UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



 

FORM 10-K



 

 
(Mark One)     
x   ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018

OR

 
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to           

Commission File Number: 001-32384



 

MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



 

 
Delaware   43-2052503
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

125 West 55 th Street
New York, New York 10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212) 231-1000



 

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

 
Title of Each Class:   Name of Exchange on Which Registered:
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share   New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None



 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants’ knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

   
Large Accelerated Filer x   Accelerated Filer o
Non-accelerated Filer o   Smaller Reporting Company o   Emerging Growth Company o

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes o No x

The aggregate market value of the outstanding shares of stock held by non-affiliates of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation at June 30, 2018 was $3,177,277,457 based on the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange on that date. This calculation does not reflect a determination that persons are affiliates for any other purposes.

There were 85,860,351 shares of common stock, with $0.001 par value, outstanding at February 15, 2019.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The definitive proxy statement relating to Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders for fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, to be held May 15, 2019 is incorporated by reference in Part III to the extent described therein.

 

 


 
 

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MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
  Page
PART I
 

Item 1.

Business

    3  

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

    18  

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

    48  

Item 2.

Properties

    48  

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

    49  

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

    50  
PART II
 

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
  Purchases of Equity Securities

    51  

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

    54  

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
  Operations

    57  

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    95  

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

    97  

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial
  Disclosure

    154  

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

    154  

Item 9B.

Other Information

    157  
PART III
 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

    157  

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

    157  

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
  Stockholder Matters

    157  

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

    157  

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

    157  
PART IV
 

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

    158  

Item 16.

Form 10-K Summary

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We have included or incorporated by reference into this report, and from time to time may make in our public filings, press releases or other public statements, certain statements that may constitute forward-looking statements. These include without limitation those under “Business” in Part I, Item 1, “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7, and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in Part II, Item 7A. In addition, our management may make forward-looking statements to analysts, investors, representatives of the media and others. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts and represent only our beliefs regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond our control. We may, in some cases, use words such as “project”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “expect”, “estimate”, “intend”, “should”, “would”, “could”, “potentially”, “may” or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements.

In connection with the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we are identifying important factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by us. Any such forward-looking statements are qualified by reference to the following cautionary statements.

Forward-looking statements in this report are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control, including, among other things:

changes in general economic, business or demographic conditions or trends in the U.S., including changes in GDP, interest rates and inflation, or changes in the political environment;
any event or occurrence that may limit our ability to pay or increase our dividend;
our ability to conclude a sufficient number of attractive growth projects, deploy growth capital in amounts consistent with our objectives in the prosecution of those and achieve targeted risk-adjusted returns on any growth project;
our ability to implement operating and internal growth strategies;
our ability to achieve targeted cost savings whether through the implementation of a shared services center or otherwise;
changes in demand and the markets for chemical, petroleum and vegetable and tropical oil products, the relative availability of tank storage capacity and the extent to which such products are imported or exported;
changes in patterns of commercial or general aviation (GA) air travel, including variations in customer demand;
the regulatory environment, including federal and state level energy policy, and the ability to estimate compliance costs, comply with any changes thereto, rates implemented by regulators, and the relationships and rights under and contracts with governmental agencies and authorities;
disruptions or other extraordinary or force majeure events and the ability to insure against losses resulting from such events or disruptions;
sudden or extreme volatility in commodity prices;
changes in competitive dynamics affecting our businesses;
technological innovations leading to changes in energy production, distribution and consumption patterns;
our ability to make, finance and integrate acquisitions and the quality of financial information and systems of acquired entities;
fluctuations in fuel costs, or the costs of supplies upon which our gas processing and distribution business is dependent, and the ability to recover increases in these costs from customers;

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our ability to service, comply with the terms of and refinance at maturity our indebtedness, including due to dislocation in debt markets;
our ability to make alternate arrangements to account for any disruptions or shutdowns that may affect suppliers’ facilities or the operation of the barges upon which our gas processing and distribution business is dependent;
environmental risks, including the impact of climate change and weather conditions;
sudden or substantial changes in energy costs;
unplanned outages and/or failures of technical and mechanical systems;
security breaches, cyber-attacks or similar disruptions to our operations;
payment of performance fees, if any, and base management fees to the Manager that could reduce distributable cash if paid in cash or could dilute existing stockholders if satisfied with the issuance of shares;
changes in U.S. income tax laws;
changes in labor markets, work interruptions or other labor stoppages;
our Manager’s affiliation with the Macquarie Group or equity market sentiment, which may affect the market price of our shares;
our limited ability to remove the Manager for underperformance and the Manager’s right to resign;
governmental shutdowns or budget delays;
unanticipated or unusual behavior of municipalities and states brought about by financial distress; and
the extent to which federal spending reduces the U.S. military presence in Hawaii or flight activity at airports at which Atlantic Aviation operates.

Our actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. A description of risks that could cause our actual results to differ appears under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A and elsewhere in this report. It is not possible to predict or identify all risk factors and you should not consider that description to be a complete discussion of all potential risks or uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ.

In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking events discussed in this report may not occur. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should, however, consult further disclosures we may make in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation is not an authorized deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia) and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (MBL). MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation.

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PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

MIC is a Delaware corporation formed on May 21, 2015. MIC’s predecessor, Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, was formed on April 13, 2004. Except as otherwise specified, all references in this Form 10-K to “MIC”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and its subsidiaries.

MIC Level Strategy

We own, operate and intend to expand our portfolio of infrastructure and infrastructure-like businesses with the objective of increasing the amount of Free Cash Flow generated by these businesses over time. Currently, we are focused on three priorities in pursuit of this strategy:

1. Investing in high-value, long-lived physical assets and extending the duration of revenue generating contracts or concessions;
2. Prudently managing our financial resources by pursuing projects with returns appropriately in excess of our cost of capital that are expected to increase the cash generating capacity of our businesses over the long term; and
3. Enhancing our financial strength and flexibility by maintaining an appropriate level of debt relative to the cash generating capacity of our businesses and by optimizing the cost and tenor of such debt.

We expect these efforts will, collectively, produce growth in the amount of cash generated by our businesses consistent with maintaining the highest level of environmental, health and safety and governance standards.

General

We currently own and operate a portfolio of businesses that provide services to other businesses, government agencies and individuals primarily in the U.S. The businesses we own and operate are organized into four segments:

International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) :  a business providing bulk liquid terminalling services to third parties at 17 terminals in the U.S. and two in Canada;
Atlantic Aviation :  a provider of fuel, terminal, aircraft hangaring and other services primarily to owners and operators of general aviation (GA) jet aircraft at 70 airports throughout the U.S.;
MIC Hawaii :  comprising an energy company that processes and distributes gas and provides related services (Hawaii Gas) and several smaller businesses collectively engaged in efforts to reduce the cost and improve the reliability and sustainability of energy in Hawaii; and
Corporate and Other:   comprised of MIC Corporate (holding company), our shared services center and other smaller businesses.

Effective October 1, 2018, the Bayonne Energy Center (BEC) and substantially all of our portfolio of solar and wind power generation businesses were classified as discontinued operations and our Contracted Power segment was eliminated. The remaining renewable power development businesses have been reported as components of Corporate and Other. All prior comparable periods have been restated to reflect this change. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Recent Developments ” for further discussions.

We buy, develop and invest in the growth of our businesses based on a general assumption that we will own them indefinitely. It is neither our intent nor our expectation that we will divest of a business at a particular point in our ownership or as a result of having achieved certain targets, financial or otherwise. This view of ownership as a long-term relationship does not preclude sales of all or portions of businesses when we believe that we have either maximized the amount of value in the asset relative to our capability, or the asset is more highly valued by another owner. We may, depending on our ability to access additional debt or equity capital on what we consider attractive terms, sell businesses or assets to generate capital for reinvestment in new or existing businesses at what we believe could be improved returns. With respect to new

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developments, sales of these assets may occur more opportunistically. In general, we have redeployed the proceeds from asset sales in the development of our remaining businesses either through investment in growth projects or acquisitions of small, “bolt-on” operations consistent with our view of MIC as a long-term owner.

Managing the deployment of growth capital effectively has been and is expected to continue to be an important part of our strategy and the creation of stockholder value. Our sources of growth capital include the retained capital generated by our businesses but not distributed as a cash dividend to our stockholders, capital generated through the issuance of additional debt and/or equity securities, or the proceeds from the sale of entire or portions of certain businesses. Over time, we expect to deploy growth capital of $300.0 million to $350.0 million per year in projects and bolt-on acquisitions across all of our businesses. Importantly, although we find value in diversification and the generally uncorrelated nature of the businesses in our current portfolio, we are not obligated to invest in the growth of any one business or segment or the addition of any new segment. We currently expect that, given the relative size of the business, the attractiveness of available opportunities and the tax benefits associated with investing in high-value, physical-asset backed opportunities, a disproportionate share of the growth capital we deploy over the near term will be deployed into projects at IMTT.

Equally important, we seek to drive stockholder value by focusing on business performance improvement. These efforts include upgrading systems and technology, implementing data analytics tools, developing cross business efficiencies and deploying enterprise-wide procurement strategies among others. In 2017, we formed MIC Global Services (MGS), a new entity into which we have consolidated support functions across all of our businesses. We believe that MGS will generate significant savings relative to the cost of maintaining these functions separately in each of our operating companies. A majority of the costs associated with the operation of MGS are allocated to our operating companies. Any unallocated MGS costs are reported as a component of our Corporate and Other segment.

Businesses

Our businesses, in general, are defined by a combination of the following characteristics:

ownership of long-lived, high-value physical assets that are difficult to replicate or substitute for;
as a platform for the deployment of growth capital;
broadly consistent demand for their services over the longer term;
relatively high operational leverage, such that increases in top-line growth can generate larger increases in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA);
the provision of basic, often essential services;
generally predictable maintenance capital expenditure requirements; and
generally favorable competitive positions, largely due to high barriers to entry, including:
high initial development and construction costs;
difficulty in obtaining suitable land on which to operate;
high costs of customer switching;
long-term concessions, leases or customer contracts; and
lack of immediate, cost-effective alternatives for the services provided.

The different businesses that comprise our Company exhibit these above characteristics to different degrees at different times. For example, a more macro-economically correlated business like Atlantic Aviation may exhibit more volatility during periods of economic downturn than businesses with substantially contracted revenue streams. While not every business we own will meet all of the general criteria described above, we seek to own a diversified portfolio of businesses that possesses a balance of these characteristics.

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customer contracts, and the inflation and cost pass-through adjustments that are typically included in pricing, serve to insulate our businesses to a significant degree from the negative effects of inflation and commodity price fluctuations.

Our Manager

We are a party to a Management Services Agreement with Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (Manager). Our Manager is a member of the Macquarie Group, a diversified international provider of financial, advisory and investment services. The Macquarie Group is headquartered in Sydney, Australia and is a global leader in the management of infrastructure investment vehicles on behalf of third-party investors and an advisor on the acquisition, disposition and financing of infrastructure assets.

Effective November 1, 2018, our Manager waived two portions of the base management fee to which it is entitled under the terms of the Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement (Management Service Agreement). Our Manager reserves the right to revoke the waivers and revert to the prior terms of the agreement, subject to providing the Company with not less than a one year notice. We pay our Manager a monthly base management fee of 1% of our equity market capitalization less any cash balances at the holding company. For this, in accordance with the Management Services Agreement, the Manager provides normal ongoing corporate center functions such as facilities, technology, employee benefits and access to services including human resources, legal, finance, tax and accounting among others. Our Manager is responsible for and oversees the management of our operating businesses, subject to the oversight and supervision of our board of directors. Our Manager compensates and has assigned, or seconded, to us employees to serve as our chief executive officer and chief financial officer on a full-time basis. It also compensates and seconds, or makes available, other personnel as required. MIC has no employees at the holding company level.

Our Manager may also earn a performance fee if the quarterly total return (capital appreciation plus dividends) for our stockholders is positive and exceeds the quarterly total return of a U.S. utilities index benchmark both in the quarter and cumulatively. If payable, the performance fee is equal to 20% of the difference between the benchmark return and the total return for our stockholders during the quarter. Per the terms of the Management Services Agreement, our Manager currently reinvests any base management or performance fees in new primary shares of the Company. The Manager may elect to receive either base management or performance fees, if any, in cash but may only change its election during a 20 trading day window following our earnings release. Any change would apply to fees to which it was entitled thereafter.

Our Businesses

Use of Non-GAAP measures

In addition to our results under U.S. GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP measures to assess the performance and prospects of our businesses. In particular, we use EBITDA excluding non-cash items, Free Cash Flow and certain proportionately combined financial metrics. Proportionately combined financial metrics reflect our proportionate interest in our solar and wind facilities, substantially all of which are in discontinued operations.

We measure EBITDA excluding non-cash items as it reflects our businesses’ ability to effectively manage the volume of products sold or services provided, the operating margin earned on those transactions and the management of operating expenses independent of the capitalization and tax attributes of those businesses.

In analyzing the financial performance of our businesses, we focus primarily on cash generation and Free Cash Flow in particular. We believe investors use Free Cash Flow as a measure of our ability to sustain and potentially increase our quarterly cash dividend and to fund a portion of our growth.

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See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations — Consolidated — Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items, Free Cash Flow and Proportionately Combined Metrics ” for further information, including our definition and calculation of EBITDA excluding non-cash items, Free Cash Flow and our proportionately combined metrics and for reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the most comparable GAAP measures.

IMTT

Industry Overview

Bulk liquid terminals provide important infrastructure in the supply chain for a broad range of liquid commodities (see below). Bulk liquid terminals provide vital logistics services to oil producers and marketers, refiners, chemical manufacturers, food processors and commodity traders. Customers typically pay terminal operators such as IMTT on an ‘availability’ or ‘take or pay’ basis to provide tank capacity, loading and unloading access, and pipeline and trans-loading capacity, and also pay additional fees for ancillary services such as heating, blending and packaging.

A number of factors influence demand for bulk liquid terminals in the U.S. Demand for storage rises and falls according to local and regional consumption. In addition, import and export activity accounts for a material portion of the business. Shippers require storage for the staging, aggregation and/or distribution of products before and after transport. The extent of import/export activity depends on macroeconomic factors, such as currency fluctuations, as well as industry-specific conditions, such as supply and demand imbalances in different geographic regions. Demand for storage is also driven by fluctuations in the current and perceived future price and demand for the product being stored and the resulting temporal price arbitrage.

Potential entrants into the bulk liquid terminals business face several barriers. Strict environmental regulations, availability of suitable land with connectivity to pipeline and transport logistics, including marine, road and rail infrastructure, local community resistance and initial investment costs may limit the construction of new bulk liquid terminals. These barriers are typically higher around waterways near major urban centers. As a consequence, new tanks are generally built where existing docks, pipelines and other infrastructure can support them. However, restrictions on land use, difficulties in securing environmental permits, and the potential for operational bottlenecks due to constraints on related infrastructure may limit the ability of existing terminals to expand the storage capacity of their facilities.

Business Overview

IMTT is one of the largest providers of independent, or third-party, bulk liquid terminal services in the U.S., based on capacity. IMTT handles products consumed by a diverse range of users in both domestic and foreign markets. IMTT stores or handles primarily refined petroleum products, various commodity and specialty chemicals, renewable fuels and vegetable and tropical oils (collectively liquid commodities). Crude oil constitutes an immaterial portion of IMTT’s overall storage and handling operations. The business operates 19 terminals including 17 in the U.S. and two in Canada (one partially owned) with principal operations in the New York Harbor market and on the Lower Mississippi River.

Since our initial investment in IMTT in May 2006, we have deployed capital in the growth and development of additional storage capacity, facilities and related infrastructure (pipes, pumps, docks, etc.) and acquisitions of facilities in Illinois and a portfolio of terminals primarily in the U.S. Southeast. Consistent with IMTT’s strategy below, we expect to be able to continue to deploy capital in the growth and expansion of storage capacity and capabilities and to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns.

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IMTT — (continued)

The table below summarizes the revenue generated by product type by IMTT for the year ended December 31, 2018:

       
Refined Products   Chemical   Renewable/Vegetable & Tropical Oil   Crude Oil   Other
54%     29 %       7 %       2 %       8 % (1)  

(1) Includes 3% of revenues from OMI Environmental Solutions through its date of sale in April 2018.

Following is summary financial information for IMTT ($ in millions):

     
  As of, and for the
Year Ended, December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Revenue   $ 510.8     $ 549.4     $ 532.5  
Net income (1)     65.3       363.0       83.1  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (2)     286.6       326.2       321.9  
Total assets     4,020.5       4,109.4       3,978.4  

(1) Net income for 2017 includes the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations — IMTT ” in Part II, Item 7, for further discussions.
(2) See “Business —  Our Businesses ” in Part I, Item 1 and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” in Part II, Item 7, for further information and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA excluding non-cash items.

Locations

As of December 31, 2018, IMTT comprised the following facilities and storage capacity, not including tanks used in packaging, recovery tanks, and/or other storage capacity not typically leased.

     
Facility   Land   Aggregate Capacity of Storage Tanks
in Service
(Millions of Barrels)
  Percent of
Ownership
Facilities in the United States:
                          
Lower Mississippi River Terminals (4)     Owned       20.6       100.0 %  
Bayonne Terminal     Owned       15.8       100.0 %  
Other Terminals (12)     Owned       6.9       100.0 %  
Facilities in Canada:
                          
Quebec City, Quebec     Leased       2.0       100.0 %  
Placentia Bay, Newfoundland     Leased       3.0       20.1 %  
Total           48.3        

IMTT facilities generally operate 24 hours a day providing customers with prompt access to a wide range of logistical services. In each of its two key markets, IMTT’s scale ensures availability of sophisticated product handling capabilities. IMTT continuously improves speed and flexibility of operations at its facilities by investing in upgrades of its docks, pipelines and pumping infrastructure and facility management systems.

Lower Mississippi River Terminals (48% of gross profit)

On the Lower Mississippi River, IMTT currently operates four terminals (St. Rose, Gretna, Avondale and Geismar). With combined storage capacity of 20.6 million barrels, the four sites give IMTT substantial market share in the storage and handling of refined petroleum products, bulk liquid chemicals, vegetable and tropical oils on the strategically important Lower Mississippi River. These terminals serve a predominantly import/export market.

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IMTT — (continued)

The Lower Mississippi River facilities also give IMTT a substantial presence in a key domestic transport hub. The Lower Mississippi River serves as a major transshipment point for agricultural products (such as vegetable and tropical oils) and commodity chemicals (such as methanol) between the central U.S. and the rest of the world. The region also has substantial traffic related to the petroleum industry. Lower Mississippi River refiners and traders send products to other regions of the U.S. and overseas and use IMTT’s Lower Mississippi River facilities to provide aggregation and transshipment services. The Lower Mississippi River facilities also serve as an aggregation point for feedstocks prior to being utilized by refinery and chemical plant processing units located nearby. These facilities enjoy relatively unencumbered marine and road access when compared to other, more congested waterways such as the Houston Ship Channel.

Bayonne Terminal (37% of gross profit)

Located on the Kill Van Kull between New Jersey and Staten Island, New York, the 15.8 million barrel capacity IMTT-Bayonne Terminal occupies an attractive position in New York Harbor where it has substantial market share. New York Harbor serves as the main petroleum distribution hub in the northeast U.S. and a physical settlement site for certain futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX). In addition to waterborne shipments, products reach New York Harbor through petroleum product pipelines including the Colonial Pipeline which originates in Houston, Texas. Pipelines also move imports and exports of refined petroleum product to and from New York Harbor and various inland markets. With connections to the Colonial, Buckeye and Harbor refined petroleum product pipelines, as well as rail and road connectivity and blending capabilities, the IMTT-Bayonne Terminal provides its customers with considerable logistical and commercial flexibility.

IMTT-Bayonne has the capability to quickly load and unload the largest bulk liquid transport ships entering New York Harbor which is an important competitive advantage. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has dredged the Kill Van Kull channel passing the IMTT-Bayonne docks to 50 feet. IMTT has dredged two of its docks to 47 feet, allowing large vessels to dock, load and unload products. Most of IMTT’s competitors in New York Harbor have facilities located on the southern portion of the Arthur Kill (water depth of approximately 37 feet), and large ships must transfer a portion of their cargoes to barges before docking (a process known as lightering). Lightering increases the cost and time associated with loading and unloading.

Competition

The competitive environment in which IMTT operates varies by terminal location and product. The principal competition for each of IMTT’s facilities comes from other bulk liquid terminals located in the same regional market. Secondary competition for IMTT’s facilities comes from bulk liquid terminals located in the same broad geographic region as IMTT’s terminals. For example, IMTT’s Lower Mississippi River facilities indirectly compete with bulk liquid terminals located on the Houston Ship Channel.

Independent terminal operators generally compete on the basis of the location, connectivity and versatility of facilities, service and price. The services typically provided by the terminal include, among other things, the safe storage of the product at specified temperature, moisture and other conditions, as well as receipt and delivery from the terminal, all of which must be in compliance with applicable environmental regulations. A terminal with a favorable location will have access to a variety of cost-effective transportation modes, both to and from the terminal. Transportation modes typically include waterways, railroads, roadways and pipelines. A terminal operator’s ability to obtain attractive prices is often dependent on the quality, versatility and reputation of its facilities.

IMTT faces significant competition from a variety of international, national and regional energy companies, including large, diversified midstream entities, global terminal operators and large multi-national energy companies. We believe that IMTT is favorably positioned to compete in the industry due to the strategic location of terminals on the Gulf Coast and in New York Harbor and certain secondary markets, its reputation, the prices charged for its services and the connectivity, quality and versatility of those services. In particular, we believe that IMTT’s proximity to petroleum refineries and chemical plants in both of its key markets and to the very substantial end use market in the Northeast are sources of competitive advantage and provide diversity in our revenue.

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IMTT — (continued)

As noted above, we believe that significant barriers to entry exist in the terminalling business. These barriers include significant capital requirements and execution risk, a lengthy permitting and development cycle, financing challenges, a finite number of sites suitable for development, operating expertise and customer relationships.

Customers

IMTT provides bulk liquid terminalling services primarily to oil refiners and marketers, chemical manufacturers, food processors and commodity traders. These customers, in turn, serve a range of end users in both domestic and foreign markets. Within its terminals, IMTT has the ability to repurpose tanks and related infrastructure for various bulk liquid products both to respond to and to anticipate changes in customer demand. IMTT does not depend on a single customer, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on IMTT.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, approximately 50% of IMTT’s revenue was generated by its top ten customers, of which eight were rated investment grade and two were not rated. Customers typically sign contracts which, among other things, provide for a fixed periodic payment (usually monthly) for access to and use of IMTT’s facilities. These payments may be expressed in terms of cents per barrel of capacity, a dollar amount per unit of infrastructure, or a dollar amount per month. These amounts are payable whether the customer uses the facilities and services or not and does not include additional charges for throughput or ancillary services. In 2018, approximately 80% of IMTT’s revenues were generated from these ‘availability’ style payments.

IMTT is responsible for exercising appropriate care of the products stored at its facilities and believes it maintains adequate insurance with respect to its exposure. IMTT does not have direct material exposure to short-term commodity price fluctuations because it typically does not purchase or market the products that it handles. IMTT’s customers retain title to products stored and have responsibility for securing insurance or self-insuring against loss or fluctuation in value.

Regulation

The rates that IMTT charges for its services are not subject to regulation. However, a number of regulatory agencies, including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Transportation, Department of Homeland Security and the United States Coast Guard, regulate IMTT’s operations. IMTT must comply with numerous federal, state and local environmental, occupational health and safety, security, tax and planning statutes and regulations. These regulations require IMTT to obtain and maintain permits to operate its facilities and impose standards that govern the way IMTT operates its business. If IMTT does not comply with the relevant regulations, it could lose its operating permits and/or incur fines and increased liability. While changes in environmental, health and safety regulations pose a risk of higher operating costs, such changes are generally phased in over time to manage the impact on both the industry and the business.

Few of IMTT’s facilities require significant environmental remediation. Those that do have such efforts overseen by various state and federal agencies. Remediation efforts entail removal of the free product, groundwater control and treatment, soil treatment, repair/replacement of sewer systems, and the implementation of containment and monitoring systems. These remediation activities are expected to continue for an additional ten to twenty years, or more. See “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3, for further discussions.

Employees

As of December 31, 2018, IMTT (excluding the Newfoundland terminal) had a total of 917 employees, of which 274 employees were unionized. We believe relations with both union and non-union employees at IMTT are generally good.

The day-to-day operations of IMTT are managed by individual terminal managers who are responsible for most aspects of the operations. IMTT’s operations are overseen by senior personnel with significant experience in the bulk liquid terminals industry. Management of the business is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Atlantic Aviation

Industry Overview

Fixed based operations (FBOs) primarily service the GA segment of the air transportation industry. Local airport authorities own the airport properties and grant FBO operators a long-term ground lease that includes the right to provide fueling and other services. Fueling services provide the majority of an FBO’s revenue and gross margin.

FBOs often operate in environments with high barriers to entry. Airports tend to have limited physical space for additional FBOs and airport authorities generally do not have an incentive to add FBOs unless there is a significant demand for services that cannot be met by the existing FBO at the airport. Development of a new FBO requires securing airport approvals, completing the design and construction and may involve substantial time and capital. Furthermore, airports typically impose minimum standards with respect to the experience, capital investment and breadth of services provided by the FBO.

The ownership of FBOs in the U.S. is highly fragmented with the majority of facilities individually owned and operated rather than part of networks. Consolidation has been and is expected to continue to be an important feature of the industry as larger networks are able to achieve economies of scale in fuel and insurance purchasing, marketing and back office operations compared with individual owners/operators.

Demand for FBO services is driven by the level of GA flight activity which is defined as the number of take-offs and landings in a given period. We believe GA flight activity will continue to expand at rates broadly consistent with overall economic activity in the U.S.

Business Overview

At December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation operated FBOs at 70 airports in the U.S. Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs provide fuel, terminal, aircraft hangaring and other services primarily to owners/operators of GA aircraft, but also to commercial, military, freight and government aviation customers.

Atlantic Aviation has been a part of the MIC portfolio since our IPO. In December 2004, the business owned and operated a total of 16 FBOs. Through a roll-up of FBOs, we have increased the size of the network to a total of 70 facilities. Consistent with our strategy of seeking to optimize the portfolio, we have exited markets we believe have limited growth potential in favor of entering those with better prospects. Since our IPO, we have deployed capital in Atlantic Aviation in the acquisition of FBOs and projects including the construction of terminals and aircraft hangars, fuel tank farms, aircraft parking (ramps) and a range of smaller projects.

Following is summary financial information for Atlantic Aviation ($ in millions):

     
  As of, and for the
Year Ended, December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Revenue   $ 962.5     $ 846.4     $ 740.2  
Net income (1)     96.4       124.4       59.5  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (2)     264.7       247.2       225.1  
Total assets     1,675.7       1,710.5       1,564.7  

(1) Net income for 2017 includes the impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations — Atlantic Aviation ” in Part II, Item 7, for further discussions.
(2) See “Business —  Our Businesses ” in Part I, Item 1 and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” in Part II, Item 7, for further information and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA excluding non-cash items.

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Atlantic Aviation — (continued)

Operations

Atlantic Aviation operates high-quality facilities and focuses on attracting customers who desire personalized service. Fuel sales generated 60% of gross margin in 2018. Other services, including de-icing, aircraft parking and hangar rental, aircraft cleaning and catering provided the balance. Fuel is stored in tank farms owned either by Atlantic Aviation or by the airport and Atlantic Aviation operates owned or leased refueling vehicles to move fuel from the tank farms to the aircraft being serviced. At some of Atlantic Aviation’s locations, services are also provided to commercial airlines, freight operators, and military and government users. Services provided to the airlines may include refueling from the airline’s own fuel supplies, de-icing and/or ground and ramp handling services.

Atlantic Aviation buys fuel at a wholesale price and sells fuel to customers either at a contracted price, or at a price negotiated at the point of purchase. While wholesale fuel costs can vary, Atlantic Aviation generally passes changes in fuel costs through to customers and seeks to maintain and, when possible, increase its dollar-based margin per gallon. In general, the business has minimal exposure to commodity price fluctuations as it carries a limited inventory of jet fuel.

Atlantic Aviation is focused on managing costs effectively and continuously evaluates opportunities to reduce expenses. Such opportunities may include business reengineering, more efficient purchasing, partnering with service providers and/or capturing synergies in acquisitions.

Locations

Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs operate pursuant to long-term leases from the airport authorities who own or manage the airport. Atlantic Aviation works with these airport authorities to optimize lease lengths through capital improvements or other enhancements to the airport.

Atlantic Aviation’s EBITDA-weighted average remaining lease length (including leases extendable at Atlantic Aviation’s sole discretion) was 19.9 years and 20.3 years at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The leases at nine of Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs, collectively accounting for approximately 15.0% of Atlantic Aviation’s gross margin, are expected to be renegotiated and extended within the next five years. No individual FBO generated more than 10% of Atlantic Aviation’s gross margin at December 31, 2018.

The airport authorities have certain termination rights in each of Atlantic Aviation’s leases of the FBO. Standard terms allow for termination if Atlantic Aviation defaults on the terms and conditions of the lease, abandons the property or becomes insolvent or bankrupt. Most of the leases allow for termination if liens are filed against the property. Leases related to fewer than twenty out of the 70 FBOs may be terminated for convenience or other similar reasons. In these cases, generally, there are compensation agreements based on amortization schedules or obligations of the airport authority to make best efforts to relocate the FBO.

Atlantic Aviation periodically evaluates its portfolio of FBOs and occasionally concludes that some of its sites do not have sufficient scale or do not serve a market with sufficiently strong growth prospects to warrant continued operations at these locations. In these cases, it may elect to sell the site or not renew the lease upon maturity.

Marketing

Atlantic Aviation has a number of marketing programs, each utilizing an internally-developed point-of-sale system that tracks GA flight movements. This program supports flight tracking and provides customer relationship management data that facilitates up-selling of fuel and optimization of revenue per customer.

Atlantic Aviation also maintains a loyalty program for pilots known as “Atlantic Awards” that provides an incentive to purchase fuel from Atlantic Aviation. These awards are recorded as a reduction in revenue in Atlantic Aviation’s consolidated financial statements.

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Atlantic Aviation — (continued)

Competition

Atlantic Aviation competes with other FBO operators at more than half of its locations, and its facilities may also face indirect competition from FBOs located at nearby airports. The FBOs compete on the basis of location of the facility relative to runways and street access, service, safety, value-added features, reliability and price. Each FBO also faces competitive pressure from the fact that aircraft may take on sufficient fuel at one location and not need to refuel at a specific destination.

Atlantic Aviation’s main competitors are Signature Flight Support, Jet Aviation, Million Air, Sheltair Aviation and TAC Air. To our knowledge, other than certain of the competitors listed, no competitor operated more than 20 FBOs in the U.S. at December 31, 2018.

Customers

Atlantic Aviation does not depend on a single customer, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on the business.

Regulation

The aviation industry is overseen by a number of regulatory agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Transportation and Environmental Protection Agency, but its primary regulator is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In addition, local airport authorities also regulate FBOs. The business must comply with federal, state and local environmental statutes and regulations associated in part with the operation of fuel storage tank systems and mobile fueling vehicles. These requirements include tank and pipe testing for tightness, soil sampling for evidence of leaking and remediation of detected leaks and spills.

Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs are subject to regular inspection by federal and local environmental agencies as well as local fire departments and other agencies. The business does not expect that compliance and related remediation work, if any, will have a material negative impact on earnings or the competitive position of Atlantic Aviation. The business has not received notice requiring it to cease operations at any location or of any abatement proceeding by any government agency as a result of failure to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations.

Employees

As of December 31, 2018, the business employed 1,924 people, of which 203 employees were subject to collective bargaining agreements. We believe relations with both union and non-union employees at Atlantic Aviation are generally good.

The day-to-day operations of Atlantic Aviation are managed by individual site managers who are responsible for most aspects of the operations at their site. Atlantic Aviation’s operations are overseen by senior personnel with significant experience in the aviation industry.

MIC Hawaii

Industry Overview

According to the Energy Information Administration, energy consumption in Hawaii is split approximately equally between the transportation market and the industrial/commercial/residential markets. Gas holds approximately 2% share of the Hawaii energy market and serves primarily the residential and commercial markets with applications including water heating, drying, cooking, emergency power generation and other select uses.

Beginning in 2008 with the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, the State of Hawaii embarked on a program to be a leader in the development and deployment of clean energy solutions. MIC Hawaii has invested in multiple clean energy projects including the recent commissioning of a renewable natural gas facility that captures and purifies wastewater biogas for injection into the Hawaii Gas utility pipeline on Oahu. MIC Hawaii expects to pursue additional growth opportunities in line with Hawaii’s clean energy goals.

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MIC Hawaii — (continued)

Business Overview

MIC Hawaii comprises Hawaii Gas and several smaller businesses collectively engaged in efforts to reduce the cost and improve the reliability and sustainability of energy in Hawaii. From 2006 to 2015, our MIC Hawaii segment consisted solely of Hawaii Gas, a combination of Hawaii’s only government-franchised gas utility and an unregulated liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distribution business. Founded in 1904, Hawaii Gas serves the State’s approximately 1.4 million residents and 10.0 million visitors across Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Molokai and Lanai (the main islands).

Hawaii Gas’ utility business includes the processing, distribution and sale of synthetic natural gas (SNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG) and the distribution and sale of re-gasified liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the island of Oahu, as well as the distribution and sale of LPG via pipeline on all of the main islands. Hawaii Gas’ unregulated business distributes LPG by truck to individual tanks located on customer sites or distributes LPG in cylinders filled at central locations to customers on all the main islands. Customers include a wide variety of residential, commercial, hospitality, military, public sector and wholesale users.

Hawaii Gas’ primary products consist of:

Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) :  The business converts a light hydrocarbon feedstock (naphtha) into SNG which has a similar heating value to natural gas. Hawaii Gas operates the only SNG processing capability in Hawaii at its plant located on the island of Oahu. SNG is delivered by underground pipelines to utility customers throughout Oahu.

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) :  LPG is a generic name for a mixture of hydrocarbon gases, typically propane and butane. LPG liquefies at a relatively low pressure under normal temperature conditions and can be efficiently transported in a range of quantities. LPG is typically stored in cylinders or tanks and Hawaii Gas maintains the largest network of LPG storage throughout Hawaii. Domestic and commercial applications of LPG are similar to those of natural gas and SNG.

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) :  LNG is transported to Hawaii in conventional intermodal cryogenic containers from the U.S. mainland. Hawaii Gas utilizes LNG to offset up to 30% of the naphtha used to produce SNG that supplies customers of the regulated utility on Oahu.

Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) :  In December 2018, Hawaii Gas commissioned a renewable natural gas facility capable of collecting and purifying biogas from the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant and injecting it into the utility pipeline distribution system on Oahu. The business continues to evaluate a range of additional renewable feedstock sources including other waste water treatment plants, landfills and locally produced biomass.

Following is summary financial information for MIC Hawaii ($ in millions):

     
  As of, and for the
Year Ended, December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Revenue   $ 291.8     $ 277.9     $ 233.9  
Net (loss) income (1)     (13.1 )       25.4       35.7  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (1) (2)     37.3       60.6       62.8  
Total assets     501.1       532.1       501.7  

(1) Includes the write-down of our investment in the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor business for the year ended December 31, 2018.
(2) See “Business —  Our Businesses ” in Part I, Item 1 and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” in Part II, Item 7, for further information and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA excluding non-cash items.

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MIC Hawaii — (continued)

Customers

The businesses of MIC Hawaii provide services to commercial, residential and governmental customers. MIC Hawaii does not depend on any single customer, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on the business.

Utility Regulation

Hawaii Gas’ utility business is regulated by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HPUC). The HPUC exercises broad regulatory oversight and investigative authority over all public utilities in Hawaii.

Rate Regulation .  The HPUC establishes the rates that Hawaii Gas can charge its utility customers via cost of service regulation. Although the HPUC sets the base rate for the gas sold by Hawaii Gas’ utility business, Hawaii Gas is permitted to pass through changes in its fuel costs by means of a monthly fuel adjustment charge.

Hawaii Gas’ utility rates are established by the HPUC in periodic rate cases typically initiated by Hawaii Gas. The business initiates a rate case by submitting a request to the HPUC for an increase in rates based upon, for example, increased costs related to providing services. Following initiation of the rate increase request and submissions by other intervening parties of their positions on the rate request, and potentially an evidentiary hearing, the HPUC issues a decision establishing the revenue requirements and the resulting rates that Hawaii Gas will be allowed to charge.

On December 21, 2018, the HPUC issued its Final Decision and Order in the rate case filed by Hawaii Gas in August 2017, authorizing an increase in regulated revenue of $8.9 million or 8.4%. This is consistent with the HPUC’s Interim Decision and Order issued in June 2018 that approved new rates effective July 1, 2018.

Other Regulations .  In addition to regulating utility rates, the HPUC acts on requests for the acquisition, sale, disposition or other exchange of utility properties, including mergers and consolidations; acts on requests for financings; and approves material supply contracts.

Competition

Depending upon the end-use, Hawaii Gas competes with electric generators as well as other gas providers. Electricity in Hawaii is generated by four electric utilities and various independent power producers. In addition, residential and some commercial customers in Hawaii have increased the rate at which they are installing solar photovoltaic generating capacity.

Hawaii Gas’ Utility Business .  Hawaii Gas holds the only government franchise for utility gas services in Hawaii. This enables Hawaii Gas to utilize public easements for its pipeline distribution systems. This franchise also provides for the exclusive use of extensive below-ground distribution infrastructure that Hawaii Gas owns and maintains. Hawaii Gas competes on the basis of price, reliability and the energy preferences of its customers.

Hawaii Gas’ Non-Utility Business .  Hawaii Gas sells LPG in an unregulated market on the main islands of Hawaii. There are several other wholesale and smaller retail distributors that compete in the LPG market. Hawaii Gas believes it has a competitive advantage because of its established customer base, storage facilities, distribution network and reputation for reliable service.

Fuel Supply, SNG Plant and Distribution System

Fuel Supply

Hawaii Gas sources naphtha feedstock for its SNG plant from Par Hawaii Refining, LLC (Par) pursuant to a contract that expires in December 2020. The majority of Hawaii Gas’ LPG is purchased from an off-island supplier. Hawaii Gas sources LNG from a U.S. mainland supplier pursuant to a contract that expires in July 2021. RNG is purchased from the City and County of Honolulu under a fixed rate contract that expires in December 2024.

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MIC Hawaii — (continued)

SNG Plant and Distribution System (Utility Business)

Hawaii Gas processes and distributes SNG from a plant located on the west side of Oahu. A 22-mile transmission pipeline links the SNG plant to a distribution system at Pier 38 in south Oahu. From Pier 38, a pipeline distribution system consisting of approximately 900 miles of distribution and service pipelines transports gas to customers. On islands other than Oahu, LPG is distributed by direct deliveries from an off-island shipper and by barge from Oahu to holding facilities or base-yards on those islands. It is then distributed via pipelines to utility customers. Approximately 90% of the Hawaii Gas pipeline system is on Oahu.

Distribution System (Non-Utility Business)

The non-utility business of Hawaii Gas provides LPG to customers on each of the main islands that are not connected to Hawaii Gas’ utility pipeline system. The majority of Hawaii Gas’ non-utility customers are on islands other than Oahu. LPG is transported to these islands by direct deliveries from an off-island shipper and by barge from Oahu. Hawaii Gas also owns the infrastructure by which it distributes LPG to its customers, including harbor pipelines, trucks, several holding facilities and storage base-yards on Kauai, Maui and Hawaii.

Environmental Permits

The businesses of MIC Hawaii require environmental operating permits, the most significant of which are air and wastewater permits required for the Hawaii Gas SNG plant.

Employees

As of December 31, 2018, MIC Hawaii had 330 employees, of which 215 are subject to the terms of collective bargaining agreements. We believe relationships with both union and non-union employees are generally good.

Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other comprises MIC Corporate, our shared services center and other smaller businesses.

The financial results for MIC Corporate also reflect the costs associated with operating as a public company. These include primarily the fees paid in connection with the evaluation of various investment and acquisition/disposition opportunities, fees paid to the New York Stock Exchange, fees paid to our external auditors and advisors and the cost of Director’s and Officer’s insurance. Other corporate center costs including the salaries, benefits and incentives paid to individuals seconded to MIC, together with the cost of our facilities, technology and services provided to the holding company by the Manager, are covered in the Fees to Manager — related party line item.

In 2017, we formed and staffed MGS, a shared services center that provides common administrative functions including payroll processing, health and benefit plan administration, information technology, procurement, tax, legal and certain finance and accounting functions to the businesses in our portfolio. Substantially all of the costs associated with the operation of MGS are allocated to each of our operating companies. Any unallocated MGS costs are reported as a component of our Corporate and Other segment.

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Corporate and Other — (continued)

Other businesses within Corporate and Other include those that do not meet the criteria for being a reportable segment on a standalone basis. These include a business relationship with a third party renewables developer, the Company’s joint venture with a developer of solar power facilities and other smaller businesses. Prior to October 2018, these businesses were reported as part of the Contracted Power segment. Following the sale of BEC and the commencement of a sale process involving substantially all of our portfolio of solar and wind power generation businesses, the Contracted Power segment has been eliminated.

Employees

As of December 31, 2018, Corporate and Other had 142 employees at MGS. MIC Corporate has no employees as our Manager seconds those individuals who serve as our chief executive officer and chief financial officer on a full-time basis and makes other personnel available as required.

Consolidated

Our Employees

As of December 31, 2018, our consolidated businesses employed approximately 3,300 people, of which approximately 20% were subject to collective bargaining agreements.

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AVAILABLE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. The SEC maintains a website that contains annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy and information statements and other information that issuers (including Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation) file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s website is www.sec.gov .

Our website is www.macquarie.com/mic . You can access our Investor Center through this website. We make available free of charge, on or through our Investor Center, our proxy statements, annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to these filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. We also make available through our Investor Center the statements of beneficial ownership of shares filed by our Manager, our directors and officers, any holders of 10% or more of our shares outstanding and others under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

You can also find information on the About MIC page on our website where we post documents including:

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation;
Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement;
Corporate Governance Guidelines;
Code of Business Conduct;
Charters for our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Governance Committee;
Policy for Stockholder Nomination of Candidates to Become Directors of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation; and
Information for Stockholder Communication with our Board of Directors, our Audit Committee and our Lead Independent Director.

Our Code of Business Conduct applies to all of our directors, officers and employees as well as all directors, officers and employees of our Manager involved in the management of the Company and its businesses. We will post any amendments to the Code of Business Conduct, and any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of either the SEC or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on our website. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this report.

You can request a copy of these documents at no cost, excluding exhibits, by contacting Investor Relations at 125 West 55 th Street, New York, NY 10019 (212-231-1825).

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

An investment in our shares involves a number of risks. The occurrence of any of these risks could have a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition and could cause a corresponding decline in the market price of our shares.

Risks Related to Our Business Operations

Fluctuations in economic, equity and credit market conditions may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, our liquidity or our ability to obtain credit on acceptable terms.

Should economic, equity and credit market conditions, collectively or individually, become disrupted, our ability to raise equity or obtain capital, to repay or refinance credit facilities at maturity, pay significant capital expenditures, pay, maintain or grow dividends or fund growth may be costly and/or impaired. Our access to debt financing in particular will depend on a variety of factors such as market conditions, the general availability of credit, the overall availability of credit to our industry, our credit history and credit capacity, as well as the historical performance of our businesses and lender perceptions of their and our financial prospects. In the event that we are unable to obtain debt financing, particularly as significant credit facilities mature, our internal sources of liquidity may not be sufficient.

Economic conditions may also increase our counterparty risk, particularly in those businesses whose revenues are determined under multi-year contracts, such as IMTT. Should conditions deteriorate, we would expect to see increases in counterparty defaults and/or bankruptcies, which could result in an increase in bad debt expense and may cause our operating results to decline.

The volatility in the financial markets makes projections regarding future obligations under pension plans difficult. Two of our businesses, Hawaii Gas and IMTT, have defined benefit retirement plans. Future funding obligations under those plans depend in large part on the future performance of plan assets and the mix of investment assets. Our defined benefit plans hold a significant amount of equity securities as well as fixed income securities. If the market values of these securities decline or if interest rates decline, our pension expense and cash funding requirements would increase and, as a result, could materially adversely affect the results and liquidity of these businesses and our Company.

Continued economic expansion and reductions in unemployment rates and the tightening of labor markets could increase the cost of operating any or all of our businesses or make it more difficult to recruit and retain those with appropriate skillsets. In a tight labor market it may take longer to identify and hire additional employees and such delays could, in turn, increase fees paid to recruiting firms or the amount of overtime paid to existing employees. A tightening labor market may also drive the cost of retaining employees with appropriate skillsets higher to the extent we face increased competition from employers willing or able to pay higher wages.

The documents governing our debt impose significant operating and financial restrictions, which may prevent us from pursuing certain business opportunities and taking certain actions.

Our senior secured revolving credit facilities impose, and future debt agreements may impose, operational and financial restrictions on us. These restrictions limit or prohibit, among other things, our ability to:

incur additional indebtedness;
pay dividends, redeem subordinated debt or make other restricted payments;
make certain investments or acquisitions;
grant or permit certain liens on our assets;
enter into certain transactions with affiliates;
merge, consolidate or transfer substantially all of our assets; and
transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of our subsidiaries.

These covenants could adversely affect our ability to finance our future operations or capital needs, withstand a future downturn in our business or the economy in general, engage in business activities,

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including future opportunities that may be in our interest, and plan for or react to market conditions or otherwise execute our business strategies. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default in respect of the related indebtedness. If a default occurs, the relevant lenders or holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare the indebtedness, together with accrued interest and other fees, to be immediately due and payable and proceed against any collateral securing that indebtedness. Acceleration of our other indebtedness could result in a default under the terms of the senior secured revolving credit facility or our convertible senior notes. There is no guarantee that we would be able to satisfy our obligations if any of our indebtedness is accelerated.

Our operations require significant growth capital expenditures and a failure to make such capital expenditures could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, operating results and prospects.

An important part of our strategy is the prudent deployment of capital to grow our existing businesses and develop and acquire additional businesses. Our ability to deploy capital depends on a number of variables including (i) commodity prices; (ii) customer demand; (iii) competitive and economic conditions; (iv) availability of suitable land on which to operate; (v) ability to obtain required regulatory approvals; and (vi) availability of capital. Our sources of growth capital include capital retained by our businesses, debt or equity issuances, and proceeds from the sales of businesses or assets. We may not generate sufficient cash or be able to arrange additional financing to fund our future growth needs on terms acceptable to us or at all. Our ability to arrange financing, if needed, will depend on, among other factors, our credit ratings, leverage, financial and operating performance, general economic, financial, and regulatory conditions and prevailing capital market conditions. Many of these factors are beyond our control. If we incur significant additional indebtedness, or if we do not continue to generate sufficient cash from our operations, our credit ratings could be adversely affected, which would likely increase our future borrowing costs and could affect our ability to access additional capital. If we fail to deploy growth capital as planned, we may be unable to, among other things, expand our businesses to meet competitive challenges; take advantage of strategic acquisition and development opportunities; upgrade our facilities and systems; and create stockholder value. Any or all of these could have a material adverse effect on our businesses, financial condition, operating results and prospects. In addition, under current law, certain capital expenditures are eligible for accelerated depreciation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If we fail to take advantage of this accelerated depreciation when prudent to do so, our tax position could be materially adversely impacted.

Our strategy includes an expectation that we will find, acquire or develop, and integrate, additional businesses.

Although our businesses tend to benefit from fundamental drivers of growth which are stable over time, we will attempt to augment that growth by finding, acquiring or developing, and integrating additional businesses. We anticipate that a significant portion of our future projected growth will be derived from inorganic sources which are contingent on our ability to successfully find and execute opportunities to deploy incremental capital. We may not find or acquire such opportunities on economically sensible terms. In addition, we may acquire businesses with financial reporting and control systems that are less sophisticated than ours. If we do make an acquisition, we may not be successful in integrating it into our portfolio and/or achieving the expected level of returns. If we invest capital in a development project, we may not be successful in the execution of the full project or in integrating it into our portfolio and/or achieving the expected level of performance. Failure to do any of these could result in higher indebtedness or expenses and/or in generating less cash flows than expected or generating growing amounts of cash flows at a slower than anticipated rate, either of which could result in a reduction in our share price.

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Decreasing the proportion of businesses in our portfolio that are not regulated or of a predominantly contracted nature increases the potential volatility in our financial results.

With the exception of our airport services business, our businesses generally possess one or more of the following characteristics: generally stable demand; long-term contracts; regulated operations; and inflation linked revenue. Our airport services business generates revenue and cash flows in a way that is broadly reflective of the economic health of the country. To the extent we invest in or acquire or develop businesses with revenue and cash generating capacity that is similarly GDP sensitive or businesses that do not possess these characteristics, our financial results could become more volatile and our share price could decline as a result of an increase in the real or perceived risk.

If borrowing costs increase or if debt terms become more restrictive, the cost of refinancing and servicing our debt will increase, reducing our profitability and ability to freely deploy capital or pay dividends to stockholders.

The majority of our indebtedness matures within four to seven years. Refinancing this debt may result in substantially higher interest rates or credit margins or substantially more restrictive covenants. Each of these could limit operational flexibility or reduce dividends and/or distributions from our operating businesses to us, which would have an adverse impact on our ability to freely deploy capital and continue to pay, maintain or grow dividends to our stockholders. We cannot provide assurance that we or the other owners of any of our businesses will be willing or able to make capital contributions to repay some or all of the debt if required.

The interest rates under our credit facilities may be impacted by the phase-out of LIBOR.

LIBOR, the London Interbank Offered Rate, is the basic rate of interest used in lending between banks on the London interbank market and is widely used as a reference for setting the interest rates on loans globally. We generally use LIBOR as a reference rate to calculate interest rates under our credit facilities. In 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates LIBOR, announced that it intends to phase out LIBOR by the end of 2021. It is unclear if LIBOR will cease to exist at that time or if new methods of calculating LIBOR will be established such that it continues to exist after 2021. The U.S. Federal Reserve, in conjunction with the Alternative Reference Rates Committee, a steering committee comprised of large U.S. financial institutions, is considering replacing U.S. dollar LIBOR with a new index, the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR), calculated using short-term repurchase agreements backed by Treasury securities. SOFR is observed and backward looking, unlike LIBOR under the current methodology, which is an estimated forward-looking rate and relies, to some degree, on the expert judgment of submitting panel members. Given that SOFR is a secured rate backed by government securities, it will be a rate that does not take into account bank credit risk (as is the case with LIBOR). SOFR also may be more volatile than LIBOR. Whether or not SOFR, or another alternative reference rate, attains market traction as a LIBOR replacement tool remains in question. If LIBOR ceases to exist, we may need to renegotiate our credit agreements to replace LIBOR with an agreed upon replacement index, and certain of the interest rates under our credit agreements may change. The new rates may not be as favorable to us as those in effect prior to any LIBOR phase-out. We may also find it desirable to engage in more frequent interest rate hedging transactions.

Our holding company level debt could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition, limit our operational and financing flexibility and negatively impact our business. As a holding company, we are dependent on the ability of our businesses to make distributions to us to pay our expenses, pay dividends and repay indebtedness.

At December 31, 2018, we had outstanding $752.4 million of convertible senior notes and had available a $600.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility, which was undrawn. These holding company level debt instruments increase our interest payments and could have significant adverse effects on our business, including:

we may be required to use a significant portion of our cash flow to pay interest on our indebtedness which will reduce the funds available for dividends to stockholders, additional acquisitions, pursuit of business opportunities or other business purposes;
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it may be more difficult for us to satisfy our financial obligations under our contractual and commercial commitments;
our increased level of indebtedness could place us at a competitive disadvantage compared with firms that may have proportionately less debt;
exposing us to risk of increased interest rates because any borrowings under the senior secured revolving credit facility are at variable rates of interest;
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate may be limited; and
our indebtedness may make us more vulnerable to economic downturns and adverse developments in our businesses.

We expect to obtain the funds to pay our operating expenses, pay dividends and to repay our indebtedness primarily from our operating businesses. Our ability to meet our expenses and make these payments therefore depends on the future performance of our businesses, which will be affected by financial, business, economic and other factors, many of which we cannot control. Our businesses may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future, which could result in our inability to repay indebtedness, pay, maintain or grow dividends or to fund other liquidity needs. As a holding company with no operations, we are dependent on the ability of our businesses to make distributions to us to pay our expenses, pay dividends and repay our indebtedness. In addition, the senior secured revolving credit facility is guaranteed by MIC Ohana Corporation, our direct, wholly owned subsidiary. MIC Ohana Corporation is a holding company whose only material asset is the capital stock of our other subsidiaries. If we do not have enough funds, we may be required to refinance all or part of our then existing debt, sell assets or borrow more funds, which we may not be able to accomplish on terms acceptable to us, or at all. In addition, the terms of existing or future debt agreements may restrict us from pursuing any of these alternatives.

We and any of our existing or future subsidiaries may incur substantially more indebtedness in the future. This could further exacerbate the risks to our business as described herein.

We and any of our existing and future subsidiaries may incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. Although the terms of our senior secured revolving credit facility contain limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions. If we incur any additional indebtedness that ranks equally with the indebtedness under our senior secured revolving credit facility, the holders of that additional debt will be entitled to share ratably with the lenders or holders of the indebtedness under the senior secured revolving credit facility in any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding up of our Company. If new debt is added to our or any of our subsidiaries’ current debt levels, the related risks that we now face could be exacerbated.

Development and investment in our businesses involve various construction, operational and regulatory risks that could materially adversely affect our financial results.

The development, construction, operation and maintenance of our businesses involve various operational risks, which can include mechanical and structural failure, accidents, labor issues or the failure of technology to perform as anticipated. Events outside our control, such as economic developments, changes in fuel prices or the price of other feedstocks, governmental policy changes, demand for energy and the like, could materially reduce the revenues generated or increase the expenses of constructing, operating or maintaining our businesses. Degradation of the performance of our facilities may reduce our revenues. Unanticipated capital expenditures associated with maintaining, upgrading or repairing our facilities may reduce profitability. We may also choose or be required to decommission a project or other asset. The decommissioning process could be protracted and result in the incurrence of significant financial and/or regulatory obligations or other uncertainties.

Our businesses may also face construction risks typical for infrastructure businesses, including, without limitation:

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shortages of fuels or materials;
slower than projected construction progress and the unavailability or late delivery of necessary equipment;
delays caused by or in obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals or permits;
adverse weather conditions and unexpected construction conditions;
accidents or the breakdown or failure of construction equipment or processes;
difficulties in obtaining suitable or sufficient financing; and
force majeure or catastrophic events such as explosions, fires and terrorist activities and other similar events beyond our control.

Such developments could result in substantial unanticipated delays or expenses and, under certain circumstances, could prevent completion of construction activities once undertaken. Construction costs may exceed estimates for various reasons, including inaccurate engineering and planning, labor and building material costs in excess of expectations and unanticipated problems with project start-up. Such unexpected increases may result in increased debt service costs and funds being insufficient to complete construction. Our facilities under development may receive little or no cash flow through the date of completion of development and may experience operating deficits after the date of completion. In addition, market conditions may change during the course of development that make such development less attractive than at the time it was commenced. Any events of this nature could severely delay or prevent the completion of, or significantly increase the cost of, the construction. In addition, there are risks inherent in the construction work which may give rise to claims or demands against us from time to time. Delays in the completion of any project may result in lost revenues or increased expenses.

We rely on third-party suppliers and contractors when developing our projects. The failure of those third parties to perform could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We source engines, boilers, chillers, cogeneration systems and other complex components from third-party suppliers and engage third-party contractors for the construction of power projects. We typically enter into contracts with our suppliers and contractors on a project-by-project basis and do not maintain long-term contracts with our suppliers or contractors. Therefore, we are generally exposed to price fluctuations and availability of products and components sourced from our suppliers and construction services procured from our contractors. In light of changing market dynamics and government policies, the price and availability of certain products have been subject to significant volatility in recent years. Increases in the prices of products and components, decreases in their availability, fluctuations in construction, labor and installation costs, or changes in the terms of our relationships with our suppliers and contractors may increase the cost of procuring equipment and engaging contractors and hence materially adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Furthermore, the delivery of defective products or construction services by our suppliers or contractors which are otherwise not in compliance with contract specifications, or the late supply of products or construction services, may cause construction delays or projects that fail to adhere to our quality and safety standards, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Finally, we rely on third party contractors to help us develop new projects. If these contractors do not fulfill their contractual obligations we could incur additional expenses or lose part of the capital we invested in these new facilities.

Our inability to realize targeted cost savings or maintain agreed upon service levels at our shared services center may negatively impact our business.

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service functions do not perform effectively, or if we fail to adequately monitor their performance, we may not be able to achieve expected cost savings or we may have to incur additional costs to correct errors made by such shared service functions and our reputation could be harmed. Depending on the function involved, such errors may also lead to business disruption, processing inefficiencies, effects on financial reporting, litigation or remediation costs. In addition, the concentration of processes in one shared service center means that any disruption at this facility could impact all or a substantial portion of our businesses. Any of these potential effects could have an adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Changes to trade regulation, quotas, duties or tariffs, caused by the changing U.S. and geopolitical environments or otherwise, may increase our costs, result in fewer growth capital opportunities or projects, limit the amount of raw materials and products that we can import, decrease demand for certain of our services, or otherwise adversely impact our business.

The current U.S. administration has voiced concerns about imports from countries that it perceives as engaging in unfair trade practices, has increased tariffs on certain goods imported into the United States from those countries, including China and other countries from which we import components or raw materials, and has raised the possibility of imposing significant, additional tariff increases. The announcement of tariffs on imported products by the U.S has triggered retaliatory actions from certain foreign governments, including China, and may trigger retaliatory actions by other foreign governments, potentially resulting in a “trade war”. A “trade war” or other governmental action related to tariffs or international trade agreements or policies could increase our costs, reduce the demand or opportunity to deploy growth capital in our businesses at attractive rates of return, limit the amount of raw materials, components and other products that we can import, restrict our customers’ ability to deploy growth capital or transport products and therefore decrease demand for certain of our services, and/or adversely affect the U.S. economy or certain sectors thereof and, thus, adversely impact our businesses.

Warranties provided by our suppliers and contractors may be limited or insufficient to compensate our losses, or may not cover the nature of our losses incurred.

We expect to benefit from various warranties, including product quality and performance warranties, provided by our suppliers and contractors. These suppliers and contractors, however, may file for bankruptcy, cease operations or otherwise become unable or unwilling to fulfill their warranty obligations. Even if a supplier fulfills its warranty obligations, the warranty may not be sufficient to compensate us for all of our losses. In addition, the warranty period generally expires several years after the date that the equipment is delivered or commissioned and is subject to liability limits. Where damages are caused by defective products provided by our suppliers or construction services delivered by our contractors, our suppliers or contractors may be unable or unwilling to perform their warranty obligations as a result of their financial condition or otherwise, or if the warranty period has expired or a liability limit has been reached, there may be a reduction or loss of warranty protection for the affected projects, which could have a material adverse effect on our business’ result of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We are dependent on certain key personnel, and the loss of key personnel, or the inability to retain or replace qualified employees, could have an adverse effect on our consolidated businesses, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We operate our consolidated businesses on a stand-alone basis, relying on existing management teams for day-to-day operations. Consequently, our operational success, as well as the success of our internal growth strategy, will be dependent on the continued efforts of the management teams of our consolidating businesses, who have extensive experience in the day-to-day operations of these businesses. Furthermore, we will likely be dependent on the operating management teams of businesses that we may acquire in the future. The loss of key personnel, or the inability to retain or replace qualified employees, could have an adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Prolonged work stoppages by employees who are subject to a collective bargaining agreement could adversely affect our financial position.

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believe our employee relations to be generally good, a prolonged work stoppage, strike or other slowdown at any facility with union employees could significantly disrupt our operations and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows or financial condition. In addition, we cannot ensure that upon the expiration of existing collective bargaining agreements, new agreements will be reached without union action or that any such new agreements will be on terms satisfactory to us. Any renegotiation of labor agreements could significantly increase our costs for wages, healthcare and other benefits.

We own, and may acquire in the future, investments in which we share voting control and, consequently, our ability to exercise significant influence over the business may be limited.

While it is our preference to own or control our businesses or to be able to exercise significant influence over our investments, including with respect to the timing and amount of distributions to us from those businesses, we may in some cases find the potential economic benefits of owning less than a controlling interest to be compelling. In such cases, we will attempt to co-invest with like-minded individuals/organizations. However, there can be no certainty that our interests with such co-investor(s) will always be aligned or that we will always be in a position to determine the amount and timing of distributions from such investments.

Our ability to influence a joint venture business is typically governed by (and may be limited to) our rights under a stockholders’ agreement. We may not directly manage the day-to-day operations of a joint venture, and we may not be provided with notice of material events with respect to such joint venture businesses (including, without limitation, potential liabilities for environmental, health and safety matters) in as timely a manner and with the same level of detail as we would if we were in such a day-to-day management role.

If we do not manage the day-to-day operations of a joint venture, we may not have complete visibility into operational and financial systems, controls or processes, including among others, as they relate to environmental, health and safety measures. We may not be able to evaluate whether such financial, operational, or environmental, health and safety systems or controls are sufficiently robust or executed appropriately.

Our businesses are subject to environmental risks that may impact our future profitability.

Our businesses (including businesses in which we invest) are subject to numerous statutes, rules and regulations relating to environmental protection. Atlantic Aviation is subject to environmental protection requirements relating to the storage, transport, pumping and transfer of jet fuel. Hawaii Gas is subject to risks and hazards associated with the refining, handling, storage and transportation of combustible products. The occurrence of any or all of these risks could result in substantial losses due to personal injury, loss of life, damage or destruction of property and equipment and environmental damage. Any losses we face could be greater than insurance levels maintained by our businesses, and could have an adverse effect on their and our financial results. In addition, disruptions to physical assets could reduce our ability to serve customers and adversely affect sales and cash flows.

IMTT’s operations in particular are subject to complex, stringent and expensive environmental regulations, including compliance with emission limitations and/or air permits, and future compliance costs are difficult to estimate with certainty. IMTT also faces risks relating to the handling and transportation of significant amounts of hazardous materials. Failure to comply with regulations or other claims may give rise to interruptions in operations and civil or criminal penalties and liabilities that could adversely affect the profitability of this business and the distributions it makes to us, as could significant unexpected compliance costs. Further, these rules and regulations are subject to change and compliance with any changes could result in a restriction of the activities of our businesses, significant capital expenditures and/or increased ongoing operating costs.

