connection with a Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction and (b) the settlement of any related Permitted Warrant Transaction (i) by delivery of shares of the Company’s common stock upon settlement thereof or (ii) by (A) set-off against the related Permitted Bond Hedge Transaction or (B) payment of an early termination amount thereof in the Company’s common stock upon any early termination thereof; and

 

(15)            any other Restricted Payments, so long as, after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payments, the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or prior to the date of such Restricted Payments would be no greater than 2.85 to 1.00,

 

provided, however, that at the time of and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (12), (13) and (15) of this Section 4.07(b), no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

 

(c)                 The amount of any Restricted Payment made in cash shall be its face amount. The amount of any other Restricted Payment shall be the Fair Market Value (determined as of the date such Restricted Payment is made) of the assets, securities or other property proposed to be declared, paid, made, purchased, redeemed, retired, defeased or acquired pursuant to such Restricted Payment.

 

(d)                 For purposes of this Section 4.07, if any Investment or Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) would be permitted pursuant to one or more provisions described above and/or one or more of the exceptions contained in the definition of “Permitted Investment,” the Company may divide and classify such Investment or Restricted Payment (or a portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this covenant and may later divide and reclassify any such Investment or Restricted Payment so long as the Investment or Restricted Payment (as so divided and/or reclassified) would be permitted to be made in reliance on the applicable exception as of the date of such reclassification.

 

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(e)                 For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Restricted Payments and/or Permitted Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the definition of “Investments.” Such designation shall be permitted only if a Restricted Payment and/or Permitted Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”

 

Section 4.08.      Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

(a)                 The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) to:

 

(1)            pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that the priority of any Preferred Stock in receiving dividends or liquidating distributions prior to dividends or liquidating distributions being paid on Common Stock shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make distributions on Capital Stock);

 

(2)            make any loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that the subordination of loans or advances made to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed a restriction on the ability to make loans or advances); or

 

(3)            sell, lease or transfer any of its assets or property to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (it being understood that such transfers shall not include any type of transfer described in clause (1) or (2) above).

 

(b)                 Section 4.08(a) shall not apply to any encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(1)            contractual encumbrances or restrictions of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in effect on the Issue Date, including, without limitation, pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities, the Security Documents, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (and, if entered into, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), related Hedging Obligations and Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clause (3) of Section 4.09(b);

 

(2)            this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees;

 

(3)            any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case that was in existence at the time of such acquisition (or at the time it merges, amalgamates or consolidates with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or is assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets or property from such Person) or designation, but, in each case, not created in contemplation thereof, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the assets or property of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the assets or property of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired or designated (including after-acquired assets and property);

 

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(4)            in the case of clause (3) of Section 4.08(a), Permitted Liens that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of assets or property subject to such Liens;

 

(5)            Purchase Money Obligations, mortgage financings, Capitalized Lease Obligations and similar obligations or agreements permitted under this Indenture, in each case, that impose encumbrances or restrictions of the nature described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) with respect to the assets or property purchased, acquired, financed, designed, developed, leased, constructed, repaired, replaced, maintained, installed, improved or insured in connection therewith or thereby (including any proceeds thereof, accessions thereto and any upgrades or improvements thereto);

 

(6)            encumbrances or restrictions contained in agreements for the sale, transfer or other disposition of assets or property, including without limitation customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or a portion of the Capital Stock, assets or property of such Subsidiary;

 

(7)            restrictions on cash, Cash Equivalents or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers, suppliers or landlords under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business or as required by insurance surety or bonding companies;

 

(8)            any provisions in joint venture agreements, stockholders agreements, partnership agreements, LLC agreements and other similar agreements, which (x) are customary or entered into in the ordinary course of business or (y) do not adversely affect the Company’s ability to make payments of principal or interest payments on the Notes when due (as determined by the Company in good faith);

 

(9)            any provisions in leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses, asset sale agreements, sale/leaseback agreements or stock sale agreements and other agreements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that (x) are customary and entered into in the ordinary course of business or (y) do not adversely affect the Company’s ability to make payments of principal or interest payments on the Notes when due (as determined by the Company in good faith);

 

(10)            applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order, or any license, permit or other authorization issued by any governmental or regulatory authority;

 

(11)            encumbrances or restrictions arising or agreed to in the ordinary course of business, not relating to any Indebtedness, and that do not, individually or in the aggregate, (x) detract from the value of the assets or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (as determined by the Company in good faith), or (y) materially affect the Company’s ability to make payments of principal or interest payments on the Notes when due (as determined by the Company in good faith);

 

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(12)            contractual encumbrances or restrictions contained in any Debt Facilities or other Indebtedness Incurred by the Company in accordance with Section 4.09 that (x) are not materially more restrictive, when taken as a whole, than those applicable in either this Indenture or the Senior Credit Facilities on the Issue Date (as determined by the Company in good faith), or (y) do not adversely affect the Company’s ability to make payments of principal or interest payments on the Notes when due (as determined by the Company in good faith); or

 

(13)            any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, increase, supplement, extension, refunding, replacement or refinancing of any of the contracts, agreements or other instruments referred to in the immediately preceding clauses (1) through (12) of this Section 4.08(b); provided, however, that the encumbrances or restrictions contained in such amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, increase, supplement, extension, refunding, replacement or refinancing are, in the good faith judgment of the Company, not materially more restrictive, when taken as a whole, than the encumbrances and restrictions prior to such amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, increase, supplement, extension, refunding, replacement or refinancing.

 

Section 4.09.      Limitation on Indebtedness.

 

(a)                 The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, Incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness); provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) (any indebtedness incurred pursuant to the following clauses (1), (2) and (3), “Ratio Debt”):

 

(1)            with respect to any Pari Passu Lien Debt, if the First Lien Net Debt Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) preceding the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred (without netting any cash received from the incurrence of such Indebtedness proposed to be incurred) would be no greater than 3.75 to 1.00;

 

(2)            with respect to any Junior Lien Debt, if the Secured Net Debt Leverage Ratio for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) preceding the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred (without netting any cash received from the incurrence of such Indebtedness proposed to be incurred) would be no greater than 4.10 to 1.00; or

 

(3)            with respect to Indebtedness that is not secured, if the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the Company, calculated as of the date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred, would have been at least 2.00 to 1.00;

 

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provided that (x) in each case with respect to clauses (1) and (2) above (such Indebtedness incurred thereunder, collectively, “Secured Ratio Debt”), such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a pari passu or junior basis and shall only be guaranteed by the Subsidiary Guarantors (provided that such Indebtedness may be secured by assets other than the Collateral or guaranteed by a Subsidiary other than the Subsidiary Guarantors, so long as such assets are contemporaneously included as Collateral and such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor), and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) outstanding at any one time that may be Incurred pursuant to clause (3) above by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries (together with any Indebtedness that is Incurred or assumed by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries under Section 4.09(b)(8) and Section 4.09(b)(20)) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $132.75 million and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered.

 

(b)                 Section 4.09(a) shall not apply to the following Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

 

(1)            Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred under a Debt Facility, the Guarantees thereof 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), including any Additional Notes (and any Subsidiary Guarantee thereof), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed (A) in the case of any Debt Facility that is not a revolving credit facility (including the Term B Facility), the sum of (x) $1,500 million and (y) the greater of (i) $265.5 million and (ii) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered; and (B) in the case of any Debt Facility that is a revolving credit facility (including the Revolving Facility), $750.0 million; provided that the maximum amount permitted to be outstanding under this clause (1) shall not be deemed to limit additional Indebtedness under Debt Facilities to the extent that the Incurrence of such additional Indebtedness is permitted pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or any of the other provisions of this Section 4.09;

 

(2)            (a) Indebtedness represented by the Notes (other than any Additional Notes), including any Subsidiary Guarantee thereof and (b) Indebtedness represented by the 2027 Notes and, in each case, the guarantees thereof;

 

(3)            Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1), (2), (5) or (6) of this Section 4.09(b) that was Incurred or existing on the Issue Date);

 

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(4)            Capitalized Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and Purchase Money Obligations and (b) any Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance all or any part of the purchase, acquisition, design, development, lease, construction, replacement, maintenance, installation, improvement or insurance of any property (real or personal), plant or equipment or other fixed or capital assets (whether through the direct purchase of assets or property or the Capital Stock of any Person owning any such assets or property) or any satellite launch or in-orbit insurance premiums or launch services, and any Indebtedness arising from the conversion of the obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under or pursuant to any “synthetic lease” transactions to on-balance sheet Indebtedness, including all Indebtedness Incurred to refund, refinance, replace, redeem, repurchase, retire, defease, discharge, exchange, renew, repay, prepay or extend any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (4), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed the greater of (x) $200.0 million and (y) 37.5% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered, plus, in the case of any refinancing or replacement of Indebtedness permitted under this clause (4) or any portion thereof, the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, accrued and unpaid interest, original issue discount, premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and other costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith;

 

(5)            any Guarantee by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or any other obligation of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the Incurrence of such Indebtedness or other obligation by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture;

 

(6)            Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however,

 

(A)            if the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor Incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, (i) such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Company’s Obligations with respect to this Indenture or the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable and (ii) any such Indebtedness owing by a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be a Permitted Investment; and

 

(B)            (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock or other event which results in any such Indebtedness being beneficially held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and

 

(ii)         any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,

 

will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.

 

(7)            shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock or other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary that holds such Preferred Stock ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of Preferred Stock;

 

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(8)            Indebtedness (x) (i) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition of any assets or property (including Capital Stock), business or Person or (ii) of any Person that is acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated or amalgamated with the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and (y) Incurred or assumed in anticipation of, or in connection with, an acquisition of any assets or property (including Capital Stock), business or Person; provided, however, that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation and the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, either:

 

(A)            the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness as Ratio Debt; or

 

(B)            the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company is equal to or greater than such ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger, consolidation or amalgamation;

 

provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding at any one time that may be Incurred pursuant to this clause (8) by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries (together with any Indebtedness that is Incurred or assumed by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries under clause (3) of the definition of “Ratio Debt” and clause (20) below) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $132.75 million and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered;

 

(9)            Hedging Obligations or Cash Management Services not Incurred for speculative purposes;

 

(10)            obligations (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments) in respect of customs, self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal, surety and similar bonds and completion or performance guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(11)            Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits (whether current or former), environmental remediation and other environmental matters 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 (whether current or former) or property, casualty or liability insurance, and any guaranties, letters of credit or performance, bid, indemnity, warranty, refund, statutory, appeal or surety bonds or similar obligations functioning as or supporting any of the foregoing;

 

(12)            the Incurrence of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, earn-outs, adjustments of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations, in each case Incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or property of the Company or any business, assets, property or Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets, property or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;

 

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(13)            Indebtedness (A) 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 or (B) owed or issued on a short-term basis to banks and other financial institutions in the ordinary course of business that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements, including cash management, cash pooling arrangements and related activities to manage cash balances of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit, purchasing or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements and Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, credit card programs, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and similar arrangements;

 

(14)            the Incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any Indebtedness Incurred as Ratio Debt or permitted under clauses (1)(A)(y), (2), (3), (8) and this clause (14) of this Section 4.09(b);

 

(15)            (A) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for equipment, goods or services purchased or leased in the ordinary course of business, (B) Guarantees in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sub-licensees and distribution partners, (C) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums or take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (D) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (E) Indebtedness arising from the endorsement of instruments in the ordinary course of business;

 

(16)            Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange, warehouse receipts or similar facilities, in each case Incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business;

 

(17)            Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount up to 100% of the net cash proceeds received by the Company after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of Capital Stock of the Company or cash contributed to the capital of the Company (in each case, other than proceeds of Disqualified Stock or sales of Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries); provided, however, that (i) any such net cash proceeds that are so received or contributed shall not increase the amount available for making Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii) or (C)(iii) or Section 4.07(b)(1), (3) or (6) to the extent the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries Incur Indebtedness in reliance thereon and (ii) any net cash proceeds that are so received or contributed shall be excluded for purposes of Incurring Indebtedness pursuant to this clause to the extent such net cash proceeds or cash have been applied to make Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 4.07(a)(C)(ii) or (C)(iii) or Section 4.07(b)(1), (3) or (6);

 

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(18)            Indebtedness incurred in connection with any reorganization or activity undertaken as part of a Permitted Tax Restructuring or any Permitted Investment; provided that:

 

(a)       all of the steps in such transaction are completed substantially concurrently (except for any continuing Indebtedness permitted by part (c) below);

 

(b)       after giving effect to such transaction: all of the entities involved in such transaction are solvent at the time of such transaction or have no material liabilities (other than intra-group liabilities); and

 

(c)       after giving effect to such transaction: (x) any continuing Indebtedness resulting from such transaction would be permitted to be incurred pursuant to another portion of this covenant, (y) the security interest in the Collateral in respect of the Pari Passu Lien Debt, taken as a whole, is not impaired in any material respect (as determined by the Company in good faith) and (z) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(19)            Attributable Debt and Purchase Money Obligations in connection with the Maxar Space Real Estate or any similar Indebtedness (whether secured or unsecured) directly related thereto (i) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 18.8% of Consolidated EBITDA for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered at any one time outstanding and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or (ii) that replaces any real property (owned or leased) existing on the Issue Date so long as the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered ending immediately prior to such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto (based on the average annual contractual amount payable in respect thereof for the base term of the related obligation) is not less than the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered immediately prior to the Issue Date;

 

(20)            Indebtedness incurred by a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, and guarantees thereof by Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $132.75 million and (y) 25.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered;

 

(21)            in addition to the items referred to in clauses (1) through (20) of this Section 4.09(b), Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding principal amount which, when taken together with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (21) and then outstanding, will not exceed the greater of (x) $265.5 million and (y) 50.0% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered; and

 

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(22)            all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (1) through (21) above or Incurred as Ratio Debt.

 

The Company shall not Incur any Indebtedness under Section 4.09(b) if the proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to refinance any Subordinated Obligations of the Company unless such Indebtedness will be subordinated to the Notes to at least the same extent as such Subordinated Obligations. No Subsidiary Guarantor will Incur any Indebtedness under Section 4.09(b) if the proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to refinance any Guarantor Subordinated Obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee to at least the same extent as such Guarantor Subordinated Obligations. No Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may Incur any Indebtedness if the proceeds are used to refinance Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(c)                 For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09:

 

(1)            in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt or is entitled to be Incurred or issued as Ratio Debt, the Company, in its sole discretion, will divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) on the date of Incurrence, and may at any later time and from time to time divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date under the Senior Credit Facilities shall be deemed Incurred on the Issue Date under clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) and not as Ratio Debt or under clause (3) of Section 4.09(b) and may not later be reclassified;

 

(2)            Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness that are otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this covenant;

 

(3)            the principal amount of any Disqualified Stock of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or Preferred Stock of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, will be deemed to be equal to the greater of the maximum mandatory redemption or repurchase price (not including, in either case, any redemption or repurchase premium) or the liquidation preference thereof, exclusive of any accrued dividends;

 

(4)            the amount of Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof will be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with GAAP;

 

(5)            accrual of interest, accrual of dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness, the payment of dividends in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock of the same class, the accretion of liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant;

 

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(6)            the amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be the accreted value thereof in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount or the aggregate principal amount outstanding in the case of Indebtedness issued with interest payable in kind and the principal amount or liquidation preference thereof in the case of any other Indebtedness; and

 

(7)            the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance or replace other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Refinancing Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

 

Unsecured Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured and Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

 

If at any time an Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary as of such date (and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be Incurred as of such date under this Section 4.09, the Company shall be in Default of this Section 4.09).

 

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 Indebtedness, or first committed or first Incurred (whichever yields the lower U.S. dollar-equivalent), in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness; 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 the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced (plus accrued and unpaid interest and the aggregate amount of premiums (including tender premiums), underwriting discounts, defeasance costs and fees, discounts and expenses in connection therewith).

 

Section 4.10.      Limitation on Asset Sales.

 

(a)                 The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate any Asset Sale unless:

 

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(1)            the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the Capital Stock, assets or property sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to such Asset Sale; and

 

(2)            except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75.0% of the consideration from such Asset Sale, together with all other Asset Sales since the Issue Date (on a cumulative basis), received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, however, to the extent that the assets sold in such Asset Sale were part of the Collateral, the assets received as non-cash consideration shall not be Excluded Assets and are required to be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents reasonably promptly after receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof. For purposes of this clause (2) the amount of:

 

(A)            any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date or, if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the notes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet in the good faith determination of the Company) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale, or that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, property or Capital Stock, in each case, pursuant to an agreement that releases or indemnifies the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from further liability therefor;

 

(B)            any securities, notes or other obligations or other assets or property received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case within 180 days following the receipt thereof; and

 

(C)            any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this subclause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $100.0 million and (y) 18.8% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered, calculated at the time of the receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

 

shall each be deemed to be Cash Equivalents.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Company shall not nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to consummate an Asset Sale to an Unrestricted Subsidiary of intellectual property that is material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(b)            Within 365 days after the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale (or any portion thereof) as follows:

 

(1)            if such Net Cash Proceeds are from an Asset Sale that is not a disposition of Collateral, to repay, prepay, defease, redeem, reduce, purchase or otherwise retire (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto in the case of revolving borrowings): (x) Indebtedness of the Company (other than any Disqualified Stock or Subordinated Obligations) that is secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute a part of the Collateral (other than Indebtedness owed to an Affiliate of the Company) or (y) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Disqualified Stock or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations) that is secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute a part of the Collateral (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company);

 

(2)            if such Net Cash Proceeds are from an Asset Sale that is not a disposition of Collateral, in the case of an Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, to repay, prepay, defease, redeem, reduce, purchase or otherwise retire (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto in the case of revolving borrowings) Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;

 

(3)            to repay, prepay, defease, redeem, reduce, purchase or otherwise retire (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto in the case of revolving borrowings other than commitments under the Revolving Facility), on a pro rata basis: (x) Indebtedness or other Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities and any Pari Passu Lien Obligations (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company and the Notes) and (y) the Notes by, at its option (i) redeeming Notes as provided under Section 3.01, (ii) purchasing Notes through open market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100.0% of the principal amount thereof), or (iii) making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be prepaid;

 

(4)            to make an investment in, purchase or otherwise acquire any one or more businesses, assets (other than working capital assets), properties or capital expenditures, in each case used or useful in a Similar Business or to make payments (including without limitation prepayments and progress payments) in connection with such investment, purchase or other acquisition; provided, that if such investment, purchase or acquisition is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such investment, purchase or acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, that the assets acquired with the Net Cash Proceeds of a disposition shall not be Excluded Assets and are required to be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents reasonably promptly after receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;

 

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(5)            to make an investment in, purchase or otherwise acquire any one or more businesses, assets (other than working capital assets) or properties that replace the businesses, assets and/or properties that are the subject to such Asset Sale; provided, that the assets acquired with the Net Cash Proceeds of a disposition shall not be Excluded Assets and are required to be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents reasonably promptly after receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof; or

 

(6)            any combination of the foregoing,

 

provided, that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to have complied with the provisions described in clause (4) or (5) of this Section 4.10(b) if and to the extent that, within 365 days after the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement (an “Acceptable Commitment”) to make an investment, purchase or other acquisition in compliance with the provision described in clause (4) or (5) of this Section 4.10(b), and that investment, purchase or other acquisition is thereafter completed within 180 days after the end of such 365-day period or in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a “Second Acceptable Commitment”) within 180 days of such cancellation or termination and that investment, purchase or other acquisition is thereafter completed within 180 days after the entry into the Second Acceptable Commitment.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that repatriation to the United States of any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sales by a Foreign Subsidiary (x) is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law or (y) would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or other net benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation that would not otherwise be realized), as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this covenant; provided that clause (x) of this paragraph shall apply to such amounts so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Company hereby agreeing to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediments or other impediment to permit such repatriation), and if such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law and is not subject to clause (y) of this paragraph, then, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes that would be payable or reserved against as a result of repatriating such amounts) in compliance with this covenant. The time periods set forth in this covenant shall not start until such time as the Net Cash Proceeds may be repatriated (whether or not such repatriation actually occurs).

 

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(d)                 Pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may temporarily reduce Indebtedness (including under a revolving Debt Facility) or otherwise invest or utilize such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. Any amount of Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale that is not applied or invested as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.10(b) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided, that any amount of proceeds offered to Holders pursuant to clause (3) of Section 4.10(b) or pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer made at any time after the Asset Sale shall be deemed to have been applied as required and shall not be deemed to be Excess Proceeds without regard to the extent to which such offer is accepted by the Holders. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $75.0 million, the Company will be required to make an offer (“Asset Sale Offer”) to all Holders of Notes and, to the extent required by the terms of other Pari Passu Indebtedness, to all holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness outstanding with similar provisions requiring the Company (or the Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable) to make an offer to purchase such Pari Passu Indebtedness with the proceeds from any Asset Sale, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and any such Pari Passu Indebtedness to which the Asset Sale Offer applies that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness plus accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the date of purchase (or such lesser price with respect to the Pari Passu Indebtedness, if any, as may be provided by the terms of such Indebtedness), in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture or the agreements governing the Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable.

 

(e)                 The Company may satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds prior to the time period that may be required by this Indenture with respect to all or a part of the available Net Cash Proceeds in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture so long as the offer price to holders equals or exceeds the price required in the immediately preceding paragraph.

 

(f)             To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness so properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (the “Retained Excess Proceeds”) for any purpose not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof and other Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by Holders or lenders, collectively, exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, selection of Notes for purchase will be made by the Company in accordance with Section 3.04(f). Upon completion of such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

 

Section 4.11.      Limitation on Affiliate Transactions.

 

(a)                 The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction (including for the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company involving aggregate consideration in excess of $50.0 million (an “Affiliate Transaction”) unless:

 

(1)            the terms of such Affiliate Transaction are not materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, when taken as a whole, than those that would have been obtained by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in a comparable transaction at the time of such transaction on an arm’s-length basis with a Person who is not an Affiliate (as determined in good faith by the Company); and

 

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(2)            in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate consideration in excess of $150.0 million, the terms of such transaction have been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company and the Board of Directors of the Company shall have determined in good faith that such Affiliate Transaction satisfies the criteria in clause (1) above.

 

(b)                 Section 4.11(a) shall not apply to:

 

(1)            (i) any transaction between or among the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction); (ii) guarantees issued by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.09, as applicable; or (iii) the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements or any documents effecting a joinder, accession, amendment or supplement thereto;

 

(2)            any Restricted Payments permitted by this Indenture or any Permitted Investments;

 

(3)            any employment, consulting, service or termination agreement, or indemnification arrangement, entered into by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with a future, current or former director, officer, employee, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (or any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent such agreements or arrangements are in respect of services performed for the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); the payment of compensation or expense reimbursement to any future, current or former director, officer, employee, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (including amounts paid pursuant to any benefit plan or arrangement, any health, disability or similar insurance plan or any stock option, employee stock purchase or similar plans); or any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment agreements and other compensation arrangements, options to purchase Capital Stock of the Company, subscription agreements, restricted stock plans, restricted stock unit plans, long-term incentive plans, stock appreciation rights plans, participation plans or similar employee benefits plans and/or indemnity provided on behalf of future, current or former directors, officers, employees, managers, consultants or independent contractors of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

 

(4)            payments, loans, advances or guarantees (or cancellation of loans, advances or guarantees) to employees, officers, directors, managers, consultants or independent contractors for bona fide business purposes or in the ordinary course of business, in an aggregate amount not in excess of $10.0 million outstanding at any time;

 

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(5)            any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Issue Date (as such agreement or arrangement may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed or replaced from time to time, so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, renewal or replacement, when taken as a whole, is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders (as determined in good faith by the Company) than the terms of the original agreement or arrangement in effect on the Issue Date) or any transaction contemplated thereby;

 

(6)            any agreement between any Person and an Affiliate of such Person existing at the time such Person is acquired by or merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as such agreement may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended or renewed from time to time; provided that such agreement was not entered into contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation, and so long as any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension or renewal, when taken as a whole, is not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders than the applicable agreement as in effect on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation (as determined in good faith by the Company);

 

(7)            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 and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture, in each case which are fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or are on terms that are not materially less favorable, when taken as a whole, 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 unaffiliated party (as determined in good faith by the Company);

 

(8)            any transaction with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owns Capital Stock of or otherwise controls such Person; provided that no Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) shall have a beneficial interest or otherwise participate in such Person;

 

(9)            transactions between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Person that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because such Person is a director, or such Person has a director who is also a director, of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Company or such direct or indirect parent of the Company, as the case may be, on any matter involving such other Person;

 

(10)            any issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Company and the granting of registration and other customary rights with respect thereto;

 

(11)            transactions in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary delivers to the Trustee a letter or opinion 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, than those that might reasonably have been obtained by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in a comparable transaction at such time on an arms-length basis from a Person that is not an Affiliate; and

 

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(12)            transactions pursuant to Permitted Tax Restructurings.

 

Section 4.12.      Limitation on Liens.

 

(a)                 The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee of Indebtedness of any kind (any such lien, the “Initial Lien”), on any asset or property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries now owned or hereafter acquired, except in the case of any assets or property that do not constitute Collateral, any Initial Lien if the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees are secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations secured by such Initial Lien (subject to Permitted Liens).

 

(b)                 Any Lien created for the benefit of the holders of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.12(a) shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of each of the Initial Liens.

 

(c)                 If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creates any Lien upon any asset or property that is not at such time Collateral in order to secure any Pari Passu Lien Debt, it must concurrently grant a first-priority Lien upon such property or assets as security for the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, such that the asset or property subject to such Lien will constitute Collateral under this Indenture and the Security Documents, subject to Permitted Liens.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.12, (x) a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category (or portion thereof) of Permitted Liens described in the definition thereof or by reference to Section 4.12(a), but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (y) in the event that a Lien securing an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of Permitted Liens described in the definition thereof or is permitted by Section 4.12(a), the Company shall, in its sole discretion, be entitled to divide, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify, or reclassify, in whole or in part, any such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner.

 

The expansion of Liens by virtue of accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of dividends on Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of Preferred Stock of the same class accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference, increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness, will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Liens for purposes of this Section 4.12.

 

Section 4.13.      Existence. The Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and the existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with their respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time), and the material rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, provided that the Company is not required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the existence of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case if the Company in good faith shall determine that the maintenance or preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and provided further that this Section does not prohibit any transaction otherwise permitted by Section 4.07 or Article 5.

 

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Section 4.14.      Offer to Repurchase Upon a Change of Control.

 

(a)            Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Company has previously or concurrently exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, each Holder shall have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date falling on or prior to the date of purchase).

 

(b)            Prior to or within 30 days following any Change of Control, unless the Company has previously or concurrently exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01, the Company shall deliver a notice (the “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder or otherwise give notice in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depositary, with a copy to the Trustee, stating:

 

(1)            that a Change of Control has occurred or, if the Change of Control Offer is being made in advance of a Change of Control, that a Change of Control is expected to occur, and that such Holder has, or upon such occurrence will have, the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101.0% of the principal amount of such Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on a Regular Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date) (the “Change of Control Payment”);

 

(2)            the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than ten days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is delivered) (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

 

(3)            if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of a Change of Control; and

 

(4)            the procedures determined by the Company, consistent with this Indenture, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes repurchased.

 

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:

 

(1)            accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

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(2)            deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn; and

 

(3)            deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company in accordance with the terms of this covenant.

 

The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any, in accordance with Section 3.04(e).

 

(c)            If the Change of Control Payment Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be paid on the relevant Interest Payment Date to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date.

 

(d)                 (i) The Company shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control 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 Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer; and (ii) the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if the Company has previously or concurrently exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.01 pursuant to a notice of redemption that is or has become unconditional.

 

(e)                 The Company or a third party may, at its option, redeem the Notes upon not less than ten nor more than 60 days’ notice, given not more than 30 days following the consummation of the Change of Control Offer, at a redemption price of 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, 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 an interest payment date falling on or prior to such redemption date), in connection with the consummation of a Change of Control if at least 90.0% of the Notes outstanding prior to the Change of Control Payment Date are purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer with respect to such Change of Control.

 

(f)             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.

 

Section 4.15.      Future Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

(a)                 The Company shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary (x) that borrows under or Guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities, and (y) that Guarantees any other Indebtedness of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor (other than Indebtedness owing to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) in an aggregate principal amount greater than or equal to $50.0 million, to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture to this Indenture pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will irrevocably and unconditionally Guarantee, on a joint and several basis, the full and prompt payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest in respect of the Notes on a senior basis and all other obligations under this Indenture. To the extent that the assets of any such future Subsidiary Guarantor are required to pledged as collateral pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities or any such other Indebtedness, such assets will be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents reasonably promptly after such Restricted Subsidiary issues its Guarantee of the Notes.

 

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(b)                 Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event (i) a Subsidiary Guarantor is released and discharged in full from all of its obligations under its Guarantees of any other Indebtedness that gave rise (or would give rise) to its obligation to provide such Subsidiary Guarantee and (ii) such Subsidiary Guarantor has not Incurred any Indebtedness in reliance on its status as a Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 4.09 or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under such Indebtedness are satisfied in full and discharged or are otherwise permitted to be Incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) under Section 4.09, then the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released or discharged.

 

Section 4.16.      Maintenance of Insurance. The Company will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the business and assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in such amounts and against such liabilities, casualties, risks and contingencies existing from time to time as is customary for prudent owners and operators of similar businesses and similar property. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a mortgage is required pursuant to provisions set forth in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement with respect to any Premises, and such Premises is designated as, or to be in, a “flood hazard area,” the Company will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, flood insurance on such Premises in such total amount as required under applicable law and otherwise in compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973.

 

Section 4.17.      Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

(a)                 The Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary or a Person becoming a Subsidiary through merger, amalgamation or consolidation or Investment therein) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary only if:

 

(1)            such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries has not Guaranteed any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of and does not own any Capital Stock in, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and does not hold any Liens on any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated);

 

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(2)            all the Indebtedness of such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries shall, at the date of designation, and will for so long as it is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, consist of Non-Recourse Debt;

 

(3)            the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary complies with Section 4.07 or constitutes a Permitted Investment; and

 

(4)            except as permitted under Section 4.11, on the date such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with terms substantially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, when taken as a whole, than those that would have been obtained from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company.

 

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company after the Issue Date shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complies with the foregoing conditions. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the foregoing requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be Incurred as of such date.

 

(b)                 The Board of Directors of 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 or would occur as a consequence thereof and either (i) the Company would be permitted to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness as Ratio Debt after giving effect to such designation or (ii) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company after giving effect to such designation would be equal to or greater than such ratio immediately prior to such designation.

 

Section 4.18.      Suspension of Certain Covenants.

 

(a)                 Following the first day (the “Suspension Date”) that:

 

(1)            the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies; and

 

(2)            no Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder,

 

the Subsidiary Guarantees will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to the covenants in Sections Section 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.15, 4.16 and clause (4) of Section 5.01(a) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). If at any time following a Suspension Date the Notes’ credit rating is downgraded from an Investment Grade Rating by any Rating Agency such that the Notes do not have an Investment Grade Rating by both of the Rating Agencies, then the Suspended Covenants will thereafter be reinstated (such date, the “Reinstatement Date”) and be applicable pursuant to the terms of this Indenture with respect to future events, unless and until a subsequent Suspension Date occurs (in which event the Suspended Covenants shall no longer be in effect until a subsequent Reinstatement Date occurs). The period of time between Suspension Date and the Reinstatement Date is referred to as the “Suspension Period.”

 

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(b)                 Notwithstanding the reinstatement of the Suspended Covenants upon a Reinstatement Date, no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to have occurred or exist under this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on, 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 Reinstatement Date, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted, without causing a Default or Event of Default or breach of any of the Suspended Covenants (notwithstanding the reinstatement thereof) under this Indenture, to honor, comply with or otherwise perform any contractual commitments or obligations entered into during a Suspension Period following a Reinstatement Date and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; provided that, to the extent any such commitment or obligation results in the making of a Restricted Payment, such Restricted Payment shall be made under clause (C) of Section 4.07(a) or under Section 4.07(b) and, if not permitted by any of such provisions, such Restricted Payment shall be deemed permitted under clause (C) of Section 4.07(a) and shall be deducted for purposes of calculating the amount pursuant to such clause (C) (so that the amount available under such clause (C) immediately following such Restricted Payment shall be negative).

 

(c)                 On each Reinstatement Date, all Indebtedness Incurred during the applicable Suspension Period will be classified to have been Incurred pursuant to clause (3) of Section 4.09(b). Calculations made after each Reinstatement Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.07 will be made as though Section 4.07 had been in effect prior to, but not during, the Suspension Period. Upon the Suspension Date, the amount of Excess Proceeds from Asset Sales shall be reset at zero. In addition, for purposes of Section 4.11, all transactions entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate of the Company during the Suspension Period shall be deemed to have been entered into pursuant to clause (5) of Section 4.11(b), and for purposes of Section 4.08, all agreements and instruments entered into during the Suspension Period that contain any of the restrictions contemplated by such covenant shall be deemed to have been entered into pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.08(b).

 

(d)                 During any period when the Suspended Covenants are suspended, the Board of Directors of the Company may not designate any of the Company’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this Indenture.

 

(e)                 The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee of the occurrence of any Suspension Date or Reinstatement Date. The Trustee shall have no obligation to (i) independently determine or verify if such events have occurred, (ii) make any determination regarding the impact of actions taken during the Suspension Period on future compliance by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries with their covenants or (iii) notify the holders of the occurrence of any action that results in a Suspension Date or Reinstatement Date.

 

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Section 4.19.      Post-Closing Deliveries. Within the periods of time set forth in Schedule 1, the Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent copies of the Post-Closing Transaction Documents duly executed by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case, to the extent party thereto.

 

Article 5
Merger and Consolidation

 

Section 5.01.      Merger and Consolidation.

 

(a)                 The Company shall not consummate a Division as a Dividing Person, consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

 

(1)            the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) or the Division Successor surviving any Division is the Company or will be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership or trust organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia; provided that if such Person is not a corporation, such Person will immediately cause a Subsidiary that is organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia and that is a corporation to be added as a co-issuer of the Notes under this Indenture;

 

(2)            (x) the Successor Company (if other than the Company) assumes all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents pursuant to a supplemental indenture, amendments or other customary documents or instruments, or (y) in the case of a Division, where the Company is the Dividing Person, the Division Successor shall remain or become a co-issuer of the Notes;

 

(3)            immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(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 four-fiscal-quarter period, either:

 

(A)            the Successor Company or the Division Successor to the Company, as applicable, would be able to Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness as Ratio Debt, or

 

(B)            the Consolidated Coverage Ratio for the Successor Company or the Division Successor to the Company, as applicable, would be equal to or greater than such ratio for the Company immediately prior to such transaction;

 

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(5)            each Subsidiary Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transactions above, in which case clause (1) shall apply) shall have confirmed in writing to the Trustee that its Subsidiary Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes and its obligations under the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements (as applicable) shall continue to be in effect; and

 

(6)            Collateral owned by or transferred to the Successor Company or the Division Successor to the Company, as applicable, shall (i) continue to constitute Collateral under this Indenture and the Security Documents, (ii) be subject to the Lien in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Notes Secured Parties and (iii) not be subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding clauses (3) and (4),

 

(1)            any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge with or into or sell, assign, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or part of its assets and properties to the Company so long as no Capital Stock of the Restricted Subsidiary is distributed to any Person other than the Company, and

 

(2)            the Company may merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction.

 

(b)                 Subject to the provisions in this Indenture governing release of a Subsidiary Guarantee upon the sale or disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consummate a Division as the Dividing Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, convey, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets and properties to, any Person (other than to the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor) unless:

 

(1)            if such entity remains a Subsidiary Guarantor, (a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Guarantor”) or the Division Successor, as applicable, will be such Subsidiary Guarantor or a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, limited partnership or trust organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State of the United States or the District of Columbia (or, in the case of a Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor, under the laws of Canada or any province thereof); (b) the Successor Guarantor or the Division Successor, as applicable, if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor, expressly assumes all of the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, this Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements (as applicable) pursuant to a supplemental indenture, amendments or other customary documents or instruments; (c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (d) if the Successor Guarantor is other than such Subsidiary Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company will have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such Division, consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture; and (e) if the Successor Guarantor is other than such Subsidiary Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor, Collateral owned by or transferred to the Successor Guarantor shall (i) continue to constitute Collateral under this Indenture and the Security Documents, (ii) be subject to the Lien in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Notes Secured Parties and (iii) not be subject to any Lien other than Permitted Liens; and

 

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(2)            the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.10 to the extent applicable (it being understood that only such portion of the Net Cash Proceeds as is required to be applied on the date of such transaction in accordance with the terms of this Indenture needs to be applied in accordance therewith at such time) and this Section 5.01.

 

(c)                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge with or into or wind up into any other Restricted Subsidiary in order to consummate a Permitted Tax Restructuring.

 

(d)                 In addition, the Company shall not, directly or indirectly, lease, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to lease, all or substantially all of the properties of it and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person.

 

(e)                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantor may (x) consolidate or merge with or into or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or part of its assets and properties to another Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company, or (y) consolidate or merge with or into or sell, assign, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or part of its assets and properties to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Subsidiary Guarantor in a State of the United States or the District of Columbia (or, in the case of a Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor, under the laws of Canada or any province thereof), as long as the amount of Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby, and the resulting entity remains or becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

(f)                  For purposes of this Section 5.01, the sale, assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, which assets and properties, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Company.

 

Section 5.02.      Successor Entity Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be released from its obligations under this Indenture or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, and the Successor Company, the Successor Guarantor or Division Successor, as the case may be, shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall refer instead to the Successor Company, the Successor Guarantor or Division Successor, as the case may be, and not to the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor), and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

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Article 6
Defaults and Remedies

 

Section 6.01.      Events of Default.

 

(a)                 An “Event of Default” means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary):

 

(1)           default in any payment of interest on any Note when due, continued for 30 days;

 

(2)            default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon acceleration or otherwise;

 

(3)            failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Section 5.01 (other than its obligations under clause (5) of Section 5.01(a)) or the failure by any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with its obligations under clauses (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d) and (2) of Section 5.01(b);

 

(4)            failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to comply for 60 days after receipt of written notice as provided below with any of its obligations, covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture (other than a Default referred to in clause (1), (2) or (3) above);

 

(5)           default by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Company or any of its 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 Issue Date, which default:

 

(A)            is caused by a failure, after the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness, to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Indebtedness (“Payment Default”); or

 

(B)            results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its maturity;

 

and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, exceeds the greater of (i) $100.0 million and (ii) 18.8% of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company for the most recently ended four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements have been delivered (the “Threshold Amount”);

 

(6)            an involuntary case or other proceeding is commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official over it or substantially all of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief is entered against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary under the applicable bankruptcy laws as now or hereafter in effect that remains undismissed and unstayed for a period of 60 consecutive days;

 

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(7)            the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (i) commences a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect with respect to itself, or consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

 

(8)            failure by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final and non-appealable judgments aggregating in excess of the Threshold Amount (net of any amounts that are covered by insurance provided by a reputable and creditworthy insurance company), which judgments are not paid, discharged, waived or stayed for a period of 60 consecutive days after such judgments become final;

 

(9)            any Subsidiary Guarantee of a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect in any material respect (except as contemplated by the terms of this Indenture) or is declared null and void in a judicial proceeding or any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms its obligations under this Indenture or its Subsidiary Guarantee; and

 

(10)          with respect to any Collateral having a fair market value in excess of $100.0 million, individually or in the aggregate, (i) the failure of the security interest with respect to such Collateral under the Pari Passu Lien Security Documents, at any time, to be perfected or in full force and effect for any reason other than in accordance with their terms or the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements, which failure continues for a period of 30 consecutive days after any Officer of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor becomes aware of such failure and has not been cured during such time period or (ii) the assertion by the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction, that any such security interest is invalid or unenforceable.

 

(b)                 However, a Default under clause (4) of Section 6.01(a) will not constitute an Event of Default until (1) the Trustee provides written notice to the Company of the Default or the Holders of 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes provide written notice to the Company of the Default, with a copy to the Trustee, and (2) the Company does not cure such Default within the applicable time specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01(a) after receipt of such notice.

 

Section 6.02.      Acceleration.

 

(a)                  If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clauses (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a)) occurs and is continuing, up to two years following the first public notice or notice to the Trustee of such event, the Trustee by notice in writing specifying the Event of Default and that it is a “notice” to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable; provided that a notice of Default may not be given with respect to any action taken, and reported publicly or to Holders, more than two years prior to such notice of Default. Upon the effectiveness of such a declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be due and payable immediately.

 

(b)                 In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes because an Event of Default described in clause (5) of Section 6.01(a) has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically annulled if the Default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (5) of Section 6.01(a) shall be remedied or cured by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or waived by the holders of the relevant Indebtedness within 20 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if the annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Notes, have been cured or waived.

 

(c)                  If an Event of Default described in clauses (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all the Notes shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

 

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(d)                 Any notice of Default, notice of acceleration or instruction to the Trustee to provide a notice of Default, notice of acceleration or take any other action (a “Noteholder Direction”) provided by any one or more Holders (other than a Regulated Bank) (each a “Directing Holder”) must be accompanied by a written representation from each such Holder delivered to the Company and the Trustee that such Holder is not (or, in the case such Holder is DTC or its nominee, that such Holder is being instructed solely by beneficial owners that are not) Net Short (a “Position Representation”), which representation, in the case of a Noteholder Direction relating to the delivery of a notice of Default shall be deemed a continuing representation until the resulting Event of Default is cured or otherwise ceases to exist or the Notes are accelerated. In addition, each Directing Holder is deemed, at the time of providing a Noteholder Direction, to covenant to provide the Company with such other information as the Company may reasonably request from time to time in order to verify the accuracy of such Holder’s Position Representation within five Business Days of request therefor (a “Verification Covenant”). In any case in which the Holder is DTC or its nominee, any Position Representation or Verification Covenant required hereunder shall be provided by the beneficial owner of the Notes in lieu of DTC or its nominee, and DTC shall be entitled to conclusively rely on such Position Representation and Verification Covenant in delivering its direction to the Trustee. In no event shall the Trustee have any liability or obligation to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Person is a Net Short Holder and/or whether such Net Short Holder has delivered any related certifications under this Indenture or in connection with the Notes or if any such certifications comply with this Indenture, the Notes, or any other document. It is understood and agreed that the Company and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely on each representation, deemed representation and certification made by, and covenant of, each Notes beneficial owner provided for in this paragraph. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the Notes or any other document, the provisions of this paragraph shall apply and survive with respect to each Notes beneficial owner notwithstanding that any such Person may have ceased to be a Notes beneficial owner, this Indenture may have been terminated, the Notes may have been redeemed in full or the Trustee may have resigned or been removed.

 

(e)                 If, following the delivery of a Noteholder Direction, but prior to acceleration of the Notes, the Company determines in good faith that there is a reasonable basis to believe a Directing Holder was, at any relevant time, in breach of its Position Representation and provides to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Company has initiated litigation in a court of competent jurisdiction seeking a determination that such Directing Holder was, at such time, in breach of its Position Representation, and seeking to invalidate any Event of Default that resulted from the applicable Noteholder Direction, the cure period with respect to such Default shall be automatically stayed and the cure period with respect to such Event of Default shall be automatically reinstituted and any remedy stayed pending a final and non-appealable determination of a court of competent jurisdiction on such matter. If, following the delivery of a Noteholder Direction, but prior to acceleration of the Notes, the Company provides to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that a Directing Holder failed to satisfy its Verification Covenant, the cure period with respect to such Default shall be automatically stayed and the cure period with respect to any Event of Default that resulted from the applicable Noteholder Direction shall be automatically reinstituted and any remedy stayed pending satisfaction of such Verification Covenant. Any breach of the Position Representation shall result in such Holder’s participation in such Noteholder Direction being disregarded; and, if, without the participation of such Holder, the percentage of Notes held by the remaining Holders that provided such Noteholder Direction would have been insufficient to validly provide such Noteholder Direction, such Noteholder Direction shall be void ab initio, with the effect that such Event of Default shall be deemed never to have occurred, acceleration voided and the Trustee shall be deemed not to have received such Noteholder Direction or any notice of such Default or Event of Default.

 

(f)                  Notwithstanding anything in the preceding clauses (d) and (e) of this Section 6.02 to the contrary, any Noteholder Direction delivered to the Trustee during the pendency of an Event of Default as the result of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall not require compliance with the foregoing paragraphs. In addition, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing paragraphs shall not apply to any Holder that is a Regulated Bank.

 

(g)                 For the avoidance of doubt, the Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any Noteholder Direction delivered to it in accordance with this Indenture, shall have no duty to inquire as to or investigate the accuracy of any Position Representation, enforce compliance with any Verification Covenant, verify any statements in any Officer’s Certificate delivered to it, or otherwise make calculations, investigations or determinations with respect to Derivative Instruments, Net Shorts, Long Derivative Instruments, Short Derivative Instruments or otherwise. The Trustee shall have no liability to the Company, any Holder or any other Person in acting in good faith on a Noteholder Direction.

 

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(h)                 The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default under and until it obtains actual written notification of such Event of Default describing the circumstances of such and identifying the circumstances constituting such Event of Default. In order to be effective, such written notice must be actually received by a Trust Officer at the Corporate Trust Office; and the notice must state “Notice of Default.”

 

Section 6.03.      Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue, in its own name or as trustee of an express trust, any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of 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.

 

Section 6.04.      Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may, by written notice to the Trustee and on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive, rescind or cancel any declaration of an existing or past Default or Event of Default and its consequences under this Indenture if such waiver, rescission or cancellation would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes (other than such nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due as a result of such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, rescission or cancellation, 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. Subject to Section 7.02(7), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for 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 in good faith 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 actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders) or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification from the Holders satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

 

Section 6.06.      Limitation on Suits. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, 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 to the Trustee an indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

 

(1)            such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(2)            Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee, by notice in writing, to pursue the remedy;

 

(3)            such Holders have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(4)            the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

 

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(5)            the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

 

Section 6.07.      Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the right of a Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of or interest on its Note on or after the Stated Maturity thereof, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, may not be impaired or affected without the consent of that Holder. For the avoidance of doubt, no amendment to or deletion of any of the covenants set forth in Article 4 (other than Section 4.01) shall be deemed to impair or affect any rights of holders to receive payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Holder’s Notes.

 

Section 6.08.      Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default in payment of principal or interest specified in clause (1) or (2) of Section 6.01(a) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust for the whole amount of principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid, together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate specified in the Notes, and such further amount as is sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the compensation of the Trustee and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section 6.09.      Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file proofs of claim and other pleadings, papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the compensation of the Trustee or for reasonable expenses, fees, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relating to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or their respective creditors or property (including any bankruptcy or insolvency cases or proceedings), and is entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money, securities or other property payable or deliverable upon conversion or exchange of the Notes or upon any such claims. Any debtor-in-possession, custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder 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 it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, fees, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee hereunder. Nothing in this Indenture will be deemed to empower the Trustee to authorize or consent to, or cast a vote with respect to or otherwise 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 thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.10.      Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article (including upon exercise of remedies with respect to the Collateral), it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

First: to the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Agent, in each case for all amounts due to it hereunder;

 

Second: to Holders for amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Notes, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest; and

 

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Third: to the Company or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.

 

The Trustee, upon written notice to the Company, may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section.

 

Section 6.11.      Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted a proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and the proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to the Holder, then, subject to any determination in the proceeding, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders will be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders will continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

 

Section 6.12.      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 Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit (other than the Trustee) to file an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant (other than the Trustee) in the suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.12 does not apply to a suit by a Holder to enforce payment of principal of or interest on any Note on the respective due dates, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes.

 

Section 6.13.      Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy conferred or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under this Indenture is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and all such rights and remedies are, to the extent permitted by law, cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or exercise of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, will not prevent the concurrent assertion or exercise of any other right or remedy.

 

Section 6.14.      Delay or Omission Not Waiver. No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default will 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.

 

Article 7
The Trustee

 

Section 7.01.      General.

 

(a)                  The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee are as provided by the Trust Indenture Act and as set forth herein. Whether or not expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee is subject to this Article.

 

(b)                 Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, 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. 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; but 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 be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

 

(c)                 In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise those rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

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(d)                 No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own gross negligent action, its own gross negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, as finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, except that:

 

(1)            this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Section 7.01(b);

 

(2)            neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any error of judgement made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

 

(3)            neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes of any series; and

 

(4)            no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

 

Section 7.02.      Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 315(a) through (d):

 

(1)            The Trustee may conclusively rely, and will be protected in acting or refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee, in its discretion, may make further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it sees fit.

 

(2)            Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting (except (x) as provided in Sections 2.04, 3.03(e) and 3.04(e) and (y) with respect to an Opinion of Counsel, in connection with the original issuance of any Notes or the execution of any amendment or supplement entered into in connection with adding any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture), it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel conforming to Section 13.03 and the Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on the certificate or opinion.

 

(3)            The Trustee shall be entitled to request and receive written instructions from the Company and shall have no responsibility or liability for any losses or damages of any nature that may arise from any action taken or not taken by the Trustee in accordance with the written direction of the Company.

 

(4)            The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the acts or omissions of any agent appointed with due care.

 

(5)           The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

 

(6)           The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers or for any action it takes or omits to take in accordance with the direction of the Holders in accordance with Section 6.05 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture.

 

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(7)            The Trustee may consult with counsel, and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(8)           The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

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

 

(10)          The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof.

 

(11)         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 by the Notes Collateral Agent, and each Agent employed to act hereunder.

 

(12)         None of the permissive rights of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall be construed as a duty and, with respect to such permissive rights, the Trustee shall not be answerable for other than its gross negligence or willful misconduct, as finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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

 

(14)         Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be responsible for, and make no representation as to the existence, genuineness, value or protection of, any Collateral, for the legality, effectiveness or sufficiency of any Security Document or for the creation, perfection, continuation, priority, maintenance, sufficiency or protection of any Liens securing the Notes. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any Lien or security interest in the Collateral.

 

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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 its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(b) and 311. For purposes of Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b)(4) and (6):

 

(a)                 cash transaction” means any transaction in which full payment for goods or securities sold is made within seven days after delivery of the goods or securities in currency or in checks or other orders drawn upon banks or bankers and payable upon demand; and

 

(b)                 self-liquidating paper” means any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred for the purpose of financing the purchase, processing, manufacturing, shipment, storage or sale of goods, wares or merchandise and which is secured by documents evidencing title to, possession of, or a lien upon, the goods, wares or merchandise or the receivables or proceeds arising from the sale of the goods, wares or merchandise previously constituting the security, provided the security is received by the Trustee simultaneously with the creation of the creditor relationship arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation.

 

Section 7.04.      Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Notes, the Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents, is not accountable for the Company’s use or application of the proceeds from the Notes and  is not responsible for any statement in the Notes other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.05.      Notice of Default. If any Default occurs and is continuing and is actually known to the Trustee, the Trustee shall deliver to each Holder notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs or within 30 days after the Trustee has actual knowledge of the Default, whichever is later. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding notice is in the interests of the Holders.

 

Section 7.06.      [Reserved].

 

Section 7.07.      Compensation and Indemnity.

 

(a)                 The Company will pay the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) compensation as agreed upon with the Trustee in writing between the Company and the Trustee for its services. The compensation of the Trustee is not limited by any law on compensation of a Trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee, including the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

(b)                 The Company shall indemnify the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) for, and hold it harmless against, any loss or liability or expense incurred by it without willful misconduct or negligence on its part, as finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture and the performance of its duties under this Indenture and the Notes, including attorneys’ fees and expenses and the reasonable costs and expenses enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 7.07), of defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder or the Company, or liability and of complying with any process served upon it or any of its officers in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Indenture and the Notes. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend any such claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to indemnify the Trustee with respect to any settlement made without the consent of the Company, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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(c)                 To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) will have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal of, and interest on particular Notes.

 

(d)                 When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) or Section 6.01(a)(7), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law (including, without limitation under Section 507 of the Bankruptcy Code).

 

(e)                 The provisions of this Article shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

 

Section 7.08.      Replacement of Trustee.

 

(a)                 The Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to the Company.

 

(1)           The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by written notice to the Trustee.

 

(2)            If the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10 or in the circumstances described in Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b), any Holder that satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b) may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(3)           The Company may remove the Trustee if: the Trustee is no longer eligible under Section 7.10;  the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent; a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

(4)           A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.

 

(b)                 If the Trustee has been removed by the Holders, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may appoint a successor Trustee with the consent of the Company. Otherwise, if the Trustee resigns or is removed, or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. If the successor Trustee does not deliver its written acceptance within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee at the Company’s expense.

 

(c)                 Upon delivery by the successor Trustee of a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company, the retiring Trustee will transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07, 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. Upon request of any successor Trustee, the Company will execute any and all instruments for fully and vesting in and confirming to the successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts. The Company will give notice of any resignation and any removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders, and include in the notice the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

 

(d)                 Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section, the Company’s obligations and the rights protections and indemnities afforded the Trustee under Article 7 will continue for the benefit of any retiring or removed Trustee and the maturity of the Notes and/or termination or discharge of this Indenture.

 

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(e)                 The Trustee agrees to give the notices provided for in, and otherwise comply with, Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).

 

Section 7.09.      Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or national banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation or national banking association without any further act will be the successor Trustee with the same effect as if the successor Trustee had been named as the Trustee in this Indenture without the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any further act.

 

Section 7.10.      Eligibility. This Indenture must always have a Trustee that satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Section 310(a) and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

 

Section 7.11.      Money Held in Trust. The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as it may agree with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law and except for money held in trust under Article 8.

 

Section 7.12.      Security Documents; Intercreditor Agreements. By their acceptance of the Notes, the Holders hereby agree to be bound by, and authorize and direct the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to execute and deliver, the Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents in which the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, is named as a party, including any Security Document executed on or after the Issue Date.

 

Article 8

Legal Defeasance and Covenant Discharge

 

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 hereof 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 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth below 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 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, to have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and this Indenture including that of the Subsidiary Guarantors (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), and to have cured all then-existing Events of Default, except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

(a)                 the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

 

(b)                 the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of 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 hereunder, and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(d)                 this Section 8.02.

 

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If the Company exercises the Legal Defeasance option, (a) the Subsidiary Guarantees in effect at such time shall terminate and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all of its obligations with respect thereto and (b) the Collateral will be released from the Liens securing the Notes in accordance with the provisions described above.

 

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof. If the Company exercises its Legal Defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

 

Section 8.03.      Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, terminate and be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.06, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16 and 4.17 hereof and clause (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) and, clause (1)(b), (1)(c), (1)(d) and (2) of Section 5.01(b) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (“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. For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors 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 hereof, 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 hereof 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)(4), 6.01(a)(5), 6.01(a)(6) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only), 6.01(a)(7) (with respect to Significant Subsidiaries only), 6.01(a)(8), 6.01(a)(9) and 6.01(a)(10) shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

If the Company exercises the Covenant Defeasance option, (a) the Subsidiary Guarantees in effect at such time will terminate and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all of its obligations with respect thereto and (b) the Collateral will be released from the Liens securing the Notes in accordance with the provisions described above.

 

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 hereof to the outstanding Notes:

 

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes:

 

(1)            the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination of cash in U.S. dollars and non-callable U.S. Government Obligations, in amounts as shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, or interest and premium, if any, on the outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

 

(2)           in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the beneficial owners of the respective outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and shall 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;

 

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(3)            in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the beneficial owners of the respective outstanding Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(4)            no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien securing such borrowings) or insofar as Events of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

 

(5)           the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, assuming, among other things, no intervening bankruptcy of the Company between the date of deposit and the 91st day following the deposit and assuming that no Holder is an “insider” of the Company under applicable bankruptcy law, after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization of similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

 

(6)            the Company must deliver 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 creditors of the Company or others; and

 

(7)            the Company must deliver 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 relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

 

Section 8.05.      Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (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 hereof 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 Subsidiary 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 U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof 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 request of the Company any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

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Section 8.06.      Repayment to the Company.

 

Subject to applicable unclaimed property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, 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 its 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 U.S. dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, 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 hereof 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 hereof, 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 its 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.      Amendments Without Consent of Holders. Notwithstanding Section 9.02 hereof, without the consent of any Holder, the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor (with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture) and the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to:

 

(1)            cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

 

(2)            comply with Article 5;

 

(3)            provide for the assumption by a successor entity (or co-issuer) of the obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee, any Security Document, or the Intercreditor Agreements (whether through Division, merger, amalgamation consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of assets and properties or otherwise);

 

(4)            provide for or facilitate the issuance of uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code);

 

(5)            comply with the rules of any applicable depositary;

 

(6)            add Guarantees with respect to the Notes or release a Subsidiary Guarantor from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, this Indenture or the Security Documents in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture or the Security Documents;

 

(7)            make, complete or confirm any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Indenture or any of the Security Documents or any release, termination or discharge of Collateral that becomes effective as set forth in this Indenture or any of the Security Documents;

 

(8)            grant any Lien for the benefit of the holders of Pari Passu Lien Debt or Junior Lien Debt in accordance with and as permitted by the terms of this Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreements;

 

(9)           add additional secured parties to any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement to the extent Liens securing obligations held by such parties are permitted under this Indenture;

 

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(10)         mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Notes Secured Parties as additional security for the payment and performance of the Company’s and any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture, in any property, or assets, including any of which are required to be mortgaged, pledged or hypothecated, or in which a security interest is required to be granted to the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or otherwise;

 

(11)         provide for the succession of any parties to any of the Security Documents (and other amendments that are administrative or ministerial in nature) and any of the Intercreditor Agreements in connection with an amendment, renewal, extension, substitution, refinancing, restructuring, replacement, supplementing or other modification from time to time of any agreement in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, the relevant Security Document and the Intercreditor Agreements;

 

(12)         add to the covenants of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders or to make changes that would provide additional rights to Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

(13)          make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder under this Indenture;

 

(14)          evidence or provide for the appointment under this Indenture of a successor trustee or under the Security Documents of a successor collateral agent; provided that the successor trustee or successor collateral agent is otherwise qualified and eligible to act as such under the terms of this Indenture and of the Security Documents, as applicable;

 

(15)         provide for the issuance of Additional Notes under this Indenture;

 

(16)         comply with the provisions set forth in Article 10 or Section 4.15;

 

(17)         conform the text of this Indenture (including any supplemental indenture or other instrument pursuant to which Additional Notes are issued), the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Company’s Offering Memorandum dated June 9, 2022 (the “Offering Memorandum”) to the extent that such provision in such “Description of Notes” section was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements as confirmed to the Trustee by an Officer’s Certificate, or, with respect to any Additional Notes or any supplemental indenture or other instrument pursuant to which Additional Notes are issued, to any provision of the “Description of Notes” relating to the issuance of the Additional Notes solely to the extent that the “Description of Notes” provides for terms of such Additional Notes that differ from the terms of the Initial Notes; or

 

(18)         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 (A) 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 (B) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes.

 

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The Holders of the Notes will be deemed to have consented (x) to the entry into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement by the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent with the holders of any Junior Lien Obligations (or any authorized agent or trustee therefor) that are incurred in compliance with this Indenture to establish that the Liens on any Collateral securing such Junior Lien Obligations shall be junior to the Liens securing the Pari Passu Lien Obligations (including the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees) without any further consent and (y) for purposes of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements to any of the following amendments, waivers and other modifications to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements:

 

(1)            (A) to add other parties (or any authorized agent thereof or trustee therefor) holding Pari Passu Lien Obligations that are Incurred in compliance with this Indenture and (B) to establish that the Liens on any Collateral securing such Pari Passu Lien Obligations shall rank equally with the Liens on such Collateral securing the obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, all on the terms provided for in each of the Security Documents and the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in effect immediately prior to such amendment; and

 

(2)            (A) to add other parties (or any authorized agent thereof or trustee therefor) holding Junior Lien Obligations that are Incurred in compliance with this Indenture and (B) to establish that the Liens on any Collateral securing such Junior Lien Obligations shall be junior to the Liens securing the Pari Passu Lien Obligations (including the obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees), all on the terms provided for in each of the Security Documents and the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in effect immediately prior to such amendment.

 

After an amendment or supplement under this Indenture becomes effective, the Company is required to deliver or mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment, supplement or waiver. However, the failure to deliver or mail such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, shall not impair or affect the validity of the amendment, supplement or waiver.

Upon the request of the Company and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.04 and Section 13.03 hereof, as applicable, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture or other document 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 or other document that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 9.02.      Amendments with Consent of Holders.

 

(a)                 Except as provided in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors (as applicable) and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate 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 purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing or past Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, 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 Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreements may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with the purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes). Section 2.05 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.

 

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(b)                 Upon the request of the Company and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.04 and Section 13.03 hereof, as applicable, the Trustee shall join with the Company in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture or other document unless such amended or supplemental indenture or other document directly affects the Trustee’s 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.

 

(c)                 It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. A consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver under this Indenture by any Holder of Notes given in connection with a tender of such Holder’s Notes shall not be rendered invalid by such tender.

 

(d)                 After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall deliver or mail to the Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment, supplement or waiver; provided that the failure to deliver or mail such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

(e)                 Without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

 

(1)            reduce the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(2)            reduce the stated rate of interest or extend the stated time for payment of interest on any Note;

 

(3)            reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note;

 

(4)            waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, 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 then-outstanding Notes with respect to a Payment Default and a waiver of the Payment Default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

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(5)            reduce the premium payable upon the redemption or repurchase of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed or repurchased under Section 3.01, Section 4.10 and Section 4.14 whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise (except amendments to the definition of “Change of Control”) (other than any change to the notice periods with respect to such redemption and provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of Section 4.14 relating to the Company’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding);

 

(6)            make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note;

 

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

 

(8)            make any change in the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of Defaults or Events of Default; or

 

(9)            modify the Subsidiary Guarantees in any manner materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes.

 

In addition, the consent of the Holders representing at least two-thirds of the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes will be required to release the Liens for the benefit of the Notes Secured Parties on all or substantially all of the Collateral, other than in accordance with this Indenture.

 

Section 9.03.      Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note 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, except as may be provided by the terms of any request for consent, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note 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.

 

Section 9.04.      Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent to Sign Amendments, etc.

 

The Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent (if applicable) 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 and the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent (if applicable) shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 and Section 7.02 hereof) shall be fully protected in relying upon the documents required by Section 13.03 hereof.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Opinion of Counsel with respect to conditions precedent or as to whether the supplement is authorized or permitted will be required for the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to execute any amendment or supplement entered into solely in connection with adding Subsidiary Guarantors in the form of Exhibit B hereof.

 

Article 10
Subsidiary Guarantees

 

Section 10.01.  Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

(a)                 Subject to this Article 10, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantee 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, premium, if any, or interest 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 or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

(b)                 The Subsidiary Guarantors 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 of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

 

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

 

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(d)                 Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for the purpose of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The Subsidiary Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any nonpaying Subsidiary Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

(e)                 Each Subsidiary 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, 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 Subsidiary Guarantees, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent transfer” 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.

 

(f)                 In case any provision of any Subsidiary 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.

 

(g)                 Each payment to be made by a Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

 

(h)                 All provisions set forth herein with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees are subject to the Agreed Security Principles.

 

Section 10.02.  Limitation on Subsidiary Guarantor Liability.

 

(a)                 Each Subsidiary Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Subsidiary Guarantee.

 

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(b)                 To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Subsidiary Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including, without limitation, any Guarantees under the Senior Credit Facilities) 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 Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Any Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment under its Subsidiary Guarantee will be entitled upon payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Subsidiary Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Subsidiary Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 10.03.  Execution and Delivery.

 

To evidence its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor by an Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Subsidiary Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

 

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

 

To the extent required by Section 4.15 hereof, the Company shall cause any newly created or acquired Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.

 

Section 10.04.  Subrogation.

 

Each Subsidiary Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of Notes against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by any Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01 hereof; provided that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Subsidiary 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.

 

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Section 10.05. Benefits Acknowledged.