IMTT owns a number of properties that have been subject to environmental contamination in the past and require remediation for which IMTT is liable. These remediation obligations exist principally at IMTT’s Bayonne and Lemont facilities and could cost more than anticipated or could be incurred earlier than anticipated, or both. In addition, IMTT may discover additional environmental contamination at its Bayonne, Lemont or other facilities that may require remediation at significant cost to IMTT. Further, the past

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contamination of the properties owned by IMTT, including by former owners or operators of such properties, could result in remediation obligations, personal injury, property damage, environmental damage or similar claims by third parties.

We may also be required to address other prior or future environmental contamination, including soil and groundwater contamination that results from the spillage of fuel, hazardous materials or other pollutants. Under various federal, state, local and foreign environmental statutes, rules and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real property may be liable for noncompliance with applicable environmental and health and safety requirements and for the costs of investigation, monitoring, removal or remediation of hazardous materials. These laws often impose liability, whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of hazardous materials. Persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous materials may also be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of those materials at the disposal or treatment facility, whether or not that facility is or ever was owned or operated by that person and whether or not the original disposal or treatment activity accorded with all regulatory requirements. The presence of hazardous materials on a property could result in personal injury, loss of life, damage or destruction of property and equipment, environmental damage and/or claims by third parties that could have a material adverse effect on our result of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our income may be affected adversely if additional compliance costs are required as a result of new safety, health or environmental regulation.

Our businesses are subject to federal, state and local safety, health and environmental laws and regulations. These laws and regulations affect all aspects of their operations and are frequently modified. There is a risk that any one of our businesses may not be able to comply with some aspect of these laws and regulations, resulting in fines or penalties. Additionally, if new laws and regulations are adopted or if interpretations of existing laws and regulations change, we could be required to increase capital spending and/or incur increased operating expenses in order to comply. Because the regulatory environment frequently changes, we cannot predict when or how we may be affected by such changes. Environmental emissions and other compliance testing technologies continue to improve, which may result in more stringent, targeted environmental regulations and compliance obligations in the future, for example at IMTT, the costs of which could be material and adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our businesses are dependent on our relationships, on a contractual and regulatory level, with government entities that may have significant leverage over us. Government entities may be influenced by political considerations to take actions adverse to us.

Our businesses generally are, and will continue to be, subject to substantial regulation by governmental agencies. In addition, our businesses rely on obtaining and maintaining government permits, licenses, concessions, leases or contracts. Government entities, due to the wide-ranging scope of their authority, have significant leverage over us in their contractual and regulatory relationships with us that they may exercise in a manner that causes us delays in the operation of our businesses or pursuit of our strategy, or increased administrative expense. Furthermore, government permits, licenses, concessions, leases and contracts are generally very complex, which may result in periods of non-compliance, or disputes over interpretation or enforceability. If we fail to comply with these regulations or contractual obligations, we could be subject to monetary penalties or we may lose our rights to operate the affected business, or both. Where our ability to operate a business is subject to a concession or lease from government entities, the concession or lease may restrict our ability to operate the business in a way that maximizes cash flows and profitability. Further, our ability to grow our current and future businesses will often require consent of numerous government regulators. Increased regulation restricting the ownership or management of U.S. assets by non-U.S. persons, given the non-U.S. ultimate ownership of our Manager, may limit our ability to pursue acquisitions. Any such regulation may also limit our Manager’s ability to continue to manage our operations, which could cause disruption to our businesses and a decline in our performance. In addition, any required government consents may be costly to seek and we may not be able to obtain them. Failure to obtain any required consents could limit our ability to achieve our growth strategy.

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may enable the government to terminate the agreement without adequate compensation. In addition, government counterparties also may have the discretion to change or increase regulation of our operations, or implement laws or regulations affecting our operations, separate from any contractual rights they may have. Governments have considerable discretion in implementing regulations that could impact these businesses. Governments may be influenced by political considerations to take actions that may hinder the efficient and profitable operation of our businesses.

Many of our contracts, especially those with government entities or quasi-governmental entities are long-term contracts. These long-term contracts may be difficult to replace if terminated. In addition, buy-out or other early termination provisions could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition if exercised before the end of the contract.

Governmental agencies may determine the prices we charge and may be able to restrict our ability to operate our businesses to maximize profitability.

Where our businesses are sole or predominant service providers in their respective service areas and provide services that are essential to the community, they are likely to be subject to rate regulation by governmental agencies that will determine the prices they may charge. We may also face fees or other charges imposed by government agencies that increase our costs and over which we have no control. We may be subject to increases in fees or unfavorable price determinations that may be final with no right of appeal or that, despite a right of appeal, could result in our profits being negatively affected. In addition, we may have very little negotiating leverage in establishing contracts with government entities, which may decrease the prices that we otherwise might be able to charge or the terms upon which we provide products or services. Businesses we acquire in the future may also be subject to rate regulation or similar negotiating limitations.

Failure to comply with government regulations could result in contract terminations or we may be unable to enter into future government contracts.

We enter into government contracts, from time to time, which are subject to various uncertainties, restrictions and regulations, which could result in withholding or delay of payments. In addition, government contracts are subject to specific regulations as well as various statutes related to employment practices, environmental protection, recordkeeping and accounting. These laws impact how we transact business with governmental clients and, in some instances, impose significant costs on business operations. If we fail to comply with any of these regulations, requirements or statutes, our existing government contracts could be terminated, and we could be temporarily suspended or even barred from government contracting or subcontracting. If one or more of our government contracts are terminated or if we are suspended or barred from government contract work, or if payment of our cost is disallowed, we could suffer a significant reduction in expected revenue and profits.

Delays in the government budget process or a government shutdown may adversely affect our operating results.

Certain of our businesses provide services to government customers, often under long-term contracts. Any delay in the federal or state government budget process or a federal or state government shutdown may result in our incurring substantial costs without reimbursement under these contracts for extended periods. In addition, our businesses rely on obtaining and maintaining government permits, licenses, concessions and leases. Governmental budget delays or government shutdowns could also negatively impact our ability to timely obtain approvals and consents needed to operate and grow our businesses. Any of these consequences could have an adverse impact on our operating results.

Unfavorable publicity or public perception of the industries in which we operate could adversely impact our operating results and our reputation.

Accidents and incidents involving the aviation industry, particularly those involving the airports and heliport at which we operate, whether or not directly related to our Company’s services, and the media coverage thereof, can adversely impact our Company’s reputation and the demand for our services. Similarly, negative publicity or public perception of the energy-related industries in which we operate, including through

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media coverage of environmental contamination and climate change concerns, could reduce demand for our services and harm our reputation. Any reduction in demand for the services our businesses provide or damage to our reputation could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition and business prospects.

A significant and sustained increase in the price of oil could have a negative impact on the revenue of a number of our businesses.

A significant and sustained increase in the price of oil could have a negative impact on the profitability of a number of our businesses. Higher prices for jet fuel could result in reduction in the use of aircraft by GA customers, which would have a negative impact on the profitability of Atlantic Aviation. Higher fuel prices could increase the cost of power to our businesses generally and they may not be able to fully pass the increase through to customers.

A sustained period of low energy prices may foreshadow a downturn in economic activity, and capital investment in particular, that could have a negative impact on the performance and prospects of one or more of our businesses.

A period of low energy prices, or what has been characterized as an “oil” or “energy” glut, may not drive an increase in economic activity and capital investment. If instead it constrains growth in economic activity and capital investment, and/or results in an economic slowdown, demand for products and services provided by our airport services and/or bulk liquid terminal businesses may flatten or decline. A decline in the performance of these businesses could result in a decline in the value of our shares.

Fluctuations in commodity prices could adversely impact revenue, cost of services/goods sold and gross margin at our businesses.

Revenue at our Atlantic Aviation and Hawaii Gas businesses is generated primarily from the re-sale of a commodity. Accordingly, we may not be able to pass through all or any of the fluctuations to customers on a real time basis.

Energy efficiency and technology advances, as well as conservation efforts and changes in the sources and types of energy produced in the U.S. may result in reduced demand for our products and services.

The trends toward increased conservation, as well as technological advances including installation of improved insulation, the development of more efficient heating and cooling devices and advances in energy generation technology, may reduce demand for certain of our products and services. During periods of high energy commodity costs, the prices of certain of our products and services generally increase, which may lead to increased conservation. In addition, federal and/or state regulation may require mandatory conservation measures, which would also reduce demand.

The discovery and development of new and unconventional energy sources in the U.S. may drive changes in related energy product logistics chains. The location and exploitation of these new energy sources could result in the dislocation of certain portions of some of our businesses. Either or both of these changes in energy supply chain logistics or trends toward increased conservation could reduce demand for our products and services and could adversely affect our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Each of our businesses experience a measure of seasonality and such seasonality may cause fluctuations in our results of operations.

Although our businesses tend to produce stable financial results owing to a preponderance of contracted/concession based revenues and the provision of generally essential services, each operates in an environment which can generate seasonal variations in results. Our bulk liquid terminals business may generate incrementally more cash during cold weather months as a result of increased heating, throughput of certain products such as heating oil or the reduction in maintenance expenses. Our aviation services business may generate relatively more cash during cold weather months as a result of increased GA traffic into bases in Florida and the intermountain West. Our gas production and distribution business may generate incrementally more cash during the peak tourism periods in Hawaii between mid-December and the end of March and from

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mid-June through mid-September. To the extent that our businesses collectively appear to generate more cash flows in the first quarter of the year, such performance, if annualized, could result in an overly optimistic estimate of the value of our shares.

Security breaches or interruptions in our information systems, the loss or misappropriation of confidential information, or cyber-attacks on our facilities or those of third parties on which we rely, could materially adversely affect our business.

We rely on information technology networks and systems to process, transmit and store electronic information used to operate our businesses, make operational decisions and manage inventory. We also share certain information technology networks with our Manager and we use third party information technology service providers. The information technology we use, as well as the information technology systems used by our Manager and third party providers, could be vulnerable to security breach, damage or interruption from computer viruses, cyber-attacks, cyber terrorism, natural disasters or telecommunications failures. If our technology systems, or those of the Manager or third party providers, were to fail or be breached and we were unable to recover in a timely manner, we may be unable to fulfill critical business functions and confidential data could be compromised, we may incur substantial repair or replacement costs, and our reputation could be damaged, any of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We transmit confidential credit card information by way of secure private retail networks and rely on encryption and authentication technology licensed from third parties to provide the security and authentication necessary to effect secure transmission and storage of confidential information, such as customer credit card information. Any material failure by us to achieve or maintain compliance with the Payment Card Industry security requirements or to rectify a security issue may result in fines and the imposition of restrictions on our ability to accept credit cards as a form of payment. Any loss, disclosure or misappropriation of, or access to, customers’, employees’ or business partners’ information or other breach of our information security can result in legal claims or legal proceedings, including regulatory investigations and actions, may have a negative impact on our reputation, could result in loss of customers, could lead to regulator enforcement actions against us, and could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

If our information technology systems, or the information technology systems of third parties on which we rely, cease to function properly or our cybersecurity is breached, we could suffer disruptions to our normal operations in a variety of ways, including among others: (i) unauthorized access to our facilities or a cyber-attack on our automated systems, or the power grids or communications networks we use, that could cause operational disruption and potential environmental hazards; (ii) a cyber-attack on third party transportation systems that could result in supply chain disruptions, prevent our IMTT customers from transporting product to us for storage, or prevent our Hawaii Gas business from transporting product to its customers; and (iii) a cyber-attack on power generation facilities or refineries that could significantly impact prices and demand in the commodities markets. Any or all of these events could materially adversely affect our operating results. Additionally, certain cyber incidents may remain undetected for an extended period. As cyber threats continue to evolve, we may be required to expend significant additional resources to continue to modify or enhance our protective measures or to investigate and remediate any information security vulnerabilities.

Climate change, climate change regulations and greenhouse effects may adversely impact our operations and markets.

Climate change is receiving increased attention and the outcome of federal and state actions to address global climate change could result in significant new regulations, additional changes to fund energy efficiency activities or other regulatory actions. These actions could increase the costs of operating our businesses, reduce the demand for our products and services and impact the prices we charge our customers, any or all of which could adversely affect our results of operations. In addition, climate change could make severe weather events more frequent, which would increase the likelihood of capital expenditures to replace damaged physical property at our businesses.

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Policies at the national, regional and state levels to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, as well as climate change, could adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Hazards customary to the power production industry include the potential for unusual weather conditions, which could affect fuel pricing and availability, as well as route to market or access to customers through transmission and distribution lines or to critical plant assets. To the extent that climate change contributes to the frequency or intensity of weather-related events, our operations could be affected.

Restrictions on emissions of methane or carbon dioxide that may be imposed could adversely impact the demand for, price of, and value of our products and reserves. As our operations also emit greenhouse gases directly, current and future laws or regulations limiting such emissions could increase our own costs. Future laws or regulations addressing greenhouse gas emissions could adversely impact our businesses.

Changes or new financial accounting standards may cause us to alter the reporting of our results or operations or cause us to change business practices.

Financial accounting standards are promulgated by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), and interpreted by the SEC and various regulatory bodies formed to interpret, modify and/or create new accounting policies. Changes in those policies can have a significant effect on our reported results of operations, cash flows and financial condition and may affect our reporting, in particular our reporting related to transactions completed prior to implementation of policy.

We may face greater exposure to terrorism than other companies because of the nature of our businesses.

Our businesses may face greater risk of terrorist attack than other businesses, particularly our operations within the immediate vicinity of metropolitan and suburban areas. Because our businesses provide basic or essential services relied on by many people, our facilities may be at greater risk for terrorism attacks than other businesses, which could affect our operations significantly. Any terrorist attacks that occur at or near our business locations would be likely to cause significant harm to our employees and assets. In recent years, insurers have significantly reduced the amount of insurance coverage available for liability to persons other than employees or passengers for claims resulting from acts of terrorism, war or similar events. A terrorist attack that makes use of our property, or property under our control, may result in liability far in excess of available insurance coverage. In addition, any terrorist attack, regardless of location, could cause a disruption to our business and a decline in earnings. Furthermore, such an attack would likely result in an increase in insurance premiums and a reduction in coverage and could reduce profitability.

Our recent sale of BEC, and the pending sale of substantially all of our portfolio of solar and wind facilities, subjects us to various risks and uncertainties.

In October 2018, we concluded the sale, through a subsidiary, of BEC. Our subsidiary has indemnified the buyer, subject to the terms and limitations in the purchase and sale agreement, for breaches of representations, warranties and covenants in the purchase and sale agreement, and we have guaranteed our subsidiary’s payment and certain post-closing indemnity obligations. In addition, following the sale, our portfolio of businesses is now less diversified and our exposure to the risks inherent in our remaining businesses has increased. The reduction in overall diversification could cause a rating agency to modify their view of the risk profile of the Company and such modification could lead to a reduction in the rating applied to the Company.

Risks Related to IMTT

IMTT’s business is dependent on the demand for bulk liquid terminal services in the markets it serves.

Demand for IMTT’s bulk liquid terminal services is largely a function of demand for chemical, petroleum and vegetable and tropical oil products and the extent to which such products are imported into and/or exported out of the U.S. Demand for chemical, petroleum and vegetable and tropical oil products is influenced by a number of factors, including economic conditions, growth in the economy, the absolute and relative pricing of chemical, petroleum and vegetable and tropical oil products and their substitutes. Import and export volumes of these products to and from the U.S. are influenced by demand and supply imbalances

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in the U.S. and overseas, the cost of producing chemical, petroleum and vegetable and tropical oil products domestically versus overseas and the cost of transporting the products between the U.S. and overseas destinations.

Global demand for heavy oils has declined in recent years, and the demand for light transportation fuels, tropical oils and vegetable oils has increased. In addition, recent backwardation (meaning the futures prices for commodities are below the current, or spot, prices) has reduced the demand for storage by commodities traders. These trends have had, and are expected to continue to have, an adverse impact on the demand for a segment of IMTT’s services. If IMTT is unable to successfully repurpose some of its capacity to accommodate the products for which demand is high, increase supply chain efficiencies and upgrade certain other capabilities to enhance service, the demand for IMTT’s services may materially decrease and IMTT’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

In addition, changes in government regulations that affect imports and exports of bulk chemical, petroleum, renewable fuels and vegetable and tropical oil products, including the imposition of surcharges or taxes on imported or exported products, could adversely affect import and export volumes to and from the U.S. A reduction in demand for bulk liquid terminals, particularly in New York Harbor or the Lower Mississippi River, as a consequence of lower demand for, or imports/exports of, chemical, petroleum or vegetable and tropical oil products, could lead to a decline in storage rates and tankage volumes leased out by IMTT and adversely affect IMTT’s revenue and profitability and the distributions it makes to us.

IMTT’s business could be adversely affected by a substantial change in bulk liquid terminal or refining capacity or demand in the locations where it operates or in other alternative or substitute locations.

An increase in available bulk liquid terminal capacity in excess of growth in demand for such storage in the key locations in which IMTT operates, such as New York Harbor and the Lower Mississippi River, or in Houston or other parts of the Gulf Coast could result in overcapacity and a decline in storage rates and tankage volumes leased out by IMTT. This could adversely affect IMTT’s revenue and profitability and the distributions it makes to us.

Demand for products at IMTT’s terminal locations may also drive pricing and utilization. Demand may be influenced by a range of factors including changes in petroleum product supply for demand patterns, forward-price structure, financial market conditions, regulations or other factors.

The interplay and proximity of terminal capacity, refining and end user demand is critical for the commercial viability of a terminal. Shifts in any of these factors may cause a decline in demand for our terminals or make other terminals more attractive, which could adversely affect IMTT’s revenue and profitability and the distributions it makes to us.

If IMTT does not deploy capital for growth or make such deployment on economically acceptable terms, any future growth of the business may be limited.

A portion of IMTT’s historical growth has been dependent on the deployment of growth capital. IMTT faces significant uncertainties and competition in the pursuit of growth opportunities. For example, decisions regarding new growth projects rely on numerous estimates, including among other factors, predictions of future demand for IMTT’s services, future supply shifts, crude oil production estimates, commodity price environments, economic conditions and potential changes in the financial condition of IMTT’s customers. IMTT’s predictions of such factors could cause it to forego certain investments or to lose opportunities to competitors who make investments based on more aggressive predictions. If IMTT cannot find projects with economically acceptable terms, future growth of this business may be limited.

A continued or sustained decrease in the global price of crude oil and its derivative products may negatively impact IMTT’s operations.

A decrease in oil prices over a long period of time may result in reduced demand for the services IMTT provides. Uncertainty in the oil markets may also result in IMTT’s customers entering into shorter term contracts for storage than they have previously. This would increase the frequency of customer contract renewals and negotiations and may result in more volatility in earnings.

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Lower oil prices may negatively impact certain IMTT customers and cause them to seek to renegotiate contract pricing or storage capacity in order to reduce operating costs. Low oil prices may also result in a lower level of growth capital deployment by IMTT as its customers may not require additional storage or logistics assets and this may limit IMTT’s future growth. IMTT’s customer base includes large, multinational oil companies. If oil prices remain low or decline further, one or more of these companies could cease operations or be consolidated. This could result in a loss of customers and/or a consolidation among customers and may reduce IMTT’s revenue or concentrate counterparties to the point where the loss of any one could be material to the performance or prospects of the business.

IMTT’s agreements may be terminated or expire at the end of the current term upon requisite notice or renewed on different terms. If one or more of the current agreements is terminated and IMTT is unable to secure comparable alternative arrangements, its results of operations, cash flows and financial condition may be adversely affected.

Upon expiration, agreements can generally be terminated by either party, though some agreements require the giving of requisite notice. Changing market conditions, including changes in petroleum product supply or demand patterns, forward-price structure, financial market conditions, regulations, accounting rules or other factors could cause IMTT’s customers to be unwilling to renew their storage agreements when those agreements terminate, or make them willing to renew only at lower rates or for shorter periods. If any of IMTT’s agreements are terminated or expire and IMTT is unable to secure comparable alternative arrangements, IMTT may not be able to generate sufficient additional revenue from third parties to replace any shortfall. Additionally, IMTT may incur substantial costs if modifications to its terminals are required by a new or renegotiated agreement.

Recent trends in the demand for certain products stored at IMTT’s facilities, as well as recent pricing trends in the commodities futures markets, have had, and are expected to continue to have, an adverse impact on the demand for IMTT’s services. See risk factor “ IMTT’s business is dependent on the demand for bulk liquid terminal services in the markets it serves ” above. If IMTT is unable to successfully repurpose some of its capacity and upgrade certain of its other capabilities to address these trends, the level of contract renewals by IMTT customers may materially decrease, which may have a material adverse effect on IMTT’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

IMTT could incur significant costs and liabilities in responding to contamination that occurs at its facilities.

There is risk of incurring significant environmental costs and liabilities in IMTT’s operations due to its handling of petroleum chemicals, hazardous substances and wastes, because of air emissions, water discharges and waste practices related to its operations, and as a result of historical operations and waste disposal practices of prior owners of IMTT’s facilities. IMTT’s pipeline and terminals have been used for transportation, storage and distribution of crude oil, refined petroleum products and chemicals for several decades. Although IMTT has utilized operating and disposal practices that were standard in the industry at the time, refined petroleum products or crude oil, chemicals, hazardous substances and wastes from time to time have been spilled or released on or under the terminal properties.

In addition, the terminal properties that were previously owned and operated by other parties and those parties from time to time also may have spilled or released refined petroleum products or crude oil, chemicals, hazardous substances or wastes. The terminal properties are subject to federal, state and local laws that impose investigatory, corrective action and remedial obligations, some of which are joint and several or strict liability obligations without regard to fault, to address and prevent environmental contamination. IMTT may incur significant costs and liabilities in responding to any soil and groundwater contamination that occurs on its properties, even if the contamination was caused by prior owners and operators of its facilities. IMTT may not be able to recover some or any of these costs from insurance or other sources of contractual indemnity. To the extent that the costs associated with meeting any or all of these requirements are substantial and not adequately provided for, there could be a material adverse effect on IMTT’s business, results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

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IMTT may incur significant costs and liabilities in complying with environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations.

IMTT’s operations involve the transportation and storage of petroleum, chemical and vegetable and tropical oil products which are subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing release of materials and vapors into the environment, occupational health and safety aspects of our operations, and otherwise relating to the protection of the environment. Compliance with this array of federal, state, and local laws and regulations is difficult and may require significant capital expenditures and operating costs to mitigate or prevent pollution. Moreover, IMTT’s business is subject to spills, discharges or other releases of petroleum or chemical products or other hazardous substances or wastes into the environment and neighboring areas, in which events joint and several, strict liability may be imposed against us under certain environmental laws for costs required to remediate and restore affected properties, for claims made by neighboring landowners and other third parties for personal injury, natural resource and property damages, and for costs required to conduct health studies. Failure to comply with applicable environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations may result in the assessment of sanctions, including fines, administrative, civil or criminal penalties, and permit revocations, the imposition of investigatory, corrective action, or remedial obligations and the issuance of injunctions limiting or prohibiting some or all of IMTT’s operations.

New laws and regulations, amendment of existing laws and regulations, increased government enforcement or other developments could require IMTT to make additional expenditures. Many of these laws and regulations are becoming increasingly stringent, and the cost of compliance with these requirements can be expected to increase over time. IMTT is not able to predict the impact of new or changed laws or regulations or how such legal requirements are interpreted or enforced, but any such expenditures or costs for environmental and occupational health and safety compliance could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

IMTT’s business involves hazardous activities and is partly located in a region with a history of significant adverse weather events and is potentially a target for terrorist attacks. We cannot assure that IMTT is, or will be in the future, adequately insured against all such risks.

The transportation, handling and storage of petroleum, chemical and vegetable and tropical oil products are subject to the risk of spills, leakage, contamination, fires and explosions. Any of these events may result in loss of revenue, loss of reputation or goodwill, fines, penalties and other liabilities. In certain circumstances, such events could also require IMTT to halt or significantly alter operations at all or part of the facility at which the event occurred. IMTT carries insurance to protect against most of the accident-related risks involved in the conduct of the business; however, the limits of IMTT’s coverage mean IMTT cannot insure against all risks. Losses from terrorism or acts of war, which results in significant damage to one or more of IMTT’s major facilities, may have a negative impact on IMTT’s future cash flow and profitability and the distributions it makes to us. Further, future losses sustained by insurers during hurricanes and storms in the U.S. Gulf and Northeast regions may result in lower insurance coverage and/or increased insurance premiums for IMTT’s properties.

Many of IMTT’s facilities have been in service for several decades. Costs of maintaining those facilities could adversely affect IMTT’s results of operations.

IMTT’s terminals are generally long-lived assets. Some of those assets have been in service for several decades. The age and condition of these terminals could result in increased maintenance or remediation expenditures and an increased risk of product releases and associated costs and liabilities. Any significant increase in these expenditures, costs or liabilities could materially adversely affect IMTT’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

IMTT’s business is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations that govern the product quality specifications of the products that it stores or handles. Changes in these regulations could impose costs on IMTT that would adversely affect its results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

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requirements could reduce IMTT’s revenue, require IMTT to incur additional costs or require capital expenditures. If IMTT is unable to recover these costs through increased revenue, its cash flows could be adversely affected.

IMTT’s business could be adversely affected by the insolvency or loss of large customers.

As of December 31, 2018, IMTT’s ten largest customers by revenue generated approximately 50% of its revenue. The loss of one or more of these customers for any reason, including, but not limited to, insolvency, industry consolidation or deconsolidation or changes in market conditions, could result in a reduction in storage capacity utilization in the event such capacity is not leased to other customers and may adversely affect IMTT’s revenue and profitability and the distributions it makes to us.

Risks Related to Atlantic Aviation

Deterioration in the economy in general or in the aviation industry that results in less air traffic at airports that Atlantic Aviation services would have a material adverse impact on our business.

A large part of the business’ revenue is derived from fueling and other services provided to GA customers and, to a lesser extent, commercial, freight and military flights. An economic downturn could reduce the level of air travel, adversely affecting Atlantic Aviation as GA travel is primarily a function of economic activity. Consequently, during periods of financial market dislocation, FBO customers may be more likely to curtail air travel.

Air travel and air traffic volume can also be affected by events that have nationwide and industry-wide implications. Events such as wars, outbreaks of disease, severe weather and terrorist activities in the U.S. or overseas may reduce air travel. Local circumstances include downturns in the general economic conditions of the area where an airport is located or other situations in which the business’ major FBO customers relocate their home base or preferred fueling stop to alternative locations.

In addition, changes to regulations governing the tax treatment relating to GA travel, either for businesses or individuals, may cause a reduction in GA travel. Increased environmental regulation restricting or increasing the cost of aviation activities could also cause the business’ revenue to decline.

A decline in financial markets activity could have a negative impact on Atlantic Aviation’s results of operations.

Atlantic Aviation may experience negative impacts to its results of operations due to a deterioration in the level of domestic and international financial markets activity. A deterioration in either equity or credit markets and its impact on the volume or value of debt or equity issuances and/or merger and acquisition activity may cause GA activity to decline and consequently impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Atlantic Aviation is subject to a variety of competitive pressures, and the actions of competitors may have a material adverse effect on its revenue, market share, and fuel margins, causing a decline in the profitability of that business.

FBO operators at a particular airport compete based on a number of factors, including location of the facility relative to runways and street access, service, value added features, reliability and price. Many of Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs compete with one or more FBOs at their respective airports and with FBOs at nearby airports. Furthermore, leases related to FBO operations may be subject to competitive bidding at the end of their term. Some present and potential competitors may have or may obtain greater financial and marketing resources than Atlantic Aviation, which may negatively impact Atlantic Aviation’s ability to compete at each airport or for lease renewal. Some competitors may aggressively or irrationally price their bids for airport leases, which may limit the business’ ability to grow or renew its portfolio. Excessive price discounting may cause fuel volume and market share decline, potential decline in hangar rentals and de-icing and may result in increased margin pressure, adversely affecting the profitability of this business.

Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs do not have the right to be the sole provider of FBO services at any airport. The authority responsible for each airport has the ability to grant other leases to other operators and new competitors could be established at those airports. The addition of new competitors may reduce or impair Atlantic Aviation’s ability to grow or improve its financial performance.

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Airport leases may not be renewed on economically favorable terms.

Atlantic Aviation generates revenue pursuant to leases granted by airport authorities. Airport authorities may choose at the expiration of the current lease to not renew the lease at all or to only renew the lease on terms which are economically unfavorable to Atlantic Aviation. In addition, airport authorities may require Atlantic Aviation to participate in a bidding process to renew a lease, which could require unanticipated capital spending and could divert management’s attention during the pendency of the process. The loss or modification of any of Atlantic Aviation’s airport leases could adversely impact its results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

The termination for cause or convenience of one or more of the FBO leases would damage Atlantic Aviation’s operations significantly.

Atlantic Aviation’s revenue is derived from long-term leases granted by airport authorities on 70 airports in the U.S. If Atlantic Aviation defaults on the terms and conditions of its leases, including upon insolvency, the relevant authority may terminate the lease without compensation. In this case, Atlantic Aviation would then lose the income from that location and potentially the expected returns from prior capital expenditures. Such an event could have a material adverse effect on Atlantic Aviation’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

The business may be exposed to sudden and extreme volatility in commodity prices directly or indirectly.

Aviation fuel is generally stored on site in fuel farms. In some instances these fuel farms are owned by the FBO operator and in other instances they are owned by a third party, usually the airport or a third party fuel provider. Extreme and sudden movements in underlying commodity prices may impact the value of an FBO operator’s fuel inventory as well as the margin the FBO operator earns on fuel. In addition, extreme and sudden movements in commodity prices may impact overall GA activity levels.

Failure to adequately maintain the facilities comprising our FBOs or the integrity of our fuel supplies may have a material adverse impact on the revenue or market share of one or more of the FBOs in the network resulting in a decline in profitability of the business.

FBO operators compete in part on the basis of the overall quality and attractiveness as well as the safety of their operations. Inadequate maintenance of any of the hangars, terminals, ramps or other assets comprising Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs could result in customers’ electing not to utilize Atlantic Aviation where another provider operates or to elect not to use a particular airport where an alternative in the same market exists. The resulting decline in customer visits or negative impact on reputation could adversely impact revenue from fuel sales, hangar/office rental, ramp and/or ramp services fees and could impact more than one facility.

Aircraft owners and operators rely on FBOs to control the quality of the fuel they sell. Failure to maintain the integrity of supplies as a result of inadequate or inappropriate maintenance of fuel farms (storage facilities), fuel trucks, or related equipment could result in the introduction of contaminants and could lead to damage or failure of aircraft and could adversely impact the reputation, revenue and/or profitability of the business.

Failure to complete, or realize anticipated performance from acquisitions, expansions or developments could negatively impact Atlantic Aviation; the business’ increased indebtedness to fund such acquisitions, expansions or developments could reduce our operating flexibility.

Completing acquisitions, expansions or developments are subject to a number of conditions, and we may not complete such transactions on a timely basis or at all, which could have an adverse effect on the business and results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

FBO industry participants are often smaller, private companies with less sophisticated information systems and financial reporting and control capabilities. If we complete the acquisitions, we may be unable to integrate the assets into our existing operations on a timely basis or to achieve expected efficiencies. The integration could be expensive and could be time consuming for our management.

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acquisitions, expansions or developments. This increased level of indebtedness will increase interest expense and could reduce funds available for reinvestment or distribution to us.

Deterioration of GA air traffic at airports where Atlantic Aviation operates would decrease Atlantic Aviation’s ability to refinance or service its debt.

As of December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation had $1,025.0 million of its term loan debt outstanding and a senior secured revolving credit facility that was not drawn. The terms of these debt arrangements require compliance with certain operating and financial covenants. The ability of Atlantic Aviation to meet its respective debt service obligations and to refinance or repay their outstanding indebtedness will depend primarily upon cash flows generated by this business.

Reductions in U.S. military spending could result in a reduction in demand for services provided by Atlantic Aviation at certain airports in the U.S.

The U.S. military operates aircraft that are serviced at Atlantic Aviation FBOs. Cuts in U.S. military spending, to the extent they result in a reduction in the number of flights by military aircraft, could reduce revenue and gross margin at Atlantic Aviation.

Atlantic Aviation is subject to extensive governmental regulations that could require significant expenditures. Regulators, such as the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), have and may continue to consider new regulations which could impair the relative convenience of GA and adversely affect demand for Atlantic Aviation’s services.

FBOs are subject to extensive regulatory requirements that could result in significant costs. For example, the FAA, from time to time, issues directives and other regulations relating to the management, maintenance and operation of facilities. Compliance with those requirements may cause Atlantic Aviation to incur significant expenditures. The proposal and enactment of additional laws and regulations, as well as any charges that Atlantic Aviation has not complied with any such laws and regulations, could significantly increase the cost of Atlantic Aviation’s operations and reduce overall revenue. In addition, new regulations, if implemented, could decrease the convenience and attractiveness of GA travel relative to commercial air travel and, therefore, may adversely impact demand for Atlantic Aviation’s services.

The lack of accurate and reliable industry data can result in unfavorable strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions and macro pricing decisions.

The business uses industry and airport-specific GA traffic data published by the FAA to identify trends in the FBO industry. The business also uses this traffic data as a key input to decision-making in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions and macro pricing matters. However, as noted by the FAA on their website, the data has several limitations and challenges. As a result, the use of the FAA traffic data may result in conclusions in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions or macro pricing decisions that are ultimately sub-optimal.

Risks Related to MIC Hawaii

Hawaii Gas is exposed to the effects of changing commodity prices that have a history of price volatility. To the extent that these costs cannot be hedged or passed on to customers, both in the short-term or the long-term, the business’ gross margin and cash flows will be adversely affected.

The profitability of Hawaii Gas is based on the margin of sales prices over costs. Since LPG and LNG, as well as feedstock for the SNG plant are commodities, changes in global supply of and demand for these products can have a significant impact on costs. Hawaii Gas has no control over these costs, and, to the extent that these costs cannot be hedged or passed on to customers, the business’ results of operations, cash flows and financial condition could be adversely affected.

The operations of Hawaii Gas are subject to a variety of competitive pressures and the actions of competitors could have a materially adverse effect on operating results.

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due to higher costs or otherwise. Customers could, for a number of reasons, including increased gas prices, lower costs of alternative generation resources or convenience, meet their energy needs through other energy sources. This could have an adverse effect on the business’ results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Hawaii Gas relies on its SNG plant, including its transmission pipeline, for a significant portion of its sales. Disruptions at that facility could adversely affect the business’ ability to serve customers.

Disruptions at the SNG plant resulting from mechanical or operational issues or power failures could affect the ability of Hawaii Gas to produce SNG. Most of the utility sales on Oahu are of SNG and all SNG is produced at the Oahu plant. Hawaii Gas has redundant production systems in place, however, disruptions to both the primary and redundant production systems could have a significant adverse effect on Hawaii Gas’ results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Hawaii Gas obtains its primary feedstock for its SNG plant from a refinery located on Oahu and sources its LPG supply from an off-island distributor. Supply disruptions may have an adverse effect on the operations of the business.

The extended unavailability of the refinery that supplies SNG feedstock, or the inability to purchase LPG from off-island sources, could adversely affect operations. The business has a limited ability to store LPG, and any disruption in supply may cause a depletion of LPG stocks. All supply disruptions of SNG or LPG, if occurring for an extended period, could materially adversely impact the business’ results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

The MIC Hawaii businesses are subject to risks associated with volatility in the Hawaii economy.

Hawaii’s economy, and demand for our business’ products, is heavily influenced by economic conditions in the U.S. and Asia and their impact on tourism, as well as by government spending. If the local economy deteriorates, the volume of gas sold at Hawaii Gas could be negatively affected by business closures or lower usage which could adversely impact the business’ financial performance. Additionally, a lack of growth in the Hawaiian economy could adversely impact gas volumes from new customers and reduce the level of new commercial construction. A reduction in government activity, particularly military activity could also have a negative impact on the MIC Hawaii businesses.

Changes in commodity market prices may have a negative effect on our liquidity.

Depending on the terms of our contracts with suppliers, as well as the extent and success of our use of financial instruments to reduce our exposure related to volatility in the cost of LPG, changes in the market price of Hawaii Gas’ fuel supplies could create payment obligations that expose the business to increased liquidity risk.

Hawaii Gas’ utility business is subject to regulation by the HPUC and actions by the HPUC or changes to the regulatory environment may constrain the operation or profitability of the business.

The HPUC regulates all franchised or certificated public service companies operating in Hawaii; prescribes rates, tariffs, charges and fees; determines the allowable rate of earnings in establishing rates; issues guidelines concerning the general management of franchised or certificated utility businesses; and acts on requests for the acquisition, sale, disposition or other exchange of utility properties, including mergers and consolidations.

Any adverse decision by the HPUC concerning the level or method of determining utility rates, the items and amounts that may be included in the rate base, the returns on equity or rate base found to be reasonable, the potential consequences of exceeding or not meeting such returns, or any prolonged delay in rendering a decision in a rate or other proceeding, could have an adverse effect on our business.

As part of our acquisition, the business agreed to 14 regulatory conditions with the HPUC that address a variety of matters including: a requirement that Hawaii Gas and HGC Holdings LLC’s (HGC) ratio of consolidated debt to total capital does not exceed 65%; and a requirement to maintain $20.0 million in readily-available cash resources at Hawaii Gas, HGC or MIC. The business is currently in compliance with these conditions, however, future non-compliance with these or other HPUC regulatory conditions, could adversely impact the business.

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Hawaii has implemented a renewable portfolio standard (RPS) for utility electric generation, currently at 15% through 2020, with periodic increases resulting in a 100% goal by 2045. In recent Hawaii legislative sessions, lawmakers have proposed bills that have included an RPS for utility gas. The enaction of 2018 legislation requiring the State to be carbon neutral by 2045 or a potential RPS for utility gas usage or supply could result in supply disruptions, increased energy costs to ratepayers or a negative impact on Hawaii Gas’ future financial performance.

Hawaii’s geographic location includes an abundance of renewable electric energy resources which, combined with state and federal tax incentives and regulatory tariffs, has resulted in significant growth of rooftop solar and a growing number of utility scale electric generation projects that support the State’s electric utilities in meeting Hawaii’s RPS. The production of renewable natural gas in Hawaii is limited by comparatively fewer local feedstocks, limited tax incentives and the economic importation of renewable natural gas is unproven. As part of its existing regulatory reporting requirements, Hawaii Gas provides the HPUC the annual percentage of feedstock and quantity of gas produced from non-petroleum feedstock. The Hawaii legislature or municipal governments could impose a gas RPS, enact other restrictive legislation or impose changes to building codes, which may result in increased energy costs to the business and its customers, and disruptions in supply or restrict future business.

Hawaii Gas seeks to grow its renewable feedstocks to increase the percentage of RNG distributed to its customers. This initiative exposes Hawaii Gas to new technology, supply, counterparty and regulatory risks that could impact the performance of the business.

Hawaii Gas continues to pursue a range of renewable resources for conversion into pipeline quality gas in scalable quantities. These initiatives include the current contract for recovery of biogas from the Honouliuli waste water treatment plant as well as ongoing commercial negotiations to source biogas from additional waste water treatment plants, landfills and biomass producers. Blending of RNG with existing fuels and integrating RNG into the Hawaii Gas’ pipeline network may present technical challenges resulting in project delays, cost overruns or pipeline disruptions. Use of RNG also has the risk of supply fluctuations due to the organic digestion processes inherent in its production. These technical and supply risks may impact the performance of the business.

Hawaii Gas’ LNG initiatives include regulatory, environmental, contractual and market-based risks.

Hawaii Gas has invested in the evaluation and planning for LNG import, storage and distribution program to supply various end markets including the marine and transportation sectors. In August 2015, Hawaii’s Governor announced that his administration is opposed to LNG for electricity generation, the largest potential LNG market. The LNG project is subject to ongoing implementation risks including but not limited to: the timely issuance of necessary permits; licenses and approvals by governmental agencies and third parties; unanticipated changes in market demand or supply; site difficulties; environmental conditions; delays of critical equipment and materials; and commercial arrangements to transport and distribute LNG. If the project is delayed or cancelled, the actual cost of planning and implementation may increase beyond the amounts currently estimated in our capital and operating budgets.

Because of its geographic location, Hawaii, and in turn the MIC Hawaii businesses, are subject to earthquakes, volcanos and certain weather risks that could materially disrupt operations.

Hawaii is subject to earthquakes, volcanic activity and certain weather risks, such as hurricanes, floods, heavy and sustained rains and tidal waves that could materially disrupt operations. Because MIC Hawaii’s business properties, such as the SNG plant, SNG transmission line and several storage facilities, are close to the ocean, weather-related disruptions to operations are possible. In addition, earthquakes and volcanic activity may cause disruptions. These events could damage the business’ assets or could result in wide-spread damage to its customers, thereby reducing the volumes of gas sold and, to the extent such damages are not covered by insurance, adversely impacting the business’ results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

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Reductions in U.S. military spending could result in a reduction in demand for gas in Hawaii.

The U.S. military has a significant presence in Hawaii and has contributed to its economy. To the extent that federal spending cuts, including voluntary or mandatory cuts in U.S. military spending results in a reduced military presence in Hawaii, such reductions could reduce the demand for gas and new construction in Hawaii.

Because of its geographic location and the unique economy of Hawaii, MIC Hawaii is subject to challenges in hiring and maintaining staff with specialized skill sets.

The changing nature of the Hawaiian energy complex has had an impact on our staffing requirements. Volatility in feedstock prices, together with the impact of the State of Hawaii’s goals to reduce dependency on imported petroleum, requires staff with specialized knowledge of the energy sector. Because the resident labor pool in Hawaii is both small, and oriented mainly to Hawaii’s basic industries, it is difficult to find individuals with these specialized skill sets. Unemployment rates in Hawaii are traditionally lower than those in the U.S. Mainland. Moreover, relocation to Hawaii is costly and often requires employees to make cultural and family adjustments not normally required for a change of employment. Despite the asset intensity of the Company’s businesses in Hawaii, the inability to source and retain staff with appropriate skill sets could adversely impact their performance. In addition, dependence on skilled labor trades could result in constraints on growth and profitability as a result of competition for a limited labor pool.

Hawaii Gas’ operations on the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Kauai rely on LPG that is transported to those islands by Jones Act qualified barges from Oahu and from non-Jones Act vessels from off-island ports. Disruptions to service by those vessels could adversely affect the financial performance of our business.

The Jones Act requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships and that they meet certain other requirements. The business has time charter agreements for the only two Jones Act qualified barges available in Hawaii capable of carrying large volumes of LPG. If the barges are unable to transport LPG from Oahu and the business is not able to secure off-island sources of LPG or obtain an exemption to the Jones Act that would permit importation of a sufficient quantity of LPG from the mainland U.S., the business could be adversely affected. If the barges require refurbishment or repair at a greater frequency than forecast, cash outflows for capital costs could adversely impact Hawaii Gas’ results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Generation underperformance at individual projects within MIC Hawaii could lead to financial penalties or contract terminations under existing off-take agreements.

Certain distributed generation projects have minimum production clauses included in their respective PPAs. These minimum production levels are specified in each respective contract. Failure to meet these minimum production levels, could result in liquidated damages, other financial penalties, or contract termination which could negatively impact the business’ results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Certain MIC Hawaii projects depend on electric interconnection and transmission facilities that we do not own or control and that are potentially subject to transmission constraints. If these facilities fail to provide adequate transmission capacity, MIC Hawaii projects may be restricted in their ability to deliver electricity to customers.

MIC Hawaii’s generation facilities depend on the electricity grid interconnection and transmission facilities owned and operated by others to deliver the power they generate. Certain off-taker contracts include limited provisions that allow for occasional curtailment of electricity generated by MIC Hawaii due to the limitations of the transmission system or electricity grid. Any constraints on, or the failure of, interconnections or transmission facilities could prevent MIC Hawaii from selling power and could adversely affect MIC Hawaii’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

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MIC Hawaii depends on counterparties, including O&M providers and power purchasers, performing in accordance with their agreements. If they fail to so perform, our MIC Hawaii businesses could incur losses of revenue or additional expenses and business disruptions.

Counterparties to long-term agreements within MIC Hawaii may not perform their obligations in accordance with such agreements. Should they fail to perform, due to financial difficulty or otherwise, MIC Hawaii may be required to seek alternative O&M providers. The failure of any of the parties to perform in accordance with these agreements could adversely affect MIC Hawaii’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

MIC Hawaii’s failure to uphold its obligations as managing member at the relevant facilities could adversely affect MIC Hawaii’s result of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

As managing member, MIC Hawaii is obligated to perform certain actions, including providing certain reporting items to its co-investor and the filing of correct and timely tax returns. As managing member, MIC Hawaii is also obligated to refrain from performing certain actions, including selling its interest to certain entities that would result in adverse economic outcomes to MIC Hawaii and its co-investor due to tax regulations. If MIC Hawaii were to cause an adverse tax outcome for its co-investor, MIC Hawaii could be liable. MIC Hawaii’s failure to perform its obligations or to take any actions contrary to its obligations under any or all operating LLC agreements could adversely affect MIC Hawaii’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Risks Related to Having an External Manager

We are subject to the terms and conditions of the Management Services Agreement between us and our Manager; our Manager may revoke its fee waiver.

We cannot unilaterally amend the Management Services Agreement between us and our Manager. Changes in the compensation of our Manager, certain rights held by our Manager or other components of the Management Services Agreement require the approval of our Manager and limit our ability to make changes without the consent of the Manager that could be beneficial to stockholders generally.

Effective November 1, 2018, our Manager waived two portions of the base management fee to which it was entitled under the terms of the Management Services Agreement. Our Manager reserves the right to revoke the waiver and revert to the prior terms of the Management Services Agreement, subject to providing us with at least one year’s notice. If our Manager chooses to revoke the waiver in the future, the base management fee payable to our Manager will increase, which will result in additional dilution of existing stockholders (to the extent our Manager reinvests the additional fee amounts in our common stock) or reduce our cash (to the extent our Manager does not so reinvest the additional fee amounts).

Our Manager owns a significant portion of our outstanding stock. A sale of all or a portion of the common stock owned by our Manager could be interpreted by the equity markets as a lack of confidence in our prospects.

Our Manager, in its sole discretion, determines whether to reinvest base management and performance fees, if any, in shares of our common stock and whether to hold or sell those securities. From May 2018 through September 2018, the Manager bought 5,987,100 shares in the open market. Reinvestment of base management and performance fees, if any, in additional common stock would increase our Manager’s ownership stake in our Company. At December 31, 2018, our Manager owned 14.54% of our outstanding shares. Our Manager has sold, and is expected to continue to sell from time to time, our common shares that it acquires upon reinvestment of fees. If our Manager decides to reduce its position in our Company, such sales may be interpreted by some market participants as a lack of confidence in our Company and put downward pressure on the market price of our common stock. Sales of shares of common stock by our Manager would increase the available supply and could decrease the price if demand is insufficient to absorb such sales.

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Certain provisions of our Management Services Agreement, certificate of incorporation and bylaws make it difficult for third parties to acquire control of our Company and could deprive investors of the opportunity to obtain a takeover premium for their shares of common stock.

In addition to the limited circumstances in which our Manager can be terminated under the terms of the Management Services Agreement, the Management Services Agreement provides that in circumstances where our common stock ceases to be listed on a recognized U.S. exchange as a result of the acquisition of our common stock by third parties in an amount that results in our common stock ceasing to meet the distribution and trading criteria on such exchange or market, our Manager has the option to either propose an alternate fee structure and remain our Manager or resign, terminate the Management Services Agreement upon 30 days’ written notice and be paid a substantial termination fee. The termination fee payable on our Manager’s exercise of its right to resign as our Manager subsequent to a delisting of our common stock could delay or prevent a change in control that may favor our stockholders. Furthermore, in the event of such a delisting, any proceeds from the sale, lease or exchange of a significant amount of assets must be reinvested in new assets of our Company, subject to debt repayment obligations. We would also be prohibited from incurring any new indebtedness or engaging in any transactions with stockholders or our affiliates without the prior written approval of our Manager. These provisions could deprive stockholders of opportunities to realize a premium on the common stock owned by them.

Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws contain a number of provisions that could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third-party to acquire, or discouraging a third-party from acquiring, control of our Company. These provisions include:

restrictions on our ability to enter into certain transactions with our major stockholders, with the exception of our Manager; similar restrictions are also contained in Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law;
allowing only our board of directors to fill vacancies, including newly created directorships and requiring that directors may be removed with or without cause by a stockholder vote of 66 2/3%;
requiring that only the chairman or board of directors may call a special meeting of our stockholders;
prohibiting stockholders from taking any action by written consent;
establishing advance notice requirements for nominations of candidates for election to our board of directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by our stockholders at a stockholders’ meeting; and
having a substantial number of additional shares of common stock authorized but unissued.

Our Manager’s decision to reinvest its monthly base management fees and quarterly performance fees, as applicable, in common stock or retain the cash will affect stockholders differently.

Our Manager is paid a base management fee based on our market capitalization and potentially performance fees based on the total return generated on behalf of equity holders relative to a U.S. utilities index benchmark. Our Manager, in its sole discretion, may elect to retain base management fees and performance fees, if applicable, paid in cash or to reinvest such payments in additional common stock. In the event our Manager chooses not to reinvest the fees to which it is entitled in additional shares of common stock, the amount paid will reduce the cash that may otherwise be distributed as a dividend to all stockholders or used in our Company’s operations. In the event our Manager chooses to reinvest the fees to which it is entitled in additional common stock, effectively returning the cash to us, such reinvestment and the issuance of new shares of common stock will dilute existing stockholders by the increase in the percentage of common stock owned by our Manager. Either option may adversely impact the market for our shares.

In addition, our Manager has typically elected to invest its fees in shares of common stock, and, unless otherwise agreed with us, can only change this election during a 20-trading day window following our earnings release. Any change would apply to fees incurred thereafter. Accordingly, stockholders would generally have notice of our Manager’s intent to receive fees in cash rather than reinvest before the change was effective.

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The price of our stock and our ability to pay dividends could be adversely affected by our obligation to pay performance fees to our Manager, which in turn is dependent on the performance of our stock relative to a benchmark index which is unpredictable and beyond our control.

Under our Management Services Agreement, we are obligated to pay performance fees to our Manager if we outperform a benchmark index that reflects broader utility industry components. The amount of the performance fees can be substantial, and could adversely affect the price of our common stock and our ability to pay dividends. For example, if our absolute performance (as described in the Management Services Agreement) increases slightly and the benchmark index substantially decreases, we could be obligated to pay a significant performance fee. As a result, we may be obligated to pay our Manager a performance fee, which could be substantial, even when there has not been a substantial increase in the performance of our common stock. The benchmark index comprises numerous utility stocks, the performance of which may or may not correlate to our actual performance. Moreover, the benchmark index is unpredictable and variable. The Manager is entitled to select whether a performance fee will be settled in cash, shares of our common stock or a combination thereof, which could result in a material cash expense or dilution of our shares.

Our Manager is not required to offer all acquisition opportunities to us and may offer such opportunities to other entities. Our management may waive investment opportunities presented by our Manager.

Pursuant to our Management Services Agreement, we have first priority ahead of all current and future funds, investment vehicles, separate accounts and other entities managed by our Manager or by members of the Macquarie Group within the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets division only with respect to four specific types of acquisition opportunities within the United States. The four specific type of acquisition opportunities where we have first priority include airport FBOs, airport parking, district energy and “user pays”, contracted and regulated assets that represent an investment of greater than AUD $40.0 million. Other than these four specific types of opportunities, our Manager does not have an obligation to offer to us any particular acquisition opportunities, even if they meet our investment objectives, and the Manager and its affiliates can offer any or all other acquisition opportunities on a priority basis or otherwise to current and future funds, investment vehicles and accounts sponsored by the Manager or its affiliates. Our businesses may compete with these entities for investment opportunities, and there can be no assurance that we will prevail with respect to such investments.

In addition, our management may determine not to pursue investment opportunities presented to us by our Manager, including those presented on a priority basis. If our management waives any such opportunity, our Manager and its affiliates may offer such opportunity to any other entity, including any entities sponsored or advised by members of the Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets division of the Macquarie Group. As such, every acquisition opportunity presented to us by our Manager may not be pursued by us, and may ultimately be presented to entities with whom we compete for investments.

Our Manager can resign with 90 days’ notice, or our CEO or CFO could be removed by our Manager, and we may not be able to find a suitable replacement within that time, resulting in a disruption in our operations, which could adversely affect our financial results and negatively impact the market price of our common stock.

Our Manager has the right, under the Management Services Agreement, to resign at any time with 90 days’ notice, whether we have found a replacement manager or not. In addition, our Manager could re-assign or remove the CEO and/or the CFO from their positions and responsibilities at our Company without our board of directors’ approval and with little or no notice. If our Manager resigns or our CEO and/or CFO are removed, we may not be able to find a new external manager or hire internal management with similar expertise within 90 days to provide the same or equivalent services on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are unable to do so quickly, our operations are likely to experience a disruption, our financial results could be adversely affected, perhaps materially, and the market price of our common stock may decline substantially. In addition, the coordination of our internal management, acquisition activities and supervision of our businesses are likely to suffer if we were unable to identify and reach an agreement with a single institution or group of executives having the expertise possessed by our Manager and its affiliates.

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Furthermore, if our Manager resigns, we and our subsidiaries will be required to cease use of the Macquarie brand entirely, and change their names to remove any reference to “Macquarie”. This may cause the value of our Company and the market price of our common stock to decline.

Our externally managed model may not be viewed favorably by investors.

We are externally managed by a member of the Macquarie Group. Our Manager receives a fee for its services that provides for a number of corporate center functions including the compensation of our management team and those who provide services to us on a shared basis, health and welfare benefits, the provision of facilities, technology and insurance (other than directors and officers). The fee is based on our market capitalization and thus increases as we grow. The size of the fee may bear no direct correlation with the actual cost of providing the agreed upon services and may be higher than the cost of managing our Company internally. Per the terms of the Management Services Agreement with our Manager, the current default election for satisfying any base management or performance fees to which our Manager may be entitled is the issuance of additional shares of common stock. To the extent the fees continue to be satisfied by reinvestment in our common stock, all stockholders will be diluted and our hurdle for growing distributable cash on a per share basis will be higher.

Our Manager’s affiliation with Macquarie Group Limited and the Macquarie Group may result in conflicts of interest or a decline in the market price of our common stock.

Our Manager is an affiliate of Macquarie Group Limited and a member of the Macquarie Group. From time to time, we have entered into, and in the future we may enter into, transactions and relationships involving Macquarie Group Limited, its affiliates, or other members of the Macquarie Group. Such transactions have included and may include, among other things, the entry into debt facilities and derivative instruments with members of the Macquarie Group serving as lender or counterparty, and financial advisory or equity and debt underwriting services provided to us by the Macquarie Group.

Although our audit committee, all of the members of which are independent directors, is required to review and approve in advance of any related party transactions, including those involving members of the Macquarie Group or its affiliates, the relationship of our Manager to the Macquarie Group may result in conflicts of interest.

In addition, as a result of our Manager’s being a member of the Macquarie Group, negative market perceptions of Macquarie Group Limited generally or of Macquarie’s infrastructure management model, or Macquarie Group statements or actions with respect to other managed vehicles, may affect market perceptions of us and cause a decline in the price of our common stock unrelated to our financial performance and prospects.

In the event of the underperformance of our Manager, we may be unable to remove our Manager, which could limit our ability to improve our performance and could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Under the terms of the Management Services Agreement, our Manager must significantly underperform in order for the Management Services Agreement to be terminated. Our board of directors cannot remove our Manager unless:

our common stock underperforms a weighted average of two benchmark indices by more than 30% in relative terms and more than 2.5% in absolute terms in 16 out of 20 consecutive quarters prior to and including the most recent full quarter, and the holders of a minimum of 66.67% of the outstanding shares of our common stock (excluding any shares owned by our Manager or any affiliate of the Manager) vote to remove our Manager;
our Manager materially breaches the terms of the Management Services Agreement and such breach has been unremedied within 60 days after notice;
our Manager acts with gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or reckless disregard of its duties in carrying out its obligations under the Management Services Agreement, or engages in fraudulent or dishonest acts; or

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our Manager experiences certain bankruptcy events.

Our board of directors cannot remove our Manager unless the market performance of our common stock also significantly underperforms the benchmark index. If we were unable to remove our Manager in circumstances where the absolute market performance of our common stock does not meet expectations, the market price of our common stock could be negatively affected.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Stock

The guidance we may provide for our anticipated dividends, EBITDA excluding non-cash items, Free Cash Flow and other metrics is based on estimates. Circumstances may arise that lead to conflicts between using funds to pay anticipated dividends or to invest in our business, and our dividends could be reduced.

We periodically disclose our expected annual cash dividend growth rate and other financial metrics. This reflects our judgment at the time, but as with any estimate, it may be affected by known and unknown risks and uncertainties and inaccurate assumptions, many of which are beyond our control. See “Forward-Looking Statements.” If the payment of dividends at the anticipated level would leave us with insufficient cash to take timely advantage of growth opportunities (including through acquisitions), to meet any large unanticipated liquidity requirements, to fund our operations, or otherwise to address properly our business prospects, our board of directors, which determines our business strategy and our dividend policy, might have to choose between addressing those matters or reducing our anticipated dividends, and the board could determine to reduce our dividends. If dividends are reduced below anticipated levels, our stock price could be significantly adversely affected.

The market price and marketability of our common stock may from time to time be significantly affected by numerous factors beyond our control, which may adversely affect our ability to raise capital through future equity financings.

The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly. Many factors that are beyond our control may significantly affect the market price and marketability of our common stock and may adversely affect our ability to raise capital through equity financings. These factors include, but are not limited to:

significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of Macquarie Group Limited and/or vehicles managed by the Macquarie Group or branded under the Macquarie name or logo;
significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of registered investment companies, business development companies or companies in our sectors;
changes in our earnings or variations in operating results;
changes in our ratings from any of the ratings agencies;
any shortfall in EBITDA excluding non-cash items or Free Cash Flow from levels expected by securities analysts;
changes in regulatory policies or tax law;
operating performance of companies comparable to us;
loss of funding sources; and
substantial sales of our common stock by our Manager or other significant stockholders.

The performances of our businesses or our holding company structure may limit our ability to make regular dividends in the future to our stockholders because we are reliant upon the cash flows and distributions from our businesses.

Our Company is a holding company with no operations. Therefore, we are dependent upon the ability of our businesses to make distributions to our Company to enable it to meet its expenses, and to pay, maintain or grow dividends to stockholders in the future. The ability of our operating subsidiaries and the businesses we

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own to make distributions to our Company is subject to limitations based on their operating performance, the terms of their debt agreements and the applicable laws of their respective jurisdictions. In addition, the ability of each business to reduce its outstanding debt will be similarly limited by its operating performance, as discussed in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

We could be adversely impacted by actions of activist stockholders, and such activism could impact the value of our securities.

We value constructive input from our stockholders and the investment community. However, there is no assurance that the actions taken by our board of directors and management in seeking to maintain constructive engagement with our stockholders will be successful. Certain of our shareholders may express views with respect to the operation of our business, our business strategy, corporate governance considerations or other matters that are contrary to ours. Responding to these, or to actions that may be taken by activist stockholders can be costly and time-consuming, disruptive to our operations and divert the attention of management and our employees. The perceived uncertainties as to our future direction due to activist actions could affect the market price of our securities, result in the loss of potential business opportunities and make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel, board members and business partners.

We are currently subject to purported securities class action and shareholder derivative lawsuits and could become subject to other similar actions in the future, the unfavorable outcome of which could have a materially adverse impact our business or results of operations.

In April 2018, two lawsuits seeking to establish class actions were filed against us and certain current and former officers of ours and one of our subsidiaries. These lawsuits allege violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Rule 10b-5 thereunder and knowing material misstatements and omissions in our public disclosures concerning our business and the sustainability of our dividend to stockholders. In addition, three shareholder derivative complaints were filed asserting derivative claims on behalf of the Company against certain current and former officers and directors, arising out of the same subject matter at issue in the securities class action lawsuits. While we intend to vigorously defend against these lawsuits, there is no assurance that we will be successful in the defense or that insurance will be available or adequate to fund any settlement or judgment or the litigation costs of the actions. In addition, we are obligated to indemnify and incur legal expenses on behalf of current and former officers under certain circumstances. These lawsuits, and any similar proceedings or claims that may be brought against us in the future, may divert management resources and cause us to incur substantial costs, and any unfavorable outcome could result in payment of damages and could damage our reputation, any or all of which could have a material adverse impact our business and results of operations.

The price of our stock may be vulnerable to actions of market participants whose strategies may not involve buying and holding our securities in pursuit of an attractive total return.

Our common stock has been the subject of short selling efforts by certain market participants. Short sales are transactions in which a market participant borrows, then sells a security that it does not own. The market participant is obligated to replace the security borrowed by purchasing the security at or before the time the security is recalled. If the price at the time of recall is lower than the price at which the security was originally sold by the market participant, then the market participant will realize a gain on the transaction. Thus, it is in the market participant’s interest for the price of the security to decline during the period up to the time of recall.

Previous short selling efforts have had an impact on, and may in the future impact, the value of our stock in an extreme and volatile manner to our detriment and the detriment of our stockholders. In addition, market participants have published, and may in the future publish, negative, inaccurate or misleading information regarding our company and our management team. We believe that the publication of such information has led, and may in the future lead to, significant downward pressure on the price of our stock to our detriment and the further detriment of our stockholders. These and other efforts by certain market participants to unduly influence the price of our common stock for financial gain may cause value of our stockholders’ investments to decline, may make it more difficult for us to raise equity capital when needed without significantly diluting existing stockholders, and may reduce demand from new investors to purchase our shares.

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We identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting which, if not remediated could result in loss of investor confidence and adversely impact our stock price.

Effective internal controls are necessary for us to provide reliable and accurate financial statements. As further described in Part II, Item 9A “Controls and Procedures,” management has concluded that, because of a material weakness at Atlantic Aviation relating to non-credit card fuel revenues, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2018. We are implementing remedial measures and we expect that the remediation of this material weakness will be completed prior to the end of fiscal year 2019. However, we cannot be certain that these measures will be successful or that we will be able to prevent future significant deficiencies or material weaknesses. If we are unable to remediate the material weakness, or are otherwise unable to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting or disclosure controls and procedures, our ability to record, process and report financial information accurately, and to prepare financial statements within required time periods, could be adversely affected, which could cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and have a negative effect on the trading price of our stock and our access to capital. In addition, implementing any appropriate changes to internal controls will result in additional expenses.

We may issue preferred stock with rights, preferences and privileges that may be superior to the common stock, and these could have negative consequences for holders of our common stock.

We may issue shares of preferred stock in one or more financing transactions. We may also use the authorized preferred stock for funding transactions, including, among other things, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, restructurings, business combinations and investments, although we have no immediate plans to do so. We cannot provide assurances that any such transaction will be consummated on favorable terms or at all, that they will enhance stockholder value, or that it will not adversely affect our business or the trading price of our common stock. Any shares of preferred stock could be issued with rights, preferences and privileges that may be superior to those of our common stock. In addition, preferred stock could be issued for capital raising, financing and acquisition needs or opportunities that have the effect of making an acquisition of our Company more difficult or costly, as could also be the case if the board of directors were to issue additional common stock.

Our reported Earnings per Share (EPS), as defined under GAAP, does not reflect the cash generated by our businesses and may result in unfavorable comparisons with other businesses.

Our businesses own and invest in high-value, long-lived assets that generate large amounts of depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are non-cash expenses that serve to reduce reported EPS. We pay our Manager base management fees and may pay performance fees both of which may be reinvested in additional shares thereby rendering them a non-cash expense. Whether the fees are settled in cash or reinvested in additional shares, they have the effect of reducing EPS. As a result, our financial performance may appear to be substantially worse compared with other businesses. To the extent that our results appear to be worse, we may have relatively greater difficulty attracting investors in our stock.

Our inability, under GAAP, to consolidate the financial results of certain of our investments may make it relatively more difficult to analyze the cash generating capacity of our combined businesses.

We may make investments in certain businesses which we will be required to account for using the equity method rather than consolidate with the results of our other businesses. The equity method requires us to include the portion of the net income, as determined in accordance with GAAP, equal to our equity interest in the business in our consolidated statement of operations. The physical asset backed nature of the businesses in which we invest (and the higher levels of non-cash expenses including depreciation and amortization) may mean that the performance of these investments have relatively little impact on our consolidated statement of operations even where they generate positive cash flow and this cash flow may not be reflected in the valuation of our stock.

Our total assets include a substantial amount of goodwill and other intangible assets. The write-off of a significant portion of intangible assets would negatively affect our reported earnings.

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intangible assets were primarily recognized as a result of the acquisitions of our businesses. Other intangible assets consist primarily of airport operating rights, customer relationships and trade names. On at least an annual basis we assess whether there has been any impairment in the value of goodwill and other intangible assets when there are triggering events or circumstances. If the carrying value of the tested asset exceeds its estimated fair value, impairment is deemed to have occurred. In this event, the intangible is written down to fair value. Under current accounting rules, this would result in a charge to reported earnings. We have recognized significant impairments in the past, and any future determination requiring the write-off of a significant portion of goodwill or other intangible assets would negatively affect our reported earnings and total capitalization, and could be material.

Our total assets include a substantial amount of intangible assets and fixed assets. The depreciation and amortization of these assets may negatively impact our reported earnings.

The high level of intangible and physical assets written up to fair value upon acquisition of our businesses generates substantial amounts of depreciation and amortization. These non-cash items serve to lower net income as reported in our consolidated statement of operations as well as our taxable income. The generation of net losses or relatively small net income may contribute to a net operating loss (NOL) carryforward that can be used to offset current taxable income in future periods. However, the continued reporting of little or negative net income may adversely affect the attractiveness of our Company among some potential investors and may reduce the market for our common stock.

Risks Related to Taxation

We have significant federal NOL carryforwards that may be fully utilized in 2019 or subsequent years. After they are utilized, we could be subject to payment of substantial federal income taxes, which would reduce our distributable Free Cash Flow.

We may, without the acquisition of businesses with NOLs, incurring performance fees, investing in growth capital expenditures that qualify for 100% bonus depreciation, or implementing other strategies that provide us with additional tax shield, fully utilize our existing NOLs before we anticipate or have previously indicated. At that point we may be subject to federal income taxes in consolidation and any liability could be material. Any liability will reduce distributable Free Cash Flow and could prevent the growth or reduce the rate of growth of our dividends.

The current treatment of qualified dividend income and long-term capital gains under current U.S. federal income tax law may be adversely affected, changed or repealed in the future.

Under current law, qualified dividend income and long-term capital gains are taxed to non-corporate investors at a maximum U.S. federal income tax rate of 20%. In addition, certain holders that are individuals, estates or trusts are subject to 3.8% surtax on all or a portion of their “net investment income,” which may include all or a portion of their dividend income and net gains from the disposition of our shares. This tax treatment may be adversely affected, changed or repealed by future changes in tax laws at any time, which may affect market perceptions of our Company and the market price of our shares could be negatively affected.

Our ability to use our NOL carryforwards to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.

In general, under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation, such as the Company) that undergoes an “ownership change” is subject to limitations on its ability to utilize its pre-change NOLs and certain other tax attributes to offset future taxable income. Generally speaking, an “ownership change” occurs if the aggregate percentage ownership of the stock of the corporation held by one or more “five-percent stockholders” (as defined in the Code) increases by more than fifty percentage points over such stockholders’ lowest percentage ownership during the testing period, which is generally the three year-period ending on the transaction date. If we undergo an ownership change, our ability to utilize NOLs and certain other tax attributes could be limited.

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We have significant income tax NOLs, which may not be realized before they expire.

We have $152.0 million in federal NOL carryforwards at December 31, 2018. While we have concluded that all of the NOLs will more likely than not be realized, there can be no assurance that we will utilize the NOLs generated to date or any NOLs we might generate in the future. In addition, we have incurred state NOLs and have provided a valuation allowance against a portion of those. As with our federal NOLs, there is also no assurance that we will utilize those state losses or future losses that may be generated. Further, the State of Louisiana has imposed limitations on the ability of NOL carryforwards to offset current year income. There can be no assurance that other states will not suspend or limit the use of NOL carryforwards.

Recent changes to U.S. tax laws may adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition and create the risk that we may need to adjust our accounting for these changes.

The Tax Cut and Jobs Act made significant changes to U.S. tax laws and includes numerous provisions that affect businesses, including ours. For instance, as a result of lower corporate tax rates, the Tax Cut and Jobs Act tends to reduce both the value of deferred tax assets and the amount of deferred tax liabilities. It also limits interest rate deductions and the amount of NOLs that can be used each year and alters the expensing of capital expenditures. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act is unclear in certain respects and will require interpretations and implementing regulations by the IRS, as well as state tax authorities, and the Tax Cut and Jobs Act could be subject to amendments and technical corrections, any of which could lessen or increase the adverse (and positive) impacts of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The accounting treatment of these tax law changes is complex, and some of the changes may affect both current and future periods.

The treatment of depreciation and other tax deductions under current U.S. federal income tax law may be adversely affected, changed or repealed in the future.

Under current law, certain capital expenditures are eligible for accelerated depreciation, including 100% bonus depreciation for qualifying assets purchased and placed in service after September 27, 2017 and prior to January 1, 2023, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In addition, certain other expenses are eligible to be deducted for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This tax treatment may be adversely affected, changed or repealed by future changes in tax laws at any time, which may affect market perceptions of our Company and the market price of our shares could be negatively affected.

Our Company could be adversely effected by changes in tax laws and/or changes in the interpretation of existing tax laws.

We are subject to various taxing regimes, including federal, state, local and foreign taxes such as income, excise, sales/use, payroll, franchise, property, gross receipts, withholding and ad valorem taxes. New tax laws and regulations and changes in existing tax laws and regulations or the interpretation thereof are continuously being enacted or proposed and could result in increased expenditures for tax in the future and could have a material adverse effect on our Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our property taxes could increase due to reassessment or property tax rate changes.

We are required to pay real property taxes in respect of our properties and such taxes may increase as our properties are reassessed by taxing authorities or as property tax rates change. An increase in the assessed value of our properties or our property tax rates may not be passed along to our customers and could adversely impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Our Company and our subsidiaries are subject to examinations and challenges by taxing authorities.

Periodic examinations or audits by taxing authorities could increase our tax liabilities and result in the imposition of interest and penalties. If challenges arising from such examinations and audits are not resolved in our Company’s favor, they could have a material adverse effect on our Company’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

In general, the assets of our businesses, including real property, are pledged to secure the financing arrangements of each business on a stand-alone basis. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Liquidity and Capital Resources ” in Part II, Item 7, for a further discussion of these financing arrangements.

IMTT

IMTT operates 17 wholly-owned bulk liquid terminals in the U.S., one in Canada and has a minority interest in a company that owns a single bulk liquid terminal, also in Canada. The land on which the facilities are located is either owned or leased by IMTT with leased land comprising a small proportion of the total land in use. IMTT also owns the storage tanks, piping and transportation infrastructure such as truck and rail loading equipment located at the facilities and the majority of any related ship docks. Ship docks at facilities in Quebec and Geismar, L.A. are leased. Management believes the aforementioned equipment is generally well maintained and adequate for the present operations. For further details, see “Our Businesses — IMTT — Locations ” in Part I, Item 1.

Atlantic Aviation

Atlantic Aviation does not own any real property. Its operations are carried out under various long-term leases. The business leases office space for its head office in Plano, Texas. For more information regarding Atlantic Aviation’s FBO locations, see “Our Businesses —  Atlantic Aviation — Locations ” in Part I, Item 1.

Atlantic Aviation owns or leases a number of vehicles, including fuel trucks and other equipment needed to provide service to customers. Routine maintenance is performed on this equipment and a portion is replaced as appropriate to ensure continued safe and efficient operations and the maintenance of service level standards. Management believes the equipment is generally well maintained and adequate for present operations. Changes in market conditions allowed Atlantic Aviation to move to purchasing or procuring capital leases for larger equipment. Atlantic Aviation believes that these assets are a core part of the business and have long useful lives making ownership desirable if conditions permit.

MIC Hawaii

Hawaii Gas owns real property and equipment including: its SNG plant on Oahu and the land on which it sits; several LPG storage yards on islands other than Oahu; approximately 1,000 miles of underground piping, of which approximately 900 miles are on Oahu; and a 22-mile transmission pipeline from the SNG plant to Pier 38 in Honolulu. In addition, MIC Hawaii has controlling interests in operating solar facilities and distributed energy products.

A summary of selected properties follows for the MIC Hawaii businesses. For more information regarding MIC Hawaii’s operations, see “Our Businesses —  MIC Hawaii — Fuel Supply, SNG Plant and Distribution System ” in Part I, Item 1.

The following represents the properties owned or leased by the Hawaii Gas business.

     
Island   Description   Use   Own/Lease
Oahu   SNG plant and land   Production of SNG   Own
Oahu   Kamakee Street buildings and maintenance yard   Engineering, maintenance facility, warehouse   Own
Oahu   LPG baseyard   Storage facility for tanks and cylinders   Lease
Oahu   Topa Fort Street Tower   Executive offices   Lease
Oahu   Various holding tanks   Store and supply LPG to utility customers   Lease
Maui   Office, tank storage facilities and baseyard   Island-wide operations   Lease
Kauai   Office   Island-wide operations   Own
Kauai   Tank storage facility and baseyard   Island-wide operations   Lease
Hawaii   Office, tank storage facilities and baseyard   Island-wide operations   Own

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The following represents the properties leased by the other businesses within MIC Hawaii.

     
Project Name   Facility   Location   Ownership or Lease Information
Waihonu   Solar   Oahu, HI   Long-term property lease until 2036.
GWE Solar-Storage   Solar with Battery Storage   Hawaii, HI   Long-term site leases until 2037.
SW Cogen   Combined Heat and Power   Oahu, HI   Long-term site lease until 2028.

Corporate and Other

MGS leases an office building in Plano, Texas that currently expires in December 2024.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

There are no legal proceedings pending that we believe will have a material adverse effect on us. We are involved in ordinary course legal, regulatory, administrative and environmental proceedings that are incidental to our businesses. Typically, expenses associated with these proceedings are covered by insurance.

IMTT Bayonne — Remediation

The Bayonne, New Jersey terminal, portions of which have been acquired over a 30-year period, have pervasive remediation requirements that were assumed at the time of purchase from the various former owners. One former owner retained environmental remediation responsibilities for a purchased site and shares in other remediation costs. These remediation requirements are documented in two memoranda of agreement and an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey. Remediation efforts entail removal of free product, soil treatment, repair/replacement of sewer systems, and the implementation of containment and monitoring systems. These remediation activities are estimated to span a period of ten to twenty or more years and cost from $30.0 million to $65.0 million. The cost of the remediation activities at the terminal are estimated based on currently available information, in undiscounted U.S. dollars and is inherently subject to relatively large fluctuation.

Shareholder Litigation

On April 23, 2018, a complaint captioned City of Riviera Beach General Employees Retirement System v. Macquarie Infrastructure Corp., et al., Case 1:18-cv-03608 (VSB), was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A substantially identical complaint captioned Daniel Fajardo v. Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, et al. , Case No. 1:18-cv-03744 (VSB) was filed in the same court on April 27, 2018. Both complaints assert claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder on behalf of a putative class consisting of all purchasers of MIC common stock between February 22, 2016 and February 21, 2018. The named defendants in both cases are the Company and four current or former officers of MIC and one of its subsidiaries, IMTT Holdings LLC. The complaints in both actions allege that the Company and the individual defendants knowingly made material misstatements and omitted material facts in its public disclosures concerning the Company’s and IMTT’s business and the sustainability of the Company’s dividend to stockholders. On January 30, 2019, the Court issued an opinion and order consolidating the two cases, appointing Moab Partners, L.P. (Moab) as Lead Plaintiff, approving Moab’s selection of lead counsel, and directing Moab to file a consolidated amended complaint within 30 days. The Company intends to vigorously contest the claims asserted in the consolidated cases, which the Company believes are entirely meritless.

On August 9, 2018, a shareholder derivative complaint captioned Phyllis Wright v. Liam Stewart, et al. , Case No. 1:18-cv-07174 (VSB), was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A substantially identical complaint captioned Raymond Greenlee v. James Hooke, et al. , Case No. 1:18-cv-09339 (VSB) was filed in the same court on October 12, 2018. A third and substantially similar shareholder derivative complaint captioned Kim Johnson v. Liam Stewart, et al., Case No. 1:18-cv-011062 (VSB) was filed in the same court on November 27, 2018. Each of the shareholder derivative complaints assert derivative claims on behalf of the Company against certain of its current and former officers and directors arising out of the same subject matter at issue in the City of Riviera Beach and Fajardo complaints discussed above. The causes of action asserted include violation of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, breach of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty. A motion to consolidate the three actions is currently pending.

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Proceedings in the Wright, Greenlee and Johnson cases are otherwise stayed pending resolution of an anticipated motion to dismiss the securities class actions described above. The Company expects that the named defendants will vigorously contest the claims asserted in the Wright , Greenlee and Johnson complaints.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Our shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbol “MIC”. As of February 15, 2019, we had 85,860,351 shares issued and outstanding that we believe were held by approximately 326 holders of record.

The following represents the Company’s relative share price performance from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2018.

[GRAPHIC MISSING]

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The table below sets forth information with respect to shares authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2018:

     
Plan Category   Number of
Securities to
Be Issued
Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and Rights
(a)
  Weighted-
Average
Exercise
Price of
Outstanding
Options,
Warrants
and Rights
(b)
  Number of
Securities
Remaining
Available for
Future Issuance
Under Equity
Compensation
Plans
(Excluding
Securities
Under
Column (a))
(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by
stockholders (1)
    23,646     $   —         (1)    
Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders                   —  
Total     23,646     $         (1)    

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(1) Information in column (a) represents the number of shares issuable upon the vesting of director stock units pursuant to our 2014 Independent Directors Equity Plan (2014 Plan), which was approved in 2014. Only the Company’s independent directors may participate in the 2014 Plan. The only type of award that may be granted under the 2014 Plan is an award of director shares. Each share is an unsecured promise to transfer one share on the settlement date, subject to satisfaction of the applicable terms and conditions. The units vest on the day prior to the following year’s annual meeting. The Company granted 3,846 restricted stock units to each of its independent directors elected at the 2018 annual stockholders’ meeting. In September 2018, the Company appointed two new independent directors and granted 2,208 restricted stock units to each of its new independent directors. The maximum number of shares available for issuance under the 2014 Plan is 300,000 shares, with a balance of 248,664 shares remaining available for issuance at December 31, 2018. The aggregate grant date fair value of awards granted to an independent director during any single fiscal year (excluding awards made at the election of the independent director in lieu of all or a portion of annual and committee cash retainers) may not exceed $350,000. The 2014 Plan does not provide a formula for the determination of awards and the Compensation Committee will have the authority to determine the size of all awards under 2014 Plan, subject to the limits on the number of shares that may be granted annually.

The Company’s 2016 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan provides for the issuance of equity awards covering up to 500,000 shares of common stock to employees, consultants and service providers. Types of awards include stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights, cash-based awards and other stock-based awards. At December 31, 2018, 500,000 shares of common stock were available to be issued under this Plan.

Dividend Policy

We intend to provide investors with the benefits of access to a portfolio of infrastructure businesses that we believe will, as a result of inflation-linked escalators and the provision of basic services to customers, generate growing amounts of cash flow over time. Consistent with this, we intend to distribute the majority of the cash generated from operations of our businesses as a quarterly cash dividend.

Our board of directors regularly reviews our dividend policy and payout ratio. In determining whether to adjust the amount of our quarterly dividend, our board will take into account such matters as the state of the capital markets and general business and economic conditions, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, indebtedness levels, capital requirements, capital opportunities and any contractual, legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends by the Company to its stockholders or by its subsidiaries to the Company, and any other factors that it deems relevant, subject to maintaining a prudent level of reserves and without creating undue volatility in the amount of such dividends where possible. Moreover, the Company’s senior secured credit facility and the debt commitments at our businesses contain restrictions that may limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends. Although historically we have declared cash dividends on our shares, any or all of these or other factors could result in the modification of our dividend policy, or the reduction, modification or elimination of our dividend in the future.

Since January 1, 2017, MIC has paid or declared the following dividends:

       
Declared   Period Covered   $ per Share   Record Date   Payable Date
February 14, 2019
    Fourth quarter 2018     $ 1.00       March 4, 2019       March 7, 2019  
October 30, 2018
    Third quarter 2018       1.00       November 12, 2018       November 15, 2018  
July 31, 2018
    Second quarter 2018       1.00       August 13, 2018       August 16, 2018  
May 1, 2018
    First quarter 2018       1.00       May 14, 2018       May 17, 2018  
February 19, 2018
    Fourth quarter 2017       1.44       March 5, 2018       March 8, 2018  
October 30, 2017
    Third quarter 2017       1.42       November 13, 2017       November 16, 2017  
August 1, 2017
    Second quarter 2017       1.38       August 14, 2017       August 17, 2017  
May 2, 2017
    First quarter 2017       1.32       May 15, 2017       May 18, 2017  
February 17, 2017
    Fourth quarter 2016       1.31       March 3, 2017       March 8, 2017  

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Fourth Quarter of 2018 Dividend

The MIC Board has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $1.00 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2018. Together with the dividends for the first three quarters for 2018, this represents a cumulative 2018 dividend of $4.00 per share.

Tax Treatment of 2018 Dividends

The Company has determined that 65.5% of the dividends paid in the year ended December 31, 2018 were characterized as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The remaining 34.5% of dividends paid were characterized as returns of capital.

Future dividends, if any, may be characterized as either dividends or returns of capital depending on the earnings and profits of the Company as determined in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. Holders of MIC shares are encouraged to seek their own tax advice with regard to their investment in MIC.

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ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The selected financial data includes the results of operations, cash flows and balance sheet data for the years ended, and as of, December 31, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014 for our consolidated group, with the results of businesses acquired during those five years being included from the date of each acquisition. The selected financial data for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2018 have been derived from the consolidated financial statements of the Company, as adjusted for the presentation of discontinued operations. The information below should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements (and notes thereto) and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7.

         
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014
     ($ In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
                                            
Revenue
                                            
Service revenue   $ 1,515,149     $ 1,445,832     $ 1,288,562     $ 1,288,501     $ 1,035,195  
Product revenue     246,384       222,955       213,470       226,952       264,621  
Total revenue     1,761,533       1,668,787       1,502,032       1,515,453       1,299,816  
Cost and expenses
                                            
Cost of services     712,082       624,214       524,423       551,029       525,298  
Cost of product sales     178,822       143,787       119,440       150,053       189,012  
Selling, general and administrative     328,464       306,664       277,628       274,611       256,935  
Fees to Manager – related party     44,866       71,388       68,486       354,959       168,182  
Goodwill impairment     3,215                          
Depreciation     193,659       178,292       175,518       169,753       83,684  
Amortization of intangibles     68,314       63,825       60,997       97,935       41,852  
Total operating expenses     1,529,422       1,388,170       1,226,492       1,598,340       1,264,963  
Operating income (loss)     232,111       280,617       275,540       (82,887 )       34,853  
Interest income     788       83       86       32       89  
Interest expense     (112,626 )       (86,999 )       (95,613 )       (94,666 )       (64,567 )  
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee                             26,147  
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses (1)                             948,137  
Other (expense) income, net     (6,194 )       10,566       17,765       222       (3,248 )  
Net income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes     114,079       204,267       197,778       (177,299 )       941,411  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (49,451 )       229,503       (69,313 )       56,622       55,846  
Net income (loss) from continuing operations   $ 64,628     $ 433,770     $ 128,465     $ (120,677 )     $ 997,257  
Discontinued Operations (2)
                                            
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes   $ 31,748     $ 17,691     $ 28,348     $ (1,669 )     $ 73,498  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (2,128 )       4,651       (1,944 )       8,539       (31,472 )  
Net income from discontinued operations     29,620       22,342       26,404       6,870       42,026  
Net income (loss)   $ 94,248     $ 456,112     $ 154,869     $ (113,807 )     $ 1,039,283  
Net income (loss) from continuing
operations
  $ 64,628     $ 433,770     $ 128,465     $ (120,677 )     $ 997,257  
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (3,452 )       (409 )       (3,608 )       586       1,726  
Net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,080     $ 434,179     $ 132,073     $ (121,263 )     $ 995,531  

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  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014
     ($ In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
Net income from discontinued operations   $ 29,620     $ 22,342     $ 26,404     $ 6,870     $ 42,026  
STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA:
                                            
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (38,821 )       5,319       2,096       (5,856 )       (4,471 )  
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,441     $ 17,023     $ 24,308     $ 12,726     $ 46,497  
Net income (loss) attributable to MIC   $ 136,521     $ 451,202     $ 156,381     $ (108,537 )     $ 1,042,028  
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.80     $ 5.22     $ 1.63     $ (1.55 )     $ 15.80  
Basic income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC     0.80       0.20       0.30       0.16       0.74  
Basic income (loss) per share attributable to MIC   $ 1.60     $ 5.42     $ 1.93     $ (1.39 )     $ 16.54  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic     85,233,989       83,204,404       80,892,654       77,997,826       62,990,312  
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.80     $ 4.94     $ 1.55     $ (1.55 )     $ 15.38  
Diluted income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC     0.80       0.19       0.30       0.16       0.72  
Diluted income (loss) per share attributable to MIC   $ 1.60     $ 5.13     $ 1.85     $ (1.39 )     $ 16.10  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted     85,249,865       91,073,362       82,218,627       77,997,826       64,925,565  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 4.00     $ 5.56     $ 5.05     $ 4.46     $ 3.8875  

         
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014
     ($ In Thousands)
STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS DATA:
                                            
Cash flow from continuing operations
                                            
Cash provided by operating activities   $ 473,160     $ 464,106     $ 488,127     $ 360,607     $ 207,086  
Cash used in investing activities     (156,344 )       (421,064 )       (287,526 )       (238,217 )       (1,216,476 )  
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities     (389,376 )       70,462       (138,415 )       302,144       858,358  
Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash from continuing operations   $ (72,560 )     $ 113,504     $ 62,186     $ 424,534     $ (151,032 )  
Cash flow from discontinued operations (2)
                                            
Cash provided by operating activities   $ 46,268     $ 64,928     $ 71,668     $ 19,827     $ 8,671  
Cash provided by (used in) investing activities     614,892       (135,757 )       (85,733 )       (207,647 )       152,112  
Cash used in financing activities     (30,881 )       (32,359 )       (28,485 )       (264,414 )       (224,937 )  
Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash from discontinued operations   $ 630,279     $ (103,188 )     $ (42,550 )     $ (452,234 )     $ (64,154 )  

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  As of December 31,
     2018   2017   2016   2015   2014
     ($ In Thousands)
BALANCE SHEET DATA:
                                            
Current assets from continuing
operations
  $ 772,651     $ 270,731     $ 208,934     $ 178,528     $ 199,717  
Current assets held for sale (2)     647,652       36,914       35,734       38,041       31,761  
Total current assets     1,420,303       307,645       244,668       216,569       231,478  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net     3,141,407       3,197,407       2,963,247       2,869,353       2,799,529  
Intangible assets, net     788,761       851,751       822,197       863,691       949,264  
Goodwill     2,043,320       2,047,040       2,002,781       1,995,583       1,990,018  
Noncurrent assets held for sale (2)           1,550,948       1,475,868       1,342,358       581,379  
Total assets   $ 7,443,781     $ 8,008,951     $ 7,559,253     $ 7,308,804     $ 6,567,739  
Current liabilities from continuing operations   $ 520,798     $ 205,300     $ 195,840     $ 261,077     $ 193,295  
Current liabilities held for sale (2)     317,178       50,665       55,169       47,713       31,037  
Total current liabilities     837,976       255,965       251,009       308,790       224,332  
Deferred income taxes     680,938       644,914       904,179       826,935       848,684  
Long-term debt, net of current portion     2,652,748       2,991,654       2,473,477       2,226,240       2,049,804  
Noncurrent liabilities held for sale (2)           603,037       643,291       601,029       333,563  
Total liabilities   $ 4,327,454     $ 4,658,248     $ 4,411,719     $ 4,106,362     $ 3,597,571  
Stockholders’ equity   $ 2,964,602     $ 3,153,692     $ 2,952,894     $ 3,030,190     $ 2,787,163  

(1) Represents gain from the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in IMTT from the remeasuring to fair value of the Company’s previous 50% ownership interest.
(2) See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere herein.

Recent Developments

Business Divestitures

In November 2018, we completed the sale of the design-build mechanical contractor business previously reported within the MIC Hawaii segment. Prior to the sale, we wrote-down the value of our investment in the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor of approximately $30.0 million to reflect its underperformance.

In October 2018, we completed the sale of BEC and received cash of $657.4 million, net of the assumption of the outstanding debt balance of $243.5 million by the buyer and subject to post-closing working capital adjustments. We have used the proceeds from the sale of BEC and cash on hand to pay down the majority of the outstanding balances on our and our businesses’ revolving credit facilities. We may redraw the majority of these facilities in the future to fund a portion of our planned growth capital deployments. For further discussions on use of BEC proceeds, see “ Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations — Liquidity and Capital Resources — Financing Activities from Continuing Operations ”.

In October 2018, we commenced a sale process involving substantially all of our portfolio of solar and wind facilities. We believe a sale of these assets and the redeployment of the proceeds will maximize value relative to attempting to continue to expand the portfolio through acquisitions. The sale process is expected to be concluded in the second quarter of 2019.

Discontinued Operations — Presentation

Effective October 1, 2018, BEC and substantially all of our portfolio of solar and wind power generation businesses were classified as discontinued operations and our Contracted Power segment was eliminated. The remaining renewable power development businesses have been reported as components of Corporate and Other. All prior comparable periods have been restated to reflect this change. For additional information, see Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K.

Results of Operations

Consolidated

Our consolidated results reflect a decrease in the contribution from IMTT primarily as a result of the non-renewal of certain contracts for bulk liquid storage and handling services and the absence of deferred revenue recognized in 2017 in connection with the termination of a construction project. The decrease was partially offset by contributions from an acquisition of a portfolio of storage terminals completed in the third quarter of 2017.

Our consolidated results also reflect increased contributions from our Atlantic Aviation business. Atlantic Aviation benefited from contributions from acquisitions, hangar rentals and ancillary fees.

MIC Hawaii’s contribution declined primarily as a result of the underperformance of the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor, and the write-down of our investment in that business, together with cost increases at Hawaii Gas. These factors were partially offset by incremental regulated revenue generated by Hawaii Gas as a result of the settlement of the general rate case in June 2018.

Results for Corporate and Other for the year ended December 31, 2018 reflect the absence of implementation costs incurred in 2017 related to our shared services facility, and the benefit of reductions in procurement costs in 2018. The absence of the implementation expenses was partially offset by the cost of advisory and other services incurred in connection with addressing shareholder matters in 2018 and higher

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Results of Operations: Consolidated — (continued)

costs related to the evaluation of various investment and acquisition/disposition opportunities, primarily related to the sale of BEC. Corporate and Other also reflects a year over year increase in fee income from a developer of renewable power projects during the year ended December 31, 2018.

Capital deployed into acquisitions by each of IMTT and Atlantic Aviation in 2017, as well as growth investments generally, contributed to revenue and EBITDA excluding non-cash items to our overall results for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Contributions from discontinued operations increased primarily from BEC as a result of the plant expansion completed in May 2018 and improved wind resources.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2017 to 2018)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2016 to 2017)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2018   2017   2016   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data) (Unaudited)
Revenue
                                                              
Service revenue   $ 1,515,149     $ 1,445,832     $ 1,288,562       69,317       4.8       157,270       12.2  
Product revenue     246,384       222,955       213,470       23,429       10.5       9,485       4.4  
Total revenue     1,761,533       1,668,787       1,502,032       92,746       5.6       166,755       11.1  
Costs and expenses
                                                              
Cost of services     712,082       624,214       524,423       (87,868 )       (14.1 )       (99,791 )       (19.0 )  
Cost of product sales     178,822       143,787       119,440       (35,035 )       (24.4 )       (24,347 )       (20.4 )  
Selling, general and administrative     328,464       306,664       277,628       (21,800 )       (7.1 )       (29,036 )       (10.5 )  
Fees to Manager – related party     44,866       71,388       68,486       26,522       37.2       (2,902 )       (4.2 )  
Goodwill impairment     3,215                   (3,215 )       NM              
Depreciation     193,659       178,292       175,518       (15,367 )       (8.6 )       (2,774 )       (1.6 )  
Amortization of intangibles     68,314       63,825       60,997       (4,489 )       (7.0 )       (2,828 )       (4.6 )  
Total operating expenses     1,529,422       1,388,170       1,226,492       (141,252 )       (10.2 )       (161,678 )       (13.2 )  
Operating income     232,111       280,617       275,540       (48,506 )       (17.3 )       5,077       1.8  
Other income (expense)
                                                              
Interest income     788       83       86       705       NM       (3 )       (3.5 )  
Interest expense (1)     (112,626 )       (86,999 )       (95,613 )       (25,627 )       (29.5 )       8,614       9.0  
Other (expense) income, net     (6,194 )       10,566       17,765       (16,760 )       (158.6 )       (7,199 )       (40.5 )  
Net income from continuing operations before income taxes     114,079       204,267       197,778       (90,188 )       (44.2 )       6,489       3.3  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (49,451 )       229,503       (69,313 )       (278,954 )       (121.5 )       298,816       NM  
Net income from continuing operations   $ 64,628     $ 433,770     $ 128,465       (369,142 )       (85.1 )       305,305       NM  
Discontinued Operations
                                                              
Net income from discontinued operations before income taxes   $ 31,748     $ 17,691     $ 28,348       14,057       79.5       (10,657 )       (37.6 )  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (2,128 )       4,651       (1,944 )       (6,779 )       (145.8 )       6,595       NM  
Net income from discontinued operations   $ 29,620     $ 22,342     $ 26,404       7,278       32.6       (4,062 )       (15.4 )  
Net income   $ 94,248     $ 456,112     $ 154,869       (361,864 )       (79.3 )       301,243       194.5  
Net income from continuing operations   $ 64,628     $ 433,770     $ 128,465       (369,142 )       (85.1 )       305,305       NM  
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests     (3,452 )       (409 )       (3,608 )       3,043       NM       (3,199 )       (88.7 )  
Net income from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,080     $ 434,179     $ 132,073       (366,099 )       (84.3 )       302,106       NM  
Net income from discontinued operations   $ 29,620     $ 22,342     $ 26,404       7,278       32.6       (4,062 )       (15.4 )  
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (38,821 )       5,319       2,096       44,140       NM       (3,223 )       (153.8 )  
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,441     $ 17,023     $ 24,308       51,418       NM       (7,285 )       (30.0 )  
Net income attributable to MIC   $ 136,521     $ 451,202     $ 156,381       (314,681 )       (69.7 )       294,821       188.5  
Basic income per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.80     $ 5.22     $ 1.63       (4.42 )       (84.7 )       3.59       NM  
Basic income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC     0.80       0.20       0.30       0.60       NM       (0.10 )       (33.3 )  
Basic income per share attributable to MIC   $ 1.60     $ 5.42     $ 1.93       (3.82 )       (70.5 )       3.49       180.8  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic     85,233,989       83,204,404       80,892,654       2,029,585       2.4       2,311,750       2.9  

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NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $7.6 million and $2.2 million and losses on derivative instruments of $2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2017

Revenue

Consolidated revenues increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily as a result of, (i) an increase in the wholesale cost of jet fuel sold at Atlantic Aviation; (ii) an increase in the volume and the wholesale cost of propane and synthetic natural gas sold at Hawaii Gas; and (iii) contributions from acquisitions. The increase in revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018 was partially offset by the decrease in revenue at IMTT due to the decline in utilization and lower average storage rates and the absence of deferred revenue recognized in 2017 in connection with the termination of a construction project.

Cost of Services and Product Sales

Consolidated cost of services and product sales increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to, (i) an increase in the wholesale cost of jet fuel at Atlantic Aviation; (ii) an increase in the wholesale cost of propane and synthetic natural gas and lower margins at MIC Hawaii; and (iii) incremental costs associated with various acquisitions and developments. The changes in consolidated cost of services and product sales also reflect higher unrealized losses on commodity hedges at Hawaii Gas (see “Results of Operations —  MIC Hawaii ” below).

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to, (i) incremental costs associated with acquired and developed businesses; (ii) higher costs related to the evaluation of various investment and acquisition/disposition opportunities, primarily related to the sale of BEC; and (ii) approximately $4.0 million of costs incurred for advisory services in connection with addressing shareholder matters. The increases in selling, general and administrative expenses were partially offset by the absence of costs incurred during 2017 in connection with the implementation of our shared services center.

Fees to Manager

Our Manager is entitled to a monthly base management fee based primarily on our market capitalization and potentially a quarterly performance fee based on total stockholder returns relative to a U.S. utilities index. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, we incurred base management fees of $44.9 million and $71.4 million, respectively. No performance fees were incurred in any of the above periods. The unpaid portion of base management fees and performance fees, if any, at the end of each reporting period is included in the line item Due to Manager-related party in our consolidated balance sheets.

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In all of the periods shown below, our Manager elected to reinvest any fees to which it was entitled in additional shares. In accordance with the Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement, our Manager has currently elected to reinvest future base management fees and performance fees, if any, in new primary shares.

     
Period   Base Management Fee Amount
($ in Thousands)
  Performance
Fee Amount
($ in Thousands)
  Shares
Issued
2018 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2018   $ 8,753     $     —       220,208 (1)  
Third quarter 2018     12,333             269,286  
Second quarter 2018     10,852             277,053  
First quarter 2018     12,928             265,002  
2017 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2017   $ 16,778     $       248,162  
Third quarter 2017     17,954             240,674  
Second quarter 2017     18,433             233,394  
First quarter 2017     18,223             232,398  
2016 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2016   $ 18,916     $       230,773  
Third quarter 2016     18,382             232,488  
Second quarter 2016     16,392             232,835  
First quarter 2016     14,796             234,179  

(1) Our Manager elected to reinvest all of the monthly base management fees for the fourth quarter of 2018 in shares. We issued 220,208 shares for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, including 60,048 shares that were issued in January 2019 for the December 2018 monthly base management fee.

Goodwill Impairment

During the year ended December 31, 2018, we wrote-off the goodwill balance related to the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily as a result of contributions from acquisitions and assets placed in service.

Amortization of Intangibles

Amortization of intangibles increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to write-off of intangible assets related to the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor.

Interest Expense and Gains on Derivative Instruments

Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $7.6 million and $2.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Gains on derivatives recorded in interest expense are attributable to the change in fair value of interest rate hedging instruments. For the year ended December 31, 2018, interest expense also included the non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs at Atlantic Aviation related to the December 2018 refinancing of its term loan and revolving credit facility. Excluding the derivative adjustments and the write-off of deferred financing costs, cash interest expense was $98.4 million and $80.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. The increase in cash interest expense reflects primarily a higher average debt balance and an increase in the weighted average interest rate. See discussions of interest expense for each of our operating businesses below.

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Other (Expense) Income, net

Other (expense) income, net decreased primarily due to the write-down of our investment in the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor during the quarter ended September 30, 2018, partially offset by higher fee income from a developer of renewable power during 2018.

Discontinued Operations

Income from discontinued operations increased primarily due to (i) the change in tax rates imposed on certain entities by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; (ii) contribution from the BEC plant expansion; and (iii) improved wind resources.

Income Taxes (including Continuing and Discontinued Operations)

We file a consolidated federal income tax return that includes the financial results of IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, MIC Hawaii, BEC through the date of sale, and our allocable share of the taxable income (loss) from the solar and wind facilities in discontinued operations. The solar and wind facilities in which we own less than 100% of the equity interest are held in limited liability companies and treated as partnerships for tax purposes. Pursuant to a tax sharing agreement, the businesses included in our consolidated federal income tax return pay MIC an amount equal to the federal income tax each would have paid on a standalone basis as if they were not part of the consolidated federal income tax return. In addition, our businesses file income tax returns and may pay taxes in the state and local jurisdictions in which they operate.

The change from income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017 to income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 is primarily due to the impact of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act in 2017. The Tax Cut and Jobs Act required the revaluation of the net deferred tax liability which resulted in a tax benefit of $312.3 million (primarily at IMTT and Atlantic Aviation).

For the year ended December 31, 2018, current taxable income, including income from discontinued operations, is expected to be approximately $220.0 million, which includes the gain on sale of BEC as well as the loss on the sale of the design-build mechanical contractor in the MIC Hawaii segment.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, any consolidated federal income tax liabilities our businesses generated are expected to be fully offset by net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards. Our federal NOL carryforward at December 31, 2018 was $152.0 million. The amount of any federal income tax otherwise payable in 2019 is expected to be reduced by tax benefits associated with planned capital deployment of approximately $275.0 million to $300.0 million. Gains from potential sale of assets concluded in 2019 would increase our federal income tax payable.

In addition, we expect our businesses collectively to pay state/provincial income taxes of approximately $21.0 million in 2018, including the expected taxes due on the sale of BEC. In calculating our consolidated state income tax provision, we have provided a valuation allowance for certain state income tax NOLs, the use of which is uncertain.

Valuation allowance:

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, we did not have a valuation allowance for our consolidated federal NOL carryforwards. In calculating our consolidated income tax provision, we reduced our valuation allowance by $4.4 million to $1.1 million at December 31, 2018 for certain foreign tax credits and state income tax NOL carryforwards, the utilization of which is not assured beyond a reasonable doubt.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law and includes provisions that will have an impact on our federal taxable income. The most significant of these are 100% bonus depreciation on qualifying assets (which is scheduled to decrease ratably to 0% between 2023 and 2027) and a reduction in the federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act also limits the deductibility of net interest expense to 30% of “adjusted taxable income”. We do not expect this limitation to have a material impact to our financial results through 2021.

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Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2016

Revenue

Consolidated revenues increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily as a result of an increase in the wholesale cost and the volume of jet fuel sold at Atlantic Aviation, contributions from acquisitions and an increase in the wholesale cost and volume of gas sold at MIC Hawaii. The increase in the consolidated revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017 also includes a contribution from IMTT from the recognition of deferred revenue resulting from termination of a construction project by a customer.

Cost of Services and Product Sales

Consolidated cost of services and product sales increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to an increase in the wholesale cost of jet fuel at Atlantic Aviation, the wholesale cost of gas at MIC Hawaii and contributions from acquisitions. The changes in consolidated cost of services and product sales were also attributable to unrealized losses on commodity hedges at Hawaii Gas in 2017 compared with unrealized gains in 2016 (see “Results of Operations —  MIC Hawaii ” below).

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to (i) $9.3 million of costs incurred in connection with the evaluation of various investment and acquisition opportunities; (ii) $8.5 million of costs incurred in connection with the implementation of our shared services center; and (iii) incremental costs associated with acquired businesses.

Fees to Manager

Our Manager is entitled to a monthly base management fee based primarily on our market capitalization and potentially a quarterly performance fee based on total stockholder returns relative to a U.S. utilities index. For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, we incurred base management fees of $71.4 million and $68.5 million, respectively. No performance fees were generated in any of the above periods.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to contributions from acquisitions, partially offset by the write-off of tanks and docks in 2016 at IMTT.

Amortization of Intangibles

Amortization of intangibles increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to contributions from acquisitions.

Interest Expense and Gains (Losses) on Derivative Instruments

Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $2.2 million and losses on derivative instruments of $2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2016, interest expense also included the non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs at Atlantic Aviation related to the October 2016 refinancing of its term loan and revolving credit facility and at Hawaii Gas related to the February 2016 refinancing of its $80.0 million term loan and its $60.0 million revolving credit facility. Excluding the derivative adjustments and the write-off of deferred financing costs, interest expense decreased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to a reduction in the weighted average interest rate, partially offset by a higher average debt balance. Cash interest expense was $80.3 million and $83.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. See discussions of interest expense for each of our operating businesses below.

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As part of the refinancing of the Atlantic Aviation debt in October 2016, Atlantic Aviation paid $17.8 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the-money interest rate swap contracts related to prior debt facilities. In addition, the business entered into $400.0 million of interest rate caps with a strike price of 1.0% to hedge the one month LIBOR floating rate interest exposure on the Atlantic Aviation term loan facility. The business paid $8.6 million in upfront premiums to enter into the caps.

Other Income, net

Other income, net, decreased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with year ended December 31, 2016 as 2016 included insurance recoveries associated with damage docks to IMTT’s facilities, partially offset by fee income from a developer of renewable power during 2017.

Income Taxes

The change from income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 to income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017 is primarily due to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The effects of the change in the corporate tax rate requires us to revalue the net deferred tax liability balances on the consolidated balance sheet. The effect of revaluing the Company’s net deferred tax liabilities to the new rate of 21% resulted in recording a tax benefit of $312.3 million, primarily at IMTT and Atlantic Aviation, in the consolidated statement of operations.

Valuation allowance:

At December 31, 2017 and 2016, we did not have a valuation allowance for our consolidated federal NOL carryforwards. In calculating our consolidated income tax provision, we increased our valuation allowance by $1.1 million to $5.5 million at December 31, 2017 for certain foreign tax credits and state income tax NOL carryforwards, the utilization of which is not assured beyond a reasonable doubt.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items, Free Cash Flow and Proportionately Combined Metrics

In addition to our results under U.S. GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP measures to assess the performance and prospects of our businesses. In particular, we use EBITDA excluding non-cash items, Free Cash Flow and certain proportionately combined financial metrics. Proportionately combined financial metrics reflect our proportionate interest in our solar and wind facilities, substantially all of which are in discontinued operations.

We measure EBITDA excluding non-cash items as it reflects our businesses’ ability to effectively manage the volume of products sold or services provided, the operating margin earned on those transactions and the management of operating expenses independent of the capitalization and tax attributes of those businesses. We believe investors use EBITDA excluding non-cash items primarily as a measure of the operating performance of MIC’s businesses and to make comparisons with the operating performance of other businesses whose depreciation and amortization expense may vary widely from ours, particularly where acquisitions and other non-operating factors are involved. We define EBITDA excluding non-cash items as net income (loss) or earnings —  the most comparable GAAP measure  — before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and non-cash items including impairments, unrealized derivative gains and losses, adjustments for other non-cash items and pension expense reflected in the statements of operations. EBITDA excluding non-cash items also excludes base management fees and performance fees, if any, whether paid in cash or stock.

Because we have varied ownership interests in the businesses within our portfolio of solar and wind power generation facilities (in discontinued operations), but have an obligation to report their financial results on a consolidated basis, GAAP measures such as net income (loss) do not fully reflect our proportionate share of the cash generated by these businesses. We note that the proportionately combined metrics used may be calculated in a different manner by other companies and may limit their usefulness as a comparative measure. Therefore, proportionately combined metrics should be used as a supplemental measure and not in lieu of our financial results reported under GAAP.

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Our businesses are characteristically owners of high-value, long-lived assets capable of generating substantial Free Cash Flow. We define Free Cash Flow as cash from operating activities —  the most comparable GAAP measure —  which includes cash interest, tax payments and pension contributions, less maintenance capital expenditures, which includes principal repayments on capital lease obligations used to fund maintenance capital expenditures, and excludes changes in working capital.

We use Free Cash Flow as a measure of our ability to provide investors with an attractive risk-adjusted total return by sustaining and potentially increasing our quarterly cash dividend and funding a portion of our growth. GAAP metrics such as net income (loss) do not provide us with the same level of visibility into the performance and prospects of the business as a result of: (i) the capital intensive nature of our businesses and the generation of non-cash depreciation and amortization; (ii) shares issued to our external Manager under the Management Services Agreement; (iii) our ability to defer all or a portion of current federal income taxes; (iv) non-cash unrealized gains or losses on derivative instruments; (v) amortization of tolling liabilities; (vi) gains (losses) on disposal of assets; and (vii) pension expenses. Pension expenses primarily consist of interest cost, expected return on plan assets and amortization of actuarial and performance gains and losses. Any cash contributions to pension plans are reflected as a reduction to Free Cash Flow and are not included in pension expense. We believe that external consumers of our financial statements, including investors and research analysts, use Free Cash Flow both to assess MIC’s performance and as an indicator of its success in generating an attractive risk-adjusted total return.

In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have disclosed Free Cash Flow on a consolidated basis and for each of our operating segments and MIC Corporate. We believe that both EBITDA excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow support a more complete and accurate understanding of the financial and operating performance of our businesses than would otherwise be achieved using GAAP results alone.

Free Cash Flow does not take into consideration required payments on indebtedness and other fixed obligations or other cash items that are excluded from our definition of Free Cash Flow. We note that Free Cash Flow may be calculated differently by other companies thereby limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure. Free Cash Flow should be used as a supplemental measure and not in lieu of our financial results reported under GAAP.

Classification of Maintenance Capital Expenditures and Growth Capital Expenditures

We categorize capital expenditures as either maintenance capital expenditures or growth capital expenditures. As neither maintenance capital expenditure nor growth capital expenditure is a GAAP term, we have adopted a framework to categorize specific capital expenditures. In broad terms, maintenance capital expenditures primarily maintain our businesses at current levels of operations, capability, profitability or cash flow, while growth capital expenditures primarily provide new or enhanced levels of operations, capability, profitability or cash flows. We consider a number of factors in determining whether a specific capital expenditure will be classified as maintenance or growth.

We do not bifurcate specific capital expenditures into maintenance and growth components. Each discrete capital expenditure is considered within the above framework and the entire capital expenditure is classified as either maintenance or growth.

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A reconciliation of net income from continuing operations to EBITDA excluding non-cash items from continuing operations and a reconciliation from cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations to Free Cash Flow from continuing operations, on a consolidated basis, is provided below. Similar reconciliations for each of our operating businesses and Corporate and Other follow.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2017 to 2018)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2016 to 2017)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2018   2017   2016   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Net income from continuing operations   $ 64,628     $ 433,770     $ 128,465                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     111,838       86,916       95,527                                      
Provision (benefit) for income
taxes
    49,451       (229,503 )       69,313                                      
Goodwill impairment     3,215                                                  
Depreciation     193,659       178,292       175,518                                      
Amortization of intangibles     68,314       63,825       60,997                                      
Fees to Manager-related party     44,866       71,388       68,486                                      
Pension expense (2)     8,306       8,106       8,601                                      
Other non-cash expense (income), net (3)     25,178       5,734       (9,296 )                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items – continuing operations   $ 569,455     $ 618,528     $ 597,611       (49,073 )       (7.9 )       20,917       3.5  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items – continuing operations   $ 569,455     $ 618,528     $ 597,611                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     (111,838 )       (86,916 )       (95,527 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (1)     (1,574 )       (3,803 )       (8,415 )                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     11,353       7,184       19,552                                      
Amortization of debt discount (1)     3,627       3,266       1,007                                      
Interest rate swap breakage fees                 (17,770 )                                      
Interest rate cap premium                 (8,629 )                                      
Provision for current income taxes     (13,950 )       (11,031 )       (7,304 )                                      
Pension contribution (2)                 (3,500 )                                      
Changes in working capital (4)     16,087       (63,122 )       11,102                          
Cash provided by operating activities – continuing operations     473,160       464,106       488,127                                      
Changes in working capital (4)     (16,087 )       63,122       (11,102 )                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (49,979 )       (34,676 )       (57,191 )                                
Free cash flow – continuing operations     407,094       492,552       419,834       (85,458 )       (17.4 )       72,718       17.3  
Free cash flow – discontinued operations     67,934       65,448       72,412       2,486       3.8       (6,964 )       (9.6 )  
Total Free Cash Flow   $ 475,028     $ 558,000     $ 492,246       (82,972 )       (14.9 )       65,754       13.4  

(1) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments, non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees and non-cash amortization of debt discount related to the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023. Interest expense, net, also included a non-cash write-off of deferred financing fees related to the February 2016 refinancing at Hawaii Gas and the October 2016 and December 2018 refinancing at Atlantic Aviation.
(2) Pension expense primarily consists of interest cost, expected return on plan assets and amortization of actuarial and performance gains and losses. Any cash contributions to pension plans are not included in pension expense, but rather reflected as a reduction to Free Cash Flow, as noted in the table above.

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(3) Other non-cash expense (income), net, primarily includes unrealized gains (losses) on commodity hedges, adjustments to asset retirement obligations and non-cash gains (losses) related to the disposal of assets. Other non-cash expense (income), net, also includes the write-down of our investment in the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor business for the year ended December 31, 2018. See “Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items, Free Cash Flow and Proportionately Combined Metrics” above for further discussion.
(4) Conformed to current period presentation for the adoption of ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash . See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for recently issued accounting standards.

Reconciliation from Consolidated Free Cash Flow to Proportionately Combined Free Cash Flow

See “Results of Operations —  Consolidated ” above for a reconciliation of Free Cash Flow — Consolidated basis from continuing operations to cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations, the most comparable GAAP measure. The following table is a reconciliation from Free Cash Flow on a consolidated basis to Free Cash Flow on a proportionately combined basis (our proportionate interest in our solar and wind facilities reported in discontinued operations). See “Results of Operations” below for a reconciliation of Free Cash Flow for each of our segments to cash provided by (used in) operating activities for such segment.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2017 to 2018)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2016 to 2017)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2018   2017   2016   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
100% Total Free Cash Flow (includes continuing and discontinued operations)   $ 475,028     $ 558,000     $ 492,246       (82,972 )       (14.9 )       65,754       13.4  
100% of Discontinued Operations Free Cash Flow     (67,934 )       (65,448 )       (72,412 )                                      
Proportionately Combined Discontinued Operations Free Cash Flow     58,926       57,642       64,012                                
Proportionately Combined Free Cash Flow (includes continuing and discontinued operations)   $ 466,020     $ 550,194     $ 483,846       (84,174 )       (15.3 )       66,348       13.7  

Results of Operations: IMTT

The financial performance of IMTT is in large part a function of the amount of bulk liquid storage capacity under lease and the rates achieved on those leases. IMTT recorded financial results for the year ended December 31, 2018 that reflect a previously forecast decline in storage capacity utilization and lower average storage rates, partially offset by contributions from an acquisition completed in 2017.

The portion of IMTT’s storage capacity under lease (utilization) averaged 82.0% for the quarter ended December 31, 2018 compared with 82.1% in the quarter ended September 30, 2018 and 86.1% in the quarter ended June 30, 2018. For the full year 2018, utilization averaged 84.6% compared with 93.3% in 2017. The decrease in utilization during the year reflects the anticipated and previously disclosed impact of the non-renewal of certain contracts for the storage of primarily heavy and residual oil on the Lower Mississippi River. IMTT expects utilization to increase to approximately high 80s% at year ended 2019, subject to market conditions, as a result of leasing of currently uncontracted capacity related to demand growth and the re-leasing of capacity repurposed from heavy and residual oil to clean petroleum, chemical and agricultural products.

New and renewing storage rates on gasoline and distillate contracts in New York Harbor and heavy and residual fuel contracts on the Lower Mississippi River were lower in 2018 than in the prior comparable period. IMTT expects the lower storage rates to continue to impact its financial results through 2019, although this impact is expected to be partially offset by increases in storage utilization and an increase in demand for a range of products and services in advance of the implementation of the International Maritime Organization’s IMO Marpol Annex VI (IMO 2020) regulations limiting the sulphur content of bunker fuel on January 1, 2020.

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IMTT is currently both involved in and evaluating a number of initiatives related to repurposing existing storage capacity and repositioning the overall business:

Repurposing

IMTT anticipates cleaning and modifying up to approximately 3.0 million barrels storage capacity and related infrastructure on the Lower Mississippi River, from heavy and residual oil storage to storage of products with potentially better growth prospects including clean petroleum, chemical and agricultural oils or in support of repositioning projects involving fundamental users of heavy and residual oil storage. Approximately 1.3 million of the 3.0 million barrels of storage capacity was targeted for repurposing and successfully recontracted in 2018. Approximately 600,000 of these barrels were returned to service at December 31, 2018. The remainder have been or will be returned to service in the first quarter of 2019. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the cost of repurposing the 1.3 million barrels of storage capacity totaled $10.8 million of which $6.9 million was characterized as maintenance capital expenditure. The total cost of repurposing the 1.3 million barrels is expected to be approximately $20.0 million. IMTT currently believes that up to an additional 1.0 million barrels of capacity could be repurposed in 2019, subject to identification of a corresponding level of customer demand.

Repositioning

Repositioning includes projects designed to leverage IMTT’s existing geographic footprint through increases in capacity or capability designed to meet customer demand and/or further diversify the mix of products handled. During 2018 and through February 2019, the following projects that are expected to enhance terminal connectivity via investment in truck, marine and rail infrastructure, were announced and/or executed by IMTT:

In the second quarter of 2018, an agreement to construct an additional 200,000 barrels of capacity at an existing terminal for a chemicals manufacturer;
In the third quarter of 2018, the development of an automated, multi-product, six bay truck loading facility at its terminal in Bayonne, N.J. to improve its intermodal distribution capabilities in the New York Harbor market;
In the fourth quarter of 2018, the completion of negotiations on an agreement with Methanex that could see IMTT construct 714,000 barrels of chemical storage capacity and associated infrastructure at its Geismar Chemical Logistics facility. The project is subject to a final investment decision by Methanex on the construction of a third methanol manufacturing plant in Geismar (Geismar 3) alongside its two existing facilities. A final investment decision is expected in mid-2019;
In the fourth quarter of 2018, an additional dock at its Geismar facility that will support the existing business, the Methanex project and future expansion opportunities;
In the first quarter of 2019, the construction of storage capacity and related infrastructure at its Avondale, LA facility including a new ship dock in support of a palm oil processing facility being developed on land leased by IMTT to Fuji Vegetable Oil (Fuji). The project includes 87,000 barrels of new capacity being built pursuant to a 30-year use agreement with Fuji and 100,000 barrels of existing capacity expected to be used by a feedstock supplier. The facility is expected to be in service in late 2020; and
In the first quarter of 2019, at its terminal in Gretna, LA, the leasing of 442,000 barrels of capacity, including 80,000 barrels of capacity to be constructed, to a marketer of highly refined oils pursuant to a long-term agreement. IMTT will also construct a truck loading facility for the customer. The project is expected to be in service in early 2020.

The above projects have an estimated total value of approximately $175.0 million. The majority are subject to customary pre-construction permitting. None of these repositioning projects are expected to generate any material contribution to EBITDA in 2019.

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The successful implementation of the repurposing and repositioning initiatives is, over time, expected to, (i) improve utilization and rates, (ii) increase exposure to products with better growth prospects, (iii) generate a larger proportion of IMTT’s revenue from longer-dated contracts and (iv) reduce exposure to heavy and residual oil storage demand.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2017 to 2018)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2016 to 2017)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2018   2017   2016
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenue     510,783       549,422       532,472       (38,639 )       (7.0 )       16,950       3.2  
Cost of services     200,966       196,369       204,279       (4,597 )       (2.3 )       7,910       3.9  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     32,709       36,406       32,687       3,697       10.2       (3,719 )       (11.4 )  
Depreciation and amortization     131,402       126,463       134,385       (4,939 )       (3.9 )       7,922       5.9  
Operating income     145,706       190,184       161,121       (44,478 )       (23.4 )       29,063       18.0  
Interest expense, net (1)     (45,502 )       (38,357 )       (38,752 )       (7,145 )       (18.6 )       395       1.0  
Other income, net     965       1,758       18,509       (793 )       (45.1 )       (16,751 )       (90.5 )  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (35,885 )       209,464       (57,736 )       (245,349 )       (117.1 )       267,200       NM  
Net income     65,284       363,049       83,142       (297,765 )       (82.0 )       279,907       NM  
Less: net income attributable to noncontrolling interests                 59                   59       100.0  
Net income attributable to MIC     65,284       363,049       83,083       (297,765 )       (82.0 )       279,966       NM  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and a reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net income     65,284       363,049       83,142                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     45,502       38,357       38,752                                      
Provision (benefit) for income taxes     35,885       (209,464 )       57,736                                      
Depreciation and amortization     131,402       126,463       134,385                                      
Pension expense (2)     7,662       6,996       7,219                                      
Other non-cash expense, net     867       767       657                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     286,602       326,168       321,891       (39,566 )       (12.1 )       4,277       1.3  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     286,602       326,168       321,891                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     (45,502 )       (38,357 )       (38,752 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (1)     (1,978 )       (3,834 )       (2,169 )                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     1,721       1,647       1,654                                      
Provision for current income taxes     (6,862 )       (4,417 )       (5,438 )                                      
Changes in working capital     4,524       (32,795 )       (3,734 )                          
Cash provided by operating activities     238,505       248,412       273,452                                      
Changes in working capital     (4,524 )       32,795       3,734                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (33,494 )       (20,143 )       (38,620 )                                
Free cash flow     200,487       261,064       238,566       (60,577 )       (23.2 )       22,498       9.4  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees.
(2) Pension expense primarily consists of interest cost, expected return on plan assets and amortization of actuarial and performance gains and losses.

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Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2017

Revenue

IMTT generates the majority of its revenue from contracts comprising a fixed monthly charge for access to or use of a specified amount of capacity, infrastructure or land. The monthly charge typically increases annually with inflation. We refer to revenue generated from such contracts or fixed charges as firm commitments. At December 31, 2018, firm commitments had a revenue weighted average remaining contract life of 1.9 years, although some customers, particularly ones storing certain petroleum products are renewing contracts for shorter durations. Revenue from firm commitments comprised 80.7% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, total revenue decreased compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to the decline in utilization and lower average storage rates on new and renewing contracts, reduced environmental response revenue as a result of the sale of IMTT’s subsidiary OMI Environmental Solutions (OMI) in April 2018 and the absence of deferred revenue recognized in 2017 in connection with the termination of a construction project. The decrease in revenue was partially offset by contributions from an acquisition of a portfolio of terminals completed in the third quarter of 2017.

Cost of Services and Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Cost of services and selling, general and administrative expenses combined increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to incremental costs related to the terminals acquired in 2017 and an increase in property taxes assessed on the terminal at St. Rose. The increases were partially offset by the absence of costs related to OMI.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to an acquisition of terminals in 2017.

Interest Expense, net

Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $3.1 million and $1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, cash interest expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to increased debt balances. Cash interest expense was $45.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with $40.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in cash interest expense reflects a higher average debt balance and a higher weighted average interest rate.

Income Taxes

The taxable income generated by IMTT is reported on our consolidated federal income tax return. The business files standalone state/provincial income tax returns in the jurisdictions in which it operates. The Provision for current income taxes of $6.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 in the above table includes $5.6 million of state income tax expense and $1.3 million of provincial income tax expense. Due to the utilization of NOL carryforwards, IMTT did not have any standalone current federal income tax expense.

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The majority of the difference between IMTT’s book and federal taxable income relates to depreciation of terminal fixed assets. For book purposes, these fixed assets are depreciated primarily over 5 to 30 years using the straight-line method of depreciation. For federal income tax purposes, these same fixed assets are depreciated primarily over 5 to 15 years using accelerated methods. In addition, most terminal fixed assets qualify for federal bonus tax depreciation. A significant portion of terminal fixed assets in Louisiana that were constructed in the period after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 were financed with GO Zone Bonds. GO Zone Bond financed assets are depreciated, for tax purposes, primarily over 9 to 20 years using the straight-line method. Most of the states in which the business operates do not allow the use of bonus tax depreciation. Louisiana allows the use of bonus depreciation except for assets financed with GO Zone Bonds.

The increase in income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 is primarily due to the impact of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act in 2017. This required the revaluation of the net deferred tax liability balances on the balance sheet, which resulted a tax benefit of approximately $260.0 million in the statement of operations.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2018, IMTT incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $33.5 million and $31.2 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $20.1 million and $23.0 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily a result of $6.9 million of expenditures related to the repurposing of existing storage capacity. IMTT expects to incur between $40.0 million and $50.0 million of maintenance capital expenditures in 2019. The increase in 2019 is the result of an estimated $12.0 million expenditure in the first phase of the rehabilitation of a pier in Bayonne. The total cost of the pier is expected to be approximately $30.0 million and is anticipated to be completed within three years.

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2016

Revenue

For the year ended December 31, 2017, total revenue increased by $17.0 million compared with the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in revenue was primarily due to an acquisition and the recognition of deferred revenue resulting from termination of a construction project by a customer, partially offset by lower utilization. Firm commitments at December 31, 2017, had a revenue weighted average remaining life of 2.3 years. Revenue from firm commitments comprised 80.2% of total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Capacity utilization for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2017 was 90.6% and 93.3%, respectively, compared with 96.6% and 96.4%, respectively, for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease in utilization reflects the non-renewal of a small number of primarily residual and heavy oil contracts late in the year. These non-renewals reflected both continuing changes in domestic and global demand for the product, and market conditions for trading customers.

Cost of Services and Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Cost of services and selling, general and administrative expenses combined decreased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease was primarily the result of lower labor, healthcare and repair and maintenance expenses, partially offset by incremental costs from an acquisition and higher franchise taxes.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense decreased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to the write-off of tanks and docks in 2016.

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Interest Expense, net

Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $1.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with losses on derivative instruments of $2.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to increased debt balances. Cash interest expense was $40.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with $39.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Other Income, net

Other income, net, decreased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016. The business incurred insured losses in connection with damage done to various docks in Bayonne and Gretna for which insurance recoveries of approximately $16.5 million were recorded during the year ended December 31, 2016.

Income Taxes

The Provision for current income taxes of $4.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 in the above table includes $3.2 million of state income tax expense and $1.2 million of federal income tax expense. Any current federal income tax payable was offset in consolidation with the application of NOLs at the MIC holding company level.