 

Each Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

Section 10.06.  Release of Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

A Subsidiary Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee, upon:

 

(1)            the occurrence of any sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition (by merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise) of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including any sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition after which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary) or of all or substantially all of the assets and property of such Subsidiary Guarantor, which sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture (to the extent such provisions are required to be satisfied as of the date of the transaction); provided that such Subsidiary Guarantor is also released from all of its obligations in respect of the Senior Credit Facilities;

 

(2)            the release or discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor from its Guarantee of Indebtedness of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Senior Credit Facilities and the 2027 Notes, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such Guarantee (it being understood that a release subject to a contingent reinstatement is still a release, and that if any such Guarantee is so reinstated, such Subsidiary Guarantee shall also be reinstated to the extent that such Subsidiary Guarantor would then be required to Guarantee the Notes pursuant to this Indenture);

 

(3)            the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with Section 4.17;

 

(4)            upon such Person becoming an Excluded Subsidiary as a result of a transaction or designation permitted by this Indenture;

 

(5)            the Company exercising its Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option as set forth in Article 8 or the Company’s obligations under this Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

 

(6)            upon the full and final payment of all Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations of the Company and such Subsidiary Guarantor; or

 

(7)            as described in Section 4.15(b).

 

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The Company will notify the Trustee in writing in respect of any release of a Subsidiary Guarantee; provided that such notification will not be a condition to the effectiveness of such release.

 

Article 11
Collateral and Security

 

Section 11.01.  Security Documents. The due and punctual payment of the Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations, including payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when the same shall be due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and performance of all other Obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors to the Holders, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees and the Security Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements. The Trustee and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that the Notes Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent and pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall make all filings and recordings (including filings of continuation statements and amendments to UCC financing statements that may be necessary to continue the effectiveness of such UCC financing statements) as are required by the Security Documents to create, preserve, maintain or validate (at the sole cost and expense of the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors) the security interests created by the Security Documents in the Collateral (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents) as a perfected security interest to the extent perfection is required by the Security Documents and within the time frames set forth therein, subject only to Permitted Liens, and with the priority required by the Intercreditor Agreements, and the other Security Documents. In addition, the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent shall have no responsibility or liability (i) in connection with the acts or omissions of the Company in respect of the foregoing or (ii) for or with respect to the legality, validity and enforceability of any security interest created in the Collateral or the perfection and priority of such security interest.

 

Section 11.02.  Notes Collateral Agent.

 

(a)                 The holders of the Notes have, and by accepting a Note, each holder will be deemed to have, appointed the Notes Collateral Agent to act as its agent under the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements. The holders of the Notes have, and by accepting a Note, each holder will be deemed to have, authorized the Notes Collateral Agent to (i) perform the duties and exercise the rights, powers and discretions that are specifically given to it under the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements, together with any other incidental rights, power and discretions; and (ii) execute each Security Document and Intercreditor Agreement, waiver, modification, amendment, renewal or replacement expressed to be executed by the Notes Collateral Agent on its behalf.

 

(b)                 The rights, duties and obligations of the Notes Collateral Agent will be subject to the Intercreditor Agreements.

 

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Section 11.03. Release of Collateral. The security interests in the Collateral in respect of the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged under any one or more of the following circumstances:

 

(1)            to enable the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors to consummate the sale, transfer or other disposition of such property or assets or any Subsidiary holding such property or assets (other than any such sale, transfer or other disposition to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor) to the extent permitted under Section 4.10; provided that such Collateral is also released in respect of the Senior Credit Facilities and all other Pari Passu Lien Obligations and Junior Lien Obligations and the security documents related thereto;

 

(2)            in respect of the property and assets of a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon the designation of such Subsidiary Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.07 and the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”;

 

(3)            as permitted under any Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(4)            as permitted under Article 9;

 

(5)            the Company exercising the Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option pursuant to Article 8 or the Company’s obligations herein being discharged in accordance with Article 12;

 

(6)            upon the full and final payment of all Pari Passu Lien Notes Obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors;

 

(7)            as permitted under Section 4.12(b);

 

(8)            if the property subject to such security interest is owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor, upon release of such Subsidiary from its obligations under its Note Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture;

 

(9)            to the extent (and only for so long as) the property subject to such security interest constitutes Excluded Assets; or

 

(10)            solely with respect to any Additional Collateral, on the Additional Collateral Release Date with respect thereto.

 

Section 11.04.  [Reserved].

 

Section 11.05.  Authorization of Actions to be Taken by the Notes Collateral Agent . The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and each Holder of Notes, by their acceptance of any Notes and the Guarantees thereof, (a) hereby appoints Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent, and Wilmington Trust, National Association accepts such appointment and (b) agrees that the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to the rights, privileges, protections, immunities, indemnities and benefits provided to the Trustee under Article 7 hereof, including the compensation, reimbursement, and indemnification provisions set forth in Section 7.07 hereof and the resignation and removal provisions of Section 7.08 hereof (with the references to the Trustee therein being deemed to refer to the Notes Collateral Agent). Furthermore, each Holder of a Note, by accepting such Note, consents to and approves the terms of and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to (i) enter into and perform the duties provided for in the Intercreditor Agreements and each other Security Document in each of its capacities thereunder and (ii) bind the Holders to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements. The parties hereto (and the Holders by their acceptance of any Notes and the Guarantees thereof) further acknowledge and agree that the Notes Collateral Agent shall only act (or refrain from acting) upon the direction of Trustee, acting in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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Section 11.06.  Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent Under the Security Documents. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent are authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of Holders distributed under the Security Documents to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, to apply such funds as provided in this Indenture and to make further distributions of such funds in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 6.10 hereof.

 

Article 12
Satisfaction and Discharge

 

Section 12.01.  Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect (and any Collateral then securing the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantees shall be released) as to all Notes, when:

 

(1)            either:

 

(A)            all Notes that have been authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced pursuant to Section 2.04 or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(B)            all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, (ii) will become due and payable within one year or (iii) have been called for redemption or are to 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 Issuer, and the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall 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;

 

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(2)            the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all sums then due and payable under this Indenture; and

 

(3)            the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be,

 

then the Trustee shall acknowledge satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes on demand of the Issuer (accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with) and at the cost and expense of the Issuer.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (1)(B) of this Section 12.01, the provisions of Section 12.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive.

 

Section 12.02.  Application of Trust Money.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof 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 Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium) 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 U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 12.01 hereof 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 Issuer’s and any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.01 hereof; provided that if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

Article 13
Miscellaneous

 

Section 13.01.  Holder Actions.

 

(a)                 [Reserved].

 

(b)                 (1) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent to amendment, supplement or waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a Holder (for purposes of this Section 13.01, an “act”) may be evidenced by an instrument signed by the Holder delivered to the Trustee. The fact and date of the execution of the instrument, or the authority of the person executing it, may be proved in any manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

 

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(2)            The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders, which will be binding on all the Holders.

 

(c)                 Any act by the Holder of any Note binds that Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note that evidences the same debt as the Note of the acting Holder, even if no notation thereof appears on the Note. Subject to paragraph (d), a Holder may revoke an act as to its Notes, but only if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver or other consequence of the act becomes effective.

 

(d)                 The Issuer may, but is not obligated to, fix a record date (which need not be within the time limits otherwise prescribed by Trust Indenture Act Section 316(c)) for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to act with respect to any amendment or waiver or in any other regard, except that during the continuance of an Event of Default, only the Trustee may set a record date as to notices of Default, any declaration or acceleration or any other remedies or other consequences of the Event of Default. If a record date is fixed, those Persons that were Holders at such record date and only those Persons will be entitled to act, or to revoke any previous act, whether or not those Persons continue to be Holders after the record date. No act will be valid or effective for more than 90 days after the record date.

 

Section 13.02.  Notices.

 

(a)                 Any notice or communication to the Company, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent will be deemed given if in writing (i) when delivered in person or (ii) three days after mailing when mailed by first class mail, (iii) when sent by facsimile transmission, with transmission confirmed or (iv) the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery. Notices or communications to a Subsidiary Guarantor will be deemed given if given to the Company. In each case the notice or communication should be addressed as follows:

 

if to the Company:

 

Maxar Technologies Inc.
1300 W. 120th Avenue
Westminster, Colorado 80234
Fax No.: (303) 254-6190
Attention: Treasurer and General Counsel

 

if to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Global Capital Markets
246 Goose Lane, Suite 105,
Guilford, Connecticut 06437
Fax No.: 888-316-6238

Attention: Maxar Technologies Inc. Administrator

 

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Each of the Company, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

(b)                 Except as otherwise expressly provided with respect to published notices, any notice or communication to a Holder will be deemed given when mailed to the Holder at its address as it appears on the Register by first class mail or by other electronic means or such other delivery system as the Trustee agrees to accept. Notwithstanding the foregoing, as to any Global Note registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee, any notice or communication shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary according to the applicable procedures of the Depositary (or as otherwise as agreed by the Company, the Trustee and the Depositary). Copies of any notice or communication to a Holder, if given by the Issuer, will be mailed to the Trustee at the same time. Defect in mailing a notice or communication to any particular Holder will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

(c)                 Where this Indenture provides for notice, the notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and the waiver will be the equivalent of the notice. Waivers of notice by Holders must be filed with the Trustee, but such filing is not a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waivers.

 

(d)                 If a notice or communication is delivered or mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

Section 13.03.  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent to take any action under this Indenture (except (x) as provided in Sections 2.04, 3.03(e) and 3.04(e) and (y) with respect to an Opinion of Counsel, in connection with the original issuance of any Notes or the execution of any amendment or supplement entered into in connection with adding any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and no other matters otherwise requiring an Opinion of Counsel), the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable:

 

(1)            an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

(2)            an Opinion of Counsel stating that all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

 

Section 13.04.  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 hereof) shall include:

 

(1)            a statement that each person signing the certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

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(2)            a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement or opinion contained in the certificate or opinion is based;

 

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

 

(4)            a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with,

 

provided that an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials with respect to matters of fact.

 

Section 13.05.  Payment Date Other Than a Business Day. If any payment with respect to a payment of any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note (including any payment to be made on any date fixed for redemption or purchase of any Note) is due on a day which is not a Business Day, then the payment need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and no interest will accrue for the intervening period.

 

Section 13.06.  Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial; Jurisdiction. This Indenture, including any Subsidiary Guarantees, and the Notes shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, and each Holder of a Note by its acceptance thereof, irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all rights to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee, the Security Documents, the Intercreditor Agreements or any transaction contemplated thereby. The parties hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Indenture or the Notes shall affect any right that the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder may otherwise have to bring any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Indenture, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the transactions contemplated hereby against the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction and they each hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

 

Section 13.07.  No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture or loan or debt agreement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and no such indenture or loan or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

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Section 13.08.  Successors. All agreements of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent in this Indenture will bind its successors.

 

Section 13.09.  Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Indenture may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same agreement. This Indenture may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures (including, without limitation, facsimile and .pdf) and shall be considered an original, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include, without limitation, use or acceptance by the Initial Purchasers of a manually signed paper communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. For purposes hereof, “Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time. Unless otherwise provided herein or in the Notes or any of the Security Documents, the words “execute”, “execution”, “signed”, and “signature” and words of similar import used in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Indenture, the Notes, any of the Security Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including amendments, waivers, consents and other modifications) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures and 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 in ink or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as applicable, to the fullest 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, and any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent is under any obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by such Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to procedures approved by such Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent.

 

Section 13.10.  Separability. In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 13.11.  Table of Contents and Headings. 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 in no way modify or restrict any of the terms and provisions of this Indenture.

 

Section 13.12.  No Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators, Members and Stockholders. No director, officer, employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, any Subsidiary Guarantee or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

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Section 13.13.  Force Majeure. The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including without limitation, any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority; acts of God; earthquakes; fires; floods; wars; terrorism; epidemics or pandemics; civil or military disturbances; sabotage; epidemics; riots; interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communications service; accidents; labor disputes; acts of civil or military authority or governmental actions; or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or telex or other wire or communication facility.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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

 

  MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
as Issuer
   
  By: /s/ Biggs C. Porter
    Name: Biggs C. Porter
    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS INC.
MAXAR INTELLIGENCE INC.
MAXAR INTELLIGENCE 3D INC.
MAXAR MISSION SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS INC.
MAXAR MISSION SOLUTIONS INC.
MAXAR SPACE HOLDINGS LLC

MAXAR SPACE LLC,
as Subsidiary Guarantors

 

  By: /s/ Biggs C. Porter
    Name: Biggs C. Porter
    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee

 

  By: /s/ Nedine P. Sutton
    Name: Nedine P. Sutton
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Notes Collateral Agent
   
  By: /s/ Nedine P. Sutton
    Name: Nedine P. Sutton
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Indenture]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[FACE OF NOTE]

 

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

7.750% Senior Secured Note due 2027

 

CUSIP 144A: 57778K AC9 / Reg S: U5763L AD8 / ISIN 144A: US57778KAC99 / Reg S: USU5763LAD83

 

No. $_______________

 

Maxar Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, promises to pay to ____________________, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of ____________ DOLLARS ($______) on June 15, 2027.

 

Interest Rate: 7.750% per annum.

 

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing December 15, 2022.

 

Regular Record Dates: June 1 and December 1.

 

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officers.

 

Date: MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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(Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication)

 

This is one of the 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 described in the Indenture referred to in this Note.

 

  Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

Dated:

 

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[REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

 

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

7.750% Senior Secured Note due 2027

 

1.Principal and Interest.

 

The Company promises to pay the principal of this Note on June 15, 2027.

 

The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note on each interest payment date, as set forth on the face of this Note, at the rate of 7.750% per annum.

 

Interest will be payable semiannually (to the Holders of record of the Notes at the close of business on the June 1 or December 1 immediately preceding the interest payment date) on each interest payment date, commencing December 15, 2022.

 

Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on this Note (or, if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest and if this Note is authenticated between a regular record date and the next interest payment date, from such interest payment date) or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date. Interest will be computed in the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

The Company will pay interest on overdue principal, premium, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest at the interest rate on the Notes.

 

2.Indentures; Note Guaranty.

 

This is one of the Notes issued under an Indenture dated as of June 14, 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee. Capitalized terms used herein are used as defined in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated. 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 all such terms. To the extent permitted by applicable law, in the event of any inconsistency between the terms of this Note and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of the Indenture will control.

 

The Notes are general senior obligations of the Company, pari passu in right of payment with any existing and future unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company. The Indenture limits the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes to $500,000,000, but Additional Notes may be issued pursuant to the Indenture, and the originally issued Notes and all such Additional Notes vote together for all purposes as a single class. This Note may be guaranteed as set forth in the Indenture.

 

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3.Redemption and Repurchase; Discharge Prior to Redemption or Maturity.

 

This Note is subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of an Offer to Purchase, as further described in the Indenture. There is no sinking fund applicable to this Note and there is no mandatory redemption applicable to this Note.

 

If the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay the then outstanding principal of, premium, if any, and accrued interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, the Company may in certain circumstances be discharged from the Indenture and the Notes or may be discharged from certain of its obligations under certain provisions of the Indenture.

 

4.Registered Form; Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.

 

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may register the transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. Pursuant to the Indenture, there are certain periods during which the Trustee will not be required to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note or certain portions of a Note.

 

5.Defaults and Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency), occurs and is continuing, up to two years following the first public notice or notice to the Trustee of such event, the Trustee by notice in writing specifying the Event of Default and that it is a “notice” to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable; provided that a notice of Default may not be given with respect to any action taken, and reported publicly or to Holders, more than two years prior to such notice of Default. Upon the effectiveness of such a declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall be due and payable immediately. If certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company occur and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Notes automatically become due and payable.

 

6.Amendment and Waiver.

 

The Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

 

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7.Authentication.

 

This Note is not valid until the Trustee (or Authenticating Agent) signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

8.Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Company and the Trustee each irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all rights to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture or this Note, or any transaction contemplated thereby.

 

9.Abbreviations.

 

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A/ (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

10.Collateral.

 

The Notes are expected to be secured by the Collateral on the terms of and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements, subject to release or termination as provided in the Indenture, the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreements.

 

The Company will furnish a copy of the Indenture to any Holder upon written request and without charge.

 

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[FORM OF TRANSFER NOTICE]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned registered Holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto

 

Insert Taxpayer Identification No.
 
 
 
 
Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee
 
 
the within Note and all rights thereunder, hereby irrevocably constituting and appointing
 
 

 

attorney to transfer said Note on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

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[THE FOLLOWING PROVISION TO BE INCLUDED ON ALL CERTIFICATES BEARING A RESTRICTED LEGEND]

 

In connection with any transfer of this Note, the undersigned confirms that such transfer is made without utilizing any general solicitation or general advertising and further as follows:

 

Check One

 

¨     (1) This Note is being transferred to a “qualified institutional buyer” in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and certification in the form of Exhibit G to the Indenture is being furnished herewith.

 

¨     (2) This Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Regulation S thereunder, and certification in the form of Exhibit F to the Indenture is being furnished herewith.

 

or

 

¨     (3) This Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (1) or (2) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the Indenture.

 

If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in the Indenture have been satisfied.

 

  Date:    
     
     
Seller  

 

By    
     
   

NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within-mentioned instrument in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.

 

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Signature Guarantee:1    

 

By    
To be executed by an executive officer

 

 

1 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

 

If you wish to have all of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, check the box:

 

¨ Section 4.10               ¨ Section 4.14

 

If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount (in original principal amount) below:

 

$_____________________.

 

Date:    

 

Your Signature:    

 

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:1    

 

 

1 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Trustee, which requirements include membership or participation in the Securities Transfer Association Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

 

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for one or more Certificated Notes or a part of another Global Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Certificated Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange  Amount of decrease
in principal amount
of this Global Note
  Amount of increase
in principal amount
of this Global Note
  Principal amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease (or
increase)
  Signature of
authorized signatory of
Trustee
             
             

 

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EXHIBIT B

  

[FORM OF] SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

dated as of __________, ____

among

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.,

[NAME OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]

 

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

 

 

 

7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027

 

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THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), entered into as of [ · ], [ · ], among Maxar Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), [insert each Subsidiary Guarantor executing this Supplemental Indenture and its jurisdiction of incorporation] (each an “Undersigned”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company, certain existing Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee entered into the Indenture, dated as of June 14, 2022 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Indenture”), relating to the Company’s 7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Company is permitted to add further Subsidiary Guarantors without consent of the Holders pursuant to Section 9.01(6) and is required to add further Subsidiary Guarantors under certain circumstances as set forth in Section 4.15.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and intending to be legally bound, the parties to this Supplemental Indenture hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein are used as defined in the Indenture.

 

Section 2. Each Undersigned, by its execution of this Supplemental Indenture, agrees to be a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to Subsidiary Guarantors, including, but not limited to, Article 10 thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Subsidiary Guarantee of the Undersigned shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged as set forth in the Indenture, including, but not limited to, under the circumstances described in Section 4.15(b), Section 4.18, Article 8, Section 10.06 and Article 12 thereof, and no further action by the Subsidiary Guarantor, the Company or the Trustee is required for the release of the Undersigned’s Subsidiary Guarantee as contemplated therein.

 

Section 3. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

Section 4. This Supplemental Indenture may be signed in various counterparts which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 5. This Supplemental Indenture is an amendment supplemental to the Indenture and the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture will henceforth be read together.

 

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

 

  MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC., as Issuer
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  [SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR]
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   
  By:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

RESTRICTED LEGEND

 

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

 

(1)REPRESENTS THAT IT, AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING, (A) IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND IS PURCHASING THE NOTES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

 

(2)AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH), EXCEPT:

 

(A)TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; OR

 

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

 

(C)TO A PERSON REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

(D)IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

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

 

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THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE WILL BE THE DATE (1) THAT IS AT LEAST SIX MONTHS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WERE THE OWNERS OF THIS NOTE AND (2) ON WHICH THE ISSUER INSTRUCTS THE TRUSTEE THAT THIS LEGEND SHALL BE DEEMED REMOVED FROM THIS SECURITY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE RELATING TO THIS SECURITY.

 

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

 

UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE CANADIAN SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY IN, OR TO A PERSON IN ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF, CANADA BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS FOUR MONTHS AND ONE DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY.

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

DTC LEGEND

 

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“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 IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN.

 

THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE. TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE ARE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TRANSFER PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE.

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

REGULATION S LEGEND

 

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

 

(1)REPRESENTS THAT IT, AND ANY ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT IS ACTING, (A) IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) OR (B) IS NOT A “U.S. PERSON” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 902 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) AND IS PURCHASING THE NOTES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, AND THAT IT EXERCISES SOLE INVESTMENT DISCRETION WITH RESPECT TO EACH SUCH ACCOUNT, AND

 

(2)AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE NEXT PARAGRAPH), EXCEPT:

 

(A)TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; OR

 

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

 

(C)TO A PERSON REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

(D)IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR

 

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

 

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THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE WILL BE THE DATE (1) THAT IS 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WERE THE OWNERS OF THIS NOTE AND (2) ON WHICH THE ISSUER INSTRUCTS THE TRUSTEE THAT THIS LEGEND SHALL BE DEEMED REMOVED FROM THIS SECURITY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE RELATING TO THIS SECURITY.

 

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

 

UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE CANADIAN SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY IN, OR TO A PERSON IN ANY PROVINCE OR TERRITORY OF, CANADA BEFORE THE DATE THAT IS FOUR MONTHS AND ONE DAY AFTER THE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY.

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

Regulation S Certificate

 

_________, ____

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
Global Capital Markets

246 Goose Lane, Suite 105
Guilford, Connecticut 06437
Attention: Maxar Technologies Inc. Administrator

 

Re:

Maxar Technologies Inc.
7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”)
Issued under the Indenture (the “Indenture”) dated
as of June 14, 2022 relating to the Notes

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Terms are used in this Certificate as used in Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), except as otherwise stated herein.

 

[CHECK A OR B AS APPLICABLE.]

 

¨A.            This Certificate relates to our proposed transfer of $____ aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture. We hereby certify, represent and warrant as follows:

 

1.The offer and sale of the Notes was not and will not be made to a person in the United States (unless such person is excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(vi) or the account held by it for which it is acting is excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(i) under the circumstances described in Rule 902(h)(3)) and such offer and sale was not and will not be specifically targeted at an identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad.

 

2.Unless the circumstances described in the parenthetical in paragraph 1 above are applicable, either (a) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the buyer was outside the United States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market, and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States.

 

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3.Neither we, any of our affiliates, nor any person acting on our or their behalf has made any directed selling efforts in the United States with respect to the Notes.

 

4.The proposed transfer of Notes is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

5.If we are a dealer or a person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration in respect of the Notes, and the proposed transfer takes place during the Restricted Period (as defined in the Indenture), or we are an officer or director of the Company or an Initial Purchaser (as defined in the Indenture), we certify that the proposed transfer is being made in accordance with the provisions of Rule 904(b) of Regulation S.

 

¨B.            This Certificate relates to our proposed exchange of $____ aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture for an equal principal amount of Notes to be held by us. We hereby certify, represent and warrant as follows:

 

1.At the time the offer and sale of the Notes was made to us, either (i) we were not in the United States or (ii) we were excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(vi) or the account held by us for which we were acting was excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(i) under the circumstances described in Rule 902(h)(3); and we were not a member of an identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad.

 

2.Unless the circumstances described in paragraph 1(ii) above are applicable, either (a) at the time our buy order was originated, we were outside the United States or (b) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and we did not pre-arrange the transaction in the United States.

 

3.The proposed exchange of Notes is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

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You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
 

[NAME OF SELLER (FOR TRANSFERS) OR OWNER (FOR EXCHANGES)] 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
    Address:

 

Date: _________________

 

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EXHIBIT G

 

Rule 144A Certificate

 

_________, ____

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
Global Capital Markets
246 Goose Lane, Suite 105
Guilford, Connecticut 06437
Attention: Maxar Technologies Inc. Administrator 

 

Re:

Maxar Technologies Inc.
7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”)
Issued under the Indenture (the “Indenture”) dated
as of June 14, 2022 relating to the Notes

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Certificate relates to:

 

[CHECK A OR B AS APPLICABLE.]

 

¨ A.      Our proposed purchase of $____ aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture.

 

¨ B.      Our proposed exchange of $____ aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture for an equal principal amount of Notes to be held by us.

 

We hereby confirm, represent and warrant that:

 

1.We and, if applicable, each account for which we are acting in the aggregate owned and invested more than $100,000,000 in securities of issuers that are not affiliated with us (or such accounts, if applicable), as of _________, 20__, which is a date on or since close of our most recent fiscal year.

 

2.We and, if applicable, each account for which we are acting, are a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A (“Rule 144A”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).

 

3.If we are acting on behalf of an account, we exercise sole investment discretion with respect to such account.

 

4.We are aware that the transfer of Notes to us, or such exchange, as applicable, is being made in reliance upon the exemption from the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A. Prior to the date of this Certificate we have received such information regarding the Company as we have requested pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) or have determined not to request such information.

 

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You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
 

 [NAME OF PURCHASER (FOR TRANSFERS) OR OWNER (FOR EXCHANGES)] 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
    Address:

 

Date: _________________

 

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EXHIBIT H

 

Institutional Accredited Investor Certificate

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association
Global Capital Markets
246 Goose Lane, Suite 105
Guilford, Connecticut 06437

Attention: Maxar Technologies Inc. Administrator

 

Re:

Maxar Technologies Inc.
7.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”)
Issued under the Indenture (the “Indenture”) dated
as of June 14, 2022 relating to the Notes

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Certificate relates to:

 

[CHECK A OR B AS APPLICABLE.]

 

¨ A.      Our proposed purchase of $____ aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture.

 

¨ B.      Our proposed exchange of $____ aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under the Indenture for an equal principal amount of Notes to be held by us.

 

We hereby confirm, represent and warrant that:

 

1.We are an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (an “Institutional Accredited Investor”).

 

2.Any acquisition of Notes by us will be for our own account or for the account of one or more other Institutional Accredited Investors as to which we exercise sole investment discretion.

 

3.We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that we are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Notes and we and any accounts for which we are acting are able to bear the economic risks of and an entire loss of our or their investment in the Notes.

 

4.We are not acquiring the Notes with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act or the securities laws of any State of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction; provided that the disposition of our property and the property of any accounts for which we are acting as fiduciary will remain at all times within our and their control.

 

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5.We understand and acknowledge that the offer and sale of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and that the Notes and any interest therein may not be offered or sold within the United States or to or for the benefit of U.S. persons except as set forth below.

 

6.The principal amount of Notes to which this Certificate relates is at least equal to $250,000.

 

We agree for the benefit of the Company, on our own behalf and on behalf of each account for which we are acting, that such Notes may be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred only in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable securities laws of any State of the United States and only (a) to the Company, (b) pursuant to a registration statement which has become effective under the Securities Act, (c) to a qualified institutional buyer in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (d) in an offshore transaction in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (e) in a principal amount of not less than $250,000, to an Institutional Accredited Investor that, prior to such transfer, delivers to the Trustee a duly completed and signed certificate (the form of which may be obtained from the Trustee) relating to the restrictions on transfer of the Notes or (f) pursuant to an exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. We further agree to provide any Person purchasing any of the Notes from us in a transaction meeting the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this paragraph a notice advising such purchaser that resales thereof are restricted as stated herein. We understand that, on any proposed resale of the Notes or beneficial interest therein, we shall be required to furnish to you and the Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions.

 

Prior to the registration of any transfer in accordance with (c) or (d) above, we acknowledge that a duly completed and signed certificate (the form of which may be obtained from the Trustee) must be delivered to the Trustee. Prior to the registration of any transfer in accordance with (e) or (f) above, we acknowledge that the Company reserves the right to require the delivery of such legal opinions, certifications or other evidence as may reasonably be required in order to determine that the proposed transfer is being made in compliance with the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. We acknowledge that no representation is made as to the availability of any Rule 144 exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

We understand that the Trustee will not be required to accept for registration of transfer any Notes acquired by us, except upon presentation of evidence satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee that the foregoing restrictions on transfer have been complied with. We further understand that the Notes acquired by us will be in the form of definitive physical certificates and that such certificates will bear a legend reflecting the substance of the preceding paragraph. We further agree to provide to any person acquiring any of the Notes from us a notice advising such person that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein and that certificates representing the Notes will bear a legend to that effect.

 

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We agree to notify you promptly in writing if any of our acknowledgments, representations or agreements herein ceases to be accurate and complete.

 

We represent to you that we have full power to make the foregoing acknowledgments, representations and agreements on our own behalf and on behalf of any account for which we are acting.

 

You and the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby.

 

  Very truly yours,
   
 

 [NAME OF PURCHASER (FOR TRANSFERS) OR OWNER (FOR EXCHANGES)] 

  By:  
    Name:
    Title:
    Address:

 

Date: _________________

 

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Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

 

By:     

 

Date:     

 

Taxpayer ID number:    

 

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EXHIBIT I

 

OID LEGEND

 

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED SOLELY FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THIS NOTE HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED), AND THIS LEGEND IS REQUIRED BY SECTION 1275(C) OF THE CODE. HOLDERS MAY OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE AMOUNT OF OID, THE ISSUE PRICE, THE ISSUE DATE AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY RELATING TO THE NOTES BY CONTACTING MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC., 1300 W. 120TH AVENUE, WESTMINSTER, COLORADO 80234, ATTENTION: TREASURER AND GENERAL COUNSEL.

 

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EXHIBIT J

 

Form of Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement

 

[See attached].

 

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FORM OF SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT


among

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

and the other Grantors party hereto,

and

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,1
as Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties,
WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A.,
as Senior Representative for the Initial Additional Senior Debt Secured Parties,
and

[____],
as the Initial Second Priority Representative,

and

each additional Representative from time to time party hereto

 

dated as of [           ], 20[           ]

 

 

 

1To include Royal Bank of Canada in its capacity as Collateral Agent to the extent applicable.

 

 

 

 

SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of [          ], 20[ ] (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC., as borrower (the “Borrower”, which term shall include each Additional Borrower (as defined below) from time to time), the other Grantors (as defined below) from time to time party hereto, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, Wilmington Trust, N.A., as Senior Representative for the Initial Additional Senior Debt Secured Parties, [           ], as Initial Second Priority Representative for the Initial Second Priority Debt Parties (in such capacity, the “Initial Second Priority Representative”), and each additional Second Priority Representative and Senior Representative that from time to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.8.

 

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Administrative Agent for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties (for itself and on behalf of the Credit Agreement Secured Parties), the Notes Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Initial Additional Senior Debt Parties), the Initial Second Priority Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Initial Second Priority Debt Parties), each additional Senior Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Senior Debt Parties under the applicable Additional Senior Debt Facility), each additional Second Priority Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties under the applicable Second Priority Debt Facility) and the Grantors agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1
Definitions

 

1.1             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 UCC or the PPSA, the meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

Additional Borrower” means each Person that becomes a “Borrower” under the Credit Agreement from time to time after the effective date of the Credit Agreement in accordance with the Credit Agreement or otherwise with the consent of the Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties.

 

Additional Senior Debt” means any Debt that is issued or guaranteed by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor (other than Debt constituting Credit Agreement Obligations or Initial Additional Senior Debt Obligations) which Debt and Guarantees are secured by the Senior Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a basis that is senior to the Second Priority Debt Obligations and on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies or payment priority, to the extent set forth in the Additional Senior Debt Documents) with the Credit Agreement Obligations; provided, however, that (i) such Debt is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each Senior Debt Document and Second Priority Debt Document then in effect and (ii) the Representative for the holders of such Debt shall have (A) become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.8 hereof and (B) become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 5.12 thereof; provided, further, that if such Debt will be the initial Additional Senior Debt incurred by the Borrower and/or any Guarantor, then the Borrower and/or the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and the Representative for such Debt shall have executed and delivered the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Additional Senior Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Borrower and/or Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.

 

 

 

 

Additional Senior Debt Documents” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, the promissory notes, indentures, credit agreements, the Senior Collateral Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Debt.

 

Additional Senior Debt Facility” means each indenture, credit agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Senior Debt.

 

Additional Senior Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, (a) all principal of, and interest (including any interest, fees or expenses which accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such case or proceeding) payable with respect to, such Additional Senior Debt, (b) all other amounts payable by any Grantor to the related Additional Senior Debt Parties under the related Additional Senior Debt Documents, (c) any Secured Hedge Obligations secured under the Senior Collateral Documents securing the related series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, (d) any Secured Cash Management Obligations secured under the Senior Collateral Documents securing the related series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt and (e) any renewals or extensions of the foregoing that are not prohibited by each Senior Debt Document and each Second Priority Debt Document. Additional Senior Debt Obligations shall include any Permitted Other Indebtedness that constitutes Additional Senior Debt and guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange therefor.

 

Additional Senior Debt Parties” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, the holders of such Debt, the Senior Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any Grantor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents.

 

Administrative Agent” means the Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and any successor administrative agent as provided in Section 13.6 of the Credit Agreement; provided, however, that if the Credit Agreement is Refinanced, then all references herein to the Administrative Agent shall refer to the administrative agent or administrative agents (or trustee or trustees) under the Refinancing.

 

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, and any successor statute.

 

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada)” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada).

 

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code, the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the Winding-up and Restructuring Act (Canada) and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors as now or hereafter in effect, and any successors to such statutes and any other applicable insolvency or other similar analogous law of any jurisdiction, including any law of any jurisdiction permitting a debtor to obtain a stay or a compromise of the claims of its creditors against it and any law of any jurisdiction relating to receivership, reorganization, liquidation, conservatorship, moratorium, rearrangement or corporate or other arrangement affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

Borrower” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement.

 

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Cash Management Agreement” means any agreement or arrangement to provide Cash Management Services.

 

Cash Management Services” means any one or more of the following types of services or facilities (i) commercial credit cards, merchant card services, purchase or debit cards, including non-card e-payables services, or electronic funds transfer services, (ii) treasury management services (including controlled disbursement, overdraft automatic clearing house fund transfer services, return items, and interstate depository network services) and (iii) any cash management, cash aggregation, mirror or concentrator account, zero-balance or similar facility facilities or arrangements and (iv) any other demand deposit or operating account relationships or other cash management services.

 

Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

Class Debt Representatives” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

Collateral” means the Senior Collateral and the Second Priority Collateral.

 

Collateral Documents” means the Senior 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 and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Credit Agreement” means that certain Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2017 among Macdonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (as predecessor to the Borrower), the lenders from time to time party thereto, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated December 21, 2018, as further amended by Amendment No. 2, dated December 21, 2018 (including the Amending Agreement thereto dated January 15, 2019), and as further amended by Amendment No. 3, to be dated [ ], 2019 (and as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, otherwise modified, replaced or Refinanced from time to time); provided that, in case of a Refinancing of Credit Agreement Obligations, the “Credit Agreement” shall mean each indenture, credit agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Refinancing indebtedness secured by the Shared Collateral which has been designated in writing by the Administrative Agent (under the Credit Agreement so Refinanced) to the Designated Second Priority Representative as the “Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Credit Agreement Loan Documents” means the Credit Agreement, the other “Credit Facility Documents” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or similar term in any Refinancing thereof), the Hedging Instruments entered into with any Credit Agreement Secured Party and each Cash Management Agreement entered into with any Credit Agreement Security Party.

 

Credit Agreement Obligations” means the “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or similar term in any Refinancing thereof).

 

Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or similar term in any Refinancing thereof).

 

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Debt Facility” means any Senior Facility and any Second Priority Debt Facility.

 

Designated Second Priority Representative” means (i) the Initial Second Priority Representative, until such time as the Second Priority Debt Facility under the Initial Second Priority Debt Documents ceases to be the only Second Priority Debt Facility under this Agreement and (ii) thereafter, the Second Priority Representative designated from time to time by the Second Priority Majority Representatives, in a written notice to the Designated Senior Representative and the Borrower hereunder, as the “Designated Second Priority Representative” for purposes hereof. The Designated Senior Representative may treat the Initial Second Priority Representative as the Designated Second Priority Representative until such time as it receives written notice from the Initial Second Priority Representative that it was replaced as Designated Second Priority Representative.

 

Designated Senior Representative” means (i) if at any time there is only one Senior Representative for a Senior Facility with respect to which the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, such Senior Representative and (ii) at any time when clause (i) does not apply, the Applicable Authorized Representative (as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) at such time. The Designated Second Priority Representative may treat the Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties as the Designated Senior Representative until such time as it receives written notice from such Senior Representative that it was replaced as Designated Senior Representative.

 

DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.1.

 

Discharge” means, subject to Sections 5.6 and 6.4, with respect to the Shared Collateral and any Debt Facility, the date on which (i) such Debt Facility and the Senior Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations thereunder, as the case may be, are no longer secured by all the Shared Collateral pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Debt Facility or, with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations secured by the Collateral Documents for such Debt Facility, either (x) such Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations have been paid in full and are no longer secured by all the Shared Collateral pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Debt Facility, (y) such Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations shall have been cash collateralized on terms satisfactory to each applicable counterparty (or other arrangements satisfactory to the applicable counterparty shall have been made) or (z) such Secured Hedge Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations are no longer secured by all the Shared Collateral pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Debt Facility, (ii) any letters of credit issued under the Senior Facilities have terminated or have been cash collateralized or backstopped (in the amount and form required under the applicable Debt Facility) and (iii) all commitments of the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties under their respective Debt Facilities have been terminated. The term “Discharged” shall have a corresponding meaning.

 

Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations” means, with respect to the Shared Collateral, the Discharge of the Credit Agreement Obligations with respect to all the 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 any Credit Agreement which has been designated in writing by the Administrative Agent (under the Credit Agreement so Refinanced) to the Designated Second Priority Representative as the “Credit Agreement” for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Discharge of Senior Obligations” means the date on which the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and the Discharge of each Additional Senior Debt Facility has occurred.

 

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.

 

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Grantors” means the Borrower (including, for avoidance of doubt, each Additional Borrower) and each Subsidiary thereof which has granted a Lien pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure any Secured Obligations.

 

Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement” means that certain Indenture, dated as of [                                                     ], 2019, among the Borrower, the other Grantors identified therein, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee.

 

Initial Additional Senior Debt Documents” means the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement, the Notes (as defined in the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement), the Initial Additional Senior Debt Security Agreement and any security documents and other operative agreements, instruments, filings or recordings evidencing or governing the Indebtedness thereunder, and the Liens securing such Indebtedness, including any agreement entered into for the purpose of securing the Initial Additional Senior Debt Obligations.

 

Initial Additional Senior Debt Facility” means each indenture, credit agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Initial Additional Senior Debt Obligations.

 

Initial Additional Senior Debt Obligations” means, the Notes (as defined in the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement) and the other “Obligations Secured” as defined in the Initial Additional Senior Debt Security Agreement.

 

Initial Additional Senior Debt Parties” means the holders of the Initial Additional Senior Debt Obligations, the Notes Collateral Agent, the Trustee, and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by the Borrower or any Grantor under any related Initial Additional Senior Debt Documents.

 

Initial Additional Senior Debt Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of [                                                     ], 2019, among the Borrower, the other Grantors identified therein, and Wilmington Trust, N.A., as Trustee.

 

Initial Second Priority Debt” means the Second Priority Debt incurred pursuant to the Initial Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Initial Second Priority Collateral Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the Initial Second Priority Debt Documents (or similar term in any Refinancing of the Initial Second Priority Debt) and each of the collateral agreements, security agreements, pledge agreements, debentures and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Borrower or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for the Initial Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

Initial Second Priority Debt Documents” means [ ], and any notes, security documents, pledge agreements, debentures and other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Debt, including any agreement entered into for the purpose of securing the Initial Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

Initial Second Priority Debt Obligations” means the [“Obligations”] as defined in the Initial Second Priority Debt Documents (or similar term in any Refinancing thereof).

 

Initial Second Priority Debt Parties” means the [“Secured Parties”] as defined in the Initial Second Priority Debt Documents (or similar term in any Refinancing thereof) and the Initial Second Priority Representative.

 

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Initial Second Priority Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

 

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

 

(a)       any case or proceeding commenced by or against any of the Borrower or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other case or proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of any of the Borrower or any other Grantor, any proceeding seeking the appointment of any trustee, administrator, receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator, custodian, conservator, monitor or other insolvency official with similar powers, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company 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 case or proceeding for 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 case or proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of any 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 intellectual property, including all (a) (i) patents, inventions, processes, developments, technology, and know-how; (ii) copyrights and works of authorship in any media, including graphics, advertising materials, labels, package designs, and photographs; (iii) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, domain names, logos, trade dress, and other source indicators, and the goodwill of any business symbolized thereby; and (iv) trade secrets, confidential, proprietary, or non-public information and (b) all registrations, issuances, applications, renewals, extensions, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, re-issues, re-examinations, foreign counterparts, or similar legal protections related to the foregoing.

 

Joinder Agreement” means a supplement to this Agreement substantially in the form of Annex II or Annex III hereof required to be delivered by a Class Debt Representative to the Designated Senior Representative pursuant to Section 8.8 hereof in order to include an additional Debt Facility hereunder and to become the Representative hereunder for the Senior Secured Parties or Second Priority Debt Parties, as the case may be, under such Debt Facility.

 

Law” means any law (including common law and the laws of equity), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, decree or award of any Official Body.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, hypothecation, security interest or other encumbrance or charge (whether fixed, floating or otherwise) or title retention, any right of set-off (arising with respect to indebtedness for borrowed monies and otherwise than by operation of Law), and any deposit of moneys under any agreement or arrangement whereby such moneys may be withdrawn only upon fulfilment of any condition as to the discharge of any other indebtedness or other obligation to any creditor, or any right of or arrangement of any kind with any creditor to have its claims satisfied prior to other creditors with or from the proceeds of any properties, assets or revenues of any kind now owned or later acquired.

 

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Notes Collateral Agent” means Wilmington Trust, N.A., as collateral agent under the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement and any successor collateral agent as provided in the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement.

 

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate of an Senior Officer of the Borrower.

 

Official Body” means any government (including any federal, provincial, state, territorial, municipal or local government) or political subdivision or any agency, authority, bureau, regulatory or administrative authority, central bank, monetary authority, commission, department or instrumentality thereof, or any court, tribunal, judicial entity, or arbitrator, whether foreign or domestic.

 

Person” means any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, trust, or other enterprise or any Official Body.

 

Pledged or Controlled Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.5(a).

 

PPSA” shall mean the Personal Property Security Act (British Columbia), the Civil Code of Québec or any other applicable Canadian federal, provincial or territorial statute pertaining to the granting, perfecting, opposability, priority, ranking or enforcement of security interests, liens, hypothecs on personal or movable property, and any successor statutes, together with any regulations thereunder, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Personal Property Security Act shall be construed to also refer to any successor sections.

 

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 an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any amounts received by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party from a Second Priority Debt Party in respect of Shared Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Purchase Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.7.

 

Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay such indebtedness, or to issue other indebtedness or enter into alternative financing arrangements, in each case, 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.

 

Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the U.S. 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 Representatives and the Second Priority Representatives.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency thereto.

 

Second Priority Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

Second Priority Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

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Second Priority Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

Second Priority Collateral” means any “Collateral” (or similar term) as defined in any Second Priority Debt Document or any other assets of 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 Initial Second Priority Collateral Documents and each of the collateral agreements, security agreements, pledge agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by the Borrower or any Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Second Priority Debt Obligation.

 

Second Priority Debt” means (a) the Initial Second Priority Debt and (b) any additional Debt issued or guaranteed by the Borrower or any other Guarantor (other than the Initial Second Priority Debt), which Debt (including Guarantees), in each case, is secured by the Second Priority Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to control of remedies or payment priority, to the extent set forth in the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents) with the Initial Second Priority Debt Obligations and any other Second Priority Debt Obligations and the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents provide that such Debt and Guarantees are to be secured by such Second Priority Collateral on a subordinate basis to the Senior Obligations; provided, however, that, in the case of clause (b), (i) such Debt is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by the Senior Debt Documents and Second Priority Debt Documents then in effect and (ii) the Representative for the holders of such Debt shall have become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.8 hereof. Second Priority Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Borrower and/or Guarantors issued in exchange therefor.

 

Second Priority Debt Documents” means the Initial Second Priority Debt Documents and, with respect to any additional series, issue or class of Second Priority Debt, the promissory notes, indentures, credit agreement, the Second Priority Collateral Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Debt.

 

Second Priority Debt Facility” means each indenture, credit agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Second Priority Debt.

 

Second Priority Debt Obligations” means the Initial Second Priority Debt Obligations and, with respect to any other series, issue or class of Second Priority Debt, (a) all principal of, and interest (including any interest, fees or expenses which accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding) payable with respect to, such Second Priority Debt and (b) all other amounts payable to the related Second Priority Debt Parties under the related Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Second Priority Debt Parties” means the Initial Second Priority Debt Parties and, with respect to any other series, issue or class of Second Priority Debt, the holders of such Debt, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Second Priority Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Borrower or any other Grantor under any related Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

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Second Priority Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Second Priority Representative, the date which is 180 consecutive days after the occurrence of both (i) 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 (ii) the Designated Senior Representative’s and each other Representative’s receipt of written notice from the Designated Second Priority Representative that (x) it is the Designated Second Priority Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as defined in the applicable Second Priority Debt Document) has occurred and is continuing and (y) all of the then outstanding Second Priority Debt Obligations 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 with respect to any Shared Collateral (1) at any time the Designated Senior Representative (or a Person authorized by it) has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to any or all of the Shared Collateral or (2) at any time the 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. If the Designated Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party exercises any rights or remedies with respect to the Shared Collateral in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence of this paragraph and thereafter the Designated Senior Representative (or a Person authorized by it) or any other Senior Secured Party commences (or attempts to commence) the exercise of any of its rights or remedies with respect to any or all of the Shared Collateral (including seeking relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the Second Priority Enforcement Date shall be deemed not to have occurred and the Designated Second Priority Representative and each other Second Priority Debt Party shall stop exercising any such rights or remedies with respect to the Shared Collateral.

 

Second Priority Majority Representatives” means Second Priority Representatives representing at least a majority of the then aggregate amount of Second Priority Debt Obligations that agree to vote together.

 

Second Priority Lien” means the Liens on the Second Priority Collateral in favor of Second Priority Debt Parties under Second Priority Collateral Documents.

 

Second Priority Representative” means (i) in the case of the Initial Second Priority Debt Obligations covered hereby, the Initial Second Priority Representative and (ii) in the case of any other Second Priority Debt Facility, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under such Second Priority Debt Facility or any Second Priority Debt Party thereunder, that is named as the Representative in respect of such Second Priority Debt Facility in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

Secured Cash Management Obligations” shall mean obligations of a Grantor under Cash Management Agreements with a Senior Secured Party, including the “Cash Management Obligations” (as defined in the Credit Agreement), that are intended under the applicable Senior Collateral Document to be secured by Shared Collateral.

 

Secured Hedge Obligations” shall mean obligations of a Grantor under “Hedging Instruments” (as defined in the Credit Agreement) with a Senior Secured Party, including “Hedging Obligations” (as defined in the Credit Agreement) that are intended under the applicable Senior Collateral Document to be secured by Shared Collateral.

 

Secured Obligations” means the Senior Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

Secured Parties” means the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

Security Agreement” means any “GSA” as defined in the Credit Agreement (or similar term in any Refinancing thereof).

 

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Senior Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

Senior Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

Senior Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.8.

 

Senior Collateral” means any “Collateral” (or similar term) as defined in any Credit Agreement Loan Document or any other Senior Debt Document or any other assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Senior Collateral Document as security for any Senior Obligations.

 

Senior Collateral Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the Credit Agreement, any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if any is executed and delivered), the Initial Additional Senior Debt Security Agreement, the other “Security Documents” as defined in the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement and each of the collateral agreements, security agreements, pledge agreements and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by any Borrower or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Senior Obligation.

 

Senior Debt Documents” means (a) the Credit Agreement Loan Documents, (b) the Initial Additional Senior Debt Documents and (c) the Additional Senior Debt Documents.

 

Senior Facilities” means the Credit Agreement, the Initial Additional Senior Debt Facility and the Additional Senior Debt Facilities.

 

Senior Lien” means the Liens on the Senior Collateral in favor of the Senior Secured Parties under the Senior Collateral Documents.

 

Senior Obligations” means the Credit Agreement Obligations, the Initial Additional Senior Debt Obligations and the Additional Senior Debt Obligations; provided further that any Credit Agreement Obligations, any Initial Additional Senior Debt Obligations and any Additional Senior Debt Obligations shall in each case be conclusively deemed to have been incurred in compliance with the Second Priority Debt Documents if the Borrower shall have delivered to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative an Officer’s Certificate to that effect.

 

Senior Representative” means (i) in the case of any Credit Agreement Obligations or the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent, (ii) in the case of the Initial Additional Senior Debt Obligations, the Notes Collateral Agent and (iii) in the case of any Additional Senior Debt Facility and the Additional Senior Debt Parties thereunder (including with respect to any Additional Senior Debt Facility initially covered hereby on the date of this Agreement), the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent or any Senior Secured Party under such Additional Senior Debt Facility that is named as the Representative in respect of such Additional Senior Debt Facility hereunder or in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

Senior Secured Parties” means the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the Initial Additional Senior Debt Parties and the Additional Senior Debt Parties.

 

Shared Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of Senior Obligations under at least one Senior 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 Facilities, are deemed pursuant to Article 2 to hold a security interest). If, at any time, any portion of the Senior Collateral under one or more Senior Facilities does not constitute Second Priority Collateral under one or more Second Priority Debt Facilities, then such portion of such Senior 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 which does not have a security interest in such Senior Collateral at such time.

 

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Subsidiary” of any Person shall mean and include (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose Capital 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 Capital 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, or (ii) any limited liability company, partnership, association, joint venture, or other entity of which such Person directly or indirectly through Subsidiaries has more than a 50% equity interest at the time. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

 

Trustee” means Wilmington Trust, N.A., as trustee under the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement and any successor trustee as provided in the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement.

 

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.

 

1.2Interpretive Provision.

 

The interpretive provisions contained in Section 1 of the Credit Agreement are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if a part hereof.

 

ARTICLE 2
Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral

 

2.1             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 Debt Parties on the Shared Collateral or of any Liens granted to any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party on the Shared Collateral (or any actual or alleged defect in any of the foregoing) and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC or the PPSA, any Law, any Second Priority Debt Document or any Senior Debt Document or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby agrees that (a) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Senior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how and when 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 or purporting to secure any Second Priority Debt Obligations and (b) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Second Priority Debt Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Second Priority Representative, any Second Priority Debt Party or any other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how and when 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 or purporting to secure any Senior Obligations. All Liens on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Senior Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing or purporting to secure any Second Priority Debt Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing or purporting to secure any Senior Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of any Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed.

 

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2.2Nature of Senior Lender Claims

 

Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the Senior 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 Debt Documents and the Senior Obligations may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, and the Senior Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the Senior Obligations may be increased, in each case, without notice to, consent by or other action on the part of the Second Priority Representatives or the Second Priority Debt Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof, including pursuant to Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement so long as such increase is not prohibited by the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents then in effect (for the avoidance of doubt any increase in the aggregate amount of the Senior Obligations permitted by the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents on the date hereof shall be permitted). The Lien priorities provided for in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification, or any Refinancing, of either the Senior Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between the Borrower and the other Grantors and the Second Priority Debt Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower and the Grantors contained in any Second Priority Debt Document with respect to the incurrence of additional Senior Obligations.

 

2.3Prohibition on Contesting Liens

 

Each of the Second Priority Representatives, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt 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, allowability, or enforceability of any Lien securing, or claims asserted with respect to, any Senior Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any of the other Senior Secured Parties or other agent or trustee therefor in any Senior Collateral, and each Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Secured Party under its Senior 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, allowability, or enforceability of any Lien securing, or claims asserted with respect to, 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 Debt 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 Representative to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Obligations as provided in Section 2.1) or any of the Senior Debt Documents.

 

2.4             No New Liens

 

(a)                Subject to the terms hereof, the parties hereto agree that, so long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, (a) none of the Grantors shall, or shall permit any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries to, (1) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property of any Grantor to secure any Second Priority Debt Obligation unless it has granted, or substantially concurrently therewith grants, a Lien on such asset or property of such Grantor to secure the Senior Obligations, or (2) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property of any Grantor to secure any Senior Obligations unless it has granted, or substantially concurrently therewith grants, a Lien on such asset or property of such Grantor to secure the Second Priority Debt Obligations; and (b) if any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt 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 first-priority Liens securing all Senior Obligations under the Senior Collateral Documents, such Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Debt Party (i) shall notify the Designated Senior Representative promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly grant a similar Lien on such assets or property to each Senior Representative as security for the Senior Obligations, shall assign such Lien to the Designated Senior Representative as security for all Senior Obligations for the benefit of the Senior 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 Representative, shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of each Senior Representative and the other Senior Secured Parties as security for the Senior Obligations (subject to the relative Lien priorities set forth herein). To the extent that the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other right or remedy available to any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party, each Second Priority Representative agrees, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Priority Debt Parties, that any amounts received by or distributed to any Second Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien granted in contravention of this Section 2.4 shall be subject to Section 4.1 and Section 4.2.

 

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(b)                The existence of a maximum claim with respect to any real property subject to a mortgage which applies to all Secured Obligations shall not be deemed to be a difference in Collateral among any series, issue or class of Senior Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

2.5             Perfection of Liens

 

Except for the limited agreements of the Senior Representatives pursuant to Section 5.5 hereof, none of the Senior Representatives or the Senior 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 Debt Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties and shall not impose on the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives, the Second Priority Debt 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.

 

2.6             Certain Cash Collateral

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Senior Debt Documents or Second Priority Debt Documents to the contrary, collateral consisting of cash and cash equivalents (i) specifically pledged to secure Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit or otherwise held by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 2.2, 4.9 and 5.10 of the Credit Agreement (or any equivalent successor provision) or any applicable provision in connection with such pledge or (ii) to the extent the pledge thereof is permitted under the Senior Debt Documents and Second Priority Debt Documents then in effect, specifically pledged to any Second Priority Debt Party or a group of Second Priority Debt Parties to secure only the Second Priority Debt Obligations owing to such Second Priority Debt Parties shall, in each case be applied as specified in the Senior Debt Documents or the Second Priority Debt Documents, as applicable, and will not constitute Shared Collateral; provided, however, that if any Grantor shall fail to pay any of such Secured Obligations owing under such Senior Debt Document or Second Priority Debt Document as and when required thereunder, then the applicable Secured Party agrees that to the extent it seeks to satisfy any such Secured Obligations owing to it, such Secured Party shall first proceed to satisfy such Secured Obligations with the proceeds of any such cash collateral (or any letter of credit or other credit support specifically issued or pledged in favor of such Secured Party to support such Secured Obligations). If, following the application of any such cash collateral, letter of credit or other credit support to the repayment of such Secured Obligations owing to the applicable Secured Party, such Secured Party has not received the full amount of the Secured Obligations then due and owing to it, it shall be entitled to its pro rata share of any Proceeds as, and to the extent, provided in Section 4.1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to impair the right of any Secured Party to recoup, set off, net or off-set amounts against any cash and cash equivalents (or letter of credit support) that does not constitute Shared Collateral and that was specifically pledged to such Secured Party as provided in this Section 2.6 (including amounts delivered as margin or cash collateral) to the extent permitted under the applicable Senior Debt Document or Second Priority Debt Document, or exercise its rights and remedies with respect to any such cash collateral pledged for its sole benefit or as a beneficiary under and pursuant to any other such credit support issued solely in its favor, each of which will be governed by the terms of such Senior Debt Document or Second Priority Debt Document, as applicable.

 

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ARTICLE 3
Enforcement

 

3.1             Exercise of Remedies

 

(a)                So long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any of the Borrower or any other Grantor, (i) neither any Second Priority Representative nor any Second Priority Debt 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 action brought with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other Senior Collateral by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party in respect of the Senior Obligations, the exercise of any right by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Senior Representative or any Senior 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 Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Senior Collateral or the Senior Obligations, or (z) object to the forbearance by the Senior 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 Obligations and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff, recoupment, and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Shared Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of or any other action from any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against any of the Borrower or any other Grantor, any Second Priority Representative may file a proof of 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 Obligations or the rights of the Senior Representatives or the Senior 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) to the extent not otherwise inconsistent with or in contravention of this Agreement, any Second Priority Representative and the Second Priority Debt Parties may exercise their rights and remedies as unsecured creditors, to the extent as provided in Section 5.4, (D) any Second Priority Representative may exercise the rights and remedies provided for in Section 6.1 and the Second Priority Debt 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 Debt Parties or the avoidance of any Second Priority Lien to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, (E) any Second Priority Debt Party may vote on any plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation, agreement for composition, or other type of plan of arrangement proposed in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding that conforms to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and (F) from and after the Second Priority Enforcement Date, the Designated Second Priority Representative (or a Person authorized by it) 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 Representative (or a Person authorized by it) has not commenced and is not diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to any or all of the Shared Collateral or (2) the Grantor which has granted a security interest in any Shared Collateral is not then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, in each case (A) through (F) above, to the extent such action is not inconsistent with, or could not result in a resolution inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Senior Collateral, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the Senior 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 or the PPSA of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws, statutory or otherwise, of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

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(b)                So long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will not 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 Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), the sole right of the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt 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 Obligations has occurred.

 

(c)                Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), (i) each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that neither such Second Priority Representative nor any such Second Priority Debt Party will take any action that would hinder or delay any exercise of remedies undertaken by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral under the Senior Debt Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other 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 Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Second Priority Debt Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the Senior Obligations or the Liens granted on any of the Senior Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party is adverse to the interests of the Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

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(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 Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties with respect to the Senior Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Debt Documents

 

(e)                Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), the Designated Senior 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 Obligations, the Designated Second Priority Representative (or any Person authorized by it) who may be instructed by the Second Priority Majority Representatives shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Second Priority Collateral, and the Designated Second Priority Representative (or any Person authorized by it) who may be instructed by the Second Priority Majority Representatives 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 Debt Parties with respect to the Second Priority 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 3.1(e) shall impair the right of any Second Priority Representative or other agent or trustee acting on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties to take such actions with respect to the Second Priority Collateral after the Discharge of Senior Obligations as may be otherwise required or authorized pursuant to any intercreditor agreement governing the Second Priority Debt Parties or the Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

3.2             Cooperation

 

Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Senior Secured Parties and the Senior Representatives upon the request of the Designated Senior 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.

 

3.3             Actions upon Breach

 

Should any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt 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 Representative or other Senior Secured Party (in its or their own name or in the name of any of the Borrower or any other Grantor) or any of the Borrower may obtain relief against such Second Priority Representative or such Second Priority Debt Party by injunction, specific performance or other appropriate equitable relief. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Facility, hereby (i) agrees that the Senior Secured Parties’ damages from the actions of the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Debt Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and waives any defense that any of the Borrower or any other Grantor or the Senior Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage or be made whole by the awarding of damages and (ii) 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 Representative or any other Senior Secured Party.

 

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ARTICLE 4
Payments

 

4.1             Application of Proceeds

 

After an Event of Default (as defined therein) under any Senior Debt Document has occurred and until such Event of Default is cured or waived, so long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred and regardless of whether an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has 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 Representative to the Senior Obligations in such order as specified in the relevant Senior Debt Documents (including the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Senior Obligations, each applicable Senior 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.

 

4.2Payments Over

 

Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof received by any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the Shared Collateral, (except as otherwise set forth in Article 6) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, or otherwise in contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of the Senior 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 Representative is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each of the Second Priority Representatives or any such Second Priority Debt Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

 

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ARTICLE 5
Other Agreements

 

5.1Releases

 

(a)                Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that, if in connection with (i) any sale, transfer or other disposition of any Shared Collateral by any Grantor (other than in connection with any enforcement or exercise of rights or remedies with respect to the Shared Collateral which shall be governed by clause (ii)) permitted under the terms of the Senior Debt Documents or consented to by the holders of Senior Obligations under the Senior Debt Documents (other than after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default under the Second Priority Debt Documents) or (ii) the enforcement or exercise of any rights or remedies with respect to the Shared Collateral by a Senior Secured Party, including any sale, transfer or other disposition of Shared Collateral so long as net proceeds of any such Shared Collateral are applied to reduce permanently the Senior Obligations, the Designated Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Senior Secured Parties releases any of the Senior Liens on any of the Shared Collateral (a “Release”), then the Liens on such Shared Collateral securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released and each Second Priority Representative shall, for itself and on behalf of the other applicable Second Priority Class Debt Parties and at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors, promptly execute and deliver to the Senior Representative and the applicable Grantors such termination statements, releases, filings, recordings and other documents or instruments as the Senior Representative or any applicable Grantor may reasonably request to effectively confirm such Release; provided that, with respect to clause (ii) above, any proceeds received by the Senior Representatives and any other Senior Secured Parties in excess of those necessary to achieve the Discharge of Senior Obligations shall be distributed in accordance with Section 4.1. Similarly, if the equity interests of any Person are foreclosed upon or otherwise disposed of pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above and in connection therewith the Designated Senior Representative releases the Senior Liens on the Shared Collateral of such Person or releases such Person from its Guarantee of Senior Obligations, then the Second Priority Lien on such property or assets of such Person and such Person’s Guarantee of Second Priority Debt Obligations shall be automatically released to the same extent. Nothing in this Section 5.1(a) will be deemed to affect any agreement of a Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties under its Second Priority Debt Facility, to release the Liens on the Second Priority Collateral or to release any Person from its Guarantee of Second Priority Debt Obligations as set forth in the relevant Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

(b)                Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the each Senior Representative and any officer or agent of any Senior 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 Debt Party or in such Senior Representative’s own name, from time to time in the Designated Senior Representative’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of Section 5.1(a), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents, filings, recordings and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of Section 5.1(a), including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.

 

(c)                Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after an Event of Default (as defined in any Senior Debt Document) of Proceeds of Shared Collateral to the repayment of Senior Obligations pursuant to the Senior Debt Documents; provided that nothing in this Section 5.1(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Second Priority Representatives or the Second Priority Debt 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 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 any Senior Representative and any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Debt Party, such Grantor may, until the applicable Discharge of Senior 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 Representative.

 

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5.2Insurance and Condemnation Awards

 

Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, the Designated Senior Representative and the Senior Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Senior 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, in each case in accordance with the Senior Debt Documents. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, 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 Obligations, to the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of Senior Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the Senior Debt Documents, (ii) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Obligations, to the Designated Second Priority Representative for the benefit of the Second Priority Debt Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents, and (iii) third, if no Second Priority Debt Obligations or Senior 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 Debt 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 Representative in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.

 

5.3Amendments to Second Priority Collateral Documents

 

(a)                The Senior Debt Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, and the Senior Obligations may be Refinanced or replaced, in whole or in part, in each case, without the consent of any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party, all without affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Second Priority Majority Representatives, no such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or Refinancing (or successive amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications or Refinancings) shall contravene any provision of this Agreement.

 

(b)                Without the prior written consent of the Senior Representatives, no Second Priority Debt Document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, or entered into, and no Debt under the Second Priority Debt Documents may be Refinanced, to the extent such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification or Refinancing, or the terms of such new Second Priority Debt Document, would contravene the provisions of this Agreement. The Borrower agrees to deliver to the Designated Senior Representative copies of (i) any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications to the Second Priority Collateral Documents and (ii) any new Second Priority Collateral Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt 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 Representative):

 

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“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 Secured Parties (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), including liens and security interests granted to ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Administrative Agent, pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2017 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC., as borrower (the “Borrower”), the lending institutions from time to time parties thereto, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as the Administrative Agent, and the other parties thereto, and the liens and security interests granted to Wilmington Trust, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent, pursuant to or in connection with the Indenture, dated as of [ ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), among the Borrower, as issuer, Wilmington Trust, N.A., as the Trustee, and the other parties thereto and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the [Second Priority Representative] hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [            ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among the Borrower, the other grantors party thereto from time to time, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as the Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, Wilmington Trust, N.A., as Senior Representative for the Initial Additional Senior Debt Secured Parties, [            ], as Initial Second Priority Representative and each additional Second Priority Representative and Senior Representative from time to time party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.”