The change from income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2016 to income tax benefit for the year ended December 31, 2017 is primarily due to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The effects of the change in the corporate tax rate required a revaluation of the net deferred tax liability balances on the balance sheet. The effect of revaluing the net deferred tax liabilities to the new rate of 21% resulted in recording a tax benefit of approximately $260.0 million in the statement of operations.

EBITDA Excluding Non-Cash Items

For the year ended December 31, 2016, EBITDA excluding non-cash items included $16.5 million of insurance recoveries for damaged docks. These insurance recoveries were used to repair damaged docks and recorded in Other Income, net . The cost of those repairs was recorded in Maintenance Capital Expenditures . Excluding insurance proceeds, EBITDA excluding non-cash items would have been $305.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. On that basis, EBITDA excluding non-cash items would have increased by $20.8 million, or 6.8%, for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the prior comparable period.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2017, IMTT incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $20.1 million and $23.0 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $38.6 million and $40.4 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2016, maintenance capital expenditures included $13.9 million associated with the rebuilding of damaged docks at IMTT’s Gretna and Bayonne terminals. The property insurance recoveries are recorded in Other Income, net , in the above statement of operations. Excluding these costs, maintenance capital expenditures would have been $24.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. On that basis, maintenance capital expenditures would have decreased by $4.6 million, or 18.6%, for year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the prior comparable period. The decrease for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 is primarily as a result of the timing of planned maintenance for the year.

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Results of Operations: Atlantic Aviation

The fundamental driver of the performance of Atlantic Aviation is the number of GA flight movements (take-offs and landings) in a given period. Based on data reported by the FAA, industry-wide domestic GA flight movements increased by 0.6% and 0.9% for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2018, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2017. The number of GA flight movements tends to be correlated with general economic activity over the long-term. Factors that could impact GA flight movements either positively or negatively in the short-term include traffic constraints due to repairs and maintenance of runways, weather conditions or events, the timing of public and religious holidays and events, including major sporting events.

The total number of GA flight movements at airports on which Atlantic Aviation operates decreased by 1.4% and 1.1% during the quarter and year ended December 31, 2018, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2017. The decrease was the result of a number of the aforementioned short-term factors, several of which had a positive impact on the prior comparable periods, together with decreased traffic at Santa Monica Municipal Airport in Santa Monica, CA as a result of the shortening of the runway and decreased traffic at Peachtree Dekalb Airport in Atlanta, GA as a result of airport runway construction, which was subsequently completed. Atlantic Aviation believes that growth in GA flight movements will continue to be positively correlated with growth in economic activity and GDP. Flight movements at airports on which Atlantic Aviation operates, other than Santa Monica and Peachtree, increased by 1.4% and 0.6% for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2018, respectively, compared with the same periods in 2017.

Atlantic Aviation seeks to extend FBO leases prior to their maturity in order to maintain visibility into the cash generating capacity of these assets over the long-term. Atlantic Aviation calculates a weighted average remaining lease life based on EBITDA excluding non-cash items in the prior calendar year adjusted for the impact of acquisitions/dispositions. The weighted average remaining lease life was 19.9 years at December 31, 2018 compared with 20.3 years at December 31, 2017.

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  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2017 to 2018)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2016 to 2017)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2018   2017   2016
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenue     962,492       846,431       740,209       116,061       13.7       106,222       14.4  
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)     466,948       378,494       303,899       (88,454 )       (23.4 )       (74,595 )       (24.5 )  
Gross margin     495,544       467,937       436,310       27,607       5.9       31,627       7.2  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     231,980       222,205       212,331       (9,775 )       (4.4 )       (9,874 )       (4.7 )  
Depreciation and amortization     105,950       100,190       90,659       (5,760 )       (5.7 )       (9,531 )       (10.5 )  
Operating income     157,614       145,542       133,320       12,072       8.3       12,222       9.2  
Interest expense, net (1)     (25,833 )       (14,512 )       (33,961 )       (11,321 )       (78.0 )       19,449       57.3  
Other (expense) income, net     (140 )       (151 )       68       11       7.3       (219 )       NM  
Provision for income taxes     (35,222 )       (6,509 )       (39,889 )       (28,713 )       NM       33,380       83.7  
Net income     96,419       124,370       59,538       (27,951 )       (22.5 )       64,832       108.9  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and a reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net income     96,419       124,370       59,538                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     25,833       14,512       33,961                                      
Provision for income taxes     35,222       6,509       39,889                                      
Depreciation and amortization     105,950       100,190       90,659                                      
Pension expense (2)     21       20       110                                      
Other non-cash expense, net     1,221       1,642       905                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     264,666       247,243       225,062       17,423       7.0       22,181       9.9  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     264,666       247,243       225,062                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     (25,833 )       (14,512 )       (33,961 )                                      
Convertible senior notes interest (3)     (7,487 )       (7,782 )       (1,969 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (1)     251       429       (4,158 )                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     4,296       1,170       14,195                                      
Interest rate swap breakage fees                 (17,770 )                                      
Interest rate cap premium                 (8,629 )                                      
Provision for current income taxes     (22,801 )       (14,457 )       (2,137 )                                      
Changes in working capital     13,708       (7,240 )       11,164                          
Cash provided by operating activities     226,800       204,851       181,797                                      
Changes in working capital     (13,708 )       7,240       (11,164 )                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (8,301 )       (7,965 )       (10,632 )                                
Free cash flow     204,791       204,126       160,001       665       0.3       44,125       27.6  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees. For the year ended December 31, 2018 and 2016, interest expense also included non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs related to the December 2018 and October 2016 refinancing.
(2) Pension expense primarily consists of interest cost, expected return on plan assets and amortization of actuarial and performance gains and losses.

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(3) Represents the cash interest expense reclassified to Atlantic Aviation related to the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 through December 06, 2018, the date of Atlantic Aviation’s refinancing. The proceeds from this note issuance in October 2016 were used principally to reduce the drawn balance on Atlantic Aviation’s revolving credit facility.

Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2017

Atlantic Aviation generates the majority of its revenue from sales of jet fuel. Increases and decreases in the cost of jet fuel are generally passed through to consumers. Accordingly, revenue will fluctuate based on the cost of jet fuel to Atlantic Aviation and reported revenue may not reflect the business’ ability to effectively manage volume and gross margin. For example, an increase in revenue may be attributable to an increase in the cost of the jet fuel and not an increase in the volume sold or margin per gallon to the customer. Conversely, a decline in revenue may be attributable to a decrease in the cost of jet fuel and not a reduction in the volume sold or margin per gallon.

Gross margin, which we define as revenue less cost of services, excluding depreciation and amortization, is the effective “top line” for Atlantic Aviation as it is reflective of the business’ ability to drive growth in the volume of products and services sold and the margins earned on those sales over time. We believe that our investors view gross margin as reflective of our ability to manage volume and price throughout the commodity cycle. Gross margin can be reconciled to operating income —  the most comparable GAAP measure  — by subtracting selling, general and administrative expenses and depreciation and amortization in the table above.

Revenue and Gross Margin

The majority of the revenue generated and gross margin earned by Atlantic Aviation is the result of fueling GA aircraft at facilities located at the 70 U.S. airports on which the business operates. Atlantic Aviation seeks to maintain and, where appropriate, increase dollar-based margins on fuel sales.

Revenue and gross margin are driven, in part, by the volume of fuel sold and the dollar-based margin/fee per gallon on those sales. Revenue increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 as a result of increases in the wholesale cost of fuel and contributions from acquisitions. The increased wholesale cost of fuel was offset by a corresponding increase in cost of services, contributing to an increase in gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017. The improvement in gross margin primarily reflects an increased contribution from hangar rentals and ancillary fees, in addition to acquisitions.

Our discussion of same store results in the current and prior comparable periods reflects contributions from FBOs that have been in operation for the same full months in each period, and excludes the costs of acquiring, integrating or disposing of FBOs. On a same store basis, gross margin increased by 3.4% in the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 driven by an increased contribution from hangar rentals and ancillary fees.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily as a result of rent increases and higher labor costs, including those related to acquisitions.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily as a result of contributions from acquisitions and assets placed in service.

Operating Income

Operating income increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 due to the increase in gross margin, partially offset by the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses and the increase in depreciation and amortization.

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Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $3.8 million and $120,000 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2018, interest expense also included the non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs at Atlantic Aviation related to the December 2018 refinancing of its term loan and revolving credit facility. Excluding the derivative adjustments and the write-off of deferred financing costs, cash interest expense was $28.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with $20.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in cash interest expense reflects a higher average debt balance and a higher weighted average interest rate.

Cash interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 includes the cash interest paid on the $402.5 million of MIC Corporate 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes issued in October 2016 through the refinancing of the business’s debt on December 6, 2018. The proceeds from this note issuance in October 2016 were used principally to reduce the drawn balance of Atlantic Aviation’s revolving credit facility.

Income Taxes

The taxable income generated by Atlantic Aviation is included in our consolidated federal income tax return. The business files standalone state income tax returns in the majority of the states in which it operates. The tax expense in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the business.

The Provision for current income taxes of $22.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 in the above table includes $16.0 million of federal income tax expense and $6.8 million of state income tax expense. Any current federal income tax payable is expected to be offset in consolidation with the application of MIC holding company level NOLs.

The increase in income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 is primarily due to the impact of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act in 2017. This required the revaluation of the net deferred tax liability balances on the balance sheet, which resulted a tax benefit of approximately $46.0 million in the statement of operations.

At December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation had $14.5 million of state NOL carryforwards. State NOL carryforwards are specific to the state in which the NOL was generated and various states impose limitations on the utilization of NOL carryforwards. Therefore, the business may incur state income tax liabilities in the future, even if its consolidated state taxable income is less than $14.5 million.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $8.3 million and $8.7 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $8.0 million both on an accrual basis and cash basis for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2016

Revenue and Gross Margin

Revenue increased by 14.4% for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 as a result of higher wholesale cost of fuel, an increase in the volume of fuel sold and contributions from acquisitions. The higher wholesale cost of fuel was largely offset by a corresponding increase in cost of services, resulting in an increase in gross margin of 7.2% for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to higher salaries and benefit costs and incremental costs associated with acquisitions.

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Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily as a result of assets placed in service and contributions from acquisitions.

Operating Income

Operating income increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 due to the increase in gross margin, partially offset by the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses and the increase in depreciation and amortization expense.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $120,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with losses on derivative instruments of $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. For the year ended December 31, 2016, interest expense also included the non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs at Atlantic Aviation related to the October 2016 refinancing of its term loan and revolving credit facility. Excluding the derivative adjustments and the write-off of deferred financing costs, interest expense decreased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 due to a lower weighted average interest rate and a lower average debt balance resulting from the October 2016 refinancing.

Cash interest expense was $20.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with $25.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. Cash interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 includes the cash interest paid on the $402.5 million of MIC Corporate 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes issued in October 2016. The proceeds from this note issuance in October 2016 were used principally to reduce the drawn balance of Atlantic Aviation’s revolving credit facility.

As part of the refinancing of the Atlantic Aviation debt in October 2016, Atlantic Aviation paid $17.8 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the-money interest rate swap contracts related to prior debt facilities. In addition, the business entered into $400.0 million of interest rate caps with a strike price of 1.0% to hedge the one month LIBOR floating rate interest exposure on the new Atlantic Aviation term loan facility. The business paid $8.6 million in upfront premiums to enter into the caps.

Income Taxes

The Provision for current income taxes of $14.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 in the above table includes $7.6 million of federal income tax expense and $6.9 million of state income tax expense. Any current federal income tax payable was offset in consolidation with the application of NOLs at the MIC holding company level.

The decrease in income tax expense for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 is primarily due to the Tax Cut and Jobs Act. The effects of the change in the corporate tax rate required a revaluation of the net deferred tax liability balances on the balance sheet. The effect of revaluing the net deferred tax liabilities to the new rate of 21% resulted in recording a tax benefit of approximately $46.0 million in the statement of operations.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2017, Atlantic Aviation incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $8.0 million both on an accrual basis and cash basis compared with $10.6 million and $10.2 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2016.

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Results of Operations: MIC Hawaii

The decreased contribution from our MIC Hawaii businesses for the year ended December 31, 2018 primarily reflects the underperformance of the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor, prior to its sale in November 2018, and the related write-down of our investment as discussed in “ Recent Developments ” above. The decrease is partially offset by improved performance in the utility portion of our Hawaii Gas business.

On December 21, 2018, the HPUC issued a Final Decision and Order in the rate case filed by Hawaii Gas in August 2017, authorizing an increase in regulated revenue of $8.9 million or 8.4%. New rates went into effect on July 1, 2018.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2017 to 2018)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2016 to 2017)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2018   2017   2016
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Product revenue     245,532       222,955       213,159       22,577       10.1       9,796       4.6  
Service revenue     46,257       54,913       20,762       (8,656 )       (15.8 )       34,151       164.5  
Total revenue     291,789       277,868       233,921       13,921       5.0       43,947       18.8  
Cost of product sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)     178,562       143,787       119,429       (34,775 )       (24.2 )       (24,358 )       (20.4 )  
Cost of services (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)     44,168       49,365       16,335       5,197       10.5       (33,030 )       NM  
Cost of revenue – total     222,730       193,152       135,764       (29,578 )       (15.3 )       (57,388 )       (42.3 )  
Gross margin     69,059       84,716       98,157       (15,657 )       (18.5 )       (13,441 )       (13.7 )  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     29,307       26,938       24,276       (2,369 )       (8.8 )       (2,662 )       (11.0 )  
Goodwill impairment     3,215                   (3,215 )       NM              
Depreciation and amortization     23,708       15,303       11,325       (8,405 )       (54.9 )       (3,978 )       (35.1 )  
Operating income     12,829       42,475       62,556       (29,646 )       (69.8 )       (20,081 )       (32.1 )  
Interest expense, net (1)     (7,984 )       (7,041 )       (5,559 )       (943 )       (13.4 )       (1,482 )       (26.7 )  
Other expense, net     (24,739 )       (731 )       (812 )       (24,008 )       NM       81       10.0  
Benefit (provision) for income taxes     6,769       (9,287 )       (20,441 )       16,056       172.9       11,154       54.6  
Net (loss) income     (13,125 )       25,416       35,744       (38,541 )       (151.6 )       (10,328 )       (28.9 )  
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests     (3,202 )       (148 )       (3,663 )       3,054       NM       (3,515 )       (96.0 )  
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC     (9,923 )       25,564       39,407       (35,487 )       (138.8 )       (13,843 )       (35.1 )  
Reconciliation of net (loss) income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and a reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net (loss) income     (13,125 )       25,416       35,744                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     7,984       7,041       5,559                                      
(Benefit) provision for income taxes     (6,769 )       9,287       20,441                                      
Goodwill impairment     3,215                                                  
Depreciation and amortization     23,708       15,303       11,325                                      
Pension expense (2)     438       1,090       1,272                                      
Other non-cash expense (income), net (3)     21,810       2,494       (11,539 )                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     37,261       60,631       62,802       (23,370 )       (38.5 )       (2,171 )       (3.5 )  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     37,261       60,631       62,802                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     (7,984 )       (7,041 )       (5,559 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (1)     153       (398 )       (2,088 )                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     383       403       948                                      
Benefit (provision) for current income taxes     727       (8,312 )       (8,353 )                                      
Pension contribution (2)                 (3,500 )                                      
Changes in working capital (4)     13,155       (7,748 )       9,786                          
Cash provided by operating activities     43,695       37,535       54,036                                      
Changes in working capital (4)     (13,155 )       7,748       (9,786 )                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (8,184 )       (6,568 )       (7,939 )                                
Free cash flow     22,356       38,715       36,311       (16,359 )       (42.3 )       2,404       6.6  

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Results of Operations: MIC Hawaii — (continued)

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments related to interest rate swaps and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees. For the year ended December 31, 2016, interest expense, net, also included a non-cash write-off of deferred financing fees related to the February 2016 refinancing at Hawaii Gas.
(2) Pension expense primarily consists of interest cost, expected return on plan assets and amortization of actuarial and performance gains and losses. Any cash contributions to pension plans are not included in pension expense, but rather reflected as a reduction to Free Cash Flow, as noted in the table above.
(3) Other non-cash expense (income), net, primarily includes non-cash adjustments related to unrealized gains (losses) on commodity hedges and non-cash gains (losses) related to the disposal of assets. Other non-cash expense (income), net, also includes the write-down of our investment in the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor business for the year ended December 31, 2018. See “ Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items, Free Cash Flow and Proportionately Combined Metrics ” above for further discussion.
(4) Conformed to current period presentation for the adoption of ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash . See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for recently issued accounting standards.

Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2017

MIC Hawaii comprises Hawaii Gas and several smaller businesses collectively engaged in efforts to reduce the cost and improve the reliability and sustainability of energy in Hawaii. The businesses of MIC Hawaii generate revenue primarily from the provision of gas services to commercial, residential and governmental customers and the generation of power.

Hawaii Gas generates a significant portion of its revenue from the sale of gas. Accordingly, revenue can fluctuate based on the wholesale cost of gas to Hawaii Gas and may not reflect the business’ ability to effectively manage volume and gross margin. For example, an increase in revenue may be attributable to an increase in the wholesale cost of gas passed through to Hawaii Gas’ customers and not an increase in the volume of gas sold or margin per therm. Conversely, a decline in revenue may be attributable to a decrease in the wholesale cost of gas passed through to Hawaii Gas’ customers and not a reduction in the volume of gas sold or margin per therm.

Gross margin, which we define as revenue less cost of product sales and services, excluding depreciation and amortization, is the effective “top line” for Hawaii Gas as it is reflective of the business’ ability to drive growth in the volume of products and services and the margins earned on those sales over time. We believe that investors utilize gross margin as it is reflective of our performance in managing volume and price throughout the commodity cycle. Gross margin is reconciled to operating income —  the most comparable GAAP measure  — by subtracting selling, general and administrative expenses and depreciation and amortization in the table above.

Revenue and Gross Margin

Revenue increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily attributable to the increase in the volume of gas sold and a higher average price per therm of gas together with higher revenue from distributed generation assets, partially offset by lower revenue from the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor. On an underlying basis, adjusting for changes in customer inventory, the volume of gas sold increased by 4.1% for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017.

Gross margin decreased by $15.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily attributable to movements in commodity hedges. The business recorded unrealized losses on commodity hedges of $13.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with unrealized losses of $94,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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Results of Operations: MIC Hawaii — (continued)

Excluding the impact of unrealized losses on commodity hedges, gross margin decreased $2.6 million, or 3.2%, due to lower margins at our design-build mechanical contractor and reduced contribution margin per therm at Hawaii Gas’ non-utility business. Gross margin at Hawaii Gas for the year ended December 31, 2018 reflects the increase in interim rates for the utility business beginning July 1, 2018.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily driven by higher salaries and benefit costs at Hawaii Gas and the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor.

Goodwill Impairment

During the year ended December 31, 2018, MIC Hawaii wrote-off the goodwill balance related to the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to the write-offs of the intangible assets at the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor.

Operating Income

Operating income decreased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 due to the decrease in gross margin, increase in depreciation and amortization expenses, goodwill impairment and the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $749,000 and $409,000 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, cash interest expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to a higher average debt balance outstanding. Cash interest expense was $7.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Other Expenses, Net

Other expense, net, increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to the write-down of our investment in the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor during the quarter ended September 30, 2018.

Income Taxes

The taxable income generated by the MIC Hawaii businesses is reported on our consolidated federal income tax return and is subject to Hawaii state income tax on a stand-alone basis. The tax benefit in the table above includes both state tax and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the businesses. The Benefit (provision) for current income taxes of $727,000 for the year ended December 31, 2018 in the above table includes $623,000 of federal income tax benefit and $104,000 of state income tax benefit largely attributable to the sale of the design-build mechanical contractor in November 2018.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2018, MIC Hawaii incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $8.2 million and $7.8 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $6.6 million and $7.0 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2017.

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Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2016

Revenue and Gross Margin

Revenue increased by $43.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase is primarily attributable to contributions from acquisitions, an increase in the wholesale cost of gas and an increase of 1.7% in the volume of gas sold by Hawaii Gas for the year ended December 31, 2017. On an underlying basis, adjusting for changes in customer inventory, the volume of gas sold increased by 1.2% in the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016.

Gross margin decreased by $13.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016. The decrease for the year ended December 31, 2017 is primarily attributable to unrealized losses on commodity hedges of $94,000 compared with unrealized gains on commodity hedges of $15.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, partially offset by contribution from acquisitions.

Gross margin, excluding the impact of unrealized gains and losses on commodity hedges, increased by $1.6 million, or 2.0%, for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase was primarily as a result of contributions from acquisitions and lower transmission and distribution expenses, partially offset by a decrease in gross margin from the non-utility business at Hawaii Gas.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to incremental costs from acquisitions.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to incremental expenses associated with acquisitions.

Operating Income

Operating income decreased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 due to the decrease in gross margin, an increase in depreciation and amortization expense and an increase in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $409,000 and $1.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2016, interest expense also included the non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs at Hawaii Gas related to the refinancing of its $80.0 million term loan and its $60.0 million revolving credit facility. Excluding the derivative adjustments and the write-off of the deferred financing costs, interest expense increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to debt assumed from an acquisition and the financing of solar facilities constructed in the past year. Cash interest expense was $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with $6.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016.

Income Taxes

The Provision for current income taxes of $8.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 in the above table includes $7.6 million of federal income tax expense and $680,000 of state income tax expense. Any current federal income tax payable was offset in consolidation with the application of NOLs at the MIC holding company level.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2017, MIC Hawaii incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $6.6 million and $7.0 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $7.9 million and $8.4 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2016.

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Results of Operations: Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other comprises results from MIC Corporate, our shared services center and the two renewable power development platforms. Prior to October 2018, the results of the two renewable power development platforms were reported as part of the Contracted Power segment. Following the sale of BEC and the commencement of a sale process involving substantially all of our portfolio of solar and wind facilities, the Contracted Power segment has been eliminated and now reported in discontinued operations.

The financial results below reflect Corporate and Other’s results during the periods below.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2017 to 2018) Favorable/
(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2016 to 2017) Favorable/
(Unfavorable)
     2018   2017   2016
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Product revenue     852             311       852       NM       (311 )       (100.0 )  
Service revenue     42                   42       NM              
Total revenue     894             311       894       NM       (311 )       (100.0 )  
Cost of product sales     260             11       (260 )       NM       11       100.0  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     38,893       26,035       13,125       (12,858 )       (49.4 )       (12,910 )       (98.4 )  
Fees to Manager-related party     44,866       71,388       68,486       26,522       37.2       (2,902 )       (4.2 )  
Depreciation and amortization     913       161       146       (752 )       NM       (15 )       (10.3 )  
Operating loss     (84,038 )       (97,584 )       (81,457 )       13,546       13.9       (16,127 )       (19.8 )  
Interest expense, net (1)     (32,519 )       (27,006 )       (17,255 )       (5,513 )       (20.4 )       (9,751 )       (56.5 )  
Other income, net     17,720       9,690             8,030       82.9       9,690       NM  
Benefit for income taxes     14,887       35,835       48,753       (20,948 )       (58.5 )       (12,918 )       (26.5 )  
Net loss     (83,950 )       (79,065 )       (49,959 )       (4,885 )       (6.2 )       (29,106 )       (58.3 )  
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests     (250 )       (261 )       (4 )       (11 )       (4.2 )       257       NM  
Net loss attributable to MIC     (83,700 )       (78,804 )       (49,955 )       (4,896 )       (6.2 )       (28,849 )       (57.7 )  
Reconciliation of net loss to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and a reconciliation of cash used in operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net loss     (83,950 )       (79,065 )       (49,959 )                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     32,519       27,006       17,255                                      
Benefit for income taxes     (14,887 )       (35,835 )       (48,753 )                                      
Depreciation and amortization     913       161       146                                      
Fees to Manager-related party     44,866       71,388       68,486                                      
Pension expense (2)     185                                                  
Other non-cash expense, net     1,280       831       681                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     (19,074 )       (15,514 )       (12,144 )       (3,560 )       (22.9 )       (3,370 )       (27.8 )  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     (19,074 )       (15,514 )       (12,144 )                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     (32,519 )       (27,006 )       (17,255 )                                      
Convertible senior notes interest (3)     7,487       7,782       1,969                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     4,953       3,964       2,755                                      
Amortization of debt discount (1)     3,627       3,266       1,007                                      
Benefit for current income taxes     14,986       16,155       8,624                                      
Changes in working capital     (15,300 )       (15,339 )       (6,114 )                          
Cash used in operating activities     (35,840 )       (26,692 )       (21,158 )                                      
Changes in working capital     15,300       15,339       6,114                                
Free cash flow     (20,540 )       (11,353 )       (15,044 )       (9,187 )       (80.9 )       3,691       24.5  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense, net, included non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees and non-cash amortization of debt discount related to the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023.
(2) Pension expense primarily consists of interest cost, expected return on plan assets and amortization of actuarial and performance gains and losses.
(3) Represents the cash interest expense reclassified to Atlantic Aviation, related to the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 through December 6, 2018, the date of Atlantic Aviation’s refinancing. The proceeds from this note issuance in October 2016 were used principally to reduce the drawn balance on Atlantic Aviation’s revolving credit facility. Cash interest expense on this note issuance is included in Corporate and Other subsequent to December 6, 2018.

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Year Ended December 31, 2018 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2017

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to, (i) higher costs related to the evaluation of various investment and acquisition/disposition opportunities, primarily related to the sale of BEC; and (ii) approximately $4.0 million of costs incurred for advisory services in connection with addressing shareholder matters. The increases in selling, general and administrative expenses were partially offset by the absence of costs incurred during 2017 in connection with the implementation of our shared services center.

Fees to Manager

Fees to Manager for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 comprise base management fees of $44.9 million and $71.4 million, respectively. Base management fees decreased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 2017 primarily due to the decrease in market capitalization. No performance fees were incurred in any of these periods.

Interest Expense, Net

Cash interest expense was $16.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with $12.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017. The increase in cash interest expense reflects a higher average debt balance and higher weighted average interest rate.

Cash interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 excludes the cash interest paid on the $402.5 million of MIC Corporate 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes issued in October 2016 through the date of the refinancing of Atlantic Aviation’s debt on December 6, 2018. The proceeds from this note issuance in October 2016 were used principally to reduce the drawn balance of Atlantic Aviation’s revolving credit facility. Cash interest expense on this note issuance is included in Corporate and Other subsequent to December 6, 2018.

Other Income, Net

Other income, net, increased for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily due to higher fee income from a developer of renewable power.

Income Taxes

The Benefit for current income taxes of $15.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 in the above table includes $15.4 million of federal income tax benefit and $400,000 of state income tax expense. The federal income tax benefit represents the federal income tax payable at IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, MIC Hawaii and BEC through the date of sale that are offset in consolidation with the application of MIC holding company level NOLs. At December 31, 2018, we had $152.0 million in federal NOLs for the consolidated group.

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Year Ended December 31, 2017 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2016

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily due to costs incurred in connection with the implementation of our shared services initiative and higher costs incurred in connection with the evaluation of various investment and acquisition opportunities.

Fees to Manager

Fees to Manager for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 comprise base management fees of $71.4 million and $68.5 million, respectively. Base management fees increased for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 2016 primarily due to the increase in market capitalization. No performance fees were incurred in any of these periods.

Interest Expense, Net

Cash interest expense was $12.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with $11.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase in cash interest expense reflects a higher average debt balance and higher weighted average interest rate.

Cash interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 excludes the cash interest paid on the $402.5 million of MIC Corporate 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes issued in October 2016. The proceeds from the note issuance in October 2016 were used principally to reduce the drawn balance of Atlantic Aviation’s revolving credit facility.

Other Income, Net

Other income, net, for the year ended December 31, 2017 primarily represents fee income from a developer of renewable power.

Income Taxes

The Benefit for current income taxes of $16.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 in the above table includes $16.5 million of federal income tax benefit and $280,000 of state income tax expense.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

General

Our primary cash requirements include normal operating expenses, debt service, debt principal payments, payments of dividends and capital expenditures. Our primary source of cash is operating activities, although we may draw on credit facilities for capital expenditures, issue new equity or debt or sell assets to generate cash.

We may from time to time seek to purchase or retire our outstanding debt in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Such repurchases, if any, will depend on market conditions, our liquidity needs and other factors.

At December 31, 2018, our consolidated debt outstanding from continuing operations totaled $3,082.2 million (excluding adjustments for unamortized debt discounts), our consolidated cash balance from continuing operations totaled $588.6 million and consolidated available capacity under our revolving credit facilities from continuing operations totaled $1.6 billion, excluding letters of credit outstanding of $34.6 million.

In December 2018, Atlantic Aviation refinanced its existing term loan, with an amortized principal balance of $375.0 million outstanding, and its $350.0 million revolving credit facility, which was undrawn, both with October 2021 maturities. The new facility consists of a term loan of $1,025.0 million maturing in December 2025 and a $350.0 million revolving credit facility maturing in December 2023. In December 2018, IMTT amended its extension on the maturity date for each of the business’ $600.0 million revolving credit facility and $509.0 million of tax-exempt bonds by three and a half years to December of 2023 and 2025, respectively.

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The additional proceeds from the Atlantic Aviation refinancing are expected to be used to repay the holding company level 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019 and for general corporate purposes.

During the quarter ended December 31, 2018, we used the proceeds from the sale of BEC and cash on hand to pay down the majority of the outstanding balances on our and our businesses’ revolving credit facilities. We may redraw the majority of these facilities in the future to fund a portion of our planned growth capital deployments.

In July 2018, we included our 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019 in the current portion of the long-term debt on our consolidated balance sheet. We expect to repay this debt at its maturity in July 2019.

The following table shows MIC’s debt obligations from continuing operations at February 15, 2019 ($ in thousands):

       
Business   Debt   Weighted
Average Remaining Life
(in years)
  Balance
Outstanding
  Weighted
Average Rate (1)
MIC Corporate                                    
       Convertible Senior Notes (2)       2.7     $ 752,443       2.41 %  
IMTT                                    
       Senior Notes       7.2       600,000       3.97 %  
       Tax-Exempt Bonds (3)       6.8       508,975       2.97 %  
Atlantic Aviation                                    
       Term Loan (4) (5)       6.8       1,025,000       5.65 %  
MIC Hawaii                                    
       Term Loan (5)       4.5       95,746       2.85 %  
       Senior Notes       3.5       100,000       4.22 %  
Total (6)             5.7     $ 3,082,164       3.96 %  

(1) Reflects annualized interest rate on all facilities including interest rate hedges.
(2) The balance includes $349.9 million of the 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019. Using a portion of the proceeds from the Atlantic Aviation refinancing in December 2018, we expect to repay the outstanding balance at maturity.
(3) On December 5, 2018, IMTT completed the amendment of its existing $509.0 million Tax-Exempt bonds and extended the maturity to December 2025.
(4) On December 6, 2018, Atlantic Aviation completed the refinancing of its $1,025.0 million Term Loan facility maturing on December 2025.
(5) The weighted average remaining life does not reflect the scheduled amortization on these facilities.
(6) Excludes debt obligations of $306.2 million from discontinued operations.

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The following table profiles each revolving credit facility from continuing operations at our businesses and at MIC Corporate as of February 15, 2019 ($ in thousands):

       
Business   Debt   Weighted Average Remaining Life (in years)   Undrawn Amount   Interest Rate (1)
MIC Corporate (2)     Revolving Facility       2.9     $ 600,000       LIBOR + 1.75 %  
IMTT (3)     USD Revolving Facility       4.8       550,000       LIBOR + 1.50 %  
       CAD Revolving Facility       4.8       50,000       Bankers’ Acceptance Rate + 1.50 %  
Atlantic Aviation (4)     Revolving Facility       4.8       350,000       LIBOR + 2.25 %  
MIC Hawaii (5)     Revolving Facility       4.0       60,000       LIBOR + 1.25 %  
Total (6)             4.1     $ 1,610,000        

(1) Excludes commitment fees.
(2) On January 3, 2018, the Company completed the refinancing and upsizing of its senior secured revolving credit facility and extended its maturity to January 2022. The applicable margin on the interest rate is based on a ratings grid.
(3) On December 5, 2018, IMTT completed the amendment of its $550.0 million USD revolving credit facility and $50.0 million CAD revolving credit facility and extended the maturity for both facilities to December 2023. The applicable margin on the interest rate is based on a ratings and leverage grid.
(4) On December 6, 2018, Atlantic Aviation completed the refinancing of its $350.0 million revolving credit facility and extended the maturity to December 2023. The applicable margin on the interest rate is based on a leverage grid.
(5) On February 12, 2018, Hawaii Gas completed the refinancing of its existing $60.0 million revolving credit facility and extended its maturity to February 2023.
(6) Excludes letters of credit outstanding of $35.7 million.

We will, in general, apply available cash to the repayment of revolving credit facility balances as a means of minimizing interest expense and draw on those facilities to fund growth projects and for general corporate purposes.

We use revolving credit facilities at each of our operating companies and the holding company as a means of maintaining access to sufficient liquidity to meet future requirements, managing interest expense and funding growth projects. We base our assessment of the sufficiency of our liquidity and capital resources on the assumptions that:

our businesses overall generate, and are expected to continue to generate, significant operating cash flow;
the ongoing capital expenditures associated with our businesses are readily funded from their respective operating cash flow or available debt facilities; and
we will be able to refinance, extend and/or repay the principal amount of maturing long-term debt on terms that can be supported by our businesses.

We capitalize our businesses in part using floating rate bank debt with medium-term maturities of between four and seven years. In general, we hedge any floating rate exposure for the majority of the term of these facilities. We also use longer dated private placement debt and other forms of capital including bond or hybrid debt instruments to capitalize our businesses. In general, the debt facilities at our businesses are non-recourse to the holding company and there are no cross-collateralization or cross-guarantee provisions in these facilities.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The following table summarizes our future obligations for continuing operations, by period due, as of December 31, 2018, under our various contractual obligations and commitments. We had no other off-balance sheet arrangement at that date or currently.

         
  Payments Due by Period
     Total   Less than
One Year
  1 – 3 Years   3 – 5 Years   More than
5 Years
     ($ In Thousands)
Long-term debt (1)   $ 3,082,164     $ 361,166     $ 22,575     $ 605,262     $ 2,093,161  
Interest obligations (2)     815,533       124,652       237,803       237,494       215,584  
Operating lease obligations (3)     673,446       47,679       85,430       79,349       460,988  
Pension and post-retirement benefit obligations (4)     129,560       12,216       24,519       24,309       68,516  
Purchase commitments     19,745       16,485       3,260              
Service commitments     4,750       1,893       1,839       292       726  
Capital expenditure commitments     59,577       43,784       15,484       23       286  
Other     1,035       239       184       179       433  
Total contractual cash obligations (5)   $ 4,785,810     $ 608,114     $ 391,094     $ 946,908     $ 2,839,694  

(1) The long-term debt represents the consolidated principal obligations to various lenders. The primary debt facilities are subject to certain covenants, the violation of which could result in acceleration of the maturity dates. For a description of the material terms and debt covenants of MIC and its businesses, see Note 9, “Long-Term Debt”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K.
(2) The variable rate portion on the interest obligation on long-term debt was calculated using three months LIBOR forward spot rate at December 31, 2018.
(3) This represents the minimum annual rentals required to be paid under non-cancellable operating leases with terms in excess of one year.
(4) The pension and post-retirement benefit obligation is forecasted payments, by actuaries, for the next ten years.
(5) The above table does not reflect certain long-term obligations, such as deferred taxes, for which we are unable to estimate the period in which the obligation will be incurred.

In addition to these commitments and contingencies, we typically incur capital expenditures on a regular basis. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Classification of Maintenance Capital Expenditures and Growth Capital Expenditures ” and “Investing Activities” below for further discussion of growth capital expenditures. Maintenance capital expenditures are discussed above in “Results of Operations” for each of our businesses.

We also have other contingencies, including pending or threatened legal and administrative proceedings that are not reflected above as amounts at this time are not ascertainable. See “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3.

Our sources of cash to meet these obligations are:

cash generated from our operations (see “Operating Activities” below);
the issuance of shares or debt securities (see “Financing Activities” below);
refinancing of our current credit facilities on or before maturity (see “Financing Activities” below);
cash available from our undrawn credit facilities (see “Financing Activities” below); and
if advantageous, the sale of all or part of any of our businesses (see “Investing Activities” below).

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ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATED HISTORICAL CASH FLOWS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS

The following section discusses our sources and uses of cash on a consolidated basis from continuing operations. All intercompany activities such as corporate allocations, capital contributions to our businesses and distributions from our businesses have been excluded from the tables as these transactions are eliminated on consolidation.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2017 to 2018)
Favorable/
(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2016 to 2017)
Favorable/
(Unfavorable)
     2018   2017 (1)   2016 (1)
($ In Thousands)   $   $   $   $   %   $   %
Cash provided by operating activities     473,160       464,106       488,127       9,054       2.0       (24,021 )       (4.9 )  
Cash used in investing activities     (156,344 )       (421,064 )       (287,526 )       264,720       62.9       (133,538 )       (46.4 )  
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities     (389,376 )       70,462       (138,415 )       (459,838 )       NM       208,877       150.9  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Conformed to current period presentation for the adoption of ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash . See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, in our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for recently issued accounting standards.

Operating Activities from Continuing Operations

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities is generally comprised of EBITDA excluding non-cash items (as defined by us), less cash interest, tax and pension payments, and changes in working capital. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” for discussions around the components of EBITDA excluding non-cash items on a consolidated basis from continuing operations and for each of our businesses above.

The increase in consolidated cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 was primarily due to:

the improvement in collection of accounts receivable on higher balances from the increase in the cost of jet fuel at Atlantic Aviation and the increase in the cost of propane and synthetic natural gas at MIC Hawaii;
timing of prepaid expenses, primarily related to insurance premiums; and
collection of fee income and interest from a renewable developer on a revolving credit facility; partially offset by
a decrease in EBITDA excluding non-cash items;
an increase in interest expense; and
an increase in current state taxes.

The decrease in consolidated cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 was primarily due to:

an increase in the cost of jet fuel at Atlantic Aviation and the increase in the cost of gas at MIC Hawaii;
timing of payment of insurance premium; and
an increase in current state taxes; partially offset by
an absence of interest rate swap breakage fees and interest rate cap premiums paid in connection with the October 2016 refinancing at Atlantic Aviation;

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improved operating results from existing businesses and contributions from acquisitions; and
an absence of any voluntary pension contributions.

We believe our operating activities overall provide a source of sustainable and stable cash flows over the long-term with the opportunity for future growth as a result of:

consistent customer demand driven by the basic nature of the services provided;
our strong competitive position due to factors including:
high initial development and construction costs;
difficulty in obtaining suitable land on which to operate (for example, airports, waterfront near ports);
long-term concessions, leases or customer contracts;
required government approvals, which may be difficult or time-consuming to obtain;
lack of immediate cost-effective alternatives for the services provided; and
product/service pricing that we expect will keep pace with cost increases as a result of:
consistent demand;
limited alternatives;
contractual terms; and
regulatory rate setting.

Investing Activities from Continuing Operations

Cash provided by investing activities include proceeds from divestitures of businesses and fixed assets. Cash used in investing activities include acquisitions of businesses in new and existing segments and capital expenditures. Acquisitions of businesses are generally funded by raising additional equity and/or drawings on credit facilities.

In general, maintenance capital expenditures are funded by cash from operating activities and growth capital expenditures are funded by drawing on our available credit facilities or with equity capital. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” for maintenance capital expenditures for each of our businesses.

The decrease in consolidated cash used in investing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared with the year ended December 31, 2017 was primarily due to:

a larger amount of acquisition and investment activities completed in 2017;
proceeds from the sale of businesses during 2018; and
a decrease in capital expenditures.

The increase in consolidated cash used in investing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared with the year ended December 31, 2016 was primarily due to:

larger acquisitions in 2017, primarily seven terminals at IMTT and two FBOs at Atlantic Aviation;
the absence of insurance proceeds received by IMTT during 2016; and
net borrowings by a third party renewables developer on a revolving credit facility.

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Capital Deployment (includes both continuing and discontinued operations)

Capital deployment includes growth capital expenditures and “bolt-on” acquisitions, the majority of which are expected to generate incremental earnings. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we deployed $174.9 million, $637.4 million and $336.7 million, respectively, of growth capital. Capital deployed from continuing operations in 2018 was $147.9 million.

We continuously evaluate opportunities to prudently deploy capital in acquisitions and growth projects, whether in our existing businesses or new lines of business. We expect to undertake a number of capital projects related to the repurposing and repositioning of certain assets at IMTT and the enhancement of the capabilities of the businesses in our other segments and we estimate that the majority of our 2019 growth capital expenditures will be made in support of IMTT. In total, we expect to deploy approximately $275.0 million to $300.0 million of growth capital during 2019.

Financing Activities from Continuing Operations

Cash provided by financing activities primarily includes new equity issuance and debt issuance related to acquisitions and capital expenditures. Cash used in financing activities primarily includes dividends to our stockholders and the repayment of debt principal balances on maturing debt.

The change in consolidated cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2017 to cash used in financing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2018 was primarily due to:

a net debt repayment in 2018 from the use of proceeds from BEC, refinancing at Atlantic Aviation and cash on hand; and
an increase in deferred financing costs paid in 2018; partially offset by
a net debt borrowing in 2017 to partially fund acquisitions, growth capital expenditures and general corporate purposes; and
a decrease in dividends paid to stockholders in 2018.

The change in consolidated cash used in financing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2016 to cash provided by financing activities from continuing operations for the year ended December 31, 2017 was primarily due to:

higher net debt borrowings during 2017 to partially fund acquisitions, growth capital expenditures and general corporate purposes; and
the absence of the purchase of the remaining 33.3% interest in IMTT’s Quebec terminal that it did not previously own in March 2016; partially offset by
cash proceeds from the issuance of the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023, net of deferred financing costs paid, in 2016;
an increase in dividends paid to stockholders during 2017; and
a decrease in contributions received from noncontrolling interests during 2017.

IMTT

On December 5, 2018, IMTT amended its credit agreement. The amendment extended the maturity date of IMTT’s $600.0 million revolving credit facility from May 21, 2020 to December 5, 2023, and extended the maturity date of the $509.0 million tax exempt bond purchase facility from May 21, 2022 to December 5, 2025.

Both of IMTT’s revolving credit and tax exempt facilities are subject to either a ratings based or leverage-based pricing grid. At December 31, 2018, the pricing on the revolving credit facility was LIBOR plus 150 basis points. The interest rate on IMTT’s tax exempt bonds decreased by approximately 40 basis points to 80% of the sum of one month LIBOR plus the applicable margin plus 45 basis points. This reduction in rate is expected to result in approximately $2.0 million of reduced interest expense per year.

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During the year ended December 31, 2018, IMTT drew down $17.0 million for general corporate purposes and repaid $227.0 million on its USD revolving credit facility using cash on hand and proceeds from the BEC sale. At December 31, 2018, IMTT had $1.1 billion of debt outstanding consisting of $600.0 million of senior notes and $509.0 million of tax-exempt bonds. IMTT’s $600.0 million of revolving credit facilities remained undrawn at December 31, 2018. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, cash interest expense was $45.8 million, $40.5 million and $39.3 million, respectively. At December 31, 2018, IMTT was in compliance with its financial covenants.

Atlantic Aviation

On December 6, 2018, Atlantic Aviation entered into a credit agreement for a seven-year, $1,025.0 million senior secured first lien term loan facility and a five-year, $350.0 million senior secured first lien revolving credit facility. As part of the refinancing, Atlantic Aviation wrote-off approximately $3.0 million in deferred financing costs associated with the October 2016 debt.

The term loan bears interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 375 basis points. The revolving credit facility is subject to a leverage-based pricing grid with an opening pricing of LIBOR plus 225 basis points. The all-in cost of the loan will be reduced to approximately 5.7% by a 1.0% LIBOR rate cap on a notional $400.0 million of Atlantic Aviation debt.

During the year ended December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation drew down $68.0 million primarily to fund an on-field consolidation of an FBO and for general corporate purposes and repaid $326.0 million on its senior secured revolving credit facility using cash on hand and proceeds from the BEC sale. At December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation had $1,025.0 million outstanding on its senior secured, first lien term loan facility. Atlantic Aviation’s $350.0 million revolving credit facility remained undrawn at December 31, 2018.

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, cash interest expense, excluding any interest rate swap breakage fees and interest rate cap premium, was $28.8 million, $20.7 million and $25.9 million, respectively. Cash interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 includes the cash interest paid on the $402.5 million of MIC Corporate 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes issued in October 2016 through the refinancing of the business’ debt on December 6, 2018. The proceeds from this note issuance in October 2016 were used principally to reduce the drawn balance of Atlantic Aviation’s revolving credit facility.

At December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation was in compliance with its financial covenants.

MIC Hawaii

At December 31, 2018, MIC Hawaii had total debt outstanding of $195.7 million in term loans and senior secured note borrowings and a $60.0 million revolving credit facility that was undrawn. Cash interest expense was $7.4 million, $7.0 million and $6.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

Hawaii Gas

In February 2018, Hawaii Gas exercised the second of two one-year extensions related to its $80.0 million secured term loan facility and its $60.0 million revolving credit facility. The maturities have been extended to February 2023.

At December 31, 2018, Hawaii Gas had total debt outstanding of $180.0 million in term loan and senior secured note borrowings and a revolving credit facility of $60.0 million that was undrawn. Cash interest expense was $6.8 million, $6.3 million and $6.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. At December 31, 2018, Hawaii Gas was in compliance with its financial covenants.

Solar facilities

At December 31, 2018, the solar facilities in Hawaii had $15.7 million in outstanding term loan debt. At December 31, 2018, these solar facilities were in compliance with their financial covenants.

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MIC Corporate

On January 3, 2018, the Company completed the refinancing and upsizing of its senior secured revolving credit facility to $600.0 million and extended the maturity through January 3, 2022.

During the year ended December 31, 2018, MIC drew down $277.0 million for general corporate purposes and repaid $420.5 million on its senior secured revolving credit facility using cash on hand and proceeds from the BEC sale. At December 31, 2018, MIC’s $600.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility remained undrawn. At December 31, 2018, MIC also had $349.9 million and $402.5 million in convertible senior notes outstanding that bear interest at 2.875% and 2.00%, respectively.

Cash interest expense was $16.5 million, $12.0 million and $11.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Cash interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 excludes the cash interest paid on the $402.5 million of MIC Corporate 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes issued in October 2016 through the date of the refinancing of Atlantic Aviation’s debt on December 6, 2018. The proceeds from this note issuance in October 2016 were used principally to reduce the drawn balance of Atlantic Aviation’s revolving credit facility. Cash interest expense on this note issuance is included in MIC Corporate and Other subsequent to December 6, 2018.

At December 31, 2018, MIC Corporate was in compliance with its financial covenants.

For a description of the material terms of MIC and its businesses, see Note 9, “Long-Term Debt”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K.

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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of our financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from these estimates under different assumptions and judgments and uncertainties, and potentially could result in materially different results under different conditions. Our critical accounting policies and estimates are discussed below. These estimates and policies are consistent with the estimates and accounting policies followed by the businesses we own and operate.

Business Combinations

Our acquisitions of businesses that we control are accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The amounts assigned to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with acquisitions are based on estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition, with the remainder, if any, recorded as goodwill. The fair values are determined by our management, taking into consideration information supplied by the management of acquired entities and other relevant information. Such information includes valuations supplied by independent appraisal experts for significant business combinations. The valuations are generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to a present value. The determination of fair values require significant judgment both by management and outside experts engaged to assist in this process.

Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Property, Plant and Equipment

Significant assets acquired in connection with our acquisition of businesses include contractual arrangements, customer relationships, non-compete agreements, trademarks, property and equipment and goodwill.

Goodwill and Trademarks

Trademarks are generally considered to be indefinite life intangibles. Trademarks and goodwill are not amortized in most circumstances although it may be appropriate to amortize some trademarks. We are required to perform annual impairment reviews (or more frequently in certain circumstances) for unamortized intangible assets.

ASU No. 2011-08, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) : Testing Goodwill for Impairment , permits an entity to make a qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount before applying the two-step goodwill impairment test, as discussed below. If an entity concludes it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it need not perform the two-step impairment test.

ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, simplifies the measurement of goodwill and no longer requires an entity to perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation when computing the estimated fair value to measure goodwill impairment. Instead, impairment will be assessed by quantifying the difference between the fair value of a reporting unit and its carrying amount. An impairment charge would be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, on condition that the charge doesn’t exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.

If an entity concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, or if there is a triggering event that indicates impairment, the Company needs to perform a quantitative impairment test. This requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step is to determine the estimated fair value of each reporting unit with goodwill. The reporting units of the Company, for purposes of the impairment test, are those components of operating segments for which discrete financial information is available and segment management regularly reviews the operating results of that component. When determining reporting units, components with similar economic characteristics are combined.

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The Company estimates the fair value of each reporting unit by estimating the present value of the reporting unit’s future discounted cash flows or value expected to be realized in a third party sale. If the recorded net assets of the reporting unit are less than the reporting unit’s estimated fair value, then no impairment is indicated. If the recorded amount of goodwill exceeds the estimated fair value, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess.

IMTT, Atlantic Aviation and the MIC Hawaii businesses are separate reporting units for purposes of this analysis. The impairment test for trademarks, which are not amortized, requires the determination of the fair value of such assets. If the fair value of the trademarks is less than their carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the difference. We cannot predict the occurrence of certain future events that might adversely affect the reported value of goodwill and/or intangible assets. Such events include, but are not limited to, strategic decisions made in response to economic and competitive conditions, the impact of the economic environment on our customer base, or a material negative change in relationship with significant customers.

We test for goodwill impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis on October 1 st of each year and between annual tests if a triggering event indicates impairment. We continuously monitor events which could trigger an interim impairment analysis, such as changing business conditions and industry and other economic factors. During the year, we experienced a sustained decline in market capitalization since February 2018, and during the third quarter of 2018, we concluded a sustained decline in our market capitalization had occurred, leading to the determination that a triggering event had occurred for all of our reporting units.

We performed an interim impairment analysis using financial information through September 30, 2018 and forecasts for cash flows developed using our strategic plan. The impairment analysis was performed using both the market and income approaches and weighting them based on their application to the reporting units. The interim impairment review was performed across all of our reporting units. As a result of this evaluation, the fair value of each of our reporting units exceeded the carrying value and no impairment was recorded.

At September 30, 2018, the fair value exceeded book value by $2.2 billion, or approximately 36.0%, primarily from Atlantic Aviation, by approximately $2.0 billion, and Hawaii Gas, by approximately $250.0 million. IMTT’s fair value at September 30, 2018 exceeded the book value by approximately $20.0 million. The fair value of IMTT was impacted by the decline in short-term earnings related to the non-renewal of certain contracts for heavy and residual oil. The non-renewal of these contracts, or the renewal at lower rates, is partially attributable to changes in trade flows.

Unfavorable fluctuations in the discount rate or declines in forecasted storage revenues and margins could result in an impairment on IMTT. A 0.25% increase to the discount rate would change the valuation of IMTT by approximately $80.0 million. Any increase in discount rate, in conjunction with any decrease to the long-term projections in cash flows for IMTT will negatively affect the current valuations. Due to the inherent uncertainties involved in making the estimates and assumptions used in the fair value analysis, actual results may differ, which could alter the fair value of the reporting units, and possibly result in impairment charges in future periods.

At December 31, 2018, there were no new triggering events that indicated impairment.

Property, Plant and Equipment and Intangible Assets

Property and equipment is initially stated at cost. Depreciation of property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the property and equipment after consideration of historical results and anticipated results based on our current plans. Our estimated useful lives represent the period the asset remains in service assuming normal routine maintenance. We review the estimated useful lives assigned to property and equipment when our business experience suggests that they do not properly reflect the consumption of economic benefits embodied in the property and equipment nor result in the appropriate matching of cost against revenue. Factors that lead to such a conclusion may include physical observation of asset usage, examination of realized gains and losses on asset disposals and consideration of market trends such as technological obsolescence or change in market demand.

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Significant intangibles, including contractual arrangements, customer relationships, non-compete agreements and technology are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the intangible asset after consideration of historical results and anticipated results based on our current plans. With respect to contractual rights at Atlantic Aviation, the useful lives will generally match the remaining lease terms plus extensions under the business’ control.

We perform impairment reviews of property and equipment and intangibles subject to amortization when events or circumstances indicate that fair value of the assets are less than their carrying amount and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amount of those assets. In this circumstance, the impairment charge is determined based upon the amount by which the net book value of the assets exceeds their fair market value. Any impairment is measured by comparing the fair value of the asset to its carrying value.

The estimated fair value of reporting units and fair value of property and equipment and intangible assets is determined by our management and is generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to present value. We use outside valuation experts when management considers that it is appropriate to do so.

We test for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets annually as of October 1 st or when there is an indicator of impairment. See Note 7, “Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements”, and Note 8, “Intangible Assets”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for financial information and further discussions.

Accounting Policies, Accounting Changes and Future Application of Accounting Standards

See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for financial information and further discussions, for a summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies, including a discussion of recently adopted and issued accounting pronouncements.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The discussion that follows describes our exposure to market risks and the use of derivatives to address those risks. See Note 10, “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for further discussions.

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to interest rate risk in relation to the borrowings of our businesses. Our current policy is to enter into derivative financial instruments to fix variable-rate interest payments covering a portion of the interest rate risk associated with the borrowings of our businesses, subject to the requirements of our lenders. As of December 31, 2018, our continuing businesses had $3.1 billion of current and long-term debt, of which $947.1 million was economically hedged with interest rate contracts, $1.5 billion was fixed rate debt and $682.6 million was unhedged.

Changes in interest rates impact our interest expense on both the hedged and unhedged portion of our debt. Interest expense on the unhedged portion of our debt changes by the variation in interest rates applied to the outstanding balance of the debt. This has a corresponding impact on the amount of cash interest we pay and our effective cash interest rate. Interest expense on the hedged portion of our debt changes by the variation in the fair value of the underlying interest rate contracts. This has no impact on the amount of cash interest we pay or our effective cash interest rate.

IMTT

At December 31, 2018, IMTT had $509.0 million in tax exempt bonds outstanding, of which $451.4 million is fixed with an interest rate swap contract and the remainder of the balance of $57.6 million is unhedged. The interest rate swap fixes the interest rate at 2.90% through June 2021, prior to the mandatory tender of the tax exempt bonds in December 2025. A 10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $1.9 million decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate swaps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $2.1 million increase in the fair market value.

For the portion of the tax-exempt bonds that is not hedged, a 10% decrease in interest rate would result in a $115,000 decrease in interest expense per year and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $115,000 increase in interest expense per year.

Atlantic Aviation

At December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation had $1,025.0 million of term loan debt outstanding. At December 31, 2018, the interest rate on the term loan floats at LIBOR plus 3.75%. A 10% decrease in interest rate would result in a $2.6 million decrease in interest expense per year and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $2.6 million increase in interest expense per year.

The business has an interest rate cap agreement with a notional of $400.0 million with a strike price of 1.0% through September 2021 that partially hedges the term loan debt prior to the maturity of the debt. A 10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $3.0 million decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate caps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $3.0 million increase in the fair market value.

MIC Hawaii

Hawaii Gas

At December 31, 2018, Hawaii Gas had $80.0 million of term loan debt outstanding. The interest rate on this term loan facility floats at LIBOR plus 1.75% at December 31, 2018. This floating rate has been fixed at 2.74% using interest rate swap contract through February 2020, approximately three years prior to maturity. A 10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $188,000 decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate swaps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $248,000 increase in the fair market value.

Other businesses

At December 31, 2018, the solar facilities in Hawaii had $15.7 million of term loan debt outstanding. The interest rate on this term loan facility floats at LIBOR plus 2.00%. This floating rate has been fixed at 3.38% using an interest rate swap contract through June 2026. A 10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $212,000 decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate swaps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $237,000 increase in the fair market value.

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Commodity Price Risk

MIC Hawaii

Hawaii Gas

The risk associated with fluctuations in the prices that Hawaii Gas pays for LPG is principally a result of market forces reflecting changes in supply and demand for LPG and other energy commodities. Hawaii Gas’ gross margin is sensitive to changes in LPG supply costs and Hawaii Gas may not always be able to pass through product cost increases fully or on a timely basis, particularly when product costs rise rapidly. In order to reduce the volatility of the business’ LPG market price risk, Hawaii Gas has used and expects to continue to use over-the-counter commodity derivative instruments including price swaps. Hawaii Gas does not use commodity derivative instruments for speculative or trading purposes. Over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments utilized by Hawaii Gas to hedge forecasted purchases of LPG are generally settled at expiration of the contract. The fair value of unsettled commodity price risk sensitive instruments at December 31, 2018 was a liability of $2.6 million. A 10% increase in the market price of LPG would result in an increase in such fair value of approximately $2.5 million. A 10% decrease in the market price of LPG would result in a decrease in such fair value of approximately $2.4 million.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION
 
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
  Page Number
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     98  
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and 2017     99  
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016     101  
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2018,
2017 and 2016
    102  
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017
and 2016
    103  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016     105  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     108  

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation:

Opinion on the Consolidated Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and subsidiaries (the Company) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission, and our report dated February 20, 2019 expressed an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Basis for Opinion

These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ KPMG LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2004.

Dallas, Texas
February 20, 2019

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
($ in Thousands, Except Share Data)

   
  As of December 31,
     2018   2017
ASSETS
                 
Current assets:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 588,555     $ 45,844  
Restricted cash     23,316       10,295  
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,097 and $895, respectively     95,161       146,621  
Inventories     29,256       33,060  
Prepaid expenses     12,647       10,885  
Fair value of derivative instruments     10,516       11,965  
Other current assets     13,200       12,061  
Current assets held for sale (1)     647,652       36,914  
Total current assets     1,420,303       307,645  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net     3,141,407       3,197,407  
Investment in unconsolidated business     8,360       9,115  
Goodwill     2,043,320       2,047,040  
Intangible assets, net     788,761       851,751  
Fair value of derivative instruments     14,536       22,011  
Other noncurrent assets     27,094       23,034  
Noncurrent assets held for sale (1)           1,550,948  
Total assets   $ 7,443,781     $ 8,008,951  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
                 
Current liabilities:
                 
Due to Manager – related party   $ 2,966     $ 5,577  
Accounts payable     38,178       58,883  
Accrued expenses     85,867       79,576  
Current portion of long-term debt     361,166       21,496  
Other current liabilities     32,621       39,768  
Current liabilities held for sale (1)     317,178       50,665  
Total current liabilities     837,976       255,965  
Long-term debt, net of current portion     2,652,748       2,991,654  
Deferred income taxes     680,938       644,914  
Other noncurrent liabilities     155,792       162,678  
Noncurrent liabilities held for sale (1)           603,037  
Total liabilities     4,327,454       4,658,248  
Commitments and contingencies            

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS – (continued)
($ in Thousands, Except Share Data)

   
  As of December 31,
     2018   2017
Stockholders’ equity (2) :
                 
Common stock ($0.001 par value; 500,000,000 authorized; 85,800,303 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2018 and 84,733,957 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2017)   $ 86     $ 85  
Additional paid in capital     1,510,305       1,840,033  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (30,271 )       (29,993 )  
Retained earnings     1,484,482       1,343,567  
Total stockholders’ equity     2,964,602       3,153,692  
Noncontrolling interests (3)     151,725       197,011  
Total equity     3,116,327       3,350,703  
Total liabilities and equity   $ 7,443,781     $ 8,008,951  

(1) See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions”, for further discussion on assets and liabilities held for sale.
(2) See Note 11, “Stockholders’ Equity”, for discussions on preferred stock and special stock.
(3) Includes $141.5 million and $184.3 million of noncontrolling interest related to discontinued operations at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions”, for further discussions.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
($ in Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Revenue
                          
Service revenue   $ 1,515,149     $ 1,445,832     $ 1,288,562  
Product revenue     246,384       222,955       213,470  
Total revenue     1,761,533       1,668,787       1,502,032  
Costs and expenses
                          
Cost of services     712,082       624,214       524,423  
Cost of product sales     178,822       143,787       119,440  
Selling, general and administrative     328,464       306,664       277,628  
Fees to Manager – related party     44,866       71,388       68,486  
Goodwill impairment     3,215              
Depreciation     193,659       178,292       175,518  
Amortization of intangibles     68,314       63,825       60,997  
Total operating expenses     1,529,422       1,388,170       1,226,492  
Operating income     232,111       280,617       275,540  
Other income (expense)
                          
Interest income     788       83       86  
Interest expense (1)     (112,626 )       (86,999 )       (95,613 )  
Other (expense) income, net     (6,194 )       10,566       17,765  
Net income from continuing operations before income taxes     114,079       204,267       197,778  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (49,451 )       229,503       (69,313 )  
Net income from continuing operations   $ 64,628     $ 433,770     $ 128,465  
Discontinued Operations (2)
                          
Net income from discontinued operations before income taxes   $ 31,748     $ 17,691     $ 28,348  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (2,128 )       4,651       (1,944 )  
Net income from discontinued operations   $ 29,620     $ 22,342     $ 26,404  
Net income   $ 94,248     $ 456,112     $ 154,869  
Net income from continuing operations   $ 64,628     $ 433,770     $ 128,465  
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests     (3,452 )       (409 )       (3,608 )  
Net income from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,080     $ 434,179     $ 132,073  
Net income from discontinued operations   $ 29,620     $ 22,342     $ 26,404  
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (38,821 )       5,319       2,096  
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,441     $ 17,023     $ 24,308  
Net income attributable to MIC   $ 136,521     $ 451,202     $ 156,381  
Basic income per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.80     $ 5.22     $ 1.63  
Basic income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC     0.80       0.20       0.30  
Basic income per share attributable to MIC   $ 1.60     $ 5.42     $ 1.93  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic     85,233,989       83,204,404       80,892,654  
Diluted income per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.80     $ 4.94     $ 1.55  
Diluted income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC     0.80       0.19       0.30  
Diluted income per share attributable to MIC   $ 1.60     $ 5.13     $ 1.85  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted     85,249,865       91,073,362       82,218,627  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 4.00     $ 5.56     $ 5.05  

(1) Interest expense includes gains on derivative instruments of $7.6 million and $2.2 million and losses on derivative instruments of $2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
(2) See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions”, for discussions on businesses classified as held for sale.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
($ in Thousands)

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Net income   $ 94,248     $ 456,112     $ 154,869  
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of taxes:
                          
Change in post-retirement benefit plans (1)     8,973       (3,651 )       (2,017 )  
Translation adjustment (2) (3)     (4,857 )       2,618       2,375  
Other comprehensive income (loss)     4,116       (1,033 )       358  
Comprehensive income   $ 98,364     $ 455,079     $ 155,227  
Less: comprehensive (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests (3)     (42,273 )       4,910       (78 )  
Comprehensive income attributable to MIC   $ 140,637     $ 450,169     $ 155,305  

(1) Change in post-retirement benefit plans is presented net of tax expense of $3.5 million and net of tax benefit of $3.0 million and $1.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. See Note 11, “Stockholders’ Equity”, for further discussions.
(2) Translation adjustment is presented net of tax benefit of $1.9 million and net of tax expense of $2.0 million and $618,000 for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively. See Note 11, “Stockholders’ Equity”, for further discussions.
(3) On March 31, 2016, IMTT acquired the remaining 33.3% interest in its Quebec terminal that it did not previously own. As part of this transaction, the translation adjustment of $4.6 million, net of taxes, was reclassified from noncontrolling interests to accumulated other comprehensive loss . See Note 11, “Stockholders’ Equity”, for disclosures on accumulated other comprehensive loss.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
($ in Thousands, Except Share Data)

           
           
  Year Ended December 31,   Shares
  Year Ended December 31,
  2018   2017   2016   2018   2017   2016
Common Stock (1)
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ 85     $ 82     $ 80       84,733,957       82,047,526       80,006,744  
Issuance of shares, net of offering costs                       1,916       78,343       157,649  
Issuance of shares pursuant to acquisition           2                   1,650,104        
Issuance of shares to Manager     1       1       2       1,054,896       948,147       1,874,426  
Issuance of shares to independent directors                       9,435       9,595       8,660  
Issuance of shares pursuant to conversion of convertible senior notes                       99       242       47  
Balance, end of year   $ 86     $ 85     $ 82       85,800,303       84,733,957       82,047,526  
Additional Paid in Capital
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ 1,840,033     $ 2,089,407     $ 2,317,421                             
Issuance of shares, net of offering costs     (118 )       5,603       11,751                             
Issuance of shares pursuant to acquisition           124,998                                   
Issuance of shares to Manager     47,987       72,273       135,343                             
Issuance of shares to independent directors     750       681       750                             
Issuance of shares pursuant to conversion of convertible senior notes     8       20       4                             
Dividends to common stockholders (2)     (378,355 )       (452,949 )       (396,093 )                             
Purchase of noncontrolling interest                 6,102                             
Equity component of convertible senior notes issued, net of tax (3)                 14,129                    
Balance, end of year   $ 1,510,305     $ 1,840,033     $ 2,089,407                    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ (29,993 )     $ (28,960 )     $ (23,295 )                             
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (4)     (4,394 )                                         
Other comprehensive income (loss)     4,116       (1,033 )       (1,076 )                             
Purchase of noncontrolling interest (5)                 (4,589 )                    
Balance, end of year   $ (30,271 )     $ (29,993 )     $ (28,960 )                    
Retained Earnings
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ 1,343,567     $ 892,365     $ 735,984                             
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (4)     4,394                                         
Net income     136,521       451,202       156,381                    
Balance, end of year   $ 1,484,482     $ 1,343,567     $ 892,365                    
Total Stockholders’ Equity   $ 2,964,602     $ 3,153,692     $ 2,952,894                    

 
 
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($ in Thousands, Except Share Data)

     
     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Noncontrolling Interests
                          
Balance, beginning of year   $ 197,011     $ 194,640     $ 172,252  
Distributions to noncontrolling interests     (3,969 )       (3,916 )       (4,639 )  
Net adjustment to noncontrolling interest from acquisitions/disposition (5)           919       11,674  
Contributions from noncontrolling interests     956       458       15,431  
Net (loss) income     (42,273 )       4,910       (1,512 )  
Other comprehensive income                 1,434  
Balance, end of year (6)   $ 151,725     $ 197,011     $ 194,640  
Total Equity   $ 3,116,327     $ 3,350,703     $ 3,147,534  

(1) Excludes 100 shares of special stock issued to Manager. See Note 11, “Stockholders’ Equity”, for further discussion.
(2) See Note 11, “Stockholders’ Equity”, for discussion on cash dividends paid on shares for each period.
(3) Represents the stockholders’ equity component of the $402.5 million 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 recorded net of taxes of $11.9 million. See Note 9, “Long-Term Debt”, for further discussions.
(4) See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies —  Recently Issued Accounting Standards’ ’, for the Company’s adoption of ASU No. 2018-02 during the year ended December 31, 2018.
(5) On March 31, 2016, IMTT acquired the remaining 33.3% interest in its Quebec terminal that it did not previously own. As part of this transaction, the translation adjustment of $4.6 million, net of taxes, was reclassified from noncontrolling interests to accumulated other comprehensive loss . See Note 11, “Stockholders’ Equity”, for disclosures on accumulated other comprehensive loss.
(6) Includes $141.5 million, $184.3 million and $182.9 million of noncontrolling interest related to discontinued operations at December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions”, for further discussions.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
($ in Thousands)

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017 (1)   2016 (1)
Operating activities
                          
Net income from continuing operations   $ 64,628     $ 433,770     $ 128,465  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations:
                          
Non-cash goodwill impairment     3,215              
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment     193,659       178,292       175,518  
Amortization of intangible assets     68,314       63,825       60,997  
Amortization of debt financing costs     11,353       7,184       19,552  
Amortization of debt discount     3,627       3,266       1,007  
Adjustments to derivative instruments     11,490       (3,709 )       (49,787 )  
Fees to Manager-related party     44,866       71,388       68,486  
Deferred taxes     35,501       (240,534 )       62,009  
Pension expense     8,306       8,106       8,601  
Other non-cash expense, net (2)     22,697       5,640       5,677  
Changes in other assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions/ dispositions:
                          
Accounts receivable     14,057       (31,849 )       (7,488 )  
Inventories     (1,568 )       (5,895 )       (2,363 )  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (2,216 )       (5,495 )       8,070  
Due to Manager–related party     511       (130 )       135  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     421       (7,170 )       4,492  
Income taxes payable     584       401       8,251  
Pension contribution                 (3,500 )  
Other, net     (6,285 )       (12,984 )       5  
Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations     473,160       464,106       488,127  
Investing activities
                          
Acquisitions of businesses and investments, net of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash acquired     (18,415 )       (200,850 )       (37,091 )  
Purchases of property and equipment     (177,156 )       (214,224 )       (257,198 )  
Proceeds from insurance claim                 10,740  
Loan to project developer     (19,400 )       (23,341 )       (5,000 )  
Loan repayment from project developer     17,131       17,079        
Proceeds from sale of business, net of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash divested     41,212              
Other, net     284       272       1,023  
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations     (156,344 )       (421,064 )       (287,526 )  

 
 
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($ in Thousands)

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017 (1)   2016 (1)
Financing activities
                          
Proceeds from long-term debt   $ 1,407,000     $ 931,001     $ 1,311,000  
Payment of long-term debt     (1,384,945 )       (412,646 )       (1,452,480 )  
Proceeds from the issuance of shares     125       6,060       12,623  
Dividends paid to common stockholders     (378,355 )       (452,949 )       (396,093 )  
Contributions received from noncontrolling interests     956       458       15,431  
Purchase of noncontrolling interest                 (9,909 )  
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests           (7 )        
Offering and equity raise costs paid     (243 )       (466 )       (1,601 )  
Debt financing costs paid     (33,914 )       (708 )       (17,285 )  
Proceeds from the issuance of convertible senior notes                 402,500  
Payment of capital lease obligations           (281 )       (2,601 )  
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities from continuing operations     (389,376 )       70,462       (138,415 )  
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash from continuing operations     (72,560 )       113,504       62,186  
Cash flows provided by (used in) discontinued operations:
                          
Net cash provided by operating activities     46,268       64,928       71,668  
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities     614,892       (135,757 )       (85,733 )  
Net cash used in financing activities     (30,881 )       (32,359 )       (28,485 )  
Net cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations     630,279       (103,188 )       (42,550 )  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents     (1,059 )       511       211  
Net change in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash     556,660       10,827       19,847  
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period     72,084       61,257       41,410  
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period   $ 628,744     $ 72,084     $ 61,257  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information from continuing operations:
                          
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
                          
Accrued financing costs   $ 406     $ 107     $ 3  
Accrued purchases of property and equipment     23,285       22,166       22,473  
Issuance of shares to Manager     47,988       72,274       135,345  
Issuance of shares to independent directors     750       681       750  
Issuance of shares for acquisition of business           125,000        
Conversion of convertible senior notes to shares     8       20       4  
Taxes paid (refund), net     12,386       10,640       (898 )  
Interest paid     98,215       85,128       84,112  

(1) See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies —  Recently Issued Accounting Standards ”, for the Company’s adoption of ASU No. 2016-18.
(2) Other non-cash expense, net, includes the write-down of the Company’s investment in the previously owned design-build mechanical contractor business at MIC Hawaii for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 
 
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($ in Thousands)

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash from both continuing and discontinued operations reported within the consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same amounts presented in the consolidated statements of cash flows:

     
  As of December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 588,555     $ 45,844     $ 42,727  
Restricted cash – current     23,316       10,295       2,264  
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash included in assets held for sale (3)     16,873       15,945       16,266  
Total of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows   $ 628,744     $ 72,084     $ 61,257  

(3) Represents cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash related to businesses classified as held for sale. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions”, for further discussion.

 
 
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1. Organization and Description of Business

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (MIC) is a Delaware corporation formed on May 21, 2015. MIC’s predecessor, Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, was formed on April 13, 2004. Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, both on an individual entity basis and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is referred to in these financial statements as the “Company” or “MIC”.

MIC is externally managed by Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (the Manager) pursuant to the terms of a Management Services Agreement that is subject to the oversight and supervision of the board of directors. The majority of the members of the Board of Directors, and each member of all Board Committees, is independent and has no affiliation with Macquarie. The Manager is a member of the Macquarie Group of companies comprising the Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Macquarie Group Limited is headquartered in Australia and is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

The Company owns its businesses through its direct wholly-owned subsidiary MIC Ohana Corporation, the successor to Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc. The Company owns and operates a portfolio of businesses that provide services to other businesses, government agencies and individuals primarily in the U.S. The businesses it owns and operates are organized into four segments:

International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) :  a business providing bulk liquid terminalling services to third parties at 17 terminals in the U.S. and two in Canada;
Atlantic Aviation :  a provider of fuel, terminal, aircraft hangaring and other services primarily to owners and operators of general aviation (GA) jet aircraft at 70 airports throughout the U.S.;
MIC Hawaii :  comprising an energy company that processes and distributes gas and provides related services (Hawaii Gas) and several smaller businesses collectively engaged in efforts to reduce the cost and improve the reliability and sustainability of energy in Hawaii; and
Corporate and Other:   comprised of MIC Corporate (holding company), shared services center and other smaller businesses.

Effective October 1, 2018, the Bayonne Energy Center (BEC) and substantially all of the Company’s portfolio of solar and wind power generation businesses were classified as discontinued operations and the Company’s Contracted Power segment was eliminated. The remaining renewable power development businesses have been reported as components of Corporate and Other. All prior comparable periods have been restated to reflect this change. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions” for further discussions.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company consolidates investments where it has a controlling financial interest. The general condition for a controlling financial interest is ownership of a majority of the voting interest and, therefore, as a general rule, ownership, directly or indirectly, of over 50% of the outstanding voting shares is a condition for consolidation. In addition, if the Company demonstrates that it has the ability to direct policies and management, this may be also an indication for consolidation. For investments in variable interest entities, the Company consolidates when it is determined to be the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity.

As of December 31, 2018, the Company was the primary beneficiary in seven solar facilities and two wind facilities in the U.S. and consolidated these projects accordingly. Substantially all of these facilities were classified as discontinued operations for the periods presented. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions” for further discussions.

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Investments

Investment in unconsolidated business of $8.4 million and $9.1 million at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, represent primarily a 20% ownership interest in a joint venture acquired in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition on July 16, 2014. This investment is accounted for at cost on the consolidated balance sheet. Dividend income from this investment is recorded in Other (expense) income, net , on the consolidated statements of operations.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements, which are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The Company evaluates these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis and the estimates are based on experience, current and expected future conditions, third-party evaluations and various other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying amount of property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, intangibles and goodwill; assets and obligations related to employee benefits; and valuation of derivative instruments. The results of these estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities as well as identifying and assessing the accounting treatment with respect to commitments and contingencies. Actual results may differ from the estimates and assumptions used in the financial statements and related notes.

Business Combinations

Acquisitions of businesses that the Company controls are accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The amounts assigned to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with acquisitions are based on estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition, with the remainder, if any, recorded as goodwill. The fair values are determined by the Company’s management, taking into consideration information supplied by the management of acquired entities and other relevant information. Such information includes valuations supplied by independent appraisal experts for significant business combinations. The valuations are generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to a present value. The determination of fair value requires significant judgment both by management and outside experts engaged to assist in this process.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

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

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash consists primarily of deposits held by banks to secure certain letters of credit supporting the purchase of equipment for solar projects and other deposits designated for the construction and operation of solar projects as well as the payment of amounts related to project specific debt financings. Restricted cash is classified into current and non-current portions based on the terms of the deposits and the expiration date of the underlying restrictions, such as the maturity date of the corresponding letter of credit. In addition, restricted cash for project construction, operation and financing is classified as current or noncurrent based on the intended use of the restricted funds.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company uses estimates to determine the amount of allowance for doubtful accounts necessary to reduce accounts receivable to its net realizable value. The Company estimates the required allowance by

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reviewing the status of past-due receivables and analyzing historical bad debt trends. Actual collection experience has not varied significantly from estimates primarily due to credit policies and a lack of concentration of accounts receivable. The Company writes off receivables deemed to be uncollectible to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory

Inventory consists principally of fuel purchased from various third-party vendors at Atlantic Aviation and Hawaii Gas and materials and supplies at all of the operating businesses. Fuel inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market. Materials and supplies inventory is valued at the lower of average cost or market. Inventory sold is recorded using the first-in-first-out method at Atlantic Aviation and an average cost method at Hawaii Gas. Cash flows related to the sale of inventory are classified in net cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

The Company’s inventory balance at December 31, 2018 comprised $12.9 million of inventory for sale and $16.4 million of materials and supplies. The Company’s inventory balance at December 31, 2017 comprised $16.6 million of inventory for sale and $16.5 million of materials and supplies.

Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements

Property, equipment and land are initially recorded at cost. Leasehold improvements are recorded at the initial present value of the minimum lease payments less accumulated amortization. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized while maintenance and repair expenditures are expensed when incurred. Interest expense relating to construction in progress is capitalized as an additional cost of the asset. The Company depreciates property, equipment and leasehold improvements over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis. Excluding the regulated business at MIC Hawaii, the estimated economic useful lives range according to the table below:

 
Buildings   20 to 30 years
Leasehold and land improvements   8 to 30 years
Machinery and equipment   3 to 30 years
Furniture and Fixtures   5 to 15 years

The estimated economic useful lives for the regulated business at MIC Hawaii ranges up to 68 years for buildings, leasehold and land improvements and machinery and equipment.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill consists of costs in excess of the aggregate purchase price over the fair value of tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired in business combinations. The cost of intangible assets with determinable useful lives is amortized over their estimated useful lives ranging as follows:

 
Customer relationships   5 to 30 years
Contractual arrangements   8 to 57 years
Non-compete agreements   3 to 10 years
Trade names   20 years
Technology   5 years

Contractual arrangements primarily relate to airport contract rights at Atlantic Aviation. The useful lives generally match the lease terms plus extensions under the business’ control.

Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Excluding Goodwill

Long-lived assets, including amortizable intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be fully recoverable. These events or changes in circumstances may include a significant deterioration of operating

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results, changes in business plans, or changes in anticipated future cash flows. If an impairment indicator is present, the Company evaluates recoverability by comparing the carrying amount of the assets to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If the assets are impaired, the impairment recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the assets. Fair value is generally determined by estimates of discounted cash flows or value expected to be realized in a third party sale. The discount rate used in any estimate of discounted cash flows would be the rate required for a similar investment of like risk.

Impairment of Goodwill

Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually on October 1 st or when there is a triggering event that indicates impairment. For the annual impairment test, the Company can make a qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount before performing a quantitative goodwill impairment test, as discussed below. If an entity concludes it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it need not perform the quantitative impairment test.

If an entity concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, or if there is a triggering event that indicates impairment, the Company needs to perform a quantitative impairment test. This requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step is to determine the estimated fair value of each reporting unit with goodwill. The reporting units of the Company, for purposes of the impairment test, are those components of operating segments for which discrete financial information is available and segment management regularly reviews the operating results of that component. When determining reporting units, components with similar economic characteristics are combined.

The Company estimates the fair value of each reporting unit by estimating the present value of the reporting unit’s future discounted cash flows or value expected to be realized in a third party sale. If the recorded net assets of the reporting unit are less than the reporting unit’s estimated fair value, then no impairment is indicated. If the recorded amount of goodwill exceeds the estimated fair value, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess. The Company adopted ASU 2017-04 during the first quarter of 2018. See Note 8, “Intangible Assets” for further discussion on goodwill impairment testing performed for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Impairment of Indefinite-lived Intangibles, Excluding Goodwill

Indefinite-lived intangibles, which consist of trademarks, are considered impaired when the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its the estimated fair value. The Company estimates the fair value of each trademark using the relief from royalty method that discounts the estimated net cash flows the Company would have to pay to license the trademark under an arm’s length licensing agreement. If the recorded indefinite-lived intangible is less than its estimated fair value, then no impairment is indicated. Alternatively, if the recorded intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess.

Deferred Financing Costs

The Company capitalizes all direct costs incurred in connection with the issuance of debt as deferred financing costs. These costs are amortized over the contractual term of the debt instrument, which ranges from 4 to 12 years. At December 31, 2018, the weighted average remaining life of deferred financing costs was 6.1 years.

Derivative Instruments

From time to time the Company enters into interest rate derivative agreements to minimize potential variations in cash flows resulting from fluctuations in interest rates and their impact on its variable-rate debt.

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Hawaii Gas, a business within the MIC Hawaii reportable segment, enters into commodity price hedges to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in propane prices on its cash flows.

The Company accounts for derivatives and hedging activities in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 815 Derivatives and Hedging , which requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet at their respective fair values. All movements in the fair value of derivative contracts are recorded directly through earnings. See Note 10, “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, for further discussion.

Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and variable-rate senior debt, are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value because of either the short-term maturity, or competitive interest rates assigned to these financial instruments. The fair values of the Company’s other debt instruments fall within level 1 or level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions and its balances may exceed federally insured limits. The Company’s accounts receivable are mainly derived from fuel and gas sales and services rendered under contract terms with commercial and private customers located primarily in the United States. At December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were no outstanding accounts receivable due from a single customer that accounted for more than 10% of the total accounts receivable. Additionally, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s revenue during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

Foreign Currency Translation

The assets and liabilities of IMTT’s Newfoundland and Quebec locations are translated from their local currency (Canadian dollars) to U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the end of the year and consolidated statement of operations accounts are translated at average exchange rates for the year. Translation gains or losses as a result of changes in the exchange rate are recorded as a component of other comprehensive income (loss).

Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses of $85.9 million and $79.6 million at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, primarily consisted of payroll and related liabilities, purchase of property and equipment, interest, non-income related taxes, insurance and other individually insignificant balances.

Income per Share

The Company calculates income per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income per share is computed using the weighted average number of dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Common equivalent shares may consist of (i) shares issuable upon conversion of the Company’s convertible senior notes (using the if-converted method); (ii) stock units granted to the Company’s independent directors; and (iii) fees payable to the Manager that will be reinvested in shares by the Manager in a future period, if any. Common equivalent shares are excluded from the calculation if their effect is anti-dilutive.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Company follows the requirements of ASC 220 Comprehensive Income , for the reporting and presentation of comprehensive income (loss) and its components. This guidance requires unrealized gains or losses on the Company’s foreign currency translation adjustments, minimum pension liability adjustments and changes in fair value of derivatives, where hedge accounting had been previously applied, to be included in other comprehensive income (loss).

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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

The utility operations of the Hawaii Gas business are subject to regulation with respect to rates, service, maintenance of accounting records, and various other matters by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HPUC). The established accounting policies recognize the financial effects of the rate-making and accounting practices and policies of the HPUC. Regulated utility operations are subject to the provisions of ASC 980, Regulated Operations . This guidance requires regulated entities to disclose in their financial statements the authorized recovery of costs associated with regulatory decisions. Accordingly, certain costs that otherwise would normally be charged to expense may, in certain instances, be recorded as an asset in a regulatory entity’s balance sheet. The Hawaii Gas business records regulatory assets as costs that have been deferred for which future recovery through customer rates has been approved by the HPUC. Regulatory liabilities represent amounts included in rates and collected from customers for costs expected to be incurred in the future.

ASC 980 may, at some future date, be deemed inapplicable because of changes in the regulatory and competitive environments or other factors. If the Company were to discontinue the application of this guidance, the Company would be required to write-off its regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities and would be required to adjust the carrying amount of any other assets, including property, plant and equipment, that would be deemed not recoverable related to these affected operations. The Company believes its regulated operations in the Hawaii Gas business continue to meet the criteria of ASC 980 and that the carrying value of its regulated property, plant and equipment is recoverable in accordance with established HPUC rate-making practices.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company and its more than 80% owned subsidiaries file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return, including its allocated share of the taxable income from its solar and wind facilities. The investments in solar and wind facilities where the Company does not own 100% of the investment within discontinued operations and the MIC Hawaii segment are held in various LLCs, which are treated as partnerships for income tax purposes.

In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications were made to the financial statements for the prior periods to conform to current year presentation.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-14, Compensation — Retirement Benefits — Defined Benefit Plans — General (Subtopic 715-20): Disclosure Framework — Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Defined Benefit Plans . The amendments in ASU 2018-14 update disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will include appropriate disclosures related to defined benefit plans in accordance with the standard when it adopts the provisions of this ASU.

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In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework — Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement . The amendments in ASU 2018-13 update the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements, including the consideration of costs and benefits. The disclosure modifications focused on Level 3 fair value measurements, and also eliminate the at a minimum disclosure requirements. The amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. The amendments on changes in unrealized gains and losses, the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements, and the narrative description of measurement uncertainty should be applied prospectively for only the most recent interim or annual period presented in the initial fiscal year of adoption. All other amendments should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented upon their effective date. Early adoption is permitted upon issuance of this Update. An entity is permitted to early adopt any removed or modified disclosures upon issuance of this Update and delay adoption of the additional disclosures until their effective date. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this ASU.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-02, Income Statement — Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (AOCI) . The amendments in ASU 2018-02 allow entities to reclassify from AOCI to retained earnings “stranded” tax effects resulting from passage of the Act. An entity that elects to reclassify these amounts must reclassify stranded tax effects related to the change in federal tax rate for all items accounted for in other comprehensive income (i.e. employee benefits, cumulative translation adjustments). Entities may also elect to reclassify other stranded tax effects that relate to the Act but do not directly relate to the change in the federal tax rate (i.e. state taxes). However, because the amendments only relate to the reclassification of the income tax effects of the Act, the underlying guidance requiring the effect of a change in tax laws or rates to be included in income from operations is not affected. Upon adoption of ASU 2018-02, entities are required to disclose their policy for releasing the income tax effects from AOCI. ASU 2018-02 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those fiscal years. During the quarter ended December 31, 2018, the Company adopted this ASU and made a $4.4 million adjustment to reclassify stranded tax effects in AOCI to retained earnings.

On January 26, 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment , which simplifies the measurement of goodwill subsequent to a business combination, and no longer requires an entity to perform a hypothetical purchase price allocation when computing implied fair value to measure goodwill impairment. Instead, impairment will be assessed by quantifying the difference between the fair value of a reporting unit and its carrying amount. An impairment charge would be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value, on condition that the charge doesn’t exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018 and had no impact to the consolidated financial statements.

On January 5, 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business , which provides a restrictive framework for determining whether business transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. Determining whether a company acquires a set of assets or a business will impact the initial measurement, the accounting treatment of direct acquisition related costs, contingent considerations and the bargain purchase price. The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018 and will apply this ASU prospectively for asset acquisitions and business combinations.

On November 17, 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash , which requires companies to show the changes in the total of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. This reconciliation can be

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presented either on the face of the statement of cash flows or in the notes to the financial statements. The Company adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018 and included the retrospective application of this ASU in the accompanying consolidated statement of cash flows.

On February 25, 2016, FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) , which requires a lessee to recognize assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. The recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee primarily will depend on its classification as a finance or operating lease. However, unlike current GAAP, which requires only capital leases to be recognized on the balance sheet, ASU 2016-02 will require all leases with an initial term greater than one year to be recognized on the balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and a lease liability. The Company also serves as a lessor primarily through operating leases. The accounting for lessors is not expected to fundamentally change except for changes to conform and align existing guidance to the lessee guidance under ASU 2016-02, as well as to the new revenue recognition guidance in ASU 2014-09. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is allowed. The standard is to be applied using a modified retrospective approach, which includes a number of optional practical expedients. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-11, Leases (Topic 842) Targeted Improvements , which allows lessees and lessors to recognize and measure leases at the beginning of the period of adoption without modifying the comparative period financial statements.

The Company has substantially completed evaluating its population of leases, and currently expects the most significant impact will be the recognition of right of use (ROU) assets and lease liabilities for operating leases at Atlantic Aviation for leases of land, buildings, and certain equipment. Based on the evaluation performed to-date, the Company currently estimates adoption of the new lease standard will result in recognition of ROU assets and corresponding lease liabilities of approximately $375.0 million to $425.0 million upon adoption. The Company does not expect a material impact on its consolidated statements of operations, liquidity or debt covenant compliance under its current agreements.

The Company plans to adopt the standard effective January 1, 2019, utilizing the modified retrospective method. The Company plans to elect the package of practical expedients permitted under the transition guidance within the new standard, which among other things, allows the Company to carryforward the historical lease classification. The Company will also make an accounting policy election to keep leases with an initial term of 12 months or less off the balance sheet. Further, the Company does not expect the standard to have a material impact on the accounting and reporting requirements for existing operating leases where the Company is the lessor as it has elected the practical expedient whereby the Company will not separate a qualifying contract into its lease and non-lease components.

In December 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-20, Leases (Topic 842): Narrow-Scope Improvements for Lessors , that clarifies how to apply the new leases standard when accounting for sales taxes, certain lessor costs, and certain requirements related to variable payments in contracts. The Company has evaluated this ASU and believes that it will not have a material effect on the consolidated balance sheet, statement of operations or cash flows.

3. Implementation of ASU 2014-09

The Company recognizes revenue when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which an entity expects to be entitled for those goods or services. The Company has revenue that is derived from long-term contracts and leases that can span several years. The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue , or ASC Topic 840, Leases , depending upon the terms of the agreements. See Note 4, “ Long-Term Contracted Revenue ”, for further discussions and disclosures.

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In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) . This guidance sets forth a five-step revenue recognition model that replaces the prior revenue recognition guidance in its entirety. It is intended to eliminate numerous industry-specific pieces of revenue recognition guidance and requires more detailed disclosures. This ASU includes identifying performance obligations in the contract, estimating the amount of variable consideration to include in the transaction price and allocating the transaction price to each separate performance obligation. To further assist with adoption and implementation of ASU 2014-09, the FASB issued and the Company considered the following ASUs:

ASU 2015-14 (Issued August 2015) —  Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date ;
ASU 2016-08 (Issued March 2016) —  Principal versus Agent Consideration (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net) ;
ASU 2016-10 (Issued April 2016) —  Identifying Performance Obligations and Licensing ;
ASU 2016-12 (Issued May 2016) —  Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients ; and
ASU 2016-20 (Issued December 2016) —  Technical Corrections and Improvements to Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers .

The Company adopted ASU 2014-09 during the first quarter of 2018 using the modified retrospective method. There was no adjustment to the beginning balance of retained earnings and the adoption of this ASU did not have a significant impact to the Company’s consolidated financial statements other than the additional required qualitative and quantitative disclosures. As part of the adoption, the Company has not elected to apply any practical expedients available under ASC Topic 606.

IMTT

Revenue from IMTT is generated from the following sources and recorded in service revenue.

Lease .  These are contracts with predominantly non-cancelable terms for access to and the use of storage capacity at the various terminals owned and operated by the business. These contracts generally require payments in exchange for the provision of storage capacity and product movement (throughput) throughout their term based on a fixed rate per barrel of capacity leased. A majority of the contracts include terms that adjust the fixed rate annually for inflation. These contracts are accounted for as operating leases and the related lease income is recognized in service revenue over the term of the contract based upon the rate specified. Revenue is recognized in accordance with ASC 840, Leases.

Other terminal services .  Revenue from the provision of ancillary services includes activities such as heating, mixing, and blending, and is recognized as the related services are performed based on contract rates. Revenue from other terminal services is recognized at a point in time as services are performed. Other terminal services also include payments received prior to the related services being performed or as a reimbursement for specific fixed asset additions or improvements related to a customer’s contract and are recorded as deferred revenue and ratably recognized as revenues over the contract term.

Other .  Other revenue is comprised primarily of environmental response service activities through the date of sale and railroad operations. These revenues are generally recognized at a point in time as services are performed.

Atlantic Aviation

Revenue from Atlantic Aviation is recorded in service revenue. Services provided by Atlantic Aviation include:

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determinable. Fuel services are recorded net of volume discounts and rebates. Revenue from fuel sales are recognized at a point in time as services are performed.

Hangar .  Hangar rentals includes both month-to-month rentals and rentals from longer term contracts. Hangar rental revenue excludes transient customer overnight hangar usage (see Other FBO services below).

Other FBO services .  Other fixed based operation (FBO) services consisting principally of de-icing services, landing, concession, transient overnight hangar usage, terminal use and fuel distribution fees that are recognized as sales of services. Revenue from these transactions is recorded based on the service fee earned and does not include the cost of fuel.

MIC Hawaii

Revenue from Hawaii Gas is recorded in product revenue. Hawaii Gas recognizes revenue when products are delivered. Sales of gas to customers are billed on a monthly-cycle basis. Earned but unbilled revenue is accrued and included in accounts receivable and revenue based on the amount of gas that has been delivered but not billed to customers from the latest meter reading or billed delivery date to the end of an accounting period. The related costs are charged to expense.

Renewables Businesses

The renewables businesses within MIC Hawaii and discontinued operations sell substantially all of the electricity generated at a fixed price to primarily electric utility customers pursuant to long-term (typically 20 – 25 years) power purchase agreements (PPAs). Substantially all of the PPAs are accounted for as operating leases and have no minimum lease payments and all of the lease income under these leases is recorded within product revenue when the electricity is delivered.

4. Long-Term Contracted Revenue

Long-term contracted revenue consists of revenue from future minimum lease revenue accounted in accordance with ASC 840, Leases , and estimated revenue to be recognized in the future related to performance conditions that are unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue . The recognition pattern for contracts that are considered leases is generally consistent with the recognition pattern that would apply if such contracts were not accounted for as leases and were instead accounted for under ASC Topic 606. Accordingly, the Company has combined the required lessor disclosures for future lease income with the disclosures for contracted revenue in the table below. The following long-term contracted revenue were in existence at December 31, 2018 ($ in thousands):

     
  Lease Revenue
(ASC 840)
  Contract
Revenue
(ASC 606)
  Total
Long-Term
Revenue
2019   $ 251,359     $ 60,551     $ 311,910  
2020     135,733       35,069       170,802  
2021     74,223       28,389       102,612  
2022     51,839       24,058       75,897  
2023     32,650       16,730       49,380  
Thereafter     101,250       17,608       118,858  
Total   $ 647,054     $ 182,405     $ 829,459  

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The above table does not include the future minimum rental revenue from the renewable business within the MIC Hawaii reportable segment. The payments from these leases are considered variable as they are based on the output of the underlying assets (i.e. energy generated).

5. Discontinued Operations and Dispositions

The Company accounts for disposals that represent a strategic shift that should have or will have a major effect on operations as discontinued operations. The results of discontinued operations are reported in discontinued operations in the consolidated statement of operations for current and prior periods commencing in the period in which the business or group of businesses meets the criteria of a discontinued operation. These results include any gain or loss recognized on disposal or adjustment of the carrying amount to fair value less cost to sell.

On October 12, 2018, the Company concluded the sale of BEC and received cash of $657.4 million, net of the assumption of the outstanding debt balance of $243.5 million by the buyer and subject to post-closing working capital adjustments, resulting in a loss of approximately $17.0 million. Any adjustment for working capital adjustments is not expected to be significant. The Company incurred $9.4 million in professional fees in relation to this transaction, which is included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company has guaranteed its subsidiary’s payment and certain post-closing indemnity obligations under the purchase agreement. In addition, during the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company commenced a sale process involving substantially all of its portfolio of solar and wind facilities within the former Contracted Power segment. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2019.

The combination of the disposal of BEC and the commencement of the sale process of substantially all of its portfolio of solar and wind facilities represented a strategic shift for the Company that will have a major effect on operations. Accordingly, beginning in the fourth quarter of 2018, these businesses were classified as discontinued operations and the Contracted Power segment was eliminated. There was no write-down of the carrying amount of the solar and wind facility assets as a result of this change in classification. The assets and liabilities of BEC and the solar and wind facilities have been classified as held for sale in the consolidated balance sheets up until the date those assets are disposed. All prior periods have been restated to reflect these changes.

The remaining renewable power development businesses within the former Contracted Power segment have been reclassified as components of Corporate and Other.

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The following is a summary of the assets and liabilities held for sale included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets related to its former Contracted Power segment as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2018   2017
Assets
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 2,930     $ 1,277  
Restricted cash     13,943       14,668  
Accounts receivable     9,291       11,531  
Other current assets     4,959       9,438  
Total current assets     31,123       36,914  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net     606,352       1,462,207  
Goodwill           21,628  
Intangible assets, net     8,905       62,347  
Other noncurrent assets     1,272       4,766  
Total assets   $ 647,652     $ 1,587,862  
Liabilities
                 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses   $ 6,927     $ 11,622  
Current portion of long-term debt     20,431       29,339  
Other current liabilities     724       9,704  
Total current liabilities     28,082       50,665  
Long term debt, net of current portion     283,285       538,657  
Tolling agreements - noncurrent           52,595  
Other noncurrent liabilities     5,811       11,785  
Total liabilities   $ 317,178     $ 653,702  
Noncontrolling interests   $ 141,495     $ 184,286  

Summarized financial information for discontinued operations included in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 are as follows ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Product revenue   $ 150,218     $ 145,926     $ 149,699  
Cost of product sales     (23,820 )       (20,524 )       (23,291 )  
Selling, general & administrative expenses     (25,320 )       (24,681 )       (25,405 )  
Depreciation and amortization     (38,517 )       (60,300 )       (55,402 )  
Interest expense, net     (17,094 )       (23,487 )       (21,274 )  
Other (expense) income, net (1)     (13,719 )       757       4,021  
Net income from discontinued operations before income taxes   $ 31,748     $ 17,691     $ 28,348  
(Provision) benefit for income taxes     (2,128 )       4,651       (1,944 )  
Net income from discontinued operations   $ 29,620     $ 22,342     $ 26,404  
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (38,821 )       5,319       2,096  
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,441     $ 17,023     $ 24,308  

(1) For the year ended December 31, 2018, other (expense) income, net includes non-cash loss of approximately $17.0 million from the sale of BEC.

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Other Dispositions

The Company continues to review strategic options available, including with respect to certain other, smaller businesses in its portfolio in an effort to rationalize its portfolio and enhance the infrastructure characteristics of its businesses. Consistent with this, the Company sold (i) OMI Environmental Solutions, a subsidiary within IMTT, in April 2018; (ii) its equity interests in projects involving two properties in May 2018; and (iii) a design-build mechanical contractor business within MIC Hawaii in November 2018. Collectively, the sale of these business are insignificant and do not qualify for discontinued operations.

Prior to the execution of the sale agreement for the design-build mechanical contractor business, the Company wrote-down the value of its investment in this business to reflect its underperformance during the third quarter of 2018. In total, the Company wrote-down approximately $30.0 million, including fixed assets and intangible assets of approximately $9.0 million, as well as reserving for certain contract related amounts recorded in other current liabilities and other expenses.

6. Income per Share

Following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted income per share computations ($ in thousands, except share and per share data):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Numerator:
                          
Net income from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,080     $ 434,179     $ 132,073  
Interest expense attributable to 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019, net of taxes           7,811        
Interest expense attributable to 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023, net of taxes           8,068       (4,523 )  
Diluted net income from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,080     $ 450,058     $ 127,550  
Basic and diluted net income from discontinued operations attributable to MIC   $ 68,441     $ 17,023     $ 24,308  
Denominator:
                          
Weighted average number of shares outstanding:
basic
    85,233,989       83,204,404       80,892,654  
Dilutive effect of restricted stock unit grants     15,876       9,495       9,589  
Dilutive effect of fees to Manager-related party                 549,404  
Dilutive effect of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019           4,252,609        
Dilutive effect of 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023           3,606,854       766,980  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted     85,249,865       91,073,362       82,218,627  

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  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Income per share:
                          
Basic income per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.80     $ 5.22     $ 1.63  
Basic income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC     0.80       0.20       0.30  
Basic income per share attributable to MIC   $ 1.60     $ 5.42     $ 1.93  
Diluted income per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.80     $ 4.94     $ 1.55  
Diluted income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC     0.80       0.19       0.30  
Diluted income per share attributable to MIC   $     1.60     $     5.13     $     1.85  

The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the year ended December 31, 2018 is calculated assuming that (i) the restricted stock unit grants totaling 4,416 provided to the two newly appointed independent directors on September 5, 2018 and the 19,230 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on June 7, 2018, which all will vest during the second quarter of 2019, had been fully converted to shares on those grant dates; and (ii) the 9,435 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 17, 2017, which vested during the second quarter of 2018, had been fully converted to shares on the grant date. The 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019 and 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 were anti-dilutive for the year ended December 31, 2018.

The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the year ended December 31, 2017 is calculated assuming that (i) the restricted stock unit grants totaling 9,435 provided to the independent directors on May 17, 2017, which vested during the second quarter of 2018, had been fully converted into shares on the grant date; (ii) the 8,604 restricted stock unit grants (net of 2,151 restricted stock unit grants forfeited on September 30, 2016) provided to the independent directors on May 18, 2016 and restricted stock unit grants of 991 provided to a new independent director on November 1, 2016, which vested during the second quarter of 2017, had been fully converted to shares on those grant dates; and (iii) the 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019 and the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 had been fully converted into shares on the date of issuance.

The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the year ended December 31, 2016 is calculated assuming that (i) the restricted stock unit grants totaling 8,604 (net of 2,151 restricted stock unit grants forfeited on September 30, 2016) provided to the independent directors on May 18, 2016 and restricted stock units grants of 991 provided to a new independent director on November 1, 2016, which vested during the second quarter of 2017, had been fully converted to shares on those grant dates; (ii) the 8,660 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on June 18, 2015, which vested during the second quarter of 2016, had been fully converted to shares on the grant date; (iii) the $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, which was reinvested in shares by the Manager on August 1, 2016, had been reinvested in shares by the Manager in July 2015; and (iv) the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 had been fully converted into shares on the date of issuance. The 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019 were anti-dilutive for the year ended December 31, 2016.

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The following represents the weighted average potential dilutive shares of common stock that were excluded from the diluted income per share calculation:

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019     4,368,725             4,177,097  
2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023     3,631,850              
Total     8,000,575              —       4,177,097  

7. Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements

Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements at December 31, 2018 and 2017 consist of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2018   2017
Land   $ 318,976     $ 338,843  
Easements     131       131  
Buildings     40,184       40,846  
Leasehold and land improvements     769,772       705,537  
Machinery and equipment     2,783,507       2,705,133  
Furniture and fixtures     44,666       39,386  
Construction in progress     112,910       130,133  
       4,070,146       3,960,009  
Less: accumulated depreciation     (928,739 )       (762,602 )  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net   $ 3,141,407     $ 3,197,407  

8. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets at December 31, 2018 and 2017 consist of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2018   2017
Contractual arrangements   $ 920,874     $ 914,768  
Non-compete agreements     13,665       14,014  
Customer relationships     353,004       361,623  
Leasehold rights     100       100  
Trade names     16,091       16,091  
Technology     8,760       8,760  
       1,312,494       1,315,356  
Less: accumulated amortization     (523,733 )       (463,605 )  
Intangible assets, net   $ 788,761     $ 851,751  

At December 31, 2018, the Company had $13.3 million in trade names net of accumulated amortization, of which $7.5 million relates to Atlantic Aviation and are considered to be indefinite-lived. The remaining balance of $5.8 million relates to “The Gas Company” trade name and is being amortized over its estimated useful life.

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Amortization expense of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 totaled $68.3 million, $63.8 million and $61.0 million, respectively. The estimated future amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets to be recognized are ($ in thousands):

 
2019   $ 58,946  
2020     50,162  
2021     44,906  
2022     43,392  
2023     41,885  
Thereafter     541,979  
Total   $ 781,270  

The goodwill balance as of December 31, 2018 is comprised of the following ($ in thousands):

 
Goodwill acquired in business combinations, net of disposals, at December 31,
2017
  $ 2,193,478  
Accumulated impairment charges     (123,200 )  
Other     (1,610 )  
Reclassification to assets held for sale (1)     (21,628 )  
Balance at December 31, 2017     2,047,040  
Goodwill impairment     (3,215 )  
Other     (505 )  
Balance at December 31, 2018   $ 2,043,320  

(1) Goodwill classified to assets held for sale related to BEC, which was sold on October 12, 2018. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions” for further discussion.

The Company tests for goodwill impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis on October 1 st of each year and between annual tests if a triggering event indicates impairment. The Company continuously monitors events which could trigger an interim impairment analysis, such as changing business conditions and industry and other economic factors. The Company experienced a sustained decline in market capitalization since February 2018, and during the third quarter of 2018, the Company concluded a sustained decline in its market capitalization had occurred, leading to the determination that a triggering event had occurred for all reporting units.

The Company performed an interim impairment analysis using financial information through September 30, 2018 and forecasts for cash flows developed using the Company’s strategic plan. The impairment analysis was performed using both the market and income approaches and weighting them based on their application to the reporting units. The interim impairment review was performed across all reporting units. As a result of this evaluation, the fair value of each of the Company’s reporting units exceeded the carrying value and no impairment was recorded.

At September 30, 2018, the fair value exceeded book value by $2.2 billion, or approximately 36.0%, primarily from Atlantic Aviation, by approximately $2.0 billion, and Hawaii Gas, by approximately $250.0 million. IMTT’s fair value at September 30, 2018 exceeded the book value by approximately $20.0 million. The fair value of IMTT was impacted by the decline in short-term earnings related to the non-renewal of certain contracts for heavy and residual oil. The non-renewal of these contracts, or the renewal at lower rates, is partially attributable to changes in trade flows.

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Unfavorable fluctuations in the discount rate or declines in forecasted storage revenues and margins could result in an impairment on IMTT. A 0.25% increase to the discount rate would change the valuation of IMTT by approximately $80.0 million. Any increase in discount rate, in conjunction with any decrease to the long-term projections in cash flows for IMTT will negatively affect the current valuations. Due to the inherent uncertainties involved in making the estimates and assumptions used in the fair value analysis, actual results may differ, which could alter the fair value of the reporting units, and possibly result in impairment charges in future periods.

At December 31, 2018, there were no new triggering events that indicated impairment.

9. Long-Term Debt

The Company capitalizes its businesses in part using floating rate bank debt with medium-term maturities primarily between four and seven years. In general, the Company hedges the floating rate exposure for the majority of the term of these facilities. The Company also uses longer dated private placement debt and other forms of capital including bond or hybrid debt instruments to capitalize its businesses. In general, the debt facilities at the businesses are non-recourse to the holding company and there are no cross-collateralization or cross-guarantee provisions in these facilities. All of the term debt facilities of the Company’s operating businesses described below contain customary financial covenants, including maintaining or exceeding certain financial ratios, and limitations on capital expenditures and additional debt. The facilities include events of default, representations and warranties and other covenants that are customary for facilities of this type, including change of control, which will occur if the Macquarie Group, or any fund or entity managed by the Macquarie Group, fails to control a majority of the Borrower. For a description of related party transactions associated with the Company’s long-term debt, see Note 13, “Related Party Transactions”.

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company’s consolidated long-term debt comprised the following ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2018   2017
IMTT   $ 1,108,975     $ 1,318,975  
Atlantic Aviation     1,025,000       648,000  
MIC Hawaii     195,746       199,282  
MIC Corporate     733,595       873,477  
Total     3,063,316       3,039,734  
Current portion     (361,166 )       (21,496 )  
Long-term portion     2,702,150       3,018,238  
Unamortized deferred financing costs (1)     (49,402 )       (26,584 )  
Long-term portion less unamortized debt discount and deferred financing costs   $ 2,652,748     $ 2,991,654  

(1) The weighted average remaining life of the deferred financing costs at December 31, 2018 was 6.1 years.

At December 31, 2018, the total undrawn capacity on the revolving credit facilities was $1.6 billion excluding letters of credits outstanding of $34.6 million.

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The following table represents the future maturities of long-term debt balances at December 31, 2018 and includes the unamortized debt discount of $18.8 million related to the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023.

 
2019   $ 361,166  
2020     11,265  
2021     11,310  
2022     111,357  
2023     493,905  
Thereafter     2,093,161  
Total   $ 3,082,164  

MIC Corporate

Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility

In July 2014, the Company entered into a five-year, $250.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks and subsequently increased the aggregate commitments under its revolving credit facility to $410.0 million, with all terms remaining the same. On January 3, 2018, the Company completed the refinancing and upsizing of its senior secured revolving credit facility to $600.0 million and extended the maturity through January 3, 2022.

The revolving credit facility is guaranteed by MIC Ohana Corporation and is secured by a pledge of the Company’s directly held equity interests and all intercompany debt owed to the Company (the security may fall away when certain conditions are met). The revolving credit facility includes customary negative covenants, and a financial covenant based on a ratio of cash flow available for debt service to net cash interest expense.

At December 31, 2018, the senior secured revolving credit facility was undrawn compared with $143.5 million outstanding at December 31, 2017. During the year ended December 31, 2018, MIC borrowed $277.0 million for general corporate purposes and repaid $420.5 million on its revolving credit facility using cash on hand and proceeds from the BEC sale.

2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019

In July 2014, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of a five-year, $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019 to partially fund the IMTT Acquisition and for general corporate purposes. The notes are convertible, at the holder’s option, into the Company’s shares, initially at a conversion rate of 11.7942 shares per $1,000 principal amount (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $84.79 per share, subject to adjustment), at any time on or prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date.

On July 15, 2018, the conversion rate increased to 12.5258 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount. The adjustment was made, in accordance with the indenture governing the senior notes, on the anniversary of the convertible senior notes issuance and reflects the impact of dividends paid by the Company.

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company had $349.9 million and $350.0 million, respectively, of aggregate principal outstanding. On July 15, 2018, the Company reclassified these notes due July 2019 to current portion of long-term debt. At December 31, 2018, the fair value of these convertible senior notes was approximately $345.0 million.

2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023

In October 2016, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of a seven year, $402.5 million aggregate principal amount of 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023. The net proceeds of $392.4 million were used to repay a portion of the drawn balance under the revolving credit facility under the

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prior AA Credit Agreement and to fully repay the outstanding balances on both the MIC senior secured and IMTT revolving credit facilities. The remaining proceeds were used for general corporate purposes. The notes are convertible, at the holder’s option, only upon satisfaction of one or more conditions set forth in the indenture governing the notes. Upon conversion, the Company will pay or deliver, as the case may be, cash, shares of Company’s common stock or a combination thereof, at the Company’s election. The initial conversion rate was 8.9364 shares per $1,000 principal amount (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $111.90 per share, subject to adjustment).

The $402.5 million of 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 had an initial value of the principal amount recorded as a liability of $375.8 million, using an effective interest rate of 3.1%. The remaining $26.7 million of principal amount was allocated to the conversion feature and recorded in additional paid in capital as a component of stockholders’ equity. This amount represents a discount to the debt to be amortized through interest expense using the effective interest method through the maturity of the convertible senior notes. The Company also recorded $11.0 million in deferred financing costs from the issuance of the convertible senior notes, of which $729,000 was recorded as equity issuance costs as a component of stockholders’ equity.

On October 13, 2018, the conversion rate increased to 9.0290 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount. The adjustment was made, in accordance with the indenture governing the senior notes, on the anniversary of the convertible senior notes issuance and reflects the impact of dividends paid by the Company.

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company had $383.7 million and $380.0 million, respectively, outstanding on these convertible senior notes. The fair value of liability component of these convertible senior notes at December 31, 2018 was approximately $335.0 million.

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 consisted of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2018   2017
Liability Component:
                 
Principal   $ 402,500     $ 402,500  
Unamortized debt discount     (18,848 )       (22,475 )  
Long-term debt, net of unamortized debt discount     383,652       380,025  
Unamortized deferred financing costs     (7,140 )       (8,643 )  
Net carrying amount   $ 376,512     $ 371,382  
Equity Component   $ 26,748     $ 26,748  

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, total interest expense recognized related to the 2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023 consisted of the following ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Contractual interest expense   $ 8,050     $ 7,782     $ 1,969  
Amortization of debt discount     3,627       3,266       1,007  
Amortization of deferred financing costs     1,503       1,509       306  
Total interest expense   $ 13,180     $ 12,557     $ 3,282  

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The key terms of the senior secured revolving credit facility and the convertible senior notes are summarized in the table below.

     
Facility Terms   Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility   2.875% Convertible
Senior Notes
due July 2019
  2.00% Convertible Senior Notes due October 2023
Total Committed Amount   $600.0 million    
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2018   Undrawn   $349.9 million   $383.7 million, net of unamortized discount of $18.8 million
Maturity   January 2022   July 2019   October 2023
Amortization   Revolving, payable at maturity   Payable at maturity or convertible at the holder’s option into the Company’s shares   Payable at maturity or convertible at the holder’s option into cash, the Company’s shares or a combination thereof only upon satisfaction of one or more conditions set forth in the indenture
Interest Rate   LIBOR plus 1.75% at December 31, 2018   2.875% payable on January 15 th and July 15 th of each year   2.00% payable on April 1 st and October 1 st of each year
Commitment Fees   0.275% at December 31, 2018    
Security   Secured (may fall away if certain ratings and other conditions are met)   Unsecured   Unsecured

IMTT

On December 5, 2018, ITT Holdings LLC (ITT LLC), a wholly owned direct subsidiary of IMTT Holdings LLC and a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, entered into the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement (the Amendment), among ITT LLC, IMTT-Quebec Inc. and IMTT-NTL, Ltd. as Canadian borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, as amended (the IMTT Credit Agreement). The Amendment provides for (i) a $550.0 million revolving credit facility for ITT LLC, (ii) the Canadian dollar equivalent of a $50.0 million revolving credit facility for the Canadian borrowers and (iii) a $509.0 million bond purchase facility.

The Amendment extends the maturity date of the revolving credit facilities from May 21, 2020 to December 5, 2023, and extends the maturity date of the bond purchase facility from May 21, 2022 to December 5, 2025. The Amendment also increases certain baskets under the covenants in the IMTT Credit Agreement and modifies certain related definitions in a manner generally favorable to the borrowers. In connection with the Amendment, supplemental indentures were entered into with respect to the $509.0 million of outstanding Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds, Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Revenue Bonds, Industrial Development Board of the Parish of Ascension Revenue Bonds and New Jersey Economic Development Authority Bonds (collectively, the Tax Exempt Bonds). The Tax Exempt Bonds were reissued and sold to certain lenders under the IMTT Credit Agreement pursuant to the bond purchase facility. The supplemental indentures provide for (i) an interest rate on the Tax Exempt Bonds of 80% of one month LIBOR plus applicable margin plus 0.45% and (ii) an extension of the date on which holders have the right to require repurchase of the Tax Exempt Bonds from May 21, 2022 to December 5, 2025.

On June 1, 2015, IMTT, as part of the IMTT refinancing in May 2015, entered into interest rate swap contracts, maturing in June 2021, with a total notional amount of $361.1 million. These swaps partially hedged the floating LIBOR interest rate risk associated with the tax-exempt bonds for six years at 1.677%.

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On May 21, 2015, ITT LLC entered into a Note Purchase Agreement for the issuance of $325.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.92% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series A due 2025, and $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.02% of Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series B due 2027 (together the senior notes). The terms of the Note Purchase Agreement remain unchanged from the December 2018 Amendment. At December 31, 2018, the fair value of the senior notes was approximately $575.0 million. The senior notes fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Revolving Credit Facilities

At December 31, 2018, the IMTT revolving credit facilities was undrawn compared with $210.0 million outstanding at December 31, 2017. During the year ended December 31, 2018, IMTT borrowed $17.0 million for general corporate purposes and repaid $227.0 million on its USD revolving credit facility using cash on hand and proceeds from the BEC sale.

The key terms of IMTT’s U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar denominated revolving credit facilities are summarized in the table below.

   
Facility Terms   USD Revolving Credit Facility   CAD Revolving Credit Facility
Total Committed Amount   $550.0 million   $50.0 million
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2018   Undrawn   Undrawn
Maturity   December 2023   December 2023
Amortization   Revolving, payable at maturity   Revolving, payable at maturity
Interest Rate   LIBOR plus 1.50% at December 31, 2018   Bankers’ Acceptances Rate plus 1.50% at December 31, 2018
Commitment Fees   0.20% at December 31, 2018   0.20% at December 31, 2018
Security   Unsecured   Unsecured

Senior Notes

The key terms of the senior notes are summarized in the table below.

   
Facility Terms   Senior Notes, Series A   Senior Notes, Series B
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2018   $325.0 million   $275.0 million
Maturity   May 2025   May 2027
Amortization   Payable at maturity   Payable at maturity
Interest Rate   3.92%   4.02%
Security   Unsecured   Unsecured

IMTT Tax Exempt Bonds

The key terms of the IMTT tax exempt bonds are summarized in the table below.

 
Facility Terms   Tax Exempt Bonds
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2018   $509.0 million
Maturity   December 2027 to August 2046
Amortization   Payable at maturity, subject to mandatory tender in December 2025
Interest Rate   One-month LIBOR plus Revolving Credit Facility margin plus 0.45% multiplied by 80%
Security   Unsecured

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Atlantic Aviation

On December 6, 2018, Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc. (AA FBO), a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, entered into a credit agreement (the New AA Credit Agreement), among AA FBO, Atlantic Aviation FBO Holdings LLC (Holdings), the direct parent of AA FBO, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent and the several lenders party thereto. The New AA Credit Agreement provides for a seven-year, $1,025.0 million senior secured first lien term loan facility and a five-year, $350.0 million senior secured first lien revolving credit facility. The New AA Credit Agreement is guaranteed on a senior secured first lien basis by Holdings and certain subsidiaries of AA FBO. As part of the refinancing, Atlantic Aviation wrote-off approximately $3.0 million in deferred financing costs associated with the October 2016 debt.

The additional proceeds from the Atlantic Aviation refinancing are expected to be used to repay the Company’s 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 2019 and for general corporate purposes.

At December 31, 2018, the Atlantic Aviation revolving credit facility was undrawn compared with $258.0 million outstanding at December 31, 2017. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Atlantic Aviation borrowed $68.0 million primarily to fund an on-field consolidation of an FBO and for general corporate purposes and repaid $326.0 million on its revolving credit facility using cash on hand and proceeds from the BEC sale and its refinancing.

The key terms of the term loan and revolving credit facilities are summarized in the table below.

   
Facility Terms   Term Loan Facility   Revolving Credit Facility
Facilities   $1,025.0 million senior secured first lien term loan (fully drawn at December 31, 2018)   $350.0 million senior secured first lien revolving credit facility (undrawn at December 31, 2018)
Maturity   December 2025   December 2023
Amortization   1.0% of the initial principal balance per annum   Revolving, payable at maturity
Interest Rate   LIBOR plus 3.75% or Alternate Base Rate (ABR) plus 2.75%. ABR is the highest of (i) the prime rate, (ii) the federal funds rate plus 0.5% and (iii) one-month LIBOR plus 1.0%   LIBOR plus 1.50% to 2.25% or ABR plus 0.50% to 1.25%, in each case depending on total leverage ratio
Commitment Fees     0.25% to 0.35% on the undrawn portion, depending on total leverage ratio
Security   Secured   Secured

MIC Hawaii

Hawaii Gas

On February 10, 2016, Hawaii Gas completed the refinancing of its existing $80.0 million term loan and $60.0 million revolving credit facility. The $80.0 million term loan bears interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus an applicable margin between 1.00% and 1.75%. The variable rate component of the debt is fixed at 0.99% at December 31, 2018 using an interest rate swap contract through February 2020. The revolving credit facility bears interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus an applicable margin between 1.00% and 1.75% and is unhedged. In February 2018, Hawaii Gas exercised the second of two one-year extensions related to its $80.0 million secured term loan facility and its $60.0 million revolving credit facility extending their respective maturities to February 2023.

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Hawaii Gas revolving credit facility was undrawn. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Hawaii Gas borrowed $20.0 million for general corporate purposes and repaid $20.0 million on its revolving credit facility using cash on hand and proceeds from the BEC sale. In addition, at December 31, 2018, Hawaii Gas had $100.0 million of fixed rate senior notes outstanding, which approximates the fair value.

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The key terms of the term loan, senior secured notes and revolving credit facility of Hawaii Gas are summarized in the table below.

     
Facility Terms   Holding Company Debt   Operating Company Debt
Borrowers   HGC Holdings LLC (HGC)   The Gas Company, LLC (TGC)
Facilities   $80.0 million Term Loan (fully drawn at December 31, 2018)   $100.0 million Senior Secured Notes (fully drawn at December 31, 2018)   $60.0 million Revolving Credit Facility (undrawn at December 31, 2018)
Maturity   February 2023   August 2022   February 2023
Amortization   Payable at maturity   Payable at maturity   Revolving, payable at maturity
Interest Rate   LIBOR plus 1.75% or Base Rate: 0.75% above the greater of the prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.5%   4.22% payable semi-annually   LIBOR plus 1.25% or Base Rate: 0.25% above the greater of the prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.5%
Commitment Fees   ___   ___   0.225% on the undrawn portion
Collateral   First lien on all assets of HGC and its subsidiaries   First lien on all assets of TGC and its subsidiaries   First lien on all assets of TGC and its subsidiaries

During the quarters ended March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018, Hawaii Gas was not in compliance with certain credit agreement provisions. During the quarter ended September 30, 2018, the business received waivers from its syndicate of lenders relating to the non-compliance. At September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2018, Hawaii Gas was again in compliance with its credit agreement having received waivers from its lenders.

Solar Facilities

In July 2016, the solar facilities in Hawaii entered into a ten year, $18.0 million amortizing term loan facility. The interest rate on this term loan facility floats at LIBOR plus 2.0%. The interest rate was fixed at 3.38% using an interest rate swap contract through June 30, 2026. At December 31, 2018, the outstanding balance on the term loan was $15.7 million.

10. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

From time to time, the Company enters into interest rate agreements to minimize potential variations in cash flows resulting from fluctuations in interest rates and their impact on its variable-rate debt. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than economic interest rate hedging. That is, the Company does not speculate using derivative instruments. In addition, Hawaii Gas, a business within the Company’s MIC Hawaii reportable segment, enters into commodity price hedges to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in LPG prices on its cash flows.

By using derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to changes in interest rates, the Company exposes itself to credit risk and market risk. Credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes the Company, which creates credit risk for the Company. Conversely, when the fair value of a derivative contract is negative, the Company owes the counterparty and, therefore, it does not possess credit risk. The Company minimizes the credit risk in derivative instruments by entering into transactions with creditworthy counterparties.

Market risk is the adverse effect on the value of a financial instrument that results from a change in interest rates. The market risk associated with interest rates is managed by establishing and monitoring parameters that limit the types and degree of market risk that may be undertaken.

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Interest Rate Contracts

The Company and certain of its businesses have in place variable-rate debt. Management believes that it is prudent to limit the variability of a portion of the business’ interest payments. To meet this objective, the Company enters into interest rate agreements, primarily using interest rate swaps and from time to time using interest rate caps, to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from interest rate risk on a portion of its debt with a variable-rate component. Interest rate swaps change the variable-rate cash flow exposure on the debt obligations to fixed cash flows. Under the terms of the interest rate swaps, the Company receives variable interest rate payments and makes fixed interest rate payments, thereby creating the equivalent of fixed-rate debt for the portion of the debt that is swapped.

At December 31, 2018, the Company had $3.1 billion of current and long-term debt, of which $947.1 million was economically hedged with interest rate contracts, $1.5 billion was fixed rate debt and $682.6 million was unhedged. At December 31, 2017, the Company had $3.1 billion of current and long-term debt, of which $1.0 billion was economically hedged with interest rate contracts, $1.5 billion was fixed rate debt and $601.5 million was unhedged. The Company does not use hedge accounting. All movements in the fair value of the interest rate derivatives are recorded directly through earnings.

IMTT

On June 1, 2015, IMTT, as part of the IMTT refinancing in May 2015, entered into interest rate swap contracts, maturing in June 2021, with a total notional amount of $361.1 million. These swaps partially hedged the floating LIBOR interest rate risk associated with the tax-exempt bonds for six years at 1.677%.

On December 5, 2018, IMTT entered into the Amendment on its tax-exempt bonds. The Amendment provided for the change in interest rate to 80% of one month LIBOR plus an applicable margin plus 0.45% and an extension of maturity from May 2022 to December 2025. The interest rate swap was not amended and therefore increased the unhedged component of the tax-exempt bonds by approximately $57.6 million. See Note 9, “Long-Term Debt”, for further details on the Amendment.

Atlantic Aviation

In October 2016, Atlantic Aviation entered into $400.0 million notional interest rate caps with a strike price of 1.0% to hedge the one month LIBOR floating rate interest exposure on the business’ term loan or revolving credit facility. The notional amount on the interest rate cap will remain at $400.0 million through its maturity in September 2021.

On December 6, 2018, Atlantic Aviation refinanced its term loan and revolving credit facility under the New AA Credit Agreement. The existing interest rate cap will remain in place and will be used to partially hedge the Atlantic Aviation term loan facility under the New AA Credit Agreement. See Note 9, “Long-Term Debt”, for further details on the New AA Credit Agreement.

MIC Hawaii

In February 2016, in conjunction with a refinancing, Hawaii Gas entered into a new interest rate swap contract for an $80.0 million notional that took effect on August 8, 2016, upon the maturity of the existing interest rate swap, and expires on February 8, 2020. At December 31, 2018, the interest rate swap fixes the interest rate on the $80.0 million term loan at 2.74%.

In July 2016, the solar facilities in MIC Hawaii entered into a ten year, $18.0 million amortizing term loan facility. The interest rate on this term loan facility floats at LIBOR plus 2.0%. Concurrently, it entered into an amortizing interest rate swap contract with an original notional value of $18.0 million. The contract is scheduled to amortize concurrently with the term loan and fixes the interest rate at 3.38% as of December 31, 2018.