 

(c)                In the event that each applicable Senior Representative and/or the Senior Secured Parties enter into any amendment, restatement, waiver or consent in respect of any of the Senior Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Borrower or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Senior Collateral) in a manner that is applicable to all Senior Facilities, then such amendment, restatement, 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 Debt Party and without any action by any Second Priority Representative, the Company or any other Grantor; provided, however, that (i) no such amendment, restatement, waiver or consent shall (A) remove assets subject to the Second Priority Liens or release any such Liens, except to the extent that such release is permitted or required by Section 5.1(a) and provided that there is a substantially concurrent release of the corresponding Senior Liens or (B) impose duties that are adverse on any Second Priority Representative without its prior written consent and (ii) written notice of such amendment, restatement, waiver or consent shall have been given to each Second Priority Representative within ten (10) days after the effectiveness of such amendment, restatement, waiver or consent; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof.

 

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(d)                The Borrower agrees to deliver to each of the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative copies of (i) any material amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications to the material Senior Debt Documents or the material Second Priority Debt Documents and (ii) any new material Senior Debt Documents or material Second Priority Debt Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof.

 

5.4Rights as Unsecured Creditors

 

The Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against any Borrower and any other Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Second Priority Debt Documents and Law so long as such rights and remedies do not violate or are not otherwise inconsistent with any other provision of this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt 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 Debt Party of rights or remedies in respect of Shared Collateral in contravention of this Agreement. In the event any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt 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 Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise adversely affect any rights or remedies the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties may have with respect to the Senior Collateral.

 

5.5Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection

 

(a)                Each Senior Representative acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing any Senior Obligations on any Shared Collateral that can be perfected by the possession, control, or notation, 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, or notation, in the name of, such Senior 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 at 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 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 (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Section 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the Uniform Commercial Code, to the extent applicable) 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 5.5.

 

(b)                In the event that any Senior Representative (or its agents or bailees) has Lien filings against Intellectual Property that is part of the Shared Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Shared Collateral, such Senior Representative agrees to hold such Liens as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Section 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the Uniform Commercial Code, to the extent applicable) 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 5.5.

 

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(c)                Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior 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 Debt Parties with respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(d)                The Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Debt 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 5.5. The duties or responsibilities of the Senior Representatives under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding, controlling, or being notated on, the Shared Collateral and the related Liens referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.5 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Section 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the Uniform Commercial Code, to the extent applicable) for the relevant Second Priority Representative for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Second Priority Representative.

 

(e)                The Senior 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 Debt Party, and each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives and releases the Senior Representatives from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Senior Representatives’ roles under this Section 5.5 as sub-agents and gratuitous bailees with respect to the Shared Collateral.

 

(f)                 Upon the Discharge of Senior Obligations, each applicable Senior 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 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 a 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. The Borrower and the other Grantors shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Senior Representative for loss or damage suffered by such Senior Representative as a result of such transfer, except for loss or damage suffered by any such Person as a result of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. The Senior Representatives have no obligations to follow instructions from any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party in contravention of this Agreement. No Senior Representative shall have any liability to any Second Priority Debt Party.

 

(g)                None of the Senior Representatives nor any of the other Senior Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for any obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party under the Senior Debt Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof or to any Second Priority Debt Party, 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.

 

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5.6When Discharge of Senior Obligations Deemed To Not Have Occurred

 

If, at any time substantially concurrently with or after the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, the Borrower or any other Grantor consummates any Refinancing or incurs any Senior Obligations (other than in respect of the payment of indemnities surviving the Discharge of Senior Obligations), then such Discharge of Senior 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 Obligations) and the applicable agreement governing such Senior Obligations shall automatically be treated as a Senior 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 Obligations shall be a Senior Representative for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice of such incurrence (including the identity of the new Senior 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, restatements or supplements to this Agreement, as the Borrower or such new Senior Representative shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new Senior Representative the rights of a Senior Representative contemplated hereby, (b) deliver to such Senior 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 and (c) notify any governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving a Grantor that the new Senior Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding.

 

5.7Purchase Right

 

Without prejudice to the enforcement of the Senior Secured Parties’ remedies, the Senior Secured Parties agree that following (a) the acceleration of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents or (b) the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (each, a “Purchase Event”), within thirty (30) days of the Purchase Event, one or more of the Second Priority Debt Parties may request, and the Senior Secured Parties hereby offer the Second Priority Debt Parties the option, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the aggregate amount of outstanding Senior Obligations outstanding at the time of purchase at par, plus any premium that would be applicable upon prepayment of the Senior Obligations and accrued and unpaid interest, fees, and expenses without warranty or representation or recourse (except for representations and warranties required to be made by the Credit Agreement Secured Parties which are assigning lenders pursuant to the Assignment and Acceptance (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement)). If such right is exercised, the parties shall endeavor to close promptly thereafter but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the request. If one or more of the Second Priority Debt Parties exercise such purchase right, it shall be exercised pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the Senior Representative and the applicable Second Priority Representatives, subject to any consent rights of the Borrower under the Credit Agreement or any applicable Senior Debt Document. If none of the Second Priority Debt Parties timely exercise such right, the Senior Secured Parties shall have no further obligations pursuant to this Section 5.7 for such Purchase Event and may take any further actions in their sole discretion in accordance with the Senior Debt Documents and this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE 6
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

 

6.1Financing Issues

 

(a)                Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, if any of the Borrower or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any Senior Representative or any class of Senior Secured Parties 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 the Borrower’s or any other Grantor’s obtaining debtor in possession or interim financing or financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will raise no objection to and will not otherwise contest (or support any Person in objecting or otherwise contesting) 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 3.1(a) and Section 6.3, will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith and, to the extent the Liens securing any Senior Obligations are subordinated or pari passu with the Liens securing such DIP Financing, will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) its Liens in the Shared Collateral to (x) the Liens securing 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 the Liens securing the Senior Obligations under this Agreement, (y) any adequate protection Liens granted to the Senior Secured Parties, and (z) to any “carve-out” for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the Senior Representatives. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, further agrees that until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, it will raise no (a) 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 Obligations made by any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party with respect to the Senior Collateral, (b) objection to (and will not otherwise contest or support any Person in objecting to) any lawful exercise by any Senior Secured Party of the right to credit bid Senior Obligations at any sale in foreclosure of Senior Collateral or under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law, (c) objection to (and will not otherwise contest or support any Person in objecting to) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any Senior Secured Party relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on Senior Collateral, or (d) objection to (and will not otherwise contest or oppose or support any Person in objecting to, contesting or opposing) any order relating to a sale or other disposition of assets of any Grantor for which any Senior Representative has consented or not objected that provides, to the extent such sale or other disposition is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior 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 Obligations rank to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the Second Priority Debt Parties may assert any objection to the proposed bidding procedures or protections to be utilized in connection with any such sale or disposition that may be asserted by any unsecured creditor of any Grantor, and further provided that the Second Priority Debt Parties are not deemed to have waived any rights to credit bid on the Shared Collateral in any such sale or disposition under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable Law), so long as any such credit bid provides for the payment in full in cash of the Senior Obligations. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that notice received two (2) Business Days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash or other collateral or approving such DIP Financing shall be adequate notice.

 

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(b)                Nothing in this Agreement shall limit the rights of any Senior Secured Party or Second Priority Debt Party to consent to the use of cash collateral (or Proceeds of such cash collateral) or provide post-petition or interim financing on terms other than the terms set forth in paragraph (a) of this Section 6.1.

 

6.2Relief from the Automatic Stay

 

Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt 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 Representative.

 

6.3Adequate Protection

 

Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall (A) object, contest or support any other Person objecting to or contesting (a) any request by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Parties for adequate protection, (b) any objection by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on any Senior Representative’s or Senior Secured Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection, or (c) the allowance and/or payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law or (B) assert or support any claim for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Collateral under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.3 or in Section 6.1, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (i) if the Senior Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of a Lien on additional or replacement collateral or super priority claims in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral under Section 363 or 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law (other than in a role of DIP Financing provider), then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional or replacement collateral and/or a super priority claim (as applicable), which (A) Lien is subordinated to the Liens securing or providing adequate protection for all Senior Obligations and such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto and any “carve-out”) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement and (B) super priority claim is subordinated to all claims of the Senior Secured Parties, and (ii) in the event any Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, seek or request adequate protection and such adequate protection is granted in the form of a Lien on additional or replacement collateral, then such Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, agree that each Senior Representative shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional or replacement collateral as security and adequate protection for the Senior Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional or replacement collateral securing or providing adequate protection for the Second Priority Debt Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Obligations and any such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto and any “carve-out”) and any other Liens granted to the Senior 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 Obligations under this Agreement (and, to the extent the Senior Secured Parties are not granted such adequate protection in such form, any amounts recovered by or distributed to any Second Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien on such additional or replacement collateral so granted to the Second Priority Debt Parties shall be subject to Section 4.2), and (iii) in the event any Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, seek or request adequate protection and such adequate protection is granted (in each instance, to the extent such grant is otherwise permissible under the terms and conditions of this Agreement) in the form of a super priority claim, then such Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, agree that each Senior Representative shall also be granted adequate protection in the form of a super priority claim, which super priority claim shall be senior to the claims of the Second Priority Debt Parties (and, to the extent the Senior Secured Parties are not granted such adequate protection in such form, any amounts recovered by or distributed to any Second Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any such super priority claim so granted to the Second Priority Debt Parties shall be subject to Section 4.2). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to the extent that the Senior 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 each Second Priority Debt Party under their 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 Secured Parties to object to the reasonableness of the amounts of fees and expenses or other cash payments so sought by the Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

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6.4Preference Issues

 

If any Senior 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 any Borrower or any other Grantor (or any trustee, receiver or similar Person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to be or avoided as fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount (a “Recovery”), whether received as Proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff, recoupment, or otherwise, then the Senior 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 Secured Parties shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement until a Discharge of Senior 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 Debt 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, fraudulent transfer, 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.

 

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6.5Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications

 

Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior 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 Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan proposed, confirmed 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 Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt 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 Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions from the Shared Collateral 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 Debt Parties), the Senior 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, fees and expenses (whether or not allowed or allowable in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution from the Shared Collateral is made in respect of the Second Priority Debt Obligations, with each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Designated Senior 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 Debt Parties.

 

6.6No Waivers of Rights of Senior Secured Parties

 

Nothing contained herein shall, except as expressly provided herein, prohibit or in any way limit any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Second Priority Debt Party, including the seeking by any Second Priority Debt Party of adequate protection or the asserting by any Second Priority Debt Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Priority Debt Documents or otherwise.

 

6.7Application

 

This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, 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.

 

6.8Other Matters

 

To the extent that any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, 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 Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees not to assert any such rights without the prior written consent of each Senior Representative, provided that if requested by any Senior Representative, such Second Priority Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Designated Senior Representative, including any rights to payments in respect of such rights.

 

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6.9506(c) Claims

 

Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will not assert or enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the Senior Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral.

 

6.10Reorganization Securities; Voting

 

(a)                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 Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Senior 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.

 

(b)                No Second Priority Debt Party (whether in the capacity of a secured creditor or an unsecured creditor) shall propose, vote in favor of, or otherwise directly or indirectly support any plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan that is inconsistent with, or in contravention of, the priorities or other provisions of this Agreement, other than with the prior written consent of the Designated Senior Representative or to the extent any such plan is proposed or supported by the number of Senior Secured Debt Parties required under Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law.

 

6.11Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

 

Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, shall not object to, oppose, support any objection, or take any other action to impede, the right of any Senior Secured Party to make an election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to the Senior Collateral. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, waives any claim it may hereafter have against any senior claimholder arising out of the election by any Senior Secured Party of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to the Senior Collateral.

 

6.12Post-Petition Interest.

 

(a)                Neither a Second Priority Representative nor any other Second Priority Debt Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Senior Obligations consisting of claims for post-petition interest, fees, or expenses under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provisions, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law or otherwise.

 

(b)                Neither a Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by a Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second Priority Debt Obligations consisting of claims for post-petition interest, fees, or expenses under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision, statutory or otherwise, of any other Bankruptcy Law or otherwise, to the extent of the value of the Lien of such Second Priority Representative on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties on the Shared Collateral (after taking into account the Senior Obligations and the Senior Lien).

 

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ARTICLE 7
Reliance; Etc.

 

7.1Reliance

 

The consent by the Senior Secured Parties to the execution and delivery of the Second Priority Debt Documents and all loans and other extensions of credit incurred, made or deemed made as of, on and after the date hereof by the Senior Secured Parties to 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 Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that it and such Second Priority Debt Parties have, independently and without reliance on any Senior Representative or other Senior 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 decisions in taking or not taking any action under the Second Priority Debt Documents or this Agreement.

 

7.2No Warranties or Liability

 

Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that neither any Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Senior Debt Documents, the ownership of any Shared Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Debt Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the Senior 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 Debt Parties have in the Shared Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither any Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Party shall have any duty to any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Debt 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 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 Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt 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 collectability of any of the Senior 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.

 

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7.3Obligations Unconditional

 

All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

 

(a)                any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior 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 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 Credit Agreement or any other Senior Debt Document or of the terms of any Second Priority Debt Document;

 

(c)                any exchange of any security interest in any Shared Collateral or any other collateral or any amendment, restatement, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations or any Guarantee thereof;

 

(d)                the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Borrower or any other Grantor; or

 

(e)                any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, (i) any Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of the Senior Obligations (other than as set forth in Section 5.6 hereof or other payments or performance) or (ii) any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Debt Party in respect of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 8
Miscellaneous

 

8.1Conflicts

 

In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Senior 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 Administrative Agent, the other Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties (as amongst themselves) with respect to any Senior Collateral, if applicable, 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 with respect to such rights and obligations, the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall control.

 

8.2Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability

 

Subject to Sections 5.6 and 6.4, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the Discharge of Senior Obligations shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement of Lien subordination, and the Senior Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Debt Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any Subsidiary constituting Senior 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.

 

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8.3Amendments; 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 8.3, 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.

 

(b)                This Agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented or waived in writing signed by each Representative (in each case, acting in accordance with the documents governing the applicable Debt Facility) and the Grantors. Any such amendment, restatement, supplement or waiver shall be in writing and shall be binding upon the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Debt Parties, the Grantors and each of 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 8.8 of this Agreement and upon such execution and delivery, such Representative and the Secured Parties and Senior Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations of the Debt Facility for which such Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof.

 

8.4Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and the Subsidiaries

 

The Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries thereof and all endorsers or guarantors of the Senior Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations. The Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt 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 Representative, any Senior Secured Party, any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt 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 Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt 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 as confidential or is otherwise required to maintain as confidential.

 

8.5Subrogation

 

Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt 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 Obligations has occurred.

 

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8.6Application of Payments

 

Except as otherwise provided herein, all payments received by the Senior Secured Parties may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Senior Obligations as the Senior Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, assents to any such extension or postponement of the time of payment of the Senior 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 Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable therefor.

 

8.7Additional Grantors

 

The Grantors agree that, if any Person shall become a Grantor after the date hereof, they will promptly cause such Person to become party hereto by executing and delivering an instrument substantially in the form of Annex I. Upon such execution and delivery, such Person 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 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.

 

8.8Additional Debt Facilities

 

To the extent, but only to the extent, permitted by the provisions of the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents then in effect, the Borrower may incur or issue and sell (and the Guarantors may guarantee) one or more series or classes of Second Priority Debt pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof and one or more series or classes of Additional Senior Debt. Any such additional class or series of Second Priority Debt pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof (the “Second Priority Class Debt”) may be secured by a second 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. Any such additional class or series of Additional Senior Debt (the “Senior Class Debt”; and the Senior Class Debt and Second Priority Class Debt, collectively, the “Class Debt”) may be secured by a Lien on Shared Collateral senior in priority to the Second Priority Debt Obligations, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Senior Collateral Documents, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Senior Class Debt (each, a “Senior Class Debt Representative”; and the Senior Class Debt Representatives and Second Priority Class Debt Representatives, collectively, the “Class Debt Representatives”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Senior Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any such Senior Class Debt being referred to as the “Senior Class Debt Parties”; and the Senior Class Debt Parties and Second Priority Class Debt Parties, collectively, the “Class 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.

 

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In order for a Class Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement:

 

(a)                such Class Debt Representative shall have executed and delivered a Joinder Agreement to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative substantially in the form of Annex II (if such Class Debt Representative is a Second Priority Class Debt Representative) or Annex III (if such Class Debt Representative is a Senior Class Debt Representative) (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Designated Senior 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;

 

(b)                the Borrower shall have delivered to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative an Officer’s Certificate stating that the conditions set forth in this Section 8.8 are satisfied (or waived by attaching supporting documentation required under Section 8.3) with respect to such Class Debt and, if requested by the Designated Senior Representative or the Designated Second Priority Representative, true and complete copies of each of the Second Priority Debt Documents or Senior Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt, certified as being true and correct in all material respects by a Senior Officer of the Borrower; and identifying the obligations to be designated as Additional Senior Debt or Second Priority Debt, as applicable, and certifying that such obligations are permitted to be incurred and secured by a Lien on the applicable Collateral (I) in the case of Additional Senior Debt, on a basis senior in priority to the Second Priority Debt Obligations and equal priority (but without regard to control of remedies) with the Senior Obligations under each of the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents then in effect and (II) in the case of Second Priority Debt, on a basis junior in priority to the Senior Obligations and equal priority (but without regard to control of remedies) with Second Priority Debt Obligations under each of the Second Priority Debt Documents and the Senior Debt Documents then in effect;

 

(c)                the Second Priority Debt Documents or Senior Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt shall provide 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; and

 

(d)                each Grantor and each Secured Party agrees that this Agreement may be amended by the Borrower, the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative without the consent of any other Secured Party to the extent necessary or desirable to (A) effectuate the intent of this Section 8.8, (B) cause the Liens granted by the applicable Collateral Documents to be in favor of the applicable holders of such Class Debt, (C) cause the holders of such Second Priority Class Debt or Senior Class Debt to be treated in the same manner as the other Second Priority Debt Parties or Senior Secured Parties, respectively, and (D) reflect such additional Class Debt in the definitions in Section 1.1 and the provisions herein regarding voting, consents, amendments and waivers.

 

8.9Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers

 

Each Grantor and 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 other Collateral Documents to which it is a party to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York, in each case sitting in New York City in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

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(b)               consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) 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 or to commence or support any such action or proceeding in any other courts;

 

(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 at its address set forth in Section 8.10 or at such other address of which the parties hereto shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(d)               agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any Representative or any Secured Party to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any Borrower or any other Credit Party 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 8.9 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

8.10Notices

 

All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent:

 

(a)                if to the Borrower or any other Grantor, to the Borrower, at: [       ]; with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to: [         ];

 

(b)                if to the Initial Second Priority Representative to it at: [         ];

 

(c)                if to the Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties , to it at: [           ];

 

(d)                if to any other Representative, to it at the address specified by it in the Joinder Agreement delivered by it pursuant to Section 8.8.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and, may be personally served, faxed, electronically mailed or sent by courier service, U.S. mail or Canada Post and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a fax or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed) or Canada Post (registered, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth above or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties. As agreed to in writing among each 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.

 

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8.11Further Assurances

 

Each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Senior Secured Party under the Senior Facility for which it is acting, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself, each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, and each of the Borrower and the other Grantors 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.

 

8.12Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

 

(a)                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.

 

(b)                EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

8.13Binding on Successors and Assigns

 

The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives, the Second Priority Debt Parties, the Borrower, the other Grantors party hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

8.14Section 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 of this Agreement or any other Senior Debt Document or Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

8.15Counterparts

 

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), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. 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.

 

8.16Authorization

 

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 Administrative Agent represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Credit Agreement Secured Parties under the Credit Agreement Loan Documents. The Initial Second Priority Representative represents and warrants that this Agreement is binding upon the Initial Second Priority Debt Parties under the Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

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8.17No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns

 

This Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and its respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of and bind each of the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair, as between the Borrower, and the other Grantors and the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties, and as between the Borrower and the other Grantors and the Second Priority Representatives, the Second Priority Debt Parties, the obligations of the Borrower and the other Grantors, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay principal, interest, fees and other amounts as provided in the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents respectively.

 

8.18Effectiveness

 

This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, the Initial Second Priority Representative, the Borrower and the other Grantors party hereto.

 

8.19Administrative Agent and Representative

 

It is understood and agreed that (a) the Administrative Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and the provisions of Section 13 of the Credit Agreement applicable to the Administrative Agent thereunder shall also apply to the Administrative Agent hereunder and (b) [          ] is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as[          ] under the Initial Second Priority Debt Documents and the provisions of [          ] of such [credit agreement] applicable to [          ] thereunder shall also apply to it as Initial Second Priority Representative hereunder.

 

8.20Relative Rights

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement is intended to or will (a) except to the extent expressly set forth herein amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement or any other Senior Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Documents, or permit the Borrower or any 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 Credit Agreement, the Initial Additional Senior Debt Agreement or any other Senior Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Documents, (b) change the relative priorities of the Senior Obligations or the Liens granted under the Senior Collateral Documents on the Shared Collateral (or any other assets) as among the Senior Secured Parties, (c) otherwise change the relative rights of the Senior Secured Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral as among such Senior Secured Parties, or (d) obligate the Borrower or any Grantor to take any action, or fail to take any action, that would otherwise constitute a breach of, or default under, the Credit Agreement or any other Senior Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Document.

 

8.21Survival 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.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers or other authorized representative as of the day and year first above written.

 

  ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
  as the Senior Representative for the Credit
  Agreement Secured Parties
   
  Per:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  WILMINGTON TRUST, N.A.,
  as Senior Representative for the Initial Additional Senior
Debt Parties
   
  Per:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  [ ],
  as Initial Second Priority Representative
   
  Per:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
   
  Per:  
    Name:
    Title:
   
  [GRANTORS]
   
  Per:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

 

 

 

ANNEX I

 

SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ], dated as of [ ], to the SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC., as borrower (the “Borrower”, which term shall include each Additional Borrower (as defined therein) from time to time), the other Persons from time to time party thereto as Grantors, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, Wilmington Trust, N.A., as Senior Representative for the Initial Additional Senior Debt Secured Parties, [            ], as Initial Second Priority Representative for the Initial Second Priority Debt Parties, 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 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 1.2 contained in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if a part hereof.

 

(B)       The existing Grantors have entered into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, certain Additional Senior Debt Documents and certain Second Priority Debt Documents, Persons which have granted a Lien pursuant to any Collateral Document to secure any Secured Obligations are required to enter into the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Persons may become party to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Person (the “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement, the Second Priority Debt Documents and Additional Senior Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Second Priority Representative and the New Grantor agree as follows:

 

1.       In accordance with Section 8.7 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Second Lien 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 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

2.       The New Grantor represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Second Priority Representative and the other Secured Parties on the date hereof 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.

 

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), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Grantor and the Designated Second Priority Representative.

 

Annex I-1

 

 

4.       Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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.

 

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 Second Lien Intercreditor 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.       All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.10 of the Second Lien 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 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

8.       Without limiting any other reimbursement obligation, the Borrower and the New Guarantors agree to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, costs, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative to the extent reimbursable under the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents, respectively.

 

Annex I-2

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor, and the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative have duly executed this Supplement to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NAME OF NEW GRANTOR]
   
  Per:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Acknowledged by:  
   
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,  
as Designated Senior Representative  
   
Per:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
   
[ ],  
as Designated Second Priority Representative  
   
Per:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Annex I-3

 

 

ANNEX II

 

[FORM OF] REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ], dated as of [ ], to the SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC., as borrower (the “Borrower”, which term shall include each Additional Borrower (as defined therein) from time to time), the other Persons from time to time party thereto as Grantors, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [], as Initial Second Priority Representative for the Initial Second Priority Debt Parties, 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 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 1.2 contained in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if a part hereof.

 

(B)       As a condition to the ability of the Borrower or any Grantor to incur Second Priority 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 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.8 of the Second Lien 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 Second Lien 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 8.8 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Second Priority Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative and the New Representative agree as follows:

 

1.       In accordance with Section 8.8 of the Second Lien 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 Second Lien 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 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Second Priority Representative and to the Second Priority Class Debt Parties that it represents as Second Priority Debt Parties. Each reference to a “Representative” or “Second Priority Representative” in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

2.       The New Representative represents and warrants to the Designated Senior 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 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 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

Annex II-1

 

 

3.       This Representative Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Representative Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Representative Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Representative Supplement that bears the signature of the New Representative.

 

4.       Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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.

 

6.       Any provision of this Representative 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 Second Lien Intercreditor 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.       All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.10 of the Second Lien 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.

 

8.       Without limiting any other reimbursement obligations, the Borrower agrees to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Representative Supplement, including the reasonable fees, costs other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative to the extent reimbursable under the Senior Debt Documents.

 

Annex II-2

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Representative Supplement to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  [NAME OF REPRESENTATIVE],
  as [                  ] for the holders of [      ]
   
  Per:          
    Name:
    Title:
   
  Address for Notices:
   
   
   
  Attention:  
  Telecopy:                     
         
  ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Designated Senior Representative
   
  Per:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Acknowledged by:  
   
MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.  
   
Per:      
  Name:  
  Title:  
   
THE GRANTORS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO
 
   
Per:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Annex II-3

 

 

Schedule I
to the Representative Supplement to the
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement

Grantors

 

Annex II-4

 

 

ANNEX III

 

[FORM OF] REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ], dated as of [ ], to the SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of [ ] (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC., as borrower (the “Borrower”, which term shall include each Additional Borrower (as defined therein) from time to time), the other Persons from time to time party thereto as Grantors, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Senior Representative for the Credit Agreement Secured Parties, [                           ], as Initial Second Priority Representative for the Initial Second Priority Debt Parties, 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 Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 1.2 contained in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if a part hereof.

 

(B)       As a condition to the ability of the Borrower and any Grantor to incur Senior Class Debt after the date of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Senior Class Debt with the Senior Lien and to have such Senior Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors on a senior basis, in each case under and pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents, the Senior Class Debt Representative in respect of such Senior Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Senior Class Debt and the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.8 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Senior Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Senior Class Debt and such Senior Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Senior Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Representative Supplement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.8 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Senior Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the Designated Senior Representative and the New Representative agree as follows:

 

1.       In accordance with Section 8.8 of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative under, and the related Senior Class Debt and Senior Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the Second Lien 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 Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Senior Representative and to the Senior Class Debt Parties that it represents as Senior Secured Parties. Each reference to a “Representative” or “Senior Representative” in the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

2.       The New Representative represents and warrants to the Designated Senior 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 Debt Documents relating to such Senior Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect of such Senior Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Secured Parties.

 

Annex III-1

 

 

3.       This Representative Supplement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Representative Supplement on any number of separate counterparts (including by facsimile or other electronic transmission), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. This Representative Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Representative Supplement that bears the signature of the New Representative.

 

4.       Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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.

 

6.       Any provision of this Representative 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 Second Lien Intercreditor 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.       All notices, requests and demands pursuant hereto shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.10 of the Second Lien 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.

 

8.       Without limiting any other reimbursement obligations, the Borrower agrees to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Representative Supplement, including the reasonable fees, costs other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative to the extent reimbursable under the Senior Debt Documents.

 

Annex III-2

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Representative Supplement to the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

  [NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE],
  as [                  ] for the holders of [      ]
   
  Per:          
    Name:
    Title:
   
  Address for Notices:
   
   
   
  Attention:  
  Telecopy:                     
         
  ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Designated Senior Representative
   
  Per:  
    Name:
    Title:

 

Acknowledged by:  
   
MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.  
   
Per:      
  Name:  
  Title:  
   
THE GRANTORS
LISTED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO
 
   
Per:    
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

Annex III-3

 

 

Schedule I
to the Representative Supplement to the
Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement

Grantors

 

Annex III-4

 

 

SCHEDULE 1

 

POST-CLOSING DELIVERIES

 

1.Within 60 days of the Issue Date (or such later date as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered a control agreement with respect to deposit accounts of the Company and certain of the Subsidiary Guarantors maintained with Bank of America, N.A., in form substantially similar to that certain Third Amended and Restated Deposit Account Control Agreement dated as of September 22, 2020 (as amended prior to the date hereof) by and among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, the Bank Collateral Agent, Wilmington Trust, National Association as 2023 Notes Collateral Agent, Wilmington Trust, National Association as 2027 Notes Collateral Agent and Bank of America, N.A.

 

2.Within 60 days of the Issue Date (or such later date as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered a control agreement with respect to deposit accounts of Maxar Intelligence Inc. maintained with Bank of America, N.A., in form substantially similar to that certain Second Amended and Restated Deposit Account Control Agreement dated as of September 22, 2020 (as amended prior to the date hereof) by and among the Company, DigitalGlobe, Inc., the Bank Collateral Agent (as defined in the Indenture), Wilmington Trust, National Association as 2023 Notes Collateral Agent, Wilmington Trust, National Association as 2027 Notes Collateral Agent and Bank of America, N.A.

 

3.Within 60 days of the Issue Date (or such later date as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree), the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent, the insurance certificates and endorsements required by Section 4.16 naming the Notes Collateral Agent as additional insured or loss payee, as applicable.

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

as Borrower

 

– and –

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

 

as Administrative Agent

 

– and –

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

 

as Collateral Agent

 

– and –

 

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

as Lenders

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS1,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
Barclays Bank plc
and
BMO Capital Markets,

 

as Joint Bookrunners and Lead Arrangers for the Revolving Facility,

 

and

 

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,
BOFA SECURITIES, INC.,
Barclays Bank plc,
BMO Capital Markets,

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
Capital One, National Association,
Goldman Sachs Bank USA,
Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc.,
Citizens Bank, N.A.
and
ING Bank N.V.,

 

as Joint Bookrunners and Lead Arrangers for the Initial Term Facility

 

Dated as of June 14, 2022

 

 

1 RBC Capital Markets is a brand name for the capital markets businesses of Royal Bank of Canada and its affiliates.

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Article 1 INTERPRETATION 1
   
  1.1    Defined Terms 1
  1.2    Computation of Time Periods 59
  1.3    Accounting Terms 59
  1.4    Incorporation of Schedules 60
  1.5    Gender; Singular, Plural, etc. 60
  1.6    Use of Certain Words 60
  1.7    Successors, etc. 60
  1.8    Interpretation not Affected by Headings, etc. 61
  1.9    General Provisions as to Certificates and Opinions, etc. 61
  1.10    Pro Forma and Other Calculations 61
  1.11    Calculation of Baskets and Ratios 62
  1.12    Limited Condition Acquisitions 62
  1.13    Amendment and Restatement 63
  1.14   Interest Rates, Benchmark Notification 63
  1.15    Currency Equivalents Generally 64
  1.16    Additional Alternative Currencies 64
  1.17    CDOR Discontinuation 65
  1.18    Divisions 66
  1.19    Letter of Credit Amounts 66
  1.20    Revocability of Notices 66
       
Article 2 THE CREDIT FACILITIES 67
   
  2.1    Credit Facilities 67
  2.2    Repayment 70
  2.3    Mandatory Reductions and Prepayments 71
  2.4    Voluntary Reductions and Prepayments 73
  2.5    Payments 73
  2.6    Computations 75
  2.7    Fees 75
  2.8    Interest on Overdue Amounts 75
  2.9    Where Borrower Fails to Pay 75
  2.10    Evidence of Indebtedness 76
  2.11    Administrative Agent’s Discretion on Allocation 76
  2.12    Rollover and Conversion 76
  2.13    Extensions of Revolving Facility Maturity Date 77
  2.14    Extensions of Maturity Dates of Term Facilities 78
  2.15    Incremental Facilities 79
  2.16    Refinancing of Credit Facilities 82
       
Article 3 ADVANCES AND LOANS 83
   
  3.1    Advances 83
  3.2    Making the Advances 83
  3.3    Interest on Loans 84
  3.4    Benchmark Replacement Setting 85
       
Article 4 [RESERVED] 87

 

 

 

 

Article 5 LETTERS OF CREDIT 87

 

  5.1    Letters of Credit Commitment 87
  5.2    Letters of Credit 88
  5.3    Notice of Issuance 88
  5.4    Form of Letter of Credit 89
  5.5    Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit 89
  5.6    Payment of Amounts Drawn Under Letters of Credit 89
  5.7    Fees 90
  5.8    Obligations Absolute 91
  5.9    Nature of Lenders’ Duties 91
  5.10    Cash Collateral upon Acceleration Date, Maturity 92
  5.11    Addition of an Issuing Bank; Resignation by an Issuing Bank 93
  5.12    Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments 93
       
Article 6 CLOSING CONDITIONS 94
   
  6.1    Closing Conditions to Initial Availability 94
  6.2    General Conditions for Accommodations after the Closing Date 96
  6.3    Conversions and Rollovers 96
  6.4    Deemed Representation 96
  6.5    Conditions Solely for the Benefit of the Lenders 96
  6.6    No Waiver 97
       
Article 7 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 97
   
  7.1    Existence 97
  7.2    Corporate Authority 97
  7.3    Authorization, Governmental Approvals, etc. 97
  7.4    Enforceability 97
  7.5    No Breach 98
  7.6    Litigation 98
  7.7    Subsidiaries 98
  7.8    Compliance 98
  7.9    Insurance 99
  7.10    No Default 99
  7.11    Material Contracts 99
  7.12    Permits 99
  7.13    Ownership of Assets; Flood Insurance 99
  7.14    Intellectual Property 99
  7.15    Taxes 99
  7.16    Expropriation 100
  7.17    MAE 100
  7.18    Disclosure 100
  7.19    Environmental, Health and Safety 100
  7.20    Financial Condition 100
  7.21    ERISA 100
  7.22    Labor Matters 101
  7.23    Investment Company Status 101
  7.24    Federal Reserve Regulations 101
  7.25    Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions 101
  7.26    AML Legislation 102
  7.27    Collateral Representations 102
  7.28    Solvency 102

 

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Article 8 SECURITY 102
   
  8.1    Security 102
  8.2    [Reserved] 103
  8.3    Share Pledges 103
  8.4    Material Real Property 103
  8.5    Continued Perfection of Security 103
  8.6    Agreed Security Principles 104
  8.7    Release of Security 105
  8.8    Excluded Swap Obligations 106
       
Article 9 INSURANCE 106
   
  9.1    Insurance 106
  9.2    Policies 107
  9.3   Evidence 107
  9.4    Payment of Premiums 107
  9.5    Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendments 107
       
Article 10 COVENANTS 108
   
  10.1    Affirmative Covenants 108
  10.2    Negative Covenants 114
  10.3    Administrative Agent May Perform Covenants 122
       
Article 11 CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES 123
   
  11.1    Illegality 123
  11.2    [Reserved] 123
  11.3    [Reserved] 123
  11.4    Increased Costs 123
  11.5    Indemnification 124
  11.6    Taxes, Costs, etc. 125
  11.7    Affected Lender 129
       
Article 12 EVENTS OF DEFAULT 130
   
  12.1    Events of Default 130
  12.2    Effect 132
  12.3    Right of Set-Off 133
  12.4    Currency Conversion After Acceleration 133
  12.5    Application and Sharing of Payments After Acceleration 133
       
Article 13 THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS 133
   
  13.1    Authorization and Action 133
  13.2    Certain ERISA Matters 134
  13.3    Duties and Obligations 135
  13.4    Agents and Affiliates 136
  13.5    Lender Credit Decision 136
  13.6    Indemnifications 137
  13.7    Successor Administrative Agent 137
  13.8    Sub-Agent or Co-Agent of Administrative Agent 138
  13.9    Assignment of Documents to Successor Administrative Agent 138
  13.10    Successor Collateral Agent 138
  13.11    Sub-Agent or Co-Agent of Collateral Agent 138
  13.12    Assignment of Documents to Successor Collateral Agent 139
  13.13    Collective Action of the Lenders 139

 

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  13.14    No Other Duties, etc. 139
  13.15    Hypothecary Representative 139
  13.16    Withholding Taxes 140
  13.17    Erroneous Payments 140
  13.18    Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 141
  13.19    Cash Management Obligations; Hedging Obligations 142
       
Article 14 MISCELLANEOUS 142
   
  14.1    Sharing of Payments; Records 142
  14.2    Amendments, Waivers and Releases 143
  14.3    Notices, etc. 147
  With respect to the Borrower: 147
  With respect to the Administrative Agent: 148
  14.4    No Waiver; Remedies 149
  14.5    Expenses 149
  14.6    Judgment Currency 150
  14.7    Governing Law 150
  14.8    Successors and Assigns 151
  14.9    Conflict 155
  14.10    Confidentiality 155
  14.11    FOCI 157
  14.12    Severability 157
  14.13    Prior Understandings 157
  14.14    Counterparts 157
  14.15    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions 157
  14.16    No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility 158
  14.17    Interest Rate Limitation 158
  14.18    Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs 159

 

SCHEDULES

 

1. Commitments
2. Accommodation Request
3. Compliance Certificate
4. Assignment and Acceptance
5. Guarantee
6. Certain Existing Permitted Liens
7. Corporate Structure
8. Applicable Margin
9. Notice of Reduction
10. Existing Letters of Credit
11. Required Approvals, etc.
12. Post Closing Obligations
13. Unrestricted Subsidiaries
14. Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
15. Solvency Certificate
16. Closing Certificate
17. Permitted Investments
18. Existing Security

 

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THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT is dated as of June 14, 2022

 

AMONG:

 

MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.,

 

as Borrower

 

OF THE FIRST PART

 

AND:

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

as Administrative Agent

 

OF THE SECOND PART

 

AND:

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

as Collateral Agent

 

OF THE THIRD PART

 

AND:

 

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

 

as Lenders

 

OF THE FOURTH PART

 

WHEREAS the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and certain of the Lenders are the parties to the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below);

 

AND WHEREAS the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed to make available the Credit Facilities and to do so by amending and restating the Existing Credit Agreement upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement;

 

NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein set forth and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency whereof is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

Article 1
INTERPRETATION

 

1.1Defined Terms.

 

As used in this Agreement, including the recitals and the Schedules, unless there is something in the subject matter or the context inconsistent therewith, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

2023 Senior Secured Notes” means the 9.75% senior secured notes in the principal amount of $1 billion due December 31, 2023 which were issued by SSL Robotics LLC on December 2, 2019 and assumed by the Borrower on December 11, 2019 and which constitute First Lien Obligations.

 

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ABR” means the highest of (a) the prime commercial lending rate for loans denominated in US Dollars announced or established by the Administrative Agent from time to time, changing effective on the date of announcement of said corporate base rate changes, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.75% per annum, (c) one-month Adjusted Term SOFR plus 1.00% per annum and (d) 1.00% per annum. The prime commercial lending rate is not necessarily the lowest rate charged by the Administrative Agent to its customers. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the prime commercial lending rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR shall be effective on the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change in the prime commercial lending rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or Adjusted Term SOFR, as applicable.

 

ABR Loan” means each Loan bearing interest based on the ABR, and in any event shall include all Swingline Advances made in US Dollars.

 

Acceleration Date” means the first date on which (a) an Event of Default specified in Section 12.1(8) or 12.1(9) shall occur or (b) an acceleration of the Obligations pursuant to Section 12.2(1)(b) shall occur.

 

Accommodation” means:

 

(a)an Advance by a Lender made on the occasion of a Borrowing pursuant to an Accommodation Request (whether given or deemed to be given) or otherwise made or deemed to have been made pursuant hereto; and

 

(b)the issue of a Letter of Credit on the occasion of an Issuance pursuant to an Issue Notice;

 

and includes an Advance resulting from a Rollover or Conversion (whether requested or deemed to have been requested hereunder) or otherwise effected pursuant hereto.

 

Accommodation Request” means a notice of request for an Accommodation substantially in the form of Schedule 2 annexed hereto, or such other form as the Administrative Agent may from time to time specify.

 

Accounting Change” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(2).

 

Accounting Change Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(2).

 

Acquisition” means any purchase or other acquisition made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of Equity Interests of another Person that upon consummation of such acquisition or purchase becomes a Subsidiary (but excluding Equity Interests of any Subsidiary) or assets of another Person (but excluding assets of any Subsidiary) which constitutes a purchase or other acquisition of all or substantially all of the assets or business of such Person, or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person.

 

Additional Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(a).

 

Additional Collateral Release Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(a).

 

Adjusted EBITDA” means, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in respect of any period and as determined in accordance with US GAAP, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus (without duplication):

 

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(a)the following to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income (except as set forth in clause (ii):

 

(i)income tax expense;

 

(ii)Interest Expense;

 

(iii)depreciation, amortization and all other non-cash charges, losses or expenses;

 

(iv)[reserved];

 

(v)all reserves, provisions or fair value losses established in such period to the extent that such reserves, provisions or fair value losses do not relate to:

 

(A)            a payment made, or which becomes payable, during such period; or

 

(B)            a payment which is payable within 365 days from the end of such period;

 

(vi)restructuring charges and related charges (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include facility closure, facility consolidations, retention, severance, systems establishment costs, contract termination costs and excess pension charges);

 

(vii)any fees and expenses related to the Transactions or fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, investment, asset disposition, issuance or repayment of debt, issuance of equity securities, refinancing transaction or amendment 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 any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction;

 

(viii)all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Debt,

 

(ix)the amount of any loss attributed to non-controlling interests;

 

(x)charges, losses, or expenses incurred to the extent covered by indemnification or refunding provisions in any document, including those pertaining to any acquisition consummated prior to the Closing Date, or any insurance, in each case, to the extent so reimbursed to Borrower or any Subsidiary; and

 

(xi)any fees, expenses or charges attributable to the implementation of any Run Rate Adjustment (as defined below); plus

 

(b)pro forma “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies related to acquisitions, dispositions and other specified transactions, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives and/or actions that are reasonably identifiable, factually supportable and projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions that have been taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken (in the good faith determination of a Senior Officer of the Borrower) within 18 months after such acquisition, disposition or other specified transaction, restructuring, cost savings initiative or other initiative and/or action (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of the period for which Adjusted EBITDA is being determined and if such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies were realized during the entirety of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such action (it is understood and agreed that “run rate” means the full recurring benefit for a period that is associated with any action taken or with respect to which substantial steps have been taken or are expected to be taken within the time frame described above) (any of the foregoing, a “Run Rate Adjustment”); plus

 

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(c)proceeds of business interruption insurance received during such period (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in such period); plus

 

(d)lost income that would have been generated by any failed satellite received during such period in an amount not to exceed the insurance proceeds received from such failed satellite; less

 

(e)the following to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income (without duplication):

 

(i)income tax benefits;

 

(ii)non-cash gains (excluding any non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Adjusted EBITDA in any prior period) including non-cash gains as a result of last-in first-out and/or first-in first-out methods of accounting; and

 

(iii)the amount of any gains attributed to non-controlling interests;

 

provided that (i) the aggregate amount of Run Rate Adjustments added back pursuant to clause (b) above shall not exceed 20% of Adjusted EBITDA (determined before giving effect to all such adjustments) for any period of four consecutive Financial Quarters and (ii) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, there shall be excluded in determining Adjusted EBITDA for any period (x) currency translation gains and losses related to currency remeasurements of indebtedness (including the net loss or gain (A) resulting from swap contracts for currency exchange risk and (B) resulting from intercompany indebtedness and other intercompany investments) and (y) all other foreign currency translation gains or losses.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) Adjusted EBITDA for the Fiscal Quarter (i) ended June 30, 2021 shall be deemed to be $149 million, (ii) ended September 30, 2021 shall be deemed to be $133 million, (iii) ended December 31, 2021 shall be deemed to be $127 million and (iv) ended March 31, 2022 shall be deemed to be $102 million and (b) where applicable, Adjusted EBITDA (including the amounts set forth in the preceding clause (a)) shall be further adjusted on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.10 with respect to any transaction(s) other than the Transactions.

 

Adjusted Term SOFR” means, for purposes of any calculation, the rate per annum equal to (a) Term SOFR for such calculation plus (b) the Term SOFR Adjustment.

 

Administrative Agent” means Royal Bank in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder and any successor administrative agent appointed in accordance with Article 13.

 

Administrative Questionnaire” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.8(3)(d).

 

Advance” means an advance of monies made or deemed to have been made by a Lender under a Credit Facility. An Advance in:

 

(a)US Dollars shall be designated from time to time, as requested or deemed to have been requested by the Borrower, as a SOFR Loan or an ABR Loan.

 

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(b)Canadian Dollars shall be designated from time to time, as requested or deemed to have been requested by the Borrower, as a Canadian Prime Rate Loan or a CDOR Rate Loan;

 

(c)Euro shall be designated from time to time, as requested or deemed to have been by the Borrower, as a Euribor Loan; and

 

(d)British Pound Sterling shall be designated from time to time, as requested or deemed to have been by the Borrower, as a SONIA Loan;

 

Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

 

Affected Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.7(1).

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person (the “first Person”), any other Person which directly or indirectly controls (or is a member of a group which directly or indirectly controls), or is under common control with, or is controlled by, the first Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Borrower solely by reason of its agency role or lending relationship.

 

Affiliated Lender” means, collectively, any Affiliate of the Borrower (other than the Borrower and its Subsidiaries).

 

Agent Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.3(6)(b).

 

Agents” means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and “Agent” means either one of them.

 

Agreed Security Principles” means the provisions set forth in Section 8.6.

 

Agreement” means this restated credit agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, renewed, extended, supplemented, restated and/or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Alternative L/C Currency” means each of Euro, Canadian Dollars and British Pounds Sterling and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.15.

 

Alternative L/C Currency Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in the applicable Alternative L/C Currency as determined by the Issuing Bank at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of such Alternative L/C Currency with Dollars.

 

Alternative Revolver Currency” means each of Euro, Canadian Dollars, British Pounds Sterling and each other currency (other than Dollars) that is approved in accordance with Section 1.16.

 

AML Legislation” means has the meaning set forth in Section 10.1(19)(a).

 

Anti-Corruption Laws” means all Laws of any Sanctions Authority that apply to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery of government officials or public corruption.

 

Applicable Margin” means a percentage per annum equal to:

 

(a)with respect to the Revolving Facility Loans, the applicable rate set forth in Schedule 8 hereto; and

 

(b)with respect to the Initial Term Loans: the applicable rate set forth in Schedule 8 hereto.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the Applicable Margin in respect of any Class of extended Commitments, Incremental Commitments or Permitted Refinancings shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the applicable Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment; provided that in the case of the Initial Term Loans and any Class of Incremental Term Loans, the Applicable Margin shall be increased as, and to the extent, necessary to comply with the provisions of Section 2.15(4) and (b) in respect of Letters of Credit that would not be characterized as “direct credit substitutes” (as determined by the applicable Issuing Bank, acting reasonably), the Applicable Margin for Letter of Credit Fees shall be decreased to be equal to 66⅔% of the Applicable Margins specified in Schedule 8; provided that, if any such Letter of Credit is determined by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions to be a “direct credit substitute” after the issuance thereof, the Applicable Margin shall be adjusted to be equal to 100% of the Applicable Margins for SOFR Loans in this definition with retroactive effect to the date of issuance thereof and the incremental issuance fee payable for the period from the date of issuance to the date of such determination shall be payable on the third Business Day of the next succeeding fiscal quarter following the date of such determination. The Applicable Margins in effect on the Closing Date are those margins specified opposite, in the case of the Revolving Facility Loans, Level IV and, in the case of the Initial Term Loans, Level II.

 

Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (i) a Lender, (ii) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (iii) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.

 

Arrangers” means each of (a) RBC Capital Markets, BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC and BMO Capital Markets, in connection with the Revolving Facility, and (b) RBC Capital Markets, BofA Securities, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, BMO Capital Markets, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Capital One, National Association, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., Citizens Bank, N.A. and ING Bank N.V., in connection with the Initial Term Facility.

 

Asset Sale” means:

 

(a)the sale, lease, conveyance, transfer, or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or other assets (including by way of an Asset Securitization) (each a “Disposition”) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any such sale, lease, conveyance, transfer or other disposition by means of a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or similar transactions, but for greater certainty excluding a write-down of assets); or

 

(b)the issuance of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary or the sale of Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower,

 

in each case, other than a Permitted Disposition.

 

Asset Sale Prepayment Event” means (x) any Asset Sale and/or (y) any disposition of assets contemplated by paragraph (j), (to the extent outside of the ordinary course of business) (m) or (n) of the definition of “Permitted Disposition”; provided that, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 2.3 unless and solely to the extent that the Fair Market Value of the assets disposed of from and at the Closing Date does not in the aggregate (i) in any one Financial Year exceed 7.5% of the Consolidated Total Assets as at the end of the most recently completed Financial Year, or (ii) during the period comprised of the four most recently completed Financial Years, exceed 20% of the Consolidated Total Assets as at the end of the most recently completed Financial Year; provided further that to the extent the net cash proceeds of any Asset Sale or other applicable disposition are used to voluntarily prepay Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.4, the Fair Market Value of such Asset Sale or other applicable disposition shall not be counted against the foregoing limitations.

 

Asset Securitization” means an Asset Sale by or on behalf of a Person at the election of such Person involving Receivables Assets in the course of an asset securitization transaction and regardless of the form of asset securitization, and for the purposes of this Agreement shall include any disposition of accounts receivable.

 

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Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Schedule 4 or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Attributable Debt” means, in respect of any lease entered into by a Person or a Subsidiary thereof as lessee in connection with a sale-lease back transaction, the present value (discounted at the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with US GAAP) of the lease payments of the lessee, including all rent and payments to be made by the lessee in connection with the return of the leased property, during the remaining term of the lease (including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended) but excluding for certainty, amounts required to be paid on account of insurance, taxes, assessments, utility, operating and labor costs and similar charges; provided that if such lease constitutes a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation”.

 

Auction Agent” means (i) the Administrative Agent or (ii) any other financial institution or advisor employed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether or not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent) to act as an arranger in connection with any “Dutch auction” pursuant to Section 14.8(12); provided that the Borrower shall not designate the Administrative Agent as the Auction Agent without the written consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to agree to act as the Auction Agent).

 

Available Amount” means, at any time (the “Available Amount Reference Time”), an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to the sum of:

 

(a)the greater of (x) $100 million and (y) 18.8% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis; plus

 

(b)50% of Consolidated Net Income (which shall not be less than zero in any period) for the period from the first day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower during which the Closing Date occurred to and including the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower prior to the Available Amount Reference Time (this clause (b), the “Builder Component”); plus

 

(c)the amount of any capital contributions made in cash to, or any proceeds of an equity issuance received by, the Borrower during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time, but excluding all proceeds from the issuance of Disqualified Equity Interests; plus

 

(d)the aggregate amount of Retained Declined Proceeds during the period from the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; plus

 

(e)to the extent not (i) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or (ii) already reflected as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment pursuant to clause (g) below or any other provision of Section 10.2(9), the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and other cash distributions received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary from any JV Entity or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; plus

 

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(f)to the extent not (i) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, (ii) already reflected as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment pursuant to clause (g) below or any other provision of Section 10.2(9), or (iii) used to prepay Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.3(1)(a), the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any JV Entity or Unrestricted Subsidiary during the period from the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; minus

 

(g)the aggregate amount of (i) any Investments made pursuant to clause (o) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” (net of any return of capital in respect of such Investment or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment, including, without limitation, upon the redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary or the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any such Investment), (ii) any Restricted Payment made pursuant to Section 10.2(9)(h) and (iii) any payments made pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 10.2(12), in each case, during the period commencing on the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time (and, for purposes of this clause (g), without taking account of the intended usage of the Available Amount at such Available Amount Reference Time).

 

Available Amount Reference Time” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Available Amount.”

 

Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark in any currency with respect of Loans denominated in such currency, as applicable, any tenor for such Benchmark or payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark, as applicable, that is or may be used for determining the length of an Interest Period with respect to Loans denominated in the applicable currency pursuant to this Agreement as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the definition of “Interest Period” pursuant to Section 3.4(5).

 

Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation” means (a) 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, regulation, rule or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their Affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or other insolvency proceedings).

 

Benchmark” means, initially, Adjusted Term SOFR; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to Adjusted Term SOFR or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to clause (a) of Section 3.4.

 

Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, for any Available Tenor, the first alternative set forth in the order below that can be determined by the Administrative Agent for the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date:

 

(a)Daily Simple SOFR; or

 

(b)the sum of: (i) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers giving due consideration to (A) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (B) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for US Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities and (ii) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

 

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If the Benchmark Replacement as determined pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above would be less than (i) in the case of the Initial Term Facility, 0.50% and (ii) in the case of the Revolving Facility, 0.00%, the Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents.

 

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body and/or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for U.S. dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

 

Benchmark Replacement Date” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

 

(1)            in the case of clause (1) or (2) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (a) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (b) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

 

(2)            in the case of clause (3) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative or non-compliant with or non-aligned with the IOSCO Principles; provided, that such non-representativeness, non-compliance or non-alignment will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (3) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (1) or (2) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

 

Benchmark Transition Event” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to such then-current Benchmark:

 

(1)            a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

 

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(2)            a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Term SOFR Administrator, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), in each case, which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

 

(3)            a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are no longer, or as of a specified future date will no longer be, representative or in compliance with or aligned with the IOSCO Principles.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

 

Benchmark Unavailability Period” means, with respect to any Benchmark, the period (if any) (x) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Facility Document in accordance with Section 3.4 and (y) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced such then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Facility Document in accordance with Section 3.4.

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Beneficiary” means, in respect of any Letter of Credit, the beneficiary specified therein.

 

Benefit Plan” means any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of ERISA Section 3(42) or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

BHC Act Affiliate” of a Person means an “affiliate” (as such term is defined under, and interpreted in accordance with, 12. U.S.C. § 1841(k)) of such Person.

 

Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

 

Borrower” means Maxar Technologies Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

“Borrowing” means the making of an ABR Loan, a SOFR Loan, a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, a CDOR Rate Loan, a Euribor Loan or a SONIA Loan, in each case of the same Class and Type, made, converted, or continued on the same date and, in the case of SOFR Loans, CDOR Rate Loans and Euribor Loan, as to which a single Interest Period term is in effect.

 

British Pounds Sterling” or “£” means the lawful currency of Great Britain.

 

Builder Component” has the meaning set forth in clause (b) of the definition of “Available Amount”.

 

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Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required by law to be closed for business in New York, New York; provided, that, (a) when used in connection with a SOFR Loan, or any other calculation or determination involving SOFR, the term “Business Day” means any day that is only a U.S. Government Securities Business Day, (b) when used in connection with CDOR Rate Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for business in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, (c) when used in connection with Euribor Loans, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is a Target Day, and (d) when used in connection with SONIA Loans, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day that is not a SONIA Business Day.

 

Canadian Dollars” and “C$” each mean lawful money of Canada.

 

Canadian Prime Rate” means, at any time, the greater of:

 

(a)the rate of interest per annum established in its sole discretion and reported by the Administrative Agent from time to time as the reference rate of interest it charges to customers for Canadian Dollar loans made by it in Canada (which is not necessarily the lowest rate that the Administrative Agent is charging any corporate customer); and

 

(b)the rate of interest per annum equal to the sum of:

 

(i)the average one month bankers’ acceptance rate as quoted on Reuters Service page CDOR as at 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on such day, expressed as a rate per annum; plus

 

(ii)100 basis points,

 

provided that that if any such rate determined above is less than zero on any day, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for such day; provided, further, that a certificate of the Administrative Agent, absent manifest error, shall be conclusive evidence of the Canadian Prime Rate from time to time. With each quoted or published change in such rate aforesaid of Royal Bank or such bankers’ acceptance rate, there shall be a corresponding change in any rate of interest payable under this Agreement based on the Canadian Prime Rate in accordance with the calculation above, all without the necessity of any notice thereof to the Borrower or any other Person.

 

Canadian Prime Rate Loan” means each Loan bearing interest based on the Canadian Prime Rate, and in any event shall include all Swingline Advances made in Canadian Dollars.

 

Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the additions to property, plant and equipment of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are (or should be) set forth in a consolidated statement of cash flows of the Borrower for such period prepared in accordance with US GAAP.

 

Capital Lease” means a lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real and/or personal property, which lease is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of the lessee under US GAAP.

 

Capital Lease Obligations” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under a Capital Lease and, for purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof (that is, the amount in effect corresponding to the principal of such obligations), determined in accordance with US GAAP.

 

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Cash Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(1).

 

Cash Collateralize” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(1).

 

Cash Equivalents” means:

 

(a)any readily-marketable securities or other investment property (i) issued by or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the Canadian or United States federal governments or (ii) issued by any agency of the Canadian or United States federal governments the obligations of which are fully backed by the full faith and credit of the Canadian or United States federal governments, as the case may be;

 

(b)any readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the Canadian or United States federal government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, or any province or territory of Canada or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least “P-1” from Moody’s;

 

(c)any commercial paper rated at least “A-2” by S&P or “P-2” by Moody’s and issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America or Canada;

 

(d)any US Dollar or Canadian Dollar denominated time deposit, demand deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit, or bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by (i) any Lender or (ii) any commercial bank that is (A) organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, Canada or any province of Canada, (B) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulators and (C) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $500 million or the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars;

 

(e)shares of any United States or Canadian money market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net assets in excess of $500 million or the Equivalent Amount in Canadian Dollars and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in Canada or the United States of America, as the case may be; and

 

(f)investments otherwise consistent with the Borrower’s “Short Term Investment Policy” previously provided to the Administrative Agent as in effect on the date hereof.

 

provided, however, that the maturities of all obligations specified in any of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e) above shall not exceed 12 months.

 

Cash Management Obligations” means all present and future indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations, whether contingent or absolute, matured or unmatured, at any time or from time to time due or accruing due and owing by or otherwise payable by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower (whether alone or with another or others and whether as principal or surety) under (i) any cash management, cash aggregation, mirror or concentrator account, zero-balance or similar facility or arrangement entered into with any Lender, any Agent, or any Arranger or any Affiliate of a Lender, any Agent, or any Arranger or (ii) any corporate credit card or similar facilities provided by any Lender,any Agent, or any Arranger or any Affiliate of a Lender, any Agent, or any Arranger.

 

Cash Manager” means any Lender, any Agent or any Arranger or any of their respective Affiliates that is owed any Cash Management Obligations.

 

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Casualty Prepayment Event” means, with respect to any property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, any loss of or damage to, or any condemnation or other taking by an Official Body of, such property for which such Person receives insurance proceeds or proceeds of a condemnation award in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property; provided that, with respect to any such casualty event, the Borrower shall not be obligated to make any prepayment otherwise required by Section 2.3 unless and until the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds from all such casualty events exceeds $10 million (the “Casualty Prepayment Trigger”) in any Financial Year, but then from all such Net Cash Proceeds (excluding amounts below the Casualty Prepayment Trigger).

 

CDOR Rate” means, on any day, the annual rate of interest determined by the Administrative Agent which is equal to the average of the yield rates per annum (calculated on the basis for a year of 365 days) applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances having, where applicable, identical issue and comparable maturity dates as the proposed CDOR Rate Loan displayed and identified as such on the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service at approximately 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on that day or, if that day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day (as adjusted by the Administrative Agent after 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) to reflect any error in a posted rate of interest or in the posted average annual rate of interest); provided, however, if those rates do not appear on that CDOR Page, then the CDOR Rate shall be the discount rate (expressed as a rate per annum on the basis of a year of 365 days) applicable to those Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances in a comparable amount to a CDOR Rate Loan and having such specified term (or a term as closely as possible comparable to such specified term) as the proposed Rate Loan quoted by a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada) as selected by the Administrative Agent as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on that day or, if that day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided further that if any such rate determined above is less than 0.00% per annum on any day, then such rate shall be deemed to be 0.00% per annum for such day. Each determination of the CDOR Rate shall be conclusive and binding, absent manifest error.

 

Casualty Prepayment Trigger” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Casualty Prepayment Event”.

 

CDOR Rate Loan” means each Loan bearing interest based on the CDOR Rate.

 

CFC” means any Foreign Subsidiary that is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

 

Change in Control” means the acquisition by any Person or a combination of Persons acting jointly or in concert of beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower, whether now outstanding or issued after the date hereof, having ordinary voting power for the election of the directors of the Borrower (other than the creation of a holding company or similar transaction so long as the Persons who beneficially owned such Equity Interests of the Borrower immediately prior to the creation of such holding company or similar transaction beneficially own sufficient Equity Interests of the resultant entity immediately thereafter to elect a majority of its board).

 

Change in Law” means:

 

(a)the adoption of any law, rule, regulation or treaty or an interpretation or application thereof by any Official Body after the Closing Date;

 

(b)any change in law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Official Body after the Closing Date; or

 

(c)compliance by any Lender with any written request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law but if not having the force of law being of a type with which Persons to whom it is directed are accustomed to comply) of any Official Body made or issued after the Closing Date (other than any such request, guideline or directive to comply with any law, rule or regulation that was in effect on the Closing Date);

 

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provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (i) the United States Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements or directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith, or in implementation thereof, (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or Canadian or foreign regulatory authorities and applicable to the Lenders, in each case pursuant to Basel III, and (iii) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives pursuant to CRD IV shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

 

Class” when used in reference to (a) any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is in respect of the Initial Revolving Facility Commitments, the Initial Term Commitments, the Incremental Commitments under any Credit Facility or the Commitments under a Permitted Refinancing, as applicable and (b) any Loans, refers to whether such Loans are in respect of the Revolving Facility, the Initial Term Facility, an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment or an Incremental Term Facility, as applicable.

 

Closing Date” means June 14, 2022.

 

Closing Date Facility” means, collectively, the Initial Term Facility and the Initial Revolving Facility.

 

Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

Collateral” means the present and future assets and properties of the Loan Parties from time to time subject to, or intended by the terms of the Security to be subject to, the Liens of the Security Documents.

 

Collateral Agent” means Royal Bank in its capacity as collateral agent hereunder and any successor collateral agent appointed in accordance with Article 13.

 

Commitment” means, for a Lender in respect of a Credit Facility, the amount in respect of such Credit Facility set forth opposite such Lender’s name under the heading “Commitment” on Schedule 1 annexed hereto or in any applicable assignment pursuant to which such Lender became party hereto or acquired or sold any interests hereunder, in each case to the extent not permanently reduced, cancelled or terminated pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Communications” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.3(6)(b).

 

Commodity Exchange Act” means the United States Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), and any successor statute.

 

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Schedule 3 (or such other form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) which has been duly executed by a Senior Officer.

 

Confirmation” means the written confirmation of the Existing Security from the existing Guarantors and of the appointment of Royal Bank as the Collateral Agent hereunder, in a form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably.

 

Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “ABR,” the definition of “Business Day,” the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” the definition of “Interest Period” or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of borrowing requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods, the applicability of Section 3.4 and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that the Administrative Agent decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Administrative Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the decides that adoption of any portion of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Administrative Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as the Administrative Agent decides is necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents).

 

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Consolidated Debt” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with US GAAP but specifically excluding (x) any Debt which is not included in part (a), (b), (c) (solely to the extent drawn and not reimbursed or cash collateralized), (e) or (f) of the definition thereof and any guarantees of the foregoing types of Debt and (y) any Convertible Debt solely to the extent (1) any and all payments of principal due under the definitive documentation for such Convertible Debt are required to be by satisfied by the delivery of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) (whether such Equity Interests are received by the holders of such debentures or notes as payment or are sold by a trustee or representative under such indenture or agreement to provide cash for payment to holders of such debentures or notes) and such amounts are not payable by the issuer thereof in cash and (2) such Convertible Notes and any and all payments thereon are expressly subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a subordination agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that, for the purpose of calculating Consolidated Debt, Non-Recourse Debt shall be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of all property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary subject to a Lien securing such Non-Recourse Debt (as demonstrated to the Administrative Agent’s reasonable satisfaction), and (ii) the amount of the obligations comprising such Non-Recourse Debt.

 

Consolidated Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, Consolidated Debt less any unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens other than any nonconsensual Lien that is permitted under the Credit Facility Documents, Liens of the Collateral Agent and Liens that are subordinated to or pari passu with the Liens of the Collateral Agent pursuant to an Intercreditor Agreement) in an an amount not to exceed $150,000,000 as of such date.

 

Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of Consolidated Net Debt on such date to Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.

 

Consolidated Net Income” means for any period, the net income (loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with US GAAP; provided that the following shall be excluded:

 

(a)all extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items;

 

(b)the after-tax effect of gains or losses attributable to asset sales made out of the ordinary course of business or gains or loses realized upon the disposal, abandonment or discontinuation of the operations of any of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

 

(c)the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles,

 

(d)any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Subsidiary, except that the Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents actually distributed (or, so long as such Person is not (x) a JV Entity with outstanding third party indebtedness for borrowed money or (y) an Unrestricted Subsidiary, that (as reasonably determined by a responsible officer of the Borrower) could have been distributed by such Person during such period to the Borrower or a Subsidiary) as a dividend or other distribution or return on investment, subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution or return on investment to a Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (e) below,

 

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(e)solely for the purpose of determining the Available Amount, any net income (loss) of any Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) if such Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Borrower or a Guarantor by operation of the terms of such Subsidiary’s charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Subsidiary or its shareholders (other than (a) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released and (b) restrictions pursuant to the Credit Facility Documents), except that the Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Subsidiary for such period will be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Cash Equivalents actually distributed or that could have been distributed by such Subsidiary during such period to the Borrower or another Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend to another Subsidiary, to the limitation contained above in this clause (e)),

 

(f)the after-tax effect of any net gain (or loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations and any net gain (or loss) on disposal of disposed, discontinued or abandoned operations,

 

(g)any net gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset or disposed operations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale-lease back transaction) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by a responsible officer or the board of directors of the Borrower),

 

(h)any (i) non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions and (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts,

 

(i)all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid or other expenses incurred directly in connection with any early extinguishment of indebtedness and any net gain (loss) from any write-off or forgiveness of Debt;

 

(j)any unrealized gains or losses in respect of any obligations under any Hedging Instrument or any ineffectiveness recognized in earnings related to hedge transactions or the fair value of changes therein recognized in earnings for derivatives that do not qualify as hedge transactions, in each case, in respect of any obligations under any Hedging Instrument,

 

(k)any unrealized foreign currency translation gains or losses in respect of indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person and any unrealized foreign exchange gains or losses relating to translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies,

 

(l)any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of indebtedness or other obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary,

 

(m)any purchase accounting effects including, but not limited to, adjustments to inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets and deferred revenue in component amounts required or permitted by US GAAP and related authoritative pronouncements (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Subsidiaries), as a result of any consummated acquisition, or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof (including any write-off of in process research and development),

 

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(n)any impairment charge, write-down or write-off, including impairment charges, write-downs or write-offs relating to goodwill, intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation,

 

(o)any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or cancellation of indebtedness or any obligations under any Hedging Instrument or other derivative instruments, and

 

(p)any net unrealized gains and losses resulting from Hedging Instruments or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815 and related pronouncements.

 

Consolidated Total Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the amount that would, in conformity with US GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date.

 

control” of a Person (including, with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies of such Person (whether through ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise); provided that, in any event and without limitation, any Person or group of Persons acting together which owns directly or indirectly more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body of a corporation or more than 50% of the partnership or other ownership interests of any other Person will be deemed to control such corporation or other Person. The terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Conversion” means, in respect of any Type of Borrowing, the conversion of the method for calculating interest, discount rates or fees thereon from one method to another in accordance with Section 2.12, and includes a conversion (i) from a Canadian Prime Rate Loan to a CDOR Rate Loan, and vice-versa, and (ii) from a SOFR Loan to an ABR Loan, and vice-versa. In addition, the repayment in full by the Borrower of the Principal Outstanding under an Accommodation under the Revolving Facility in one currency and the concurrent making of an Accommodation under the same Credit Facility in another currency, whereby the aggregate Equivalent Amount of US Dollars Principal Outstanding remains the same immediately before and after such transactions, shall also be considered to be a Conversion for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

Convertible Debt” means any senior unsecured or subordinated unsecured debt securities of the Borrower that are not guaranteed by any Subsidiary and that are convertible into Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower (or cash in lieu of all or any portion of such Equity Interests) so long as (i) as immediately prior to and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom and (ii) the maturity of such debt shall be no earlier than a date that is six months after the Latest Maturity Date and such debt shall have no scheduled principal payments prior to a date that is six months after the Latest Maturity Date.

 

Covered Entity” means any of the following:

 

(i)            a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b);

 

(ii)            a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or

 

(iii)            a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b).

 

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Covered Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.18.

 

CRD IV” means: (a) Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council of June 26, 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms; and (b) Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Counsel of June 26, 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms.

 

Credit Facility” means, as the context requires, the Revolving Facility, the Initial Term Facility, any Incremental Facility or any Permitted Refinancing; and “Credit Facilities” means, as the context requires, any or all of such credit facilities.

 

Credit Facility Documents” means this Agreement, the Security Documents, each Credit Facilities Guarantee, the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, any Issue Notice, any Intercreditor Agreement(s), and any promissory notes evidencing any Loan hereunder.

 

Credit Facilities Guarantee” means (a) any Guarantee of the Secured Obligations made by each Guarantor from time to time in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Schedule 5 and (b) any other Guarantee of the Secured Obligations made by a Guarantor for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably.

 

Current Assets” means, at any time, the consolidated current assets (other than unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that would, in accordance with US GAAP, be classified on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as current assets at such date of determination, other than amounts related to current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, assets held for sale, loans (permitted) to third parties, pension assets, deferred bank fees and derivative financial instruments.

 

Current Liabilities” means, at any time, the consolidated current liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such time, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any long-term Debt, (b) outstanding Revolving Facility Loans and Letters of Credit (or unreimbursed amounts in respect thereto) and Swingline Advances, (c) accruals of consolidated interest expense (excluding consolidated interest expense that is due and unpaid), (d) accruals for current or deferred Taxes based on income or profits, (e) accruals of any costs or expenses to the extent permitted to be included in the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to sub-clause (v), (vi) and (vii) thereof or to the extent relating to extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring item, (f) pension liabilities and (g) derivative financial instruments.

 

Daily Simple SOFR” means, for any day (a “SOFR Rate Day”), a rate per annum equal to SOFR for the day that is five Business Days prior to such SOFR Rate Day, with the conventions for this rate (which will include a lookback) being established by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the conventions for this rate selected or recommended by the Relevant Governmental Body for determining “Daily Simple SOFR” for syndicated business loans; provided, that if the Administrative Agent decides that any such convention is not administratively feasible for the Agent, then the Administrative Agent may establish another convention in its discretion.

 

Daily Simple SONIA” means, for any day (a “SONIA Interest Day”), an interest rate per annum equal to for any principal, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in British Pounds Sterling or calculated with respect thereto, the greater of (i) the sum of (x) SONIA for the day (such day “i”) that is three (3) SONIA Business Days prior to (A) if such SONIA Interest Day is a SONIA Business Day, such SONIA Interest Day or (B) if such SONIA Interest Day is not a SONIA Business Day, the SONIA Business Day immediately preceding such SONIA Interest Day, in each case, as published by the SONIA Administrator on the SONIA Administrator’s Website, plus (y) 0.1193% per annum, and (ii) 0.0%. If by 5:00 pm (London time) on the second SONIA Business Day immediately following any day “i”, SONIA in respect of such day “i” has not been published on the SONIA Administrator’s Website and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Daily Simple SONIA has not occurred, then SONIA for such day “i” will be SONIA as published in respect of the first preceding SONIA Business Day for which SONIA was published on the SONIA Administrator’s Website; provided that SONIA as determined pursuant to this sentence shall be utilized for purposes of calculation of Daily Simple SONIA for no more than two consecutive SONIA Interest Days. Any change in Daily Simple SONIA due to a change in SONIA shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in SONIA without notice to the Borrower.

 

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Debt” of any Person means (without duplication, all as calculated in accordance with US GAAP, and whether with or without recourse):

 

(a)all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, including obligations with respect to bankers’ acceptances;

 

(b)all indebtedness of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments;

 

(c)all indebtedness of such Person for contingent reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit or letters of guarantee which provide credit support for obligations which would otherwise constitute Debt of such Person within the meaning of this definition or for drawn reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, letters of guarantee and surety bonds; provided that Debt shall not include cash-collateralized (but otherwise unsecured) letters of credit, letters of guarantee or surety bonds;

 

(d)all indebtedness of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property or services, other than:

 

(i)trade indebtedness on commercially reasonable terms accounted for as accounts payable or deferred revenue; and

 

(ii)commercially reasonable payment terms intended to reflect the commercial interests of contracting parties as opposed to the granting of credit;

 

each as incurred in the ordinary course of business, net of prepayments thereof;

 

(e)all Purchase Money Obligations (including indebtedness in respect of which the rights and remedies of the seller or lender thereunder in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of the purchased property, in which case the amount attributed to Debt shall be the lesser of such indebtedness and the fair market value of the property to which recourse is limited);

 

(f)all Capital Lease Obligations and other Attributable Debt;

 

(g)the amount for which any Equity Interests in the capital of any such Person that is a corporation or other entity may be redeemed if the holders of such Equity Interests are entitled at such time to require such Person to redeem such Equity Interests, or if such Person is otherwise obligated at such time to redeem such Equity Interests, in each case whether on notice or otherwise (excluding any amounts so attributable to Equity Interests held by the Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Borrower);

 

(h)the amount of any earn-out obligation which is reflected as a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with US GAAP; and

 

(i)the maximum amount which may be outstanding at any time of all Debt of the kinds referred to in (a) through (h) which is directly or indirectly guaranteed by such Person or which such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire (whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such Debt);

 

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit, letters of guarantee and surety bonds) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) of the specified Person prepared in accordance with US GAAP; provided that any obligation or liability in connection with an Asset Securitization that constitutes a Permitted Disposition under part (f) of such definition shall not constitute Debt.

 

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Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event” means any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Debt (other than Permitted Debt unless such Debt is Refinancing indebtedness in respect of any of the Credit Facilities).

 

Declining Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(7)(b).

 

Default” means an event which, with the giving of notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Default Ratemeans an interest rate equal to (a) with respect to any overdue principal for any Loan, the applicable interest rate for such Loan plus 2.00% per annum (provided that with respect to Euribor Loan, the determination of the applicable interest rate is subject to Section 2.12 to the extent that Euribor Loan may not be converted to, or continued as, Euribor Loan, pursuant thereto) and (b) with respect to overdue interest, the interest rate applicable to ABR Loans plus 2.00% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

 

Default Right” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable.

 

Defaulting Lender” means any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of Lender Default.

 

Deferred Net Cash Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.

 

Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.

 

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as “Designated Non-cash Consideration” pursuant to a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

 

Disposition” has the meaning set forth in clause (a) of the definition of “Asset Sale”.

 

Disqualified Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interests of such Person which, by their terms, or by the terms of any security into which they are convertible or for which they are putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, mature or are mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or are redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale to the extent the terms of such Equity Interests provide that such Equity Interests shall not be required to be repurchased or redeemed until the Latest Maturity Date then in effect has occurred or the terms of such Equity Interests provide that such Person may not repurchase or redeem such Equity Interests unless such repurchase or redemption would comply with this Agreement (including as a result of a waiver hereunder)), in whole or in part, or require the scheduled payment of dividends in cash, in each case prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Maturity Date (provided that only the portion of the Equity Interests which so matures or is so mandatorily redeemable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Equity Interests).

 

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Disqualified Lenders” means (a) such Persons who are competitors of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that are designated as “Disqualified Lenders” by written notice delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time, (b) any of their respective Affiliates that are either (i) identified in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time or (ii) clearly identifiable solely on the basis of the similarity in such Affiliate’s name; and (c) any Lender that has made an incorrect representation or warranty with repsect to not being a Net Short Lender as provided in any Assignment and Acceptance, as notified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent by written notice; provided that any supplements to the list of Disqualified Lenders shall (x) not apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation in the Credit Facilities in accordance with the terms hereof and (y) in the case of clauses (a) and (b)(i) above, become effective on the date falling three Business Days following delivery of the applicable written notice to the Administrative Agent. The schedule of Disqualified Lenders shall be maintained with the Administrative Agent and may be provided to a Lender upon request to the Administrative Agent but shall not otherwise be posted to the Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Loan Party and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the Administrative Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to determine whether any Lender or potential Lender is a Disqualified Lender and the Administrative Agent shall have no liability with respect to any assignment made to a Disqualified Lender.

 

Distressed Person” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Lender-Related Distress Event”.

 

Distribution” means each of the following payments and other actions set forth below:

 

(a)any dividend or any distribution of any kind or character (whether in cash, securities or other property) on account of (i) any class of the Borrower’s Equity Interests or (ii) any warrants, options or other rights to acquire any Equity Interests made or granted to the holders thereof (including any payment to holders of Equity Interests in connection with а merger, amalgamation or consolidation involving the Borrower);

 

(b)any purchase, repurchase, redemption, or other acquisition or retirement for value of the Borrower’s Equity Interests or any warrants, options or other rights to acquire any such Equity Interests); and

 

(c)any optional payment, purchase, repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of principal or interest, in each case prior to the date upon which such amounts are scheduled to become due, on any Subordinated Debt;

 

provided that, for greater certainty, а Distribution shall for purposes of this Agreement be considered to have taken place at the time of the relevant payment or other action described above and not at the time the same is authorized.

 

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clause (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

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EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

ECF Percentage” means (i) 50% if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio at the end of such ECF Period is greater than 4.00:1.00, (ii) 25% if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio at the end of such ECF Period is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00 and greater than 3.50:1.00 and (iii) 0% if the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio at the end of such ECF Period is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00.

 

ECF Period” means each Financial Year of the Borrower commencing with the Financial Year ending December 31, 2023.

 

ECP Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Election Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(2).

 

Employee Benefit Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in section 3(3) of ERISA which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed to by, any Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates, other than any plan not subject to United States law.

 

EMU Legislation” means the legislative measures of the European Council for the introduction of, changeover to or operation of a single or unified European currency.

 

Environment” shall mean ambient air, indoor air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, sediments, and subsurface strata & natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.

 

Environmental Laws” means all applicable Laws, Permits or requirements of any Official Body (including consent decrees to which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary is a party or otherwise subject, and administrative orders which may affect any Loan Party or any Subsidiary) relating to human health and safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), protection of the Environment and the Release of Hazardous Materials.

 

Environmental Liability” means any liability and/or obligation under Environmental Laws, including with respect to any Release, violations of Environmental Law, or any environmental damage to, any contamination of, or any exposure to Hazardous Materials of, any person, property, or the Environment, including all liabilities and obligations arising from or related to any remediation of surface, underground, air, groundwater or surface water contamination; restorations and reclamations required under Environmental Laws; any Release in violation of Environmental Laws; the violation of pollution standards; and personal injury (including sickness, disease or death) and property damage arising from any of the foregoing.

 

Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, any shares, partnership units or other ownership or profit interests in such Person, whether voting or non-voting.

 

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Equivalent Amount” of US Dollars means, as at any date, the amount of US Dollars into which a specified amount of another currency can be converted

 

(d)at such rate as the Administrative Agent may determine, acting reasonably.

 

ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with any Loan Party and is treated as a single employer within the meaning of section 414 of the Code or section 4001 of ERISA.

 

ERISA Event” means (i) a “reportable event” within the meaning of section 4043 of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the 30-day notice period has been waived); (ii) the existence with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan of a non-exempt “Prohibited Transaction” (within the meaning of section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975(c) of the Code); (iii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of section 412 of the Code or section 302 of ERISA; (iv) the filing, pursuant to section 412(c) of the Code or section 302(c) of ERISA, of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any US Pension Plan; (v) 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); (vi) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in section 4041(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal by any Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to any Loan Party or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (viii) the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Pension Plan; (ix) the institution by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (or any successor thereto) of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (x) the imposition of liability on any Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of section 4212(c) of ERISA; (xi) the withdrawal of any Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA, respectively) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor; (xii) the receipt by any Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan (A) concerning the imposition of withdrawal liability, (B) that it is insolvent pursuant to section 4245 of ERISA, (C) that such Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of section 432 of the Code or section 305 of ERISA) or (D) that it intends to terminate or has terminated under section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; or (xiii) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to section 430(k) of the Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.

 

Erroneous Payment” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 13.17(1).

 

Erroneous Payment Return Deficiencyhas the meaning assigned to it in Section 13.17(4).

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

 

Euro”, “EUR” and “” mean the lawful currency of any member state of the European Union introduced in accordance with the EMU Legislation.

 

Euribor” means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Euribor Loan, (A) the rate of interest appearing on the Refinitiv Page EURIBOR01 (or any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor such service as determined by the Administrative Agent) as the Euro Interbank Offered Rate for deposits in Euros for a term comparable to such Interest Period at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the relevant quotation date (but if more than one rate is specified on such page, the rate will be an arithmetic average of all such rates) and (B) if such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “Euribor” for such Interest Period shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.17; provided that if Euribor is quoted but there is no such quotation for the elected Interest Period, the Euribor shall be equal to the Interpolated Screen Rate; provided that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection with any rate set forth in this definition, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further, that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower; and if the Euribor shall be less than 0.00% per annum, such rate shall be deemed equal to 0.00% per annum for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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Euribor Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Euribor.

 

Euro Equivalent” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Euro as determined by the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Euro with Dollars.

 

Event of Default” means any of the events specified in Section 12.1.

 

Excess Cash Flow” means, for any ECF Period, in respect of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Net Income:

 

(a)increased by the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(i)decreases in working capital (i.e., the decrease, if any, in Current Assets minus Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such fiscal year), but excluding any such decreases arising from (A) foreign currency losses recognized in other comprehensive income relating to translation of foreign currency balances to the Borrower’s presentation currency for consolidation purposes; (B) reclassification of non-current assets and liabilities from/to Current Assets and Current Liabilities; (C) changes in accounts payable and accrued liabilities associated with amounts capitalized in property and equipment; and (D) the acquisition of any Person by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(ii)an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for a potential cash charge in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash charge that was paid in a prior period);

 

(iii)extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring cash gains;

 

(iv)cash receipts in respect of Hedging Instruments during such period to the extent not otherwise included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(v)amounts designated as Reserved Funds in a prior period and re-designated pursuant to the definition thereof as no longer constituting Reserved Funds (but not including any such Reserved Funds used to fund one or more Permitted Reserved Funds Uses or not used for a Permitted Reserved Funds Use within the 18 month period referred to in the definition of “Reserved Funds”); and

 

(vi)an amount equal to the net non-cash loss on dispositions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than dispositions made in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

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(b)decreased by the sum, without duplication (and without duplication of any amounts that reduce the Excess Cash Flow prepayment amount pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 2.3(1)(b), of:

 

(i)increases in working capital (i.e., the increase, if any, in Current Assets minus Current Liabilities from the beginning to the end of such fiscal year), but excluding any increases arising from (A) foreign currency gains recognized in other comprehensive income relating to translation of foreign currency balances to the Borrower’s presentation currency for consolidation purposes; (B) reclassification of non-current assets and liabilities to/from Current Assets and Current Liabilities; (C) changes in accounts payable and accrued liabilities associated with amounts capitalized in property and equipment; and (D) the acquisition of any Person by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(ii)an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(iii)an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on dispositions by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(iv)extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring cash charges;

 

(v)repayments, repurchases or other retirements of long-term Debt (including (A) the principal component of Capital Lease Obligations, (B) the amount of repayment of Loans pursuant to Section 2.2(1)(b)(i), (C) the amount of a mandatory prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.3(1)(a) to the extent required due to a disposition that resulted in an increase in Consolidated Net Income (and not in excess of any such increase) and (D) non-pro rata open market purchases of Term Loans pursuant to Section 14.8(12) in an amount equal to (x) the actual purchase price paid in cash with respect thereto and (y) the par amount of such Term Loans so repurchased), but excluding other repayments, repurchases or retirements of the Loans deducted pursuant to Section 2.3(1)(b)), made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, but only to the extent that such repayments, repurchases or retirements (x) by their terms cannot be re-borrowed or redrawn and (y) were not financed with the proceeds of long-term Debt;

 

(vi)payments by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries other than Debt, to the extent not already deducted from Consolidated Net Income;

 

(vii)any Permitted Acquisitions, Investments permitted by this Agreement (except for Investments in the Borrower or any Subsidiary, in Cash Equivalents or made in reliance on clause (b) of the Available Amount) and permitted Distributions for such ECF Period or (except for Distributions made to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or made in reliance on clause (b) of the Available Amount) or (without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other ECF Periods) for the immediately following ECF Period (but only if and to the extent funded prior to the date on which such prepayment is actually made for such ECF Period in accordance with Section 2.3(1)(b)) that are not funded from the proceeds of long-term Debt;

 

(viii)any premium paid in cash during such period in connection with the prepayment, redemption, defeasance or other satisfaction prior to scheduled maturity of Debt permitted to be prepaid, redeemed, purchased, defeased or satisfied hereunder;

 

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(ix)any Capital Expenditures and expenditures with respect to acquired or internally developed software and technologies during such ECF Period or (without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in other ECF Periods) during the immediately following ECF Period (but only if and to the extent funded prior to the date on which such prepayment is actually made for such ECF Period in accordance with Section 2.3(1)(b)) except to the extent funded with the proceeds of long-term Debt;

 

(x)the aggregate amount of expenditures made by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period and are not funded with the proceeds of long-term debt;

 

(xi)without duplication of any amount in clause (a) above, amounts of internally generated cash designated as Reserved Funds during such period and not expended in such period; and

 

(xii)cash expenditures in respect of Hedging Instruments during such period to the extent not otherwise deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income.

 

Excluded Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6(a).

 

Excluded Perfection Actions” means (i) any action to perfect any pledge, security interest any mortgage by means other than by (A) filings pursuant to the UCC in the office of the secretary of state (or similar central filing office) of the relevant State(s) and jurisdictions, (B) filings in the applicable real estate records with respect to any Material Real Property required to be subject to a Mortgage by the terms hereof or any fixtures relating to such Material Real Property, (C) filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, with respect to Intellectual Property to the extent expressly required in the Credit Facility Documents, (D) Mortgages in respect of Material Real Property and (E) delivery to the Administrative Agent to be held in its possession of all Collateral consisting of Equity Interests and instruments, in each case, as expressly required in the Credit Facility Documents, (ii) to enter into any control agreement or similar arrangements with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents, other deposit accounts or securities and commodities accounts, (iii) to enter into an assignment agreement, collateral assignment agreement or other similar security agreement with respect to the rights of any Loan Party under or with respect to the definitive documentation for any Permitted Acquisition or other Permitted Investment or any business interruption insurance policy (provided that the rights and interests of the Loan Parties thereunder, and the security interests of the Administrative Agent therein, shall not constitute Excluded Property or otherwise be excluded from the Collateral, (iv) to obtain or deliver leasehold real property mortgages, landlord lien waivers, estoppels or collateral access agreements, (v) to take any perfection action (other than the actions listed in clauses (i)(A) and (E) above) with respect to assets not located in the United States of any Loan Party (including any Intellectual Property of any Loan Party registered or applied for in any jurisdiction outside the United States) or enter into any security document governed by the Laws of a jurisdiction other than (A) a jurisdiction within the United States or (vi) take any actions to create or perfect any security interests in any Excluded Collateral or to make enforceable any such security interests in such Excluded Collateral; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event any Loan Party takes (or is required to take) any action to grant or perfect a Lien to secure obligations under the Senior Secured Notes in any assets, such Loan Party shall also take such action to grant or perfect a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Secured Obligations.

 

Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (b) Immaterial Subsidiaries, (c) any Subsidiary prohibited by any applicable contractual requirement permitted under this Agreement or Requirements of Law from guaranteeing or granting Liens to secure the Obligations at the time such Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary (and for so long as such restriction or any replacement or renewal thereof is in effect), so long as in each case such contractual restrictions have not been entered into in contemplation of such acquisition or designation (and including any requirement to obtain the consent of any governmental authority or third party pursuant to any such contractual requirement referred to in this clause (c)), (d) any Subsidiary that is an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (or would be if it were to provide or maintain a Guarantee), (e) any Foreign Subsidiary, (f) any Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC whose guarantee would otherwise reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse tax consequence as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent, (g) any FSHCO, (h) any not-for-profit Subsidiary or any Subsidiary that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary), (i) any joint venures or 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 this Agreement (for so long as such Subsidiary remains a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) and (j) any Subsidiary that the Borrower and the Administrative Agent reasonably agree that the cost (including any tax cost), burden, difficulty or consequence of providing a Guarantee is excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Senior Note Unsecured Guarantor or Senior Note Secured Guarantor shall constitute an Excluded Subsidiary.

 

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Excluded Swap Obligations” means, with respect to any Person providing a Guarantee, any Hedging Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Person of, or the grant by such Person of a Lien to secure, such Hedging Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Person’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guarantee of such Person or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Hedging Obligation. If a Hedging Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Hedging Instrument, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Hedging Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guarantee or Lien is or becomes illegal.

 

Excluded Taxes” means, any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation hereunder or under any other Credit Facility Document, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the applicable jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof), or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a Requirement of Law in effect on the date on which such Lender (i) acquires such interest in the applicable Commitment, or if such Lender did not fund an applicable Loan pursuant to a prior Commitment, on the date such Lender acquires the applicable interest in such a Loan (other than, in each case, pursuant to an assignment request under Section 11.7) or (ii) designates a new Lending Office, except in each case to the extent that the relevant Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from any Loan Party with respect to such withholding Tax pursuant to Section 11.6(1), (c) Taxes attributable to such recipient’s failure to comply with Section 11.6(7) and 11.6(9), and (d) any withholding Tax imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing 2027 Senior Secured Notes” means the 7.54% senior secured notes in the principal amount of $150 million due December 31, 2027, which were issued by Borrower on June 25, 2020 and which constitute First Lien Obligations.

 

Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2017, among the Borrower, MDA Systems Holdings Ltd., the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the Closing Date.

 

Existing Letters of Credit” means (i) each letter of credit previously issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by RBC, Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. under the Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding on the Closing Date, including those described in Part I of Schedule 10 and (ii) each Existing WF Letter of Credit.

 

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Existing Security” means all “Security” (as defined in the “Existing Credit Agreement”) previously granted by the Borrower and the existing Guarantors in accordance with the Existing Credit Agreement, and held by Royal Bank in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Existing Credit Agreement as continuing collateral security for any or all present and future Secured Obligations, as more particularly described in Schedule 18.

 

Existing WF Letters of Credit” means each letter of credit previously issued for the account of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. under the Existing Credit Agreement and outstanding on the Closing Date, including those described in Part I of Schedule 10.

 

Extending Revolving Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(2).

 

Extending Revolving Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(2).

 

Extending Term Lenders” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(2).

 

Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment” means any amendment which gives effect to (a) any extension of any Maturity Dates effected pursuant to Section 2.13, 2.14, (b) any Incremental Commitments added pursuant to Section 2.15 or (c) any Permitted Refinancings effected pursuant to Section 2.16.

 

Face Amount” means, in respect of a Letter of Credit, the maximum amount that may from time to time be payable to the Beneficiary thereof, and where used in a context referring to more than one Letter of Credit means the aggregate of the Face Amounts thereof.

 

Fair Market Value” means with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) 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 or group of assets.

 

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (and any amended or successor version described above) and any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among governmental authorities (and related legislation, rules or official administrative guidance) implementing the foregoing.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum calculated by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the Federal Reserve Bank of New York shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as the federal funds effective rate; provided that, if any such rate determined above is less than zero on any day, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero for such day.

 

Finance Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

Financial Covenants” means the covenants set forth in Section 10.2(11).

 

Financial Quarter” means a period of three consecutive months ending on March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31, as the case may be.

 

Financial Covenant/Term” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.3(2).

 

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Financial Statements” means the financial statements (including the notes thereto) of the Borrower, which shall be consolidated unless expressly provided otherwise and shall include a balance sheet, a statement of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash flows, together with comparative figures in each case (where a comparative period on an earlier statement exists), all prepared, maintained and stated in accordance with US GAAP applied consistently.

 

Financial Year” means a financial year commencing on January 1 of each calendar year and ending on December 31 of such year.

 

Financing Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(7)(b)(iii).

 

First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2019, among the Collateral Agent, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as collateral agent for each series of Senior Secured Notes, and acknowledged by the Grantors party thereto.

 

First Lien Net Leverage Ratio” means, on any determination, the ratio of Consolidated Net Debt (other than any portion of Consolidated Net Debt that is unsecured or is secured solely by a Lien that is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations) on such date to Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period.

 

First Lien Obligations” means collectively (i) the Obligations and (ii) any Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are (A) secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations and (B) subject to a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Flood Insurance Laws” means, collectively, (i) the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statue thereto, (iii) the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (iv) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (v) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

 

Floor” means the benchmark rate floor, if any, provided in this Agreement initially (as of the execution of this Agreement, the modification, amendment or renewal of this Agreement or otherwise) with respect to Term SOFR, CDOR, Euribor or Daily Simple SONIA.

 

Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence Requirements” means the requirements set forth in (i) the National Industrial Security Program Operating Manual, DoD 5220.22-M, issued by the United States Department of Defense on February 28, 2006, as amended, (ii) any similar or successor Laws or guidance issued by any agency or instrumentality of the United States Federal Government applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in such Person’s capacity as a contractor to the United States Federal Government, and (iii) any foreign ownership, control or influence mitigation or negation arrangements to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is subject (e.g., a Special Security Agreement).

 

Foreign Subsidiary” means Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

FSHCO” means any Domestic Subsidiary that owns no material assets (directly or through one or more disregarded entities) other than Equity Interests (including any indebtedness that is treated as equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

 

Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is engaged or advises funds or other investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding, or investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.

 

General Basket Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(1)(q).

 

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GSA” means a general security agreement (or equivalent under applicable Laws) made by any Loan Party in favor of the Collateral Agent granting to the Collateral Agent a security interest over all of its existing and after-acquired personal property of every nature and kind whatsoever, including the Amended and Restated] US Security Agreement.

 

Guarantee” means, in respect of any Person, any guarantee, undertaking to assume, endorse, contingently agree to purchase or pay, or to provide funds for the purchase or payment of, or otherwise become liable in respect of, any obligation of any other Person, including the provision of any Lien on the assets of such Person to secure the Debt or other obligation of any other Person; provided that the amount of each Guarantee shall be deemed to be the amount of the obligation guaranteed thereby, unless (i) the Guarantee is limited to a determinable amount in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be deemed to be the lesser of such determinable amount or the amount of such obligation, or (ii) the Guarantee is provided on a non-recourse or limited recourse basis, in which case the amount of such Guarantee shall be deemed to be the lesser of (x) the fair market value of all property of such Person subject to a Lien securing such Non-Recourse Debt or limited recourse Guarantee (as demonstrated to the Administrative Agent’s reasonable satisfaction), and (y) the amount of the obligation guaranteed by such Guarantee.

 

Guarantor” means each Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) that is or becomes a Guarantor pursuant to Sections 10.1(26), (27) or (28), whether existing on the Closing Date or established, created or acquired after the Closing Date, unless and until such time as the respective Subsidiary is released from its obligations in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof.

 

Hazardous Materials” means:

 

(a)any oil, flammable substances, explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous wastes or substances, toxic wastes or substances or any other wastes, contaminates, materials or pollutants which cause any real property to be in violation of any environmental Law;

 

(b)asbestos in any form which is or could become friable, polyfluoroalklyl or perfluoroalkyl substances, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment which contain dielectric fluid containing levels of polychlorinated biphenyls in excess of limits prescribed by Law, or radon gas;

 

(c)any chemical, material or substance defined as or included in the definition of “dangerous goods”, “deleterious substance”, “hazardous substances”, “hazardous wastes”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous wastes”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “special waste” or “toxic substances”, “waste” or words of similar import under any applicable Environmental Law; and

 

(d)any other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Official Body under applicable Environmental Law.

 

Hedging Instrument” means:

 

(a)any interest rate or foreign exchange risk management agreement or product, including:

 

(i)interest rate or currency exchange or swap agreements;

 

(ii)futures contracts;

 

(iii)forward exchange, purchase or sale agreements; and

 

(iv)any other agreements to fix or hedge interest rates or foreign exchange rates; and

 

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(b)any commodity price (including the price of securities) risk management agreement or product, including:

 

(i)commodity exchange or swap agreements;

 

(ii)futures contracts;

 

(iii)forward exchange, purchase or sale agreements; and

 

(iv)any other agreements to fix or hedge the price of commodities (including securities), including for greater certainty equity derivatives used for the purpose of hedging obligations under stock compensation plans and similar obligations.

 

Hedging Obligations” means all present and future indebtedness and other liabilities and obligations, whether contingent or absolute, matured or unmatured, at any time or from time to time due or accruing due and owing by or otherwise payable by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (whether alone or with another or others and whether as principal or surety) under any one or more existing or future Hedging Instruments where the counterparty is a Lender, any Agent, or any Arranger or an Affiliate of a Lender, any Agent, or any Arranger on the Closing Date at the time such Hedging Instrument is entered into.

 

Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that (a) did not, as of the last day of the delivery of the most recent Financial Statements provided to the Administrative Agent, have assets with a value in excess of 2.0% of the Consolidated Total Assets or generate more than 2.0% of Adjusted EBITDA as of such date, and (b) taken together with all such Subsidiaries as of such date, did not have assets with a value in excess of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets or generate more than 5.0% Adjusted EBITDA as of such date.

 

Increased Amount Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(4).

 

Increased Costs” means any amounts payable by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or a Lender under any of Sections 3.2(3) and 5.9, Article 11 and Section 14.5.

 

Incremental Commitment Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(1).

 

Incremental Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(1).

 

Incremental Equivalent Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(6).

 

Incremental Facility” means any Credit Facility established by Incremental Commitments of the same Class.

 

Incremental Facility Limit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(1).

 

Incremental Incurrence Test” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(1).

 

Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(1).

 

Incremental Revolving Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(7).

 

Incremental Term Commitments” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(1).

 

Incremental Term Facility” means any Class of Incremental Term Commitments.

 

Incremental Term Loans” means any Loans funded pursuant to any Incremental Term Commitments.

 

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Indemnified Taxes” means (a) all Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Credit Facility Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

 

Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.18.

 

Initial Revolving Facility Commitments” has the meaning set forth in the definition of the term “Revolving Facility Commitments”.

 

Initial Term Commitment” means, 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 as such Lender’s Initial Term Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Initial Term Commitments as of the Closing Date is $1,500 million.

 

Initial Term Facility” means the Credit Facility to be made available by the Initial Term Lenders pursuant to the Initial Term Commitments.

 

Initial Term Lender” means a Lender with an Initial Term Commitment or an outstanding Initial Term Loan.

 

Initial Term Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(1)(b).

 

Initial Term Maturity Date” means June 14, 2029 or, if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, subject to extension in accordance with Section 2.14; provided that if any New 2027 Senior Secured Notes, together with any refinancing Debt in respect thereof with a maturity date prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date, are outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the stated maturity date of the New 2027 Senior Secured Notes or any such refinancing Debt, the Initial Term Maturity Date shall be the stated maturity date of the New 2027 Senior Secured Notes or any such refinancing Debt.

 

Initial Term Repayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(1)(b).

 

Initial Term Repayment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(1)(b).

 

Intellectual Property” means all U.S. intellectual property, including all (a) (i) patents, inventions, processes, developments, technology, and know-how; (ii) copyrights and works of authorship in any media, including graphics, advertising materials, labels, package designs, and photographs; (iii) trademarks, service marks, trade names, brand names, corporate names, domain names, logos, trade dress, and other source indicators, and the goodwill of any business symbolized thereby; and (iv) trade secrets, confidential, proprietary, or non-public information and (b) all registrations, issuances, applications, renewals, extensions, substitutions, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions, re-issues, re-examinations, foreign counterparts, or similar legal protections related to the foregoing.

 

Intercreditor Agreement” means any First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement entered into in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Interest Coverage Ratio” means, on any date of determination, the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Interest Expense for the most recently completed four consecutive Financial Quarters ending on or prior to such date.

 

Interest Expense” means, without duplication, in respect of any period and as determined on a consolidated basis for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with US GAAP, whether or not capitalized, the sum of:

 

(a)interest incurred during such period on Debt;

 

(b)the aggregate cost of obtaining short-term and long-term advances of credit, reported as interest expense on the consolidated income statement of the Borrower for such period, including accrued and unpaid interest charges, standby fees, and discounts and fees payable in respect of bankers acceptances and letters of credit, but for greater certainty excluding arrangement and underwriting fees;

 

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(c)payments made or required to be made during such period on account of the interest component (or portion thereof reasonably attributable to interest or other compensation for the extension of credit) of any payment under a Capital Lease;

 

(d)interest on uncertain tax positions;

 

(e)imputed interest;

 

(f)accretion interest on long term obligations;

 

(g)forward points on hedging instruments;

 

(h)net payments, if any, made pursuant to interest rate Hedging Instruments with respect to Debt;

 

(i)any discount on the securitization of Receivables Assets, whether or not treated as interest expense under US GAAP;

 

(j)any lease, rental or other expense in connection with Attributable Debt;

 

less:

 

(k)any interest on Subordinated Debt that is paid or satisfied by the issue of Qualified Equity Interests or from the proceeds of further Subordinated Debt; and

 

(l)net payments, if any, received pursuant to interest rate Hedging Instruments with respect to Debt;

 

provided that, (i) for purposes of calculating the denominator of the ratio set forth in Section 10.2(11)(b), interest expense shall be limited to total interest expense on Debt payable in cash (including the interest component under Capital Leases payable in cash), but excluding to the extent included in interest expense, (A) fees and expenses associated with the consummation of the Transaction, (B) annual agency fees paid to the Administrative Agent, (C) costs associated with obtaining Hedging Instruments and any interest expense attributable to the movement of the mark-to-market valuation of obligations under Hedging Instruments or other derivative instruments, and any one-time cash costs associated with breakage in respect of Hedging Instruments for interest rates, (D) fees and expenses associated with any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment or Debt incurrence and (E) any interest component relating to accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities) and (ii) where applicable, such calculation shall be adjusted on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.10.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) Interest Expense for the Fiscal Quarter (i) ended June 30, 2021 shall be deemed to be $46 million, (ii) ended September 30, 2021 shall be deemed to be $15 million, (iii) ended December 31, 2021 shall be deemed to be $45 million and (iv) ended March 31, 2022 shall be deemed to be $15 million and (b) where applicable, Interest Expense (including the amounts set forth in the preceding clause (a)) shall be further adjusted on a pro forma basis in accordance with Section 1.10 with respect to any transaction(s) other than the Transactions.

 

Interest Period” means, in respect of each SOFR Loan, CDOR Rate Loan and Euribor Loan, a period of one, three or, except in the case of CDOR Rate Loans, six months, or such shorter period (in each case, subject to the availability thereof), with respect to such SOFR Loan, CDOR Rate Loan or Euribor Loan; provided that (i) the Interest Period shall commence on the date of an advance of or a conversion to a SOFR Loan, CDOR Rate Loan or Euribor Loan and, in the case of immediately successive Interest Periods, each successive Interest Period shall commence on the date on which the next preceding Interest Period expires; (ii) if any Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day; provided that if any Interest Period with respect to a SOFR Loan, CDOR Rate Loan or Euribor Loan would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business Day; (iii) any Interest Period with respect to a SOFR Loan, CDOR Rate Loan or Euribor Loan that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is not numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the relevant calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; (iv) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date for such Class of Loans; and (v) no tenor that has been removed from this definition pursuant to Section 3.4 shall be available for specification in such Accommodation Request or interest election.

 

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Interpolated Screen Rate” means, in relation to the Euribor, the rate which results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the Euribor for the longest period (for which Euribor) which is less than the Interest Period of that Loan; and (b) the Euribor for the shortest period (for which Euribor 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.

 

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of direct or indirect loans, Guarantees of loans, advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Debt, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with US GAAP. “Investments” shall exclude extensions of trade credit and loans to customers in the ordinary course of business on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices of such Person (including notes receivables received from customers in the ordinary course of business in connection with the provision of satellite construction and related services). If any Loan Party or any Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect subsidiary such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary, the Borrower will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Borrower’s Investments in such subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of. The acquisition by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by such Loan Party or Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investment held by the acquired Person in such third Person.

 

IOSCO Principles” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(4).

 

IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

ISP98” means the International Standby Practices ISP98, as published by the International Chamber of Commerce and in effect from time to time.

 

Issuance” means the issuance of one or more Letters of Credit made pursuant to an Issue Notice.

 

Issue Date” means any Business Day fixed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement for an Issuance.

 

Issue Notice” means a notice of request for an Issuance in the form of the Issuing Bank’s customary letter of credit application, as defined in Section 5.3(1).

 

Issuing Bank” means, with respect to the Revolving Facility, each Revolving Lender identified as an Issuing Bank on Schedule 1 acting through its Lending Office and any other Revolving Lender from time to time designated as an Issuing Bank by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing with the consent of such other Revolving Lender; provided that each Issuing Bank may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates of such Issuing Bank, in which case the term “Issuing Bank” shall include any such Affiliate with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Affiliate. As of the Closing Date, Royal Bank, Bank of America, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. are the sole Issuing Banks.

 

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Judicial Order” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(2).

 

JV Entity” means any joint venture of the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is not a subsidiary.

 

Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

 

Law” means any law (including common law and the laws of equity), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, order, injunction, writ, official administrative pronouncement, decree or award of any Official Body.

 

LCA Election” means Borrower’s election to treat a Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder as a Limited Condition Acquisition.

 

LCA Test Date” as defined in Section 1.12.

 

Lender Default” means (i) the refusal or failure of any Lender to make available its portion of (x) any Advances or (y) Letter of Credit reimbursement obligations, which refusal or failure is not cured within two Business Days after the date of such refusal or failure, unless (in the case of clause (x)) such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such refusal or failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in writing) has not been satisfied, (ii) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, any Issuing Bank or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute, (iii) a Lender has notified, in writing, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations under this Agreement or a Lender has publicly announced that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations under other loan agreements, credit agreements or similar facilities generally (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund an Advance hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (iv) a Lender has failed, within three business days, to confirm in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations under this Agreement, (v) a Distressed Person has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Distressed Person becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event or (vi) a Lender has become subject to a Bail-In Action.

 

Lender Hedge Provider” means any Lender, any Agent or any Arranger, or any of their respective Affiliates (or former Lender, Agent or Arranger, or any of their respective Affiliates) that is owed any Hedging Obligations.

 

Lender-Related Distress Event” means, with respect to any Lender or any other Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “Distressed Person”), other than via an Undisclosed Administration, 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 such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Official Body having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person to be, insolvent or bankrupt; 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 Lender or any Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by an Official Body or an instrumentality thereof.

 

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Lenders” means the Lenders named as “Lenders” on the signature pages hereto and their successors and permitted assigns.

 

Lending Office” means, as to each Lender, the office in the United States of America specified as the “Lending Office” of such Lender on Schedule 1 annexed hereto or such other office in the United States of America (or any other country in the case of a Revolving Lender) as such Lender may designate from time to time in accordance with Section 2.1(8).

 

Letter of Credit” means a standby letter of credit, a commercial letter of credit (if permitted by the applicable Issuing Bank) or a letter of guarantee (subject to availability), in each case, issued under the Revolving Facility, as the case may be, for a specified amount in Canadian Dollars, US Dollars or (subject to availability) any other currency agreed by the applicable Issuing Bank, at the request and upon the indemnity of the Borrower pursuant to Article 5. Letters of Credit for specified amounts in Canadian Dollars, US Dollars or such other currency are each a “type” of Letter of Credit.

 

Letter of Credit Fronting Commitment” means, in respect of any Issuing Bank, the aggregate limit of the Face Amount of Letters of Credit that may be issued by such Issuing Bank on a “fronting basis” under this Agreement and outstanding at any time, as set forth, and opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule 1 under the caption Letter of Credit Fronting Commitment or as separately agreed between such Issuing Bank and the Borrower and consented to by the Administrative Agent from time to time, as amended or reduced in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

 

Letter of Credit Sublimit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(3)(a).

 

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, hypothecation, security interest or other encumbrance or charge (whether fixed, floating or otherwise) or title retention, any right of set-off (arising with respect to indebtedness for borrowed monies and otherwise than by operation of Law), and any deposit of moneys under any agreement or arrangement whereby such moneys may be withdrawn only upon fulfilment of any condition as to the discharge of any other indebtedness or other obligation to any creditor, or any right of or arrangement of any kind with any creditor to have its claims satisfied prior to other creditors with or from the proceeds of any properties, assets or revenues of any kind now owned or later acquired.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition” means any Permitted Acquisition or other Investment permitted hereunder by Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries whose consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on the obtaining of, third party financing.

 

Limited Condition Acquisition Provisions” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.12.

 

Loan” means the outstanding principal amount of any Borrowing made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Loan Parties” means, collectively, (i) the Borrower and (ii) each Guarantor. For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Subsidiary shall be a Loan Party.

 

MAE” means:

 

(a)any material adverse change in the assets, properties, operations or condition, financial or otherwise, of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

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(b)any material impairment or reduction in the ability (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to fulfill their respective payment obligations under the Credit Facility Documents; or

 

(c)any material impairment of the remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under the Credit Facility Documents.

 

Margin Stock” has the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation U.

 

Material Real Property” means any fee owned real property or leasehold interest owned by a Loan Party that does not come within the exclusions set forth in Section 8.6.

 

Maturity Date” means the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, the maturity or expiration date for any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, the Initial Term Maturity Date, the maturity or expiration date for any Incremental Term Commitments, the maturity or expiration date for any extended Term Loan and the Maturity Date of any other Class of Loans or Commitments hereunder, as applicable.

 

Maxar Space Real Estate” means any new real property (owned or leased), including any fixed and capital assets and/or fixtures relating thereto acquired following the Closing Date (whether through purchase, lease, construction and/or sale leaseback) and utilized in any portion of the business and operations of the Borrower, any Subsidiary, and/or any JV Entity.

 

Maximum Rate” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 14.17.

 

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and its successors and assigns.

 

Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust or deed to secure debt or similar document made by a Loan Party in favour of the Collateral Agent granting a first-priority (subject only to Permitted Liens) lien and security interest over all real property interests of such Loan Party, as may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Multiemployer Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Prepayment Event, the proceeds received therefrom in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents, including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of Cash Equivalents, or Equity Interests or other assets when disposed of for cash or Cash Equivalents, received by Borrower or any Subsidiary from such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Prepayment Event, net of (a) all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary with respect thereto, (b) all Taxes paid or payable by Borrower or any Subsidiary with respect thereto, (c) any amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Debt (other than any First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations) secured by a Lien on the assets being disposed of in such Asset Sale or other applicable disposition, (d) any reserve established in accordance with US GAAP against any liabilities associated with the property or assets being disposed of as part of the applicable Asset Sale or Casualty Prepayment Event, (e) the amount of any proceeds of such Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Prepayment Event that the Borrower or any Subsidiary has reinvested or intends to reinvest within the period of 365 days after the occurrence of Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Prepayment Event (the “Reinvestment Period”) or has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of the Reinvestment Period to reinvest in the business of the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries; provided that in the case of this paragraph (e), any portion of such proceeds that has not been so reinvested within such Reinvestment Period (the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds”) shall, unless the Borrower or a Subsidiary has entered into a binding commitment prior to the last day of such Reinvestment Period to reinvest such proceeds no later than 180 days following the last day of such Reinvestment Period, (1) be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds occurring on the last day of such Reinvestment Period or, if later, 180 days after the date the Borrower or such Subsidiary has entered into such binding commitment, as applicable (such last day or 180th day, as applicable, the “Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date”), and (2) be applied to the repayment of Term Loans in accordance with Section 2.3(1)(a) and (f) in the case of a Casualty Prepayment Event, the proceeds of any business interruption insurance.

 

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Net Short Lender” means any Lender (other than a Regulated Bank or a Revolving Lender) that, as a result of its interest in any total return swap, total rate of return swap, credit default swap or other derivative contract (other than any such total return swap, total rate of return swap, credit default swap or other derivative contract entered into pursuant to bona fide market making activities), has a net short position with respect to the Loans and/or Commitments.

 

New 2027 Senior Secured Notes” means the 7.750% senior secured notes in the principal amount of $500 million due June 15, 2027, to be issued by the Borrower on or about the Closing Date and which constitute First Lien Obligations.

 

Regulated Bank” means (x) a banking organization with a consolidated combined capital and surplus of at least $5.0 billion that is (i) a U.S. depository institution the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; (ii) a corporation organized under section 25A of the U.S. Federal Reserve Act of 1913; (iii) a branch, agency or commercial lending company of a foreign bank operating pursuant to approval by and under the supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System under 12 CFR part 211; (iv) a non-U.S. branch of a foreign bank managed and controlled by a U.S. branch referred to in clause (iii); or (v) any other U.S. or non-U.S. depository institution or any branch, agency or similar office thereof supervised by a bank regulatory authority in any jurisdiction or (y) any Affiliate of a Person set forth in clause (x) to the extent that (1) all of the Equity Interests of such Affiliate is directly or indirectly owned by either (I) such Person set forth in clause (x) or (II) a parent entity that also owns, directly or indirectly, all of the Equity Interests of such Person set forth in clause (x) and (2) such Affiliate is a securities broker or dealer registered with the Securities Exchange Commission under Section 15 of the Exchange Act.

 

Non-Extending Revolving Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(4).

 

Non-Extending Term Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(4).

 

Non-Loan Party” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.

 

Non-Recourse Debt” means Debt as to which:

 

(a)no Borrower nor any Subsidiary (i) provides credit support or financial assistance of any nature whatsoever (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument which would constitute Debt), or (ii) is liable (directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise); and

 

(b)any default with respect to which (including any rights which the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action) would not permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary to declare a default on such other Debt or cause a payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity.

 

“Non-U.S. Person” means any Person that is not a U.S. Person.

 

Notice” means an Accommodation Request or an Issue Notice.

 

Obligationsmeans (x) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party or other Subsidiary arising under any Credit Facility Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, 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, fees and expenses that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest, fees and expenses are allowed claims in such proceeding, (y) Hedging Obligations (other than any Excluded Swap Obligations) and (z) Cash Management Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Credit Facility Documents (and of any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Credit Facility Documents) include (a) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities and other amounts, in each case, payable by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary under any Credit Facility Document and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary.

 

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OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

Official Body” means any government (including any federal, provincial, state, territorial, municipal or local government) or political subdivision or any agency, authority, bureau, regulatory or administrative authority, central bank, monetary authority, commission, department or instrumentality thereof, or any court, tribunal, judicial entity, or arbitrator, whether foreign or domestic. For clarity, “Official Body” includes the European Union.

 

OID” means original issue discount.

 

Ordinary Course Debt” means (i) Debt which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, bid, surety, indemnity, warranty, refund, statutory, appeal bonds or similar obligations (including in connection with workers’ compensation, health, disability or other employee benefit, environmental remediation and other environmental matters and obligations in connection with insurance or similar requirements) or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto incurred in the ordinary course of business (and, in any event, not in respect of other Debt for borrowed money), (ii) Debt arising from agreements providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, or from guaranties, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Investments or dispositions permitted by this Agreement; (iii) Debt representing deferred compensation to employees of Borrower and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business; (iv) Debt in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, customs, Taxes and other similar tax guarantees, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with the borrowing of money; (v) Debt arising from the endorsement of instruments in the ordinary course of business; (vi) Debt supported by a Letter of Credit in a principal amount not to exceed such Letter of Credit; and (vii) Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Debt is extinguished within ten Business Days of incurrence.

 

Organization Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation or company, the certificate or articles of incorporation, the memorandum and articles of association, any certificates of change of name and/or the bylaws; (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 any agreement, declaration, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable governmental authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

 

Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any Obligation hereunder or under any other Credit Facility Document, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, or engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Credit Facility Document or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan, Letter of Credit or any Credit Facility Document).

 

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Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Credit Facility Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 11.6(2)).

 

Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.8(7).

 

Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.8(8).

 

PATRIOT Act” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) of the United States.

 

Payment Account” means:

 

(a)for payments in US Dollars:

 

  Receiving Bank: JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York
  ABA: 021000021
  SWIFT: CHASUS33
     
  Account with Bank: Royal Bank of Canada New York
  Account Number: 9201033363
  SWIFT: ROYCUS3X
     
  Beneficiary: RBC Agency Services
  Account Number 012692930014
  Address: 200 Vesey Street, New York, NY 10281

 

(b)for payments in Canadian Dollars:

 

  Beneficiary Bank: Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
SWIFT:ROYCCAT2
Beneficiary:RBCCM Agency Services
200 Bay Street
Toronto, ON CA M5J 2W7
  Account Number: 00002-2667608

 

or such other places or accounts as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower from time to time and notified to the Lenders.

 

Payment Notice” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 13.17(2).

 

Payment Recipient” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 13.17(1).

 

Pension Plan” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Title IV of ERISA, Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates or to which any Loan Party or any of its respective ERISA Affiliates contributes or has an obligation to contribute.

 

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Perfection Certificate” means the Perfection Certificate dated June 14, 2022, exected by each Loan Party and delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.1(13).

 

Permit” means any permit, licence, approval, consent, order, right, certificate, judgment, writ, injunction, award, determination, direction, decree, authorization, franchise, privilege, grant, waiver, exemption and other similar concession or by-law, rule or regulation of, by or from any Official Body.

 

Permitted Acquisition” means an Acquisition by the Borrower or any Subsidiary so long as

 

(a)immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition and the incurrence of Debt in connection therewith, subject to the Limited Condition Acquisition Provision, (x) (i) as of the date of execution of the definitive agreement in connection with such Permitted Acquisition, there is no Event of Default and (ii) as of the date of the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition, there is no Event of Default, (y) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants and (z) if the cumulative consideration in respect of all Permitted Acquisitions since the Closing Date would exceed the greater of (x) $264 million and (y) 51.5% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio of the Borrower as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period, on a Pro Forma Basis, would be no greater than 4.60:1.00,

 

(b)the acquired company or assets are in the same or a generally related business as the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,

 

(c)the acquired Person and its Subsidiaries will become Guarantors and pledge their Collateral to the Collateral Agent to the extent required by and following designation (if required) in accordance with Section 10.1(26), (27) or (28), and

 

(d)the aggregate consideration paid in connection with all Acquisitions to acquire assets located outside of the United States or assets that will not become Collateral and/or the Equity Interests of a target organized outside of the United States or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which will not be a Guarantor shall not exceed the greater of (x) $531 million and (y) 100% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in the aggregate over the term of this Agreement.

 

Permitted Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(1).

 

Permitted Disposition” means any of the following dispositions:

 

(a)a disposition to the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party, (i) the transferee thereof is a Loan Party or (ii) if the transferee thereof is not a Loan Party, such transaction is permitted under Section 10.2(10) (with the fair market value of the transferred asset being deemed an Investment);

 

(b)a disposition in the ordinary course of business;

 

(c)a disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents and securities which are not otherwise contrary to this Agreement;

 

(d)a disposition at fair market value of an obsolete, unusable or redundant asset not required for the continued operation of its business;

 

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(e)a disposition made in compliance with Section 10.2(3);

 

(f)a disposition of Receivables Assets under and in accordance with an Asset Securitization; provided that (i) the aggregate amount of such Receivables Assets subject to such Asset Securitization shall not at any time exceed $400 million (or the Equivalent Amount in any other currencies) and such disposition shall be structured as a “true sale” (as confirmed by legal opinion) and (ii) any disposition of Receivables Assets that does not constitute a true sale shall have been approved by the Required Lenders;

 

(g)a disposition by Borrower or any other Loan Party of any property that is not part of the Collateral;

 

(h)dispositions of non-strategic assets purchased as part of a Permitted Acquisition; provided that the Fair Market Value of all such non-strategic assets which are disposed of by the Borrower or any Subsidiary (excluding any non-strategic assets which Borrower or such Subsidiary is required to dispose of by any Official Body) does not exceed 25% of the total Fair Market Value of the assets purchased pursuant to such Permitted Acquisition (measured at the time of such Permitted Acquisition);

 

(i)dispositions of property in connection with casualty and condemnation events;

 

(j)dispositions of Investments in any JV Entity, to the extent required by, or made pursuant to buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

 

(k)the making of Permitted Investments and Restricted Payments (but, for certainty, excluding any subsequent disposition of Permitted Investments and Restricted Payments);

 

(l)any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)the unwinding of any Hedging Instrument;

 

(n)dispositions of assets in connection with sale-lease back transactions which are not prohibited by this Agreement;

 

(o)dispositions consummated pursuant to a Permitted Tax Restructuring; and

 

(p)dispositions of assets in any Financial Year in the aggregate not to exceed $25 million.

 

Permitted Investments” means, without duplication:

 

(a)any Investment in the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate amount of Investments by any Loan Party in Non-Loan Parties shall not exceed at any time outstanding the greater of (x) $200 million and (y) 37.5% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis;

 

(b)any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(c)any Investment expressly required pursuant to the Credit Facility Documents;

 

(d)any Investment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in a Person if as a result of such Investment:

 

(i)such Person becomes a Guarantor; or

 

(ii)such Person is amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, a Loan Party;

 

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(e)any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from a disposition not made in violation of Section 10.2(6);

 

(f)any acquisition of assets or other Investments in a Person solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower;

 

(g)any Investments received in compromise of obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer;

 

(h)Hedging Obligations;

 

(i)Permitted Acquisitions;

 

(j)Guarantees of Permitted Debt;

 

(k)Guarantees of performance or other obligations (other than Debt) arising in the ordinary course of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

(l)any Investment (x) existing on the Closing Date or described in Schedule 17, (y) made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Closing Date and (z) that replaces, refinances, refunds, renews or extends any Investment described under either of the immediately preceding clause (x) or (y), provided that any such Investment is in an amount that does not exceed the amount replaced, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, except as contemplated pursuant to the terms of such Investment in existence on the Closing Date, or as otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(m)Investments of a Subsidiary or the Borrower acquired after the Closing Date or of an entity merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or a Subsidiary after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

 

(n)Investments with respect to transactions entered into in order to consummate a Permitted Tax Restructuring, including Investments in the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to any Permitted Tax Restructuring or any Permitted Acquisition;

 

(o)Investments as valued at cost at the time each such Investment is made and including all related commitments for future Investments, in an amount not exceeding the Available Amount;

 

(p)other Investments in an aggregate amount, as valued at cost at the time each such Investment is made and including all related commitments for future Investments, not exceeding (i) the greater of (x) $265.5 million and (y) 50% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, plus (ii) an amount equal to any returns of capital or sale proceeds actually received in cash in respect of any such Investments (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such Investment valued at cost at the time such Investment was made); provided that any such amounts under this clause (ii) shall not increase the Available Amount, it being understood that any returns of capital or sale proceeds actually received in cash in respect of any such Investments in excess of the amount of such Investment valued at cost at the time such Investment was made shall increase the Available Amount (to the extent such excess amount of returns or proceeds would otherwise increase the Available Amount pursuant to the definition thereof);

 

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(q)Investments by an Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into prior to the day such Unrestricted Subsidiary is redesignated as a Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”; provided that such Investments were not incurred in contemplation of such redesignation;

 

(r)Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount, as valued at cost at the time each such Investment is made and including all related commitments for future Investments, not exceeding (i) the greater of (x) $106.2 million and (y) 20% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, plus (ii) an amount equal to any returns of capital or sale proceeds actually received in cash in respect of any such Investments (which amount shall not exceed the amount of such Investment valued at cost at the time such Investment was made); provided that any such amounts under this clause (ii) shall not increase the Available Amount, it being understood that any returns of capital or sale proceeds actually received in cash in respect of any such Investments in excess of the amount of such Investment valued at cost at the time such Investment was made shall increase the Available Amount (to the extent such excess amount of returns or proceeds would otherwise increase the Available Amount pursuant to the definition thereof); and

 

(s)other Investments; provided that, at the time of such Investment, (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period, on a Pro Forma Basis, would be no greater than 3.60:1.00;

 

provided that at the time any of the foregoing Investments pursuant to paragraph (d), (i), (o) or (p) are made, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Permitted Liens” means, in respect of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at any time, any one or more of the following:

 

(a)Liens for Taxes not yet due and delinquent or the validity of which is being contested at the time by such Person in good faith by proper legal proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with US GAAP, and which contested Liens would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an MAE;

 

(b)the Lien of any judgment or award not giving rise to an Event of Default with respect to which such Person shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceeding for review, and which contested Lien would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE;

 

(c)Liens or privileges imposed by Law such as carriers, warehousemen’s, mechanics and materialmen’s Liens and privileges arising in the ordinary course of business not at the time due or delinquent or which are being contested at the time by such Person in good faith by proper legal proceedings, and which contested Liens or privileges would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE;

 

(d)undetermined or inchoate Liens incidental to current operations which have not at such time been filed;

 

(e)restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, servitudes or other similar rights in land or immoveable property (including easements, rights of way and servitudes for railways, sewers, drains, pipelines, gas and water mains, electric light and power and telephone or telegraph or cable television conduits, poles, wires and cables) granted to or reserved by other Persons which in the aggregate do not materially impair the usefulness, in the operation of the business of such Person, of the property subject to such restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, servitudes or other similar rights;

 

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(f)the right reserved to or vested in any Official Body, by the terms of any Permit acquired by such Person or by any Law, to terminate any such Permit or to require annual or other payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

 

(g)the encumbrance resulting from the pledge or deposit of cash, letters of credit or securities:

 

(i)in connection with any of the Liens referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this definition pending a final determination as to the existence or amount of any obligation referred to therein;

 

(ii)in connection with contracts, bids, tenders, leases or expropriation proceedings; or

 

(iii)to secure workers compensation, employment insurance or other social security benefits, pension or post-retirement benefits, liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds, costs of litigation when required by Law and public and statutory obligations;

 

and any right or refund, set-off or charge-back available to any bank or other financial institution (including under any consolidated banking, mirrored account or similar arrangement);

 

(h)security given to a public utility or any other Official Body when required by such utility or other Official Body in connection with the operations of such Person in the ordinary course of its business and not securing Debt;

 

(i)the reservations, limitations, provisos and conditions, if any, expressed in any grants from any Official Body or any similar authority, and statutory exceptions to title;

 

(j)title defects, irregularities or restrictions which are of a minor nature and in the aggregate will not materially impair the use of the property for the purposes for which it is held by such Person;

 

(k)any other Liens of a nature similar to those referred to in the foregoing paragraphs (a) to (j), inclusive, which do not secure Debt and do not have and would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE;

 

(l)Capital Leases and Purchase Money Mortgages securing or evidencing Capital Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Obligations which have been permitted to be incurred in accordance with this Agreement;

 

(m)Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on commercially reasonable terms as part of Permits or arrangements under material contracts to secure the return of assets;

 

(n)the Liens created pursuant to the Security and/or in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;

 

(o)Liens on property or Equity Interests of a Person at the time that such Person is acquired or otherwise becomes a Subsidiary in compliance with this Agreement; provided, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries other than such Equity Interests and property or assets owned by such Subsidiary; provided, further, that such Liens are not created in contemplation of, or to provide credit support in connection with, such Person becoming a Subsidiary;

 

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(p)Liens on property or assets at the time the Borrower or any Subsidiary acquires the property or assets, including any acquisition by means of an amalgamation, merger or consolidation with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary in each case in compliance with this Agreement; provided, however, that such Liens may not extend to any other property or assets (other than the proceeds or products thereof and after-acquired property subjected to a Lien pursuant to terms existing at the time of such acquisition) owned by such Borrower or Subsidiary; provided further that such Liens are not created in contemplation of, or to provide credit support in connection with, such acquisition;

 

(q)Liens to secure any refinancing, extension, renewal or replacement as a whole, or in part, of any Debt secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing paragraphs (o) and (p); provided that the amount secured thereby is not increased and the assets subject to such Liens are restricted to those permitted by such clause;

 

(r)Liens encumbering property under construction arising from progress or partial payments made by a customer of such Person relating to such property;

 

(s)any interest or title of a lessor in the property subject to any lease; and Liens or rights of distress reserved in or exercisable under leases for payment of rent or other compliance with the terms of such lease;

 

(t)Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising under applicable Law to secure payment of customs or import duties in connection with the importation of goods, which customs or import duties are not overdue;

 

(u)Liens on satellite assets and other work-in-progress related to a sale contract with a customer securing the obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary under such sale contract;

 

(v)Liens on Receivables Assets (including any deposit account in which any collections from such Receivables Assets are deposited; provided that the only monies deposited to any such deposit account shall be collections from such Receivables Assets); provided that such Receivables Assets are the subject matter of a securitization that is a Permitted Disposition under part (f) of such definition;

 

(w)Liens securing Debt permitted pursuant to Section 10.2(1)(m);

 

(x)Liens in existence on the Closing Date and modifications, extensions and renewals thereof; provided that any such Lien securing obligations and liabilities in excess of $1 million must be listed on Schedule 6;

 

(y)customary encumbrances or restrictions (including put and call agreements) with respect to the Equity Interests of any JV Entity or less than Wholly-Owned Subsidiary in favor of the other parties to such JV Entity or holders of such Equity Interests;

 

(z)Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection (or comparable non-U.S. liens), (ii) 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 or (iii) incurred in connection with a cash management program established in the ordinary course of business on the cash subject to such program;

 

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(aa)Liens in the nature of the right of setoff in favor of counterparties to contractual agreements with the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

(bb)the filing of UCC financing statements solely as a precautionary measure in connection with operating leases and consignment arrangements;

 

(cc)Liens with respect to Incremental Equivalent Debt, Refinancing Notes and Refinancing Facilities and, in each case, Refinancing Debt in respect thereof so long as such Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement(s) or any other form of intercreditor agreement satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent;

 

(dd)Liens securing Secured Ratio Debt and any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof so long as such Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement(s) or any other form of intercreditor agreement satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent;

 

(ee)Liens securing other Debt or obligations in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not at any time exceeding the greater of (x) $265.5 million and (y) 50% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period;

 

(ff)with respect to any Foreign Subsidiary, other Liens and privileges arising mandatorily by Applicable Law;

 

(gg)Liens on assets of property of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties, securing Permitted Debt of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;

 

(hh)Liens on cash securing the Existing WF Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed $15 million; and

 

(ii)Liens on the Collateral securing the Senior Secured Notes outstanding or the Closing Date and Refinancing Debt in respect thereof, so long as such Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement(s) or any other form of intercreditor agreement satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent.