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Commodity Price Hedges

The risks associated with fluctuations in the prices that Hawaii Gas, a business within MIC Hawaii reportable segment, pays for liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) is principally a result of market forces reflecting changes in supply and demand for LPG and other energy commodities. Hawaii Gas’ gross margin (revenue less cost of product sales excluding depreciation and amortization) is sensitive to changes in LPG supply costs and Hawaii Gas may not always be able to pass through product cost increases fully or on a timely basis, particularly when product costs rise rapidly. In order to reduce the volatility of the business’ LPG market price risk, Hawaii Gas has used and expects to continue to use over-the-counter commodity derivative instruments including price swaps. Hawaii Gas does not use commodity derivative instruments for speculative or trading purposes. Over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments used by Hawaii Gas to hedge forecasted purchases of LPG are generally settled at expiration of the contract. At December 31, 2018, Hawaii Gas had 39.1 million gallons hedged that expire in December 2020.

Financial Statement Location Disclosure for Derivative Instruments

The Company measures derivative instruments at fair value using the income approach which discounts the future net cash settlements expected under the derivative contracts to a present value. These valuations use primarily observable (level 2) inputs, including contractual terms, interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals.

The Company’s fair value measurements of its derivative instruments and the related location of the assets and liabilities within the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2018 and 2017 were ($ in thousands):

   
  Assets (Liabilities)
at Fair Value as of
December 31,
Balance Sheet Location   2018   2017
Fair value of derivative instruments – current assets   $ 10,516     $ 11,965  
Fair value of derivative instruments – noncurrent assets     14,536       22,011  
Total derivative contracts – assets   $ 25,052     $ 33,976  
Fair value of derivative instruments – other current liabilities   $ (2,508 )     $  
Fair value of derivative instruments – other noncurrent liabilities     (58 )        
Total derivative contracts – liabilities   $ (2,566 )     $  

The Company’s hedging activities for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 and the related location within the consolidated statement of operations were ($ in thousands):

     
  Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in
Consolidated Statements of Operations
Year Ended December 31,
Financial Statement Account   2018   2017   2016
Interest expense – interest rate caps   $ 3,758     $ 120     $ 8,124  
Interest expense – interest rate swaps     3,852       2,119       (10,638 )  
Cost of product sales – commodity swaps     (5,030 )       6,791       13,914  
Total   $ 2,580     $ 9,030     $ 11,400  

All of the Company’s derivative instruments are collateralized by the assets of the respective businesses.

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11. Stockholders’ Equity

Classes of Stock

The Company is authorized to issue (i) 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, (ii) 100 shares of special stock, par value $0.001 per share and (iii) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. At December 31, 2018, the Company had 85,800,303 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and 100 shares of special stock issued to its Manager and outstanding. There was no preferred stock issued or outstanding at December 31, 2018. Each outstanding share of common stock of the Company is entitled to one vote on any matter with respect to which holders of shares are entitled to vote.

The sole purpose for the special stock was to preserve the Manager’s right to appoint one director to serve as the chairman of the board of directors. The special stock is not listed on any stock exchange and is non-transferable. Holders of special stock are not entitled to any dividends or to share in any distribution of assets upon the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

2016 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan

On May 18, 2016, the Company adopted the 2016 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan (Plan). The Plan provides for the issuance of equity awards covering up to 500,000 shares of common stock to attract, retain, and motivate employees, consultants and others who perform services for the Company and its subsidiaries. Under the Plan, the Compensation Committee determines the persons who will receive awards, the time at which they are granted and the terms of the awards. Type of awards include stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividend equivalent rights, cash-based awards and other stock-based awards. At December 31, 2018, there were no awards outstanding under this Plan.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following represents the changes and balances to the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 ($ in thousands):

         
  Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans,
net of taxes (1)
  Translation Adjustment,
net of taxes (2)
  Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss, net of taxes   Noncontrolling
Interests
  Total Stockholders’
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Loss, net of
taxes
Balance at December 31, 2015   $ (14,788 )     $ (14,530 )     $ (29,318 )     $ 6,023     $ (23,295 )  
Change in post-retirement benefit plans     (2,017 )             (2,017 )             (2,017 )  
Translation adjustment           2,375       2,375       (1,434 )       941  
Purchase of noncontrolling interest (3)                       (4,589 )       (4,589 )  
Balance at December 31, 2016   $ (16,805 )     $ (12,155 )     $ (28,960 )     $     $ (28,960 )  
Change in post-retirement benefit plans     (3,651 )             (3,651 )             (3,651 )  
Translation adjustment           2,618       2,618             2,618  
Balance at December 31, 2017   $ (20,456 )     $ (9,537 )     $ (29,993 )     $     $ (29,993 )  
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle (4)     (4,139 )       (255 )       (4,394 )             (4,394 )  
Change in post-retirement benefit plans     8,973             8,973             8,973  
Translation adjustment           (4,857 )       (4,857 )             (4,857 )  
Balance at December 31, 2018   $ (15,622 )     $ (14,649 )     $ (30,271 )     $     $ (30,271 )  

(1) Change in post-retirement benefit plans is presented net of tax expense of $3.5 million and net of tax benefit of $3.0 million and $1.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively.
(2) Translation adjustment is presented net of tax benefit of $1.9 million and net of tax expense of $2.0 million and $618,000 for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016, respectively.
(3) On March 31, 2016, IMTT acquired the remaining 33.3% interest in its Quebec terminal that it did not previously own. As part of this transaction, the translation adjustment of $4.6 million, net of taxes, was reclassified from noncontrolling interests to accumulated other comprehensive loss.
(4) See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies —  Recently Issued Accounting Standards ”, for the Company’s adoption of ASU No. 2018-02 during the year ended December 31, 2018.

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Dividends

The Company’s board of directors have made or declared the following dividends during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:

       
                      Declared   Period Covered   $ per Share   Record Date   Payable Date
February 14, 2019     Fourth quarter 2018     $ 1.00       March 4, 2019       March 7, 2019  
October 30, 2018     Third quarter 2018       1.00       November 12, 2018       November 15, 2018  
July 31, 2018     Second quarter 2018       1.00       August 13, 2018       August 16, 2018  
May 1, 2018     First quarter 2018       1.00       May 14, 2018       May 17, 2018  
February 19, 2018     Fourth quarter 2017       1.44       March 5, 2018       March 8, 2018  
October 30, 2017     Third quarter 2017       1.42       November 13, 2017       November 16, 2017  
August 1, 2017     Second quarter 2017       1.38       August 14, 2017       August 17, 2017  
May 2, 2017     First quarter 2017       1.32       May 15, 2017       May 18, 2017  
February 17, 2017     Fourth quarter 2016       1.31       March 3, 2017       March 8, 2017  
October 27, 2016     Third quarter 2016       1.29       November 10, 2016       November 15, 2016  
July 28, 2016     Second quarter 2016       1.25       August 11, 2016       August 16, 2016  
April 28, 2016     First quarter 2016       1.20       May 12, 2016       May 17, 2016  
February 18, 2016     Fourth quarter 2015       1.15       March 3, 2016       March 8, 2016  

The board of directors regularly reviews the Company’s dividend policy and payout ratio. In determining whether to adjust the amount of the quarterly dividend, the board will take into account such matters as the state of the capital markets and general business and economic conditions, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, indebtedness levels, capital requirements, capital opportunities and any contractual, legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends by the Company to its stockholders or by its subsidiaries to the Company, and any other factors that it deems relevant, subject to maintaining a prudent level of reserves and without creating undue volatility in the amount of such dividends where possible. In particular, each of the Company’s businesses has debt commitments and restrictive covenants, which must be satisfied before any of them can make distributions to the Company. In addition, the Company’s senior secured credit facility contains restrictions on the Company’s ability to pay dividends. Although historically the Company has declared cash dividends on its shares, any or all of these factors or other factors could result in the modification of the dividend policy, or the reduction, modification or elimination of its dividend in the future.

The dividends paid have been recorded as a reduction to additional paid in capital in the stockholders’ equity section of the consolidated balance sheets.

Independent Director Equity Plan

In 2014, MIC adopted, and MIC’s stockholders approved, the 2014 Independent Directors Equity Plan (2014 Plan) to replace the 2004 Independent Directors Equity Plan, which expired in December 2014. The purpose of this plan is to promote the long-term growth and financial success of the Company by attracting, motivating and retaining independent directors of outstanding ability. Only the Company’s independent directors may participate in the 2014 Plan. The only type of award that may be granted under the 2014 Plan is an award of director shares. Each share is an unsecured promise to transfer one share on the settlement date, subject to satisfaction of the applicable terms and conditions. The maximum number of shares available for issuance under the 2014 Plan is 300,000 shares, of which 248,664 shares remained available for issuance at December 31, 2018. The aggregate grant date fair value of awards granted to an independent director during any single fiscal year (excluding awards made at the election of the independent director in lieu of all or a portion of annual and committee cash retainers) may not exceed $350,000. The 2014 Plan does not provide a

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formula for the determination of awards and the Compensation Committee will have the authority to determine the size of all awards under the 2014 Plan, subject to the limits on the number of shares that may be granted annually.

Since 2016, the Company has granted and issued the following stock to the board of directors under the Plans:

     
              Date of Grant   Stock Units Granted   Price of Stock Units Granted   Date of Vesting
May 18, 2016 (1)     8,604       69.72       May 16, 2017  
November 1, 2016 (2)     991       81.93       May 16, 2017  
May 17, 2017     9,435       79.51       May 15, 2018  
June 7, 2018     19,230       39.00       (3)  
September 5, 2018 (2)     4,416       47.03       (3)  

(1) Restricted stock unit grants are net of forfeitures of 2,151 restricted stock unit grants due to the retirement of an independent director on September 30, 2016.
(2) Represents additional restricted stock unit grants to new independent directors during the respective years.
(3) Date of vesting will be the day immediately preceding the 2019 annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders.

12. Reportable Segments

At December 31, 2018, the Company’s businesses consist of four reportable segments: IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, MIC Hawaii and Corporate and Other.

Effective October 1, 2018, BEC and substantially all of the Company’s portfolio of solar and wind power generation businesses were classified as discontinued operations and the Company’s Contracted Power segment was eliminated. The remaining renewable power development businesses have been reported as components of Corporate and Other. All prior comparable periods have been restated to reflect this change. See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions” for further discussions.

IMTT

IMTT provides bulk liquid storage, handling and other services in North America through 17 terminals located in the United States, one terminal in Quebec, Canada and one partially owned terminal in Newfoundland, Canada. IMTT derives the majority of its revenue from storage and handling of petroleum products, various chemicals, renewable fuels, and vegetable and tropical oils. Based on storage capacity, IMTT operates one of the largest third-party bulk liquid terminals businesses in the United States. Revenue from IMTT is included in service revenue.

Atlantic Aviation

Atlantic Aviation derives the majority of its revenue from fuel delivery services and from other airport services, including de-icing and aircraft hangar rental. All of the revenue of Atlantic Aviation is generated at airports in the U.S. The business currently operates at 70 airports. Revenue from Atlantic Aviation is included in service revenue.

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MIC Hawaii

MIC Hawaii comprises of (i) Hawaii Gas, Hawaii’s only government-franchised gas utility and an unregulated liquefied petroleum gas distribution business providing gas and related services to commercial, residential and governmental customers; and (ii) controlling interests in two solar facilities on Oahu. Revenue from Hawaii Gas and the solar facilities are recorded in product revenue.

Revenue from the Hawaii Gas business is generated from the distribution and sales of synthetic natural gas (SNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Revenue is primarily a function of the volume of SNG, LPG and LNG consumed by customers and the price per British Thermal Unit or gallon charged to customers. Revenue levels, without organic growth, will generally track global commodity prices, namely petroleum and natural gas, as its products are derived from these commodities.

The renewables businesses within MIC Hawaii sell substantially all of the electricity generated at a fixed price to primarily electric utility customers pursuant to long-term (20 years) PPAs. Substantially all of the PPAs are accounted for as operating leases and have no minimum lease payments and all of the lease income under these leases is recorded within product revenue when the electricity is delivered.

Corporate and Other

Corporate and Other comprises of MIC Corporate (holding company), shared services center and other smaller businesses.

All of the MIC business segments are managed separately and management has chosen to organize the Company around the distinct products and services offered. Selected information by segment is presented in the following tables.

Revenue from external customers for the Company’s consolidated reportable segments were ($ in thousands):

           
  Year Ended December 31, 2018
     IMTT   Atlantic
Aviation
  MIC
Hawaii
  Corporate and Other   Intercompany
Adjustments
  Total Reportable Segments
Service Revenue
                                                     
Terminal Services   $ 89,630     $     $     $     $ (23 )     $ 89,607  
Lease     402,395                         (4,402 )       397,993  
Fuel           704,249                         704,249  
Hangar           88,239                         88,239  
Construction                 42,819                   42,819  
Other (1)     18,758       170,004       3,438       42             192,242  
Total Service Revenue   $ 510,783     $ 962,492     $ 46,257     $ 42     $ (4,425 )     $ 1,515,149  
Product Revenue
                                                     
Lease   $     $     $ 4,594     $     $     $ 4,594  
Gas                 229,436                   229,436  
Other                 11,502       852             12,354  
Total Product Revenue   $     $     $ 245,532     $ 852     $     $ 246,384  
Total Revenue   $ 510,783     $ 962,492     $ 291,789     $     894     $ (4,425 )     $ 1,761,533  

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  Year Ended December 31, 2017
     IMTT   Atlantic
Aviation
  MIC
Hawaii
  Intercompany
Adjustments
  Total
Reportable
Segments
Service Revenue
                                            
Terminal Services   $ 85,062     $     $     $ (45 )     $ 85,017  
Lease     431,449                   (4,889 )       426,560  
Fuel           614,739                   614,739  
Hangar           77,584                   77,584  
Construction                 53,587             53,587  
Other (1)     32,911       154,108       1,326             188,345  
Total Service Revenue   $ 549,422     $ 846,431     $ 54,913     $ (4,934 )     $ 1,445,832  
Product Revenue
                                            
Lease   $     $     $ 3,001     $     $ 3,001  
Gas                 208,684             208,684  
Other                 11,270             11,270  
Total Product Revenue   $     $     $ 222,955     $  —     $ 222,955  
Total Revenue   $ 549,422     $ 846,431     $ 277,868     $ (4,934 )     $ 1,668,787  

           
  Year Ended December 31, 2016
     IMTT   Atlantic
Aviation
  MIC
Hawaii
  Corporate and
Other
  Intercompany
Adjustments
  Total Reportable Segments
Service Revenue
                                                     
Terminal Services   $ 80,607     $     $     $     $ (90 )     $ 80,517  
Lease     418,762                         (4,791 )       413,971  
Fuel           528,950                         528,950  
Hangar           68,939                         68,939  
Construction                 20,762                   20,762  
Other (1)     33,103       142,320                         175,423  
Total Service Revenue   $ 532,472     $ 740,209     $ 20,762     $     $ (4,881 )     $ 1,288,562  
Product Revenue
                                                     
Lease   $     $     $ 1,040     $ 311     $     $ 1,351  
Gas                 200,965                   200,965  
Other                 11,154                   11,154  
Total Product Revenue   $     $     $ 213,159     $ 311     $     $ 213,470  
Total Revenue   $ 532,472     $ 740,209     $ 233,921     $     311     $ (4,881 )     $ 1,502,032  

(1) See Note 3, “Implementation of ASU 2014-09”, for revenues disclosed in Other.

In accordance with FASB ASC 280, Segment Reporting , the Company has disclosed earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items as a key performance indicator for the businesses. EBITDA excluding non-cash items is reflective of the businesses’ ability to effectively manage the volume of products sold or services provided, the operating margin earned on those transactions and the management of operating expenses independent of the capitalization and tax attributes of its businesses. The Company defines EBITDA excluding non-cash items as net income (loss) or earnings —  the most comparable GAAP measure  — before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and non-cash items including impairments, unrealized derivative gains and losses, adjustments for other non-cash items and pension expense reflected in the statements of operations.

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EBITDA excluding non-cash items for the Company’s consolidated reportable segments from continuing operations is shown in the tables below ($ in thousands). Allocations of corporate expenses, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded as they are eliminated in consolidation.

         
  Year Ended December 31, 2018
     IMTT   Atlantic
Aviation
  MIC
Hawaii
  Corporate
and Other
  Total
Reportable
Segments
Net income (loss)   $ 65,284     $ 96,419     $ (13,125 )     $ (83,950 )     $ 64,628  
Interest expense, net     45,502       25,833       7,984       32,519       111,838  
Provision (benefit) for income taxes     35,885       35,222       (6,769 )       (14,887 )       49,451  
Goodwill impairment                 3,215             3,215  
Depreciation     115,896       60,046       17,037       680       193,659  
Amortization of intangibles     15,506       45,904       6,671       233       68,314  
Fees to Manager - related party                       44,866       44,866  
Pension expense     7,662       21       438       185       8,306  
Other non-cash expense (1)     867       1,221       21,810       1,280       25,178  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 286,602     $ 264,666     $ 37,261     $ (19,074 )     $ 569,455  

(1) Other non-cash expense includes the write-down of the Company’s investment in the design-build mechanical contractor business at MIC Hawaii for the year ended December 31, 2018.

         
  Year Ended December 31, 2017
     IMTT   Atlantic
Aviation
  MIC
Hawaii
  Corporate and Other   Total Reportable Segments
Net income (loss)   $ 363,049     $ 124,370     $ 25,416     $ (79,065 )     $ 433,770  
Interest expense, net     38,357       14,512       7,041       27,006       86,916  
(Benefit) provision for income taxes     (209,464 )       6,509       9,287       (35,835 )       (229,503 )  
Depreciation     113,558       50,797       13,776       161       178,292  
Amortization of intangibles     12,905       49,393       1,527             63,825  
Fees to Manager - related party                       71,388       71,388  
Pension expense     6,996       20       1,090             8,106  
Other non-cash expense     767       1,642       2,494       831       5,734  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 326,168     $ 247,243     $ 60,631     $ (15,514 )     $ 618,528  

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  Year Ended December 31, 2016
     IMTT   Atlantic
Aviation
  MIC
Hawaii
  Corporate
and Other
  Total
Reportable
Segments
Net income (loss)   $ 83,142     $ 59,538     $ 35,744     $ (49,959 )     $ 128,465  
Interest expense, net     38,752       33,961       5,559       17,255       95,527  
Provision (benefit) for income taxes     57,736       39,889       20,441       (48,753 )       69,313  
Depreciation     123,346       41,493       10,533       146       175,518  
Amortization of intangibles     11,039       49,166       792             60,997  
Fees to Manager - related party                       68,486       68,486  
Pension expense     7,219       110       1,272             8,601  
Other non-cash expense (income)     657       905       (11,539 )       681       (9,296 )  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 321,891     $ 225,062     $ 62,802     $ (12,144 )     $ 597,611  

Reconciliation of total reportable segments’ EBITDA excluding non-cash items to consolidated net income from continuing operations before income taxes were ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Total reportable segments EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 569,455     $ 618,528     $ 597,611  
Interest income     788       83       86  
Interest expense     (112,626 )       (86,999 )       (95,613 )  
Goodwill impairment     (3,215 )              
Depreciation     (193,659 )       (178,292 )       (175,518 )  
Amortization of intangibles     (68,314 )       (63,825 )       (60,997 )  
Fees to Manager - related party     (44,866 )       (71,388 )       (68,486 )  
Pension expense     (8,306 )       (8,106 )       (8,601 )  
Other (expense) income, net     (25,178 )       (5,734 )       9,296  
Total consolidated net income from continuing operations before income taxes   $ 114,079     $ 204,267     $ 197,778  

Capital expenditures, on a cash basis, for the Company’s reportable segments were ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
IMTT   $ 63,518     $ 73,802     $ 96,865  
Atlantic Aviation     67,445       82,249       113,092  
MIC Hawaii     22,664       29,373       35,459  
Corporate and other     23,529       28,800       11,782  
Total capital expenditures of reportable segments   $ 177,156     $ 214,224     $ 257,198  

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Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net, goodwill and total assets for the Company’s reportable segments and its reconciliation to consolidated total assets as of December 31 st were ($ in thousands):

           
  Property, Equipment,
Land and Leasehold
Improvements, net
  Goodwill   Total Assets
     2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017
IMTT   $ 2,249,758     $ 2,305,440     $ 1,427,108     $ 1,427,863     $ 4,020,508     $ 4,109,448  
Atlantic Aviation     564,859       559,597       496,019       495,769       1,675,717       1,710,535  
MIC Hawaii     299,923       302,220       120,193       123,408       501,142       532,144  
Corporate and other     26,867       30,150                   598,762       68,962  
Total assets of reportable segments   $ 3,141,407     $ 3,197,407     $ 2,043,320     $ 2,047,040     $ 6,796,129     $ 6,421,089  
Assets held for sale                             647,652       1,587,862  
Total consolidated assets   $ 3,141,407     $ 3,197,407     $ 2,043,320     $ 2,047,040     $ 7,443,781     $ 8,008,951  

13. Related Party Transactions

Management Services

At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Manager held 12,477,438 shares and 5,435,442 shares, respectively, of the Company’s common stock. Pursuant to the terms of the Third Amended and Restated Management Agreement (Management Agreement), the Manager may sell these shares at any time. Under the Management Agreement, the Manager, at its option, may reinvest base management fees and performance fees, if any, in shares of the Company. From May 2018 through September 2018, the Manager bought 5,987,100 shares in the open market. The Manager’s holdings at December 31, 2018 represented 14.54% of our outstanding common stock.

Since January 1, 2016, the Company paid the Manager cash dividends on shares held for the following periods:

         
Declared   Period Covered   $ per Share   Record Date   Payable Date   Cash Paid to
Manager
(in thousands)
February 14, 2019     Fourth quarter 2018     $ 1.00       March 4, 2019       March 7, 2019       (1)  
October 30, 2018     Third quarter 2018       1.00       November 12, 2018       November 15, 2018     $ 12,317  
July 31, 2018     Second quarter 2018       1.00       August 13, 2018       August 16, 2018       10,711  
May 1, 2018     First quarter 2018       1.00       May 14, 2018       May 17, 2018       6,213  
February 19, 2018     Fourth quarter 2017       1.44       March 5, 2018       March 8, 2018       8,067  
October 30, 2017     Third quarter 2017       1.42       November 13, 2017       November 16, 2017       7,484  
August 1, 2017     Second quarter 2017       1.38       August 14, 2017       August 17, 2017       6,941  
May 2, 2017     First quarter 2017       1.32       May 15, 2017       May 18, 2017       6,332  
February 17, 2017     Fourth quarter 2016       1.31       March 3, 2017       March 8, 2017       6,080  
October 27, 2016     Third quarter 2016       1.29       November 10, 2016       November 15, 2016       5,620  
July 28, 2016     Second quarter 2016       1.25       August 11, 2016       August 16, 2016       8,743  
April 28, 2016     First quarter 2016       1.20       May 12, 2016       May 17, 2016       6,981  
February 18, 2016     Fourth quarter 2015       1.15       March 3, 2016       March 8, 2016       6,510  

(1) The amount of dividend payable to the Manager for the fourth quarter of 2018 will be determined on March 04, 2019, the record date.

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Under the Management Agreement, subject to the oversight and supervision of the Company’s board of directors, the Manager is responsible for and oversees the management of the Company’s operating businesses. In addition, the Manager has the right to appoint the Chairman of the Board of the Company, subject to minimum equity ownership, and to assign, or second, to the Company, two of its employees to serve as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company and seconds or makes other personnel available as required.

In accordance with the Management Agreement, the Manager is entitled to a monthly base management fee based primarily on the Company’s market capitalization, and potentially a quarterly performance fee based on total shareholder returns relative to a U.S. utilities index. Currently, the Manager has elected to reinvest the future base management fees and performance fees, if any, in additional shares. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Company incurred base management fees of $44.9 million, $71.4 million and $68.5 million, respectively. The Company did not incur any performance fees for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016.

Effective November 1, 2018, the Manager waived two portions of the base management fee to which it was entitled under the terms of the Management Agreement. In effect, the waivers cap the base management fee at 1% of the Company’s equity market capitalization less any cash balances at the holding company. The waiver applies only to the calculation of the base management fees and not to the remainder of the Management Agreement. MIMUSA reserves the right to revoke the waivers and revert to the prior terms of the Management Agreement, subject to providing the Company with not less than a one year notice. A revocation of the waiver would not trigger a recapture of previously waived fees.

The unpaid portion of the base management fees and performance fees, if any, at the end of each reporting period is included in Due to Manager-related party in the consolidated balance sheets. The following table shows the Manager’s reinvestment of its base management fees and performance fees, if any, in shares:

     
Period   Base Management
Fee Amount
($ in Thousands)
  Performance
Fee Amount
($ in Thousands)
  Shares
Issued
2018 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2018   $ 8,753     $       220,208 (1)  
Third quarter 2018     12,333             269,286  
Second quarter 2018     10,852             277,053  
First quarter 2018     12,928             265,002  
2017 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2017   $ 16,778     $       248,162  
Third quarter 2017     17,954             240,674  
Second quarter 2017     18,433             233,394  
First quarter 2017     18,223             232,398  
2016 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2016   $ 18,916     $       230,773  
Third quarter 2016     18,382             232,488  
Second quarter 2016     16,392             232,835  
First quarter 2016     14,796           —       234,179  

(1) The Manager elected to reinvest all of the monthly base management fees for the fourth quarter of 2018 in shares. The Company issued 220,208 shares for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, including 60,048 shares that were issued in January 2019 for the December 2018 monthly base management fee.

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For the quarter ended June 30, 2015, the Company incurred $135.6 million in performance fee. In July 2015, the board requested, and the Manager agreed, that $67.8 million of the performance fee be settled in cash in July 2015 to minimize dilution. The remaining $67.8 million obligation was settled and reinvested in 944,046 shares by the Manager on August 1, 2016 using the June 2016 volume weighted average share price of $71.84.

The Manager is not entitled to any other compensation and all costs incurred by the Manager, including compensation of seconded staff, are paid by the Manager out of its base management fee. However, the Company is responsible for other direct costs including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in the administration or management of the Company and its subsidiaries, income taxes, audit and legal fees, acquisitions and dispositions and its compliance with applicable laws and regulations. During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Manager charged the Company $1.1 million, $892,000 and $714,000, respectively, for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The unpaid portion of the out-of-pocket expenses at the end of the reporting period is included in Due to Manager-related party in the consolidated balance sheets.

Other Services

The Company uses the resources of the Macquarie Group with respect to a range of advisory, procurement, insurance, hedging, lending and other services. Engagements involving members of the Macquarie Group are reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s board of directors. Macquarie Group affiliates are engaged on an arm’s length basis and frequently as a member of syndicate of providers whose other members establish the terms of the interaction.

Advisory Services

The Macquarie Group, and wholly-owned subsidiaries within the Macquarie Group, including Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (MCUSA) have provided various advisory and other services and incurred expenses in connection with the Company’s equity raising activities, acquisitions and debt structuring for the Company and its businesses. Underwriting fees are recorded in stockholders’ equity as a direct cost of equity offerings. Advisory fees and out-of-pocket expenses relating to acquisitions are expensed as incurred. Debt arranging fees are deferred and amortized over the term of the credit facility.

In October 2016, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of $402.5 million of aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes. MCUSA served as an underwriter in this offering and received $403,000 from the Company for such services.

Long-Term Debt

In January 2018, the Company completed the refinancing and upsizing of its senior secured revolving credit facility to $600.0 million from $410.0 million and extended the maturity through January 3, 2022. As part of the refinancing and upsizing, MIHI LLC’s $50.0 million commitment was replaced by a $40.0 million commitment from Macquarie Capital Funding LLC. As part of the closing, the Company paid Macquarie Capital Funding LLC $80,000 in closing fees.

Prior to the refinancing in January 2018, the Company incurred $4,000, $285,000 and $236,000 in interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, related to MIHI LLC’s portion of the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility. Subsequent to the refinancing in January 2018, the Company incurred $454,000 in interest expense related to Macquarie Capital Funding LLC’s portion of the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Atlantic Aviation’s previous $70.0 million revolving credit facility was provided by various financial institutions, including MBL which provided $15.7 million. For the year ended December 31, 2016, Atlantic Aviation incurred and paid $90,000 in interest expense related to MBL’s portion of the revolving credit

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facility. The revolving credit facility was terminated in conjunction with the completion of the October 2016 refinancing of Atlantic Aviation’s credit facilities.

Other Transactions

In May 2018, the Company sold its equity interest in projects involving two properties to Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, Inc. (MIRA Inc.), an affiliate of the Manager, for their cost of approximately $27.1 million. The Company retained the right to 20% of any gain on a subsequent sale by MIRA Inc. to a third party of a more than 50% interest in either or both of the projects.

Macquarie Energy North America Trading, Inc. (MENAT), an indirect subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited, entered into contracts with IMTT to lease capacity. These contracts expired during the quarter ended June 30, 2017. For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, IMTT recognized $907,000 and $3.9 million, respectively, in revenues pursuant to these agreements.

14. Income Taxes

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to income taxes. The Company files a consolidated U.S. income tax return with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including its allocated share of the taxable income from the solar and wind facilities. The Company and its subsidiaries file separate and combined state income tax returns.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law and included provisions that have an impact on the Company’s federal taxable income. The most significant of these are 100% bonus depreciation on qualifying assets (which is scheduled to phase down ratably to 0% between 2023 and 2027) and a reduction in the federal corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act also includes a new limitation on the deductibility of net interest expense that generally limits the deduction to 30% of “adjusted taxable income”. For years before 2022, adjusted taxable income is defined as taxable income computed without regard to certain items, including net business interest expense, the amount of any NOL deduction, tax depreciation and tax amortization. The Company does not expect to incur net interest expense that is greater than 30% of adjusted taxable income prior to 2022.

In the third quarter of 2018, the Company completed its data gathering and analysis based on the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and its guidance issued to date as it relates to the remeasurement of existing deferred tax balances. The Company has not identified any material change to the net one-time charge for the year ended December 31, 2017 related to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Components of the Company’s income tax provision (benefit) related to the income from continuing operations for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 were ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Current taxes:
                          
State   $ 13,950     $ 11,031     $ 7,304  
Total current tax provision   $ 13,950     $ 11,031     $ 7,304  
Deferred taxes:
                          
Federal   $ 30,886     $ (247,077 )     $ 78,722  
State     8,977       5,409       (2,049 )  
Total deferred tax provision (benefit)     39,863       (241,668 )       76,673  
Change in valuation allowance     (4,362 )       1,134       (14,664 )  
Total tax provision (benefit)   $ 49,451     $ (229,503 )     $ 69,313  

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The tax effects of temporary differences that give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities from continuing operations at December 31, 2018 and 2017, were ($ in thousands):

   
  At December 31,
     2018   2017
Deferred tax assets:
                 
Net operating loss carryforwards   $ 25,916     $ 43,866  
Deferred revenue     6,891       8,854  
Accrued compensation     2,658       6,156  
Accrued expenses     25,573       25,008  
Investment and foreign tax credits     3,744       12,338  
Other     531       499  
Total gross deferred tax assets     65,313       96,721  
Less: valuation allowance     (1,091 )       (5,453 )  
Net deferred tax assets   $ 64,222     $ 91,268  
Deferred tax liabilities:
                 
Intangible assets   $ (93,207 )     $ (91,020 )  
Investment basis difference     (18,929 )       (19,954 )  
Property and equipment     (623,799 )       (609,817 )  
Unrealized gains on derivative instruments, net     (1,595 )       (6,479 )  
Equity component of convertible senior notes     (6,515 )       (7,761 )  
Prepaid expenses     (1,115 )       (1,151 )  
Total deferred tax liabilities     (745,160 )       (736,182 )  
Net deferred tax liabilities   $ (680,938 )     $ (644,914 )  

At December 31, 2018, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries had federal income tax NOL carryforwards of $152.0 million, which are available to offset future taxable income, if any, through 2036. The Company’s NOL balance begins to expire in 2029. Approximately $28.0 million of these NOLs may be limited, on an annual basis, due to the change of control for tax purposes of the respective subsidiaries in which such losses were incurred. The Company generated federal consolidated taxable income for the year ended December 31, 2018, which decreased the NOL carryforward. The Company believes that it will be able to utilize all federal prior year NOLs.

In addition, the Company and its subsidiaries have state NOL carryforwards. State NOL carryforwards are specific to the state in which the NOL was generated and various states impose limitations on the utilization of NOL carryforwards.

In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. For the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company decreased the valuation allowance by $4.4 million.

As of December 31, 2018, the Company had $680.9 million in noncurrent deferred tax liabilities from continuing operations. A significant portion of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities relates to tax basis temporary differences of both property and equipment and intangible assets. The Company records the acquisitions of consolidated businesses under the purchase method of accounting and accordingly recognizes a significant increase to the value of the property and equipment and to intangible assets. For tax purposes, the

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Company may assume the existing tax basis of the acquired businesses, in which case the Company records a deferred tax liability to reflect the increase in the purchase accounting basis of the assets acquired over the carryover income tax basis. This liability will reduce in future periods as these temporary differences reverse.

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $49.5 million, an income tax benefit of $229.5 million and an income tax expense of $69.3 million, respectively, from continuing operations. As a result of the reduction in the U.S. corporate income tax rate from 35% to 21% under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the Company revalued its ending net deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2017 and recognized a $316.4 million tax benefit from continuing operations in the Company’s consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2017. These amounts are different from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate for the period to pretax income as a result of the following ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2018   2017   2016
Tax provision at U.S. statutory rate   $ 23,957     $ 71,493     $ 69,222  
Permanent differences and other     3,962       10,381       8,078  
State income taxes, net of federal benefit     18,620       11,443       8,392  
Income attributable to noncontrolling interest     695       621       (259 )  
Change in investment and foreign tax credits     6,579       (8,139 )       (1,456 )  
Change in U.S. tax law           (316,436 )        
Change in valuation allowance     (4,362 )       1,134       (14,664 )  
Total tax provision (benefit)   $ 49,451     $ (229,503 )     $ 69,313  

Uncertain Tax Positions

The amount of unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2018 and 2017 are not significant. The Company does not expect that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change in the next 12 months. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense in the statements of operations, which is consistent with the recognition of these items in prior reporting periods.

The federal statute of limitations on the assessment of additional income tax liabilities has lapsed for all returns filed for years ended on or before December 31, 2015. The various state statutes of limitations on the assessment of additional income taxes have lapsed on all returns filed for the years ended on or before December 31, 2014.

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15. Leases

The Company leases land, buildings, office space and certain office equipment under non-cancellable operating lease agreements that expire through March 2071.

Future minimum rental commitments at December 31, 2018 are ($ in thousands):

 
2019   $ 47,679  
2020     44,152  
2021     41,278  
2022     39,824  
2023     39,525  
Thereafter     460,988  
Total   $ 673,446  

Rent expense under all operating leases was $54.0 million, $50.9 million and $49.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

16. Employee Benefit Plans

401(k) Savings Plan

IMTT, Atlantic Aviation and the Hawaii Gas business each have a defined contribution plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, allowing eligible employees to contribute a percentage of their annual compensation up to an annual amount as set by the IRS.

The employer contribution to these plans ranges from 0% to 6% of eligible compensation. Employer contributions were $4.9 million, $3.9 million and $2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

IMTT DB Plan

Except for a plan covering certain employees covered by a collective-bargaining agreement at IMTT-Illinois (see below), substantially all employees of IMTT are eligible to participate in a defined benefit pension plan (IMTT DB Plan). Benefits under the IMTT DB Plan are based on years of service and the employees’ highest average compensation for a consecutive five year period. IMTT’s contributions to the plan are based on the recommendations of its consulting actuary.

On January 1, 2017, the IMTT DB Plan was frozen to new participants, except for the union employees of Bayonne, for whom it was subsequently frozen on January 1, 2018.

Hawaii Gas Union Pension Plan

Hawaii Gas has a defined benefit pension plan for Classified Employees of GASCO, Inc. (HG DB Plan) that accrues benefits pursuant to the terms of a collective-bargaining agreement. The plan was frozen to new participants in 2008 in connection with an agreement to increase participant benefits over a three year period after which there will be no further increases to the flat rate as described herein. The HG DB Plan is non-contributory and covers all bargaining unit employees who have met certain service and age requirements. The benefits are based on a flat rate per year of service through the date of employment termination or retirement. Future contributions will be made to meet ERISA funding requirements. The HG DB Plan’s trustee handles the plan assets and, as an investment manager, invests them in a diversified portfolio of primarily equity and fixed-income securities.

Other Plan Benefits

IMTT, Hawaii Gas and Atlantic Aviation have other insignificant plans that are comprised of the following. These plans are shown below collectively as “Other Plan Benefits” .

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IMTT

IMTT is the sponsor of a defined benefit plan covering union employees at IMTT-Illinois (IMTT-Illinois Union Plan). Monthly benefits under this plan are computed based on a benefit rate in effect at the date of the participant’s termination multiplied by the number of years of service. IMTT’s contributions to the plan are based on the recommendations of its consulting actuary. On January 1, 2018, the IMTT-Illinois Union Plan was frozen to new participants.

IMTT provides post-retirement life insurance (coverage equal to 25% of final year compensation not to exceed $25,000) and health benefits (coverage for early retirees at least 62 years old on early retirement to age 65, reimbursement of Medicare premiums for the Bayonne terminal employees and some smaller health benefits no longer offered) to retired employees.

Hawaii Gas

Hawaii Gas has a postretirement plan. The GASCO, Inc. Hourly Postretirement Medical and Life Insurance Plan (the PMLI Plan) covers all bargaining unit participants who were employed by Hawaii Gas on April 30, 1999 and who retire after the attainment of age 62 with 15 years of service. Under the provisions of the PMLI Plan, Hawaii Gas pays for medical premiums of the retirees and spouses through the age of 64. After age 64, Hawaii Gas pays for medical premiums up to a maximum of $150 per month. The retirees are also provided $1,000 of life insurance benefits.

Hawaii Gas also has a retiree life insurance program for certain nonunion retirees. This plan is closed to future participants.

Atlantic Aviation

Atlantic Aviation sponsors a retiree medical and life insurance plan available to certain employees. Currently, the plan is funded as required to pay benefits and the plan has no assets. The Company accounts for postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefits in accordance with ASC 715, Compensation — Retirement Benefits , which requires the accrual of the cost of providing postretirement benefits during the active service period of the employee.

Additional information about the fair value of the benefit plan assets, the components of net periodic cost and the projected benefit obligation as of and for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 are ($ in thousands).

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017
Change in benefit obligation:
                                                                       
Benefit obligation – beginning of year   $ 53,344     $ 50,933     $ 161,805     $ 140,853     $ 29,294     $ 26,808     $ 244,443     $ 218,594  
Service cost     728       753       5,784       5,316       1,239       1,041       7,751       7,110  
Interest cost     1,868       1,982       5,718       5,808       1,055       1,087       8,641       8,877  
Plan amendments                                   243             243  
Participant contributions                             103       62       103       62  
Actuarial (gains) losses     (4,088 )       2,082       (21,733 )       16,964       (2,533 )       1,384       (28,354 )       20,430  
Benefits paid     (2,584 )       (2,406 )       (8,546 )       (8,177 )       (1,494 )       (1,331 )       (12,624 )       (11,914 )  
Special termination benefits                       1,041                         1,041  
Benefit obligation – end of year   $ 49,268     $ 53,344     $ 143,028     $ 161,805     $ 27,664     $ 29,294     $ 219,960     $ 244,443  

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  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017
Change in plan assets:
                                                                       
Fair value of plan assets – beginning of year   $ 50,866     $ 46,717     $ 101,776     $ 95,938     $ 9,429     $ 8,371     $ 162,071     $ 151,026  
Actual return on plan assets     (2,144 )       6,555       (5,081 )       14,015       (580 )       1,305       (7,805 )       21,875  
Employer contributions                             1,098       1,022       1,098       1,022  
Participant contributions                             103       62       103       62  
Benefits paid     (2,584 )       (2,406 )       (8,546 )       (8,177 )       (1,494 )       (1,331 )       (12,624 )       (11,914 )  
Fair value of plan assets – end of year   $ 46,138     $ 50,866     $ 88,149     $ 101,776     $ 8,556     $ 9,429     $ 142,843     $ 162,071  

During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were no contributions made to any of the plans. Hawaii Gas made a $3.5 million voluntary contribution to the HG DB Plan during the year ended December 31, 2016. As of December 31, 2018, IMTT is not expected to make any cash contribution to the IMTT DB Plan until 2021. As of December 31, 2018, Hawaii Gas is not expected to make any cash contribution to the HG DB Plan until 2023. The annual amount of any cash contributions will be dependent upon a number of factors such as market conditions and changes to regulations.

The funded status at December 31, 2018 and 2017, are presented in the following table ($ in thousands):

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other Plan
Benefits
  Total
     2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017
Funded status
                                                                       
Funded status at end of year   $ (3,130 )     $ (2,478 )     $ (54,879 )     $ (60,029 )     $ (19,108 )     $ (19,865 )     $ (77,117 )     $ (82,372 )  
Net amount recognized in balance sheet (1)   $ (3,130 )     $ (2,478 )     $ (54,879 )     $ (60,029 )     $ (19,108 )     $ (19,865 )     $ (77,117 )     $ (82,372 )  
Amounts recognized in balance sheet consisting of:
                                                                       
Current liabilities   $     $     $     $     $ (1,267 )     $ (1,224 )     $ (1,267 )     $ (1,224 )  
Noncurrent liabilities     (3,130 )       (2,478 )       (54,879 )       (60,029 )       (17,841 )       (18,641 )       (75,850 )       (81,148 )  
Net amount recognized in balance sheet (1)   $ (3,130 )     $ (2,478 )     $ (54,879 )     $ (60,029 )     $ (19,108 )     $ (19,865 )     $ (77,117 )     $ (82,372 )  

(1) Generally accepted accounting principles require measurement of defined benefit pension liabilities utilizing current discount rates. Statutory funding formulas permit measurement of defined benefit pension liabilities utilizing discount rates based on a 25-year average of those rates, which more closely matches the expected payout period for those liabilities. The IMTT and Hawaii Gas defined benefit pension plans both exceed 100% of the statutory funding target as of December 31, 2018.

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Amounts not yet reflected in net periodic benefit cost and included in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 are presented in the following table ($ in thousands):

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017
Prior service cost   $     $     $     $     $ (161 )     $ (163 )     $ (161 )     $ (163 )  
Accumulated loss     (9,798 )       (9,407 )       (7,147 )       (18,320 )       (4,190 )       (5,865 )       (21,135 )       (33,592 )  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (9,798 )       (9,407 )       (7,147 )       (18,320 )       (4,351 )       (6,028 )       (21,296 )       (33,755 )  
Net periodic benefit cost in excess (deficit) of cumulative employer contributions     6,668       6,929       (47,732 )       (41,709 )       (14,757 )       (13,837 )       (55,821 )       (48,617 )  
Net amount recognized in balance sheet   $ (3,130 )     $ (2,478 )     $ (54,879 )     $ (60,029 )     $ (19,108 )     $ (19,865 )     $ (77,117 )     $ (82,372 )  

The components of net periodic benefit cost and other changes in other comprehensive loss (income) for the plans are shown below ($ in thousands):

                       
                       
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2018   2017   2016   2018   2017   2016   2018   2017   2016   2018   2017   2016
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
                                                                                                           
Service cost   $ 728     $ 753     $ 744     $ 5,784     $ 5,316     $ 6,285     $ 1,239     $ 1,041     $ 810     $ 7,751     $ 7,110     $ 7,839  
Interest cost     1,868       1,982       2,046       5,718       5,808       6,172       1,055       1,087       974       8,641       8,877       9,192  
Expected return on plan assets     (2,916 )       (2,675 )       (2,448 )       (5,479 )       (5,794 )       (6,374 )       (534 )       (473 )       (502 )       (8,929 )       (8,942 )       (9,324 )  
Recognized actuarial loss     581       795       854                         256       281       91       837       1,076       945  
Amortization of prior service credit (cost)                                         2       (15 )       (15 )       2       (15 )       (15 )  
Special Termination
benefits
                            1,041                                     1,041        
Net periodic benefit cost   $ 261     $ 855     $ 1,196     $ 6,023     $ 6,371     $ 6,083     $ 2,018     $ 1,921     $ 1,358     $ 8,302     $ 9,147     $ 8,637  
Other changes recognized in other comprehensive loss (income):
                                                                                                           
Prior service cost arising during the year   $     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 243     $     $     $ 243     $  
Net loss (gain) arising during the year     972       (1,798 )       156       (11,173 )       8,743       8,428       (1,419 )       552       4,545       (11,620 )       7,497       13,129  
Liability gain due to curtailment                                   (8,777 )                                     (8,777 )  
Amortization of prior service (credit) cost                                         (2 )       15       15       (2 )       15       15  
Amortization of loss     (581 )       (795 )       (854 )                         (256 )       (281 )       (91 )       (837 )       (1,076 )       (945 )  
Total recognized in other comprehensive loss (income)   $ 391     $ (2,593 )     $ (698 )     $ (11,173 )     $ 8,743     $ (349 )     $ (1,677 )     $ 529     $ 4,469     $ (12,459 )     $ 6,679     $ 3,422  

The estimated amounts that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive loss (income) over the next year are presented in the following table ($ in thousands):

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017
Amortization of prior service
cost
  $     $     $     $     $ 2     $ 2     $ 2     $ 2  
Amortization of net loss       696         563         —         188         105         225         801         976  

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16. Employee Benefit Plans  – (continued)

The assumptions used in accounting for the HG DB Plan Benefits, IMTT DB Plan Benefits and Other Plan Benefits are:

                 
                 
  HG DB Plan Benefits   IMTT DB Plan Benefits   Other Plan Benefits
     2018   2017   2016   2018   2017   2016   2018   2017   2016
Weighted average assumptions to determine benefit obligations:
                                                                                
Discount rate     4.25 %       3.60 %       4.00 %       4.35 %       3.70 %       4.30 %       3.91% to 4.35 %       3.25% to 3.70 %       3.56% to 4.25 %  
Rate of compensation increase     N/A       N/A       N/A       4.57 %       4.57 %       4.57 %       4.57 % (1)       4.57 % (1)       4.57 % (1)  
Measurement date     December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31  
Weighted average assumptions to determine net cost:
                                                                                
Discount rate     3.60 %       4.00 %       4.20 %       3.70 %       4.30 %       4.65 %       3.25% to 3.70 %       3.56% to 4.25 %       3.78% to 4.55 %  
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets during fiscal year     5.90 %       5.90 %       5.90 %       5.60 %       6.25 %       6.75 %       5.75 % (2)       5.75 % (2)       6.25 % (2)  
Rate of compensation increase     N/A       N/A       N/A       4.57 %       4.57 %       4.57 %       4.57 % (1)       4.57 % (1)       4.57 % (1)  
Assumed healthcare cost trend rates:
                                                                                
Initial health care cost trend rate                                                           8.00% to 8.50 %       6.98% to 7.0 %       7.20% to 7.25 %  
Ultimate rate                                                           4.50% to 5.00%       4.50% to 5.00 %       4.50% to 5.00 %  
Year ultimate rate is reached                                                           2026 to 2027       2025 to 2028       2025 to 2028  

(1) Only applies to IMTT post-retirement life insurance plan.
(2) Only applies to IMTT-Illinois Union Plan.

Pension asset investment decisions are made with assistance of an outside paid advisor to achieve the multiple goals of high rate of return, diversification and safety. The business has instructed the trustee, the investment manager, to maintain the allocation of the defined benefit plans’ assets between equity mutual fund securities, fixed income mutual fund securities, mixed equity and fixed income mutual fund securities, money market funds and cash within the pre-approved parameters set by the management. The weighted average asset allocation at December 31, 2018 and 2017 was:

           
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
     2018   2017   2018   2017   2018   2017
Equity securities     23 %       36 %       42 %       43 %       45 %       45 %  
Fixed income securities     71 %       58 %       41 %       44 %       44 %       46 %  
Private equity                 7 %       4 %       1 %        
Global Real Estate Fund     4 %       5 %       6 %       7 %       6 %       7 %  
Cash     2 %       1 %       4 %       2 %       4 %       2 %  
Total         100 %           100 %           100 %           100 %           100 %           100 %  

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16. Employee Benefit Plans  – (continued)

The expected returns on plan assets were estimated based on the allocation of assets and management’s expectations regarding future performance of the investments held in the investment portfolios. The asset allocations as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 measurement dates were ($ in thousands):

         
  Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2018
Pension Benefits – Plan Assets
     Total   Quoted Prices in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Net
Asset
Value
(NAV)
Asset category:
                                            
Cash and money market   $ 4,618     $ 4,618     $     $     $  
Equity securities     51,662             51,662              
Fixed income securities     73,359             73,359              
Global Real Estate Fund     7,319             7,319              
Domestic private equity     5,885                         5,885  
Total   $ 142,843     $ 4,618     $ 132,340     $     —     $ 5,885  

         
  Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2017
Pension Benefits – Plan Assets
     Total   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  Net
Asset
Value
(NAV)
Asset category:
                                            
Cash and money market   $ 3,177     $ 3,177     $     $     $  
Equity securities     66,741             66,741              
Fixed income securities     78,242             78,242              
Global real estate fund     9,607             9,607              
Domestic private equity     4,304                         4,304  
Total   $ 162,071     $ 3,177     $ 154,590     $     —     $ 4,304  

The estimated future benefit payments for the next ten years are ($ in thousands):

       
  HG DB Plan Benefits   IMTT DB Plan Benefits   Other Plan Benefits   Total
2019   $ 3,001     $ 7,552     $ 1,663     $ 12,216  
2020     3,072       8,383       1,784       13,239  
2021     3,116       6,422       1,742       11,280  
2022     3,132       7,301       1,681       12,114  
2023     3,152       7,304       1,739       12,195  
Thereafter     15,743       43,176       9,597       68,516  
Total   $ 31,216     $ 80,138     $ 18,206     $ 129,560  

17. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, the Company has adequate legal defenses and/or insurance coverage with respect to the eventuality of such actions, and does not believe the outcome of any pending legal proceedings will be material to the Company’s financial position or result of operations.

IMTT Bayonne — Remediation

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17. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies  – (continued)

owners. One former owner retained environmental remediation responsibilities for a purchased site and shares in other remediation costs. These remediation requirements are documented in two memoranda of agreement and an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey. Remediation efforts entail removal of free product, soil treatment, repair/replacement of sewer systems, and the implementation of containment and monitoring systems. These remediation activities are estimated to span a period of ten to twenty or more years and cost from $30.0 million to $65.0 million. The cost of the remediation activities at the terminal are estimated based on currently available information, in undiscounted U.S. dollars and is inherently subject to relatively large fluctuation.

Shareholder Litigation

On April 23, 2018, a complaint captioned City of Riviera Beach General Employees Retirement System v. Macquarie Infrastructure Corp., et al., Case 1:18-cv-03608 (VSB), was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A substantially identical complaint captioned Daniel Fajardo v. Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, et al. , Case No. 1:18-cv-03744 (VSB) was filed in the same court on April 27, 2018. Both complaints assert claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder on behalf of a putative class consisting of all purchasers of MIC common stock between February 22, 2016 and February 21, 2018. The named defendants in both cases are the Company and four current or former officers of MIC and one of its subsidiaries, IMTT Holdings LLC. The complaints in both actions allege that the Company and the individual defendants knowingly made material misstatements and omitted material facts in its public disclosures concerning the Company’s and IMTT’s business and the sustainability of the Company’s dividend to stockholders. On January 30, 2019, the Court issued an opinion and order consolidating the two cases, appointing Moab Partners, L.P. (Moab) as Lead Plaintiff, approving Moab’s selection of lead counsel, and directing Moab to file a consolidated amended complaint within 30 days. The Company intends to vigorously contest the claims asserted in the consolidated cases, which the Company believes are entirely meritless.

On August 9, 2018, a shareholder derivative complaint captioned Phyllis Wright v. Liam Stewart, et al. , Case No. 1:18-cv-07174 (VSB), was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. A substantially identical complaint captioned Raymond Greenlee v. James Hooke, et al. , Case No. 1:18-cv-09339 (VSB) was filed in the same court on October 12, 2018. A third and substantially similar shareholder derivative complaint captioned Kim Johnson v. Liam Stewart, et al., Case No. 1:18-cv-011062 (VSB) was filed in the same court on November 27, 2018. Each of the shareholder derivative complaints assert derivative claims on behalf of the Company against certain of its current and former officers and directors arising out of the same subject matter at issue in the City of Riviera Beach and Fajardo complaints discussed above. The causes of action asserted include violation of Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, breach of fiduciary duties, waste of corporate assets, unjust enrichment, and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty. A motion to consolidate the three actions is currently pending. Proceedings in the Wright, Greenlee and Johnson cases are otherwise stayed pending resolution of an anticipated motion to dismiss the securities class actions described above. The Company expects that the named defendants will vigorously contest the claims asserted in the Wright , Greenlee and Johnson complaints.

18. Subsequent Events

Dividend

On February 14, 2019, the board of directors declared a dividend of $1.00 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, which is expected to be paid on March 7, 2019 to holders of record on March 4, 2019.

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19. Quarterly Data (Unaudited)

The following table represents the summary of financial data from both continuing and discontinued operations for the quarters related to the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017.

       
Quarter ended   March 31   June 30   September 30   December 31
     (In Thousands, except per share data)
2018
                                   
Revenue from continuing operations   $ 466,269     $ 436,677     $ 420,830     $ 437,757  
Operating income from continuing operations     75,379       58,251       51,912       46,569  
Net income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to MIC     39,672       27,647       1,474       (713 )  
Net income from discontinued operations attributable to MIC (1)     37,162       10,719       20,230       330  
Per share information attributable to MIC:
                                   
Basic income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.47     $ 0.32     $ 0.02     $ (0.01 )  
Basic income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC (1)     0.44       0.13       0.23        
Basic income (loss) per share attributable to
MIC
    0.91       0.45       0.25       (0.01 )  
Diluted income (loss) per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC (2)   $ 0.47     $ 0.32     $ 0.02     $ (0.01 )  
Diluted income per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC (1) (2)     0.44       0.13       0.23        
Diluted income (loss) per share attributable to MIC     0.91       0.45       0.25       (0.01 )  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00     $ 1.00  
2017
                                   
Revenue from continuing operations   $ 423,387     $ 398,824     $ 410,616     $ 435,960  
Operating income from continuing operations     76,271       63,703       69,894       70,749  
Net income from continuing operations attributable to MIC     32,437       19,180       27,912       354,650  
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to MIC (1)     3,578       6,840       12,183       (5,578 )  
Per share information attributable to MIC:
                                   
Basic income per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC   $ 0.39     $ 0.23     $ 0.33     $ 4.19  
Basic income (loss) per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC (1)     0.05       0.09       0.15       (0.06 )  
Basic income per share attributable to MIC     0.44       0.32       0.48       4.13  
Diluted income per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC (2)   $ 0.39     $ 0.23     $ 0.33     $ 3.88  
Diluted income (loss) per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC (1) (2)     0.05       0.09       0.15       (0.06 )  
Diluted income per share attributable to MIC     0.44       0.32       0.48       3.82  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 1.32     $ 1.38     $ 1.42     $ 1.44  

(1) See Note 5, “Discontinued Operations and Dispositions”, for discussions on businesses classified as held for sale for the periods presented above.
(2) See Note 6, “Income per Share”, for further discussions for potentially dilutive shares.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and to ensure that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive and financial officers, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-K. Based on this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that due to the material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting described below under Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2018.

Notwithstanding a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting, our management concluded that our consolidated financial statements in this annual report on Form 10-K present fairly, in all material respects, the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of the dates, and for the periods presented, in conformity with GAAP.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for performing an assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the Company’s Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Because of the inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Accordingly, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Management used the framework set forth in the report entitled “Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013)” published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (referred to as COSO) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018.

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retail prices used in fuel sales transactions made on account and reported as revenues were not operating effectively and timely as of December 31, 2018. This resulted because Atlantic Aviation did not establish appropriate authorities and responsibilities in alignment with the objectives of internal control over financial reporting for certain employees at our fixed based operation (FBO) locations and did not perform ongoing monitoring activities to evaluate whether control activities over the completeness and accuracy of fuel revenues were designed, implemented and operating effectively.

The Company did not identify misstatements in fuel revenue as a result of these control deficiencies in our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018. However, the control deficiencies created a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement to the consolidated financial statements would not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. As a result, management concluded that the deficiencies represent a material weakness and accordingly our internal control over financial reporting was not effective as of December 31, 2018.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018 has been audited by KPMG LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing on page 156, which expressed an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018.

Remediation

Management is implementing measures to ensure that the control deficiencies contributing to the material weakness discussed above are remediated. The remediation measures at Atlantic Aviation include:

(i) reinforcing the importance of the performance of the fuel gallon and pricing management review procedures and controls;
(ii) developing and maintaining documentation to be utilized by FBO personnel in performing revenue procedures and controls;
(iii) training control owners on revenue procedures and controls;
(iv) re-enforcing accountability for compliance with internal control policies and procedure; and
(v) enhancing the existing centralized revenue control monitoring function.

We believe that these actions will be sufficient to remediate the material weakness and strengthen our internal control over financial reporting. The weakness will not be considered remediated, however, until the applicable controls operate for a sufficient period of time and management has concluded, through testing, that these controls are operating effectively. We expect that the remediation of this weakness will be completed prior to the year ending December 31, 2019.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Other than the material weakness described above, there have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) identified in connection with the evaluation described above during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2018 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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(c) Attestation Report of Registered Public Accounting Firm

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation:

Opinion on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

We have audited Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and subsidiaries’ (the Company) internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In our opinion, because of the effect of the material weakness, described below, on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria, the Company has not maintained effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and our report dated February 20, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A material weakness impacting fuel revenue at the Atlantic Aviation business related to ineffective assignment of internal control over financial reporting authorities and responsibilities, ineffective process level control activities, and ineffective ongoing monitoring activities over those control activities has been identified and is included in management’s assessment. The material weakness was considered in determining the nature, timing, and extent of audit tests applied in our audit of the 2018 consolidated financial statements, and this report does not affect our report on those consolidated financial statements.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas
February 20, 2019

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

Not Applicable.

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company will furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission a definitive proxy statement not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.

The information required by this Item 10 is included under the captions “Election of Directors”, “Governance Information” and “Section 16(A) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in our proxy statement for our 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Our Code of Business Conduct applies to all of our directors, officers and employees as well as all directors, officers and employees of our Manager involved in the management of the Company and its businesses. Our Code of Business Conduct is posted on the Governance page of our website, www.macquarie.com/mic . You may request a copy of our Code of Business Conduct by contacting Investor Relations at 125 West 55 th Street, New York, NY 10019 ((212) 231-1000). We will post any amendment to the Code of Business Conduct, and any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of either the SEC or the NYSE, on our website.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this Item 11 is included under the captions “Director Compensation”, “Compensation Discussion and Analysis”, “Executive Compensation”, “Governance Information” and “Compensation Committee Report” in our proxy statement for our 2018 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

The information required by this Item 12 is included under the caption “Share Ownership of Directors, Executive Officers and Principal Stockholders” in our proxy statement for our 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by this Item 13 is included under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Governance Information” in our proxy statement for our 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this Item 14 is included under the caption “Ratification of Selection of Independent Auditor” in our proxy statement for our 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Financial Statements and Schedules

The consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8, and schedule listed in the accompanying exhibit index are filed as part of this report.

Exhibits

The exhibits listed on the accompanying exhibit index are filed as a part of this report.

ITEM 16. FORM 10-K SUMMARY

None.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 20, 2019.

 
  MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION
(Registrant)
    

By:

/s/ Christopher Frost

Chief Executive Officer

We, the undersigned directors and executive officers of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, hereby severally constitute Christopher Frost and Liam Stewart, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys to any and all amendments to said Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and in the capacities indicated on the 20 th day of February 2019.

 
Signature   Title
/s/ Christopher Frost

Christopher Frost
  Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Liam Stewart

Liam Stewart
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Robert Choi

Robert Choi
  Principal Accounting Officer
/s/ Martin Stanley

Martin Stanley
  Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Norman H. Brown, Jr.

Norman H. Brown, Jr.
  Director
/s/ George W. Carmany III

George W. Carmany III
  Director
/s/ Amanda Brock

Amanda Brock
  Director
/s/ Ronald Kirk

Ronald Kirk
  Director
/s/ Maria J. Dreyfus

Maria J. Dreyfus
  Director
/s/ Henry E. Lentz

Henry E. Lentz
  Director
/s/ Ouma Sananikone

Ouma Sananikone
  Director


 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 
 2.1   Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2018, by and among MIC Thermal Power Holdings, LLC and NHIP II Bayonne Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2018).
 3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2015).
 3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, dated as of February 18, 2016 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2016).
 4.1   Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2014, by and among Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2014).
 4.2   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2014, by and among Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2014).
 4.3   Second supplemental indenture, dated as of May 21, 2015, by and between Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and Wells Fargo, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2015).
 4.4   Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 13, 2016, by and among Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 2.00% Convertible Senior Note due 2023) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 14, 2016).
10.1   Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement by and among the Registrant, MIC Ohana Corporation and Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2015).
10.2   Limited Waiver, dated October 30, 2018, of Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 31, 2018).
10.3   Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2015).
10.4   Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of January 3, 2018, among Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, as borrower, MIC Ohana Corporation, as guarantor, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017)
10.5*   Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC 2014 Independent Directors Equity Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 4, 2014).
10.6*   Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation 2016 Omnibus Employee Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 1, 2016).
10.7   Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, among ITT Holdings LLC, IMTT-Quebec Inc. and IMTT-NTL Ltd., SunTrust Bank as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).


 
 

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10.8**   Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2018, among ITT Holdings LLC, IMTT-Quebec Inc. and IMTT-NTL, Ltd. as Canadian borrowers, the guarantors party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto, to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 21, 2015, as amended.
10.9   Note Purchase Agreement, dated May 8, 2015, among ITT Holdings LLC and the purchasers named therein, with respect to the issuance of 3.92% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series A, due 2025 and 4.02% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series B, due 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
10.10   Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and IMTT-Finco, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (Series 2010A) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
10.11   Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and IMTT-Finco, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (Series 2010) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
10.12   Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and IMTT-Finco, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (Series 2010B) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
10.13   Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and International-Matex Tank Terminals and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (Series 2007) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
10.14   Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among The Industrial Development Board of the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana, Inc. and IMTT-Geismar and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
10.15   Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Bayonne Industries, Inc., IMTT-Bayonne and IMTT-BC and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
10.16†   Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, as amended, among Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD., as administrative agent, ING Capital LLC, as DSR Letter of Credit issuing bank, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, as joint lead arranger, Union Bank, N.A., as collateral agent, and the lender parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015).
10.17**   Credit Agreement, dated as of December 6, 2018, among Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc., Atlantic Aviation FBO Holdings LLC, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent and the lenders party thereto.
10.18†   Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2012, among The Gas Company, LLC and the purchasers named therein, with respect to the issuance of 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 (the “September 2012 Quarterly Report”)).
10.19†   Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2016, among HGC Holdings LLC, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016).