 

Permitted Other Indebtedness” means senior or subordinated Debt (which Debt may be (i) unsecured, (ii) First Lien Obligations or (iii) Second Lien Obligations, in each case issued or incurred by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (a) the terms of which do not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory repayment, or redemption or sinking fund obligations prior to, at the time of incurrence, the Latest Maturity Date (other than, in each case, customary prepayments, commitment reductions, repurchases, redemptions, defeasances or satisfactions and discharges, or offers to prepay, reduce, redeem, repurchase, defease or satisfy and discharge upon, a change of control, asset sale event or casualty or condemnation event, or on account of the accumulation of excess cash flow (in the case of loans or commitments), and customary acceleration rights after an event of default), and (b) that, if secured, is not secured by a Lien on any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than the Collateral.

 

Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents” means any document or instrument (including any Guarantee, security agreement, or mortgage issued or executed and delivered with respect to any Permitted Other Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

 

Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations” means, if any Permitted Other Indebtedness is issued or incurred, all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants, and duties of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary arising under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations of the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary under the Permitted Other Indebtedness Documents include the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, attorney costs, indemnities, and other amounts payable by any such Borrower or Subsidiary under any Permitted Other Indebtedness Document.

 

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Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties” means the holders from time to time of secured Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations (and any representative on their behalf).

 

Permitted Refinancings” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(1).

 

Permitted Tax Restructuring” means any reorganizations, transactions and other activities related to tax planning and tax reorganization (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) entered into on or after the Closing Date so long as such Permitted Tax Restructuring does not materially impair the Guarantees or the Security and is otherwise not materially adverse to the Lenders and after giving effect to such Permitted Tax Restructuring, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries otherwise comply with Sections 10.1(26), (27) and (28).

 

Person” includes an individual, partnership, body corporate, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture and other entity and any Official Body.

 

Platform” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.3(6).

 

Prepayment Event” means any Asset Sale Prepayment Event, Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event or Casualty Prepayment Event.

 

Principal Outstanding” means, at any time, the amount equal to:

 

(a)when used in a context pertaining to Accommodations made by a single Lender under a Credit Facility, the sum of:

 

(i)the aggregate principal amount of all Loans then outstanding made by such Lender under such Credit Facility (including, in the case of the Revolving Facility, such Lender’s portion of Swingline Advances made under Section 2.1(6)); and

 

(ii)the Face Amount of all Accommodations then outstanding made by such Lender under such Credit Facility by way of Letters of Credit (including the portion of the Face Amount of Letters of Credit allocated to such Lender under Section 5.2); and

 

(b)when used elsewhere in this Agreement with reference to a Credit Facility, the sum of:

 

(i)the aggregate principal amount of all Loans then outstanding made by the relevant Lenders under such Credit Facility; and

 

(ii)the Face Amount of all Accommodations then outstanding made by the relevant Lenders under such Credit Facility by way of Letters of Credit.

 

pro forma basis”, “pro forma compliance” and “pro forma effect” means, for the purposes of calculating any test, financial ratio or covenant hereunder, calculations made subject to such pro forma and other adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with Section 1.10.

 

“PTE” means a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

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Purchase Money Mortgage” means any Lien given (whether or not to the transferor), assumed or arising by operation of Law to provide or secure or to provide the obligor with funds to pay the whole or any part of the consideration for the acquisition or costs of construction or improvement of property where:

 

(a)the principal amount of the Purchase Money Obligation secured by such Lien is not in excess of the cost to the obligor of the property encumbered thereby;

 

(b)such Lien was created prior to, at the time of or within 120 days after the acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of full operation of such property; and

 

(c)such Lien extends only to the property being acquired, constructed or improved by the obligor (and improvements erected or constructed thereon and the proceeds thereof);

 

and includes the renewal, extension or refinancing of any such Lien upon the same property by a Purchase Money Obligation; provided that the Debt secured thereby and the property subject to such Lien are not increased thereby (other than with respect to improvements created or constructed thereon and the proceeds thereof), but does not include a Capital Lease or an operating lease.

 

Purchase Money Obligation” means any monetary obligation created or assumed as part of the purchase price of property or assets, whether or not secured; provided that any Lien incurred in respect of such obligation shall not extend to any property or assets other than the property or assets acquired in connection with which such obligation was created or assumed and fixed improvements, if any, erected or constructed thereon and the proceeds thereof.

 

QFC” has the meaning assigned to the term “qualified financial contract” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 5390(c)(8)(D).

 

QFC Credit Support” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.18.

 

Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any ECP Swap Obligation, each Guarantor that has total assets exceeding $10 million at the time the relevant Credit Facilities Guarantee or grant of the relevant Lien becomes effective with respect to such ECP Swap Obligation or such other Person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests of the Borrower other than Disqualified Equity Interests.

 

Rateable Portion” means, as to any Lender, the percentage which:

 

(a)such Lender’s Commitment or Loans, as applicable (under any or all of the Credit Facilities, as the case may be);

 

then constitutes of:

 

(b)the aggregate Commitments or Loans, as applicable (under any or all of the Credit Facilities, as the case may be).

 

Rating” means a rating assigned to the senior unsecured debt of the Borrower by Moody’s or S&P.

 

Receivables Assets” means (a) any right to payment (including accounts receivable) created by or arising from sales of goods, lease of goods or the rendition of services rendered no matter how evidenced whether or not earned by performance (whether constituting accounts, general intangibles, chattel paper or otherwise) and (b) all collateral securing such right to payment, all contracts and contract rights, guarantees or other obligations in respect of such right to payment, all records with respect to such right to payment and any other assets customarily transferred together with accounts receivable in connection with a non-recourse accounts receivable factoring arrangement.

 

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receiver” includes a receiver, receiver/manager and receiver and manager.

 

Refinancing” means the refinancing or repayment in full of outstanding terms loans and replacing the existing revolving commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement and redemption in full of all outstanding 2023 Senior Secured Notes.

 

Refinancing Debt” means Debt issued or incurred (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Debt) to extend, renew, refinance, replace, defease or refund, or in exchange for existing Debt; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof (less any original issue discount, if applicable) does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Debt so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amount paid, and discounts, commissions and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, (b) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of, the Debt being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (c) if the Debt being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Debt being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, taken as a whole and, (d) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor on the Debt being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, and such new or additional obligors as are or become Guarantors in accordance with Section 10.1(28) and with respect to subordinated Debt the obligations of such obligors shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in documentation governing the Debt, taken as a whole, (e) if the Debt being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is secured by a Lien that ranks junior to Liens securing the Obligations, the Liens securing such Refinancing Debt, if secured, rank junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, as the case may be, and are subordinated on terms at least as favorable to the holders of the Obligations, as the case may be, as those contained in the documentation governing the Debt being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, and (f) if the Debt being modified, refunded, renewed or extended is unsecured, the Refinancing Debt is unsecured.

 

Refinancing Facilities” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(1).

 

Refinancing Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(1).

 

Refinancing Revolving Facility” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(1).

 

Refinancing Term Facility” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16(1).

 

Regulation T” means Regulation T of the Board. “Regulation U” means Regulation U of the Board. “Regulation X” means Regulation X of the Board.

 

Reinvestment Period” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Net Cash Proceeds”.

 

Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release” means releasing, spilling, depositing, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, disposing dumping or migrating (including permitting any of the foregoing to occur) of any Hazardous Materials to the environment, including the movement of any Hazardous Materials through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.

 

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Required Lenders” means, at any date, Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) having or holding at least a majority of the aggregate of the sum of (i) unused Commitments under all Credit Facilities and (ii) the Principal Outstanding of all Loans outstanding under all Credit Facilities, excluding in each case the unused Commitment(s) and Principal Outstanding of any Defaulting Lenders.

 

Required Revolving Lenders” means, at any date, (i) Revolving Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) having or holding at least a majority of the aggregate of the Commitments under the Revolving Facility, excluding the Commitment(s) of any Defaulting Lenders or (ii) if the above Commitments have been terminated, Revolving Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) having or holding a majority of the aggregate of the Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility, excluding in each case the unused Commitment(s) and Principal Outstanding of any Defaulting Lenders.

 

Requirements of Law” means, as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person and any Law, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

 

Reserved Funds” means for any Financial Year of the Borrower, amounts not expended during such Financial Year, but designated by Borrower as committed or projected to be paid within 18 months after the end thereof, in each case in respect of one or more Capital Expenditures, Investments or Permitted Acquisitions (collectively, a “Permitted Reserved Funds Use”); provided that as of any date of determination of Excess Cash Flow, the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries has either (a) entered into a legally binding commitment to expend such funds on such Permitted Reserved Funds Use or (b) deposited such funds into a segregated account identified as the “Reserved Funds Account” to, and maintained with, the Administrative Agent. Any amounts designated as Reserved Funds may, to the extent no longer held or being used for a Permitted Reserved Funds Use, be re-designated by a Senior Officer of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, as no longer being Reserved Funds.

 

Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

 

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Payments” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(9).

 

Restricted Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower other than the Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

Retained Declined Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(3).

 

“Revaluation Date” means, (a) with respect to any Loan, each of the following: (i) each date of an Advance of a Euribor Loans denominated in a currency other than US Dollars, (ii) each date of a continuation of a Euribor Loan denominated in a currency other than US Dollars, (iii) with respect to calculations of the US Dollar Equivalent Amount, each date a payment is made in US Dollars in lieu of a currency other than US Dollars, and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the Revolving Lenders shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require and (b) with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (i) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency, (ii) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (iii) each date of any payment by an L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency and (iv) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuers shall determine or the Required Lenders shall require.

 

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Revolving Facility” means the Credit Facility to be made available by the Revolving Lenders pursuant to the Revolving Facility Commitments.

 

Revolving Facility Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Lender, its obligation to make Revolving Facility Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1(1)(a), in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth, and opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 under the caption Revolving Facility Commitment or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement and shall include, if applicable, such Revolving Lender’s Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment. The aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments of all Revolving Lenders shall be $500 million on the Closing Date (the “Initial Revolving Facility Commitments”), as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

Revolving Facility Extension Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(2).

 

Revolving Facility Extension Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.13(1).

 

Revolving Facility Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(1)(a).

 

Revolving Facility Maturity Date” means June 14, 2027 or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day, subject to extension in accordance with Section 2.13; provided that if any New 2027 Senior Secured Notes, together with any refinancing Debt in respect thereof with a maturity date prior to the date that is 91 days after the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, are outstanding on the date that is 91 days prior to the stated maturity date of the New 2027 Senior Secured Notes or any such refinancing Debt (the “Revolving Facility Springing Maturity Date”), the Revolving Facility Maturity Date shall be the Revolving Facility Springing Maturity Date.

 

Revolving Facility Springing Maturity Date” has the meaning set forth in the definition of Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

 

Revolving Lenders” means the Lenders providing Revolving Facility Commitments and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Rollover” means, in respect of a SOFR Loan, CDOR Rate Loan or Euribor Loan, the continuation thereof or any portion thereof for a succeeding Interest Period,

 

Royal Bank” means Royal Bank of Canada, a Canadian chartered bank.

 

S&P” means S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and its successors and assigns.

 

Sanctioned Country” means, at any time, a country or territory which is the subject or target of any Sanctions, which as of the date of this Agreement consist of Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and the Crimea and Donbas Regions of Ukraine (including Donetsk and Luhansk).

 

Sanctioned Person” means, at any time, (i) any Person listed on any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by any Sanctions Authority or otherwise the target of Sanctions, (ii) any Person controlled by a Person in clause (i), and (iii) any Person located, organized, or resident in a Sanctioned Country.

 

Sanctions” means the economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by a Sanctions Authority that are applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Sanctions Authority” means any of: (i) the Canadian government; (ii) the United States government; (iii) the United Nations Security Council (to the extent it would not violate applicable Law in Canada); (iv) the European Union or any of its member states; (v) the United Kingdom; or (vi) the respective governmental institutions, departments and agencies of any of the foregoing, including OFAC and the United States Department of State; and “Sanctions Authorities” means all of the foregoing, collectively.

 

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Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means a first lien/second lien intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Schedule 14 (with such changes to such form as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Borrower) among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the representatives for purposes thereof for any other Permitted Other Indebtedness Secured Parties that are holders of Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations having Liens on the Collateral ranking junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations.

 

Second Lien Obligations” means any Permitted Other Indebtedness Obligations that are (i) secured by Liens on the Collateral that rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations and (ii) subject to a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Secured Consolidated Debt” means Consolidated Net Debt secured by a Lien on property or assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for the benefit of the Debt secured thereby).

 

Secured Net Leverage Ratio” means, on any determination, the ratio of Secured Consolidated Debt on such date to Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently completed Test Period.

 

Secured Obligations” means collectively:

 

(a)the Obligations;

 

(b)the Hedging Obligations; and

 

(c)the Cash Management Obligations.

 

Secured Parties” means the Agents, the Lenders, the Lender Hedge Providers and the Cash Managers.

 

Secured Ratio Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(1)(d).

 

Security” means all items of security given to the Collateral Agent or any of the other Secured Parties at any time and from time to time to secure any of the Secured Obligations, including the Existing Security.

 

Security Documents” means the GSA, the Mortgages, intellectual property security agreements and each other security agreement or pledge agreement executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 8.1, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5 or 10.1(28) or to secure any of the Secured Obligations.

 

Senior Officer” means, in respect of a corporation, the president or chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the chief legal officer, an executive vice-president, the director of finance, the controller, the secretary, the treasurer or such other officer as the Administrative Agent may agree to.

 

Senior Secured Notes” means, collectively, the the Existing 2027 Senior Secured Notes and the New 2027 Senior Secured Notes.

 

SOFR” means a rate per annum equal to the secured overnight financing rate as administered by the SOFR Administrator.

 

SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

 

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SOFR Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Adjusted Term SOFR, other than pursuant to clause (c) of the definition of “ABR”.

 

Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, on such date, (a) the sum of the debt (including “contingent liabilities”) of such Person does not exceed the present fair saleable value (calculated on a going concern basis) of the present assets of such Person, (b) the capital of such Person is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on such date and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe that it will incur, debts, including current obligations, beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of this defined term, the amount of “contingent liabilities” shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing as of such date of determination, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

SONIA” means, with respect to any SONIA Business Day, a rate per annum equal to the Sterling Overnight Index Average for such SONIA Business Day.

 

SONIA Administrator” means the Bank of England (or any successor administrator of the Sterling Overnight Index Average).

 

SONIA Administrator’s Website” means the Bank of England’s website, currently at http://www.bankofengland.co.uk, or any successor source for the Sterling Overnight Index Average identified as such by the SONIA Administrator from time to time.

 

SONIA Business Day” means, for any principal, interest, fees, commissions or other amounts denominated in British Pounds Sterling or calculated with respect thereto, any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which banks are closed for general business in London.

 

SONIA Interest Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Daily Simple SONIA.”

 

SONIA Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on Daily Simple SONIA.

 

Specified Event of Default” means an Event of Default pursuant to Section 12.1(1) (solely with respect to principal and interest payments), or 12.1(8) (solely with respect to the Borrower) or 12.1(9) (solely with respect to the Borrower).

 

Specified Representations” means the representations and warranties with respect to the Borrower and Guarantors only set forth in Sections 7.1 (limited in the case of good standing to the jurisdiction of the Borrower and each Guarantor organized under the laws of Canada, the United States, or any Province, State or Territory thereof), 7.2, 7.3, 7.4 (in the case of such Sections 7.2, 7.3 and 7.4, to the extent they relate to the execution, delivery, performance of the Credit Facility Documents), 7.5(a)(i) (as the constitutional documents referred to therein relate to the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Facility Documents), 7.23, 7.24, 7.25, 7.26, 7.27 and 7.28.

 

Specified Transactionmeans any acquisitions, dispositions, similar permitted Investments, mergers, consolidations, liquidations and/or dissolutions (including, for the avoidance of doubt, transactions occurring prior to the Closing Date), any issuance, incurrence, assumption or permanent repayment of indebtedness (including indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant transaction and for which the financial effect is being calculated) and all sales, transfers and other dispositions (including by division) or discontinuance of any subsidiary, line of business or division, restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives, any Restricted Payment, any Subsidiary designation, or any other event that by the terms of the Credit Facility 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 after giving pro forma effect thereto.

 

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Spot Rate” means, means on any day, (a) for purposes of determining the US Dollar Equivalent Amount of any currency other than Dollars pursuant to Section 1.15(1), the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of such currency with another currency through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Bank if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of the date of determination a spot buying rate for any such currency; and provided, further, that the Issuing Bank may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency and (b) for purposes of determining the Equivalent Amount of US Dollars of any currency other than Dollars pursuant to Section 1.15(2), the rate at which such other currency may be exchanged into Dollars at the time of determination on such day as set forth on the Refinitiv WRLD Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Refinitiv WRLD Page, the Spot Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or, in the absence of such an agreement, as determined in accordance with clause (a).

 

Subordinated Debt” means Debt incurred by a Loan Party that is subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment of all Obligations of such Loan Party under the Credit Facility Documents.

 

Subordinated Debt Documents” means any agreement, indenture or instrument pursuant to which any Subordinated Debt is issued, in each case as amended to the extent permitted under the Credit Facility Documents.

 

subsidiary” means, at any time in respect of a Person, any corporation or other entity which securities or other Equity Interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, directly or indirectly, owned, controlled or held by such Person, and includes for greater certainty successive Subsidiaries of such Subsidiary.

 

“Subsidiary” means, unless the context otherwise requires, a subsidiary of the Borrower. Notwithstanding the foregoing (and except for purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” contained herein), an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be deemed not to be a Subsidiary of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for purposes of the Credit Facilities Documents.

 

Successor Borrower” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(3)(d).

 

Supported QFC” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.18.

 

Swingline Advance” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(6).

 

Swingline Lender” means Royal Bank, or any other Revolving Lender designated as a Swingline Lender by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing from time to time with the consent of such other Revolving Lender.

 

Taking” means the expropriation, condemnation or taking by eminent domain or similar authority, or by any proceeding or purchase in lieu or anticipation thereof, of any of the Collateral or any right, title or interest therein by any Official Body.

 

Target Day” means any day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer payment system is open for the settlement of payments in Euro.

 

Taxes” means all present and future taxes, levies, imposts, stamp taxes, duties, fees, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges which are imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any country, political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, together with interest thereon and additions to tax and penalties with respect thereto, if any, and “Tax” shall be construed accordingly.

 

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Term Commitment” means, with respect to a Lender, such Lender’s Initial Term Commitment (if any) and, if applicable, such Lender’s Incremental Term Commitment.

 

Term Election Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(2).

 

Term Facilities” means, collectively, the Initial Term Facility and any Incremental Term Facility, and “Term Facility” means any of them.

 

Term Facility Extension Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(2).

 

Term Facility Extension Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(1).

 

Term Lenders” means the Lenders providing Term Commitments or holding Term Loans and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Term Loans” means Loans under the Term Facilities.

 

Term SOFR” means, for any Interest Period for a SOFR Loan, the greater of (a) the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor comparable to the applicable Interest Period on the day (the “Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator and (b) (i) in the case of the Initial Term Facility, 0.50% and (ii) in the case of the Revolving Facility, 0.00%; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Term SOFR Determination Day.

 

Term SOFR Adjustment” means, with respect to Term SOFR, 0.10% (10 basis points) for an Interest Period of one-month’s duration, 0.15% (15 basis points) for an Interest Period of three-month’s duration and 0.25% (25 basis points) for an Interest Period of six-months’ duration.

 

Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion).

 

Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning assigned to it under the definition of Term SOFR.

 

Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

 

Test Period” means, for any determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower most recently ended on or prior to such date of determination and for which financial statements shall have been delivered (or were required to be delivered) to the Administrative Agent.

 

this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereof”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and similar expressions mean and refer to this credit agreement, as further supplemented or amended and not to any particular Article, Section, paragraph, Schedule or other portion hereof; and the expressions “Article”, “Section”, “paragraph” and “Schedule” followed by a number or letter mean and refer to the specified Article, Section, paragraph or Schedule of this Agreement.

 

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Threshold Amount” means the greater of (i) $100 million (or the Equivalent Amount in any other currency) and (y) 18.8% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis).

 

Total Initial Term Commitments” means the sum of the Initial Term Commitments of all Lenders.

 

Total Revolving Facility Commitments” means the sum of the Revolving Facility Commitments of all Lenders.

 

Transactions” means, collectively, the entry into of the Credit Facility Documents contemplated by Section 6.1, the Refinancing, the issuance by the Borrower of the New 2027 Senior Secured Notes on or about the Closing Date and the payment of all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the foregoing.

 

Transformative Acquisition” means any acquisition or investment by the Borrower or any Subsidiary that is either (a) not permitted hereunder immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or (b) if permitted by the terms hereunder immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or investment, this Agreement would not provide the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with adequate flexibility for the continuation and/or expansion of their combined operations following such consummation or acquisition, as determined by the Borrower acting in good faith.

 

Type” means as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a SOFR Loan.

 

UCC” means, as the context requires in respect of an asset or jurisdiction, the Uniform Commercial Code applicable to any security interest granted in such asset or otherwise applicable in such jurisdiction.

 

UK Financial Institutions” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any Person falling within IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain Affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

 

UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

 

Undisclosed Administration” means, in relation to a Lender or any other Person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender, the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other appointment of a similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the Law in the country where such Lender or such other Person is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable Law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.

 

Uniform Customs” means the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as published by the International Chamber of Commerce and in effect from time to time.

 

Unrestricted Incremental Amount” means, with respect to the incurrence or issuance of Incremental Facilities, or Incremental Equivalent Debt, Secured Ratio Debt or Unsecured Ratio Debt, an amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $265.5 million and (y) 50% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis), less the aggregate amount of all such incurrences or issuances after the Closing Date in reliance on the Unrestricted Incremental Amount.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule 13, (ii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section Section 10.1(22) subsequent to the date hereof and (iii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower may not be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Unsecured Ratio Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.2(1)(e).

 

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US$ Equivalent Principal Outstanding” means, at any time with respect to a Credit Facility, the amount equal to:

 

(a)when used in a context pertaining to Accommodations made by a single Lender under such Credit Facility, the Principal Outstanding in favor of such Lender under such Credit Facility; and

 

(b)when used elsewhere in this Agreement with reference to a Credit Facility, the Principal Outstanding in favor of all Lenders under such Credit Facility;

 

in each case calculated and expressed in US Dollars, with each obligation in Canadian Dollars or any other currency converted for purposes of such calculation into the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars.

 

US Dollars”, “United States Dollars” and “US$” each mean lawful money of the United States of America in same day immediately available funds or, if such funds are not available, the form of money of the United States of America that is customarily used in the settlement of international banking transactions on the day payment is due hereunder.

 

US GAAP” means, in relation to any Person at any time, those generally accepted accounting principles and practices which are recognized as such by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants acting through its Accounting Principles Board or by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or through other appropriate boards or committees thereof in effect at such time. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, (x) 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 (a) any election under Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification No. 825—Financial Instruments, or any successor thereto (including pursuant to the Accounting Standards Codification), to value any Debt of Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value” as defined therein and (b) the effects of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815, Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of indebtedness for any purpose hereunder as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such indebtedness and (y) any lease that is treated as an operating lease for purposes of GAAP as of December 31, 2018 shall be treated as an operating lease (and any future lease, if it were in effect on December 31, 2018, that would be treated as an operating lease for purposes of US GAAP as of December 31, 2018 shall be treated as an operating lease), in each case for purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any change in, or required implementation of, US GAAP after the Closing Date.

 

U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (i) a Saturday, (ii) a Sunday or (iii) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

 

U.S.-Owned Assets” means assets owned by the United States Department of Defense or any other agency of the United States government, and any assets that are qualified as classified assets by any applicable Laws of the United States of America.

 

U.S. Person” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

U.S. Special Resolution Regime” has the meaning set forth in Section 14.18.

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.6(7)(c).

 

Voluntary Prepayment Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(1).

 

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Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Borrower, all of the Equity Interests (except directors’ qualifying shares) and voting interests of which are owned by any one or more of the Borrower and the Borrower’s other Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries at such time.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, any powers of the applicable Resolution Authority under the Bail-In Legislation to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of any UK Financial Institution or any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that Person or any other Person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers..

 

Yield Differential” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15(4).

 

1.2Computation of Time Periods.

 

(1)            Inclusion Rules. In this Agreement, in the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, unless otherwise expressly stated, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”.

 

(2)            Days Rule. Where in this Agreement a notice must be given a number of days prior to a specified action, the day on which such notice is given shall be included and the day of the specified action shall be excluded.

 

1.3Accounting Terms.

 

(1)            All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed, and resulting calculations and determinations made, in accordance with US GAAP consistently applied.

 

(2)            If the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries adopts a material change in an accounting policy in response to a change in US GAAP or in order to more appropriately present events or transactions in its financial statements and either such event would cause an amount required to be determined for the purposes of the Financial Covenants or any financial term used in this Agreement (each a “Financial Covenant/Term”) to be materially different than the amount that would be determined without giving effect to such change, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such change (an “Accounting Change”). Such notice (an “Accounting Change Notice”) shall describe the nature of the Accounting Change, its effect on the current and immediately prior year’s financial statements in accordance with US GAAP and state whether the Borrower desires to revise the method of calculating one or more of the Financial Covenants/Terms (including the revision of any of the defined terms used in the determination of such Financial/Covenant Term) in order that amounts determined after giving effect to such Accounting Change and the revised method of calculating such Financial Covenant/Term will approximate the amount that would be determined without giving effect to such Accounting Change and without giving effect to the revised method of calculating such Financial Covenant/Term. The Accounting Change Notice shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent within 60 days after the end of the Financial Quarter in which the Accounting Change is implemented or, if such Accounting Change is implemented in the fourth Financial Quarter or in respect of an entire Financial Year, within 120 days after the end of such period. In connection with any Accounting Change Notice, the Borrower shall forthwith provide to the Administrative Agent any additional information regarding the Accounting Change as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

 

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(3)            If, pursuant to the Accounting Change Notice, the Borrower does not indicate it desires to revise the method of calculating one or more of the Financial Covenants/Terms, the Required Lenders may within 30 days after receipt of the Accounting Change Notice notify the Borrower that they wish to revise the method of calculating one or more of the Financial Covenants/Terms that has been affected by the Accounting Change in the manner described above.

 

(4)            If either the Borrower or the Required Lenders so indicate that they wish to revise the method of calculating one or more of the Financial Covenants/Terms, the Borrower and the Required Lenders shall in good faith attempt to agree on a revised method of calculating such Financial Covenants/Terms so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition shall be substantially the same after such Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not been made. Until the Borrower and the Required Lenders have reached agreement in writing on such revised method of calculation, all amounts to be determined hereunder shall continue to be determined without giving effect to the Accounting Change. For greater certainty, if no notice of a desire to revise the method of calculating the Financial Covenants/Terms in respect of an Accounting Change is given by either the Borrower or the Required Lenders within the applicable time period described above, then the method of calculating the Financial Covenants/Terms shall not be revised in response to such Accounting Change and all amounts to be determined pursuant to the Financial Covenants/Terms shall be determined after giving effect to such Accounting Change.

 

(5)            If a Compliance Certificate is delivered under Section 10.1(8)(c) in respect of a Financial Quarter or Financial Year in which an Accounting Change is implemented without giving effect to any revised method of calculating any of the Financial Covenants/Terms, and subsequently, as provided above, the method of calculating one or more of the Financial Covenants/Terms is revised in response to such Accounting Change, or the amounts to be determined pursuant to any of the Financial Covenants/Terms are to be determined without giving effect to such Accounting Change, the Borrower shall deliver a revised Compliance Certificate. Any Event of Default which arises as a result of the Accounting Change and which is cured by this Section 1.3(5) shall be deemed to have never occurred.

 

1.4Incorporation of Schedules.

 

Schedules 1 to 18 annexed hereto shall, for all purposes hereof, form an integral part of this Agreement.

 

1.5Gender; Singular, Plural, etc.

 

As used herein, each gender shall include all genders, and the singular shall include the plural and the plural the singular, as the context shall require.

 

1.6Use of Certain Words.

 

The words “including” and “includes”, when either follows any general term or statement, is not to be construed as limiting the general term or statement to the specific terms or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, but rather as referring to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of the general term or statement.

 

1.7Successors, etc.

 

In this Agreement:

 

(a)reference to any body corporate shall include successors thereto, whether by way of amalgamation or otherwise; provided that transfers and assignments by the Borrower and corporate and other reorganizations shall nonetheless be undertaken only in accordance with any restrictions imposed by the terms hereof;

 

(b)references to any statute, enactment or legislation or to any section or provision thereof include a reference to any order, ordinance, regulation, rule or by-law or proclamation made under or pursuant to that statute, enactment or legislation and all amendments, modifications, consolidations, re-enactments or replacements thereof or substitutions therefor from time to time; and

 

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(c)reference to any agreement, instrument, Permit or other document shall include reference to such agreement, instrument, Permit or other document as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented, replaced or restated.

 

1.8Interpretation not Affected by Headings, etc.

 

The division of this Agreement into Articles and Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction or interpretation hereof.

 

1.9General Provisions as to Certificates and Opinions, etc.

 

Whenever the delivery of a certificate is a condition precedent to the taking of any action by the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder, the truth and accuracy of the facts and the diligent and good faith determination of the opinions stated in such certificate shall in each case be conditions precedent to the right of the Borrower to have such action taken, and any certificate executed by the Borrower shall be deemed to represent and warrant that the facts stated in such certificate are true and accurate.

 

1.10Pro Forma and Other Calculations.

 

(1)            For purposes of calculating any test hereunder for an applicable period of measurement, any Specified Transaction that has been made by the Borrower or Subsidiary during a Test Period or (other than for purposes of determining actual compliance with the Financial Covenants (other than in connection with any incurrence test) or calculating the Applicable Margin) subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the date of determination shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Specified Transactions (and the change in any associated obligations and the change in Adjusted EBITDA and Interest Expense resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period.

 

(2)            Whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower and may include, for the avoidance of doubt, the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies relating to any transaction which is being given pro forma effect in a manner consistent with the definition of “Adjusted EBITDA”. If any Debt bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Debt shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account for such entire period, any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Debt with a remaining term of 12 months or longer, and in the case of any Hedging Obligation applicable to such Debt with a remaining term of less than 12 months, taking into account such Hedging Obligation to the extent of its remaining term). Interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with US GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Debt under a revolving facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Debt during the applicable period (or, if lower, the greater of (i) maximum commitments under such revolving facility as of the date of determination and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of loans outstanding under such revolving facility on such date). Interest on Debt that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate.

 

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1.11Calculation of Baskets and Ratios.

 

(1)            Unless otherwise specified herein, the baskets set forth in Article 10 and elsewhere in this Agreement shall be tested solely at the time of consummation of the relevant transaction or action utilizing any of such baskets and, for the avoidance of doubt, if any of such baskets are exceeded as a result of fluctuations to Consolidated Total Assets or Adjusted EBITDA after the last time such baskets were calculated for any purpose, such baskets will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations.

 

(2)            For purposes of determining whether the incurrence of any Debt or Lien or the making of any Investment, Restricted Payment or prepayment or other satisfaction of Subordinated Debt complies with any basket that is based upon the greater of a specified U.S. dollar amount and a percentage of Consolidated Total Assets or Adjusted EBITDA, Consolidated Total Assets and/or Adjusted EBITDA shall be calculated on a pro forma basis.

 

(3)            U.S. dollars shall be the currency of calculation for all Financial Covenants and financial ratios.

 

(4)            For purposes of determining whether the incurrence of any Debt or Lien complies with a ratio test that is based upon the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio or the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio, the proceeds of the Debt being incurred will be excluded from the calculation of Consoldiated Net Debt, Secured Net Debt or First Lien Net Debt, as applicable.

 

1.12Limited Condition Acquisitions.

 

(1)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, for purposes of (i) measuring the relevant financial ratios and basket availability with respect to the incurrence of any Debt (including any Incremental Facilities) or Liens or the making of any Investments, Restricted Payments or prepayment, or other satisfaction of Subordinated Debt or (ii) determining compliance with the representations and warranties or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, in each case, in connection with a Limited Condition Acquisition, if the Borrower has made an LCA Election with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition, the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder shall be deemed to be the date on which the definitive documentation with respect to such Limited Condition Acquisition is entered into (the “LCA Test Date”) and, if, after giving pro forma effect to the Limited Condition Acquisition and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent Fiscal Quarter ending prior to the LCA Test Date, a Default or Event of Default shall not then have occurred and be continuing and Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCA Test Date in compliance with such financial ratio, basket, representation or warranty, such financial ratio, basket, representation or warranty and such condition with respect to the lack of Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have been complied with, subject to Section 1.12(2). If the Borrower has made an LCA Election for any Limited Condition Acquisition, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any financial ratio or basket availability on or following the relevant LCA Test Date and prior to the earlier of (x) the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or (y) the date the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated or expires without consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition, any such financial ratio or basket availability shall (subject to Section 1.12(2)) be calculated (and tested) (I) on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Debt and the use of proceeds thereof) have been consummated until such time as the applicable Limited Condition Acquisition has actually closed or the definitive agreement with respect thereto has been terminated and (II) with respect to the making of any Restricted Payments, on a standalone basis without giving effect to such Limited Condition Acquisition and other transactions in connection therewith.

 

(2)            For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCA Election and if any ratio, basket or other amount for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCA Test Date in connection with the Limited Condition Acquisition are exceeded, or any representation or warranty would be breached or any Default or Event of Default blocker would apply, as a result of changes or fluctuations in such ratio, basket or amount (including due to changes or fluctuations in Adjusted EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets subject to such Limited Condition Acquisition) or as a result of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default or other event, in each case, at or prior to the consummation of the relevant Limited Condition Acquisition, such ratio, basket or amount, as the case may be, shall be deemed not to have been exceeded as a result of such changes or fluctuations, such representation or warranty shall be deemed not to have been breached, and such Default or Event of Default shall be deemed not to have occurred, so long as, in each case, (x) no Specified Event of Default is continuing at the time such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated and (y) to the extent any representations or warranties under the Credit Facility Documents are required to be made on the date the definitive documentation for such Limited Condition Acquisition is entered into, the Specified Representations are true in all material respects at the time such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated. The provisions of this Section 1.12 are collectively referred to as the “Limited Condition Acquisition Provisions”.

 

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1.13Amendment and Restatement.

 

The Borrower and each Lender acknowledge and agree that upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent to effectiveness of this Agreement in Section 6.1:

 

(a)the provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement are amended, modified and restated in their entirety on the terms and conditions, and in the form, of this Agreement and, as so amended, modified and restated, are ratified and confirmed; and

 

(b)all rights, obligations and indebtedness which have arisen and remain outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Closing Date including all amounts in respect of the Existing Letters of Credit shall, subject only to the effect of the amendments and modifications to the Existing Credit Agreement effected by this Agreement, continue in full force and effect as rights, obligations and indebtedness under this Agreement, all in accordance with and subject to the provisions herein set forth, and the liability of the Borrower in respect of the Existing Letters of Credit shall be and be deemed to be continued under and governed by this Agreement from and after the Closing Date in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

 

1.14Interest Rates, Benchmark Notification.

 

(1)            The interest rate on a Loan denominated in Dollars may be derived from an interest rate benchmark that may be discontinued or is, or may in the future become, the subject of regulatory reform. Upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, Section 3.4 provides a mechanism for determining an alternative rate of interest. The Administrative Agent does not warrant or accept any responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to, (a) the continuation of, the administration of, submission of, calculation of, performance of or any other matter related to any interest rate used in this Agreement (including, without limitation, the ABR, Daily Simple SOFR, SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate, Adjusted Term SOFR or Term SOFR) or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or with respect to any alternative or successor rate thereto, or replacement rate thereof (including any Benchmark Replacement), including without limitation, whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement reference rate will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same value or economic equivalence of as the existing interest rate (or any component thereof) being replaced or have the same volume or liquidity as did any existing interest rate (or any component thereof) prior to its discontinuance or unavailability. The Administrative Agent and its affiliates and/or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of any interest rate (or component thereof) used in this Agreement or any alternative, successor or alternative rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) and/or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Borrower. The Administrative Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain any interest rate used in this Agreement, any component thereof, or rates referred to in the definition thereof, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Lender or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

 

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1.15Currency Equivalents Generally.

 

(1)            Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Article 2, Article 6 and Article 14 or as set forth in clause (2), (3) or (4) of this Section 1.15) or any of the other Credit Facility Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the US Dollar Equivalent Amount of such amount in any currency other than Dollars. The Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating such US Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Advances and Outstanding Amounts denominated in Euro or an Alternative L/C Currency. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 10.2(2), 10.2(8) and 10.2(10) with respect to any amount of any Liens, indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no 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; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.15 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.

 

(2)            For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 10.2(8), 10.2(9) and 10.2(10), any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating net income in the Borrower’s annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 10.1(8); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to the determination of any amount of indebtedness.

 

(3)            Wherever in this Agreement in connection with a Borrowing, conversion, continuation or prepayment of a Euribor Loan, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Borrowing or Euribor Loan is denominated in Euro, such amount shall be the Euro Equivalent of such Dollar amount, as determined by the Administrative Agent.

 

(4)            Wherever in this Agreement in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Letter of Credit is denominated in an Alternative L/C Currency, such amount shall be the relevant Alternative L/C Currency Equivalent of such Dollar amount, as determined by the applicable Issuing Bank.

 

(5)            The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates referenced in the definitions of “Euribor Loan,” “Term SOFR Reference Rate,” “Daily Simple SOFR” or “Daily Simple SONIA” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto.

 

1.16Additional Alternative Currencies

 

(1)            The Borrower may from time to time request that Letters of Credit or Revolving Facility Loans be issued in a currency other than those specifically listed in the definition of “Alternative L/C Currency” or “Alternative Revolver Currency”, as applicable; provided that such requested currency is a lawful currency (other than Dollars) that is readily available and freely transferable and convertible into Dollars. Such request shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank or Revolving Lender, as applicable; provided that such approval may require, without limitation, that a condition to the issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in such additional Alternative L/C Currency or the making of a Revolving Facility Loan denominated in such additional Alternative Revolver Currency, as applicable, shall be that there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or the relevant Issuing Bank or Revolving Lender, as applicable, would make it impracticable for such Letter of Credit Advances or Revolving Facility Loan, as applicable, to be denominated in the relevant Alternative L/C Currency or Alternative Revolver Currency, as applicable.

 

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(2)            Any such request shall be made to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time), 20 Business Days prior to the date of the desired Advances (or such other time or date as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank or Revolving Lender in their sole discretion). The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Issuing Bank or Revolving Lender in the case of any such request. Each Issuing Bank or Revolving Credit Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., 10 Business Days after receipt of such request whether it consents, in its sole discretion, to the issuance of Letters of Credit or the making of a Revolving Facility Loan in such requested currency.

 

(3)            Any failure by an Issuing Bank or Revolving Lender to respond to such request within the time period specified in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Issuing Bank or Revolving Lender to permit Letters of Credit to be issued or the making of Revolving Facility Loans in such requested currency. If the Administrative Agent and an Issuing Bank consent to the issuance of Letters of Credit in such requested currency or the Administrative Agent and all Revolving Lenders consent to the making of Revolving Facility Loans in such requested currency, the Administrative Agent shall so notify the Borrower and such currency shall thereupon be deemed for all purposes to be an Alternative L/C Currency hereunder for purposes of any Letter of Credit issuances by such Issuing Banks or the making of any Revolving Facility Loans by such Revolving Lenders, as applicable. If the Administrative Agent shall fail to obtain consent to any request for an additional currency under this Section 1.16, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower.

 

1.17CDOR, Euribor or SONIA Discontinuation.

 

(1)            If the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), or the Borrower or the Required Revolving Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the Borrower or Required Revolving Lenders (as applicable) have determined that:

 

(a)adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining CDOR, Euribor or SONIA, and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary;

 

(b)the administrator of the CDOR, Euribor or SONIA or a governmental authority having jurisdiction has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which CDOR, Euribor or SONIA will permanently or indefinitely cease to be made available or permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of loans;

 

(c)a governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which CDOR, Euribor or SONIA shall no longer be permitted to be used for determining the interest rate of loans (each such specific date in clause (b) above and in this clause (c), a “Scheduled Unavailability Date”); or

 

(d)syndicated loans currently being executed, or that include language similar to that contained in this Section 1.17, are being executed or amended (as applicable) to incorporate or adopt a new benchmark interest rate to replace CDOR, Euribor or SONIA,

 

then reasonably promptly after such determination by the Administrative Agent or receipt by the Administrative Agent of such notice, as applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may mutually agree upon a successor rate to CDOR, Euribor or SONIA, as the case may be, and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may amend this Agreement to replace CDOR, Euribor or SONIA, as the case may be, with an alternate benchmark rate (including any mathematical or other adjustments to the benchmark (if any) incorporated therein ), giving due consideration to any evolving or then existing convention for similar Canadian Dollars, Euro or British Pound Sterling denominated syndicated credit facilities for such alternative benchmarks (any such proposed rate, a “Successor Rate”), together with any proposed Successor Rate conforming changes and any such amendment shall become effective at 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day after the Administrative Agent shall have posted such proposed amendment to all Revolving Lenders and the Borrower unless, prior to such time, Revolving Lenders comprising the Required Revolving Lenders have delivered to the Administrative Agent written notice that such Required Revolving Lenders do not accept such amendment.

 

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(2)            If no Successor Rate has been determined and the circumstances under clause (a) above exist or a Scheduled Unavailability Date has occurred (as applicable), the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Revolving Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Revolving Lenders to make or maintain CDOR Rate Loans, Euribor Loans or SONIA Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Revolving Facility Loans, or applicable periods). Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for an Advance of, conversion to or rollover of CDOR Rate Loans, Euribor Loans or SONIA Loans (to the extent of the affected Revolving Facility Loans, or applicable periods) or, failing that, in the case of CDOR Loans, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for an Advance of Canadian Prime Rate Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars, and in the case of Euribor Loans or SONIA Loans, the Borrower will be deeemed ot have revoked such request.

 

(3)            Notwithstanding anything else herein, any definition of the “Successor Rate” (exclusive of any margin) shall provide that in no event shall such Successor Rate be less than zero for the purposes of this Agreement. In addition, CDOR shall not be included or referenced in the definition of “Canadian Prime Rate.”

 

1.18Divisions.

 

For all purposes under the Credit Facility Documents, in connection with any division, plan of division or establishment of any series under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time and (c) each division and series of any Person shall be treated as a separate Person hereunder.

 

1.19Letter of Credit Amounts

 

Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the equivalent in US Dollars of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any letter of credit application 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 equivalent in US Dollars of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time. 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 any reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP98, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

1.20Revocability of Notices

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, but subject to Section 11.5(1), any notice delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the consummation of other transactions, in which case, such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied or such transaction is not consummated.

 

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Article 2
THE CREDIT FACILITIES

 

2.1Credit Facilities.

 

(1)            Commitment.

 

(a)Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Revolving Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make a Loan or Loans denominated in US Dollars or any Alternative Revolver Currency to the Borrower from its Lending Office (each, a “Revolving Facility Loan” and, collectively, the “Revolving Facility Loans”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment, provided that such Revolving Facility Loans (A) shall be made at any time and from time to time on and after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, (B) may, at the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as ABR Loans, SOFR Loans, Canadian Prime Rate Loans, CDOR Loans, Euribor Loans or SONIA Loans, and ABR Loans may be converted into SOFR Loans and vice versa, and Canadian Prime Rate Loans may be converted into CDOR Rate Loans, and vice versa; provided that all Revolving Facility Loans made by each of the Revolving Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Revolving Facility Loans of the same Type, (C) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof (without premium or penalty other than as set forth in Section 11.5(1)) and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (D) shall not, for any Revolving Lender at any time, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result in such Revolving Lender’s share of the Principal Outstanding at such time exceeding such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment at such time and (E) shall not, after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds thereof, result at any time in the aggregate amount of the Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility at such time exceeding the Total Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect.

 

(b)Subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, each Initial Term Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make a Loan or Loans denominated in US Dollars (each, an “Initial Term Loan” and, collectively, the “Initial Term Loans”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date, which Initial Term Loans shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Commitment of such Lender. Such Initial Term Loans (i) may at the option of the Borrower, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or SOFR Loans; provided that all Initial Term Loans made by each of the Lenders pursuant to the same Borrowing shall, unless otherwise specifically provided herein, consist entirely of Term Loans of the same Type, (ii) may be repaid or prepaid in accordance with the provisions hereof (without premium or penalty other than as set forth in Section 11.5(1) or 2.4(5)), but once repaid or prepaid, may not be reborrowed, (iii) shall not exceed for any such Lender the Initial Term Commitment of such Lender, and (iv) shall not exceed in the aggregate the Total Initial Term Commitments. On the Initial Term Maturity Date, all then unpaid Initial Term Loans shall be repaid in full in US Dollars.

 

Each applicable Lender shall make available to the Borrower through its applicable Lending Office its Rateable Portion of all Accommodations under each Credit Facility (as applicable) in accordance with this Agreement.

 

(2)            Purposes. The Credit Facilities shall be used only for the following purposes:

 

(a)in the case of the Revolving Facility Loans, for working capital and other general corporate purposes, including (but subject to Section 2.1(8)) for other acquisitions and the issuance of Letters of Credit; and

 

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(b)in the case of the Initial Term Loans, to consummate the Transactions.

 

(3)            Accommodations. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Accommodations shall be made available under the Credit Facilities as follows:

 

Revolving Facility:

 

ABR Loans 

SOFR Loans 

Canadian Prime Rate Loans 

CDOR Loans 

Euribor Loans 

SONIA Loans 

Letters of Credit

 

Term Facility:

 

ABR Loans 

SOFR Loans

 

provided that:

 

(a)the aggregate Face Amount of Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Facility shall not at any time exceed $200 million or the Equivalent Amount in any other currency (the “Letter of Credit Sublimit”); and

 

(b)Advances under the Revolving Facility may be made as Swingline Advances by the Swingline Lender on a temporary basis in accordance with Section 2.1(6).

 

Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, Accommodations will be made available by way of such numbers of draws and up to such dates as are set forth below, namely:

 

(a)Revolving Facility – under the Revolving Facility (i) on the Closing Date, in a single draw (subject to the limit in Section 2.1(2)(a)) and (ii) after the Closing Date, in multiple draws from time to time up to but not including the Revolving Facility Maturity Date; and

 

(b)Initial Term Facility – under the Initial Term Facility, in a single draw on the Closing Date; and any unused amount of the Initial Term Commitments shall be permanently canceled as of the close of business on the Closing Date and the Total Initial Term Commitments shall be permanently reduced and canceled in an equal amount (on a pro rata basis among the Initial Term Lenders based upon their respective Initial Term Commitments); provided that, after the Closing Date and subject to the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, Accommodations by way of Conversion and Rollover shall be available under each Credit Facility up to the Maturity Date for such Credit Facility.

 

(4)            Minimum Amounts. Subject to the Required Revolving Lenders in any specific instance waiving such requirement under the Revolving Facility, the aggregate principal amount of the Advances requested in any Borrowing shall be at least $5 million and a whole multiple of $100,000.

 

(5)            Revolving Repayments.

 

(a)Revolving Facility - The Revolving Facility is a revolving facility and amounts repaid thereunder may be reborrowed (subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement); repayments of the Revolving Facility in accordance with its revolving nature shall be made on one Business Day’s prior notice for ABR Loans and Canadian Prime Rate Loans and three Business Days’ prior notice for SOFR Loans, CDOR Rate Loans, Euribor Loans or SONIA Loans.

 

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(b)Term Facilities - No Term Facility is a revolving facility, and amounts repaid or prepaid under any Term Facility may not be reborrowed and shall give rise to a cancellation and reduction of the relevant Commitments as set forth in Section 2.4.

 

(6)            Swingline Advances. In the event that the Borrower has a requirement for an ABR Advance in same day funds in an amount up to $30 million in the aggregate, the Borrower may (subject to satisfaction of applicable terms and conditions hereof) obtain such Advance (in this Section 2.1(6), a “Swingline Advance”) under the Revolving Facility from the Swingline Lender alone. Each Swingline Advance may be made on the same day’s notice made on or before 12:00 noon (New York time) on such day, by the Borrower providing to the Swingline Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a Borrowing Notice. Each Swingline Advance shall be deemed to constitute a utilization of the Revolving Facility funded wholly by the Swingline Lender (and, prior to the repayment of such Swingline Advance with the proceeds of an Accommodation under the Revolving Facility provided by all of the Revolving Lenders, the payments on account thereof shall be allocated wholly to the Swingline Lender) and may not be outstanding more than seven Business Days. The Borrower shall, on or before the seventh Business Day forthwith following the making of a Swingline Advance, repay such Swingline Advance in full, together with all accrued or unpaid interest, either from its own resources or with the proceeds of an Accommodation under the Revolving Facility, failing which the Borrower shall be deemed to have delivered to the Administrative Agent at the close of business in New York on such seventh Business Day an Accommodation Request requesting an ABR Advance under the Revolving Facility in the amount of such Swingline Advance. The proceeds of the funding by the other Revolving Lenders under such Accommodation Request shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to repay the Swingline Lender that portion of the Swingline Advance that does not represent the Swingline Lender’s pro rata share (as a Revolving Lender) of the requested ABR Advance. For certainty, it is acknowledged and agreed that the Revolving Lenders shall be obligated to fund their Rateable Portions of any ABR Advance required by this Section 2.1(6) regardless of whether (i) a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) an Accommodation Request has actually been delivered by the Borrower or (iii) any other condition in Section 6.2 has been satisfied, fulfilled or otherwise met.

 

(7)            Hostile Takeovers. In the event that the Borrower wishes to utilize proceeds of one or more Accommodations under the Revolving Facility to, or to provide funds to any Subsidiary, Affiliate or other Person to, finance an offer to acquire (which shall include an offer to purchase securities, solicitation of an offer to sell securities, an acceptance of an offer to sell securities, whether or not the offer to sell was solicited, or any combination of the foregoing) outstanding securities of any Person (the “Target”) which constitutes a “take-over bid” pursuant to applicable corporate or securities legislation (in any case, a “Takeover”), and if the Takeover is, under applicable Law, such as to require the board of directors of the Target to prepare a directors circular or like document that includes either a recommendation to accept or reject the Takeover or a statement that they are unable to make or are not making a recommendation, then either:

 

(a)prior to or concurrently with delivery to the Administrative Agent of any Accommodation Request, the proceeds of which are intended to be utilized as aforesaid, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting reasonably) that the board of directors or like body of the Target, or the holders of all of the securities of the Target, has or have approved, accepted, or recommended to security holders acceptance of, the Takeover; or

 

(b)the following steps shall be followed:

 

(i)at least five Business Days prior to the delivery to the Administrative Agent of such Accommodation Request, the Borrower shall advise the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly advise each Revolving Lender) of the particulars of such Takeover;

 

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(ii)within three Business Days of being so advised, each Revolving Lender shall notify the Administrative Agent of such Lender’s determination as to whether it is willing to fund under such Accommodation Request; provided that, in the event such Lender does not so notify the Administrative Agent within such three Business Day period, such Lender shall be deemed to have notified the Administrative Agent that it is so willing to fund; and

 

(iii)the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower of each such Lender’s determination;

 

and in the event that any Revolving Lender (each, a “Declining Lender”) has notified the Administrative Agent that it is not willing to fund under such Accommodation Request, then such Declining Lender shall have no obligation to fund under such Accommodation Request, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary; provided, however, that each other Revolving Lender (each, a “Financing Lender”) which has advised the Administrative Agent it is willing to fund under such Accommodation Request shall have an obligation, up to the amount of its unused Commitment under the Revolving Facility, to fund under such Accommodation Request, and such funding shall be provided by each Financing Lender in accordance with the ratio, determined prior to the provision of such funding, that the Commitment of such Financing Lender under the Revolving Facility bears to the aggregate the Commitments of all the Financing Lenders under the Revolving Facility.

 

If Accommodations are provided in the manner contemplated by Section 2.1(7)(b) and there are Declining Lenders, subsequent Accommodations under the Revolving Facility shall be funded firstly by Declining Lenders having unused Commitments under the Revolving Facility, and subsequent repayments under the Revolving Facility shall be applied firstly to Financing Lenders, in each case until such time as the proportion that the amount of each Revolving Lender’s Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility bears to the aggregate Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility is equal to such proportion which would have been in effect but for the application of this Section 2.1(7).

 

For greater certainty, in no event shall a Declining Lender be obligated to purchase any participation in accordance with Section 14.1 to the extent that the shortfall in such Declining Lender’s share of outstanding Obligations under the Revolving Facility is attributable to the operation of this Section 2.1(7).

 

(8)            Lending Offices. Each Lender (i) shall designate a Lending Office and shall fund all of its Accommodations under the Credit Facilities from such Lending Office and (ii) from time to time by written notice to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrower), may elect to change its Lending Office to another office, branch or location in the United States of America (or any other country in the case of a Revolving Lender); provided that, unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the consent of the Borrower to a change under this Section 2.1(8) shall be required (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, it being acknowledged that the Borrower may reasonably object to a change if the result thereof would be to subject the Borrower to additional Increased Costs) and further provided that any exercise of such option shall not affect in any manner the obligation of the Borrower to repay any Accommodation in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.2Repayment.

 

(1)            Credit Facilities Repayment. The Credit Facilities shall, subject to early repayment or acceleration in accordance with this Agreement, be repaid as follows:

 

(a)Revolving Facility – The Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility shall be repaid in full on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

 

(b)Initial Term Loans – The Principal Outstanding under the Initial Term Loans shall be repaid as follows (each such payment referred to as an “Initial Term Repayment Amount”):

 

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(i)on the last day of each Financial Quarter after the Closing Date (excluding the Financial Quarter in which the Closing Date occurs), the Principal Outstanding under the Initial Term Loans will be repaid by amount equal to 0.25% of the Principal Outstanding under the Initial Term Loans at the close of business in Toronto on the Closing Date after giving effect to any payment under this Agreement (each such date, an “Initial Term Repayment Date”); and

 

(ii)on the Initial Term Maturity Date, any remaining Principal Outstanding under the Initial Term Loans will be repaid in full.

 

(c)Incremental Term Loans – The Principal Outstanding under any Incremental Term Loans shall be repaid in the amounts and on the applicable dates set forth in the applicable Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment.

 

(2)            Interest. At the same time as any mandatory or voluntary repayment or prepayment of principal is made hereunder, the Borrower shall also pay all accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid.

 

(3)            Foreign Exchange Fluctuations. If at any time the US$ Equivalent Principal Outstanding under a Credit Facility, as calculated by the Administrative Agent as at the first Business Day of a calendar month, shall exceed 105% of the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders thereunder by virtue of a change in the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars of Accommodations made in any other currencies, the Borrower shall within five Business Days following written demand therefor by the Administrative Agent at the Borrower’s election either (i) pay to the Administrative Agent on account of the Principal Outstanding thereunder such amount as is required to reduce such US$ Equivalent Principal Outstanding under such Credit Facility to, or below, such aggregate Commitments, or (ii) pay such excess amount to the Administrative Agent, to be held by the Administrative Agent as cash collateral security for the Obligations under the relevant Credit Facility as they come due.

 

(4)            Exceeding Commitments. Subject to Section 2.2(3), if at any time the US$ Equivalent Principal Outstanding under a Credit Facility, as calculated by the Administrative Agent, shall exceed the aggregate Commitments of the Lenders under such Credit Facility, the Borrower shall within five Business Days following written demand therefor by the Administrative Agent pay to the Administrative Agent on account of the Principal Outstanding thereunder such amount as is required to reduce such US$ Equivalent Principal Outstanding under such Credit Facility to, or below, such aggregate Commitments.

 

2.3Mandatory Reductions and Prepayments.

 

(1)            Term Facilities Mandatory Prepayments

 

(a)Prepayment Events – Upon the occurrence of any Prepayment Event, the Borrower shall, within three Business Days after receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event and within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any other Prepayment Event (or, in the case of Deferred Net Cash Proceeds, within ten Business Days after the Deferred Net Cash Proceeds Payment Date), in accordance with Section 2.3(2) below, prepay Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Prepayment Event; provided that, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale Prepayment Event or Casualty Prepayment Event, the Borrower may use a rateable portion of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or repurchase Permitted Other Indebtedness (and with such prepaid or repurchased Permitted Other Indebtedness permanently extinguished) with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal in priority to the Liens securing the Obligations to the extent any applicable Permitted Other Indebtedness Document requires the issuer of such Permitted Other Indebtedness to prepay or make an offer to purchase such Permitted Other Indebtedness with the proceeds of such Prepayment Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (x) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds multiplied by (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of the Permitted Other Indebtedness with a Lien on the Collateral ranking equal with the Liens securing the Obligations and with respect to which such a requirement to prepay or make an offer to purchase exists and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of such Permitted Other Indebtedness and the outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.

 

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(b)Prepayments from Excess Cash Flow - Not later than ten Business Days after the date on which Financial Statements are required to be delivered with respect to any Financial Year (commencing with the Financial Year ending December 31, 2023), the Borrower shall prepay (or cause to be prepaid), in accordance with Section 2.3(2) below, Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount equal to the ECF Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for such Financial Year minus the sum of (i) all voluntary prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of Term Loans or other any Permitted Other Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Term Facilities (and with such prepaid, repurchased or reduced Permitted Other Indebtedness permanently extinguished) made during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to when such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due (limited, in the case of a “Dutch auction” pursuant to Section 14.8(12)(x) or open market purchases pursuant to Section 14.8(12), to the lesser of (x) the actual purchase price paid in cash with respect thereto and (y) the par amount of such Term Loans so purchased) in each case to the extent such prepayments, repurchases, or redemptions were not financed with the proceeds of long-term debt; provided that such prepayments, repurchases or redemptions are either completed in accordance with Section 14.8(12)(x) or otherwise offered to all of the applicable Term Lenders on a pro rata basis and (ii) all voluntary prepayments, repurchases or redemptions of Revolving Facility Loans during such fiscal year or after year-end and prior to when such Excess Cash Flow prepayment is due to the extent the Revolving Credit Commitments are permanently reduced by the amount of such payments. To the extent the repatriation of any of or all of the Excess Cash Flow attributable to Foreign Subsidiaries could result in material adverse tax consequences to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Borrower), the amount of Excess Cash Flow so affected will not be required to be taken into account in determining the amount to be applied to repay the Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.3(1)(b).

 

(2)            Application to Repayment Amounts. Each prepayment of Borrowings required by Section 2.3(1) shall be applied, without premium or penalty to the next eight scheduled amortization payments of the Term Loans in direct order of maturity until each such amortization payment is paid in full and then pro rata to the remaining scheduled amortization payments of the Term Loans. With respect to each such prepayment, the Borrower will, not later than the date specified in this Section 2.3 for making such prepayment, give the Administrative Agent written notice which shall include a calculation of the amount of such prepayment to be applied to each such Credit Facility, and requesting that the Administrative Agent provide notice of such prepayment to each applicable Lender.

 

(3)            Rejection Right. The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Borrowings required to be made pursuant to Section 2.3(1)(a) at least three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender with Commitments under the relevant Credit Facilities of the contents of such prepayment notice and of such Lender’s pro rata share of the prepayment. Each such Lender may reject all (but not less than all) of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment other than any such mandatory prepayment with respect to a Debt Incurrence Prepayment Event (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Borrowings required to be made pursuant to Section 2.3(1)(a) or 2.3(1)(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent no later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time), one Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Borrowings, as applicable. Any Declined Proceeds remaining may be retained by the Borrower (“Retained Declined Proceeds”) and shall, if so retained by the Borrower, constitute a portion of the Available Amount, to the extent provided in clause (d) of the definition of “Available Amount” as set forth herein.

 

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2.4Voluntary Reductions and Prepayments.

 

(1)            Reductions of Revolving Facility Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, without penalty or bonus, upon at least three Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent in the form of Schedule 9 annexed hereto, to terminate the whole or reduce in part on a permanent basis the unused portion of the Revolving Facility Commitments of the Revolving Lenders under the Revolving Facility (pro rata among the Revolving Lenders on the basis of their respective Revolving Facility Commitments); provided that each partial reduction shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5 million and multiples in excess thereof of $1 million or in the full amount of the Principal Outstanding under such Credit Facility.

 

(2)            Optional Prepayment of Credit Facilities. In addition to repayments made under the Revolving Facility in accordance with the revolving nature thereof under Section 2.1(5)(a), the Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time, without penalty or bonus but subject to Section 2.4(5) and Section 11.5(1), upon at least three Business Days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), to effect a voluntary prepayment on account of the Principal Outstanding under any or all Credit Facilities, which prepayment shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5 million and multiples in excess thereof of $1 million or in the full amount of the Principal Outstanding under such Credit Facility.

 

(3)            Order. Any prepayment of Term Loans under Section 2.4(2) shall be applied to the relevant Term Facility (pro rata among the Lenders thereof on the basis of their respective Term Loans under such Term Facility) and any remaining amortization payments thereunder as directed by the Borrower (and, if no direction is given, in direct order of maturity).

 

(4)            Return of Letters of Credit. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time, at its option, return any outstanding Letter of Credit to the Issuing Bank for cancellation.

 

(5)            Soft Call Premium. If, prior to the date that is six months after the Closing Date, (a) there shall occur any amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification of this Agreement the primary purpose of which is to reduce the all in yield then in effect for the Initial Term Loans hereunder, (b) all or any portion of the Initial Term Loans are voluntarily prepaid or mandatorily prepaid with the net cash proceeds of issuances, offerings or placement of Debt obligations, or refinanced substantially concurrently with the incurrence of, or conversion of the loans thereunder into, new Debt in a transaction the primary purpose of which is to lower the all in yield below the all in yield in effect for the Initial Term Loans so prepaid, or (c) a Term Lender must assign its Initial Term Loans as a result of its failure to consent to an amendment, amendment and restatement or other modification of this Agreement the primary purpose of which is to reduce the all in yield then in effect for such Initial Term Loans (any of clause (a), (b) or (c), a ”Repricing Transaction”), then in each case the aggregate principal amount subject to such Repricing Transaction (other than any Repricing Transaction made in connection with a Change of Control or a Transformative Acquisition) will be subject to a 1.00% prepayment premium. The “all-in yield” for purposes of this Section 2.4(5) shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the Yield Differential pursuant to Section 2.14(5).

 

2.5Payments.

 

(1)            Payment Account. The Borrower shall make each payment to be made hereunder not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) in the currency of the Accommodation or other obligation in respect of which such payment is made (be it US Dollars or another currency) on the day (subject to Section 2.5(2)) when due, in immediately available funds, by deposit of such funds to the applicable Payment Account.

 

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(2)            Business Day. Subject to the next following sentence, whenever any payment hereunder is 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 interest or fees, as the case may be.  If any such extension would cause any payment of interest or fees on an Accommodation to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.

 

(3)            Application. Unless otherwise provided herein, all amounts received by the Administrative Agent on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:

 

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including attorney costs payable under Section 14.5 and amounts payable under Article XI) payable to each Agent in its capacity as such;

 

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest, Cash Management Obligations and Hedging Obligations) payable to the Lenders (including attorney costs payable under Section 14.5 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

 

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest (including, but not limited to, post-petition interest), and that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments in respect of Hedging Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the other Secured Parties entitled thereto, respectively, in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

 

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans, unreimbursed amounts, face amounts of any Letter of Credit, termination value under Hedging Instrument and Cash Management Obligations and to Cash Collateralize that portion of Letter of Credit Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

 

Fifth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and

 

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

 

Subject to Section 5.6, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, to the Borrower.

 

(4)            Pro Rata Basis. All payments of principal, interest and fees to the Lenders, unless otherwise expressly stipulated, shall be made for the account of, and distributed by the Administrative Agent to, the Lenders pro rata on the basis of the amounts respectively owed to them as (as applicable) principal, interest or fees under the relevant Credit Facility.

 

(5)            Payments Free of Set-off. Each payment made by the Borrower on account of the Obligations shall be made without set-off or counterclaim.

 

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2.6Computations.

 

All computations of:

 

(a)interest based on the Canadian Prime Rate, CDOR, Daily Simple SONIA or clause (a) of the ABR shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 days or, in the case of a leap year, 366 days and the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest is payable;

 

(b)interest based on Adjusted Term SOFR, Euribor or clause (b), (c) or (d) of the ABR shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest is payable.

 

Computation of fees under Sections 2.7(a) and 5.7(1) and (2) shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 365 days or (in the case of a leap year and only with respect to fees under Sections 2.7(a) and 5.7(1) and (2)) 366 days and the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such fees are payable. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an amount of interest or fees payable by the Borrower hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent demonstrated error.

 

2.7Fees.

 

The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the following fees, calculated as follows:

 

(a)a commitment fee (for the account of the Revolving Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective Revolving Facility Commitments) payable by the Borrower at the rate per annum equal to the applicable percentage set forth in the definition of “Applicable Margin”, calculated on the difference from time to time between the aggregate Revolving Facility Commitments (as reduced in accordance with Section 2.4 or otherwise adjusted in accordance with this Agreement) and the aggregate Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility (excluding Swingline Advances); such fee shall be payable in US Dollars, calculated daily from the Closing Date to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, and payable quarterly in arrears on the first day of each January, April, July, and October and on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date; and

 

(b)the fees agreed from time to time between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in a separate letter agreement.

 

2.8Interest on Overdue Amounts.

 

After occurrence and during the continuance of a Specified Event of Default, the Borrower shall pay interest on all overdue principal and interest amounts under this Agreement at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand to the fullest extent permitted by and subject to applicable Laws, including in relation to any required additional agreements.

 

2.9Where Borrower Fails to Pay.

 

Unless the Administrative Agent has been notified in writing by the Borrower at least one Business Day prior to the date on which any payment to be made by the Borrower hereunder is due that the Borrower does not intend to remit such payment, the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion, assume that the Borrower has remitted such payment when so due and the Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and in reliance upon such assumption, make available to each relevant Lender on such payment date an amount equal to the portion of such payment which is due to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement. If the Borrower does not in fact remit such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each such Lender and such Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the portion of such assumed payment made available to such Lender, together with interest thereon until the date of repayment thereof at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent (such rate to be conclusive and binding on such Lender) in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s usual banking practice for similar advances to financial institutions of like standing as such Lender but in no event greater than, as the case may be, the Canadian Prime Rate or the ABR.

 

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2.10Evidence of Indebtedness.

 

The Advances made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by one or more entries in the Register. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the Register, the Register shall be conclusive in the absence of demonstrable error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a promissory note payable to such Lender or its registered assigns, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to such promissory note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

2.11Administrative Agent’s Discretion on Allocation.

 

In the event that it is not practicable to allocate to each Revolving Lender its Rateable Portion of an Accommodation in accordance with Section 3.2 by reason of the occurrence of circumstances described in Article 11, the Administrative Agent is authorized by the Borrower and each Revolving Lender to make such allocation as the Administrative Agent determines in its sole and unfettered discretion may be equitable in the circumstances. All fees in respect of and repayments in connection with any such Accommodation, as well as future Accommodations, shall be adjusted as among the Revolving Lenders by the Administrative Agent accordingly.

 

2.12Rollover and Conversion.

 

(1)            General. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Borrower may from time to time request that any type of Loan or any portion thereof be rolled over or converted in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(2)            Request. Each request by the Borrower for a Rollover or Conversion shall be made by the delivery of a duly completed and executed Accommodation Request to the Administrative Agent and the provisions of Article 3 or Article 4 shall apply to each request for a Rollover or Conversion as if such request were a request thereunder for a Borrowing.

 

(3)            Effective Date. Each Rollover or Conversion of a CDOR Rate Loan or SOFR Loan shall be made effective as of the last day of the subsisting Interest Period.

 

(4)            Failure to Elect. If the Borrower does not deliver an Accommodation Request at or before the time required by Section 2.12(2) and:

 

(a)[reserved];

 

(b)in the case of a CDOR Rate Loan, fails to give two Business Days’ prior notice that it will pay to the principal amount thereof at the end of the relevant Interest Period or if the Borrower gives such notice but fails to act in such accordance with it, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Rollover of such Loan for a further Interest Period of one month, and all of the provisions hereof applicable to CDOR Rate Loans shall apply thereto; or

 

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(c)in the case of a SOFR Loan, fails to give three Business Days prior notice that it will pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lender the principal amount thereof at the end of the relevant Interest Period or if the Borrower gives such notice but fails to act in such accordance with it, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Rollover of such Loan for a further Interest Period of one month, and all of the provisions hereof applicable to SOFR Loans shall apply thereto.

 

2.13Extensions of Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

 

(1)            The Borrower may from time to time, at its option, by delivering to the Administrative Agent a written extension request (a “Revolving Facility Extension Request”), request the Revolving Lenders to extend the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

 

(2)            Promptly after receipt from the Borrower of an executed Revolving Facility Extension Request, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Revolving Lender a copy of such Revolving Facility Extension Request, and each such Revolving Lender shall, within ten Business Days (or such other period as the Administrative Agent may agree) after receipt of such Revolving Facility Extension Request (the “Election Date”), notify the Administrative Agent in writing (such note, the “Revolving Facility Extension Election”) whether such Revolving Lender will agree to extend its Revolving Facility Maturity Date; provided that if any Revolving Lender fails to so advise the Administrative Agent by the Election Date, then such Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have advised the Administrative Agent that it will not agree to extend its Revolving Facility Maturity Date. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower if any Revolving Lender advises that it will not agree to extend its Revolving Facility Maturity Date. Subject to any replacement of Non-Extending Revolving Lenders under Section 11.7, any such extension shall apply only to those Revolving Lenders which provided their consent to such extension (the “Extending Revolving Lenders”). The determination of each Revolving Lender whether or not to extend the Revolving Facility Maturity Date applicable to it shall be made by each individual Revolving Lender in its sole discretion.

 

(3)            Promptly following the Election Date, the Administrative Agent shall either:

 

(a)deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to each such Revolving Lender) a written extension signed by the Administrative Agent; or

 

(b)notify the Borrower that the request for extension has been denied.

 

(4)            If the extension of the Revolving Facility Maturity Date is approved by less than all of the Revolving Lenders, then the Administrative Agent shall also advise the Borrower of (i) any Revolving Lender(s) which did not agree to the requested extension (each, a “Non-Extending Revolving Lender”), (ii) each Non-Extending Revolving Lender’s Rateable Portion of the Obligations then outstanding and (iii) the amount, if any, by which each Extending Revolving Lender is prepared to increase its Commitments in the event the Borrower proposes to assign the Commitments of a Non-Extending Revolving Lender under Section 11.7.

 

(5)            Upon the delivery to the Borrower of a written extension, the then current Revolving Facility Maturity Date of the Extending Revolving Lenders shall be extended in the Revolving Facility Extension Request as specified therein and the then current Revolving Facility Maturity Date for the Non-Extending Revolving Lenders will remain unchanged.

 

(6)            Each Non-Extending Revolving Lender shall be deemed to be an Affected Lender for the purposes of Section 11.7.

 

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(7)            Paragraphs (1) through (6) of this Section 2.13 shall apply from time to time to permit successive extensions to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date prior to the then current Latest Maturity Date of any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments hereunder.

 

(8)            Each Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Agents, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.13.

 

2.14Extensions of Maturity Dates of Term Facilities.

 

(1)            The Borrower may from time to time, at its option, by delivering to the Administrative Agent a written extension request (a “Term Facility Extension Request”), request the Term Lenders to extend the Initial Term Maturity Date or add another tranche of Term Loans.

 

(2)            Promptly after receipt from the Borrower of an executed Term Facility Extension Request, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to each Term Lender a copy of such Term Facility Extension Request, and each such Term Lender shall, within ten Business Days (or such other period as the Administrative Agent may agree) after receipt of such Term Facility Extension Request (the “Term Election Date”), notify the Administrative Agent in writing (such note, the “Term Facility Extension Election”) whether such Term Lender will agree to extend its Initial Term Maturity Date; provided that if any Term Lender fails to so advise the Administrative Agent by the Term Election Date, then such Term Lender shall be deemed to have advised the Administrative Agent that it will not agree to extend its Initial Term Maturity Date. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower if any Term Lender advises that it will not agree to extend its Initial Term Maturity Date. Subject to any replacement of Non-Extending Term Lenders under Section 11.7, any extension shall apply only to those Term Lenders which provided their consent to such extension (the “Extending Term Lenders”). The determination of each Term Lender whether or not to extend its Initial Term Maturity Date shall be made by each individual Term Lender in its sole discretion.

 

(3)            Promptly following the Term Election Date, the Administrative Agent shall either:

 

(a)deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to each Term Lender) a written extension signed by the Administrative Agent; or

 

(b)notify the Borrower that the request for extension has been denied.

 

(4)            If the extension is approved by less than all of the Term Lenders, then the Administrative Agent shall also advise the Borrower of any Term Lender(s) which did not agree to the requested extension (each, a “Non-Extending Term Lender”), each Non-Extending Term Lender’s Rateable Portion of the Obligations then outstanding and the amount, if any, by which each Extending Term Lender is prepared to increase its Term Commitments in the event the Borrower proposes to assign the Term Commitments of a Non-Extending Term Lender under Section 11.7.

 

(5)            Upon the delivery to the Borrower of a written extension, the then current Initial Term Maturity Date of the Extending Term Lenders shall be extended for the term specified in the Term Facility Extension Request and the then current Initial Term Maturity Date for the Non-Extending Term Lenders will remain unchanged.

 

(6)            Each Non-Extending Term Lender shall be deemed to be an Affected Lender for the purposes of Section 11.7.

 

(7)            Paragraphs (1) through (6) of this Section 2.14 shall apply from time to time to permit successive extensions to the Initial Term Maturity Date prior to the then current Latest Maturity Date of any Class of Term Loans hereunder.

 

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(8)            Each Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Agents, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.14.

 

2.15Incremental Facilities.

 

(1)            Subject to Sections 2.15(3) and 2.15(4), the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time (each such notice an “Incremental Commitment Request”) elect to request the establishment of one or more (x) additional first lien Term Facilities or increases in the aggregate maximum permitted Principal Outstanding under any then exisiting Term Facility (the “Incremental Term Commitments”) or (y) additional first lien revolving facilities or increases in the aggregate maximum permitted Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility (the “Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments” and collectively with the Incremental Term Commitments, the “Incremental Commitments”), in an aggregate principal amount for all Incremental Commitments taken together not to exceed the greater of the following (the “Incremental Facility Limit”) (a) the Unrestricted Incremental Amount at such time plus (b) the amount of any voluntary prepayments, repurchases, redemptions or other retirements of the Term Loans and voluntary permanent reductions of the Revolving Facility Commitments effected after the Closing Date (including pursuant to debt buy-backs made by the Borrower or any Subsidiary pursuant to “Dutch auction” procedures and open market purchases permitted hereunder, in an amount equal to the amount actually paid in respect thereof, but excluding (A) any prepayment of Term Loans with the proceeds of substantially concurrent borrowings of new Loans hereunder, (B) any reduction of Revolving Facility Commitments in connection with a substantially concurrent issuance of new revolving commitments hereunder and (C) prepayments with the proceeds of substantially concurrent incurrence of other long term Debt (other than borrowings under the Revolving Facility)) (this clause (b), the “Voluntary Prepayment Amount”) plus (c) unlimited additional Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt so long as, after giving Pro Forma Effect thereto (but excluding the cash proceeds of any such Incremental Facilities), (i) if such Incremental Facility is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Closing Date Facilities, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.75:1.00, (ii) if such Incremental Facility is secured by the Collateral on a junior-lien basis with the Closing Date Facilities, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.50:1.00 and (iii) if such Incremental Facility is unsecured, the Borrower would be in compliance with the Financial Covenants (in each case, excluding from such ratio calculations (x) amounts incurred concurrently with the incurrence of indebtedness incurred in reliance on the Unrestricted Incremental Amount and/or the Voluntary Prepayment Amount and (y) amounts incurred concurrently or substantially concurrently with the incurrence of Debt pursuant to drawings under the Revolving Facility, in which case the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio may exceed 3.75:1.00, as a result of the incurrence of such amounts, and it being understood that Incremental Facilities may be incurred pursuant to this clause (c) prior to utilization of the Unrestricted Incremental Amount and the Voluntary Prepayment Amount) and assuming for purposes of such calculation that the full committed amount of any new Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments and/or any Incremental Equivalent Debt constituting a revolving credit commitment then being incurred shall be treated as outstanding indebtedness (this clause (c), the “Incremental Incurrence Test”). Any portion of any Incremental Facility incurred other than under the Incremental Incurrence Test may be reclassified at any time, as the Borrower may elect from time to time, as incurred under the Incremental Incurrence Test if the Borrower meets the applicable ratio under the Incremental Incurrence Test at such time on a Pro Forma Basis at any time subsequent to the incurrence of such Incremental Facility (or would have met such ratio, in which case, such reclassification shall be deemed to have automatically occurred if not elected by the Borrower).

 

(2)            Each Incremental Commitment Request shall specify the date on which the Borrower proposes that the Incremental Commitment requested therein shall become effective. In connection with the incurrence of any Debt under this Section 2.15, the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent a certificate certifying that the Incremental Commitments do not exceed the Incremental Facility Limit (which certificate shall be in reasonable detail and shall provide the calculations and basis therefor and classify such Debt as being incurred under clause (a), (b) or (c) of the definition of “Incremental Facility Limit” (which classification may be reclassified) and that the conditions in Section 2.15(4) have been satisfied.

 

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(3)            The Lenders at the time of any request under Section 2.15(1) shall not be obliged to participate in any Incremental Facility and the Borrower may pursue and include new lenders to assist in funding any Incremental Commitments; provided that the addition of new lenders under such Incremental Facility shall be subject to:

 

(a)the consent of the Administrative Agent and, in the case of Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments, each Issuing Bank under the Revolving Facility and the Swingline Lender;

 

(b)[reserved];

 

(c)the execution and delivery by such new lenders of such accession or similar agreements as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order that such new lenders shall be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and

 

(d)compliance by such lenders with such reasonable procedures as may established by the Administrative Agent in connection with the establishment of such Incremental Facility.

 

(4)            The effectiveness of any Incremental Commitments shall be subject to the following conditions (the date upon which any Incremental Commitments become effective, the “Increased Amount Date”): (i) subject to the Limited Condition Acquisition Provisions in the case of any Incremental Commitments the proceeds of which will be used to fund an Acquisition or other similar material Investment permitted under the Credit Facility Documents, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would immediately result therefrom, (ii) subject to the Limited Condition Acquisition Provisions in the case of any Incremental Commitments the proceeds of which will be used to fund a Limited Condition Acquisition, all representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects immediately prior to, and after giving effect to, the incurrence of such Incremental Commitments (provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects (after giving effect to any such qualification therein)), (iii) the maturity date of any Incremental Term Commitments shall be no earlier than the Initial Term Maturity Date, (iv) the weighted average life to maturity of any Incremental Term Commitments shall be no shorter than the weighted average life to maturity of the Initial Term Commitments, (v) the interest margins for such Incremental Term Commitments shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders of such Incremental Term Commitments; provided that in the event that the all in yield for any broadly syndicated U.S. dollar denominated floating rate Incremental Term Facility that is pari passu in right of payment and security with the Obligations and incurred prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date is greater than the all in yield for the Initial Term Commitments by more than 50 basis points (the “Yield Differential”), then the Applicable Margin for the Initial Term Commitments shall be increased to the extent necessary so that the all in yield for such Incremental Term Commitments is not more than 50 basis points higher than the all in yield for the Initial Term Commitments, (vi) any Incremental Facility, to the extent secured, shall be secured only by the Collateral (or a portion thereof) and shall only be guaranteed by the Guarantors (or a subset thereof) (and if secured by junior liens on Collateral, subject to a customary intercreditor agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent); provided that any Incremental Facility may be secured by assets other than the Collateral or guaranteed by a Person other than the Guarantors, so long as such assets are contemporaneously included as Collateral and such Person contemporaneously becomes a Guarantor in respect of the Closing Date Facilities and (vii) any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments shall be pursuant to documentation consistent with the Initial Revolving Facility Commitments and any Incremental Term Commitments shall be pursuant to documentation to be determined; provided that, to the extent such terms and documentation relating to any Incremental Term Facility are not consistent with the Initial Term Commitments (except to the extent permitted by clauses (iii), (iv) or (v) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(5)            For purposes of determining the interest margins applicable to the Incremental Term Commitments and the Yield Differential for the Initial Term Commitments, (A) OID or upfront fees (which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of OID) payable by the Borrower for the account of the Initial Term Lenders in the primary syndication thereof shall be included (with OID being equated to interest based on an assumed four-year life to maturity), (B) customary arrangement or similar fees payable to the applicable lead arrangers (or their respective Affiliates) in connection with the Initial Term Commitments or to one or more arrangers (or their Affiliates) of such Incremental Term Commitments shall be excluded and (C) if the Adjusted Term SOFR or ABR floor for such Incremental Term Commitments is greater than the Adjusted Term SOFR or ABR floor, respectively, for the Initial Term Commitments, the difference between such floor for such Incremental Term Commitments and the Initial Term Commitments shall be equated to an increase in the Applicable Margin to the extent an increase in the interest rate floor in such Initial Term Commitments would cause an increase in the interest rate then in effect thereunder, and in such case the interest rate floor (but not the interest rate margin) applicable to such Initial Term Commitments shall be increased by such increased amount.

 

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(6)            An amount not to exceed the then available unused capacity with respect to the incurrence of Debt under Incremental Commitments may, subject to compliance with the requirements set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) and clause (vi) of Section 2.15(4) (except that (A) customary bridge facilities shall be permitted notwithstanding clause (iii) of Section 2.15(4) and (B) any such Debt that is in the form of term loans that are secured on a pari passu basis with the Credit Facilities shall be subject to clause (v) of Section 2.15(4)), be used by the Borrower for the incurrence of Permitted Other Indebtedness, in each case (if secured) to be subject to a First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; provided that the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants after giving effect to the incurrence thereof (all such debt in this paragraph (6), “Incremental Equivalent Debt”).

 

(7)            On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments become effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions of this Section 2.15, (a) each of the Revolving Lenders with Initial Revolving Facility Commitments shall assign to each Revolving Lender with an Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment (each, an “Incremental Revolving Lender”) and each Incremental Revolving Lender shall purchase from each of the Lenders with Initial Revolving Facility Commitments, at the principal amount thereof, such interests in the Loans outstanding thereunder on such Increased Amount Date as shall be necessary in order that, after giving effect to all such assignments and purchases, the Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility will be held by existing Revolving Lenders and Incremental Revolving Lenders rateably in accordance with their respective Revolving Facility Commitments after giving effect to the addition of such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments to the existing Revolving Facility Commitments, and (b) (i) each Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Facility Commitment and (ii) each Incremental Revolving Lender shall become a Lender with respect to its Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment and all matters relating thereto; provided that the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank under the Revolving Facility shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such Incremental Revolving Lender providing such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitment to the extent such consent, if any, would be required under Section 14.8 for an assignment of Revolving Facility Loans or Revolving Facility Commitments, as applicable, to such Incremental Revolving Lender.

 

(8)            On any Increased Amount Date on which any Incremental Term Commitments become effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions of this Section 2.15, (a) each of the Term Lenders with Incremental Term Commitments shall make an Advance to the Borrower in an amount equal to its Incremental Term Commitment, and (ii) each provider of Incremental Term Loans shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to its Incremental Term Commitment and the Advances thereunder made pursuant thereto.

 

(9)            Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments shall be treated the same as any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments being increased thereby (including with respect to the Maturity Date thereof) and shall be considered to be part of the Class of Revolving Facility Commitments being increased.

 

(10)            Incremental Term Commitments shall be treated the same as any Class of Term Commitments being increased thereby (including with respect to the Maturity Date thereof) and shall be considered to be part of the Class of Term Facility being increased.

 

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(11)            The terms and provisions of Incremental Term Loans and Incremental Term Commitments of any Class shall be on terms and documentation set forth in the applicable Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment as determined by the Borrower; provided that such terms comply with the requirements of Section 2.15(4) to the extent applicable. Any Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments or Incremental Term Loan made on an Increased Amount Date shall, at the election of the Borrower and agreed to by the Lenders providing such Incremental Revolving Facility Commitments or Incremental Term Commitments, be designated as (a) a separate Class of Term Loans or revolving Commitments for all purposes of this Agreement or (b) part of a Class of existing Term Loans or Revolving Facility Loans for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

(12)            The Borrower shall provide a certificate of a Senior Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the funding date for any Incremental Facility, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Incremental Facility or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the applicable requirements of this Section 2.15.

 

(13)            Each Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Agents, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.15.

 

2.16Refinancing of Credit Facilities.

 

(1)            The Borrower may refinance any of the Credit Facilities from time to time, in whole or part, with one or more new term loan facilities (each, a “Refinancing Term Facility”) or new revolving loan facilities (each, a “Refinancing Revolving Facility”; the Refinancing Term Facilities and the Refinancing Revolving Facilities are collectively referred to as “Refinancing Facilities”), respectively, under the Credit Facility Documents with the consent of the Administrative Agent and, in the case of a Refinancing Revolving Facility, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank (in each case, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and the institutions providing such Refinancing Term Facility or Refinancing Revolving Facility or with one or more additional Classes of (x) senior unsecured notes or loans; (y) senior secured notes or loans that will be First Lien Obligations or (z) senior secured notes or loans that will be Second Lien Obligations (any such notes or loans, “Refinancing Notes”; and the refinancings effected in accordance with this Section 2.16, “Permitted Refinancings”); provided that (a) any Refinancing Term Facility does not mature prior to the Maturity Date of, or have a weighted average life to maturity, earlier than the Maturity Date, or the weighted average life, of the Class of Term Loans being refinanced and any Refinancing Notes mature no earlier than the Maturity Date of the Class of Term Loans being refinanced (provided that, in any case, any Refinancing Term Facility may include amortization not in excess of 1% per annum), (b) any Refinancing Notes are not subject to any amortization prior to final maturity and are not subject to mandatory redemption or prepayment (except customary asset sale and change of control provisions), (c) any Refinancing Revolving Facility does not mature prior to the Maturity Date of the Revolving Facility Commitments being refinanced, (d) any Refinancing Facilities or Refinancing Notes, to the extent secured, shall be secured only by the Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a pari passu or junior basis and shall only be guaranteed by the Guarantors (provided that such Refinancing Facilities or Refinancing Notes may be secured by assets other than the Collateral or guaranteed by a Subsidiary other than the Guarantors, so long as such assets are contemporaneously included as Collateral and such subsidiary becomes a Guarantor) and (e) the proceeds of such Refinancing Facilities or Refinancing Notes shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding Loans (and, in the case of the Revolving Facility, pro rata Commitment reductions) under the applicable Class of Loans being so refinanced.

 

(2)            The Borrower shall provide a certificate of a Senior Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of Debt under any Refinancing Facility or Refinancing Notes, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Debt 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.

 

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(3)            Each Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect technical and corresponding amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.16.

 

Article 3
ADVANCES AND LOANS

 

3.1Advances.

 

(1)            Commitments.

 

(a)Each Revolving Lender agrees (on a several basis with the other Revolving Lenders, up to the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment), on the terms and conditions herein set forth, to make Advances under the Revolving Facility at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

 

(b)Each Initial Term Lender agrees (on a several basis with the other Initial Term Lenders, up to the amount of such Lender’s Initial Term Commitment), on the terms and conditions herein set forth, to make an Advance under the Initial Term Facility on the Closing Date.

 

(2)            Amounts; Availability. The aggregate principal amount of each Borrowing shall comply with, and the availability thereof shall be subject to, Section 2.1(4).

 

3.2Making the Advances.

 

(1)            Notice. Each Borrowing under the Credit Facilities shall be made on at least three Business Days’ (in the case of SOFR Loans, CDOR Rate Loans, Euribor Loans or SONIA Loans) or one Business Day’s (in the case of ABR Loans or Canadian Prime Rate Loans) prior notice given not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent shall give to each relevant Lender prompt notice thereof and of such Lender’s Rateable Portion of each type of Borrowing to be made under the Borrowing. Each such notice of a Borrowing shall be given by way of an Accommodation Request or by telephone (confirmed promptly in writing), with the same information as would be contained in an Accommodation Request, including the requested date of such Borrowing and the aggregate amount of each type of Advance comprising such Borrowing.

 

(2)            Lender Funding. Except in connection with a Rollover or Conversion (other than a Conversion from one currency to another), each Lender shall, before 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date and in the currency of the requested Borrowing, deposit to the applicable Payment Account in immediately available funds such Lender’s Rateable Portion (subject to Section 2.11) of each type of Advance comprising such Borrowing. Promptly upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such funds and upon fulfilment of the applicable conditions set forth in Article 6, the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrower by debiting the Payment Account (or causing such account to be debited), and by crediting such account as the Borrower shall designate (or causing such account to be credited) with such Advances.

 

(3)            Failure by Lender to Fund. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Rateable Portion of each type of Advance comprising such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made each such Rateable Portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with Section 3.2(2) and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date corresponding amounts. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have made its Rateable Portion available to the Administrative Agent, such Lender shall pay such corresponding amounts to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand. If such Lender shall pay such corresponding amounts to the Administrative Agent, the amounts so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Rateable Portion of such Borrowing for the purposes of this Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover from such Lender interest on such corresponding amounts, for each day from the date such amounts were made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower until the date such amounts are repaid to the Administrative Agent, at a rate determined by the Administrative Agent (such rate to be conclusive and binding on such Lender) in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s usual banking practice for similar advances to financial institutions of like standing as such Lender but in no event greater than the ABR, together with the Administrative Agent’s reasonable administrative fee. If such Lender shall not pay such corresponding amounts to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand, the Borrower shall pay such corresponding amounts (together with accrued and unpaid interest at the applicable rate herein set forth for each type of Advance) to the Administrative Agent within two Business Days of demand being made upon it.

 

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(4)            Failure to Fund. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of the failure of any Lender to make an Advance if:

 

(a)such failure has not been remedied within seven days; or

 

(b)the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that such failure was caused by any reason other than a technical failure or as a result of a defect in the arrangements hereunder for funding Advances.

 

The Administrative Agent shall not be liable to the Borrower or any Lender in respect of notice given or not given pursuant to this Section 3.2(4). In the event of the continuing failure by any Defaulting Lender to make an Advance, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall use their reasonable best efforts to arrange for one or more other Persons (in this Section 3.2(4), the “assuming Lender”) reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to assume all or a portion of the relevant Commitments and acquire the outstanding Accommodations and other rights and interests of the Defaulting Lender hereunder. The assuming Lender and Defaulting Lender shall execute all such documents as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to effect such assumption and acquisition.

 

3.3Interest on Loans.

 

The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each at the following rates per annum:

 

(1)            Interest. The Borrower shall pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each at the following rates per annum:

 

(a)Canadian Prime Rate Loans.  If and so long as such Loan is a Canadian Prime Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of the Canadian Prime Rate in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin, calculated daily and payable in Canadian Dollars in arrears:

 

(i)quarterly on the last Business Day of each Financial Quarter; and

 

(ii)when such Canadian Prime Rate Loan becomes due and payable in full or is the subject of a Conversion.

 

(b)CDOR Rate Loans. If and so long as such Loan is a CDOR Rate Loan, at a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such CDOR Rate Loan to the sum of the CDOR Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin, calculated daily and payable in Canadian Dollars:

 

(i)at the end of each Interest Period (except where such Interest Period exceeds three months in duration, in which case such interest shall be payable on the dates falling every three months following the commencement of the Interest Period and, finally, at the end of such Interest Period); and

 

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(ii)when such CDOR Rate Loan becomes due and payable in full or is the subject of a Conversion.

 

(c)ABR Loans.  If and so long as such Loan is an ABR Loan, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of the ABR in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin, calculated daily and payable in US Dollars in arrears:

 

(i)quarterly on the last Business Day of each Financial Quarter; and

 

(ii)when such ABR Loan becomes due and payable in full or is the subject of a Conversion.

 

(d)SOFR Loans.  If and so long as such Loan is a SOFR Loan, at a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such SOFR Loan to the sum of Adjusted Term SOFR for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin, calculated daily and payable in US Dollars:

 

(i)at the end of each Interest Period (except where such Interest Period exceeds three months in duration, in which case such interest shall be payable on the dates falling every three months following the commencement of the Interest Period and, finally, at the end of such Interest Period); and

 

(ii)when such SOFR Loan becomes due and payable in full or is the subject of a Conversion.

 

(e)Euribor Loans.  If and so long as such Loan is a Euribor Loan, at a rate per annum equal at all times during each Interest Period for such Euribor Loan to the sum of Euribor for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin, calculated daily and payable in Euros:

 

(i)at the end of each Interest Period (except where such Interest Period exceeds three months in duration, in which case such interest shall be payable on the dates falling every three months following the commencement of the Interest Period and, finally, at the end of such Interest Period); and

 

(ii)when such Euribor Loan becomes due and payable in full.

 

(f)SONIA Loans.  If and so long as such Loan is a SONIA Loan, at a rate per annum equal at all times to the sum of the Daily Simple SONIA in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin, calculated daily and payable in British Pounds Sterling in arrears:

 

(i)quarterly on the last Business Day of each Financial Quarter; and

 

(ii)when such SONIA Loan becomes due and payable in full.

 

3.4Benchmark Replacement Setting

 

(1)            Benchmark Replacement.

 

(a)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Facility Document, if a Benchmark Transition Event and its related Benchmark Replacement Date have occurred prior any setting of the then-current Benchmark, then (x) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (a) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Facility Document in respect of such Benchmark setting and subsequent Benchmark settings without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document and (y) if a Benchmark Replacement is determined in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Replacement” for such Benchmark Replacement Date, such Benchmark Replacement will replace such Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Credit Facility Document in respect of any Benchmark setting at or after 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day after the date notice of such Benchmark Replacement is provided to the Lenders without any amendment to, or further action or consent of any other party to, this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document so long as the Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such Benchmark Replacement from Lenders comprising the Required Lenders.

 

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(b)No Excluded Swap Obligation shall be deemed to be a “Credit Facility Document” for purposes of this Section 3.4.

 

(2)            Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Administrative Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Facility Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document.

 

(3)            Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of (i) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (ii) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower of the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 3.4(4). Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Administrative Agent or, if applicable, any Lender (or group of Lenders) pursuant to this Section 3.4, including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 3.4.

 

(4)            Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Credit Facility Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (i) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (A) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent in its reasonable discretion or (B) the administrator of such Benchmark or the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) Principles for Financial Benchmarks (the “IOSCO Principles”), then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for any Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable, non-representative, non-compliant or non-aligned tenor and (ii) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (i) above either (A) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (B) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is not or will not be representative or in compliance with or aligned with the IOSCO Principles for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Agent may modify the definition of “Interest Period” (or any similar or analogous definition) for all Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

 

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(5)            Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon the Borrower’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, the Borrower may revoke any request for a SOFR Loan of, conversion to or continuation of SOFR Loans to be made, converted or continued during any Benchmark Unavailability Period and, failing that, the Borrower will be deemed to have converted any such request into a request for a Borrowing of or conversion to ABR Loans. During any Benchmark Unavailability Period or at any time that a tenor for the then-current Benchmark is not an Available Tenor, the component of the ABR based upon the then-current Benchmark or such tenor for such Benchmark, as applicable, will not be used in any determination of the ABR.

 

Article 4
[RESERVED]

 

Article 5
LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

5.1Letters of Credit Commitment.

 

(1)            Issuance.

 

(a)Each Issuing Bank under the Revolving Facility agrees (on a several basis with the other Issuing Banks under the Revolving Facility), subject to and upon the terms and conditions herein set forth, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date and prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Lenders set forth in this Article 5, to issue Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower, up to the amount of such Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Fronting Commitment.

 

(b)The parties hereto agree that the Existing Letters of Credit will automatically, without any further action on the part of any Person, be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under the Revolving Facility on the Closing Date for the account of the Borrower. Without limiting the foregoing, (i) each such Existing Letter of Credit shall be included in the calculation of the Principal Outstanding in respect of the Revolving Facility on the Closing Date, (ii) all liabilities of the Borrower with respect to such Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute Obligations under the Revolving Facility and (iii) each Revolving Lender shall have reimbursement obligations with respect to such Existing Letters of Credit as provided in Section 5.6.

 

(2)            Limitations on Issuance. Notwithstanding Section 5.1(1), (i) no Letter of Credit shall be issued if the Face Amount of such Letter of Credit, when added to the Face Amount of all other Letters of Credit outstanding under this Agreement at such time, would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit then in effect (or, with respect to any applicable Issuing Bank under the Revolving Facility, exceed such applicable Issuing Bank’s Letter of Credit Fronting Commitment); (ii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued under the Revolving Facility if the Face Amount thereof would cause the aggregate amount of the Principal Outstanding under the Revolving Facility at the time of (and giving effect to) the issuance thereof to exceed the Total Revolving Facility Commitments then in effect; (iii) no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue any Letter of Credit other than a standby Letter of Credit; (iv) Letters of Credit shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars, US Dollars or any other currency requested by the Borrower and agreed to by the applicable Issuing Bank; (v) 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 such Letter of Credit issued in its favor; (vi) no Issuing Bank shall be required to issue any Letter of Credit if the issuance thereof would violate one or more policies of such Issuing Bank applicable to letters of credit generally; (vii) no Letter of Credit shall be issued by an Issuing Bank after it has received a written notice from the Administrative Agent or the Borrower stating that a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing until such time as such applicable Issuing Bank shall have received a written notice of (x) rescission of such notice from the Administrative Agent or (y) the waiver of such Default or Event of Default in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.2; and (viii) no Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such Issuing Bank 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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(3)            Types of Issuance. Letters of Credit shall be issued under the Revolving Facility by the applicable Issuing Bank on behalf of the Revolving Lenders on a “fronting” basis as contemplated by Section 5.2.

 

(4)            Fronting Fee. The Borrower shall pay a fronting fee in respect of Letters of Credit as provided in Section 5.7(2).

 

5.2Letters of Credit.

 

In the event that a Letter of Credit shall be issued on behalf of the Revolving Lenders by an Issuing Bank:

 

(a)the Principal Outstanding in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be considered to be allocated among the Revolving Lenders pro rata on the basis of their respective Rateable Portions, and on the basis that each such Revolving Lender is liable to, and by entering into this Agreement agrees to, indemnify and hold harmless such Issuing Bank in relation to such Issuing Bank’s liability as issuer of such Letter of Credit to the extent of the amount of such pro rata share of such liability; and

 

(b)for greater certainty and without limiting the generality of Section 14.1, the Principal Outstanding among the Revolving Lenders shall be adjusted in the circumstances and in the manner contemplated by Section 14.1 in order to reflect the Issuance by the Issuing Bank on behalf of the Revolving Lenders.

 

5.3Notice of Issuance.

 

(1)            Notice. Each Issuance shall be made on at least three Business Days’ prior notice (or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the applicable Issuing Bank in its sole discretion), given in the form of the Issuing Bank’s customary letter of credit application (an “Issue Notice”) not later than 1:00p.m. (New York time) by the Borrower to the applicable Issuing Bank (with a copy of each such Notice to the Administrative Agent). Such Issue Notice shall be accompanied by any documents and information pertaining to such request as the Issuing Bank may reasonably request, including documentary and other evidence of the proposed beneficiary’s identity to enable the Issuing Bank to verify the beneficiary’s identity or to comply with Section 326 of the PATRIOT Act and any other applicable Law. In addition, the Borrower shall execute and deliver the Issuing Bank’s customary form of letter of credit indemnity agreement; provided that, if and to the extent that there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of such customary form of indemnity agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

(2)            Maturity. Each Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date on a Business Day which occurs no later than the earlier of (a) 365 days after the Issue Date (or such later date to which the applicable Issuing Bank agrees) and (b) five Business Days prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date; provided that (i) an automatic extension of the expiry date of any Letter of Credit pursuant to the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit or (ii) a reinstatement of any Letter of Credit containing customary “evergreen” renewal provisions following reimbursement or deemed reimbursement by a Revolving Facility Loan of any drawing under a Letter of Credit shall be permitted on customary terms, in each case so long as the expiry date is not extended past the date set forth in clause (b) unless the Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized.

 

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5.4Form of Letter of Credit.

 

Each Letter of Credit shall:

 

(a)be dated the Issue Date; and

 

(b)comply with the definition of Letter of Credit and shall otherwise be satisfactory in form and substance to the applicable Issuing Bank.

 

Except to the extent otherwise expressly provided herein or in another Credit Facility Document, the Uniform Customs or, as the case may be, ISP98 shall apply to and govern each Letter of Credit.

 

5.5Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit.

 

(1)            Issue. On the Issue Date, the applicable Issuing Bank will complete and issue a Letter of Credit in favor of the Beneficiary as specified by the Borrower in its Issue Notice.

 

(2)            Time for Honour. No Letter of Credit shall require payment against a conforming draft to be made thereunder on the same Business Day upon which such draft is presented, if such presentation is made after 11:00 a.m. (local time at the place of presentation) on such Business Day.

 

(3)            Text. Prior to an Issue Date, the Borrower shall specify a precise description of the documents and the verbatim text of any certificate to be presented by the Beneficiary prior to payment under the Letter of Credit. The applicable Issuing Bank may require changes in any such documents or certificate.

 

(4)            Conformity. In determining whether to pay under a Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank shall be responsible only to determine that the documents and certificates required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit.

 

5.6Payment of Amounts Drawn Under Letters of Credit.

 

(1)            Obligation to Reimburse. In the event of any request for a drawing under any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Bank may notify the Borrower (with a copy of the notice to the Administrative Agent) on or before the date on which it intends to honour such drawing. The Borrower (whether or not such notice is given) shall reimburse the applicable Issuing Bank on demand by such Issuing Bank in Canadian Dollars, US Dollars or such other currency, as the case may be, of an amount, in immediately available funds, equal to the amount of such drawing together with interest on such amount from and including the date of honouring such drawing until payment is made as if it were an Advance of the nature set forth in Section 5.6(2) below.

 

(2)            Deemed Advance. Unless the Borrower reimburses the applicable Issuing Bank for the amount of such drawing prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next Business Day after such drawing (with concurrent advice to the Administrative Agent):

 

(a)in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the Borrower shall be deemed to have given an Accommodation Request to the Administrative Agent requesting the Revolving Lenders to make an Advance under the Revolving Facility, on such next Business Day, in the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars of such drawing (disregarding the provisions of Section 2.1(4)) as follows:

 

(i)in respect of a drawing in US Dollars, an ABR Loan in the amount of such drawing; and

 

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(ii)in respect of a drawing in a currency other than US Dollars, an ABR Loan in the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars of such drawing; and

 

(b)subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including those set forth in Article 6), the Revolving Lenders shall be deemed to have made each such Advance in accordance with Article 3 and the Borrower shall be deemed to have applied the proceeds thereof (or required portion of such proceeds) to the reimbursement of the Revolving Lenders for the amount of such drawing.

 

(3)            Application of Reimbursement. Any reimbursement payment (including interest) made to the applicable Issuing Bank by the Borrower shall be for the account of such Issuing Bank.

 

5.7Fees.

 

(1)            Issue Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for the account of the Revolving Lenders, pro rata on the basis of their respective Rateable Portions) in respect of each Letter of Credit outstanding during any portion of a Financial Quarter, an issue fee equal to the applicable rate per annum set forth in the definition of “Applicable Margin” multiplied by an amount equal to the daily undrawn portion of the Face Amount of such Letter of Credit. Such issue fee shall be payable by the Borrower in the currency of issue in arrears; provided that the Borrower shall pay the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars of any fees payable in respect of Letters of Credit issued in a currency other than US Dollars. Each such payment shall be made within three Business Days after the date that is the earlier to occur of:

 

(a)the last day of such Financial Quarter; and

 

(b)the termination of such Letter of Credit;

 

and shall be determined for a period equal to the number of days that the Letter of Credit was outstanding during such Financial Quarter.

 

(2)            Fronting Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the applicable Issuing Bank, in respect of each Letter of Credit outstanding during any portion of a Financial Quarter, a fronting fee calculated at such rate as shall from time to time be agreed by the Borrower and such Issuing Bank (in each case in their sole discretion), and set forth in such agreement or other document as shall be so agreed. Such fronting fee shall be payable by the Borrower in the currency of issue in arrears; provided that the Borrower shall pay the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars of any fees payable in respect of Letters of Credit issued in a currency other than US Dollars. Each such payment shall be made within three Business Days after the date that is the earlier to occur of:

 

(a)the first business day following the end of such Financial Quarter; and

 

(b)the termination of such Letter of Credit;

 

and shall be determined for a period equal to the number of days that the Letter of Credit was outstanding during such Financial Quarter.

 

(3)            Administration Fee. The Borrower shall pay to the applicable Issuing Bank, upon the issuance, amendment or transfer of each Letter of Credit, such Issuing Bank’s standard documentary and administrative charges for issuing, amending or transferring standby or commercial letters of credit or letters of guarantee of a similar amount, term and risk.

 

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5.8Obligations Absolute.

 

The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Bank for drawings made under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be fulfilled strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including:

 

(a)any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;

 

(b)the existence of any claim, set-off, defence or other right which the Borrower may have at any time against a Beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the Credit Facility Documents, the transactions contemplated herein and therein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between the Borrower or an Affiliate and the Beneficiary of such Letter of Credit);

 

(c)any draft, demand, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent or invalid in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

 

(d)payment by such Issuing Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit (provided that such payment does not breach the standards of reasonable care specified in the Uniform Customs or disentitle the Issuing Bank to reimbursement under ISP98, in each case as stated on its face to be applicable to such Letter of Credit); or

 

(e)the fact that a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

5.9Nature of Lenders’ Duties.

 

As between (i) the Borrower, and (ii) each Issuing Bank and each Revolving Lender, the Borrower assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit issued hereunder, by the respective Beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit and, without limitation of the foregoing, none of (iii) the applicable Issuing Bank, or (iv) the Revolving Lenders (provided that such Issuing Bank acts in accordance with the standards of reasonable care specified in the Uniform Customs and otherwise as may be required under ISP98, in each case as stated on its face to be applicable to the respective Letter of Credit) shall be responsible for:

 

(a)the form, validity, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of such Letters of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged;

 

(b)the invalidity or insufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such 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;

 

(c)errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they are in cipher;

 

(d)errors in interpretation of technical terms;

 

(e)any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof;

 

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(f)the misapplication by the Beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; and

 

(g)any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the applicable Issuing Bank.

 

None of the above shall affect, impair or prevent the vesting of any of the rights or powers of (i) any Issuing Bank, or (ii) the Revolving Lenders hereunder. No action taken or omitted by any Issuing Bank under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it or the related certificates, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall put (iii) such Issuing Bank, or (iv) the Revolving Lenders, under any resulting liability to the Borrower (provided that such Issuing Bank acts in accordance with the standards of reasonable care specified in the Uniform Customs and otherwise as may be required under ISP98, in each case as stated on its face to be applicable to the respective Letter of Credit).

 

5.10Cash Collateral upon Acceleration Date, Maturity.

 

(1)      (1)      (i) If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable, require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to Section 12.1(2)(c) or (ii) an Event of Default set forth under Section 12.1 (8) or (9) occurs and is continuing, then the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the then outstanding amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations (in an amount equal to such outstanding amount determined as of the date of such Event of Default), and shall do so not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on (x) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (i), (1) the Business Day that the Borrower receives notice thereof, if such notice is received on such day prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time), or (2) if clause (1) above does not apply, the second Business Day immediately following the day that the Borrower receives such notice and (y) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (ii), the Business Day on which an Event of Default set forth under Section 12.1 (8) or (9) occurs or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such day, in either case, by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such day. For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the relevant Issuing Bank and the Revolving Lenders, as collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations, cash or deposit account balances in an amount equal to the then outstanding amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations (determined as of the date of such Event of Default), (“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank (which documents are hereby consented to by the Revolving Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in accounts satisfactory to RBC in the name of RBC and for the benefit of the Revolving Lenders and may be invested in readily available Cash Equivalents at its sole discretion. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Revolving Lenders) or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate outstanding amount of all Letter of Credit Obligations, the Borrower will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the deposit accounts at RBC as aforesaid, an amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate outstanding amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to reimburse the relevant Issuing Bank. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the then outstanding amount of such Letter of Credit Obligations plus costs incidental thereto and so long as no other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Borrower. If such Event of Default is cured or waived and no other Event of Default is then occurring and continuing, the amount of any Cash Collateral and accrued interest thereon shall be refunded to the Borrower.

 

(2)            The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent the aforesaid amount in respect of both any Letter of Credit outstanding hereunder and any Letter of Credit which is the subject matter of any order, judgment, injunction or other such determination (in this Section 5.10, a “Judicial Order”) restricting payment by the applicable Issuing Bank under and in accordance with such Letter of Credit or extending such Issuing Bank’s liability under such Letter of Credit beyond the expiration date stated therein. Payment in respect of each such Letter of Credit shall be due in the currency in which such Letter of Credit is stated to be payable.

 

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(3)            The Administrative Agent shall with respect to each Letter of Credit in respect of which a payment has been made as aforesaid, upon the later of:

 

(a)the date on which any final and non-appealable order, judgment or other such determination has been rendered or issued either terminating the applicable Judicial Order or permanently enjoining the applicable Issuing Bank from paying under such Letter of Credit; and

 

(b)the earlier of:

 

(i)the date on which either the original counterpart of the Letter of Credit is delivered to the Administrative Agent for cancellation or the Issuing Bank is released by the Beneficiary from any further obligations in respect thereof; and

 

(ii)the expiry (to the extent permitted by any applicable Law) of such Letter of Credit;

 

pay to the Borrower an amount equal to the difference between the amount paid to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 5.10 and the aggregate amount paid by the applicable Issuing Bank under such Letter of Credit.

 

5.11Addition of an Issuing Bank; Resignation by an Issuing Bank.

 

A Revolving Lender (or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) may become an additional Issuing Bank hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Lender, which such written agreement shall also provide that the commitment of such additional Issuing Bank to issue Letters of Credit shall not exceed at any time the amount set forth in such written agreement. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Lenders of any such additional Issuing Bank.

 

An Issuing Bank may upon written notice to the Borrower resign as an Issiuing Bank in connection with an assignment in full of its Revolving Commitment in accordance with Section 14.8. If an Issuing Bank resigns as an Issuing Bank, it shall retain all the rights and obligations of an Issuing Bank hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as an Issuing Bank.

 

5.12Provisions Related to Extended Revolving Credit Commitments.

 

If the maturity date in respect of any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other Classes of Revolving Facility Commitments in respect of which the maturity date shall not have occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Facility Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section 5.6 under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Facility Commitments in respect of such non-terminating Classes up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving Facility Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 5.10(1). If, for any reason, such Cash Collateral is not provided or the reallocation does not occur, the Revolving Lenders under the maturing Class shall continue to be responsible for their participating interests in the Letters of Credit. Except to the extent of reallocations of participations pursuant to clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, the occurrence of a maturity date with respect to a given Class of Revolving Facility Commitments shall have no effect upon (and shall not diminish) the percentage participations of the Revolving Lenders in any Letter of Credit issued before such maturity date. Commencing with the maturity date of any Class of Revolving Facility Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit shall be agreed with the Lenders under the extended Classes. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything contained herein, the commitment of any Issuing Bank to act in its capacity as such cannot be extended beyond the Maturity Date for the Revolving Facility (as such Maturity Date is in effect at the Closing Date) or increased without its prior written consent.

 

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Article 6
CLOSING CONDITIONS

 

6.1Closing Conditions to Initial Availability.

 

The Borrower shall not be entitled to an Accommodation under any Credit Facility in accordance with this Agreement unless the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 6.1 have been satisfied, fulfilled or otherwise met on the Closing Date.

 

(1)            Documents. The Credit Facility Documents (other than each Lender’s form of application, undertaking, indemnity and agreement in respect of Letters of Credit yet to be issued, shall have been executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of the Security, the Collateral Agent), and: (a) all documents and instruments required to create and perfect the Collateral Agent’s Security in the Collateral in respect of the Credit Facilities and the Secured Obligations shall have been executed and delivered, except as otherwise set forth in Section 8.5(a) hereto, including the Confirmation and (b) all registrations, filings or recordings, except as otherwise set forth in Section 8.5(a) hereto, necessary or desirable to preserve, protect or perfect the enforceability and priority of the Liens created by the Security (subject only to Permitted Liens) shall have been completed (or arrangements satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders for the foregoing shall have been made).

 

(2)            EOCL Contract. The Electro-Optical Commercial Layer contract has been awarded with an annualized revenue amount payable to the Borrower of at least $300 million, as seen under the Enhanced View Follow-on contract, or otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Arrangers.

 

(3)            Refinancings; New 2027 Senior Secured Notes. (a) The Refinancing shall have been consummated, or substantially simultaneously with the initial Advances under the Credit Facilities, shall be consummated; and (b)(x) the New 2027 Senior Secured Notes shall have been issued and/or (y) the aggregate amount of the initial Advances under the Credit Facilities shall have been increased in lieu of all or a portion of the New 2027 Senior Secured Notes.

 

(4)            Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a reasonably satisfactory certificate in the form attached hereto as Schedule 15 attesting that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are Solvent on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transactions from the chief financial officer or another senior financial officer of the Borrower.

 

(5)            Organization Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of the Organization Documents of each Loan Party.

 

(6)            Resolutions. The Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of resolutions of the boards of directors, managing members and similar controlling entities of each Loan Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Facility Documents to which it is a party. The Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of resolutions of the boards of directors of each entity whose Equity Interests constitute Collateral, confirming or approving the security interest granted by the relevant Loan Party and the transfer of the said Equity Interests to the Collateral Agent or its nominee or an assignee from either thereof.

 

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(7)            Incumbency. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the secretary or an assistant secretary respectively of each Loan Party certifying the names and the true signatures of the officers authorized to sign the Credit Facility Documents to which it is a party.

 

(8)            Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received a certificate of the Borrower, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Schedule 16, with appropriate insertions, executed by any two Senior Officers of the Borrower, as applicable.

 

(9)            Good Standing. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of good standing or like certificate in respect of each Loan Party issued by appropriate Official Body of its jurisdiction of organization.

 

(10)            Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received customary lien and judgment searches with respect to each Loan Party.

 

(11)            Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received a customary certificate of insurance demonstrating that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with Section 9.1.

 

(12)            Representations. All of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained herein or in any other Credit Facility Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of such date (unless expressly stated to be made as of some other specified date) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Borrower so certifying to the relevant Lenders; provided that any of the foregoing representations or warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects (after giving effect to any such qualification therein)..

 

(13)            Perfection Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed Perfection Certificate.

 

(14)            Pledged Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall have received all certificates, agreements or instruments representing or evidencing the Collateral and required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Facility Documents, in each case, accompanied by instruments of transfer and stock powers undated and endorsed in blank.

 

(15)            Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received customary opinions of counsel from (a) O’Melveny & Myers LLP, New York counsel to the Loan Parties and (b) Sherman & Howard, Colorado counsel to the Loan Parties.

 

(16)            No Change. There shall not have occurred since December 31, 2021, any event or condition that has had or could be reasonably expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a MAE.

 

(17)            Know your Customer, etc. The Lenders shall have received no less than three business days prior to the Closing Date the documentation and other information that are reasonably requested by the Lenders no later than ten business days prior to the Closing Date under the applicable “know-your-customer” rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

(18)            Fees and Expenses. All accrued costs, fees and expenses (including legal fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of any other advisors) and other compensation due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders on the Closing Date shall have been paid, in the case of expenses, to the extent a reasonably detailed invoice has been delivered to the Borrower at least two business days prior to the Closing Date (provided that the foregoing amounts may, at the Borrower’s option, be offset against the proceeds of the Advances under the Credit Facilities funded on the Closing Date).

 

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(19)            Accommodation Request. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice for each of the Accommodations which is requested to be made on the Closing Date, each such Notice to be given in compliance, in the case of a Borrowing, with the notice requirements in Section 3.2(1) and in the case of an Issuance, with the notice requirements in Section 5.3(1), except to the extent that any such notice requirements are waived by the Administrative Agent.

 

(20)            First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The First Lien Intercreditor Agreement or a joinder thereto shall have been executed and delivered.

 

6.2General Conditions for Accommodations after the Closing Date.

 

The Borrower shall not be entitled to any Accommodations (other than by Conversion or Rollover) after the Closing Date unless and until the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 6.2 have been satisfied, fulfilled or otherwise met, in each case in a manner and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders.

 

(1)            Representations and Warranties. Subject to Section 2.15(4) in the case of any Incremental Facilities where the Limited Condition Acquisition Provisions apply, all of the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained herein or in any other Credit Facility Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as though made on and as of such date (unless expressly stated to be made as of the Closing Date or some other specified date) and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Borrower so certifying to the relevant Lenders; provided that any of the foregoing representations or warranties that are qualified as to “materiality”, “material adverse effect” or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects (after giving effect to any such qualification therein).

 

(2)            No Default. Subject to Section 2.15(4) in the case of any Incremental Facilities where the Limited Condition Acquisition Provision apply, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Borrower so certifying to the relevant Lenders and also certifying that the use of proceeds of the requested Borrowing will comply with Section 2.1(2).

 

(3)            Accommodation Request. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice for the requested Accommodation, such Notice to be given in compliance with the requirements of Section 3.2(1), in the case of an Advance; and Section 5.3(1), in the case of an Issuance.

 

6.3Conversions and Rollovers.

 

If so requested by the Required Revolving Lenders, the obligation of the Revolving Lenders to make any Accommodation by Conversion or Rollover under the Revolving Facility shall be subject to the condition precedent that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and a Senior Officer of the Borrower shall so certify to such Lenders in the applicable Accommodation Request.

 

6.4Deemed Representation.

 

After the Closing Date, the giving of any Notice and the acceptance or use by the Borrower of the proceeds of any Accommodation shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower that on the date of such Notice and on the date of any Accommodation being provided and after giving effect thereto, the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.2 shall have been satisfied, fulfilled or otherwise met.

 

6.5Conditions Solely for the Benefit of the Lenders.

 

All conditions precedent to the entitlement of the Borrower to any Accommodations hereunder are solely for the benefit of the relevant Issuing Banks or such relevant Lenders, and no other Person shall have standing to require satisfaction or fulfilment of any condition precedent or that it be otherwise met and no other Person shall be deemed to be a beneficiary of any such condition, any and all of which may be freely waived in whole or in part by such Issuing Banks or such Lenders at any time such Issuing Banks or such Lenders deem it advisable to do so in their sole discretion.

 

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6.6No Waiver.

 

The making of any Accommodations without one or more of the conditions precedent set forth in this Article 6 having been satisfied, fulfilled or otherwise met shall not constitute a waiver by the relevant Lenders of any such condition, and such Lenders reserve the right to require that each such condition be satisfied, fulfilled or otherwise met prior to the making of any subsequent Accommodations.

 

Article 7
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders as set forth in this Article 7, acknowledges that the Lenders are relying thereon in entering into this Agreement and providing Accommodations from time to time, agrees that no investigation at any time made by or on behalf of the Lenders shall diminish in any respect whatsoever their right to rely thereon and agrees that all representations and warranties shall be valid and effective as of the date when given or deemed to have been given and to such extent shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the provision of Accommodations from time to time.

 

7.1Existence.

 

Each Loan Party is a corporation or other legal entity duly organized and validly subsisting and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and is duly qualified as a foreign or extra-provincial corporation or other legal entity, as the case may be, in the other jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 7 annexed hereto except where the failure to so qualify would not or would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

7.2Corporate Authority.

 

Each Loan Party has full corporate (or, in the case of non-corporate entities, similar) right, power and authority to enter into, and perform its obligations under, each Credit Facility Document to which it is or will be a party. Each Loan Party has full corporate (or, in the case of non-corporate entities, similar) power and authority to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now conducted or as contemplated to be conducted except as would not or would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

7.3Authorization, Governmental Approvals, etc.

 

The execution and delivery of this Agreement and each other Credit Facility Document, and each other document hereby or thereby contemplated to which it is or will be a party (including by way of assignment) and the performance by it of its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Loan Party. Except as set forth in Schedule 11 annexed hereto, on the Closing Date, no Permit under any applicable Law or approval under any material contract, and (except for registration of the Security at public offices for the recording of Liens, and any steps required to be taken on enforcement of the Security) no registration, qualification, designation, declaration or filing with any Official Body having jurisdiction over any Loan Party, is necessary for any Credit Facility Document or to perfect the same or to preserve the benefit thereof to the Lenders, except as would not or would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

7.4Enforceability.

 

Each Loan Party has duly executed and delivered each Credit Facility Document to which it is a party, and each such Credit Facility Document and each other agreement and document hereby or thereby contemplated to which each Loan Party is or will be party when executed by it will constitute, its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the opinion of the Borrower’s counsel delivered pursuant to Section 6.1.

 

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7.5No Breach.

 

The execution and delivery by the Borrower of this Agreement, and by each other Loan Party of each other Credit Facility Document and each other document hereby or thereby contemplated to which it is or will be a party, and the performance by it of its obligations hereunder and thereunder, do not and will not:

 

(a)conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms, conditions or provisions of:

 

(i)its Organization Documents;

 

(ii)any Law;

 

(iii)any contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or its properties; or

 

(iv)any writ, judgment, injunction, determination or award which is binding on it; or

 

except, in the case of paragraphs (iii) and (iv), as would not or as would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE;

 

(b)result in, or require or permit:

 

(i)the imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on or with respect to any properties now owned or hereafter acquired by it; or

 

(ii)the acceleration of the maturity of any of its Debt under any contractual provision binding on or affecting it.

 

7.6Litigation.

 

There are no actions, suits or proceedings (whether or not purportedly on its behalf) pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting Borrower or any Subsidiary before any Official Body which have a material likelihood of being determined adversely to it and would, if so adversely determined, reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

7.7Subsidiaries.

 

As at the Closing Date: (i) the only subsidiaries of the Borrower are described in Schedule 7 annexed hereto, (ii) the Borrower and each subsidiary owns legally and beneficially (directly or indirectly) the respective portions of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Persons shown as its Subsidiaries in Schedule 7 annexed hereto, and (iii) except as set forth in Schedule 7 annexed hereto, no Person (other than the Borrower or any Subsidiary) has any agreement, option, right or privilege, whether by Law, pre-emptive or contractual, capable of becoming an agreement or option for the purchase of securities in the capital of any Subsidiary.

 

7.8Compliance.

 

The Borrower is not aware of any basis that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may be, and neither has Borrower nor any Subsidiary received written notice that it is alleged to be, in breach of:

 

(a)any Permit or mandatory requirement or directive of any Official Body having jurisdiction relating to its business or assets (including under Environmental Laws); or

 

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(b)any other Law (including Environmental Laws) applicable to its business or assets;

 

where such breach or alleged breach has or would reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

7.9Insurance.

 

All insurance policies required to be maintained by Borrower and each Subsidiary pursuant to Section 9.1 have been obtained and are in full force and effect, and such insurance policies comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Article 9.

 

7.10No Default.

 

No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

7.11Material Contracts.

 

All material contracts to which Borrower or any Subsidiary is a party are in full force and effect, all conditions precedent thereunder have been satisfied or waived, neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary is in breach thereunder, and as at the Closing Date the Borrower is not aware of any breach thereunder by any counterparty, except for any such matter which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

7.12Permits.

 

All Permits (including Permits required under Environmental Law) as are required to conduct the respective businesses of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have been obtained or are expected to be obtained in the normal course, except where failure to obtain same has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

7.13Ownership of Assets; Flood Insurance.

 

The Borrower and each Subsidiary owns or has legally enforceable interests in all assets and property necessary to the operation of their respective businesses (except where failure to own or have same has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE), and each Loan Party owns or has interests in all Collateral pledged by it, in each case free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens. No Mortgage on real estate located in the United States of America encumbers improved real estate that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards within the meaning of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, unless flood insurance available under such Act has been obtained in accordance with Section 9.1.

 

7.14Intellectual Property.

 

The Borrower and each Subsidiary owns or has the legally enforceable right to use all Intellectual Property that is used in or otherwise necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted (except where failure to own or have same has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE). To the knowledge of the Borrower, the operation of their respective businesses by each of the Borrower and the other Subsidiaries does not infringe upon, misappropriate, violate or otherwise conflict with the Intellectual Property of any third party, except as would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

7.15Taxes.

 

The Borrower and each Subsidiary have filed all Tax returns which are required to have been filed and have paid all Taxes which have been levied or imposed on their properties, income or assets (in each case, including in its capacity as a withholding agent), except any such Taxes (or any requirement to file Tax returns with respect thereto) which are being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with US GAAP or to the extent that the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an MAE..

 

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7.16Expropriation.

 

None of the Collateral has been the subject of a Taking by any competent Official Body that has resulted in an MAE or that would reasonably be expected to have an MAE, nor has any notice or proceeding in respect of any such Taking been given or commenced nor is the Borrower aware of any intent or proposal to give any such notice or to commence any such proceeding.

 

7.17MAE.

 

No event or circumstance has occurred since December 31, 2021 which had, or would reasonably be expected to have, an MAE.

 

7.18Disclosure.

 

All written information and data (excluding the Projections as defined below) that have been or will be made available by the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, representatives or advisors to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Credit Facilities on or before the Closing Date (the “Information”), taken as a whole, is complete and correct in all material respects and does not, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made.

 

All financial projections and budgets concerning the Borrower and its Affiliates (the “Projections”) that have been made or will be prepared by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, representatives or advisors and that have been made available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the Transactions have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable, it being understood that actual results may vary from such Projections and that such variations may be material.

 

7.19Environmental, Health and Safety

 

Except as would reasonably expected to have an MAE, neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary (i) is subject to or has received written notice of any Environmental Liability or (ii) knows of any facts, circumstances, conditions or occurrences, which which could reasonably be expected to cause the Borrower or any Subsidiary to incur an Environmental Liability.

 

7.20Financial Condition.

 

The most recent Financial Statements delivered to the Administrative Agent present fairly, in material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower as at the date or dates thereof and the results of the consolidated operations thereof for the Financial Quarter or Financial Year then ending, as applicable, all in accordance with US GAAP consistently applied.

 

7.21ERISA.

 

The Borrower, each Subsidiary and their respective ERISA Affiliates is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the Code relating to Employee Benefit Plans and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder, except for such non-compliance that would not reasonably be expected to result in an MAE. No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, would reasonably be expected to result in an MAE. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have an MAE, the present value of all accumulated benefit obligations under all Pension Plans (based on the assumptions used for purposes of Accounting Standards Codification No. 715) did not, as of the date of the most recent financial statements reflecting such amounts, exceed the fair market value of the assets of such Pension Plans, in the aggregate.

 

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7.22Labor Matters.

 

Except as, individually or in the aggregate, would not have an MAE, there are no strikes or other labor or work stoppages or union disputes against the Borrower or any Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened.

 

7.23Investment Company Status.

 

No Loan Party is an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

7.24Federal Reserve Regulations.

 

(1)            No Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of buying or carrying Margin Stock.

 

(2)            No part of the proceeds of any Accommodation will be used, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, for any purpose that entails a violation of, or that is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X.

 

7.25Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.