 
 

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 10.20†   Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2016, among The Gas Company LLC, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2016).
 10.21†   Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 21, 2017, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2016, among HGC Holdings LLC, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017).
 10.22†   Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 21, 2017, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2016, among The Gas Company LLC, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017).
 10.23†   Amendment No. 2, dated as of February 12, 2018, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2016, among HGC Holdings LLC, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.24 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017).
 10.24†   Amendment No. 2, dated as of February 12, 2018, to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2016, among The Gas Company LLC, Wells Fargo Bank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017).
 21.1**   Subsidiaries of the Registrant
 23.1**   Consent of KPMG LLP
 24.1   Powers of Attorney (included in signature pages)
 31.1**   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
 31.2**   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer
 32.1***   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
 32.2***   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
101.0**   The following materials from the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed on February 20, 2019, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

* Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.
** Filed herewith.
*** A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and will be retained by Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
The Registrant does not deem this agreement material pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(10).


 

Exhibit 10.8

 

Execution Version

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), is made and entered into as of December 5, 2018, by and among ITT HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ US Borrower ”) and a wholly-owned direct Subsidiary of IMTT HOLDINGS LLC, IMTT-QUEBEC INC., a Canadian corporation, and IMTT-NTL, LTD., a Canadian corporation (together with IMTT-QUEBEC INC., each a “ Canadian Borrower ” and collectively, the “ Canadian Borrowers ”, and together with the US Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), the Guarantors party hereto, some or all of the lenders identified on the signature pages hereto as “Existing Lenders” or “Existing Canadian Lenders” (collectively, the “ Existing Lenders ”), each lender identified on the signature page hereto as a “New Lender” (collectively, the “ New Lenders ”, and together with the Existing Lenders, the “ Lenders ”) and SUNTRUST BANK, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

WITNESSETH :

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Existing Lenders and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2016 and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain financial accommodations available to the Borrowers; and

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Lenders and the Administrative Agent amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Lenders party hereto are willing to do so;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of all of which are acknowledged, the Borrowers, the Lenders party hereto and the Administrative Agent agree as follows:

 

1.              Amendments .

 

(a)           The definition of “Bond Mandatory Put Date” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “May 21, 2022” with “December 5, 2025”.

 

(b)           The definition of “Consolidated Material Project EBITDA Adjustments” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with the following:

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Material Project EBITDA Adjustments ” means, with respect to each Material Project:

 

(x) prior to the Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (but including the Fiscal Quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs), a percentage (based on the then-current completion percentage of such Material Project) of an amount determined by the US Borrower in its reasonable, good faith judgment, with the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), as (1) the projected Consolidated EBITDA for any period attributable to such Material Project for the first 12-month period following the scheduled Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project, plus (2) the projected cash payments that will be received by the Loan Parties under any duly executed Capitalized Customer Contracts related to such Material Project for the first 12-month period following the scheduled Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (such amounts in both clauses (1) and (2) above to be determined based on customer contracts relating to such Material Project, the creditworthiness of the other parties to such contracts, and projected revenues from such contracts, tariffs, capital costs and expenses, scheduled Commercial Operation Date, commodity price assumptions and other factors deemed appropriate by US Borrower in its reasonable, good faith judgment, with the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld)), which such amount set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above may, at the option of the Borrowers, be added to actual Consolidated EBITDA for any period for the Fiscal Quarter in which construction of such Material Project commences and for each Fiscal Quarter thereafter until the Commercial Operation Date of such Material Project (including the Fiscal Quarter in which such Commercial Operation Date occurs, but net of any actual Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Material Project following such Commercial Operation Date); provided that if the actual Commercial Operation Date does not occur by the scheduled Commercial Operation Date, then the foregoing amount shall be reduced, for quarters ending after the scheduled Commercial Operation Date to (but excluding) the first full quarter after its Commercial Operation Date, by the following percentage amounts depending on the period of delay (based on the period of actual delay or then-estimated delay, whichever is longer): (i) 90 days or less, 0%, (ii) longer than 90 days, but not more than 180 days, 25%, (iii) longer than 180 days but not more than 270 days, 50%, and (iv) longer than 270 days, 100%; and

 

(y) beginning with the first full Fiscal Quarter following the Commercial Operation Date of a Material Project and for the two immediately succeeding Fiscal Quarters, an amount determined by the US Borrower in its reasonable, good faith judgment, with the approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), as (1) the projected Consolidated EBITDA attributable to such Material Project (determined in the same manner as set forth in clause (i) above) for the balance of the four full Fiscal Quarter period following such Commercial Operation Date, which may, at the Borrowers’ option, be added to actual Consolidated EBITDA for such Fiscal Quarters, plus (2) the projected cash payments that will be received by the Loan Parties under duly executed Capitalized Customer Contracts related to such Material Project for the balance of the four full Fiscal Quarter period following such Commercial Operation Date (excluding cash payments actually received under such Capitalized Customer Contract during such period).

 

 

 

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing:

 

(x) no such additions shall be allowed with respect to any Material Project or any Capitalized Customer Contract unless (a) the Borrower Representative shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent written pro forma projections of Consolidated EBITDA or projected cash payments under any Capitalized Customer Contract for any period attributable to such Material Project or such Capitalized Customer Contract, as applicable, and (b) the Administrative Agent shall have approved such projections (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) and shall have received such other information and documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(y) Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower Representative no later than 30 days after receipt of such projections as to whether any proposed Consolidated Material Project EBITDA Adjustment is approved; and

 

(z) the aggregate amount of all Consolidated Material Project EBITDA Adjustments during any period shall be limited to 20% of the total Consolidated EBITDA for such period.

 

(c)           The definition of “Consolidated Total Funded Debt” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) replacing “$15,000,000” with “$25,000,000” and (ii) replacing “$75,000,000” with “$100,000,000”;

 

(d)           The definition of “Defaulting Lender” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing clause (iv) in its entirety with the following:

 

(iv)       any Lender that has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (A) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (B) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (C) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.

 

 

 

 

(e)           The definition of “Governmental Authority” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the phrase “(including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank)” at the end thereof;

 

(f)            The definition of “Leverage Ratio” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding “ plus (D) any Consolidated Contract EBITDA Adjustments,” before “in each case”;

 

(g)           The definition of “Responsible Officer” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) adding “, the chief banking officer” after the first instance of “chief financial officer” and (ii) adding “, the chief accounting officer” after the second instance of “chief financial officer”;

 

(h)           The definition of “Sanctioned Country” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety with the following:

 

Sanctioned Country ” shall mean, at any time, a country, region or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject or target of any Sanctions.

 

(i)            The definition of “Stated Revolver Maturity Date” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “May 21, 2020” with “December 5, 2023”.

 

(j)            Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is further amended by removing the definition of “Lender Insolvency Event”;

 

(k)           Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is further amended by adding the following new definitions in proper alphabetical order:

 

Bail-In Action ” shall mean the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation ” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time that is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification ” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

 

 

 

Capitalized Customer Contract ” shall mean any customer contract to which a Loan Party is a party that (x) such Loan Party is required to treat as a capital lease or financing lease under GAAP, with some or all of the payments to the Loan Parties reflected as repayment of principal and interest rather than rent and (y) has generated cash payments to the Loan Parties over the trailing four Fiscal Quarter period (or if executed during the trailing four Fiscal Quarter period is expected to generate cash payments to the Loan Parties in the next four Fiscal Quarter period) of at least $1,000,000.

 

Consolidated Contract EBITDA Adjustments ” shall mean, for the Loan Parties for any period, the aggregate cash payments received by the Loan Parties under Capitalized Customer Contracts during such period.

 

Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” shall mean, at any date, the net book value of all assets of the US Borrower and its Subsidiaries, after deducting any reserves applicable thereto, which would be treated as intangible assets under GAAP, including, without limitation, good will, trademarks, trade names, service marks, brand names, copyrights, patents and unamortized debt discount and expense, organizational expenses and the excess of the equity in any Restricted Subsidiary over the cost of the investment in such Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Debtor Relief Laws ” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

EEA Financial Institution ” shall mean (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country that is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country that is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country that is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

 

EEA Member Country ” shall mean any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority ” shall mean any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” shall mean the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

 

 

 

 

Priority Indebtedness ” shall mean (without duplication), as of the date of any determination thereof, the sum of (i) all Indebtedness of Subsidiaries (excluding (x) Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party, (y) Indebtedness of any US Loan Party and (z) Indebtedness under the Canadian Commitment), and (ii) all Indebtedness of the Loan Parties secured by Liens other than Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by clauses (a) through (h), inclusive, of Section 9.2.

 

PTE ” shall mean a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

Screen Rate ” shall mean the rate as displayed on the applicable Reuters page (or on any successor or substitute page or service providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market comparable to those currently provided on such page, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time).

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” shall mean, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

(l)            Section 4.9 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) adding an “(a)” before the beginning phrase of “If prior to”, (ii) replacing the existing “(a)” with “(i)” and replacing the existing “(b)” with “(ii)”, and (iii) adding the following new clause (b):

 

(b)       If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) above have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) above have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Screen Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the Screen Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (but for the avoidance of doubt, such related changes shall not include a reduction of the Applicable Margin). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 13.2, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five (5) Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required US Lenders stating that such Required US Lenders object to such amendment. Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this Section 4.9(b) , only to the extent the Screen Rate for the applicable currency and/or such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (x) any Notice of US Conversion/Continuation that requests the conversion of any Borrowing to, or continuation of any Borrowing as, a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing shall be ineffective, and (y) if any Notice of Revolving Borrowing or Notice of Swingline Borrowing requests a Eurodollar Revolving Borrowing, such Borrowing shall be made as a Base Rate Borrowing; provided, that, if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

 

 

 

(m)           Section 6.10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “$50,000,000” with “$75,000,000” in both instances;

 

(n)           Section 6.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting “(a)” before the first sentence of such Section and adding the following new subsection (b):

 

(b)       The information included in the Beneficial Ownership Certification is true and correct in all respects.

 

(o)           Section 6.16 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the penultimate sentence in its entirety with the following new sentence:

 

None of the Loan Parties, any Subsidiary, or to the knowledge of the applicable Loan Party or such Subsidiary, any of their respective directors, officers or employees, or to the knowledge of the US Borrower, any agent of a Loan Party or any Subsidiary that will act in any capacity in connection with or benefit from the credit facilities established hereby, (i) is a Person that is owned or controlled by a Sanctioned Person, (ii) is a Sanctioned Person or (iii) is located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country.

 

(p)           The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 6.20:

 

Section 6.20. EEA Financial Institution; Other Regulations . None of the Loan Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries is an EEA Financial Institution.

 

(q)           Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by removing the word “and” at the end of subsection (g), replacing the “.” at the end of subsection (h) and adding the following new subsection (i):

 

 

 

 

(i)       any change in the information provided in the Beneficial Ownership Certification that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified in parts (c) or (d) of such certification.

 

(r)            Section 7.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof:

 

The Borrowers will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and achieve compliance by the Borrowers, their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents which are acting or benefitting in any capacity in connection with this Agreement with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

(s)            Clause (i) of Section 9.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing “$15,000,000” with “$25,000,000”;

 

(t)            Clause (j) of Section 9.1 is hereby amended by replacing such clause in its entirety with the following:

 

(j)       other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties to the extent that after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Borrowers would be in compliance with Section 8.1; provided, however, that Priority Indebtedness shall not at any time exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets (calculated as of the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1) .

 

(u)           Clause (i) of Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such clause in its entirety with the following:

 

(i)       Liens on the assets of Loan Parties securing Indebtedness of the Loan Parties permitted under Section 9.1(j).

 

(v)           Clause (h) of Section 9.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such clause in its entirety with the following:

 

(h)      Liens (including leases) in favor of the Governmental Authorities (i) issuing Tax Exempt Bonds permitted under Section 9.1(h) so long as such Liens only apply to the facility financed (in whole or in part) with the proceeds from the issuance of such Tax Exempt Bonds (or improvements thereto or extensions thereof), (ii) in connection with leases of improvements or facilities by the Loan Parties from Governmental Authorities that issue Intercompany Taxable Bonds permitted under Section 9.1(g), and (iii) in connection with leases permitted under Section 9.8(ii), in each case solely to the extent such improvements and facilities are required to be owned by such Governmental Authorities in order to obtain the related ad valorem property tax exemptions; and

 

 

 

 

(w)          Section 9.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) removing the final sentence at the end of clause (b) thereof, (ii) adding “and” at the end of subsection (vi) of clause (b) of such Section and (iii) replacing subsections (vii) and (viii) of clause (b) of such Section in their entirety with the following:

 

(vii)       disposition of assets so long as the aggregate net book value of such assets in any Fiscal Year does not exceed 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Loan Parties as of the last day of the prior Fiscal Year; provided that dispositions of assets shall not be taken into account in the calculation of whether such 10% threshold is exceeded under this subsection (vii) where the net proceeds thereof are applied within 365 days of the date of such disposition to (i) the permanent repayment of senior Indebtedness of the Loan Parties, other than Indebtedness between or among any Loan Party or Affiliates (and in connection with any such repayment of senior Indebtedness, the Borrowers shall offer to apply a pro rata amount of the net proceeds to the prepayment of the Revolving Loans with a corresponding permanent reduction in Revolving Commitments and the mandatory tender and redemption of Bonds with a corresponding permanent reduction in Bond Commitments); or (ii) the direct or indirect acquisition of assets (including the acquisition of equity in a Person that will become a Loan Party) to be used in the ordinary course of business of any Loan Party; provided further, that both immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to any asset disposition under this subsection (vii), (x) no Event of Default shall exist or would result therefrom and (y) and the Borrowers shall be in compliance with Section 8.1 as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered.

 

(x)            Clause (n) of Section 9.4 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing such clause in its entirety with the following:

 

(n)       other Investments made after the Amendment Effective Date which in the aggregate do not exceed $150,000,000 at cost at any time during the term of this Agreement; and

 

(y)           Section 9.8 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the first sentence in its entirety with the following:

 

The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of the other Loan Parties to, enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property sold or transferred (such arrangement, a “ Sale/Leaseback ”), other than (i) the sale of property of a Borrower or Guarantor to a Governmental Authority that issues Tax Exempt Bonds or Intercompany Taxable Bonds permitted hereunder and leases said property back to a Borrower or Guarantor in connection with such Tax Exempt Bonds or Intercompany Taxable Bonds, (ii) the sale of property of a Borrower or Guarantor to a Governmental Authority that leases said property back to a Borrower or Guarantor solely to the extent that (x) such property is required to be owned by such Governmental Authority in order to obtain the related ad valorem property tax exemption and (y) the aggregate amount payable by the Loan Parties under such leases does not exceed $10,000,000 in any Fiscal Year, and (iii) Sale/Leasebacks that involve the sale of up to $20,000,000 of assets in the aggregate.

 

 

 

 

(z)            The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 9.12:

 

Section 9.12 Government Regulation . The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) be or become subject at any time to any law, regulation or list of any Governmental Authority of the United States (including, without limitation, the OFAC list) that prohibits or limits the Lenders or the Administrative Agent from making any advance or extension of credit to the Borrowers or from otherwise conducting business with the Loan Parties, or (b) fail to provide documentary and other evidence of the identity of the Loan Parties as may be requested by the Lenders or the Administrative Agent at any time to enable the Lenders or the Administrative Agent to verify the identity of the Loan Parties or to comply with any applicable law or regulation, including, without limitation, Section 326 of the Patriot Act at 31 U.S.C. Section 5318.

 

(aa)         The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 9.13:

 

Section 9.13. Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Laws. The Borrowers will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, request any Borrowing or Letter of Credit or use the proceeds of any Loan or Letter of Credit (a) to fund, finance or facilitate any activities of or business with any Sanctioned Person or in any Sanctioned Country, (b) that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as a Joint Lead Arranger, the Administrative Agent, any Lender (including a Swingline Lender) or the Issuing Bank or otherwise) of Sanctions or (c) that would in any manner violate any Anti-Corruption Laws.

 

(bb)         The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Sections 13.19 and 13.20:

 

Section 13.19. Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

 

 

 

 

(a)       the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder that may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)       the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)       a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)       a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

 

(iii)       the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

Section 13.20. Certain ERISA Matters .

 

(a)       Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, and their respective Affiliates, 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 29 CFR § 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA) of one or more Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments,

 

 

 

 

 

(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,

 

(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 sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in 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, the Arranger, and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that:

 

(i)        none of the Administrative Agent, the Arranger, or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto),

 

(ii)       the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is independent (within the meaning of 29 CFR § 2510.3-21) and is a bank, an insurance carrier, an investment adviser, a broker-dealer or other person that holds, or has under management or control, total assets of at least $50 million, in each case as described in 29 CFR § 2510.3-21(c)(1)(i)(A)-(E),

 

 

 

 

(iii)      the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to particular transactions and investment strategies (including in respect of the Obligations),

 

(iv)      the Person making the investment decision on behalf of such Lender with respect to the entrance into, participation in, administration of and performance of the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement is a fiduciary under ERISA or the Code, or both, with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement and is responsible for exercising independent judgment in evaluating the transactions hereunder, and

 

(v)       no fee or other compensation is being paid directly to the Administrative Agent, the Arranger or any their respective Affiliates for investment advice (as opposed to other services) in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments or this Agreement.

 

(c)       The Administrative Agent and the Arranger hereby inform the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide impartial investment advice, or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments and this Agreement, (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

(bb)         The Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing Schedule I – B in its entirety with Schedule I – B attached hereto.

 

 

 

 

2.              Joinder Of New Lenders .

 

(a)           Upon execution of this Amendment, each New Lender shall be a party to the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) and have all of the rights and obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other Loan Documents. Each New Lender (a) represents and warrants that it is legally authorized to enter into this Amendment and this Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such New Lender, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; (b) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, this Amendment and all of the Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules thereto, together with copies of the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement, if any, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment; (c) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Existing Lenders, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment), the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (d) agrees that it will be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) and will perform in accordance with its terms all the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) are required to be performed by it as a Lender. The Revolving Commitment and Bond Purchase Commitment of each New Lender after giving effect to this Amendment shall be as set forth on Schedule II attached hereto.

 

(b)           Each of the Loan Parties agrees that, as of the Amendment Effective Date, each New Lender shall (a) be a party to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as applicable), (b) be a “Lender” for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (c) have the rights and obligations of a Lender under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)           The applicable address, facsimile number and electronic mail address of each New Lender for purposes of Section 13.1 of the Credit Agreement are as set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire delivered by such New Lender to the Administrative Agent on or before the Amendment Effective Date or to such other address, facsimile number and electronic mail address as shall be designated by such New Lender in a notice to the Administrative Agent.

 

 

 

 

3.              Reallocation of Commitments . Upon this Amendment becoming effective, (i)the Lenders shall be deemed to have assigned US Revolving Commitments, Canadian Revolving Commitments, Tranche A Bond Purchase Commitments and Tranche B Bond Purchase Commitments among the Lenders such that the Revolving Commitment, Canadian Revolving Commitment, Tranche A Bond Purchase Commitments and Tranche B Bond Purchase Commitments and the Bond Purchase Commitment of each Lender is set forth on Schedule II, (ii) the outstanding US Revolving Loans shall be reallocated by causing such fundings and repayments among the US Lenders of the US Revolving Loans as necessary such that, after giving effect to this Amendment, each US Lender will hold US Revolving Loans on a pro rata basis based on its US Revolving Commitment (after giving effect to such increases), (iii) the outstanding Canadian Revolving Loans shall be reallocated by causing such fundings and repayments among the Canadian Lenders of the Canadian Revolving Loans as necessary such that, after giving effect to this Amendment, each Canadian Lender will hold Canadian Revolving Loans on a pro rata basis based on its Canadian Revolving Commitment (after giving effect to such increases) and (iv) the Bonds held by Lenders shall be repurchased pursuant to the mandatory tender provisions contained in the Bond Indentures and re-issued to Lenders in accordance with Schedule II. All processing and/or recordation fees required under the Credit Agreement in connection with the foregoing assignments and transfers are hereby waived. The Lenders acknowledge that the transfer of the Bonds is restricted to (A) a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (the “1933 Act”), as amended, who is also a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (a “ Qualified Purchaser ”) or (B) an accredited investor as defined in rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under Regulation D as promulgated under the 1933 Act (an “ Institutional Accredited Investor ”) and in accordance with an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the 1933 Act, any applicable state securities laws, and in minimum denominations of $250,000. By purchasing the Bonds, each of the Lenders purchasing such Bonds acknowledges that it is either a Qualified Purchaser or an Institutional Accredited Investor and that the Bonds may only be transferred in accordance with the transfer restrictions described above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Lender acknowledges that it is a Qualified Purchaser.

 

4.              Conditions to Effectiveness of this Amendment . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Amendment and without affecting in any manner the rights of the Lenders hereunder, it is understood and agreed that this Amendment shall not become effective, and the Borrowers shall have no rights under this Amendment, until the date the following conditions are satisfied or waived in writing (the “ Amendment Effective Date ”):

 

(a)           The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received the following, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

i.       a counterpart of this Amendment signed by or on behalf of the Borrowers, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent and all Lenders (including the New Lenders) or written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy or electronic mail transmission of a signed signature page of this Amendment) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Amendment;

 

ii.      Assignment and Acceptance Agreements duly executed by each Lender party to the Credit Agreement in effect prior to the date hereof that is not executing and delivering this Amendment, assigning all of its Commitments, Loans and Bonds to SunTrust Bank, to be reallocated hereunder upon this Amendment becoming effective, and acknowledged and agreed by the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent;

 

iii.     a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Loan Party, attaching and certifying copies of its bylaws and of the resolutions of its board of directors, or partnership agreement or limited liability company agreement, or comparable organizational documents and authorizations, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Amendment and certifying the name, title and true signature of each officer of such Loan Party executing the Amendment;

 

 

 

 

iv.     certified copies of the articles or certificate of incorporation, certificate of organization or limited partnership, or other registered organizational documents of each Loan Party, together with a certificate of good standing or existence, as may be available from the Secretary of State (or equivalent) of the jurisdiction of organization of such Loan Party;

 

v.      a favorable written opinion of White & Case LLP, primary counsel to the Loan Parties, a favorable written opinion of Jones Walker LLP, bond counsel to the Loan Parties, and a favorable written opinion of McCarter & English, LLP, bond counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case addressed to the Administrative Agent, Issuing Banks and each of the Lenders, and covering such matters relating to the Loan Parties, the Amendment and the transactions contemplated therein as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall reasonably request;

 

vi.     duly executed supplements to the Bond Indentures substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto (the “ Bond Indenture Supplements ”), together with copies of all documents, resolutions, consents, opinions and other agreements required thereunder;

 

vii.    duly executed waiver and consents to the Bond Indenture Supplements substantially in the form set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto (the “ Waiver and Consents ”);

 

viii.   receipt by the Administrative Agent and Bond Purchasers of executed Bonds issued in the names of the Bond Purchasers in the increments set forth on Schedule III which Bonds shall have been authenticated by the applicable Bond Trustees and delivered to the Bond Purchasers (and all conditions set forth in the Bond Indenture Supplements and other Bond Documents with respect thereto shall have been satisfied in all respects), in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and certified by a Responsible Officer of the US Borrower;

 

ix.      certified copies of all consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations and filings and orders required or advisable to be made or obtained under any Requirement of Law, or by any Contractual Obligation of each Loan Party, in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity and enforceability of the Loan Documents, the Bond Documents or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, filings and orders shall be in full force and effect and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired or been terminated, and no investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority regarding the Commitments or any transaction being financed with the proceeds thereof shall be ongoing, or certification that no such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations and filings and orders are required;

 

 

 

 

x.      if requested by any Lender in writing at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Amendment Effective Date, a promissory note in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent evidencing the applicable Revolving Commitment of such Lender and the applicable Loans made by such Lender to the Borrowers, such promissory note to be payable to the order of such Lender; provided that a PDF of such promissory note shall suffice for satisfying this condition for purposes of the Amendment Effective Date, with original copies to be provided thereafter; and

 

xi.      all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent reasonably requests in writing at least five (5) days prior to the Amendment Effective Date in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

 

(b)           (i) No Default or Event of Default shall exist under any of the Loan Documents or the Bond Documents, (ii) all representations and warranties of each Loan Party set forth in the Loan Documents are true and correct, (iii) since December 31, 2017, there shall have been no change which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) immediately before and after giving pro forma effect to the Amendment, the Borrowers shall be in compliance with Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement and Sections 10.10(a) and (c) of the Note Purchase Agreement, dated May 8, 2015, by US Borrower as issuer, in each case, as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been delivered.

 

(c)           The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of each of the notices sent to the then owners of the Bonds regarding mandatory tender at least seven (7) days prior to the Amendment Effective Date.

 

(d)           The Administrative Agent and the Coordinating Lead Arrangers shall have received payment of all fees due and payable on the Amendment Effective Date, together with reimbursement or payment of its costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment or the Credit Agreement (including reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of King & Spalding LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent).

 

(e)           At least five (5) days prior to the Amendment Effective Date, any Borrower that qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation shall deliver a Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to such Borrower.

 

5.              Representations and Warranties . To induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment, each Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent:

 

(a)            Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has all requisite power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where a failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

 

 

 

(b)           The execution, delivery and performance by each Borrower of this Amendment are within such Borrower’s organizational powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational and, if required, shareholder, partner or member, action;

 

(c)           The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrowers of this Amendment, (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any action by, any Governmental Authority, except those as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, or where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) will not violate any Requirements of Law applicable to any Loan Parties or any judgment, order or ruling of any Governmental Authority except where any such violation, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, material agreement or other material instrument binding on any Loan Parties or any of their assets or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Loan Parties except where any such violation or default, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Loan Party and (e) will not contravene, result in any breach of, or constitute a default under any limited liability company or corporate charter, operating agreement or by-laws or any other legal entity organizational documents or members or shareholders agreement or similar agreement;

 

(d)           This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered for the benefit of or on behalf of each Borrower and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower, enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with its terms except as the enforceability hereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies in general; and

 

(e)           The representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality provision contained therein), and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date hereof.

 

6.              Reaffirmations and Acknowledgments .

 

(a)            Reaffirmation of Guaranty. Each Borrower on behalf of itself and each Guarantor jointly and severally ratifies and confirms the terms of the guarantees provided for in the Loan Documents with respect to the indebtedness now or hereafter outstanding under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and all promissory notes issued thereunder. Each Borrower on behalf of itself and each Guarantor acknowledges that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other document evidencing any indebtedness of the Borrowers to the Lenders or any other obligation of the Borrowers, or any actions now or hereafter taken by the Lenders with respect to any obligation of the Borrowers, the guarantees provided for in the Loan Documents (i) are and shall continue to be a primary obligation of the Guarantors, (ii) are and shall continue to be an absolute, unconditional, joint and several, continuing and irrevocable guaranty of payment, and (iii) are and shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with their terms. Nothing contained herein to the contrary shall release, discharge, modify, change or affect the original liability of the Guarantors under the guarantees provided for in the Loan Documents.

 

 

 

 

(b)            Acknowledgment of Perfection of Security Interest. Each Borrower and each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that, as of the date hereof, the security interests and liens granted to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are in full force and effect, are properly perfected and are enforceable in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

(c)            Acknowledgment of Privately Negotiated Loan. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the undersigned Lenders are purchasing the Bonds in evidence of a privately negotiated loan and in that connection, subsequent to the date of this letter, each Borrower shall not cause the Bonds to be (i) assigned a separate rating by any municipal securities rating agency, (ii) registered with The Depositary Trust Company or any other securities depository, (iii) transferred pursuant to any type of offering document or official statement (other than a confidential information memorandum with respect to the Loans only) or (iv) assigned a CUSIP number by Standard & Poor's CUSIP Service (excluding any CUSIP number assigned to the Loans).

 

7.              Effect of Amendment . Except as set forth expressly herein, all terms of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Loan Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Borrowers to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement. This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement.

 

8.              Governing Law . This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

 

9.              No Novation . This Amendment is not intended by the parties to be, and shall not be construed to be, a novation of the Credit Agreement or an accord and satisfaction in regard thereto.

 

10.            Costs and Expenses . The Borrowers agree to pay on demand all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel for the Administrative Agent with respect thereto.

 

 

 

 

11.            Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Amendment by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail in pdf form shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

12.            Binding Nature . This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors, successors-in-titles, and assigns.

 

13.            Entire Understanding . This Amendment sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein, and shall supersede any prior negotiations or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto.

 

14.            Bond Purchaser Consent to Bond Indenture Supplements and to Waiver and Consents . The Bond Purchasers hereby consent to the Administrative Agent and the Trustee, under each of the Bond Indentures, as applicable, executing and delivering each of the Bond Indenture Supplements and the related Waiver and Consents and, in each case, agree to be bound by the terms thereof.

 

[ Signature Pages To Follow]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

  BORROWERS:
   
  ITT HOLDINGS LLC
   
  By /s/ Matthew Rosenboom
    Name: Matthew Rosenboom
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
   
  By /s/ John Siragusa
    Name: John Siragusa
    Title: Chief Banking Officer
   
  IMTT-QUEBEC INC.
   
  By /s/ Matthew Rosenboom
    Name: Matthew Rosenboom
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
   
  By /s/ John Siragusa
    Name: John Siragusa
    Title: Chief Banking Officer
   
  IMTT-NTL, LTD.
   
  By /s/ Matthew Rosenboom
    Name: Matthew Rosenboom
    Title: Chief Financial Officer
   
  By /s/ John Siragusa
    Name: John Siragusa
    Title: Chief Banking Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  GUARANTORS:
   
  International-Matex Tank TerminalIs LLC, IMTT-Bayonne LLC, IMTT-Gretna LLC, IMTT-BC LLC, IMTT- Pipeline LLC, IMTT-BX LLC, IMTT- Richmond-CA, IMTT-Illinois LLC, IMTT- Petroleum Management LLC, IMTT-Geismar, IMTT-Fiasco, LLC, St. Rose Nursery, LLC, East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company, Bayonne Industries, Inc., IEP LLC (f/k/a Oil Mop, L.L.C.), ITT-Geismar, LLC, ITT-Geismar Storage LLC, ITT-Richmond-CA Storage LLC, ITT-NTL, Inc., ITT-Richmond-CA LLC, International Environmental Services LLC, Bayonne Plant Holding, L.L.C. and IMTT Epic LLC,
   
  each as a Guarantor
   
  By /s/ John Siragusa
    Name: John Siragusa
    Title: Chief Banking Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  LENDERS:
   
  SUNTRUST BANK,
  as the Administrative Agent, as a US Issuing Bank, as Swingline Lender and as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Carmen Malizia
    Name: Carmen Malizia
    Title: Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  STI INSTITUTIONAL AND GOVERNMENT INC.,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Hank Harris
    Name: Hank Harris
    Title:  Managing Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
  as Canadian Funding Agent, Canadian Issuing Bank and as an Existing Canadian Lender
   
  By /s/ Emmanuel Athanassiadis
    Name: Emmanuel Athanassiadis
   

Title:   Vice President

            National Client Group - Finance

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Brandon Dunn
    Name: Brandon Dunn
    Title: Vice President
   
  WELLS FARGO MUNICIPAL CAPITAL STRATEGIES, LLC,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/
    Name:
    Title:

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ James Giordano
    Name: James Giordano
    Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  REGIONS BANK,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Brian Walsh
    Name: Brian Walsh
    Title:   Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  COMPASS BANK,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Heather H Allen
    Name: Heather H Allen
    Title:   Senior Vice President
   
  COMPASS MORTGAGE CORPORATION,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Heather H Allen
    Name: Heather H Allen
    Title:   Authorized Signature

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  JPMORGANCHASE BANK, N.A.,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Anson Williams
    Name: Anson Williams
    Title:   Authorized Officer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  TD BANK, N.A.,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Steve Levi
    Name: Steve Levi
    Title: Senior Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Philip G. Turner
    Name: Philip G. Turner
    Title:   Executive Vice President
   
  KEY GOVERNMENT FINANCE, INC.,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Philip G. Turner
    Name: Philip G. Turner
    Title:   Executive Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Adam Rose
    Name: Adam Rose
    Title: SVP

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Kara P. Van Duzee
    Name: Kara P. Van Duzee
    Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Bob Nieman
    Name: Bob Nieman
    Title: SVP

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  ZIONS BANCORPORATION, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION dba AMEGY BANK,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Lauren Eller
    Name: Lauren Eller
    Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, F.S.B.,
  as an Existing Lender
   
  By /s/ Edward Chin
    Name: Edward Chin
    Title: First Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  IBERIABANK,
  as a New Lender
   
  By /s/ Philip Coote
    Name: Philip Coote
    Title: Senior Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,
  as a New Lender
   
  By /s/ John F. Kendrick
    Name: John F. Kendrick
    Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

  CITIZENS FUNDING CORP.
  as a New Lender
   
  By /s/ John F. Kendrick
    Name: John F. Kendrick
    Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDMENT – ITT HOLDINGS LLC]

 

 

 

 

Schedule I-B

 

RATINGS-BASED PRICING GRID

 

 

Pricing
Level

 

 

Ratings

 

 

Applicable Margin
for Eurodollar Loans
and Bankers’
Acceptances

 

 

Applicable Margin for
Base Rate Loans and
Canadian Prime Rate
Loans

 

 

Applicable
Percentage
for
Commitment
Fee

I   ≥ A3 / A- / A-   1.00% per annum   0.00% per annum   0.10% per annum
II   Baa1/BBB+/BBB+   1.125% per annum   0.125% per annum   0.125% per annum
III   Baa2/BBB/BBB   1.25% per annum   0.25% per annum   0.150% per annum
IV   Baa3/BBB-/BBB-   1.50% per annum   0.50% per annum   0.200% per annum
V   ≤ Ba1/BB+/BB+   1.75% per annum   0.75% per annum   0.250% per annum

 

[Schedule I-B]

 

 

 

 

Schedule II

 

COMMITMENTS

 

Lenders   US Revolving
Commitments
    Canadian Revolving
Commitments
    Tax Exempt Bond
Purchase
Commitments
    Total  
SunTrust Bank   $ 74,000,000.00       N/A       N/A     $ 74,000,000.00  
STI Institutional and Government Inc.     N/A       N/A     $ 45,225,000.00     $ 45,225,000.00  
Regions Bank   $ 74,000,000.00       N/A       N/A     $ 74,000,000.00  
Regions Capital Advantage, Inc.     N/A       N/A     $ 45,000,000.00     $ 45,000,000.00  
Compass Bank   $ 32,750,000.00       N/A     $ 29,800,000.00     $ 62,550,000.00  
Compass Mortgage Corporation     N/A       N/A     $ 35,200,000.00     $ 35,200,000.00  
Branch Banking and Trust Company   $ 32,750,000.00       N/A     $ 65,000,000.00     $ 97,750,000.00  
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.   $ 32,750,000.00       N/A       N/A     $ 32,750,000.00  
Wells Fargo Municipal Capital Strategies, LLC     N/A       N/A     $ 65,000,000.00     $ 65,000,000.00  
JPMorganChase Bank, N.A.   $ 85,000,000.00       N/A       N/A     $ 85,000,000.00  
Citizens Bank, N.A.   $ 27,500,000.00       N/A       N/A     $ 27,500,000.00  
Citizens Funding Corp.     N/A       N/A     $ 45,000,000.00     $ 45,000,000.00  
KeyBank National Association   $ 27,500,000.00       N/A       N/A     $ 27,500,000.00  
Key Government Finance, Inc.     N/A       N/A     $ 45,000,000.00     $ 45,000,000.00  
TD Bank, N.A.   $ 36,250,000.00       N/A     $ 36,250,000.00     $ 72,500,000.00  
US Bank National Association   $ 27,500,000.00       N/A     $ 45,000,000.00     $ 72,500,000.00  
Royal Bank of Canada     N/A     $ 50,000,000.00       N/A     $ 50,000,000.00  
Bank of America, N.A.   $ 50,000,000.00       N/A       N/A     $ 50,000,000.00  
First Tennessee Bank National Association   $ 15,000,000.00       N/A     $ 17,500,000.00     $ 32,500,000.00  
Iberiabank   $ 15,000,000.00       N/A     $ 17,500,000.00     $ 32,500,000.00  
Zions Bancorporation, National Association dba Amegy Bank   $ 10,000,000.00       N/A     $ 17,500,000.00     $ 27,500,000.00  
American Savings Bank, F.S.B.   $ 10,000,000.00       N/A       N/A     $ 10,000,000.00  
Total   $ 550,000,000.00     $ 50,000,000.00     $ 508,975,000.00     $ 1,108,975,000.00  

 

[Schedule II]

 

 

 

 

Schedule III

 

 

 

 

Tranche A Bonds

  Tranche B Bonds  
Lender   The
Industrial
Development
Board of the
Parish of
Ascension,
Louisiana
Revenue
Bonds
(IMTT-
Geismar
Project),
Series 2007
    Louisiana
Public
Facilities
Authority
revenue
Bonds, Series
2007
    New Jersey
Economic
Development
Authority,
Revenue
Refunding
Bonds
(IMTT-
Bayonne
Project),
Series 2015
    Totals
(Tranche A
Bonds)
    Louisiana
Public
Facilities
Authority
Gulf
Opportunity
Zone
Revenue
Bonds
(International
Matex Tank
Terminals
Project),
Series 2010
    Louisiana
Public
Facilities
Authority
Revenue
Bonds,
2010A
    Louisiana
Public
Facilities
Authority
Revenue Bonds,
2010B
    Totals
(Tranche B
Bonds)
 
STI Institutional and Government Inc.   $ 16,000,000     $ 4,900,000     $ 3,500,000     $ 24,400,000     $ 6,980,000     $ 7,365,000     $ 6,480,000     $ 20,825,000  
Wells Fargo Municipal Capital Strategies, LLC   $ 23,100,000     $ 7,000,000     $ 5,100,000     $ 35,200,000     $ 9,800,000     $ 10,500,000     $ 9,500,000     $ 29,800,000  
Branch Banking and Trust Company     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A     $ 21,470,000     $ 22,930,000     $ 20,600,000     $ 65,000,000  
Regions Capital Advantage, Inc.   $ 16,000,000     $ 4,800,000     $ 3,500,000     $ 24,300,000     $ 6,800,000     $ 7,300,000     $ 6,600,000     $ 20,700,000  
Compass Bank     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A     $ 9,800,000     $ 10,500,000     $ 9,500,000     $ 29,800,000  
Compass Mortgage Corporation   $ 23,100,000     $ 7,000,000     $ 5,100,000     $ 35,200,000       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
TD Bank, N.A.   $ 12,900,000     $ 3,900,000     $ 2,800,000     $ 19,600,000     $ 5,450,000     $ 5,900,000     $ 5,300,000     $ 16,650,000  
Key Government Finance, Inc.   $ 29,500,000     $ 9,000,000     $ 6,500,000     $ 45,000,000       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
U.S. Bank National Association   $ 16,000,000     $ 4,800,000     $ 3,500,000     $ 24,300,000     $ 6,800,000     $ 7,300,000     $ 6,600,000     $ 20,700,000  
Citizens Funding Corp.   $ 16,000,000     $ 4,800,000     $ 3,500,000     $ 24,300,000     $ 6,800,000     $ 7,300,000     $ 6,600,000     $ 20,700,000  
Iberiabank   $ 6,200,000     $ 1,900,000     $ 1,400,000     $ 9,500,000     $ 2,700,000     $ 2,800,000     $ 2,500,000     $ 8,000,000  
First Tennessee Bank National Association     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A     $ 5,800,000     $ 6,100,000     $ 5,600,000     $ 17,500,000  
Zions Bancorporation, National Association dba Amegy Bank   $ 6,200,000     $ 1,900,000     $ 1,400,000     $ 9,500,000     $ 2,600,000     $ 2,900,000     $ 2,500,000     $ 8,000,000  
    $ 165,000,000     $ 50,000,000     $ 36,300,000     $ 251,300,000     $ 85,000,000     $ 90,895,000     $ 81,780,000     $ 257,675,000  

 

[Schedule III]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Bond Indenture Supplements

 

[Exhibit A]

 

 

 

 

NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

 

AND

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST

 

Dated as of December 1, 2018

 

Relating to

 

$36,300,000
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Revenue Refunding Bonds
(IMTT-Bayonne Project)
Series 2015

 

 

 

 

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST

 

This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OF TRUST (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), dated as of December 1, 2018, and effective as of December 5, 2018, between the NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, a public body corporate and politic constituting an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey (the “ Authority ”) and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association (the “ Trustee ”), and supplements and amends that certain Indenture of Trust (the “ Original Indenture ” and, together with this Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) dated as of May 1, 2015 between the Authority and the Trustee.

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the Authority is empowered pursuant to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority Act, constituting Chapter 80 of the Pamphlet Laws of 1974 of the State of New Jersey (the “ State ”), approved on August 7, 1974, as amended and supplemented (the “ Act ”) to issue its revenue bonds for the purpose of fostering and promoting the economy of the State, increasing opportunities for gainful employment and improving living conditions, assisting in the economic development or redevelopment of political subdivisions within the State, and otherwise contributing to the prosperity, health and general welfare of the State and its inhabitants by inducing manufacturing, industrial, commercial, recreational, retail, service and other employment promoting enterprises by making available financial assistance to locate, remain or expand within the State;

 

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the public purpose for which the Authority was created, the Authority, pursuant to the Original Indenture, issued $36,300,000 in original aggregate principal amount of its Revenue Refunding Bonds (IMTT-Bayonne Project) Series 2015 (the “ Bonds ”), to refinance the Prior Project (as defined in the Original Indenture), and loaned the proceeds of the sale of the Bonds to one or more of Bayonne Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, IMTT-Bayonne LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IMTT-BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “ Company ”) pursuant to that certain Loan Agreement dated as of May 1, 2015 (collectively, the “ Loan Agreement ”), by and between the Authority and the Company;

 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested that the Authority and the Trustee supplement and amend the Original Indenture pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture for the purpose of amending the definitions of the Adjusted LIBOR Rate and the Taxable Adjusted LIBOR Rate, extending the Mandatory Purchase Date, and making certain other related changes;

 

WHEREAS, Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture provides that, except under certain conditions, the Authority and the Trustee may enter into supplemental indentures with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the direction of the requisite lenders as required pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds;

 

WHEREAS, a copy of the written consent of SunTrust Bank, as the Administrative Agent and the deemed Owner of all of the Bonds Outstanding for purposes of Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture, is attached hereto as Exhibit A;

 

WHEREAS, Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture provides that a supplemental indenture shall not become effective unless and until the Company shall have consented to the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture;

 

WHEREAS, a copy of the written consent of the Company for purposes of Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture is attached hereto as Exhibit B;

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, all acts, conditions and things required by the laws of the State and the Original Indenture to happen, exist and be performed precedent to and in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have happened, exist and have been performed as so required in order to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms;

 

WHEREAS, the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been duly authorized by the Authority and the Trustee; and

 

WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto represents that it is fully authorized to enter into and perform and fulfill the obligations imposed upon it under this Supplemental Indenture and the parties are now prepared to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained, the Authority and the Trustee hereby covenant and agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
RATIFICATION; DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1      Relation to Original Indenture; Ratification . This Supplemental Indenture is supplemental to, and is entered into in accordance with, Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture and constitutes an integral part of the Original Indenture. Except as supplemented or amended by this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Original Indenture are in all respects ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

Section 1.2       Definitions . Unless the context shall otherwise require, all terms which are defined in Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture shall have the same meanings, respectively, in this Supplemental Indenture as such terms are given in said Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture.

 

ARTICLE II
AMENDMENTS TO ORIGINAL INDENTURE

 

Section 2.1       Amendments to Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture .

 

(a)          Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by amending the following definitions in their entirety:

 

“‘ Adjusted LIBOR Rate ’ shall mean a rate of interest per annum equal to the product obtained (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 th of 1.0%), by multiplying (a) 80% times (b) the sum of (1) One-Month LIBOR divided by a percentage equal to 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage plus (2) the Applicable Margin plus (3) 0.45%. The Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted monthly on the first day of each One-Month LIBOR Interest Period.”

 

“‘ Business Day ’ means December 5, 2018 and any day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a day on which the Trustee, any Credit Provider or any Confirming Bank (if any) is required or permitted by law to close, (c) a day on which the New York Stock Exchange is closed, and (d) a day on which the Bank, if any, is required or permitted by law to close.

 

“‘ First Supplemental Indenture ’ means the First Supplemental Indenture of Trust dated as of December 1, 2018, by and between the Authority and the Trustee.”

 

2

 

 

“‘ Indenture ’ shall mean the Indenture of Trust dated as of May 1, 2015, as supplemented and amended by the First Supplemental Indenture, each by and between the Authority and the Trustee, and any additional amendments or supplements hereto.”

 

“‘ Interest Payment Date’ shall mean, initially, December 5, 2018 and thereafter have the meaning assigned thereto in the forms of the Bonds appearing as Exhibits A and B to this Indenture and shall also mean any Conversion Date.”

 

“‘ Mandatory Purchase Date ’ shall mean (a) each Conversion Date; (b) each day immediately following the end of a Calculation Period; (c) while the Bonds bear interest at the Bank Rate, December 5, 2018 and December 5, 2025; (d) the first day of any Long Term Period; (e) the Interest Payment Date immediately before any Credit Facility Termination Date or any Confirming Letter of Credit Termination Date (provided that such Interest Payment Date shall precede the Credit Facility Termination Date any Confirming Letter of Credit Termination Date by not less than 2 Business Days); (f) the Interest Payment Date concurrent with the effective date of a Substitute Credit Facility or a Substitute Confirming Letter of Credit; (g) the first Interest Payment Date following the occurrence of a Determination of Taxability for which the Trustee can give notice pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.01(b) hereof; (h) the Business Day immediately following either the failure by any Credit Provider to honor a drawing on the Credit Facility or the repudiation of the Credit Facility; and (i) the Business Day set forth in the notice of Mandatory Purchase Date furnished to the Trustee relating to an Event of Insolvency with respect to the Credit Provider, which Business Day shall be not less than 30 days following receipt of such notice by the Trustee; provided that the notice described in this clause (i) may be given by Electronic Means and receipt by the Trustee shall be presumed if the Confirming Bank has received an electronic confirmation of such receipt from the Trustee.”

 

“‘ Revolving Credit Agreement ’ shall mean the Credit Agreement.

 

“‘ Taxable Adjusted LIBOR Rate ’ shall mean a rate of interest per annum equal to the sum obtained (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100th of 1.0%) by adding (i) One-Month LIBOR divided by a percentage equal to 1.00 minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage plus (ii) the Applicable Margin plus (iii) 0.45 %. The Taxable Adjusted LIBOR Rate shall be adjusted monthly on the first day of each One-Month LIBOR Interest Period.”

 

(b)          Section 1.01 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended by adding the following definitions:

 

“‘ Credit Agreement ’ shall mean that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, as supplemented and amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 28, 2016 and by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 5, 2018, each by and among ITT Holdings LLC, an affiliate of the Company, as US Borrower thereunder, IMTT-Quebec Inc. and IMTT-NTL, Ltd. as Canadian Borrowers thereunder, the lenders party thereto, and the Administrative Agent, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.”

 

“‘ Screen Rate ’ shall mean have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07(h) hereof.”

 

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Section 2.2      Amendment of Section 2.07(f) of the Original Indenture . Section 2.07(f) of the Original Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

“(f) If at any time after the date of the First Supplemental Indenture there should be any decline in the maximum marginal rate of federal income tax applicable to the taxable income of the Holder, its successors or assigns (“Bank Tax Rate”), then the Adjusted LIBOR Rate in effect hereunder from time to time as herein provided, for so long as there shall not have occurred a Determination of Taxability, shall be adjusted, effective as of the effective date of any such change in the Bank Tax Rate, by multiplying the Adjusted LIBOR Rate by a fraction, the denominator of which is one hundred percent (100%) minus the Bank Tax Rate in effect upon the date of the First Supplemental Indenture, and the numerator of which is one hundred percent (100%) minus the Bank Tax Rate after giving effect to such change.”

 

Section 2.3      Amendment of Section 2.07(h) of the Original Indenture . Section 2.07(h) of the Original Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

““(h) In the event that One-Month LIBOR shall not be ascertainable, for any reason, or for any reason it shall be illegal or unlawful for the Holders of the Bonds to collect interest based on One-Month LIBOR, then, from and after the date the Holders of the Bonds determine such condition exists, until the date such Holders determine such condition no longer exists, the interest rate used to calculate interest on the Bonds shall be the Base Rate. Further, if at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in the preceding sentence have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in the preceding sentence have not arisen but the supervisor for the administrator of the One-Month LIBOR screen rate (the “Screen Rate”) or a governmental authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the Screen Rate shall no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Authority shall use the alternate rate as set forth in Section 4.9(b) of the Credit Agreement. Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (h) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii) of the first sentence of this clause (h), only to the extent the Screen Rate for the applicable currency and/or such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), no Conversion Option shall be available; provided, that, if such alternate rate of interest shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Indenture. In the event of any modification related to the calculation of the interest rate on the Bonds pursuant to this Section 2.07(h), the Company shall provide to the Trustee an opinion of Bond Counsel satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that such modification will not adversely affect the exclusion of interest on the Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes. ”

 

Section 2.4      Amendment of Section 4.01 of the Original Indenture . Section 4.01 of the Original Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety as follows:

 

“(a)   The Bonds shall be subject to mandatory tender by the Owners thereof for purchase by the Company, on behalf of the Authority, on each Mandatory Purchase Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Indenture, while the Bonds bear interest at the Bank Rate, (i) the Bonds shall be subject to mandatory tender by the Owners thereof for purchase by the Company or ITT Holdings LLC, on behalf of the Company, on the Mandatory Purchase Date on December 5, 2018 and on December 5, 2025, and (ii) the Bonds shall not otherwise be subject to mandatory tender without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the requisite lenders pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement).

 

(b)     Except when the Bonds are subject to mandatory tender on (i) the day immediately following the end of a Calculation Period, (ii) the Business Day immediately following either the failure by the Credit Provider to honor a draw on the Credit Facility or the repudiation of the Credit Facility, (iii) a Conversion Date or (iv) December 5, 2018, the Trustee shall deliver or mail by first class mail a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto at least fifteen (15) days prior to the Mandatory Purchase Date to the Owners of the Bonds at the address shown on the Bond Register.

 

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When the Bonds are subject to mandatory tender on the day immediately following the end of a Calculation Period or on December 5, 2018, the Trustee is not required to deliver or mail any notice to the Owners of the Bonds.

 

When the Bonds are subject to mandatory tender on the day following either the failure by the Credit Provider to honor a draw on the Credit Facility or the repudiation of the Credit Facility, the Trustee shall deliver or mail by first class mail (or when the Bonds are in the Book-Entry System, send pursuant to the procedures of the Securities Depository) a notice of mandatory tender in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto not later than 5:00 P.M. on the Business Day on which such failure or repudiation occurs to the Owners of the Bonds at the address shown on the Bond Register. Such notice shall state (i) that the Bonds are subject to mandatory tender, and (ii) the Mandatory Purchase Date, which shall be the Business Day immediately following the failure by the Credit Provider to honor a draw on the Credit Facility or the repudiation of the Credit Facility.

 

When the Bonds are subject to mandatory tender on a Conversion Date, the Trustee shall mail by first class mail (or when the Bonds are in the Book-Entry System, send pursuant to the procedures of the Securities Depository) a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit C attached hereto at least seven (7) days prior to the Mandatory Purchase Date to the Owners of the Bonds at the address shown on the Bond Register.

 

Any notice given by the Trustee as provided in this Section shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Owner receives the notice. Failure to mail or otherwise send any such notice, or the mailing of defective notice, to any Owner, shall not affect the proceeding for purchase as to any Owner to whom proper notice is sent. The Trustee shall provide the Company, the Credit Provider and the Confirming Bank (if any) with a copy of any notice delivered to the Owners of the Bonds pursuant to this Section 4.01 .

 

(c)       Owners of Bonds shall be required to tender their Bonds to the Trustee for purchase at the Purchase Price, no later than 10:00 A.M. New York City time on the Mandatory Purchase Date, and any such Bonds not so tendered by such time on the Mandatory Purchase Date (“Untendered Bonds”) shall be deemed to have been purchased pursuant to this Section 4.01 . In the event of a failure by an Owner of Bonds to tender its Bonds on or prior to the Mandatory Purchase Date, said Owner shall not be entitled to any payment (including any interest to accrue subsequent to the Mandatory Purchase Date) other than the Purchase Price for such Untendered Bonds, and any Untendered Bonds shall no longer be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture, except for the purpose of payment of the Purchase Price therefor.”

 

Section 2.5      Amendment of Exhibit B to the Original Indenture . Exhibit B of the Original Indenture is hereby amended in its entirety and replaced with Exhibit C attached hereto.

 

ARTICLE III
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.1      Counterparts . This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Supplemental Indenture by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Section 3.2     Severability . In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 3.3      Governing Law . This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey.

 

Section 3.4       Incorporation into Original Indenture . All provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed to be incorporated in, and made a part of, the Original Indenture; and the Original Indenture, as amended and supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authority has caused these presents to be executed in its name by its duly authorized official and attested by its duly authorized officer; and to evidence its acceptance of the trusts hereby created, the Trustee has caused these presents to be executed in its corporate name by its duly authorized officer, as of the date first above written.

 

  NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
   
  By:  
    Daniel Weick
    Director of Finance and Bond Portfolio Management

 

(SEAL)

 

Attest:

 

By:    
  Richard T. LoCascio  
  Assistant Secretary  

 

  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture of Trust]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT OF
SUNTRUST BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

$36,300,000
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Revenue Refunding Bonds
(IMTT-Bayonne Project)
Series 2015

 

This Waiver and Consent is delivered pursuant to that certain Indenture of Trust (the “Original Indenture”) dated as of May 1, 2015 between the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to the above-captioned bonds (the “Bonds”). All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Original Indenture.

 

Pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture, Bayonne Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, IMTT-Bayonne LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IMTT-BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Company”) have requested the Authority and the Trustee to execute and deliver a First Supplemental Indenture of Trust dated as of December 1, 2018 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), which First Supplemental Indenture amends the Original Indenture to adjust the calculation of interest during the Bank Rate Period and certain related changes, including, without limitation, the amendment and extension of the Mandatory Purchase Date and the issuance of replacement Bonds reflecting the amendments to the Original Indenture.

 

Pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture, the Original Indenture may be amended with the consent of the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds. During the Bank Rate Period, SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), shall be deemed the Owner of the Bonds.

 

The Administrative Agent hereby consents to the execution and delivery by the Authority and the Trustee of the First Supplemental Indenture. Furthermore, the Administrative Agent does hereby waive its right to receive at least (i) sixty days’ notice of the proposed execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture as required by Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture and (ii) its right to receive any other notice required under the Original Indenture in connection with the execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Exhibit A-1

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SunTrust Bank, has caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed by its undersigned duly authorized officer as of this 5 th day of December, 2018.

 

  SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent
   
  By:              

 

Exhibit A-2

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT OF
COMPANY

 

$36,300,000
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Revenue Refunding Bonds
(IMTT-Bayonne Project)
Series 2015

 

This Waiver and Consent is delivered pursuant to that Indenture of Trust dated as of May 1, 2015 (the “Original Indenture”), by and between the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to the above-captioned bonds (the “Bonds”). All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Original Indenture.

 

Pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture, Bayonne Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, IMTT-Bayonne LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IMTT-BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Company”) have requested the Authority and the Trustee to execute and deliver a First Supplemental Indenture of Trust dated as of December 1, 2018 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), which First Supplemental Indenture amends the Original Indenture to adjust the calculation of interest during the Bank Rate Period and certain related changes, including, without limitation, the amendment and extension of the Mandatory Purchase Date and the issuance of replacement Bonds reflecting the amendments to the Original Indenture.

 

Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture provides in pertinent part that the First Supplemental Indenture shall not become effective unless and until the Company shall have consented to the execution and delivery by the Authority and the Trustee of the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

The Company hereby consents to the execution and delivery by the Authority and the Trustee of the First Supplemental Indenture. Furthermore, the Company does hereby waive (i) its right to receive at least fifteen (15) Business Days’ notice of the proposed execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture Amendment as required by Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture and (ii) its right to receive any other notice required under the Original Indenture in connection with the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Exhibit B-1

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed by its undersigned duly authorized officer as of this 5 th day of December, 2018.

 

  BAYONNE INDUSTRIES, INC.
   
  By:  
    John Siragusa
    Chief Banking Officer
   
  IMTT-BAYONNE LLC
   
  By:  
    John Siragusa
    Chief Banking Officer
   
  IMTT-BC LLC
   
  By:  
    John Siragusa
    Chief Banking Officer

 

Exhibit B-2

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF BOND
[FOR USE WITH BANK RATE PERIOD ONLY]

 

This Bond may be transferred only to (A) a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A (a “ QIB ”) as such Rule has been promulgated by the 1933 Act who is also a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (a “ Qualified Purchaser ”), or (B) an accredited investor as defined in rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) under Regulation D as promulgated under the 1933 Act (an “ Institutional Accredited Investor ”) and in accordance with an available exemption from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the 1933 Act, any applicable state securities laws, and in minimum denominations of $250,000.

 

THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY, AND NEITHER THE FAITH AND CREDIT NOR TAXING POWER OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY IS PLEDGED TO THE PAYMENT OF, THE PRINCIPAL, PURCHASE PRICE, IF ANY, OR REDEMPTION PRICE, IF ANY, OF OR INTEREST ON THIS BOND. THIS BOND IS A SPECIAL, LIMITED OBLIGATION OF THE AUTHORITY, PAYABLE SOLELY OUT OF THE REVENUES OR OTHER RECEIPTS, FUNDS OR MONEYS OF THE AUTHORITY PLEDGED UNDER THE INDENTURE AND FROM ANY AMOUNTS OTHERWISE AVAILABLE UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THIS BOND. THIS BOND DOES NOT NOW AND SHALL NEVER CONSTITUTE A CHARGE AGAINST THE GENERAL CREDIT OF THE AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORITY HAS NO TAXING POWER.

 

No. R-____ $___________

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS
(IMTT-BAYONNE PROJECT)
SERIES 2015

 

REGISTERED OWNER:

 

DATED DATE:

 

THE NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, a public body corporate and politic constituting an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey created and existing under the Constitution and Laws of the State of New Jersey (the “ Authority ”), for value received, hereby promises to pay, solely from the sources as hereinafter provided, to the registered owner identified above (the “ Bank ”) the principal amount of $_________. Principal shall be payable in full on December 1, 2027. Payment of principal shall be made only upon the presentation and surrender hereof to the Trustee.

 

The Authority also promises to pay, but solely from the Trust Estate, (i) interest at the Bank Rate on the outstanding principal amount of this Bond from the date of this Bond until the principal amount hereof is paid in full, in monthly installments due on the first day of each month (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), the first such payment becoming due on January 1, 2019, at the rate per annum equal to the Bank Rate as defined in the Indenture; and (ii) such other amounts required to be paid under the Indenture, including Section 2.07 thereof.

 

Exhibit C-1

 

 

 

 

This Bond shall be subject to optional redemption as described in the Indenture.

 

This Bond is also subject to optional and mandatory purchase by the Authority as described in the Indenture.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given such terms in the Indenture (hereinafter defined).

 

This Bond is issued pursuant to the New Jersey Economic Development Authority Act, constituting Chapter 80 of the Pamphlet Laws of 1974 of the State, approved on August 7, 1974, as amended and supplemented (the “ Act ”), and an Indenture of Trust dated as of May 1, 2015, as supplemented and amended by a First Supplemental Indenture of Trust dated as of December 1, 2018 (collectively, the “ Indenture ”), each by and between the Authority and U.S. Bank National Association (the “ Trustee ”), for the purpose of currently refunding the Authority’s (i) Variable Rate Demand Revenue Refunding Bonds (El Dorado Terminals Company Project) Series 1999B; and (ii) Dock Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds (Bayonne/IMTT Bayonne Project), Series 1993A, Dock Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds (Bayonne/IMTT Bayonne Project), Series 1993B and Dock Facility Revenue Refunding Bonds (Bayonne/IMTT Bayonne Project), Series 1993C (collectively, the “Project”). Pursuant to a Loan Agreement dated as of May 1, 2015 (the “Agreement”), among the Authority and Bayonne Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, IMTT-Bayonne LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IMTT-BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “ Company ”), the Authority has loaned the proceeds of this Bond to the Company.

 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement dated as of May 21, 2015, as supplemented and amended by that certain First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 28, 2016 and by that certain Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of December 5, 2018 (the “ Credit Agreement ”), by and among ITT Holdings LLC, an affiliate of the Company, as US Borrower thereunder, IMTT-Quebec Inc. and IMTT-NTL, Ltd. as Canadian Borrowers thereunder, the lenders party thereto, and the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Indenture), as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, the Agreement, the Guarantee and the Credit Agreement and to all amendments thereto for a description of the provisions, among others, with respect to the nature and extent of the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority, the Company and the Holder of this Bond.

 

Executed copies of the Indenture, the Agreement, the Guarantee and the Credit Agreement are on file in the office of the Authority. Reference is hereby made to such documents for the provisions, among others, with respect to the custody and application of the proceeds of this Bond, the collection and disposition of revenues, a description of the funds charged with and pledged to the payment of the principal of and interest on this Bond, the nature and extent of the security, the terms and conditions under which this Bond is or may be issued, the system of registration of this Bond, the rights, duties and obligations of the Authority and the rights of the Holder of this Bond, and, by the acceptance of this Bond, the Holder hereof assents to all of the provisions of such documents.

 

This Bond is a limited obligation of the Authority, the principal of and interest on which are payable solely from the Trust Estate under the Indenture, which Trust Estate has been pledged and assigned to secure the payment hereof. THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY IS NOT OBLIGATED TO PAY, AND NEITHER THE FAITH AND CREDIT NOR TAXING POWER OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY IS PLEDGED TO THE PAYMENT OF, THE PRINCIPAL, PURCHASE PRICE, IF ANY, OR REDEMPTION PRICE, IF ANY, OF OR INTEREST ON THIS BOND. THIS BOND IS A SPECIAL, LIMITED OBLIGATION OF THE AUTHORITY, PAYABLE SOLELY OUT OF THE REVENUES OR OTHER RECEIPTS, FUNDS OR MONEYS OF THE AUTHORITY PLEDGED UNDER THE INDENTURE AND FROM ANY AMOUNTS OTHERWISE AVAILABLE UNDER THE INDENTURE FOR THE PAYMENT OF THIS BOND. THIS BOND DOES NOT NOW AND SHALL NEVER CONSTITUTE A CHARGE AGAINST THE GENERAL CREDIT OF THE AUTHORITY. THE AUTHORITY HAS NO TAXING POWER.