 

(1)            The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have implemented and maintain in effect policies or codes of conduct intended to ensure compliance by its directors, officers and employees with, in each case, Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions applicable to such Persons.

 

(2)            None of the Borrower or the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any of their respective directors, officers and employees is a Sanctioned Person.

 

(3)            Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, each of their respective directors, managers, officers, agents, and employees is in compliance, in all material respects, with all applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions.

 

(4)            No part of the proceeds of Borrowings under any Credit Facility will be used, directly or, knowingly, indirectly by the Borrower (A) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation in any material respect of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (B) for the purpose of funding (including payments made to) or financing any activities, investments, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in a Sanctioned Country, or (C) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions by any Person participating in the Loans.

 

(5)            In relation to each Finance Party, the representations and warranties and undertakings provided for in this Section 7.25 shall only apply for the benefit of that Finance Party to the extent that such benefit and the exercise of any rights based on such representations and warranties and undertakings will not result in a violation of, or conflict with or liability under any provision of Council Regulation (EC) 2271/9680. In connection with any amendment, waiver, determination or direction relating to any part of this Section 7.25 of which a Finance Party does not have the benefit, the Commitments of that Finance Party will be disregarded for all purposes when determining whether the consent of the Majority Lenders (or such other applicable quorum) has been obtained or whether the determination or direction by the Majority Lenders (or such other applicable quorum) has been made.

 

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7.26AML Legislation.

 

To the extent applicable, the Borrower and each Subsidiary is in compliance, in all material respects, with the United States Trading with the Enemy Act and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

7.27Collateral Representations.

 

Each Security Document will, upon execution and delivery thereof, be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein to the extent intended to be created thereby and required to be perfected therein under the Credit Facility Documents. In the case of the pledges of Equity Interests described in the Security Documents, when certificates representing such Equity Interests are delivered to the Collateral Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Security Documents that may be perfected by filing, when Uniform Commercial Code financing statements and other filings in appropriate form are filed in the jurisdictions as set forth in the Perfection Certificate or other offices of the appropriate Official Body (which, with respect to filings to be made on the Closing Date, are specified on Schedule 12), the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties created by the Security Documents shall constitute fully perfected first priority Liens on, and security interests in (to the extent intended to be created thereby and required to be perfected under the Credit Facility Documents and subject only to Permitted Liens) all rights, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral, as security for the Obligations, in each case free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens.

 

7.28Solvency.

 

On the Closing Date, the Borrower, taken together with each subsidiary is, and after giving effect to the Transactions will be, Solvent.

 

Article 8
SECURITY

 

8.1Security.

 

As continuing collateral security for the payment and performance of the Secured Obligations (all of the foregoing on a pari passu basis), there shall be executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, the following documents, each of which documents shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders and subject to the Agreed Security Principles:

 

(a)a Credit Facilities Guarantee from each Guarantor;

 

(b)a GSA from each Loan Party;

 

(c)a Mortgage from each Loan Party that owns any Material Real Property, and with respect to such Material Real Property located in the United States of America, together with opinions addressed to the Agents with respect to the enforceability of the Mortgage and other matters customarily included in such opinions, fully-paid American Land Title Association Lender’s Extended Coverage (or other reasonably satisfactory coverage if such coverage is not available in the applicable jurisdiction) mortgagee title insurance policies issued by a title insurance company reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, assuring the Collateral Agent that Mortgage creates a valid and enforceable mortgage lien on the relevant Collateral, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, which such title insurance policies shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and shall include such endorsements as are reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent; provided that, at least 15 days prior to any Mortgage, the Borrower shall provide a life-of-loan flood hazard determination together with evidence to the Collateral Agent and each Lender that all flood insurance requirements hereunder in respect of such real property have been satisfied;

 

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(d)a pledge of all outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary owned directly by a Loan Party;

 

(e)any intercompany loans by any Loan Party to any Subsidiary that is a Non-Loan Party in excess of $10 million (or the Equivalent Amount in any other currency) in the aggregate shall be evidenced by a note pledged as collateral for the benefit of the obligations pursuant to a first priority perfected security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens;

 

(f)a subordination of all Debt owing to any Non-Loan Party by any Loan Party;

 

(g)the Confirmation; and

 

(h)any security instruments or documentation required by the Collateral Agent in connection with the renewal of any of the foregoing security or granted supplemental to such security and such other security and supporting documents reasonably required by the Collateral Agent from time to time to perfect the above security or renewals therefor or reasonably required by the Collateral Agent to give effect to this Agreement;

 

provided that any such Security (other than the Existing Security) shall be required to be provided within 45 days after the event triggering such requirement (or such longer period to which the Administrative Agent may agree).

 

8.2[Reserved].

 

8.3Share Pledges.

 

Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, each Loan Party agrees that it shall promptly (but in any event within 45 days after receipt by such Loan Party) deliver to the Collateral Agent all Equity Interests of any Subsidiary represented by one or more share certificates (duly endorsed for transfer) together with powers of attorney (endorsed in blank), approvals of directors, shareholders or others as required for the pledge of such Equity Interests, and other supporting documents as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request.

 

8.4Material Real Property.

 

The Borrower shall forthwith advise the Agents of the acquisition by any Loan Party of any Material Real Property and upon request will grant or cause to be granted within 90 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree in its sole discretion) to the Collateral Agent a Mortgage and the other deliverables set forth in Section 8.1(c) hereto from such Loan Party as security for the obligations described in the opening paragraph of Section 8.1, which Mortgage shall constitute first-priority security (subject to Permitted Liens) as contemplated by paragraph (n) in the definition of “Permitted Liens”; provided that no such Mortgage with respect to any Material Real Property located in the United States of America will be entered into by the Collateral Agent prior to the receipt by the Collateral Agent of confirmation from each Lender that all applicable requirements placed on such Secured Party under the Flood Insurance Laws with respect to such Material Real Property have been satisfied; provided, further, that any increase, extension or renewal of the Credit Facilities shall be subject to flood insurance due diligence and flood insurance compliance reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders in respect of the applicable Credit Facility.

 

8.5Continued Perfection of Security.

 

Subject to the Agreed Security Principles, the Borrower shall:

 

(a)deliver and/or perfect the Security in the Collateral referred to in the proviso in Section 6.1(1) (including Mortgages and the other deliverables set forth in Section 8.1(c) on the Material Real Properties of the Loan Parties as set forth on Schedule 8.5 within 90 days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree in its sole discretion)) after the Closing Date; and

 

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(b)take such action and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such agreements, conveyances, deeds and other documents and instruments as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request for the purpose of establishing, perfecting, preserving and protecting the Security and the Liens of the Security to the extent contemplated by this Agreement and the Security Documents, in each case forthwith upon request therefor by the Collateral Agent and in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, acting reasonably.

 

8.6Agreed Security Principles.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any of the Credit Facility Documents:

 

(a)the Collateral shall exclude the following (such assets, the “Excluded Collateral”):

 

(i)motor vehicles in the United States of America, other assets which are subject to certificates of title and commercial tort claims;

 

(ii)pledges and security interests with respect to particular assets (including in respect of interests in partnerships, joint ventures and other non-wholly owned entities) to the extent prohibited by Law or prohibited by permitted agreements binding on such assets containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by the UCC or other applicable Law;

 

(iii)any fee owned real property with a value of less than $10 million (or the Equivalent Amount in any other currency);

 

(iv)any leasehold interest unless, by virtue of the nature of the leasehold premises and any assets affixed thereto, the failure of the Collateral Agent to enjoy a Lien thereon would reasonably be expected to result in (A) a material impairment of the ability of the Secured Parties, their respective agent(s) or a receiver to effectively manage any material business of any Loan Party, or (B) a material reduction in the recovery from the Collateral on a realization of the Security;

 

(v)intent to use trademark applications prior to the filing of a statement of use;

 

(vi)Equity Interests:

 

(A)            constituting margin stock (provided that the Required Lenders may require a pledge of margin stock if the value thereof exceeds $5 million (or the Equivalent Amount in any other currency));

 

(B)            in any Immaterial Subsidiary; provided that the foregoing shall not exclude any Equity Interests in Immaterial Subsidiaries that may be perfected by a UCC filing;

 

(C)            in any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary if the granting of a security interest in such equity would be prohibited by Law or by organizational or governance documents of any Subsidiary or would trigger termination pursuant to any “change of control” or similar provision (after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law); or

 

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(D)            at the option of the Borrower, in any Subsidiary that is either a CFC or FSHCO (other than, in the aggregate, 65% of the voting equity interests and 100% of any non-voting equity interests in such CFC or FSHCO);

 

(vii)any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, Capital Lease obligation or similar arrangements, in each case, to the extent permitted under the Credit Facility Documents to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement, purchase money, capital lease or a similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Loan Party or any Subsidiary) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under applicable Law notwithstanding such prohibition;

 

(viii)any property and assets the pledge of which would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization that has not been obtained after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable Law;

 

(ix)those assets as to which the Collateral Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the costs of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby;

 

(x)[reserved]; and

 

(xi)U.S.-Owned Assets;

 

provided that (x) while any obligations under the Existing 2027 Senior Secured Notes are outstanding, “Excluded Collateral” shall not include any asset subject (or required to be subject) to a Lien securing the Existing 2027 Senior Secured Notes (any such assets, to the extent described in clauses (i)-(xi) above and not otherwise required to be pledged by the Loan Parties but for this clause (x), the “Additional Collateral”) and (y) immediately upon the earlier of (i) the repayment in full of the obligations under the the Existing 2027 Senior Secured Notes or (ii) the release of the Liens on any such Additional Collateral securing the Existing 2027 Secured Notes (such earlier date, the “Additional Collateral Release Date”), such Additional Collateral shall immediately constitute “Excluded Collateral” and shall be released by the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 8.7.

 

(b)in addition to the exclusions in Section 8.6(a), no Loan Party shall be required to take any Excluded Perfection Action.

 

8.7Release of Security.

 

(a)The Collateral Agent will promptly upon the request of the Borrower (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent to), at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as the Borrower may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Security Documents, or to evidence the release of such Loan Party from its obligations under the Guarantee, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Credit Facility Documents and ‎Section 14.2(7) (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Borrower to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry). For the avoidance of doubt, no release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this ‎ Section 8.7 shall require the consent of any holder of Hedging Obligations or Cash Management Obligations. Any release hereunder by the Collateral Agent shall be without representation or warranty by or recourse to the Collateral Agent.

 

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8.8Excluded Swap Obligations.

 

(1)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Credit Facility Documents, any Excluded Swap Obligations shall be excluded from the Credit Facilities Guarantee and other Security received from any Loan Party which is not a Qualified ECP Guarantor.

 

(2)            Each Credit Facilities Guarantee shall include (or be deemed to include) the following keepwell undertaking:

 

“Keepwell

 

(a)The Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Loan Party to honor all of its obligations under the Credit Agreement and in its Credit Facilities Guarantee in respect of Hedging Obligations (provided, however, that the Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section, or otherwise under the Credit Agreement or its Credit Facilities Guarantee voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until the guaranteed Obligations have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated. The Guarantor intends that this Section constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.”

 

(b)This Section shall only apply to the Guarantor if and so long as, it is a Qualified ECP Guarantor.

 

(c)The obligations of the Guarantor under this Section are joint and several with each other Qualified ECP Guarantor.

 

Article 9
INSURANCE

 

9.1Insurance.

 

The Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to the business and assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, in such amounts and against such liabilities, casualties, risks and contingencies existing from time to time as is customary for prudent owners and operators of similar businesses and similar property. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a Mortgage is required pursuant to the terms of Section 8.4 or Section 8.5 with respect to any Material Real Property located in the United States of America, and such Material Real Property is designated as, or to be in, a “flood hazard area”, the Borrower will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, flood insurance on such Material Real Property in such total amount as required under the Flood Insurance Laws. Such policies shall be obtained, maintained and dealt with as set forth in this Article 9.

 

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9.2Policies.

 

As soon as reasonably practicable but in any event not later than 60 days after the Closing Date (or such longer period of time as the Administrative Agent may agree), the Borrower shall ensure that all policies of insurance referred to in Section 9.1 shall (i) show the Collateral Agent as an additional named insured (in the case of general liability policies) and lenders loss payee (in the case of property policies), including with respect to flood insurance and related coverage, (ii) provide that they shall not be cancelled, lapsed or materially altered without 30 days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent, and (iii) contain standard non-contributory “mortgagee”, “lender” or “secured party” clauses and such other endorsements and provisions as shall reasonably be requested by the Collateral Agent.

 

9.3Evidence.

 

(1)            The Borrower will provide to the Collateral Agent, on request from time to time, certified copies of all insurance policies. Neither Agent shall have any obligation to verify any information or statement contained in the certificates or documents delivered to it pursuant to this Article 9 or any duty to effect or maintain any insurance. Neither Agent shall be responsible for any loss by reason of the failure to maintain or insufficiency of any insurance or by reason of the failure of any insurer to pay the full amount of any loss against which such insurer may have insured.

 

(2)            In the event the Borrower fails to provide the Collateral Agent with timely evidence, reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders of the maintenance of insurance coverage required pursuant to this Article 9, including flood insurance, or in the event that the Borrower or any Subsidiary fails to maintain such insurance, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, upon prior written notice of at least ten Business Days to the Administrative Agent and at least five Business Days to the Borrower, purchase or otherwise arrange for such insurance, but at the Borrower’s expense and without any responsibility on the Administrative Agent’s or Lender’s, as applicable, part for: (a) obtaining the insurance; (b) the solvency of the insurance companies; (c) the adequacy of the coverage; or (d) the collection of claims. The insurance acquired by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable, may, but need not, protect any Loan Party’s interest in the assets charged by the Security Documents, and therefore such insurance may not pay claims which a Loan Party may have with respect to such assets or pay any claim which may be made against a Loan Party in connection with such assets. In the event the Administrative Agent or any Lender purchases, obtains or acquires insurance covering all or any portion of the assets charged by the Security Documents, the Borrower shall be responsible for all of the applicable costs of such insurance, including premiums, interest (at the applicable interest rate for ABR Loans), fees and any other charges with respect thereto, until the effective date of the cancellation or the expiration of such insurance. The Administrative Agent may charge all of such premiums, fees, costs, interest and other charges to the Borrower’s accounts maintained with it. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the costs of the premiums of any insurance acquired by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as applicable may exceed the costs of insurance which the Borrower may be able to purchase on its own.

 

9.4Payment of Premiums.

 

The Borrower will pay punctually or cause to be paid, all premiums payable for the insurance required by this Article 9.

 

9.5Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendments.

 

In connection with any Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendment, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may request evidence of the maintenance of the insurance coverage required pursuant to this Article 9, including flood insurance. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall be a condition precedent to all Extension/Incremental/Refinancing Amendments that any such evidence so requested be satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, acting reasonably.

 

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Article 10
COVENANTS

 

10.1Affirmative Covenants.

 

Until the Obligations are paid and satisfied in full and this Agreement has been terminated, the Borrower covenants as follows:

 

(1)            Corporate Existence.  It will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, do all things necessary to:

 

(a)except as otherwise provided in Section 10.2(3), maintain its corporate (or, in the case of non-corporate entities, similar) existence, and

 

(b)register and qualify and remain duly registered and qualified as a corporation, partnership or other entity authorized to carry on business under the Laws of each jurisdiction in which the nature of any business transacted by it or the character of any Collateral owned or leased by it requires such registration and qualification except where failure to obtain and maintain such registration or qualification would not have an MAE.

 

(2)            Compliance with Laws, etc. It will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply in all material respects with all applicable Laws (including Environmental Laws, labor Laws, ERISA and other pension Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions) and Permits and do all things necessary to obtain, renew and maintain in good standing from time to time all Permits and duly observe all valid requirements of any Official Body (including those requirements respecting Environmental Laws), except to the extent failure to do so does not, or would not reasonably be expected to, result in an MAE.

 

(3)            Payment of Taxes and Claims. It will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, file as and when required from time to time by applicable Law all Tax returns and pay and discharge before the same shall become delinquent (i) all Taxes imposed upon it or upon its income or property (including in its capacuty as a withholding agent), and (ii) all lawful claims (including claims for labor, materials, supplies or services) which, if unpaid, might become a Lien upon its property (or, in the case of Loan Party, on any Collateral), except in each case any such Tax or claim which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with US GAAP and no Liens (except Permitted Liens) have attached or to the extent that the failure to do so would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

(4)            Keeping of Books. It will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep proper books of record and account in conformity with US GAAP and all applicable requirements of any Official Body having legal or regulatory jurisdiction over the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

 

(5)            Maintain Properties. It will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this Section shall not prevent the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business or the Borrower has concluded that such discontinuance would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an MAE.

 

(6)            Pay Obligations to Lenders and Perform Other Covenants. The Borrower will make full and timely payment of the Obligations, whether now existing or hereafter arising, and will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, duly comply with all the terms and covenants made by or applicable to it contained in each of the Credit Facility Documents, all at the times and places and in the manner set forth therein and, except for the filing of renewal statements and the making of other filings by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent as secured party, at all times take all action necessary to maintain the first Liens provided for under or pursuant to this Agreement and the Security as valid and perfected Liens on the property intended to be covered thereby (subject only to Permitted Liens) to the extent contemplated by this Agreement and the Security Documents.

 

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(7)            Use of Proceeds. The Borrower will use the proceeds of all Accommodations only for the purposes set forth in Section 2.1(2). No part of the proceeds of any Accommodations will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that would entail a violation of Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X, or any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws or Sanctions.

 

(8)            Financial and Other Reporting.  The Borrower will deliver to the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)promptly after the same are available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Financial Year, the audited annual Financial Statements of the Borrower on a consolidated basis, for each such Financial Year, together with the notes thereto, all prepared in accordance with US GAAP consistently applied, and, in each case, certified by independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing whose opinion shall not be qualified as to the scope of audit or contain a note as to the status of the Borrower or any Subsidiary as a going concern (other than resulting from (x) the impending maturity of any Debt or (y) any actual or prospective default under any financial covenant);

 

(b)promptly after the same are available and in any event within 45 days after the end of its first, second and third Financial Quarters in each Financial Year, the unaudited quarterly Financial Statements of the Borrower on a consolidated basis, for each such Financial Quarter, all in reasonable detail and stating in comparative form the figures for the corresponding date and period in the previous Financial Year, all prepared in accordance with US GAAP consistently applied and certified by the president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer, treasurer or vice president finance of the Borrower to present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower in accordance with US GAAP;

 

(c)with each of the financial statements in Sections 10.1(8)(a) and 10.1(8)(b) above, a Compliance Certificate, setting out any appropriate adjustments arising by virtue of US GAAP;

 

(d)promptly after the same are available and in any event within 90 days after the commencement of each Financial Year, a consolidated operating and capital budget for the Borrower of such Financial Year, which budget shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Senior Officer of the Borrower stating that such Budget has been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such Budget; and

 

(e)such other information as the Administrative Agent acting on behalf of the Lenders may reasonably request from time to time.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 10.1(8) may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing the Borrower’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC and may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which such materials are publicly available as posted on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retreival System (EDGAR); (ii) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet; or (iii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent (by electronic mail), which upon receipt shall promptly notify each Lender, of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions of such documents.

 

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(9)            Notice of Certain Events. The Borrower will:

 

(a)promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing of:

 

(i)the existence of any Default or Event of Default or that any Person has given any notice or taken any action with respect to a claimed default of the type referred to in Section 12.1(8) or 12.1(9);

 

(ii)any occurrence in respect of the assets, businesses, operations or condition, financial or otherwise of any Subsidiary (including an ERISA Event), that has or would reasonably be expected to have an MAE; or

 

(iii)any litigation, proceeding or dispute affecting the Borrower or any Subsidiary which, if adversely determined, would have a MAE, and shall from time to time furnish to the Administrative Agent all reasonable information requested by the Administrative Agent concerning the status of any such litigation, proceeding or dispute;

 

(b)(i) promptly upon any Senior Officer of the Borrower obtaining actual knowledge of the occurrence of any ERISA Event which has or would reasonably be expected to have an MAE, provide to the Administrative Agent a written notice specifying the nature thereof and (ii) upon written request of the Administrative Agent, provide to the Administrative Agent copies of (A) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by the Borrower or any Subsidiary or, to the extent provided to the Borrower, any respective ERISA Affiliate with the Internal Revenue Service with respect to each Pension Plan, (B) all notices received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or to the extent provided to the Borrower, any respective ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan concerning an ERISA Event and (C) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Pension Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;

 

(c)promptly, and in any event within 30 days of receipt thereof, provide to the Administrative Agent copies of any notice to the Borrower or any Subsidiary from any Official Body relating to any order, ruling, statute or other law or regulation that has or would reasonably be expected to have an MAE;

 

(d)provide to the Administrative Agent copies of all reports, statements and other material provided to shareholders or public securities holders, and material change reports provided (other than on a confidential basis) to applicable securities regulatory agencies, by the Borrower; provided that any such reports, statements and other materials shall be deemed delivered to the Administrative Agent upon public filing with the applicable securities regulatory agency;

 

(e)from time to time, upon request by the Administrative Agent, provide to the Administrative Agent such other information as the Administrative Agent acting on behalf of the Lenders may reasonably request from time to time; and

 

(f)notify the Administrative Agent of any change of (i) name, (ii) place of business (including the location of any material assets) or (iii) jurisdiction of organization or domicile of any Subsidiary, in each case no less than 10 days (or such other period as may be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) prior to such change and promptly provide to the Administrative Agent copies of any material amendments to the Organization Documents of any Subsidiary;

 

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and such written notice in the case of (a)(i), (ii) or (iii) shall specify the nature and period of existence of the applicable Default, Event of Default or event or circumstance and what action the Borrower is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(10)            Visitation, Inspection, etc. It will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, permit the Lenders and their respective representatives and consultants to visit and inspect any of its assets, to examine its books and records and to make copies and take extracts therefrom (as reasonably required, and subject to contractual confidentiality obligations of the relevant Subsidiary), and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers or its independent auditors (in the presence of the Borrower’s personnel), all at such reasonable times and as often as the Lenders may reasonably request through the Administrative Agent 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 Lenders under this ‎paragraph (10) and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two times during any calendar year and only one (1) such time shall be at the Borrower’s expense; provided, further, that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (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. For the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph (10) shall in all respects be subject to Section 14.10, including the last paragraph thereof.

 

(11)            Takings and Other Transactions. It will, and will cause each Subsidiary, to give prompt notice to the Administrative Agent should the Collateral or any material part thereof be taken by reason of any Taking or should it receive any notice or other information regarding such proceedings.

 

(12)            [Reserved]

 

(13)            Material Contracts. It will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, comply with, and diligently enforce, all material obligations under material contracts, except where failure to do so neither has, nor would reasonably be expected to have, an MAE, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing will use reasonable commercial efforts to cure any matter referred to in a notice given under Section 10.1(9).

 

(14)            Acquisitions. The Borrower will provide prompt written notice to the Administrative Agent (the provision of which may occur following the execution of definitive documentation with respect thereto) of any proposed Acquisition or Investment in a Person (other than a Subsidiary) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary for a purchase price or investment in excess of $500 million, together with:

 

(a)a summary of the material terms and conditions of such Acquisition or Investment; and

 

(b)such other information as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

 

(15)            Title. Except for dispositions permitted hereby, it will, and will cause each Subsidiary to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and, as soon as reasonably practicable, defend and take all action necessary or advisable at any time and from time to time to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and defend its right, title and interest in and to all Collateral and the priority and enforceability of the Security and the Liens of the Security.

 

(16)            [Reserved].

 

(17)            [Reserved].

 

(18)            Intellectual Property. It will, and will cause each Subsidiary to, (except where failure to take any such action or step would not reasonably be expected to have an MAE) (i) make any registration and pay any fee or other amount which is necessary to keep its Intellectual Property rights used in the business of the Borrower and any Subsidiary in force, (ii) record its interest in those Intellectual Property rights, (iii) take such steps as are necessary and commercially reasonable (including the institution of legal proceedings) to prevent third parties infringing those Intellectual Property rights, and (iv) not enter into licence arrangements in respect of those Intellectual Property rights except on normal commercial terms in the ordinary course of business.

 

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(19)            AML Legislation and “Know Your Client” Requirements.

 

(a)Each Lender and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada), the PATRIOT Act or any other applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, government sanction and “know your client” Applicable Laws (collectively, including any guidelines or orders thereunder, “AML Legislation”), it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of each such Person and such other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each such Person in accordance with AML Legislation (including information regarding such Person’s directors, authorized signing officers, or other Persons in control of each such Person). The Borrower shall provide, to the extent commercially reasonable, such information and take such actions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in order to assist the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in maintaining compliance with AML Legislation. The Borrower shall promptly provide all such information, including supporting documentation and other evidence, as may be reasonably requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender), or any prospective assignee of a Lender or the Administrative Agent, in order to comply with any applicable AML Legislation, whether now or hereafter in existence.

 

(b)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.1(19), each of the Lenders agrees that the Administrative Agent has no obligation to ascertain the identity of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any authorized signatories of such Person, on behalf of any Lender, or to confirm the completeness or accuracy of any information it obtains from any such Person or any such authorized signatory in doing so.

 

(20)            [Reserved].

 

(21)            Pension Matters. The Borrower shall itself, and shall cause each Subsidiary to, establish, maintain and operate any and all pension plans, multiemployer plans and foreign employee benefit plans (other than government sponsored plans) in compliance with all applicable Laws and the respective requirements of the governing documents for such plans, except as would not or would not reasonably be expected to result in an MAE.

 

(22)            Designation of Subsidiaries.

 

(a)Subject to clause (b) below, the Borrower may at any time designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary 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 Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time.

 

(b)The Borrower may not (x) designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (y) designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Subsidiary, in each case unless:

 

(i)immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to such designation any related transactions, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

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(ii)immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to such designation and any related transactions, the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Covenants; and

 

(iii)in the case of clause (x), such Subsidiary shall not own any satellite or Intellectual Property that is, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, material to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(23)            Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions. The Borrower shall maintain in effect and enforce policies or codes of conduct intended to ensure compliance by the Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers and employees with Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions applicable to such Persons.

 

(24)            Maintenance of Ratings. The Borrower will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and maintain (but not maintain any specific rating) (a) a public corporate family and/or corporate credit debt rating in respect of the Borrower, and (b) for so long as any Initial Term Loans are outstanding, a public debt rating in respect of the Initial Term Loans, in each case under clauses (a) and (b) from each of S&P and Moody’s.

 

(25)            Further Assurances. It will at its cost and expense, upon request of any Agent, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to such Agent such further agreements, certificates, instruments, registrations and other documents and do and cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of such Agent to carry out more effectually the provisions and purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents to the extent contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(26)            Additional Guarantors (Unsecured). The Borrower shall cause any Non-Loan Party that provides a guarantee of the Senior Secured Notes which is not secured by any Liens (each a “Senior Note Unsecured Guarantor”) to concurrently be designated as a Subsidiary and shall concurrently provide all of the documents required by Section 10.1(28) (whether or not such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to comply with such Section) other than any documents which relate to the granting of Liens; provided that if such Senior Note Unsecured Guarantor is fully released from all liability under its guarantee of the Senior Secured Notes, the Borrower may remove such Senior Note Unsecured Guarantor as a Subsidiary in accordance with Section Section 10.1(22).

 

(27)            Additional Guarantors (Secured). The Borrower shall cause any Non-Loan Party that provides a guarantee of, and grants Liens on its assets securing, the Senior Secured Notes (each a “Senior Note Secured Guarantor”) to be concurrently designated as a Subsidiary and shall concurrently provide all of the documents required by Section 10.1(28) (whether or not such Subsidiary would otherwise be required to comply with such Section); provided that if such Senior Note Secured Guarantor is fully released from all liability under its guarantee of and Liens securing the Senior Secured Notes, the Borrower may remove such Senior Note Secured Guarantor as a Subsidiary in accordance with Section 10.1(22).

 

(28)            Additional Guarantors. Upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect Wholly-Owned Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, the designation in accordance with Section 10.1(22) of any existing direct or indirect Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) as a Subsidiary or any Excluded Subsidiary ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall, subject to the Agreed Security Principles, within 45 days (or such longer period to which the Administrative Agent may agree) deliver the following to the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of items (c) and (d), the Collateral Agent):

 

(a)in respect of such Subsidiary, the various documents contemplated by Sections 6.1(5), 6.1(6), 6.1(7), 6.1(9), 6.1(13), 6.1(14), 6.1(15) and 6.1(17);

 

(b)a Credit Facilities Guarantee (or joinder thereto);

 

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(c)a GSA (or joinder thereto) and (if the same would be required under Section 8.1(c)) a Mortgage from such Subsidiary (together with the other documents and evidence of insurance required by Section 8.1(c)), which GSA and (if applicable) Mortgage shall constitute first-priority Liens (subject only to Permitted Liens) as contemplated by paragraph (n) in the definition of Permitted Liens;

 

(d)a pledge of all Equity Interests of such Subsidiary held directly or indirectly by the Borrower or applicable Loan Party;

 

(e)a subordination of all Debt owing by such Subsidiary to any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party; and

 

(f)such other security and supporting documents reasonably required by any Agent from time to time to perfect the above security or reasonably required by any Agent to give effect to the foregoing.

 

(29)            Beneficial Ownership Regulation. The Borrower will promptly upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent), provide the Administrative Agent any information or documentation reasonably requested by it for purposes of complying with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

(30)            Post-Closing Obligations. Take all necessary actions to satisfy the items described on Schedule 12 within the applicable period of time specified in such Schedule (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, to the extent not otherwise qualified by reference to this Section 10.1(29), (i) all representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents shall be deemed modified (or waived on a limited basis) to the extent necessary to give effect to the foregoing (and to permit the taking of the actions described in this Section 10.1(29) within the time periods specified herein) and (ii) to the extent any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document would be violated or breached (or any noncompliance with any such provision would immediately result in a Default or Event of Default hereunder) as a result of any such extended deadline, such provision shall be deemed modified (or waived on a limited basis) to the extent necessary to give effect to this Section 10.1(29).

 

10.2Negative Covenants.

 

Until the Obligations are paid and satisfied in full and this Agreement has been terminated, and in addition to any other covenants herein set forth, the Borrower covenants and agrees that it will not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, take any of the actions set forth in this Section 10.2 or permit or suffer same to occur without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders (or the Required Revolving Lenders in the case of Section 10.2(11)).

 

(1)            Debt. Create, incur, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become liable for, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Debt, other than the following (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

 

(a)Debt under the Credit Facilities (including Incremental Facilities);

 

(b)Debt owing by Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to Borrower or any other Subsidiary; provided that (i) any such Debt owing by a Loan Party to a non-Loan Party shall be subordinated to the Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (ii) any such Debt owing by a non-Loan Party to a Loan Party shall be a Permitted Investment;

 

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(c)Purchase Money Obligations and Capital Lease Obligations and any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $200 million and (y) 37.5% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis;

 

(d)(i) other Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of (x) the Unrestricted Incremental Amount plus (y) an unlimited amount so long as, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, when calculated on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to any indebtedness incurred in reliance on this clause (y), but without giving effect to any indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (x) substantially concurrently with the incurrence of such indebtedness in reliance on this clause (y) and without netting the cash proceeds of any such indebtedness, (I) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Financial Covenants and (II) (A) if such Debt is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Closing Date Facilties, the First Lien Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.75:1.00 or (B) if such Debt is secured by the Collateral on a junior-lien basis to the Closing Date Facilities, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.50:1.00 (such Debt in clause (y) incurred pursuant to this paragraph (d), collectively, “Secured Ratio Debt”); provided in each case that: (A) such Debt shall be secured only by the Collateral (or a portion thereof) or a pari passu or junior basis and shall only be guaranteed by the Guarantors (provided that such Debt may be secured by assets other than the Collateral or guaranteed by a Subsidiary other than the Guarantors, so long as such assets are contemporaneously included as Collateral and such subsidiary becomes a Guarantor); (B) Secured Ratio Debt (other than a customary bridge facility so long as the long-term Debt into which such bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (B)) shall not mature earlier than, or have a weighted average life shorter than, any of the Credit Facilities; and (C) Secured Ratio Debt in the form of term loans that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Closing Date Facilities will be subject to the “most-favored nations” pricing provision set forth in Section 2.15(4)(v) as if such Secured Ratio Debt were an Incremental Facility and (ii) any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof;

 

(e)(i) other Debt in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the sum of (x) the Unrestricted Incremental Amount plus (y) an unlimited amount so long as, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, when calculated on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to any indebtedness incurred in reliance on this clause (y), but without giving effect to any indebtedness incurred in reliance on clause (x) substantially concurrently with the incurrence of such indebtedness in reliance on this clause (y) and without netting the cash proceeds of any such indebtedness, (I) the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants (such Debt incurred pursuant to this paragraph (e), “Unsecured Ratio Debt”); provided that (A) such Debt shall only be guaranteed by the Guarantors (provided that such Debt may be guaranteed by a Subsidiary other than the Guarantors, so long as such subsidiary becomes a Guarantor); and (B) Unsecured Ratio Debt (other than a customary bridge facility so long as the long-term Debt into which such bridge facility is to be converted or exchanged satisfies the requirements of this clause (B)) shall not mature earlier than, or have a weighted average life shorter than, any of the Credit Facilities and (ii) any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof;

 

(f)(i) Debt assumed in connection with Acquisitions and other Investments permitted by this Agreement and not created in contemplation thereof so long as, giving pro forma effect to the incurrence thereof, the Borrower would be in compliance with the Financial Covenants and (ii) any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof;

 

(g)Guarantees of any Permitted Debt;

 

(h)Debt incurred by a Non-Loan Party, and guarantees thereof by Non-Loan Party, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed (A) the greater of (x) $132.75 million and (y) 25% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at any one time outstanding and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, plus (B) additional Debt incurred from time to time pursuant to asset based revolving facilities provided by commercial banks or similar financial institutions; provided that (1) such Debt is secured by Liens on the current assets of Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties (and not on the Collateral) and (2) Loan Parties shall not Guarantee such Debt unless such Guarantee would otherwise be permitted under Section 10.2(9);

 

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(i)Attributable Debt and Purchase Money Obligations in connection with Maxar Space Real Estate or any similar Debt (whether secured or unsecured) directly related thereto (i) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $100 million and (y) 18.8% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period at any one time outstanding and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis or (ii) that replaces any real property (owned or leased) existing on the Closing Date so long as the Interest Coverage Ratio for the most recently ended Test Period (based on the average annual contractual amount payable in respect thereof for the base term of the related obligation) is not less than 3.50:1.00;

 

(j)Convertible Debt, so long as, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, when calculated on a Pro Forma Basis immediately after giving effect to any Convertible Debt incurred and without netting the cash proceeds of any such indebtedness, the Borrower is in compliance with the Financial Covenants;

 

(k)Debt in existence of the Closing Date and any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof;

 

(l)Incremental Equivalent Debt, Refinancing Facilities and Refinancing Notes and, in each case, any Refinancing Debt in respect thereof;

 

(m)(i) Cash Management Obligations and (ii) Debt incurred by Borrower or any Subsidiary in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with cash management and deposit accounts;

 

(n)Ordinary Course Debt;

 

(o)[reserved];

 

(p)Debt of the Borrower or any Subsidiary incurred in connection with any reorganization or activity undertaken as part of a Permitted Tax Restructuring; provided that:

 

(i)all of the steps in such transaction are completed substantially concurrently (except for any continuing Debt permitted by part (iii) below);

 

(ii)after giving effect to such transaction: all of the entities involved in such transaction are solvent at the time of such transaction or have no material liabilities (other than liabilities owed to Borrower or any Subsidiary); and

 

(iii)after giving effect to such transaction: (x) any continuing Debt resulting from such transaction qualifies as Permitted Debt under another paragraph of this definition, (y) the Security, taken as a whole, is not impaired in any material respect (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and (z) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(q)other Debt in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed the greater of (x) $265.5 million and (y) 50% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis (such Debt incurred pursuant to this paragraph (q), “General Basket Debt”);

 

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(r)Debt under the Senior Secured Notes outstanding on the Closing Date; and

 

(s)all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in paragraphs (a) through (q) above.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.2(1), in the event that an item of Debt meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Debt described in clauses (a) through (s) above, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Debt in one or more of the above clauses.

 

(2)            Liens. Create, incur or otherwise permit to exist any Lien on any of its assets, other than Permitted Liens.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.2(2), in the event that a Lien meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Liens described in definition of “Permitted Lien”, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such Lien (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of Lien in one or more of the clauses of the definition of “Permitted Lien”.

 

(3)            Fundamental Changes. Merge, amalgamate, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:

 

(a)any Subsidiary may merge or amalgamate with (i) the Borrower (provided that the Borrower is the surviving entity), or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries (provided that when any Subsidiary that is a Loan Party is merging or amalgamating with another Subsidiary, a Loan Party shall be a continuing or surviving Person, as applicable, or the resulting entity shall succeed as a matter of law to all of the Obligations of such Loan Party (including, without limitation, as the Borrower, as applicable)) and (iii) any other Subsidiary in order to consummate a Permitted Tax Restructuring;

 

(b)(i) any Non-Loan Party may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Non-Loan Party, (ii) (A) any Subsidiary may liquidate, dissolve or wind up, or (B) any Subsidiary may change its legal form, in each case, if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (iii) the Borrower may change is legal form if it determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the Administrative Agent reasonably determines it is not disadvantageous to the Lenders;

 

(c)any Subsidiary may dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then either (i) the transferee must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a Permitted Investment;

 

(d)so long as no Event of Default exists or would immediately result therefrom, the Borrower may merge or amalgamate with any other Person (1) in a transaction in which the Borrower is the continuing or surviving entity of such transaction or (2) in a transaction in which such other Person is the surviving or continuing entity of such transaction (such Person, the “Successor Borrower”); provided that, in the case of this clause (3), (i) such Successor Borrower is organized under the laws of the United States; (ii) such Successor Borrower shall assume the Obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Facility Documents; (iii) each Guarantor shall have confirmed that its Credit Facilities Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under the Credit Facility Documents; (iv) each Guarantor shall have by a supplement to the GSA and other applicable Security Documents confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under the Credit Facility Documents; (v) if requested by the Administrative Agent, each mortgagor of a Material Real Property shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Debenture (or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under the Credit Facility Documents; (vi) the Borrower shall have delivered information reasonably requested in writing by the Administrative Agent (or any Lender through the Administrative Agent) reasonably required by regulatory authorities under “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the USA PATRIOT Act of the type delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.1(17); and (vii) the Borrower shall have delivered of an officer’s certificate certifying the compliance with the foregoing;

 

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(e)so long as no Default exists or would immediately result therefrom, any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) may merge or amalgamate with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 10.2(10); provided that the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Subsidiary, which together with each of its Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 10.1(28); and

 

(f)so long as no Default exists or would immediately result therefrom, a merger, amalgamation, dissolution, winding up, liquidation, consolidation or Asset Sale, the purpose of which is to effect an Asset Sale permitted pursuant to Section 10.2(6), may be effected.

 

(4)            Other Business. Change the nature of its business or operations, or conduct businesses or operations which are materially different from the businesses and operations carried on by Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole on the Closing Date and any other businesses or operations which are reasonably related, ancillary or incidental thereto.

 

(5)            Financial Year. Change its Financial Year.

 

(6)            Asset Sales. Consummate an Asset Sale, unless

 

(a)the Borrower or such 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 at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

(b)at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

 

(i)any Debt (as reflected on the Borrower’s most recent consolidated balance sheet) of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, other than Debt which is by its terms subordinated to the Security, that is 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 Borrower and such Subsidiary have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing;

 

(ii)any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale;

 

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(iii)any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by Borrower or any Subsidiary in connection with such Asset Sale; provided that the aggregate Fair Market Value of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, taken together with the Fair Market Value at the time of receipt of all other Designated Non-cash Consideration previously received by Borrower or such Subsidiary pursuant to this paragraph (iii) less the amount of Net Cash Proceeds previously realized in cash and Cash Equivalents from the disposition of prior Designated Non-cash Consideration, does not exceed the greater of (x) $100 million and (y) 18.8% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis at such time (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),

 

will, in each case, be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents for this purpose.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, (x) the Borrower shall not nor shall it permit any Subsidary to consummate an Asset Sale or Permitted Disposition to an Unrestricted Subsidiary of any satellite or Intellectual Property that is material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and (y) the Borrower shall not nor shall it permit any Guaranor to consummate an Asset Sale or Permitted Disposition to a Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) of any satellite that is material to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(7)            Non-Arms’ Length Transactions. Enter into any transactions with parties with whom it does not deal at arms’ length except on competitive terms consistent with an arm’s length transaction and current market conditions; provided that this provision shall not restrict (i) any inter-corporate transactions exclusively between or among the Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) interest or other consideration payable under any inter-corporate transaction between and of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; (iii) the indemnification of officers and directors of the Borrower and each Subsidiary in accordance with customary practice; (iv) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Borrower; (v) the payment of fees and indemnities to directors, officers and employees of the Borrower the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; (vi) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 10.2(9) and Permitted Investments, (vii) any employment agreements entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business; (viii) transactions pursuant to agreements in effect on the Closing Date and any amendment to or extension of such agreement to the extent that such amendment or extension, taken as a whole, is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect; (ix) transactions with JV Entities for the purchase or sale of equipment or services entered into in the ordinary course of business and (x) transactions pursuant to Permitted Tax Restructurings.

 

(8)            Restrictions on Distributions. Enter into any agreement or other arrangement that prohibits, restricts or imposes any condition on the ability of any Subsidiary to pay dividends on or other distributions with respect to its Equity Interests or to make or repay loans or advances to Borrower or any Subsidiary, except for (i) prohibitions, restrictions and conditions imposed by applicable Law or a Credit Facility Document, (ii) prohibitions, restrictions and conditions contained in an agreement providing for the disposition of a subsidiary of Loan Party, which prohibitions, restrictions and conditions only apply pending the completion of such disposition and only apply to such subsidiary, (iii) prohibitions, restrictions and conditions on the distribution of assets in any JV Entity or similar agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iv) [Reserved], (vi) any prohibition, restriction or condition pursuant to an agreement in effect at or entered into on the Closing Date, (vii) any prohibition, restriction or condition with respect to a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Debt incurred by such Subsidiary prior to the date on which it became a Subsidiary (other than Debt incurred as consideration in, in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary) and outstanding on such date, which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than such Subsidiary) or the properties or assets of Borrower or any Subsidiary (other than such Subsidiary), (viii) any prohibition, restriction or condition arising under or in connection with any agreement or instrument relating to any Debt permitted by this Agreement if the prohibition, restriction or condition is not materially more disadvantageous to the Lenders than is customary in comparable financings (as determined in good faith by Borrower), (ix) any prohibition, restriction or condition in connection with any agreement or instrument governing Equity Interests of any Person other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary that is acquired after the Closing Date, (x) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures, and (xi) any prohibition, restriction or condition 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 (x) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower’s Board of Directors, 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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(9)            Limitation on Restricted Payments. Directly or indirectly declare or pay any Distribution (other than Distributions payable in Qualified Equity Interests) (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), except:

 

(a)any Restricted Payments required to be made on or about the Closing Date in order to consummate, or in connection with, the Transactions;

 

(b)any Restricted Payments made from the net cash proceeds of, or in exchange for, a substantially concurrent issue of Qualified Equity Interests; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such payment will be excluded for the purposes of calculating the Available Amount;

 

(c)any Restricted Payment provided that, at the time of such Restricted Payment, (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result therefrom and (ii) the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio for the Test Period most recently ended at the time of such Restricted Payment does not exceed 3.35:1.00, as determined on a pro forma basis giving effect to all such Restricted Payments;

 

(d)[reserved];

 

(e)payments of cash, dividends, distributions, advances or other Restricted Payments by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon (A) the exercise of options or warrants or (B) the conversion or exchange of Equity Interests of any such Person;

 

(f)the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options or warrants to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or warrants;

 

(g)the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of, or payments with respect to, any Equity Interests in the Borrower held by any future, present or former directors, officers, members of management, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective estates, heirs, family members, spouses or former spouses pursuant to the terms of any employee equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement or similar agreement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests in any fiscal year (other than any such Equity Interests repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired in compensation for any withholding or similar taxes due or payable by the holder thereof) will not exceed the sum of (I) $25 million, with unused amounts pursuant to this subclause (I) being carried over to succeeding fiscal years; plus (II) the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Borrower since the Closing Date as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower to any future, present or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are used to permit a repurchase, redemption or other acquisition under this subclause (g) will, in any event, be excluded for the purposes of calculating the Available Amount;

 

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(h)Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed the Available Amount; provided that, at the time of such Restricted Payment, (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result therefrom and (ii) solely with respect to use of the Builder Component, the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio of the Borrower as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period, on a Pro Forma Basis, would be no greater than 4.60:1.00;

 

(i)the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if the Borrower would have been permitted to make such payment under this Section on the date of such declaration; and

 

(j)any other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $132.75 million and (y) 25% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.2(9), in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Restricted Payments described in clauses (a) through (j) above, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such Restricted Payment (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Restricted Payment in one or more of the above clauses.

 

(10)            Limitation on Investments. Make any Restricted Investment.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 10.2(10), in the event that an Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Investments described in definition of “Permitted Investments”, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such Investment (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of Investment in one or more of the clauses of the definition of “Permitted Investments”.

 

(11)            Financial Covenants. For the exclusive benefit of the Revolving Lenders only, the Borrower will not permit:

 

(a)the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio to exceed (i) 5.50:1.00 as at the end of each Financial Quarter ending up to and including December 31, 2022, (ii) 5.00:1.00 as at the end of each Financial Quarter ending on or after March 31, 2023 and up to and including December 31, 2023, and (iii) 4.50:1.00 as at the end of each Financial Quarter ending on or after March 31, 2024; or

 

(b)the Interest Coverage Ratio to be less than 2.50:1.00 as at the end of each Financial Quarter,

 

in each case calculated (i) as at the end of each Financial Quarter (commencing with the first full Financial Quarter of the Borrower ending after the Closing Date) on the basis of the four Financial Quarters then ended, and (ii) using Borrower-prepared Financial Statements for quarterly calculations and audited consolidated year-end Financial Statements for annual calculations; provided that the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio required under clause (a) above for each Financial Quarter ending on or after March 31, 2023 shall increase by 0.50:1.00 for the four Fiscal Quarters (collectively the “relief period”) in which one or more Permitted Acquisitions or Investments permitted by this Agreement, as the case may be, by the Borrower or a Subsidiary take place; provided that such Permitted Acquisitions or Investments have an aggregate value in excess of 50% of Adjusted EBITDA for the period of four consecutive Financial Quarters ending immediately prior to the relief period (and, for the purpose of which determination of 50% of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA shall not be adjusted on a pro forma basis as set forth in Section 1.10).

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent a purported breach of this Section 10.2(11) has occurred due to an inadvertent miscalculation of the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio and/or the Interest Coverage Ratio (or any component thereof), the Borrower may at any time deliver a corrected Compliance Certificate correcting such error (together with a reasonably detailed explanation of such error), and any Event of Default relating to such purported breach of this Section 10.2(11) (but not any other Event of Default that may arise from such miscalculation) shall upon such delivery be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

(12)            Prepayments, Etc. of Debt. Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner any Subordinated Debt in excess of the greater of (x) $100 and (y) 18.8% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis (it being understood that payments of regularly scheduled interest, customary AHYDO catch-up payments and mandatory prepayments under any such Subordinated Debt Documents shall not be prohibited by this Section 10.2(12)), except for (i) the refinancing thereof with the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Debt (to the extent such Debt constitutes Refinancing Debt), (ii) the conversion thereof to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower or any of its direct or indirect parents, (iii) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments thereof prior to their scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount not to exceed (A) the greater of (x) $132.75 and (y) 25% of Adjusted EBITDA for the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, (iv) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments thereof prior to their scheduled maturity in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount, so long as (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result therefrom and (B) solely with respect to the use of the Builder Component, the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio of the Borrower as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period, on a Pro Forma Basis, would be no greater than 4.60:1.00, and (v) other prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments thereof prior to their scheduled maturity in unlimited amounts, so long as (A) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would immediately result therefrom and (B) the Consolidated Net Debt Leverage Ratio of the Borrower as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period, on a Pro Forma Basis, would be no greater than 3.35:1.00.

 

(13)            [Reserved].

 

(14)            Hedging Instruments. Enter into Hedging Instruments for speculative purposes.

 

10.3Administrative Agent May Perform Covenants.

 

If any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any covenant on its part contained herein or in any other Credit Facility Document, the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion acting reasonably, and shall upon the instructions of the Required Lenders, perform any of such covenants which are capable of being performed by the Administrative Agent and, if any such covenant requires the payment or expenditure of money, the Administrative Agent may make such payment or expenditures with its own funds or with money borrowed for that purpose (but the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to do so); provided that the Administrative Agent shall first have provided written notice of its intention to the Borrower and a reasonable opportunity (not to exceed 20 days, or such longer period as the Lenders shall approve) to cure the failure. All amounts paid by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 10.3 shall be repaid by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on demand therefor, shall form part of the Obligations and shall be secured by the Security. No payment or performance under this Section 10.3 shall relieve the Borrower from any Event of Default.

 

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Article 11
CHANGES IN CIRCUMSTANCES

 

11.1Illegality.

 

If the enactment of any applicable Law in any jurisdiction or any province, state, territory or other political subdivision thereof, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Official Body or compliance by a Lender with any guideline, official directive, request or direction (whether or not having the force of Law) of any Official Body in any jurisdiction or any province, state, territory or other political subdivision thereof, hereafter makes it unlawful for a Lender to make, fund or maintain any type of Accommodation or to give effect to its obligations in respect of such type of Accommodation, such Lender may, by written notice thereof to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, declare its obligations under this Agreement in respect of such type of Accommodation to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and the Borrower shall within the time required by such Law (or at the end of such longer period as such Lender at its discretion has agreed) repay or effect a Conversion of the Principal Outstanding in respect of such type of Accommodation from such Lender, and shall pay all accrued interest and fees payable hereunder and all Increased Costs incurred in connection with the termination or Conversion of such type of Accommodation.

 

11.2[Reserved].

 

11.3[Reserved].

 

11.4Increased Costs.

 

If any Change in Law shall have the effect of:

 

(a)increasing the cost (other than Taxes) to such Lender (or its direct or indirect parent entity) of performing its obligations under this Agreement or in respect of any Accommodation, including the costs of maintaining any capital, liquidity, reserve or special deposit requirements with respect to this Agreement or any Accommodation or with respect to its obligations hereunder or thereunder;

 

(b)requiring such Lender to maintain or allocate any capital (including a requirement affecting such Lender’s allocation of capital to its obligations) or additional capital in respect of its obligations under this Agreement or in respect of any Accommodation or otherwise reducing the effective return to such Lender under this Agreement or in respect of any Accommodation or on its total capital as a result of entering into this Agreement or making any Accommodation;

 

(c)subjecting the Administrative Agent or any Lender to any Taxes (other than any Indemnified Taxes or Excluded Taxes) with respect to its loans, letters of credit, commitments, other obligations, deposits, reserves or other liabilities; or

 

(d)causing such Lender to make any payment or to forgo any return on or calculated by reference to any amount received or receivable by such Lender under this Agreement or in respect of any Accommodation;

 

such Lender or, in the case of clause (c) the Administrative Agent, may give notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) specifying the nature of the event giving rise to such additional cost, reduction, payment or forgone return and the Borrower shall promptly pay such amounts as such Lender or, in the case of clause (c), the Administrative Agent may specify to be necessary to compensate it for any such additional cost, reduction, payment or forgone return; provided that, to the extent any such additional cost, reduction, payment or forgone return is incurred or suffered by any Lender as a result of any requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or pursuant to Basel III or CRD IV after the Closing Date, then such Lender shall only be compensated pursuant to this Section 11.4 if such Lender recovers such additional cost, reduction, payment or foregone return under other syndicated credit facilities involving similarly situated borrowers that such Lender is a lender under. A certificate setting out, in reasonable detail, the amount of any such additional cost, reduction, payment or forgone return, and (if applicable) certifying that it is such Lender’s general policy or practice to recover such additional cost, reduction, payment or forgone return under other syndicated credit facilities involving similarly situated borrowers that such Lender is a lender under, submitted in good faith by such Lender to the Borrower, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes absent demonstrated error.

 

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If such circumstances continue in effect for 60 consecutive days, on request from the Borrower, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall use their reasonable best efforts to arrange for one or more other Persons (in this Section 11.4, the “assuming Lender”) reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to assume all or a portion of the relevant Commitments and acquire the outstanding Accommodations and other rights and interests of the affected Lender hereunder. The assuming Lender and affected Lender shall execute all such documents as may be reasonably required by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower to effect such assumption and acquisition. Failing such assumption and acquisition, the Borrower may effect a prepayment and cancellation of the relevant Commitments of the affected Lender (without reducing or prepaying the Commitment(s) of any other Lender(s)).

 

11.5Indemnification.

 

(1)            Matching Funds. The Borrower shall promptly pay to each Lender any amounts required to compensate such Lender or its Participants for any breakage or similar cost, loss, cost of redeploying funds or other cost or expense suffered or incurred by such Lender or Participant as a result of:

 

(a)any payment being made by the Borrower in respect of a SOFR Loan, CDOR Rate Loan or Euribor Loan (due to acceleration hereunder or a mandatory repayment or prepayment of principal or for any other reason) on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period or the maturity date applicable thereto; provided that, where the event giving rise to such payment is a mandatory repayment or prepayment, the Borrower may at its option instead deposit the amount of the repayment or prepayment to a segregated account pending expiry of the existing Interest Period or (as the case may be) maturity of outstanding bankers acceptances, and the monies in such segregated account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the required repayment or prepayment on the expiry of such Interest Period;

 

(b)the Borrower’s failure to give notice in the manner and at the times required hereunder; or

 

(c)the failure of the Borrower to fulfil or honour, before the date specified for any Accommodation, the applicable conditions set forth in Article 6 or to accept an Accommodation after delivery of a Notice in the manner and at the time specified in such Notice.

 

A certificate of such Lender submitted to the Borrower (copy to the Administrative Agent) as to the amount necessary to so compensate such Lender or its Participants shall be conclusive evidence, absent demonstrated error, of the amount due from the Borrower to such Lender.

 

(2)            General. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender, each Issuing Bank, each Arranger, the Swingline Lender and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee) incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrower or any Subsidiary) other than such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Credit Facility Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), the Collateral Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and each of their respective Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents, (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by an Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials or a Release on or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, equity holder or creditor of a Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any Subsidiary against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Credit Facility Document, if the Borrower or such Subsidiary has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 11.5(2) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim. The obligations of the Borrower under this Section 11.5(2) shall survive the payment and performance of the Obligations.

 

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(3)            Waiver of Consequential Damages. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, no party hereto shall assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee or other Person, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Credit Facility Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit, or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that the foregoing shall not limit the Borrower’s indemnification obligations under this Agreement.

 

(4)            Information Transmission Systems. No Indemnitee 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 Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

11.6Taxes, Costs, etc.

 

(1)            Gross-Up. All payments by or on behalf of any Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for Taxes unless such Taxes are required by applicable Law to be deducted or withheld.  If any applicable withholding agent shall be required by applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of the applicable withholding agent) to deduct or withhold any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or thereunder:

 

(a)the applicable withholding agent shall make such deductions or withholdings;

 

(b)the applicable withholding agent shall pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Official Body in accordance with applicable Law; and

 

(c)if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions or withholdings of Indemnified Taxes (including any such deductions or withholdings of Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional amounts paid under this Section 11.6), the applicable Lender (or, in the case of any amount received by an Administrative Agent for its own account, such Administrative Agent) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received if no deduction or withholding had been made.

 

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Within thirty days after paying any sum from which it is required by applicable Law to make any deduction or withholding, and within thirty days after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by Section 11.6(1)(a) above to pay, such applicable withholding agent shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as applicable, an official receipt or other evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant Official Body.

 

(2)            Prepayment; Replacement. In the event that the Borrower shall become obligated to make additional payments to a Lender by virtue of this Section 11.6, the Borrower shall be permitted to:

 

(a)effect a voluntary prepayment under Section 2.4(2) of all (but not less than all) of the Obligations owed to such Lender under each relevant Credit Facility, without the obligation to effect concurrent prepayments to any other Lenders as contemplated by Section 2.4(3) and without any premium set forth in Section 2.4(5); or

 

(b)as to the entire Commitment of such Lender under each relevant Credit Facility, require a Lender to use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking the Obligations or replace such Lender with one or more existing Lenders or by a new Lender, in each case where such lending office or existing or new Lender is satisfactory to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank; provided that, such designation of a new lending office (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to this Section 11.6, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to, such Lender; provided further that, such assignment to any existing Lender or new Lender will result in a material reduction in such additional payments.

 

(3)            Payment of Other Taxes. The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Official Body in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, all Other Taxes.

 

(4)            Borrower Indemnity. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender, within 30 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of Indemnified Taxes (including any Indemnified Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 11.6) payable or paid by any such recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such recipient and any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the relevant Official Body. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability submitted by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive evidence, absent demonstrated error, of the amount due from the Borrower to such recipient.

 

(5)            Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any Lender or the Administrative Agent determines that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 11.6 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 11.6), it shall pay to the Borrower an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including any Taxes) of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Official Body with respect to such refund). The Borrower, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, shall repay the amount paid over to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 11.6(5) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Official Body) in the event that the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Official Body. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 11.6(5), in no event will the Administrative Agent or such Lender be required to pay any amount to the Borrower pursuant to this Section 11.6(5) to the extent such payment would place the Administrative Agent or such Lender in a less favorable net after-Tax position than it would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 11.6(5) shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

 

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(6)            [Reserved].

 

(7)            Tax Documentation.

 

(a)Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to any payments made under any Credit Facility Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements.

 

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

 

(b)Any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent) two executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding Tax.

 

(c)Any Lender that is a Non-U.S. Person shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

(i)in the case of a Lender claiming the claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States of America is a party, two executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E;

 

(ii)two executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(iii)in the case of a Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and no payments under any Credit Facility Document are effectively connected with such Lender’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) two executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

 

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(iv)to the extent that a Lender that is a Non-U.S. Person is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), two executed copies of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 or Exhibit B-3, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if such Lender is a partnership and not a participating Lender, and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B-4 on behalf of such direct and indirect partner(s);

 

(d)any Lender that is a Non-U.S. Person shall, to the extent it is legally eligible to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), two executed originals of any other documentation prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

(e)The Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower two executed copies of either (i) IRS Form W-9, or (ii) IRS Form W-8ECI (with respect to any payments to be received on its own behalf) and IRS Form W-8IMY (for all other payments), establishing that the Borrower can make payments to the Administrative Agent without deduction or withholding of any U.S. federal withholding Taxes, including Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

(f)Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 11.6, a Lender or the Administrative Agent shall not be required to deliver any documentation that such Lender or the Administrative Agent is not legally eligible to deliver.

 

(8)            FATCA. If a payment made to any Lender hereunder would be subject to United States federal withholding Taxes imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine whether such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this Section 11.6(8), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(9)            Each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders any documentation it previously delivered expired, obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall 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 in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.

 

(10)            Survival. Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement or obligation of the Loan Parties hereunder or under any other Credit Facility Document, the obligations of the Borrower under this Section 11.6 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the payment and performance of the Obligations.

 

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(11)            Applicable Law. For purposes of this Section 11.6, the term “applicable Law” includes FATCA.

 

(12)            Lender. For purposes of this Section 11.6, the term “Lender” includes any Swingline Lender and any Issuing Bank.

 

11.7Affected Lender.

 

(1)            Replacement of Affected Lender. If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or does not provide its consent or agreement to a request by the Borrower for a waiver, approval or amendment which requires the consent of all of the Lenders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or all Lenders directly and adversely affected (each such Defaulting Lender or non-consenting Lender being herein referred to as an “Affected Lender”), then the Borrower may, provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, give the Administrative Agent notice of its intention to cause such Affected Lender to assign its Loans and Commitments in full to one or more financial institutions acceptable to the Administrative Agent and, in connection with an assignment under the Revolving Facility, the Swingline Lender and each Issuing Bank, and the Borrower shall pay any fees payable thereunder in connection with such assignment; provided that, on the date of such assignment:

 

(a)such Affected Lender shall execute and deliver such documents assigning its Commitment as shall be required for such purpose, as contemplated by Section 14.8 (provided that the failure of the Affected Lender to execute such documents shall not render such assignment invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register);

 

(b)the replacement Lender shall pay to such Affected Lender an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Accommodations of such Affected Lender; and

 

(c)the Borrower shall pay any amounts payable to such Affected Lender under Section 11.5 as if it were a voluntary prepayment under Section 2.4 together with any premium payable pursuant to Section 2.4(5).

 

(2)            Repayment of Affected Lender. In addition, in the circumstances set forth in Section 11.7(1) the Borrower may at its option, instead of causing such Affected Lender to assign its Commitment as aforesaid and provided no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, elect to prepay and permanently cancel the Commitment of such Affected Lender, in which case:

 

(a)the Borrower shall pay to such Affected Lender an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Accommodations of such Affected Lender together with any premium payable pursuant to Section 2.4(5); and

 

(b)the Borrower shall pay any amounts payable to such Affected Lender under Section 11.5 as if it were a voluntary prepayment under Section 2.4.

 

(3)            No Obligation. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall be obligated to take up any Affected Lender’s Commitment or to locate or provide a replacement for any Affected Lender.

 

(4)            More Than One Affected Lender. If, in any circumstances, there is more than one Affected Lender, the Borrower shall deal with each such Affected Lender in an equivalent manner.

 

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Article 12
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

12.1Events of Default.

 

Each of the events set forth in this Section 12.1 shall constitute an “Event of Default”.

 

(1)            Payment. The Borrower shall fail:

 

(a)to pay the principal amount of any Loan when the same becomes due and payable;

 

(b)to reimburse any Issuing Bank in respect of any Letter of Credit, or pay the Face Amount thereof, when required hereunder;

 

provided that it shall not constitute an Event of Default if the Borrower gave timely instructions for payment of funds and such failure results from an administrative or technical error or omission, caused by a party other than the Borrower, in connection with the transfer of funds or the administration of the accounts from which such payments are to be made and continues for a period not greater than one Business Day; or

 

(c)to pay any interest or fees hereunder when the same becomes due and payable and such failure shall remain unremedied for a period of three Business Days.

 

(2)            Representations and Warranties Incorrect. Any of the representations or warranties made or deemed to be made by any Loan Party in any Credit Facility Document or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall prove to be or have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed to be made.

 

(3)            Financial Covenants. The Borrower defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 10.2(11); provided that, subject to Section 12.2(2)(b), such default shall only be an Event of Default under the Revolving Facility.

 

(4)            Covenants. The Borrower defaults in the performance of or compliance with any term contained in Section 10.1(1)(a), 10.1(9)(a)(i), 10.1(7) or 10.2 (other than Section 10.2(11)).

 

(5)            Failure to Perform Other Covenants. Any Loan Party or Subsidiary shall fail to perform or observe any covenant contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document (and not otherwise referred to in this Section 12.1) on its part to be performed or observed or otherwise applicable to it hereunder or thereunder; provided that, if such failure is capable of being remedied, no Event of Default shall have occurred as a result thereof unless and until such failure shall have remained unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of (i) written notice thereof given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent, and (ii) such time as such Person is aware of same.

 

(6)            Cross-Payment Default. Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall fail to pay the principal of any Debt (excluding the obligations under the Credit Facilities or Debt owed to the Borrower or any Subsidiary) which is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount exceeding the Threshold Amount when such amount becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise) beyond any applicable grace period.

 

(7)            Cross-Default. Any other event occurs or condition exists (including a failure to pay the premium or interest on such Debt) and continues after the applicable grace period (if any) specified in any agreement or instrument relating to any Debt of Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Person or Persons (excluding Debt owed to Borrower or any Subsidiary) which is outstanding in an aggregate principal amount exceeding the Threshold Amount the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Debt (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, all such Debt to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem all such Debt to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (7) shall not apply to secured Debt that becomes due (or requires an offer to purchase) as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Debt, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such indebtedness; provided, further, that such failure or breach is unremedied and is not waived by the required holders of such indebtedness.

 

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(8)            Insolvency Proceedings. Except with respect to any dissolution or liquidation of a Subsidiary expressly permitted by Section 10.2(3) in connection with the consummation of a Permitted Tax Restructuring, any Loan Party or any of the Subsidiaries institutes or consents in writing to the institution of any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents in writing to the appointment of any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding.

 

(9)            Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Loan Party or any Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) days after its issue or levy.:

 

(10)            Judgments. Judgment (subject to no further right of appeal) for the payment of money in an amount which, after giving effect to any available insurance), is in excess of the Threshold Amount shall be rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and such Loan Party or Subsidiary shall not discharge the same or provide for its discharge in accordance with its terms, or procure a stay of execution thereof, or deposit with the Administrative Agent cash collateral or other security satisfactory to the Lenders in the amount of the judgment, within 60 days from the date of entry thereof (which security may be comprised of cash collateral or other security deposited with or delivered to the Administrative Agent).

 

(11)            Documents Unenforceable. (i) Any of the Credit Facility Documents shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect in any material respect (other than as a result of any actions or inactions on the part of any Lender or Agent) or any Loan Party or any Subsidiary shall purport in writing to disavow its obligations thereunder, shall declare in writing that it does not have any further obligation thereunder or shall contest in writing the validity or enforceability thereof, or (ii) any item of Security shall cease for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof) to create a valid security interest in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby or such security interest shall for any reason cease to be a perfected and first priority security interest subject only to Permitted Liens.

 

(12)            Employee Benefit Plans. There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results, or could reasonably be expected to result, in an MAE.

 

(13)            Change in Control. A Change in Control shall occur.

 

Solely for the purpose of determining whether a Default has occurred under clause (8) or (9) of Section 12.1, any reference in any such clause to any Subsidiary or Loan Party shall be deemed not to include any Subsidiary that is an Immaterial Subsidiary or at such time could, upon designation by the Borrower, become an Immaterial Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstances referred to in any such clause.

 

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12.2Effect.

 

(1)            General. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, except as provided in Sections 12.2(2) and 12.2(3), the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)shall, at the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, by notice to the Borrower cancel all obligations of the Revolving Lenders in respect of the Revolving Facility Commitments (whereupon no further Accommodations may be made and any Notice given with respect to an Accommodation occurring on or after the date of such notice or request shall cease to have effect);

 

(b)shall, at the request of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrower declare the Obligations to be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; and

 

(c)may and, at the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, shall require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit Obligations (in an amount equal to the outstanding Face Amount thereof).

 

(2)            Financial Covenant Defaults. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default specified in Section 12.1(3), the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)shall, at the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, by notice to the Borrower cancel all obligations of the Revolving Lenders in respect of the Commitments under the Revolving Facility (whereupon no further Accommodations may be made under the Revolving Facility and any Notice given with respect to an Accommodation under the Revolving Facility occurring on or after the date of such notice or request shall cease to have effect); and

 

(b)shall, at the request of the Required Revolving Lenders, by notice to the Borrower declare the Obligations under the Revolving Facility to be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower; provided that if such declaration is made, then an Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to the Term Loans.

 

(3)            Insolvency Defaults. If any Event of Default specified in Section 12.1(8) or 12.1(9) shall occur, then all obligations of the Lenders in respect of the Commitments shall be automatically cancelled and the Obligations shall be forthwith due and payable, all as if the request and notice specified in each of Sections 12.2(1)(a) and 12.2(1)(b) had been received and given by the Administrative Agent.

 

(4)            Enforcement. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and shall at the request of the Required Lenders, commence such legal action or proceedings as it may deem expedient, including exercising and enforcing its rights and remedies under any Security (subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreement), all without any additional notice, presentation, demand, protest, notice of dishonour, entering into of possession of any of the property or assets of any Loan Party and Collateral held by any Loan Party, or any other action, notice of all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives. The rights and remedies of the Agents, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties hereunder and under the other Credit Facility Documents are cumulative and are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights or remedies provided by Law; provided that nothing herein contained shall permit any Lender to take any steps which, pursuant to this Agreement, may only be undertaken by or with the consent of all Lenders or the Required Lenders. Nothing contained herein or in any Security now or hereafter held by the Collateral Agent, with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof, nor any act or omission of any Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party with respect to such Security, shall in any way prejudice or affect the rights, remedies and powers of any Agent, any Lender or any other Secured Party with respect to any other such Security.

 

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12.3Right of Set-Off.

 

At any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and delivery of written notice to the Borrower, each Lender is hereby authorized by the Borrower at any time and from time to time to the fullest extent permitted by Law to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other Debt at any time owing to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the Obligations of the Borrower then due and payable hereunder and unpaid, and without limitation any Agent may debit any account of the Borrower for any such Obligations, whether owed to such Agent in its capacity as Agent or Lender or owed to other Lenders. Each Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower, the Agents and each other Lender after any such set-off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The rights of the Lenders under this Section 12.3 are, as between themselves, subject to Section 14.1, and the rights of the Agents and the Lenders under this Section 12.3 are in addition to all other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) which the Agents or the Lenders may have.

 

12.4Currency Conversion After Acceleration.

 

At any time following the Acceleration Date, each Lender shall be entitled to convert, with two Business Days’ prior notice to the Borrower, its unpaid and outstanding Loans denominated in a currency other than US dollars to ABR Loans denominated in US dollars. Any such conversion shall be calculated so that the resulting ABR Loans shall be the Equivalent Amount in US Dollars on the date of conversion of the amount of the Alternative Revolver Currency so converted. Any accrued and unpaid interest denominated in the Alternative Revolver Currency at the time of any such conversion shall be similarly converted to US Dollars, and such ABR Loans and accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall thereafter bear interest in accordance with Article 3.

 

12.5Application and Sharing of Payments After Acceleration.

 

Except as otherwise agreed to by all of the Secured Parties in their sole discretion, all monies and property received by any of the Secured Parties on account of any of the Secured Obligations at any time following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and all monies received by the Administrative Agent as a result of a realization upon the Security shall be paid to the Administrative Agent and applied and distributed to the Secured Parties in the order and manner set forth in Section 2.5(3).

 

Article 13
THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS

 

13.1Authorization and Action.

 

Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as administrative agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to take such action as collateral agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents as are delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. As to any matters not expressly provided for by this Agreement or such other Credit Facility Documents, each Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take any action, but shall be required to act or to refrain from acting (and shall be fully indemnified and protected in so acting or refraining from acting) upon the instructions of the Required Lenders and such instructions shall be binding upon all Lenders; provided that no Agent shall be required to take any action which exposes it to personal liability or which is contrary to this Agreement or such other Credit Facility Documents or applicable Law.

 

Each of the Agents is hereby authorized and directed by the Lenders to enter, in its capacity as Administrative Agent hereunder or Collateral Agent hereunder, as applicable, and on behalf of the Lenders into any Intercreditor Agreement contemplated by this Agreement. Without limiting the immediately prior sentence, each Lender hereby authorizes the Agents to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement on behalf of such Lender (each Lender hereby agreeing to be bound by the terms of such intercreditor agreement as if it were a party thereto, with the Agents and the other Secured Parties being intended third-party beneficiaries of the authorization and agreement of this sentence).

 

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Each of the Agents is hereby authorized by the Lenders to enter into any intercreditor agreement (other than an Intercreditor Agreement) in connection with the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Debt that is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu or junior basis with the Obligations, and if any such intercreditor agreement is posted to the Lenders five Business Days before being executed and the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such intercreditor agreement, the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have consented to such Intercreditor Agreement and the Agents’ execution thereof.

 

In connection with the incurrence by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of any Debt that is to be secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis or junior basis with the Obligations, at the request of Borrower, each of the Agents agrees to execute and deliver any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to an Intercreditor Agreement or any other intercreditor agreement contemplated by this Agreement and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, any Security Document, and to make or consent to any filings or take any other actions in connection therewith, as may be reasonably determined by the Borrower, with the consent of the Agents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), to be necessary or reasonably desirable for any Lien on the Collateral in respect of such Debt to become a valid, perfected lien (with such priority as may be designated by the Borrower, to the extent such priority is permitted by the Credit Facility Documents) pursuant to the Security Document being so amended, amended and restated, restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified. In connection with any such amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement or other modification, the Loan Parties shall deliver such officers’ certificates and supporting documentation as any Agent may reasonably request. The Lenders hereby authorize the Agents to take any action contemplated by the preceding sentence, and any such amendment, amendment and restatement, restatement, waiver of or supplement to or other modification of any such Credit Facility Document shall be effective notwithstanding the provisions of Section 14.2.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that Royal Bank may act as both the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, and hereby consents to Royal Bank doing so and the performance by Royal Bank of its duties and obligations as Collateral Agent under any Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender further acknowledges that, in so acting as Collateral Agent, Royal Bank will be representing the interests of and acting as collateral agent for all of the Secured Parties, and agrees that it will not claim or assert that, by entering into such Intercreditor Agreement as Collateral Agent or performing its duties and obligations thereunder, Royal Bank is subject to a conflict of interest.

 

13.2Certain ERISA Matters.

 

(a)Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that at least one of the following is and will be true:

 

(i)such Lender is not using “plan assets” (within the meaning of Section 3(42) of ERISA or otherwise) of one or more Benefit Plans with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement,

 

(ii)the transaction exemption set forth in one or more PTEs, such as PTE 84-14 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers), PTE 95-60 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company general accounts), PTE 90-1 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving insurance company pooled separate accounts), PTE 91-38 (a class exemption for certain transactions involving bank collective investment funds) or PTE 96-23 (a class exemption for certain transactions determined by in-house asset managers), is applicable with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement,

 

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(iii)(A) such Lender is an investment fund managed by a “Qualified Professional Asset Manager” (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14), (B) such Qualified Professional Asset Manager made the investment decision on behalf of such Lender to enter into, participate in, administer and perform the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (C) the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement satisfies the requirements of sub-sections (b) through (g) of Part I of PTE 84-14 and (D) to the best knowledge of such Lender, the requirements of subsection (a) of Part I of PTE 84-14 are satisfied with respect to such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, or

 

(iv)such other representation, warranty and covenant as may be agreed in writing between the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, and such Lender.

 

(b)In addition, unless either (1) sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or (2) a Lender has provided another representation, warranty and covenant in accordance with sub-clause (iv) in the immediately preceding clause (a), such Lender further (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that the Administrative Agent is not a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender involved in such Lender’s entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Credit Facility Document or any documents related hereto or thereto).

 

13.3Duties and Obligations.

 

The duties and obligations of each of the Agents hereunder shall be mechanical and administrative in nature, and no Agent shall have by reason of this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document any fiduciary relationship or duty with or to any Lender.

 

No Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document except for its or their own gross negligence or wilful misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Agents:

 

(a)may treat any Lender as the payee of amounts attributable to such Lender’s Commitment unless and until such Agent receives written notice of the assignment thereof signed by such Lender and such Agent receives the written agreement of the assignee that such assignee is bound hereby as if it had been an original Lender party hereto, in each case in form satisfactory to such Agent and otherwise in accordance with Section 14.8;

 

(b)may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable to the Lenders for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts;

 

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(c)shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telegram, cable, facsimile or similar means of recorded communication) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties or by acting upon any representation or warranty of the Borrower made or deemed to be made hereunder or thereunder;

 

(d)may assume that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing unless it has actual knowledge to the contrary; and

 

(e)may rely as to any matters of fact which might reasonably be expected to be within the knowledge of any Person upon a certificate signed by or on behalf of such Person.

 

Further, each of the Agents:

 

(f)makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for the accuracy or completeness of the documents, information or financial data made available to the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement, or for any statements, warranties or representations (whether written or oral) made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document;

 

(g)shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document on the part of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary or any other Person or to inspect any assets (including books and records); or

 

(h)shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document.

 

The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to the Lenders copies of all material received from the Borrower in compliance with the Borrower’s reporting obligations hereunder.

 

13.4Agents and Affiliates.

 

With respect to its Commitment and Accommodations made and to be made by it, each of the Agents, which is also a Lender, shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and every other Credit Facility Document as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an agent; and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include such Agent in its capacity as Lender. Each Lender (including each Agent) and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower and its Affiliates, or any corporation or other entity owned or controlled by such Persons, and any Person which may do business with such Persons, all as if it were not a party hereto and without any duty to account therefor to any Lender; provided that nothing in this Section 13.4 shall affect in any manner whatsoever any covenant or other obligation on the part of the Borrower or any other Person to be observed or performed under this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document.

 

13.5Lender Credit Decision.

 

It is understood and agreed by each Lender that it has itself been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of and investigations into the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status and nature of the Borrower and its Affiliates. Accordingly, each Lender confirms to the Agents and each other Lender that it has not relied, and will not hereafter rely, on any Agent or any other Lender:

 

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(a)to check or inquire on its behalf into the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower or any Affiliate under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document or the transactions herein or therein contemplated (whether or not such information has been or is hereafter distributed to such Lender by such Agent or another Lender), or

 

(b)to assess or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status or nature of the Borrower or any Affiliate.

 

Each Lender acknowledges that a copy of this Agreement has been made available to it for its review and that it is satisfied with the form and substance hereof.

 

13.6Indemnifications.

 

Each Lender shall indemnify the Agents and Issuing Banks, each respective Affiliate thereof, and each respective director, officer, and employee of each such Agent, of each such Issuing Bank and of each such Affiliate (to the extent not indemnified by the Borrower), rateably with all other Lenders according to their respective Commitments, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against such Agent, such Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate, director, officer or employee in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document or any action taken or omitted by such Agent, such Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate, director, officer or employee under this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of the indemnitee. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse each of the Agents and Issuing Banks and each such Affiliate, director, officer or employee promptly upon demand for its share (determined rateably as aforesaid) of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by the indemnitee in connection with the preservation of any rights of such Agent or Issuing Bank or the Lenders under, or the enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document, to the extent that such Agent, such Issuing Bank or such Affiliate, director, officer or employee is not reimbursed for such expenses by the Borrower.

 

13.7Successor Administrative Agent.

 

The Administrative Agent may, as hereinafter provided, resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be removed at any time with cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower if no Event of Default exists, shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent, which shall be a Lender. If no successor Administrative Agent shall have been so appointed by the Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Lenders’ removal of the retiring Administrative Agent, then the retiring Administrative Agent shall on behalf of the Lenders forthwith designate a Lender (if such Lender shall have accepted such designation) the pro tem successor Administrative Agent, and such designated Lender shall act as Administrative Agent hereunder pending the appointment of its successor. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent, such successor Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from any further duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article 13 shall enure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under this Agreement.

 

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13.8Sub-Agent or Co-Agent of Administrative Agent.

 

At any time or times, in order to comply with any legal requirement in any province, state or other jurisdiction, or to facilitate the taking by the Administrative Agent of any action provided for in any Credit Facility Document, the Administrative Agent may appoint one or more trust companies, chartered banks or other Persons (any of whom may, but need not be, a Lender) to act either as co-agent or sub-agent, jointly with the Administrative Agent or as a separate agent or agents on behalf of the Lenders, with such powers and authorities as the Administrative Agent deems necessary for the effective operation of the provisions of any Credit Facility Document. In the discretion of the Administrative Agent, any instrument or agreement appointing any such co-agent or sub-agent may include provisions for the protection of such co-agent or sub-agent similar to but no broader than the provisions of this Article 13. Upon the appointment of any such co-agent or sub-agent by the Administrative Agent, all references in this Agreement and in all other Credit Facility Documents to the Administrative Agent shall thereafter be construed as references to such co-agent or sub-agent to the extent necessary in order to give effect to its powers, authorities and obligations.

 

13.9Assignment of Documents to Successor Administrative Agent.

 

Upon the resignation or removal of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.7, the Administrative Agent shall assign and transfer to the successor Administrative Agent all of its right, title and interest, as administrative agent, in and to the Credit Facility Documents. The successor Administrative Agent shall ensure that all required notices, registrations and filings in connection with such assignment are given or made, as the case may be, and the Borrower shall reimburse the successor Administrative Agent for and in respect of all of its reasonable costs and expenses in connection therewith.

 

13.10Successor Collateral Agent.

 

The Collateral Agent may, as hereinafter provided, resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and the Borrower and may be removed at any time with cause by the Required Lenders. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Lenders, with the consent of the Borrower if no Event of Default exists, shall have the right to appoint a successor Collateral Agent. If no successor Collateral Agent shall have been so appointed by the Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Collateral Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Lenders’ removal of the retiring Collateral Agent, then the retiring Collateral Agent shall on behalf of the Lenders forthwith designate a Lender (if such Lender shall have accepted such designation) the pro tem successor Collateral Agent, and such designated Lender shall act as Collateral Agent hereunder pending the appointment of its successor. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent, such successor Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent, and the retiring Collateral Agent shall be discharged from any further duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any retiring Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Article 13 shall enure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Collateral Agent under this Agreement.

 

13.11Sub-Agent or Co-Agent of Collateral Agent.

 

At any time or times, in order to comply with any legal requirement in any province, state or other jurisdiction, or to facilitate the taking by the Collateral Agent of any action provided for in any Credit Facility Document, the Collateral Agent may appoint one or more trust companies, chartered banks or other Persons (any of whom may, but need not be, a Lender) to act either as co-agent or sub-agent, jointly with the Collateral Agent or as a separate agent or agents on behalf of the Lenders, with such powers and authorities as the Collateral Agent deems necessary for the effective operation of the provisions of any Credit Facility Document. In the discretion of the Collateral Agent, any instrument or agreement appointing any such co-agent or sub-agent may include provisions for the protection of such co-agent or sub-agent similar to but no broader than the provisions of this Article 13. Upon the appointment of any such co-agent or sub-agent by the Collateral Agent, all references in this Agreement and in all other Credit Facility Documents to the Collateral Agent shall thereafter be construed as references to such co-agent or sub-agent to the extent necessary in order to give effect to its powers, authorities and obligations.

 

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13.12Assignment of Documents to Successor Collateral Agent.

 

Upon the resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 13.7, the Collateral Agent shall assign and transfer to the successor Collateral Agent all of its right, title and interest, as collateral agent, in and to the Credit Facility Documents. The successor Collateral Agent shall ensure that all required notices, registrations and filings in connection with such assignment are given or made, as the case may be, and the Borrower shall reimburse the successor Collateral Agent for and in respect of all of its reasonable costs and expenses in connection therewith.

 

13.13Collective Action of the Lenders.

 

Each of the Lenders hereby acknowledges that to the extent permitted by applicable Law, any collateral security and the remedies provided under the Credit Facility Documents to the Lenders are for the benefit of the Lenders collectively and acting together and not severally and further acknowledges that its rights hereunder and under any collateral security are to be exercised not severally, but by the applicable Agent upon the decision of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders or other Secured Parties as shall be expressly provided for in the Credit Facility Documents). Accordingly, notwithstanding any of the provisions contained herein or in any other Credit Facility Document, each of the Lenders hereby covenants and agrees that it shall not be entitled to take any action hereunder or thereunder including any declaration of default hereunder or thereunder but that any such action shall be taken only by the applicable Agent with the prior written agreement of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders or other Secured Parties as shall be expressly provided for in the Credit Facility Documents). Each of the Lenders hereby further covenants and agrees that upon any such written agreement being given, it shall co-operate fully with each of the Agents to the extent requested by such Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the absence of instructions from the Lenders and where in the sole opinion of the applicable Agent, acting reasonably and in good faith, the exigencies of the situation warrant such action, such Agent may without notice to or consent of the Lenders take such action on behalf of the Lenders as it deems appropriate or desirable in the interest of the Lenders.

 

13.14No Other Duties, etc.

 

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the bookrunners, arrangers or holders of similar titles, if any, specified in this Agreement shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Facility Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as an Agent or a Lender hereunder.

 

13.15Hypothecary Representative.

 

Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as hypothecary representative of the Secured Parties as contemplated under Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec, and to enter into, to take and to hold on their behalf, and for their benefit, any security, including any hypothec or other Lien, and to exercise such powers and duties that are conferred upon the Collateral Agent, as hypothecary representative, under any Credit Facility Documents. Any Person who becomes a Secured Party shall, upon becoming a Secured Party, be deemed to have consented to and confirmed the Collateral Agent as the hypothecary representative of the Secured Parties and to have ratified, as of the date it becomes a Secured Party, all actions taken by the Collateral Agent in such capacity. The substitution of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of Section 11 also constitutes the substitution of the Collateral Agent as hypothecary representative as aforesaid.

 

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13.16Withholding Taxes.

 

Without limiting the generality of Section 11.6, to the extent required by any applicable Law (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent may deduct or withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 11.6, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the Internal Revenue Service or any other relevant Official Body as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form documentation was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective). 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 Loan Document or from any other sources against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 13.16. For the avoidance of doubt, a “Lender” shall, for purposes of this Section 13.16, include any Swingline Lender and any Issuing Bank. The agreements in this Section 13.16 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the payment and performance of the Obligations.

 

13.17Erroneous Payments

 

(1)            If the Administrative Agent notifies a Lender, Issuing Bank or Secured Party, or any Person who has received funds on behalf of a Lender, Issuing Bank or Secured Party (any such Lender, Issuing Bank, Secured Party or other recipient, a “Payment Recipient”) that the Administrative Agent has determined in its sole reasonable discretion that any funds received by such Payment Recipient from the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates were erroneously transmitted to, or otherwise erroneously or mistakenly received by, such Payment Recipient (whether or not known to such Payment Recipient) (any such funds, whether received as a payment, prepayment or repayment of principal, interest, fees, distribution or otherwise, individually and collectively, an “Erroneous Payment”) and demands the return of such Erroneous Payment (or a portion thereof), such Erroneous Payment shall at all times remain the property of the Administrative Agent and shall be segregated by the Payment Recipient and held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, and such Payment Recipient shall promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent, in same day funds (in the currency so received), the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with prevailing banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect. To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Payment Recipient shall assert any right or claim to an Erroneous Payment, and hereby waives, and is deemed to waive, any claim, counterclaim, defense or right of set-off or recoupment with respect to any demand, claim or counterclaim by the Administrative Agent for the return of any Erroneous Payment received, including without limitation waiver of any defense based on “discharge for value” or any similar doctrine. A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Payment Recipient under this clause (1) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

 

(2)            Without limiting immediately preceding clause (1), each Payment Recipient hereby further agrees that if it receives an Erroneous Payment from the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) (x) that is in a different amount than, or on a different date from, that specified in a notice of payment sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates) with respect to such Erroneous Payment (the “Payment Notice”), or (y) that was not preceded or accompanied by a Payment Notice sent by the Administrative Agent (or any of its Affiliates), then, said Payment Recipient shall be on notice, in each case, that an error has been made with respect to such Erroneous Payment. Each Payment Recipient agrees that, in each such case, or if it otherwise becomes aware an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) may have been sent in error, such Payment Recipient shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, upon demand from the Administrative Agent, it shall promptly, but in no event later than two Business Days thereafter, return to the Administrative Agent the amount of any such Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) in same day funds (in the currency so received), together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such Payment (or portion thereof) was received by such Payment Recipient to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with prevailing banking industry rules on interbank compensation from time to time in effect.

 

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(3)            Each Payment Recipient hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off, net and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Payment Recipient under any Credit Facility Document, or otherwise payable or distributable by the Administrative Agent to such Payment Recipient from any source, against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under any of the immediately preceding clauses (1) or (2) or under the indemnification provisions of this Agreement.

 

(4)            In the event that an Erroneous Payment (or portion thereof) is not recovered by the Administrative Agent for any reason, after demand therefor by the Administrative Agent (such unrecovered amount, an “Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency”),  the Borrower and each other Loan Party hereby agrees that (x) the Administrative Agent shall be subrogated to all the rights of such Payment Recipient with respect to such amount (including, without limitation, the right to sell and assign the Loans (or any portion thereof), which were subject to the Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency) and (y) an Erroneous Payment shall not pay, prepay, repay, discharge or otherwise satisfy any Secured Obligations owed by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, except, in each case, to the extent such Erroneous Payment is, and solely with respect to the amount of such Erroneous Payment that is, comprised of funds received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower or any other Loan Party for the purpose of making such Erroneous Payment For the avoidance of doubt, no assignment of an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency will reduce the Commitments of any Payment Recipient and such Commitments shall remain available in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. In addition, each party hereto agrees that, except to the extent that the Administrative Agent has sold a Loan (or portion thereof) acquired pursuant to the assignment of an Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency, and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent may be equitably subrogated, the Administrative Agent shall be contractually subrogated to all the rights and interests of the applicable Payment Recipient under the Credit Facilities Documents with respect to each Erroneous Payment Return Deficiency.

 

(5)            Each party’s obligations, agreements and waivers under this Section 13.17 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any transfer of rights or obligations by, or the replacement of, a Lender or Issuing Bank, the termination of the Commitments and/or the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Secured Obligations (or any portion thereof) under any Credit Facilities Document.

 

13.18Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or any other Obligations 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 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 and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 2.7, Section 5.7 and Article XI) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

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(b)to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and

 

(c)any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender 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, 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 to the Administrative Agent under Section 2.7, Section 5.7 and Article XI.

 

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 any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

 

13.19Cash Management Obligations; Hedging Obligations

 

Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein or in any Credit Facilities Guarantee or other Security Document, no Cash Manager or Lender Hedge Provider that obtains the benefits of Section 12.5, any Credit Facilities Guarantee or any Security by virtue of the provisions hereof or of any Credit Facilities Guarantee or other 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 Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Security (including the release or impairment of any Security) other than in its capacity as a Lender or an Agent and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 13 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, Cash Management Obligations or Hedging Obligations unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, from the applicable Cash Manager or Lender Hedge Provider.

 

Article 14
MISCELLANEOUS

 

14.1Sharing of Payments; Records.

 

(1)[Reserved].

 

(2)[Reserved].

 

(3)Sharing. If:

 

(a)prior to the Acceleration Date, any Lender shall receive any payment or reduction (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off pursuant to Section 12.3 or at law or equity, or otherwise) of the Obligations owed to it under a Credit Facility (other than Increased Costs paid to it) in excess of its Rateable Portion of such payment or reduction, except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement;

 

(b)on or after the Acceleration Date, any Secured Party shall receive any payment or reduction (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of set-off pursuant to Section 12.3 or at law or equity, or otherwise) of a proportion of the Secured Obligations owed to it in excess of its rateable proportionate share of all Secured Obligations (with all determinations of rateable proportionate shares being made on the basis of the Secured Obligations owed to a Secured Party relative to the Secured Obligations owed to all Secured Parties, in each case expressed as the Equivalent Amount of US Dollars); or

 

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(c)(without regard to outstanding Increased Costs) any Lender shall at the time of acceleration of the Obligations have outstanding Obligations which are less than its Rateable Portion of all outstanding Obligations;

 

then such Secured Party shall forthwith purchase from the other Secured Parties such undivided participations in the Secured Obligations owed to such other Secured Parties and make any other adjustments as shall be necessary or appropriate to cause such purchasing Secured Party to share the excess payment or reduction, or be owed such outstanding Secured Obligations, rateably with such other Secured Parties their respective Rateable Portions or rateable proportionate shares, as the case may be, in accordance with this Section 14.1; provided that if the purchasing Secured Party is not a party to this Agreement and is an Affiliate of a Lender and fails to comply with its obligations hereunder, then (to the extent permitted by applicable Law) the Lender which is an Affiliate of such purchasing Secured Party shall be required to comply with such unperformed obligations on behalf of such purchasing Secured Party.

 

In the case of paragraph (a) above, if all or any portion of such excess payment or reduction is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from each other Lender shall be rescinded and each Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such other Lender’s rateable share (according to the proportion that the amount such other Lender’s required repayment bears to the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered.

 

Any Lender purchasing a participation from another Lender pursuant to this Section 14.1 may, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of set-off) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

 

For purposes of clause (b)(i) of the definition of “Excluded Taxes,” a participation acquired pursuant to this Section 14.1 shall be treated as having been acquired on the earlier date(s) on which the applicable Lender acquired the applicable interest in the Commitment(s) or Loan(s) to which such participation relates.

 

(4)            Records. The Principal Outstanding and/or the US$ Equivalent Principal Outstanding under a Credit Facility, the unpaid interest accrued thereon, the interest rate or rates applicable to any unpaid principal amounts, the duration of such application, the date of acceptance or issue, Face Amount and maturity of all Letters of Credit and the Commitments shall at all times be ascertained from the records of the Administrative Agent, which shall be conclusive absent demonstrated error.

 

14.2Amendments, Waivers and Releases.

 

(1)            Amendments – General. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Credit Facility Documents, neither this Agreement nor any other Credit Facility Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof, may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 14.2. Other than with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver contemplated in the remaining provisions of this Section 14.2, the Required Lenders may, or with the written consent of the Required Lenders or (where expressly provided herein) the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent may, from time to time, (a) enter into with the relevant Loan Parties written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Credit Facility Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Credit Facility Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive in writing, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders and/or 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 Facility Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that each such waiver and each such amendment, supplement or modification shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; and provided further that any such amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of a provision that relates solely to the Revolving Facility shall only require the written consent or waiver of the Required Revolving Lenders and not the consent of any other Lender.

 

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(2)            Amendments – Individual Consent Rights. No waiver, amendment, supplement or modification of this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document shall (i) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or extend the final scheduled maturity date of any Loan or reduce the interest rate, premiums or fees relating thereto (it being understood that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the “default rate” or amend Section 2.8), or forgive any portion thereof, or extend the date for the payment, of any principal, interest or fee payable hereunder (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates), or extend the final expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, or make any Loan, interest, fee or other amount payable in any currency other than expressly provided herein, or any provision hereof that requires treatment of Lenders under any Credit Facility on a pro rata basis or according to each Lender’s Rateable Portion, or relating to the sharing of payments by Lenders (including any amendment, modification or waiver to Sections 2.4(1), 2.5, 12.5 and 14.1), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; provided that a waiver of any condition precedent in Article 6 of this Agreement, the waiver of any Default, Event of Default, default interest, mandatory prepayment or reductions, any modification, waiver or amendment to the financial covenant definitions or financial ratios or any component thereof or the waiver of any other covenant shall not constitute an increase of any Commitment of a Lender, a reduction or forgiveness in the interest rates or the fees or premiums or a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal, premium or interest or an extension of the final maturity of any Loan or the scheduled termination date of any Commitment, in each case for purposes of this clause (i), or (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of its rights and obligations under any Credit Facility Document to which it is a party (except as permitted pursuant to Section 10.2(3)), in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Article 13 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent in a manner that directly and adversely affects such Person, or (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision which affects the rights and duties of an Issuing Bank without the written consent of the applicable Issuing Bank to the extent such amendment, modification or waiver directly and adversely affects such Issuing Bank, or (v) change any Commitment under any Credit Facility to a Commitment under any other Credit Facility, in each case without the prior written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (vi) release all or substantially all of the Guarantors under the Credit Facility Guarantees (except as expressly permitted by the Credit Facility Guarantees or this Agreement) or release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Security Documents (except as expressly permitted by the Security Documents or this Agreement) without the prior written consent of each Lender, or (vii) extend any Maturity Date applicable to any Credit Facility, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (viii) decrease the Initial Term Repayment Amount applicable to Initial Term Loans or extend any scheduled Initial Term Repayment Date applicable to Initial Term Loans, in each case without the written consent of each Initial Term Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, or (ix) reduce the percentages specified in the definitions of the terms Required Lenders and Required Revolving Lenders or amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 14.2 that has the effect of decreasing the number of Lenders that must approve any amendment, modification or waiver, without the written consent of each Lender, (x) subordinate (in right of security) the Liens securing the Obligations to other secured Debt of the Loan Parties or subordinate (in right of payment) the Obligations to other Debt of the Loan Parties, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (xi) amend, modify or waive any provisions hereof relating to Swingline Advances without the written consent of the Swingline Lender, or (xii) (A) extend the final expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment under any Credit Facility or (B) increase the Commitment of any Lender under any Credit Facility, in each case, without the written consent of such Lender.

 

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(3)            Financial Covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Financial Covenant (or any of the definitions included in any Financial Covenant solely for the purposes of determining compliance with such Financial Covenant) may only be amended or waived with the consent of the Required Revolving Lenders, and such amendment or waiver (including the waiver of any Event of Default arising from the breach thereof) shall not require the consent of any other Lender.

 

(4)            Conditions Precedent to Accommodations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any condition precedent in Section 6.1 cannot be waived without the consent of all of the Lenders and the conditions precedent to any Advance under the Revolving Facility in Section 6.2 may only be amended or waived with the consent of all of the Revolving Lenders; provided that the conditions precedent in Section 6.2 may be waived by all Revolving Lenders in the event of an Accomodation of Revolving Facility Loans.

 

(5)            Defaulting Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder and its Commitment shall be disregarded in the determination of whether the requisite threshold of Lenders have approved any waiver, amendment, supplement or modification, except for any such amendment, waiver or consent (x) described in Seciton 14.2(2)(i) or (xii) or (y) that treats such Defaulting Lender disproportionately from the other Lenders of the same Class (other than solely because of its status as a Defaulting Lender).

 

(6)            Binding of Lenders. Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the affected Lenders and shall be binding upon the Borrower, such Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the affected Obligations. In the case of any waiver, the Borrower, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the other Credit Facility Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing, it being understood that no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In connection with the foregoing provisions, the Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligations to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender.

 

(7)            Releases of Liens and Guarantees. The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Loan Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released (i) in full, upon the termination of all Commitments and the Credit Facilities and the payment of all Obligations hereunder (except for (w) contingent indemnification obligations in respect of which a claim has not yet been made, (x) Hedging Obligations, (y) cash collateralized Letters of Credit pursuant to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Bank, and (z) Cash Management Obligations), (ii) upon the sale or other disposition of such Collateral (including as part of or in connection with any other sale or other disposition permitted hereunder) to any Person other than another Loan Party, to the extent such sale or other disposition is made not in violation of the terms of this Agreement (and the Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on a certificate to that effect provided to it by any Loan Party upon its reasonable request without further inquiry), (iii) to the extent such Collateral is comprised of property leased to an Loan 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 (other than in the case of a release of all or substantially all of the Collateral in which case the consent of each Lender must be obtained as required by Section 14.2(2)), (v) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Credit Facilities Guarantee (in accordance with the second following sentence), (vi) as required to effect any sale or other disposition of Collateral in connection with any exercise of remedies of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and (vii) solely with respect to any Additional Collateral, on the Additional Collateral Release Date with respect thereto. 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 Loan Parties in respect of) all interests retained by the Loan Parties, including the proceeds of any sale, 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 Facility Documents. Additionally, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that any Guarantor shall be released from its Credit Facilities Guarantee upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Guarantor ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary or commencing to be an Excluded Subsidiary; provided that no Guarantor shall automatically be released solely as a result of such Guarantor ceasing to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary if (i) such Guarantor remains a majority owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and the disposition of Equity Interests of such Guarantor pursuant to which it ceased to be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary was undertaken for the sole purpose of causing such Guarantor to cease to be a Guarantor or (ii) such Guarantor remains a majority owned Subsidiary, and the other owners of Equity Interests in such Guarantor are Affiliates of the Borrower. The Lenders hereby authorize the Agents 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.

 

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(8)            Additional Titles. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Credit Facility Documents may be amended to add syndication or documentation agents and make customary changes and references related thereto with the consent of only the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

(9)            Amendments – Incremental Facilities and Extensions; Other Amendments. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement (including this Section 14.2) or any other Credit Facility Document to the contrary, (i) this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents may be amended to effect an incremental facility, refinancing facility, or extension facility pursuant to Sections 2.13, 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 (and the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents without the consent of any other party as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the terms of any such incremental facility, refinancing facility or extension facility); (ii) no Lender consent is required to effect any amendment or supplement to any intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement that is for the purpose of adding the holders of any Debt permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, as applicable (it being understood that any such amendment or supplement may make such other changes to the applicable intercreditor agreement as, in the good faith determination of any Agent, are required to effectuate the foregoing; provided that such other changes are not adverse, in any material respect, to the interests of the Lenders taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower in good faith); provided, further, that no such agreement shall (A) amend, modify or otherwise directly and adversely affect the rights or duties of any Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Facility Document without the prior written consent of such Agent or (B) subordinate (in right of security) the Liens securing the Obligations to other secured Debt of the Loan Parties or subordinate (in right of payment) the Obligations to other Debt of the Loan Parties, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; (iii) any provision of this Agreement or any other Credit Facility Document may be amended by an agreement in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to (x) cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency (as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower) and (y) effect administrative changes of a technical or immaterial nature (including to effect changes to the terms and conditions applicable solely to the Issuing Banks in respect of issuances of Letters of Credit) and such amendment shall be deemed approved by the Lenders if the Lenders shall have received at least five Business Days’ prior written notice of such change 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; (iv) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may, without the consent of any Lender, enter into amendments or modifications to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Facility Documents or to enter into additional Credit Facility Documents as the Administrative Agent deems appropriate in order to implement any Benchmark Replacement or any Benchmark Replacement Conforming Change or otherwise effectuate the terms of Section 3.4 in accordance with the terms thereof; and (v) guarantees, collateral documents and related documents executed by Loan Parties in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Agents and may be, together with any other Credit Facility Document, entered into, amended, supplemented or waived, without the consent of any other Person, by the applicable Loan Parties, the Agents, each in its respective sole discretion, to (A) effect the granting, perfection, protection, expansion or enhancement of any security interest in any Collateral or additional property to become Collateral for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (B) as required by local law or advice of counsel to give effect to, or protect any security interest for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in any property or so that the security interests therein comply with applicable requirements of law, or (C) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects (as reasonably determined by the Agents and the Borrower) or to cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents.

 

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(10)            Collateral Requirements. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Security Document to the contrary, the Agents may, in their respective sole discretion, grant extensions of time for the satisfaction of any of the requirements of this Agreement or any Security Documents in respect of any particular Collateral or any particular Subsidiary if each of them determines that the satisfaction thereof with respect to such Collateral or such Subsidiary cannot be accomplished without undue expense or unreasonable effort or due to factors beyond the control of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be satisfied under this Agreement or any Security Document.

 

14.3Notices, etc.

 

(1)            Notices. Any and all notices or other communications required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and (except as set forth in Section 14.3(7) with respect to electronic delivery) shall be personally delivered by courier or telecopied to the addressee at the address referred to below, in which case such notice or other communication shall conclusively be deemed to have been given to the addressee thereof on the day upon which it was delivered or received by telecopy if delivered or received prior to the relevant time on such day (or on the next Business Day if received after the relevant time or if received on a day that is not a Business Day). For this purpose, the “relevant time” shall be 1:00 pm (New York Time) in the case of a Notice, and 3:00 pm (local time) in all other cases. Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 14.3(7) below, shall be effective as provided in Section 14.3(7). The addresses referred to above for the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent are as follows, and in respect of the Lenders as set forth in their respective Administrative Questionnaires.

 

With respect to the Borrower:

 

Maxar Technologies Inc. 

1300 W. 120th Avenue 

Westminster, CO 80234 

Attention: General Counsel 

E-Mail:   com and jim.lee@maxar.com

 

Copy to:

 

Maxar Technologies Inc. 

1300 W. 120th Avenue 

Westminster, CO 80234 

Attention: Treasurer 

E-Mail: jason.gursky@maxar.

 

Copy to:

 

O’Melveny & Myers LLP 

Times Square Tower 

7 Times Square 

New York, NY 10036 

Attention: Sung Pak 

E-Mail: spak@omm.com

 

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With respect to the Administrative Agent:

 

Royal Bank of Canada, as Administraative Agent 

155 Wellington Street W., 8th Flr 

Toronto, ON M5V 3K7 

Fax no: 416-842-4023 

Email: rbcmagnt@rbccm.com

 

(2)            Change. Each party may change its address for service by written notice, given in the manner provided above, to the other parties and such change shall be effective upon the date the notice shall be deemed to be received.

 

(3)            Deliveries. All deliveries of financial statements and other documents to be made by the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder shall, unless made by electronic delivery pursuant to Section 14.3(7), be made by making delivery of such financial statements and documents to the Administrative Agent (in sufficient copies for each Lender) to the address in Section 14.3(1) or to such other address as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower. All such deliveries shall be effective only upon actual receipt.

 

(4)            Notice Irrevocable. Each Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrower, except as provided in Section 1.20.

 

(5)            Reliance. The Administrative Agent may act upon the basis of telephonic notice believed by it in good faith to be from the Borrower prior to receipt of a Notice. In the event of conflict between the Administrative Agent’s record of the applicable terms of any Accommodation and such Notice, the Administrative Agent’s record shall prevail, absent demonstrated error.

 

(6)            Platform.

 

(a)The Borrower agrees that the Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “Platform”).

 

(b)The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim 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 any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Agent or any of its Affiliates (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, any Lender or any other Person for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s, any Subsidiary’s or the Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. “Communications” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material that the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof provides to the Agent pursuant to any Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Agent or any Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section 14.3(6), including through the Platform.

 

(7)            Electronic Delivery. Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender of Accommodations to be made if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

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Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes:

 

(a)notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient; and

 

(b)notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing Section 14.3(7)(a) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

14.4No Waiver; Remedies.

 

No failure on the part of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right under any Credit Facility Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right under any Credit Facility Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.  The remedies herein and therein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by Law.

 

14.5Expenses.

 

The Borrower agrees (a) if the Closing Date occurs, to pay or reimburse the Agents and the Arrangers for all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, but not limited to (i) all printing, reproduction, document delivery, CUSIP, SyndTrak and similar communication costs incurred in connection with the syndication of the Credit Facilities and the execution of the Credit Facility Documents and (ii) attorney costs of counsel to the Agents and Arrangers (limited to (A) one external counsel for the Agents and Arrangers, taken as a whole, in respect of the Credit Facilities and (B) to the extent necessary, one law firm acting as special local outside counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers, taken as a whole, in respect of the Credit Facilities in each relevant material jurisdiction) associated with the syndication of the Loans and Commitments and the preparation, execution and delivery, administration, amendment, modification, waiver and/or enforcement of this Agreement and the other Credit Facility Documents, and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated) and (b) to pay or reimburse the Agents, Arrangers, the Issuing Banks and each Lender for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Credit Facility Documents (including all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any workout or restructuring in respect of the Loans, all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, and including all attorney costs of counsel to the Agents). The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all reasonable search, filing, recording and title insurance charges and fees related thereto, and other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent. The agreements in this Section 14.5 shall survive the termination of the aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 14.5 shall be paid within thirty (30) days of receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Credit Facility Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion

 

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14.6Judgment Currency.

 

(1)            Exchange Rate. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder to an Agent or a Lender in one currency (in this Section 14.6, the “Original Currency”) into another currency (in this Section 14.6, the “Judgment Currency”), the parties agree, to the fullest extent that they may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent or Lender could purchase the Original Currency with the Judgment Currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is paid or satisfied.

 

(2)            Obligation. The obligations of the Borrower in respect of any sum due in the Original Currency from it to an Agent or a Lender under any Credit Facility Document shall, notwithstanding any judgment in any Judgment Currency, be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by such Agent or Lender, as applicable, of any sum adjudged to be so due in such Judgment Currency, such Agent or Lender, as applicable, may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Original Currency with such Judgment Currency.  If the amount of the Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the applicable Agent or Lender in the Original Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify such Agent or Lender, as applicable, against such loss and, if the amount of the Original Currency so purchased exceeds the sum originally due to such Agent or Lender in the Original Currency, such Agent, or Lender agrees to remit such excess to the Borrower.

 

14.7Governing Law.

 

(1)            THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).

 

(2)            EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH, ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE (PROVIDED THAT IF NONE OF SUCH COURTS CAN AND WILL EXERCISE SUCH JURISDICTION, SUCH EXCLUSIVITY SHALL NOT APPLY), AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, EACH GUARANTOR, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. THE BORROWER, EACH GUARANTOR, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.

 

(3)            NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, THE COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENT AGAINST ANY LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION (I) FOR PURPOSES OF ENFORCING A JUDGMENT, (II) IN CONNECTION WITH EXERCISING REMEDIES AGAINST THE COLLATERAL IN A JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH COLLATERAL IS LOCATED, (III) IN CONNECTION WITH ANY PENDING BANKRUPTCY, INSOLVENCY OR SIMILAR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION OR (IV) TO THE EXTENT THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN THE PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SUCH LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING OR THE PARTIES OR PROPERTY SUBJECT THERETO.

 

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(4)            EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY CREDIT FACILITY DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 14.7 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY

 

14.8Successors and Assigns.

 

(1)            The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) except as expressly permitted by Section 10.2(3), the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and 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 14.8. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (7) of this Section 14.8) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and the Lenders and each other Person entitled to indemnification under Section 11.5) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(2)            Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (3) below and Sections 3.2(4), 11.6(2) and 11.7, any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans (including participations in Letters of Credit) at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent of:

 

(a)the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; it being understood that, without limitation, the Borrower shall have the right to withhold its consent to any assignment if the assignee would be entitled, at the time of such assignment, to receive any greater payment under Article 11 than the assignor would have been entitled to receive absent the assignment or 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 Official Body); provided that (i) no consent of the Borrower shall be required for (x) an assignment of Term Loans, Revolving Facility Commitments or Revolving Facility Loans to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, or an Approved Fund or (y) an assignment of Loans or Commitments to any assignee if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (ii) the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any assignment of Term Loans if the Borrower fails to either consent or decline to consent in response to any request for consent to such assignment within ten Business Days after receipt of such request; and

 

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(b)the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and, in the case of Revolving Facility Commitments or Revolving Facility Loans only, the Swingline Lender (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and each Issuing Bank (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) under the Revolving Facility; 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.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such assignment shall be made (i) to a natural Person, a Disqualified Lender, a Defaulting Lender, any of its Subsidiaries or a Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would be a Defaulting Lender or a Subsidiary thereof and (ii) with respect to the Revolving Facility Commitments, to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Affiliated Lender. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Persons who are Disqualified Lenders at any time.

 

(3)            Assignments by Lenders shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(a)except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans of any Class, the amount of the Commitment 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 $5 million in the case of Revolving Facility Commitments and $1 million in the case of Term Loans, unless each of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, further, that contemporaneous assignments by a Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds shall be aggregated for purposes of meeting the minimum assignment amount requirements stated above (and simultaneous assignments to or by two or more Affiliated or Approved Funds shall be treated as one assignment), if any;

 

(b)partial assignment shall not be required to be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c)the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance via an electronic settlement system or other method reasonably acceptable to such Administrative Agent, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment;

 

(d)the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in a form approved by the Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Questionnaire”);

 

(e)any assignment to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall also be subject to the requirements of Section 14.8(12); and

 

(f)any assignment by a Revolving Lender of Revolving Facility Loans must occur in connection with a corresponding assignment of a pro rata portion of such Revolving Facilities Lender’s Revolving Facility Commitment.

 

(4)            Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (6) of this Section 14.8, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance, the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Article 11). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 14.8 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (7) of this Section 14.8. For the avoidance of doubt, in case of an assignment to a new Lender pursuant to this Section 14.8, (i) the Administrative Agent, the new Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the new Lender been an original Lender signatory to this Agreement with the rights and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the assignment and to the extent of the assignment the assigning Lender shall each be released from further obligations under the Credit Facility Documents and (ii) the benefit of each Security Document shall be maintained in favor of the new Lender.

 

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(5)            The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at its offices 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 related interest amounts) and any payment made by the Issuing Banks under any Letter of Credit owing to each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks 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 shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, the Issuing Banks, the Administrative Agent and their respective Affiliates and, with respect to its own Loans and Commitments, any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(6)            Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire and applicable tax forms (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (3)(c) of this Section 14.8 and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraphs (2) and (3)(a) of this Section 14.8, the Administrative Agent shall promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment, whether or not evidenced by a promissory note, shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph (6).

 

(7)            Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Banks, sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (other than (x) a natural Person, (y) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (z) any Disqualified Lender; provided, however, that, notwithstanding clause (z) hereof, participations may be sold to Disqualified Lenders unless a list of Disqualified Lenders has been made available to all Lenders) (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 Swingline Lender, the Issuing Banks 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent shall bear no responsibility or liability for monitoring and enforcing the list of Disqualified Lenders or the sales of participations thereto at any time. 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 Facility 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 clauses (i), (vii) and (viii) of Section 14.2(2) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (8) of this Section 14.8, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Article 11 to the same extent as if it were a Lender (subject to the limitations and requirements of such Article as though it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (2) of this Section 14.8, it being understood that any tax documentation required by Section 11.6(7) shall be provided solely to the participating Lender); provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Sections 11.4, 11.6(2), 11.6(8) and 11.7, as if it were an assignee under this Section 14.8. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 11.7 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.3 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant shall be subject to Section 14.1 as though it were a Lender.

 

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(8)            A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Article 11 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive absent the sale of such the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other Obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Facility Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations or otherwise comply with applicable Tax Law.

 

(9)            Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, the Agents, the Swingline Lender or the Issuing Banks, at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank, or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender and this Section 14.8 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.

 

(10)            Subject to Section 14.10, each Lender may disclose to any Participant, secured creditor of such Lender or eligible assignee (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee (so long as Transferee agrees to be bound by the provisions of Section 14.10) 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 that 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 their Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.

 

(11)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (i) any Lender may, at any time, assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of its Term Loans to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans, in each case, on a non-pro rata basis through (x) “Dutch auction” procedures open to all applicable Lenders on a pro rata basis in accordance with customary procedures to be agreed between the Borrower and the Auction Agent or (y) in the case of Term Loans only, open market purchases; provided that:

 

(a)no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such purchase or prepayment;

 

(b)any Loans or Commitments acquired by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary shall be retired and cancelled promptly upon the acquisition thereof;

 

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(c)no proceeds from any Revolving Facility Loan may be used, directly or indirectly, to fund such purchase or prepayment;

 

(d)any “Dutch auction” shall be subject to customary provisions regarding the treatment of material non-public information with respect to the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and

 

(e)the Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any Lender Affiliated with the Borrower shall not be required to make any representation that it is not in possession of any material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or their respective securities that has not been disclosed to the Administrative Agent and Lenders that may be material to a Lender’s decision to participate in such purchase or assignment as long as the Borrower shall, prior to such assignment or purchase, identify itself as such and make a statement that such representation cannot be made; if no such representation is made, any relevant Assignment and Acceptance or purchase agreement shall include a waiver of any potential claims arising from the Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any Lender Affiliated with the Borrower being in possession of undisclosed information that may be material to a Lender’s decision to participate in such assignment or purchase.

 

14.9Conflict.

 

In the event of a conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any other Credit Facility Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

14.10Confidentiality.

 

Information provided by the Borrower or on its behalf hereunder will not be disclosed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or used by the Administrative Agent or such Lender for any purpose other than evaluation, monitoring and review pursuant to this Agreement; provided that such information may be disclosed:

 

(a)as contemplated by Section 14.8(10), if such Participant or assignee is advised such information is confidential, agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 14.10;

 

(b)to any director, officer or employee of the Administrative Agent or Lender or its Affiliates (for purposes related to this Agreement); provided that same is treated in the same manner as other confidential information held by the Administrative Agent or Lender;

 

(c)to legal counsel, accountants and other consultants and professional advisors determined by the Administrative Agent or Lender to require such information for the purpose of assisting in or advising upon such evaluation, monitoring and review, if such Persons are advised that such information is confidential to the Borrower;

 

(d)pursuant to the order of any Official Body, or otherwise as required by applicable Law, subpoena or other compulsory legal process or to the extent requested or required by any Official Body (in which case, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable Law and other than with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any governmental bank authority exercising routine examinations or regulatory authority, such Person shall notify the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure);

 

(e)upon the request or demand of any Official Body or other regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent or Lenders, as applicable (in which case the Adminstrative Agent or Lenders, as applicable, agree (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to disclosure);

 

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(f)to the extent that such information is public;

 

(g)to the extent that such information was previously known to the Administrative Agent or Lender through means other than the Borrower, or was acquired from a third party not known to the Administrative Agent or Lender to be under a duty of confidentiality to the Borrower or its relevant Affiliate;

 

(h)to the extent independently developed (and not based on the information provided by the Borrower or on its behalf), discovered or arrived at by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their Affiliates;

 

(i)to any other party to this Agreement;

 

(j)subject to an agreement containing containing provisions substantially the same as those in this Section 14.10, to any prospective or actual direct or indirect contractual counterparty in any swap, hedge or similar agreement;

 

(k)to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any onformation relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender);

 

(l)in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; or

 

(m)with the written consent of the Borrower.

 

In addition, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments, and the Accomodations.

 

The Finance Parties acknowledge that the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries perform, or may from time to time perform, classified contracts funded by or for the benefit of the United States Federal Government and the Borrower and/or its Subsidiaries possess or may possess information and items controlled under United States export control Laws and regulations and other national security regulations. The Finance Parties agree that neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary will be obliged to release, disclose or otherwise make available to any Finance Party (or any other Person) any classified information or other information or materials prohibited from release under the terms of a contract with the United States government or to release, disclose or otherwise make available to any Finance Party (or any other Person) any export-controlled information or items except upon proper authorization in accordance with United States laws and regulations, provided however that the parties acknowledge that the Finance Parties may, consistent with the Borrower’s and/or its Subsidiaries’ obligations under the Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence Requirements, receive information reflecting amounts owing, accrued and paid or other financial information relating to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries that may relate to classified contracts without affecting or accessing classified information or export-controlled information. The Finance Parties agree that, in connection with any exercise of a right or remedy under the Credit Facility Documents, the United States Federal Government may remove classified information, export-controlled information, or government-issued materials prior to the implementation of any such remedial action implicating such classified information, export-controlled information, or government-issued materials, or that the parties may take other steps to acquire authorization, licenses or other arrangements to receive such information in accordance with United States laws and regulations.

 

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14.11FOCI.

 

Upon notice from the Borrower, the Finance Parties shall take such steps in accordance with this Agreement as may reasonably be required to enable the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to comply with the Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence Requirements; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 14.11 shall be construed to require any Finance Party to enter into an agreement or accept any limitation on its rights to receive and review financial statements, or similar financial information concerning the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or the Borrower’s compliance with the provisions of this Agreement except where the Finance Party’s access would violate the Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence Requirements. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require the Borrower or any Subsidiary to violate any obligations under the Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence Requirements.

 

14.12Severability.

 

The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.

 

14.13Prior Understandings.

 

This Agreement supersedes all prior understandings and agreements, whether written or oral, among the parties relating to the transactions provided for herein.

 

14.14Counterparts.

 

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument, and may be delivered by a party by facsimile or similar means of recorded communication. The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Acceptance, amendments or other Accommodation Requests, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

14.15Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of Affected Financial Institutions.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Facility Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Affected Financial Institution arising under any Credit Facility Document may be subject to the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable 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 the applicable Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an Affected Financial Institution; and

 

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(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 Affected Financial Institution, its parent entity, 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 Facility Document; or

 

(iii)the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-Down and Conversion Powers of the applicable Resolution Authority.

 

14.16No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.

 

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), the Borrower acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (i) (A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Arranger and each of their respective Affiliates each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) neither the Administrative Agent, nor any Lender or Arranger nor any of their respective Affiliates has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Arranger and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Arranger has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Arranger and each of their respective Affiliates with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

14.17Interest Rate Limitation.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if at any time the interest rate applicable to any Loan or other Obligation owing under this Agreement, together with all fees, charges and other amounts that are treated as interest on such Loan or other Obligation under applicable Law (collectively, “charges”), shall exceed the maximum lawful rate (the “Maximum Rate”) that may be contracted for, charged, taken, received or reserved by the Lender or other Person holding such Loan or other Obligation in accordance with applicable Law, the rate of interest payable in respect of such Loan or other Obligation hereunder, together with all charges payable in respect thereof, shall be limited to the Maximum Rate. To the extent lawful, the interest and charges that would have been paid in respect of such Loan or other Obligation but were not paid as a result of the operation of this Section shall be cumulated and the interest and charges payable to such Lender or other Person in respect of other Loans or Obligations or periods shall be increased (but not above the amount collectible at the Maximum Rate therefor) until such cumulated amount, together with interest thereon at the Federal Funds Effective Rate for each day to the date of repayment, shall have been received by such Lender or other Person. Any amount collected by such Lender or other Person that exceeds the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate shall be applied to the reduction of the principal balance of such Loan or other Obligation or refunded to the Borrower so that at no time shall the interest and charges paid or payable in respect of such Loan or other Obligation exceed the maximum amount collectible at the Maximum Rate.

 

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14.18Acknowledgement Regarding Any Supported QFCs.

 

To the extent that the Loan Documents provide support, through a guarantee or otherwise, for Hedging Instruments or any other agreement or instrument that is a QFC (such support, “QFC Credit Support”, and each such QFC, a “Supported QFC”), the parties acknowledge and agree as follows with respect to the resolution power of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation under the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (together with the regulations promulgated thereunder, the “U.S. Special Resolution Regimes”) in respect of such Supported QFC and QFC Credit Support (with the provisions below applicable notwithstanding that the Loan Documents and any Supported QFC may in fact be stated to be governed by the laws of the State of New York and/or of the United States or any other state of the United States):

 

In the event a Covered Entity that is party to a Supported QFC (each, a “Covered Party”) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer of such Supported QFC and the benefit of such QFC Credit Support (and any interest and obligation in or under such Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support, and any rights in property securing such Supported QFC or such QFC Credit Support) from such Covered Party will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and such QFC Credit Support (and any such interest, obligation and rights in property) were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. In the event a Covered Party or a BHC Act Affiliate of a Covered Party becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under the Loan Documents that might otherwise apply to such Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support that may be exercised against such Covered Party are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if the Supported QFC and the Loan Documents were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. Without limitation of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that rights and remedies of the parties with respect to a Defaulting Lender shall in no event affect the rights of any Covered Party with respect to a Supported QFC or any QFC Credit Support.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

BORROWER:

 

  MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES INC.
   
  Per: /s/ Daniel L. Jablonsky
    Name: Daniel L. Jablonsky
    Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
     
  Per: /s/ Biggs C. Porter
    Name: Biggs C. Porter
    Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

 

  ROyal Bank of Canada
   
  Per: /s/ Susan Khokher
    Name: Susan Khokher
    Title: Manager, Agency

 

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COLLATERAL AGENT:

 

  ROyal Bank of Canada
   
  Per: /s/ Susan Khokher
    Name: Susan Khokher
    Title: Manager, Agency

 

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LENDER:

 

  ROYAL BANK OF CANADA
   
  Per: /s/ Tim VandeGriend
    Name: Tim VandeGriend
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
   
  Per: /s/ Mukesh Singh
    Name: Mukesh Singh
    Title: Director

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
   
  Per: /s/ Jeffrey Bloomquist
    Name: Jerrfrey Bloomquist
    Title: Managing Director

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  BARCLAYS BANKS PLC, AS LENDER
   
  Per: /s/ Sean Duggan
    Name: Sean Duggan
    Title: Director

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.
   
  Per: /s/ Michael King
    Name: Michael King
    Title: Vice President

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  BANK OF MONTREAL
   
  Per: /s/ Joshua Hovermale
    Name: Joshua Hovermale
    Title: Managing Director

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA
   
  Per: /s/ Thomas Manning
    Name: Thomas Manning
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  cITIZENS BANK, N.A.
   
  Per: /s/ Daniel J. Darnell, Jr.
    Name: Daniel J. Darnell, Jr.
    Title: Managing Director

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  capital one, national association
   
  Per: /s/ William Panagis
    Name: William Panagis
    Title: Vice President

 

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REVOLVING LENDER:

 

  ING BANK N.V.
   
  Per: /s/ Wim Steenbakkers
    Name: Wim Steenbakkers
    Title: Managing Director
       
  Per: /s/ Katarzyna Sek
    Name: Katarzyna Sek
    Title: Managing Director

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

Maxar Technologies Closes Sale of Senior Secured Notes; Completes
Amendment and Extension of its Credit Facilities;

and Settles Redemption of Existing 2023 Notes

 

Westminster, CO – June 14, 2022 – Maxar Technologies Inc. (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR), a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence, today announced the closing of its sale of $500 million aggregate principal amount of 7.750% senior secured notes due 2027 (the “Notes”). The Notes were offered and sold in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act.

 

“I am pleased with the closing of these financing transactions,” stated Biggs Porter, Chief Financial Officer. “One of our key priorities this year has been to address our upcoming debt maturities to provide the financial flexibility needed to execute on our long-term strategy. When combined with the recent award of the EOCL program by the NRO, we have significantly improved the visibility of the business for all Maxar’s stakeholders.”

 

The Notes are senior, first-priority secured obligations of the Company initially guaranteed on a senior, first-priority secured basis by the Company’s subsidiaries that are guarantors under its syndicated credit facility and its 7.54% Senior Secured Notes due 2027. Substantially concurrently with the issuance of the Notes, the Company amended and restated its existing syndicated credit facility, among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors and the lenders from time to time party thereto to, among other things (i) refinance or repay all outstanding term loans and replace revolving commitments, (ii) amend certain terms and covenants, (iii) extend the maturity date for the revolving facility to 2027, provided that if the Notes are not repaid in full by the date that is 91 days prior to the maturity date of the Notes (the “Springing Maturity Date”), the maturity date for the revolving facility will be the Springing Maturity Date, (iv) extend the maturity date of the term loan to 2029, provided that if the Notes are not repaid in full by the Springing Maturity Date, the maturity date for the term loan will be the maturity date of the Notes, and (v) increase the total amount of term loans outstanding to $1,500 million.

 

Separately, the Company settled the previously announced redemption of the outstanding principal amount of its 9.75 Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), from the net proceeds of the Notes offering, along with proceeds from borrowings under its amended and restated syndicated credit facility and cash on hand. As of March 31, 2022, $500 million of the 2023 Notes remained outstanding. The 2023 Notes were repurchased at a price of 107.313% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued but unpaid interest to the date of redemption.

 

The Notes and the guarantees have not been, and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

 

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any other securities, and no offer, solicitation or sale will be made in any jurisdiction in which, or to any persons to whom, such an offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. Any offers of the Notes will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. This press release does not constitute an offer to purchase, a solicitation of an offer to purchase or a notice of redemption for the 2023 Notes. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.

 

About Maxar

 

Maxar Technologies (NYSE:MAXR) (TSX:MAXR) is a provider of comprehensive space solutions and secure, precise, geospatial intelligence. We deliver disruptive value to government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet; deliver global broadband communications; and explore and advance the use of space. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost-effectiveness. Maxar’s 4,400 team members in over 20 global locations are inspired to harness the potential of space to help our customers create a better world.

 

 

 

  

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This release contains "forward-looking statements" as defined in Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements include all statement that are not historical statements of facts. Forward-looking statements are often identified by the words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “intend,” “foresee,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “may,” “estimate,” “outlook” and similar expressions, including the negative thereof.

 

These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions based on information currently known to us and our projections of the future, about which we cannot be certain. Forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations expressed in this press release. As a result, although we believe we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this press release, undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements because the Company can give no assurance that they will prove to be accurate. Risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include factors that affect the Company's business and financial results including: risks related to the conflict in Ukraine or related geopolitical tensions; the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our business operations, financial performance, results of operations and stock price; our ability to generate a sustainable order rate for our satellite and space manufacturing operations within our Space Infrastructure segment, including our ability to develop new technologies to meet the needs of existing or potential customers; risks related to our business with various governmental entities, which is subject to the policies, priorities, regulations, mandates and funding levels of such governmental entities; our ability to meet our contractual requirements and the risk that our products contain defects or fail to operate in the expected manner; the risk of any significant disruption in or unauthorized access to our computer systems or those of third parties that we utilize in our operations; the ability of our satellites to operate as intended and risks related to launch delays, launch failures or damage or destruction to our satellites during launch; risks related to the interruption or failure of our infrastructure or national infrastructure; and the risk factors set forth in Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 9, 2022, as such risks and uncertainties may be updated or superseded from time to time by subsequent reports we file with the SEC.

 

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing risks and uncertainties. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any of its forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by law.

 

Unless stated otherwise or the context otherwise requires, references to the terms “Company,” “Maxar,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer collectively to Maxar Technologies Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries

 

Jason Gursky | VP Investor Relations and Corporate Treasurer | 1-303-684-2207 | jason.gursky@maxar.com

 

Fernando Vivanco | Maxar Media Relations | 1-720-877-5220 | fernando.vivanco@maxar.com