 

Exhibit C-2

 

 

 

 

Pursuant to the Indenture, the Trustee is hereby appointed to act as the initial Bond Registrar. The transfer of this Bond may be registered by the Holder hereof in person or by his attorney or legal representative at the principal office of the Bond Registrar, or its successors and assigns, but only in the manner and subject to the limitations and conditions provided in the Indenture. Upon any such registration of transfer, the Bond Registrar shall execute and deliver in exchange for this Bond a new registered Bond or Bonds without coupons, registered in the name of the transferee or transferees, in denominations authorized by the Indenture and in the aggregate principal amount equal to the remaining outstanding principal amount of this Bond, of the same maturity of principal installments and bearing interest at the same rate.

 

In certain events, on the conditions, in the manner and with the effect set forth in the Indenture, the unpaid principal of this Bond may become or may be declared due and payable before the stated maturity thereof, together with interest accrued thereon.

 

All acts, conditions and things required to exist, happen and be performed precedent to the issuance of this Bond do exist, have happened and have been performed in due time, form and manner as required by the Act, and the issuance of this Bond, together with all other obligations of the Authority, does not exceed or violate any constitutional or statutory limitations.

 

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Exhibit C-3

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority has caused this Bond to be executed in its name by the manual or facsimile signature of its Chairman, and its corporate seal to be impressed or printed hereon and attested by the manual or facsimile signature of its Assistant Secretary.

 

 

  NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
   
  By:                 

 

(SEAL)  
   
Attest:  

 

By:    
  Assistant Secretary  

 

Exhibit C-4

 

 

 

 

(Form of Certificate of Authentication)

 

CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

Date of Authentication: ______________

 

This Bond is one of the Bonds of the issue described in the within-mentioned Indenture of Trust.

 

  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
  as Trustee
   
  By:  
    Authorized Signatory

 

* * * * *

 

Exhibit C-5

 

 

 

 

(Form of Assignment and Transfer)

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, __________ the undersigned, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto __________ (Tax Identification or Social Security No. __________) the within Bond and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints __________ attorney to transfer the within Bond on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated: _______________

 

Signature of Guarantee:

 

     
(Authorized Officer)
Signature must be guaranteed by an Institution which is a participant in The Securities Transfer Agent Medallion Program (STAMP) or similar program.
  NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as it appears upon the face of the within Bond in every particular, without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

 

Exhibit C-6

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Waiver and Consents

 

 

[Exhibit B]

 

 

 

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT OF
SUNTRUST BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

$36,300,000
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Revenue Refunding Bonds
(IMTT-Bayonne Project)
Series 2015

 

This Waiver and Consent is delivered pursuant to that certain Indenture of Trust (the “Original Indenture”) dated as of May 1, 2015 between the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to the above-captioned bonds (the “Bonds”). All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Original Indenture.

 

Pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture, Bayonne Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, IMTT-Bayonne LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IMTT-BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Company”) have requested the Authority and the Trustee to execute and deliver a First Supplemental Indenture of Trust dated as of December 1, 2018 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), which First Supplemental Indenture amends the Original Indenture to adjust the calculation of interest during the Bank Rate Period and certain related changes, including, without limitation, the amendment and extension of the Mandatory Purchase Date and the issuance of replacement Bonds reflecting the amendments to the Original Indenture.

 

Pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture, the Original Indenture may be amended with the consent of the Owners of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Bonds. During the Bank Rate Period, SunTrust Bank, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (the “Administrative Agent”), shall be deemed the Owner of the Bonds.

 

The Administrative Agent hereby consents to the execution and delivery by the Authority and the Trustee of the First Supplemental Indenture. Furthermore, the Administrative Agent does hereby waive its right to receive at least (i) sixty days’ notice of the proposed execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture as required by Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture and (ii) its right to receive any other notice required under the Original Indenture in connection with the execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Exhibit B-1

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, SunTrust Bank, has caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed by its undersigned duly authorized officer as of this 5 th day of December, 2018.

 

  SUNTRUST BANK, as Administrative Agent
   
  By:                  

 

Exhibit B-2

 

 

 

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT OF
COMPANY

 

$36,300,000
New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Revenue Refunding Bonds
(IMTT-Bayonne Project)
Series 2015

 

This Waiver and Consent is delivered pursuant to that Indenture of Trust dated as of May 1, 2015 (the “Original Indenture”), by and between the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (the “Authority”) and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), relating to the above-captioned bonds (the “Bonds”). All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Original Indenture.

 

Pursuant to Section 11.02 of the Original Indenture, Bayonne Industries, Inc., a New Jersey corporation, IMTT-Bayonne LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and IMTT-BC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, the “Company”) have requested the Authority and the Trustee to execute and deliver a First Supplemental Indenture of Trust dated as of December 1, 2018 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Original Indenture, the “Indenture”), which First Supplemental Indenture amends the Original Indenture to adjust the calculation of interest during the Bank Rate Period and certain related changes, including, without limitation, the amendment and extension of the Mandatory Purchase Date and the issuance of replacement Bonds reflecting the amendments to the Original Indenture.

 

Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture provides in pertinent part that the First Supplemental Indenture shall not become effective unless and until the Company shall have consented to the execution and delivery by the Authority and the Trustee of the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

The Company hereby consents to the execution and delivery by the Authority and the Trustee of the First Supplemental Indenture. Furthermore, the Company does hereby waive (i) its right to receive at least fifteen (15) Business Days’ notice of the proposed execution and delivery of the First Supplemental Indenture Amendment as required by Section 11.03 of the Original Indenture and (ii) its right to receive any other notice required under the Original Indenture in connection with the First Supplemental Indenture.

 

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Exhibit B-3

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed by its undersigned duly authorized officer as of this 5 th day of December, 2018.

 

  BAYONNE INDUSTRIES, INC.
   
  By:  
    John Siragusa
    Chief Banking Officer
   
  IMTT-BAYONNE LLC
   
  By:  
    John Siragusa
    Chief Banking Officer
   
  IMTT-BC LLC
   
  By:  
    John Siragusa
    Chief Banking Officer

 

Exhibit B-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.17

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

$1,375,000,000

CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

Atlantic aviation fbo holdings llc ,
as Holdings,

and

 

ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO INC.,
as Borrower,

The Several Lenders and the Issuing Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent,

 

CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,

CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

RBC CAPITAL MARKETS,

SUNTRUST BANK,

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Co-Documentation Agents,

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

COMPASS BANK dba BBVA COMPASS,

REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF REGIONS BANK,

and

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES,

as Joint Bookrunners,

and


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED,

COMPASS BANK dba BBVA COMPASS,

REGIONS CAPITAL MARKETS, A DIVISION OF REGIONS BANK,

and

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES
as Joint Lead Arrangers

Dated as of December 6, 2018

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

    Page
Section 1. DEFINITIONS 1
     
1.1 Defined Terms 1
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions 44
1.3 LCT Election 45
1.4 Fixed and Non-Fixed Baskets; Available Amount and Contribution Amount Transactions 46
Section 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS 46
     
2.1 Term Commitments 46
2.2 Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing 47
2.3 Repayment of Term Loans 47
2.4 Revolving Commitments 47
2.5 Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing 47
2.6 [Reserved.] 48
2.7 [Reserved.] 48
2.8 Repayment of Loans 48
2.9 Commitment Fees, etc. 49
2.10 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments 49
2.11 Optional Prepayments 49
2.12 Mandatory Prepayments 50
2.13 Conversion and Continuation Options 52
2.14 Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches 52
2.15 Interest Rates and Payment Dates 53
2.16 Computations of Interest and Fees 53
2.17 Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Alternate Interest Rate 53
2.18 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments 55
2.19 Requirements of Law 58
2.20 Taxes 59
2.21 Indemnity 63
2.22 Illegality 63
2.23 Mitigation of Costs; Change of Lending Office 63
2.24 Replacement of Lenders 64
2.25 Incremental Facilities 65
2.26 Incremental Equivalent Debt 68
2.27 Defaulting Lenders 70
2.28 Cash Collateral 72
2.29 Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Commitments 73
2.30 Refinancing Debt 75
Section 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT 78
     
3.1 L/C Commitment 78
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit 79
3.3 Fees and Other Charges 79
3.4 L/C Participations 80
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower 80
3.6 Obligations Absolute 81
3.7 Letter of Credit Payments 81
3.8 Applications 82

 

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    Page
Section 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 82
     
4.1 Financial Condition 82
4.2 No Change 82
4.3 Existence; Compliance with Law 83
4.4 Organizational Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations 83
4.5 No Legal Bar 83
4.6 No Material Litigation 83
4.7 No Default 84
4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens 84
4.9 Intellectual Property 84
4.10 Taxes 84
4.11 Use of Proceeds; Federal Regulations 85
4.12 ERISA 85
4.13 Investment Company Act 85
4.14 Subsidiaries 85
4.15 Environmental Matters 86
4.16 Accuracy of Information, etc. 86
4.17 Security Documents 86
4.18 Solvency 87
4.19 Labor Matters 87
4.20 Patriot Act; OFAC; Anti-Corruption Laws 87
4.21 Material Contracts 88
4.22 Senior Indebtedness 88
4.23 Special Flood Hazard Properties 88
4.24 Not an EEA Financial Institution 88
Section 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 88
     
5.1 Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit 88
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit 90
Section 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 91
     
6.1 Financial Statements 91
6.2 Certificates; Other Information 92
6.3 Payment of Taxes 93
6.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc.; Compliance 93
6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance 93
6.6 Books and Records; Inspection of Property; Discussions 95
6.7 Notices 95
6.8 Additional Collateral, etc. 96
6.9 Further Assurances 98
6.10 Use of Proceeds 99
6.11 Environmental 99
6.12 Quarterly Lenders Conference Call 99
6.13 Conduct of Business 99
6.14 Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries 99
6.15 Post-Closing Matters 99

 

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    Page
Section 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS 100
     
7.1 Financial Covenant 100
7.2 Indebtedness 101
7.3 Liens 104
7.4 Fundamental Changes 107
7.5 Dispositions of Property 108
7.6 Restricted Payments 111
7.7 Investments 113
7.8 Optional Payments of Certain Indebtedness; Modifications of Certain Agreements and Instruments 116
7.9 Transactions with Affiliates 117
7.10 Changes in Fiscal Periods 117
7.11 Negative Pledge Clauses 118
7.12 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions 118
7.13 Sale Leaseback Transactions 119
7.14 Limitation on Activities of Holdings 119
7.15 Compliance with Sanctions and Money Laundering Laws 119
7.16 Transfer of Airport Leases to Unrestricted Subsidiaries 120
Section 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT 120
     
8.1 Events of Default 120
Section 9. THE AGENTS 123
     
9.1 Appointment 123
9.2 Delegation of Duties 124
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions 124
9.4 Reliance by the Agents 125
9.5 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders 125
9.6 Indemnification 126
9.7 Agent in Its Individual Capacity 126
9.8 Successor Agents 127
9.9 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees 127
9.10 Lead Arrangers 127
9.11 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim 128
9.12 Certain ERISA Matters 128
9.13 Posting of Communications 130
Section 10. MISCELLANEOUS 131
     
10.1 Amendments and Waivers 131
10.2 Notices 133
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies 135
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties 135
10.5 Payment of Expenses; Indemnification; Limitation of Liability 136
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments 137
10.7 Adjustments; Set-off 144
10.8 Counterparts 145
10.9 Severability 145
10.10 Integration 145

 

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    Page
10.11 GOVERNING LAW 145
10.12 Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers 146
10.13 Acknowledgments 146
10.14 Confidentiality 147
10.15 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens 148
10.16 Accounting Changes 149
10.17 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL 149
10.18 PATRIOT ACT 149
10.19 No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility 149
10.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions 150

 

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APPENDICES :

 

A-1 Revolving Commitments
A-2 Term Commitments

 

SCHEDULES :

 

1.1A Closing Date Indebtedness
3.1(a) Existing Letters of Credit
4.4 Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
4.8A Excepted Property
4.8B Real Property
4.14 Subsidiaries
4.17(a) UCC and Other Filings
4.21 Material Contractual Obligations
6.15 Post-Closing Matters
7.2(d) Existing Indebtedness
7.3(f) Existing Liens
7.7(i) Existing Investments
7.9 Existing Transactions with Affiliates
7.11 Existing Negative Pledge Clauses
7.12 Existing Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions

 

EXHIBITS :

 

A-1 Form of Notice of Borrowing
A-2 Form of Conversion/Continuation Notice
B Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
C Form of Compliance Certificate
D Form of Closing Certificate
E-1 Form of Assignment and Assumption
E-2 Form of Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption
F Form of Solvency Certificate
G Form of Prepayment Notice
H-1 Form of Promissory Note (Revolving Loans)
H-2 Form of Promissory Note (Term Loans)
I-1 Form of Tax Compliance Certificate (for Foreign Lenders that Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
I-2 Form of Tax Compliance Certificate (for Foreign Participants that Are Not Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
I-3 Form of Tax Compliance Certificate (for Foreign Participants that Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
I-4 Form of Tax Compliance Certificate (for Foreign Lenders that Are Partnerships for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 6, 2018 (this “ Agreement ”), among ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Holdings ”), ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “ Lenders ”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns, the “ Collateral Agent ”).

 

WITNESSETH :

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower seeks (a) $1,025,000,000 first lien term loan financing, the proceeds of which shall be used (i) first, to refinance and terminate in full the Closing Date Indebtedness of the Borrower and release and discharge in full all guarantees and collateral provided, in each case, in connection therewith (collectively, the “ Closing Date Refinancing ”), (ii) second, to pay a dividend in an amount not to exceed any amounts remaining after giving effect to the foregoing clause (i) (x) to redeem in full $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Sponsor’s outstanding 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due July 15, 2019 and (y) as a return of equity contributions made by the Sponsor prior to the date hereof (the proceeds of which were used by the Borrower to repay revolving loans under the Closing Date Indebtedness) in an amount not to exceed $300,000,000 (such dividend under this clause (ii) , the “ Closing Date Distribution ”), (iii) to pay related fees and expenses associated with the foregoing, and (iv) for general corporate purposes, and (b) $350,000,000 in revolving credit financing, up to $35,000,000 of which shall be available on the Closing Date for the making of Revolving Loans to be used in the manner described in the immediately preceding clauses (a)(i) , (ii) and (iii) , and for the issuance of Letters of Credit (other than the Existing Letters of Credit), and the remainder thereof to fund working capital requirements, Permitted Acquisitions and general corporate purposes;

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to make the credit facilities described herein available to the Borrower upon and subject to the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority Lien on substantially all of its assets, including a pledge of the Capital Stock of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent required by the Loan Documents; and

 

WHEREAS, the Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the Obligations of the Borrower and to secure such Obligations by granting to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority Lien on substantially all of their respective assets, including a pledge of the Capital Stock of each of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, to the extent required by the Loan Documents.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.         DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement (including the preamble and recitals hereof), the terms listed in this Section shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section.

 

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ABR ”: for any day, a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the greatest of (x) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (y) the NYFRB Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1.00% and (z) the one-month reserve adjusted Eurodollar Rate on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day) plus 1.00%; provided that for the purpose of this definition, the Eurodollar Rate for any day shall be based on the LIBO Screen Rate (or if the LIBO Screen Rate is not available for such one month Interest Period, the Interpolated Rate) at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time on such day. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the NYFRB Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, respectively. If the ABR is being used as an alternate rate of interest pursuant to Section 2.17 hereof, then the ABR shall be the greater of clause (x) and (y) above and shall be determined without reference to clause (z) above. For the avoidance of doubt, if the ABR shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

ABR Loans ”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR.

 

Accounting Changes ”: as defined in Section 10.16 .

 

Acquisition ”: any acquisition of a majority controlling interest in the Capital Stock, or all or substantially all of the assets, of any Person, or of all or substantially all of the assets constituting a division, product line or business line of any Person.

 

Acquired EBITDA ”: with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business (determined as if references to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Acquired Entity or Business and its Restricted Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business.

 

Acquired Entity or Business ”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

 

Administrative Agent ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Affiliate ”: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, in either case whether by contract or otherwise.

 

Affiliated Lender ”: a Lender that is the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor (excluding any Purchasing Borrower Party) or the Sponsor’s manager, Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc., or an Affiliate thereof (excluding any Purchasing Borrower Party), in each case, including any fund managed or controlled thereby, or any investment scheme or similar vehicle or separate managed account related thereto.

 

Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption ”: an Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2 hereto.

 

Agent-Related Persons ”: each Agent, together with its Related Parties.

 

Agents ”: the collective reference to the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent.

 

Agreed Purposes ”: as defined in Section 10.14 .

 

Agreement ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

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Anti-Corruption Law ”: each of (i) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, (ii) the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and (iii) the Bribery Act 2010, in each case, as amended from time to time, and (iv) any other applicable similar laws, rules and regulations relating to bribery or corruption.

 

Applicable Indebtedness ”: as defined in the definition of “Weighted Average Life to Maturity”.

 

Applicable Margin ”: for any day, shall mean a percentage per annum equal to, with respect to (a)(i) Term Loans that are ABR Loans, 3.75% and (ii) Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans, 2.75% and (b)(i) Revolving Loans that are ABR Loans, (ii) Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Loans and (iii) commitment fees payable pursuant to Section 2.9 , the applicable percentage per annum set forth below under the caption “ABR Margin”, “Eurodollar Margin” or “Commitment Fee Rate” opposite the applicable Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio then in effect:

 

Pricing
Level
  Consolidated Total Leverage
Ratio
  ABR
Margin
  Eurodollar
Margin
  Commitment Fee
Rate
I   ≤ 2.00x   0.50%   1.50%   0.25%
II   ≤ 2.75x   0.75%   1.75%   0.30%
III   ≤ 3.50x   1.00%   2.00%   0.30%
IV   > 3.50x   1.25%   2.25%   0.35%

 

provided that for purposes of clause (b) of this definition, (i) the initial Applicable Margin shall be as set forth in Level IV and (ii) any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin resulting from a change in the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.2(a) (commencing following the first fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date); provided if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section 6.2(a) , then, upon the request of the Required Lenders (or if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) has occurred and is then continuing, automatically without the consent of any Lender), Pricing Level IV shall apply, in each case as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and in each case shall remain in effect until the first Business Day following the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered; provided further that the Applicable Margin for any New Term Loans shall be set forth in the relevant Incremental Joinder Agreement.

 

Application ”: an application, in such form as the relevant Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting such Issuing Lender to open a Letter of Credit.

 

Approved Electronic Platform ” has the meaning assigned to it in Section 9.13(a) .

 

Approved Fund ”: as defined in Section 10.6(b) .

 

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Asset Sale ”: (a) any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) of Property by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such Disposition permitted by Section 7.5 (other than clauses (e ), (f) and (q) thereof, and provided that in the case of any such Disposition permitted by clause (t) thereof, only the amount of Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom in excess of the original amount of the related Investment made with the Contribution Amount shall be considered Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale)), in any case which yields Net Cash Proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (valued at the then current principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $10,000,000 for such Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) and (b) in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, the issuance or sale (or series of related issuances or sales) of any shares of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person (other than a Loan Party) yielding Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $10,000,000.

 

Assignee ”: as defined in Section 10.6(b) .

 

Assignment and Assumption ”: an Assignment and Assumption, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 or any other form (including electronic records generated by the use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Audited Financial Statements ”: the Borrower’s audited consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows, including the notes thereto, each for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2015, December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2017, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report by KPMG LLP.

 

Available Amount ”: at any time (the “ Available Amount Reference Time ”), an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to the sum (without duplication in the case of clauses (a)(2) through (a)(9) ) of:

 

(a)(1) the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ); plus

 

(2)       the amount (which amount shall not be less than zero) from the date that is the first day of the initial fiscal quarter of the Borrower ended after the Closing Date to the end of Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter equal to 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the period (this clause (a)(2) , the “ Earnings Component ”); plus

 

(3)       the amount of any Net Cash Proceeds from any issuance of Qualified Capital Stock (or issuance of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock) received by or made to the Borrower (or by Holdings or any Parent Holding Company and contributed by such parent to the Borrower) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through to and including the Available Amount Reference Time, other than (w) the amount of any Cure Amount, (x) to the extent utilized in connection with any incurrence of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(r) , (y) to the extent applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(c) , and (z) to the extent utilized to build the Contribution Amount, and in each case, not otherwise applied, during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; plus

 

(4)       the amount of any common cash capital contributions (including mergers or consolidations that have a similar effect) received by the Borrower during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through to and including the Available Amount Reference Time, other than (x) the amount of any Cure Amount, (y) to the extent utilized in connection with any incurrence of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(r) and (z) to the extent utilized to build the Contribution Amount, and in each case, not otherwise applied, during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; plus

 

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(5)       the cash proceeds of any Indebtedness and Disqualified Capital Stock of the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued (other than Disqualified Stock issued to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through to and including the Available Amount Reference Time, which has been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower, the Holdings or any Parent Holding Company, other than (x) the amount of any Cure Amount and (y) to the extent utilized to build the Contribution Amount, and in each case, not otherwise applied, during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; plus

 

(6)       the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Disposition of permitted Investments made with the Available Amount (with respect to each Investment, up to the original amount thereof made with the Available Amount) and in each case, not otherwise applied, during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through to and including the Available Amount Reference Time; plus

 

(7)       returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts received in cash or Cash Equivalents by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries from permitted Investments made with the Available Amount (with respect to each Investment, up to the original amount thereof made with the Available Amount) and in each case, not otherwise applied, during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through to and including the Available Amount Reference Time; plus

 

(8)       the amount of any permitted Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary with the Available Amount that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or is liquidated, would up or dissolved into, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an amount not to exceed the fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower in good faith) of the original amount of such Investment made with the Available Amount, and in each case, not otherwise applied, during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through to and including the Available Amount Reference Time;

 

(9)       the aggregate amount of Retained Declined Proceeds plus prepayment amounts declined by a lender or holder of Indebtedness for borrowed money of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Term Facility (“ Pari Passu Indebtedness ”) pursuant to a mandatory prepayment, redemption or offer applicable to such Pari Passu Indebtedness and retained by the Borrower, and in each case, not otherwise applied, during the period from the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time; minus

 

(b)       the sum of (x) the aggregate original amount of any Investments made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.7(dd) , and (y) any payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 7.8(a)(iv) , in each case during the period commencing on the Closing Date through to and including the Available Amount Reference Time.

 

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Available Revolving Commitment ”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

 

Bail-In Action ”: the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

 

Bail-In Legislation ”: with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

Bankruptcy Code ”: the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §101, et seq. ), as amended and in effect from time to time and the regulations issued from time to time thereunder.

 

Basket ”: any amount, threshold, exception or value (including by reference to the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets) permitted or prescribed with respect to any Lien, Indebtedness, Asset Sale, Investment, Restricted Payment, payment of Junior Indebtedness, transaction, action, judgment or amount under any provision in this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

Beneficial Ownership Certification ” means a certification regarding beneficial ownership or control as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation which shall be substantially similar to the form of Certification Regarding Beneficial Owners of Legal Entity Customers published jointly, in May 2018, by the Loan Syndications and Trading Association and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association or any other form of certification as agreed by the Borrower and the applicable Lender requesting such Beneficial Ownership Certification.

 

Beneficial Ownership Regulation ” means 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

 

Benefit Plan ”: any of (a) an “employee benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA) that is subject to Title I of ERISA, (b) a “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code to which Section 4975 of the Code applies, and (c) any Person whose assets include (for purposes of the Plan Asset Regulations or otherwise for purposes of Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) the assets of any such “employee benefit plan” or “plan”.

 

Benefited Lender ”: as defined in Section 10.7(a) .

 

Board ”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

 

Borrower ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Borrowing Date ”: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the Borrower requests the relevant Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

 

Building ”: a structure with at least two walls and a roof.

 

Business ”: the business and any services, activities or businesses incidental or reasonably related or similar to any business or line of business engaged in by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date or any business or business activity that is a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof or ancillary thereto or any business conducted by a Qualified Tax Transaction Subsidiary.

 

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Business Day ”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close; provided that, when used in connection with a Eurodollar Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

Capital Expenditures ”: for any period, the aggregate amount incurred that would, in accordance with GAAP, be included on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as additions to equipment, fixed assets, real property or improvements or other capital assets (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) (other than any such amounts (i) made to restore, replace, develop, maintain, improve, upgrade or rebuild property to the condition of such property immediately prior to any damage, loss, destruction or condemnation of such property, to the extent such expenditure is made with, or subsequently reimbursed out of, insurance proceeds, indemnity payments, condemnation awards (or payments in lieu of) or damage recovery proceeds or other settlements relating to any such damage, loss, destruction or condemnation, (ii) made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a tenant in leasehold improvements, to the extent reimbursed by the landlords, or (iii) made as payment of the consideration for any Permitted Acquisition permitted by Section 7.7(e) (including any property, plant and equipment obtained as a part thereof)).

 

Capital Lease Obligations ”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, to the extent such obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will any lease that would have been categorized as an operating lease as determined in accordance with GAAP as of the Closing Date, be considered a capital lease for purposes of this definition as a result of any changes in GAAP subsequent to the Closing Date.

 

Capital Stock ”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, and any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Cash Collateralize ”: to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of either thereof (as the context may require), cash or deposit account balances or, if the applicable Issuing Lender benefiting from such collateral agrees in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the applicable Issuing Lender (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders).

 

Cash Collateral ” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

 

Cash Equivalents ”: (a) direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition;

 

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(b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000;

 

(c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-2 by S&P or P-2 by Moody’s, or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within one year from the date of acquisition;

 

(d) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government;

 

(e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s;

 

(f) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition;

 

(g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of any of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition;

 

(h) marketable short-term money market and similar funds (x) either having assets in excess of $500,000,000 or (y) having a rating of at least A-2 or P-2 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, if at any time neither S&P nor Moody’s shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating agency); or

 

(i) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries in accordance with the normal investment practices for cash management in investments of a type analogous to the foregoing.

 

Cash Management Counterparty ”: any Person that (a) is a party to a Cash Management Document that was a Lender or Agent at the time any such Cash Management Document was entered into or an Affiliate of such a Lender or Agent or (b) with respect to any Cash Management Document in effect as of the Closing Date, is, as of the Closing Date or within 90 days thereafter, a Lender or Agent or an Affiliate of such a Lender or Agent, in each case in its capacity as party to a Cash Management Document.

 

Cash Management Document ”: any certificate, agreement or other document executed by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of the Cash Management Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Cash Management Obligation ”: with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of any such Person in respect of cash management services (including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements) provided on or after the date hereof (regardless of whether these or similar services were provided prior to the date hereof by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of them) by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Affiliate of any of them, including obligations for the payment of fees, interest, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and disbursements in connection therewith.

 

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Certificated Security ”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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

 

(i)          prior to an IPO, the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall fail to own and control, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record, shares representing at least 51% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding equity interests of Holdings;

 

(ii)         after an IPO, any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof), other than the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates (or any “group” (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 of the Securities Exchange Act as in effect on the date hereof) of which the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates is a member, but only if and for so long as the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates beneficially owns more than 50% of the relevant voting stock of Holdings owned, directly or indirectly, by such “group”), shall own, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, shares representing more than 25% of the aggregate ordinary voting power represented by the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of Holdings, unless the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates shall own more than such person or group; or

 

(iii)        Holdings shall cease to directly own, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding equity interests of the Borrower.

 

Chattel Paper ”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Claims ”: as defined in the definition of “Environmental Claims”.

 

Closing Date ”: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Sections 5.1 and 5.2 shall have been satisfied or waived and the initial Loans hereunder shall have been funded.

 

Closing Date Distribution ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Closing Date Indebtedness ”: the Indebtedness of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.1A attached hereto.

 

Closing Date Refinancing ”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

 

Closing Date Term Loans ”: the Term Loans made on the Closing Date.

 

Co-Documentation Agent ”: each of Citizens Bank, N.A., Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Mizuho Bank, Ltd., RBC Capital Markets, SunTrust Bank and U.S. Bank National Association, in their respective capacity as a co-documentation agent.

 

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

 

Collateral ”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Collateral Agent ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

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Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the Term Commitment, the New Term Commitment (if any) and/or the Revolving Commitment of such Lender.

 

Committed Reinvestment Amount ”: as defined in the definition of “Reinvestment Prepayment Amount”.

 

Commodity Exchange Act ”: the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Commonly Controlled Entity ”: any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with Borrower or Holdings is under common control or treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m), or (o) of the Code.

 

Commonly Controlled Plan ”: as defined in Section 4.12(c) .

 

Communications ”: as defined in Section 9.13(d) .

 

Compliance Certificate ”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer substantially in the form of Exhibit C .

 

Confidential Information ”: as defined in Section 10.14 .

 

Connection Income Taxes ”: Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consolidated Current Assets ”: as at any date of determination, the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis at such date that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents.

 

Consolidated Current Liabilities ”: at any date of determination, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the current portion of any Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Loans, to the extent otherwise included therein. For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Current Liabilities shall not include accrued interest or accrued taxes, deferred taxes, income taxes payable, fair value of derivative instruments, accrual of amounts payable pursuant to the Services Agreement that will only be paid in lieu of Restricted Payments that would have been permitted to be made at the time of such payment or current portion of Long-Term Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Consolidated EBITDA ”: for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus , without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (other than with respect to clause (j) below), (A) the sum of: (a) income tax expense (and franchise taxes in the nature of income taxes) and foreign withholding tax expense for such period and any state single business unitary or similar tax, (b) Consolidated Interest Expense and, to the extent not reflected in Consolidated Interest Expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness and any losses on hedging obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, (c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d) amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill impairment), (e) Non-Cash Charges, (f) proceeds of business interruption insurance received during such period (to the extent not reflected as revenue or income in such period), (g) 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, (h) any charges, losses or expenses related to signing, retention, relocation, recruiting or completion bonuses or recruiting costs, severance costs, transition costs, curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans (including any settlement of pension liabilities), pre-opening, opening, closing and consolidation costs and expenses with respect to any facilities, facility start-up costs, costs and expenses relating to implementation of operational and reporting systems and technology initiatives, costs incurred in connection with product and intellectual property development and new systems design, project start-up costs, integration and systems establishment costs, business optimization expenses or costs (including costs and expenses relating to intellectual property restructurings) and cash restructuring charges, expenses and reserves, collectively not to exceed 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period as otherwise determined, (i) non-cash expenses allocated to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries by the Sponsor pursuant to the Services Agreement and any cash expenses paid during such period in accordance with the terms of the Services Agreement that are paid in lieu of Restricted Payments that would have been permitted to be made at the time of such payment and (j) the amount of “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or any restructurings, cost savings initiatives and other initiatives after the Closing Date and projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions taken, committed to be taken or expected to be taken no later than eighteen (18) months after the end of such period (which “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such “run rate” 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 realized during the entirety of such period and each subsequent period through the period ending on the last day of the third fiscal quarter commencing after the end of the fiscal quarter in which such pro forma adjustment was originally made, and without duplication of any pro forma adjustment for any such subsequent period that would otherwise be permitted under this clause (j) with respect to the same cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that such “run rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) (it being understood that pro forma adjustments need not be prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X); provided further that (1) any such add-backs under this clause (j) that are not in compliance with Regulation S-X shall not exceed 15% of Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable four-quarter period (calculated prior to giving effect to any such add-backs); (2) no cost-saving synergies may be added pursuant to this clause (j) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating thereto that are either excluded in computing Consolidated Net Income or included (i.e., added back) in computing Consolidated EBITDA for such period; and (3) such adjustments may be incremental to (but not duplicative of) any Pro Forma Adjustments and provided , further , that, in the case of any non-cash charge referred to in this definition of Consolidated EBITDA (or Non-Cash Charges) that relates to an accrual or reserve for a future cash payment, such future cash payment shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA in the period when such cash is so disbursed or, without duplication, if such accrual or reverse is reduced such reduction shall be deducted from Consolidated EBITDA in the period when such reduction occurs; minus , without duplication and to the extent included in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, (B) the sum of (I) any unusual or non-recurring income or gains, (II) income tax credits (to the extent not netted from income tax expense), (III) any other non-cash income or gain and (IV) any interest income and gains on hedging or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, provided that Consolidated EBITDA shall be calculated without giving effect to (x) any gains or losses from Asset Sales and (y) any gain or loss recognized in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period in respect of post-retirement benefits as a result of the application of Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 106; and provided , further , that in the case of any non-cash item referred to in clause (B) of this definition of Consolidated EBITDA (or Non-Cash Charges) that relates to a future cash payment to the Borrower or a subsidiary, such future cash payment shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA in the period when such payment is so received by the Borrower or such subsidiary. In addition, (i) there shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, Acquired EBITDA of any Person acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person or business to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person or business acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “ Acquired Entity or Business ”), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such Acquisition) and the Pro Forma Adjustments, if any, applicable thereto; and (ii) there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (each such Person, property, business so sold or disposed of, a “ Sold Entity or Business ”), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or Disposition).

 

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Consolidated First Lien Debt ”: as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Debt outstanding on such date that is secured by a Lien on any asset or property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary but excluding any such Indebtedness in which the applicable Liens are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations.

 

Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio ”: as at the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the ratio of (a) Consolidated First Lien Debt of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such date.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense ”: for any period, total interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations), net of interest income, of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs under swap agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).

 

Consolidated Net Income ”: for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP excluding, without duplication, (a) extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring items for such period, (b) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period, to the extent included in such net income (loss), (c) cash costs in connection with the Transactions, (d) any non-recurring fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any actual or proposed Acquisition, investment, asset disposition, sale of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of equity interests (including in connection with any registration of securities or exchange offer), refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such actual or proposed transaction, (e) any earnouts, purchase price adjustments or similar obligations in connection with any Acquisition, investment, asset disposition or sale of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or any business or assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (f) the after-tax effect of any income (or loss) for such period attributable to the early extinguishment of Indebtedness (or any cancellation of Indebtedness), (g) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (h) the income (or deficit) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any other Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions during such period, (i) any amounts distributed to Holdings pursuant to Section 7.6(c) , and (j) the undistributed earnings of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary.

 

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Consolidated Total Assets ”: at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date.

 

Consolidated Total Debt ”: as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis outstanding on such date of the types described in clauses (a) , (c) , (e) , (g) and (h) of the definition of Indebtedness (but in the case of clause (h) , only as it relates to Indebtedness of the type referred to in clauses (a) , (c) , (e) and (g) of such definition); minus unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents as shown on the balance sheet on a consolidated basis of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of up to $100,000,000.

 

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio ”: as at the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the four fiscal quarter period ending on such date.

 

Consolidated Working Capital ”: as of any date of determination, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Current Assets at such date of determination minus Consolidated Current Liabilities at such date of determination; provided that, increases or decreases in Consolidated Working Capital shall be calculated without regard to any changes in Consolidated Current Assets or Consolidated Current Liabilities as a result of (i) any reclassification in accordance with GAAP of assets or liabilities, as applicable, between current and non-current or (ii) the effects of purchase accounting.

 

Contract Consideration ”: as defined in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.

 

Contractual Obligation ”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound.

 

Contribution Amount ”: at any time (the “ Contribution Amount Reference Time ”), an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to the sum (without duplication in the case of clauses (a)(1) through (a)(3) ) of:

 

(a)(1) the amount of any Net Cash Proceeds from any issuance of Qualified Capital Stock (or issuance of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock) received by or made to the Borrower (or by Holdings or any Parent Holding Company and contributed by such parent to the Borrower), other than (w) the amount of any Cure Amount, (x) to the extent utilized in connection with any incurrence of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(r) , (y) to the extent applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(c) , and (z) to the extent utilized to build the Available Amount, in each case during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Contribution Amount Reference Time; plus

 

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(2)       the amount of any common cash capital contributions (including mergers or consolidations that have a similar effect) received by or made to the Borrower, other than (x) the amount of any Cure Amount, (y) to the extent utilized in connection with any incurrence of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(r) and (z) to the extent utilized to build the Available Amount, in each case during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Contribution Amount Reference Time; plus

 

(3)       the cash proceeds of any Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Sponsor Indebtedness) and Disqualified Capital Stock of the Borrower and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued after the Closing Date (other than Disqualified Stock issued to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), which has been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Capital Stock of the Borrower, any Restricted Subsidiary, Holdings or any Parent Holding Company, other than (x) the amount of any Cure Amount and (y) to the extent utilized to build the Available Amount, during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Contribution Amount Reference Time; minus

 

(b)       the aggregate amount of Dispositions made pursuant to Section 7.5(t) , Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.6(k) , original amount of any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.7(cc) (net of any return of capital in respect of any such Investments or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment, including, without limitation, upon the redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of any such Investments), and any payments or distributions in respect of any Junior Indebtedness made pursuant to Section 7.8(a)(iii) during the period commencing on the Closing Date through and including the Contribution Amount Reference Time.

 

CRD IV ”: (a) Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms and amending Regulation (EU) No. 648/2012 and (b) Directive 2013/36/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on access to the activity of credit institutions and the prudential supervision of credit institutions and investment firms, amending Directive 2002/87/EC and repealing directives 2006/48/EC and 2006/49/EC.

 

Curable Period ”: as defined in Section 7.1(b) .

 

Cure Amount ”: as defined in Section 7.1(b) .

 

Cure Right ”: as defined in Section 7.1(b) .

 

Debtor Relief Laws ”: the Bankruptcy Code, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

Declined Proceeds ”: as defined in Section 2.12(f) .

 

Declining Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.29(c) .

 

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Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 8.1 , whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

Defaulting Lender ”: subject to Section 2.27(b) , any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Loans within two Business Days of the date such Loans were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender, or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with such Lender’s funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders’ obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder ( provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) after the date hereof, has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other Federal or state regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-In Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in such Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any of immediately preceding clauses (a) through to and including clause (d) above shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.27(b) ) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrower, each Issuing Lender and each Lender.

 

Designated Jurisdiction ”: any country, territory or region to the extent that such country, territory or region itself, or such country’s, territory’s or region’s government, is the subject of any Sanctions, currently (as of the Closing Date), Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.

 

Designated Non-Cash Consideration means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Borrower) of non-cash consideration received by Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent Disposition of (or otherwise received in respect of) such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.

 

Disposed EBITDA ”: with respect to any Sold Entity or Business for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business (determined as if references to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the definition of Consolidated EBITDA were references to such Sold Entity or Business and its Subsidiaries), all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business.

 

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Disposition ”: with respect to any Property, any sale, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other effectively complete disposition thereof (whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise). The terms “ Dispose ” and “ Disposed of ” shall have correlative meanings.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock ”: Capital Stock that (a) requires the payment of any dividends (other than dividends payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock) prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Term Maturity Date, (b) matures or is mandatorily redeemable or subject to mandatory repurchase or redemption or repurchase at the option of the holders thereof, in each case in whole or in part and whether upon the occurrence of any event, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation on a fixed date or otherwise (including as the result of a failure to maintain or achieve any financial performance standards), prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Term Maturity Date (other than (i) upon payment in full of the Obligations as defined therein (other than indemnification and other contingent obligations not yet due and owing) or (ii) upon a “change of control”; provided that any payment required pursuant to this clause (ii) is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) or (c) are convertible or exchangeable, automatically or at the option of any holder thereof, into any Indebtedness, Capital Stock or other assets other than Qualified Capital Stock; provided that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations; provided , further , that any Capital Stock held by any present or former officers, consultants, directors or employees (and their spouses, former spouses, heirs, estates and assigns) of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries upon the death, disability, engaging in competitive activity or termination of employment of such officer, director, consultant or employee or pursuant to any equity subscription, shareholder, employment or other agreement shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Disqualified Institution ”: on any date, (x) any financial institutions or other Persons designated by the Borrower as a “Disqualified Institution” in writing to the Administrative Agent on or prior to November 20, 2018, (y) any competitor of a Subsidiary of the Borrower that is in the same or a similar line of business as the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case that is designated in writing by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time by an email sent to the email address specified in Section 10.2 and disclosed to the applicable assigning or participating Lender not less than three (3) Business Days prior to such date or (z) any Affiliate (other than bona fide fixed income investors or debt funds, unless identified by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing as specified in preceding clauses (x) or (y) ) of any entity described in preceding clauses (x) or (y) that is either (i) identified by the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent as specified in such clauses (x) or (y) and disclosed to the applicable assigning or participating Lender not less than three (3) Business Days prior to such date or (ii) is clearly identifiable solely on the basis of the similarity of its name.

 

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

 

Division ”: 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.

 

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Division Successor ”: 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.

 

Dollars ” and “ $ ”: dollars in lawful currency of the United States.

 

Domestic Subsidiary ”: any direct or indirect Subsidiary organized under the Laws of any jurisdiction within the United States other than any such Subsidiary directly or indirectly owned by a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

DQ List ”: as defined in Section 10.6(b)(iv) .

 

ECF Required Percentage ”: with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period, 25.0%; provided that (a) if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period is greater than 5.00:1.00, such percentage shall be 50% and (b) if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the end of the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period is greater than 5.50:1.00, such percentage shall be 75%.

 

EEA Financial Institution ”: (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;

 

EEA Member Country ”: any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

 

EEA Resolution Authority ”: any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

 

Effective Yield ”: as to any Indebtedness, means the effective yield on such Indebtedness in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Borrower and consistent with generally accepted financial practices, taking into account the applicable interest rate margins, any interest rate floors (the effect of which floors shall be determined in a manner set forth in the proviso below), or similar devices and all fees, including upfront or similar fees or original issue discount (amortized over the shorter of (i) the remaining weighted average life to maturity of such Indebtedness and (ii) the four years following the date of incurrence thereof) payable generally to Lenders or other institutions providing such Indebtedness in connection with the initial primary syndication thereof, but excluding any arrangement, structuring, ticking, or other similar fees payable in connection therewith that are not generally shared with the relevant Lenders and, if applicable, consent fees for an amendment paid generally to consenting Lenders; provided that with respect to any Indebtedness that includes a “LIBOR floor” or “ABR floor,” (a) to the extent that the Eurodollar Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is less than such floor, the amount of such difference shall be deemed added to the interest rate margin for such Indebtedness for the purpose of calculating the Effective Yield and (b) to the extent that the Eurodollar Rate (with an Interest Period of three months) or ABR (without giving effect to any floors in such definitions), as applicable, on the date that the Effective Yield is being calculated is greater than such floor, then the floor shall be disregarded in calculating the Effective Yield.

 

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Environmental Claims ”: any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance, violation or potential responsibility or investigation (other than internal reports prepared by Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or Disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “ Claims ”), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief relating to the presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials) or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, and (iii) any and all Claims by any third party regarding environmental liabilities or obligations assumed or assigned by contract or operation of law.

 

Environmental Laws ”: Laws relating to pollution, the protection of the environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources, or human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or Hazardous Materials.

 

ERISA ”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

 

ERISA Event ” as defined in Section 4.12(a) .

 

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ”: the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

 

Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ”: with respect to any Interest Period and for any Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum equal to the aggregate, without duplication, of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal number) of reserve requirements in effect two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the United States Federal Reserve System.

 

Eurodollar Loan ”: Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.

 

Eurodollar Rate ”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):

 

  LIBO Rate  
  1.00 - Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements  

 

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Event of Default ”: any of the events specified in Section 8.1 ; provided that, in respect to each of the clauses (a) through to and including clause (k) of Section 8.1 , to the extent such applicable clause includes any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, then such requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

 

Excess Cash Flow ”: for any period, an amount (if positive) equal to:

 

(1)        the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis, increased, in each case, without duplication, by:

 

(a)       an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges and expenses (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, but excluding (i) any such non-cash charges and expenses representing an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period and (ii) amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period;

 

(b)       decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period;

 

(c)       cash receipts of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Hedge Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not otherwise included in such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(d)       the aggregate amount of any non-cash loss of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries recognized as a result of any Asset Sale or Casualty Event (other than any Asset Sale in the ordinary course of business) that resulted in a decrease to Consolidated Net Income (up to the amount of such decrease);

 

reduced by (without duplication):

 

(2)         the sum, in each case, without duplication, of:

 

(a)       an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income (excluding any non-cash credit to the extent representing the reversal of an accrual or reserve described in clause (1)(a)  above) and cash charges excluded by virtue of clauses (a)  through (j) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income;

 

(b)       without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (g)  below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures, Permitted Acquisitions, Specified Investments and permitted acquisitions of Intellectual Property made in cash during such period, except to the extent financed with (w) the Net Cash Proceeds of Indebtedness (excluding any drawings under the Revolving Commitments), (x) the Available Amount, (y) the Contribution Amount or (z) Net Cash Proceeds reinvested pursuant to Section 2.12 ;

 

(c)       the aggregate amount of all optional principal payments of Indebtedness (including the principal component of payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations) of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding (A) all prepayments in respect of any revolving credit facility (including in respect of the Revolving Commitments), except to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder, and (B) prepayments of the Term Loans) made in cash during such period, in each case to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(d)       increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period;

 

(e)       without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (b)  above or clause (g)  below in prior fiscal years, the aggregate amount of cash consideration paid by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with Investments constituting Permitted Acquisitions pursuant to Section 7.7(e) to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(f)       the amount of Restricted Payments made by the Borrower in cash pursuant to clauses (c) , (d) , (e) , and (h) of Section 7.6 paid during such period in each case to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(g)       without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, (x) the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts, commitments, letters of intent or purchase orders (the “ Contract Consideration ”) entered into during such period and (y) any planned and budgeted cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries (the “ Planned Expenditures ”), in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y) , relating to Permitted Acquisitions (or Investments similar to those made for Permitted Acquisitions), Capital Expenditures or permitted acquisitions of Intellectual Property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period, in each case, to the extent financed with Internally Generated Cash of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions (or Investments similar to those made for Permitted Acquisitions), Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of Intellectual Property during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration and Planned Expenditures, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters;

 

(i)       the amount of (x) cash taxes (including penalties and interest) paid by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) tax reserves of the Borrower set aside in cash for taxes of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries planned and budgeted to be paid during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period (the “ Tax Reserves ”), in each case, in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period; provided that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash actually utilized by the Borrower to pay such planned and budgeted taxes during such following period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Tax Reserves, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow, at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters;

 

(j)       cash expenditures by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Hedge Agreements during such fiscal year to the extent not deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income;

 

(k)       the aggregate amount of any non-cash gain of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries recognized as a result of any Asset Sale or Casualty Event (other than any Asset Sale in the ordinary course of business) that resulted in an increase to Consolidated Net Income (up to the amount of such increase); and

 

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(m)       the aggregate amount of cash fees, costs and expenses paid by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any, and any payments of, Transaction expenses, to the extent not deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income.

 

Excess Cash Flow Calculation Date ”: as defined in Section 2.12(d) .

 

Excess Cash Flow Period ”: each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year of Borrower ending on December 31, 2019.

 

Excluded Amounts ”: as defined in Section 2.12(g) .

 

Excluded Domestic Subsidiary ”: any Domestic Subsidiary which is (a) a FSHCO, (b) an Immaterial Subsidiary, (c) a not-for-profit Subsidiary, (d) a captive insurance Subsidiary, (e) a Subsidiary which is prohibited by any applicable Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation existing on the Closing Date or in the case of Subsidiaries acquired after the Closing Date, existing on the date of acquisition (except to the extent such Contractual Obligation is entered into in contemplation of the Closing Date or such Subsidiary becoming a Subsidiary) in each case, from guaranteeing the Obligations or which would require the consent, approval, license or authorization of a Governmental Authority to provide a guarantee of the Obligations unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received or (f) a Subsidiary for which the guarantee would result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Excluded Hedge Obligation ”: with respect to any Guarantor, any Hedge Guarantee Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Hedge Guarantee Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the guarantee of such Guarantor or the grant of such security interest becomes effective with respect to such Hedge Guarantee Obligation. If a Hedge Guarantee Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Hedge Guarantee Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Excluded Taxes ”: any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (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 jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, 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 law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Sections 2.23 or 2.24 )) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 2.20 , amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender's assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 2.20(f) , and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Existing Letters of Credit ”: as defined in in Section 3.1(a) .

 

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Extended L/C Commitments ”: as defined in Section 2.29(d) .

 

Extended Lender Obligations ”: as defined in Section 2.29(d) .

 

Extended Revolving Commitments ”: as defined in Section 2.29(d) .

 

Extended Revolving Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.29(d) .

 

Extended Term Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.29(d) .

 

Extending Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.29(c) .

 

Extension Amendment ”: as defined in Section 2.29(e) .

 

Extension Date ”: as defined in Section 2.29(f) .

 

Extension Election ”: as defined in Section 2.29(c) .

 

Extension Request ”: as defined in Section 2.29(a) .

 

Facilities ”: collectively, the Term Facility and the Revolving Facility.

 

FATCA ”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof, and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any intergovernmental agreement, treaty or convention among Governmental Authorities entered into in connection with the implementation of such Sections of the Code.

 

FBO ”: fixed based operation.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ”: for any day, the rate calculated by the NYFRB based on such day’s federal funds transactions by depositary institutions, as determined in such manner as the NYFRB shall set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as the effective federal funds rate; provided that if the Federal Funds Effective Rate as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Fee Payment Date ”: (a) the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and (b) the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period.

 

FEMA ”: the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

 

Financial Condition Covenant ”: as defined in Section 7.1(b)(i) .

 

Financial Covenant Cross-Default ”: as defined in Section 8.1(c) .

 

Financial Covenant Event of Default ”: as defined in Section 8.1(c) .

 

Fixed Basket ”: as defined in Section 1.4 .

 

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Flood Compliance Event ”: the occurrence of any of the following: (a) a Flood Redesignation with respect to any Mortgaged Property, (b) any extension of the Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.29, (c) any increase to the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.25, and (d) the addition of any Special Flood Hazard Property as Collateral pursuant to Section 6.8(b).

 

Flood Hazard Determination ”: a “Life-of-Loan” FEMA Standard Flood Hazard Determination obtained by the Collateral Agent.

 

Flood Insurance ”: (a) federally-backed flood insurance available under the National Flood Insurance Program to owners of real property improvements located in Special Flood Hazard Areas in a community participating in the National Flood Insurance Program or (b) to the extent permitted by the Flood Laws, a private flood insurance policy from a financially sound and reputable insurance company that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower.

 

Flood Insurance Requirements ”: as defined in Section 6.8(b)(3).

 

Flood Laws ”: the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as revised by the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994, the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 and as the same may be further amended, modified or supplemented, and including the regulations issued thereunder.

 

Flood Redesignation ”: the designation of any Mortgaged Property as a Special Flood Hazard Property where such property was not a Special Flood Hazard Property previous to such designation.

 

Foreign Lender ”: (a) each Lender (or the Administrative Agent) that is a foreign person as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1(c)(2) or (b) each Lender (or the Administrative Agent) that is a wholly-owned domestic entity that is disregarded for United States federal tax purposes under Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-2(c)(2) as an entity separate from its owner and whose single owner is a foreign person within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.1441-1(c)(2).

 

Foreign Subsidiary ”: any direct or indirect Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

 

Fronting Exposure ”: at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, with respect to any Issuing Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s outstanding L/C Obligations with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Revolving Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

FSHCO ”: any Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which constitute the Capital Stock of and/or Indebtedness owing by Foreign Subsidiaries and any other assets incidental thereto.

 

Funding Office ”: the office specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

GAAP ”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time, subject to Section 10.16 .

 

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Governmental Authority ”: any nation or government, any state, province or other political subdivision thereof and any governmental entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government and, as to any Lender, any securities exchange and any self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners).

 

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, to be executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit B , as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Guarantee Obligation ”: as to any Person (the “ guaranteeing person ”), any obligation of the guaranteeing person guaranteeing or by which such Person becomes contingently liable for any Indebtedness, net worth, working capital earnings, leases, dividends or other distributions upon the stock or equity interests (the “ primary obligations ”) of any other third Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided , however , that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or Disposition of assets or any Investment permitted under this Agreement. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing Person shall be deemed to be such guaranteeing Person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

 

Guarantors ”: the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Hazardous Materials ”: (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls; (b) any chemicals, wastes, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous waste”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous waste”, “restricted hazardous waste”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”, or “pollutants”, or words of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, waste, material or substance which is prohibited, restricted or regulated by or with respect to which liability is imposed under any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Agreements ”: all agreements with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions, in each case, entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Hedge Counterparty ”: any Person that (a) is a party to a Hedge Agreement that was a Lender or Agent at the time any such Hedge Agreement was entered into or an Affiliate of such a Lender or Agent or (b) with respect to any Hedge Agreement in effect as of the Closing Date, is, as of the Closing Date or within 90 days thereafter, a Lender or Agent or an affiliate of such a Lender or Agent, in each case in its capacity as party to a Hedge Agreement.

 

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Hedge Guarantee Obligation ”: 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.

 

Holdings ”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

Immaterial Subsidiary ”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that, as of the last day of the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period ending on or prior to the date of determination, does not have (a) assets in excess of 5% of Consolidated Total Assets, individually, or, when combined with the assets of all other Immaterial Subsidiaries as of such date of determination, 10% of Consolidated Total Assets and (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date in excess of 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, individually or, when combined with the Consolidated EBITDA of all other Immaterial Subsidiaries as of such date of determination, 10% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

Increased Amount Date ”: as defined in Section 2.25(a) .

 

Incremental Amount ”: (w) the greater of (i) $260,000,000 and (ii) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA for the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.1 (which amount, in either case, shall not be reduced by any amount incurred pursuant to the immediately succeeding clauses (x) through (z) ) plus (x) in the case of an Incremental Facility that effectively replaces any Commitments or Loans under the Facilities terminated pursuant to Section 2.24(b)(y) (including with respect to any Incremental Facility), an amount equal to the portion of the relevant terminated Commitments or Loans plus (y) an amount equal to all voluntary prepayments of Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Debt (as defined below) secured on a pari passu basis with the Term Facility and voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans to the extent such prepayments result in the permanent termination of commitments thereof (in each case, to the extent not financed with proceeds from the incurrence of Long-Term Indebtedness) plus (z) an unlimited amount, so long as, after giving effect to such incurrence or issuance (and after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of the entire committed amount of such additional amount and any acquisition consummated concurrently therewith (including any Pro Forma Adjustments) and any other pro forma adjustment events permitted hereunder) as if such incurrence or issuance had occurred on the first day of such fiscal quarter and without netting of any cash constituting proceeds of such incurrence or issuance, (i) if such Incremental Facility ranks pari passu in right of security to the Facilities, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of any Incremental Commitment or issuance of Incremental Equivalent Debt, calculated on a pro forma basis, is equal to or less than the greater of (1) 4.00:1.00 and (2) if incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio as in effect immediately prior to incurrence of such Incremental Commitment or Incremental Equivalent Debt and (ii) if such Incremental Facility ranks junior in right of security to the Facilities or is unsecured, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the most recently ended fiscal quarter prior to the incurrence of any Incremental Commitment or issuance of Incremental Equivalent Debt, calculated on a pro forma basis, is equal to or less than the greater of (1) 4.50:1.00 and (2) if incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as in effect immediately prior to incurrence of such Incremental Commitment or Incremental Equivalent Debt; provided , that the Borrower may elect to use this clause (z) prior to clauses (w) , (x) and/or (y) and, if no such election is made, to the extent then available shall be deemed to have relied on this clause (z) ; provided, further, that in the case of any single transaction that provides for the incurrence and/or increase of Loans and/or Commitments under this clause (z) and one or more of clauses (w) , (x) and/or (y) , compliance with the above Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, as applicable, shall be determined for purposes of this clause (z ) by giving the single transaction pro forma effect but excluding in such determination the aggregate of indebtedness (and deemed indebtedness) from any such incurrence and increase utilizing clauses (w) , (x) or (y) .

 

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Incremental Commitments ”: as defined in Section 2.25(a) .

 

Incremental Equivalent Debt ”: as defined in Section 2.26(a) .

 

Incremental Equivalent Debt Effective Date ”: as defined in Section 2.26(b)(i) .

 

Incremental Equivalent Debt MFN Provision ”: as defined in Section 2.26(b)(vii) .

 

Incremental Joinder Agreement ”: as defined in Section 2.25(a) .

 

Indebtedness ”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than (i) trade payables, accrued expenses, current accounts and similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business and (ii) earn-outs and other contingent payments in respect of acquisitions except as and to the extent that the liability on account of any such earn-out or contingent payment appears in the liabilities section of the balance sheet of such Person), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to Property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such Property, in which case only the lesser of the amount of such obligation and the fair market value of such Property shall constitute Indebtedness), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Capital Stock and (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above.

 

Indemnified Liabilities ”: as defined in Section 10.5(a) .

 

Indemnified Taxes ”: (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in immediately preceding clause (a) , Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ”: as defined in Section 10.5(a) .

 

Insolvency ”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

 

Insolvency Proceeding ”: (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; in each case in respect of immediately preceding clauses (a) and (b) , undertaken under U.S. federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Insolvent ”: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.

 

Instrument ”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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Intellectual Property ”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether registered or unregistered, and whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign Laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, copyrights and copyright applications, domain names, patents and patent applications, trademarks and trademark applications, trade names, all goodwill associated with such trademarks and trade names, technology, trade secrets, know-how and processes, and all other intellectual property rights, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

 

Interest Payment Date ”: (a) as to any ABR Loan, the last Business Day of each of March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each date occurring at three month intervals and the last day of such Interest Period and (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Loan that is an ABR Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.

 

Interest Period ”: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, or (with the consent of each affected Lender under the relevant Facility) twelve months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six or (with the consent of each affected Lender under the relevant Facility) twelve months thereafter; provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

 

(i)         if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(ii)        any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the scheduled Revolving Termination Date or beyond the date final payment is due on the Term Loans shall end on the Revolving Termination Date or such due date, as applicable; and

 

(iii)       any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month.

 

Interpolated Rate ”: at any time, for any Interest Period, the rate per annum (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the LIBO Screen Rate) determined by the Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) to be equal to the rate that results from interpolating on a linear basis between: (a) the LIBO Screen Rate for the longest period for which the LIBO Screen Rate is available) that is shorter than the Impacted Interest Period; and (b) the LIBO Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which that LIBO Screen Rate is available) that exceeds the Impacted Interest Period, in each case, at such time.

 

Internally Generated Cash ”: with respect to any period, any net cash of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary generated from operations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period, excluding Net Cash Proceeds and any cash that is generated from an incurrence of Indebtedness, an issuance or sale of any Capital Stock or any capital contribution.

 

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Investments ”: as defined in Section 7.7 .

 

IPO ”: the initial offering by the Borrower, Holdings (or any Parent Holding Company) of its Capital Stock to the public by means of an offering registered with the SEC or any comparable foreign Governmental Authority.

 

IRS ”: the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

Issuing Lenders ”: (a) the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates, (b) Bank of America, N.A. or any of its Affiliates, (c) Compass Bank dba BBVA Compass, (d) Regions Bank or any of its Affiliates (including with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit issued by it), (e) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or any of its Affiliates (including with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit issued by it), and (f) any other Revolving Lender from time to time selected by the Joint Bookrunners as an Issuing Lender and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, provided , that no such Revolving Lender shall be an Issuing Lender without its prior written consent. In the event that there is more than one Issuing Lender at any time, references herein and in the other Loan Documents to the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to refer to the Issuing Lender in respect of the applicable Letter of Credit or to all Issuing Lenders, as the context requires.

 

Joint Bookrunners ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated, Compass Bank dba BBVA Compass, Regions Capital Markets, a division of Regions Bank, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in their capacities as joint bookrunners.

 

Latest Revolving Termination Date ”: at any date of determination, the latest termination date applicable to any tranche of Revolving Loans hereunder at such time, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

 

Latest Term Maturity Date ”: at any date of determination, the latest maturity date applicable to any tranche of Term Loans hereunder at such time, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

 

Laws ”: collectively, federal, state, local or foreign law, statute or ordinance, common law, or any rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, arbitration award, agency requirement, license or permit of any Governmental Authority.

 

L/C Commitment ”: $50,000,000.

 

L/C Obligations ”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed.

 

L/C Participants ”: the collective reference to all the Revolving Lenders other than the applicable Issuing Lender.

 

LCT Election ”: as defined in Section 1.3(a) .

 

LCT Test Date ”: as defined in Section 1.3(a) .

 

Lead Arrangers ”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith Incorporated (or any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporation’s or any of its subsidiaries’ investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Agreement), Compass Bank dba BBVA Compass, Regions Capital Markets, a division of Regions Bank, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers.

 

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Lenders ”: as defined in the preamble hereto, and each of their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder.

 

Letters of Credit ”: as defined in Section 3.1(a) .

 

LIBO Rate ”: with respect to any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan or any ABR Loan based upon the ABR determined pursuant to clause (z) of the definition thereof, the LIBO Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period; provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall not be available at such time for such Interest Period (an “ Impacted Interest Period ”) then the LIBO Rate shall be the Interpolated Rate.

 

LIBO Screen Rate ”: for any day and time, with respect to any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan or any ABR Loan based upon the ABR determined pursuant to clause (z) of the definition thereof, the London interbank offered rate as administered by ICE Benchmark Administration (or any other Person that takes over the administration of such rate for U.S. Dollars for a period equal in length to such Interest Period as displayed on such day and time on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen that displays such rate (or, in the event such rate does not appear on a Reuters page or screen, on any successor or substitute page on such screen that displays such rate, or on the appropriate page of such other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), provided that if the LIBO Screen Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to zero for the purposes of this Agreement.

 

Lien ”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, collateral assignment, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

Limited Condition Transaction ”: any Disposition for which a definitive agreement has been entered into, any Permitted Acquisition or similar Investment where consummation is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing, or a repayment or repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness for which irrevocable notice has been given.

 

LLC ” means any Person that is a limited liability company under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation.

 

Loan ”: any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

 

Loan Documents ”: the collective reference to this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Applications, the Notes (if any), any Incremental Joinder Agreements and any amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, waiver, supplement and/or other modification to any of the foregoing.

 

Loan Parties ”: Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Long-Term Indebtedness ”: with respect to any Person, any Indebtedness of such Person that, in accordance with GAAP, all or a portion of it constitutes (or, when incurred constituted) a long-term liability and current maturities of such long-term liabilities.

 

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Majority Facility Lenders ”: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans or the Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may be, outstanding under such Facility (or, in the case of the Revolving Facility, prior to any termination of the Revolving Commitments under such Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the Revolving Commitments under such Facility).

 

Market Capitalization ”: an amount equal to (i) the total number of issued and outstanding shares of common (or common equivalent) Capital Stock of the Borrower or Holdings (or any Parent Holding Company), as applicable, on the date of the declaration of the relevant Restricted Payment multiplied by (ii) the arithmetic mean of the closing prices per share of the common (or common equivalent) Capital Stock for the 30 consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of declaration of such Restricted Payment.

 

Material Adverse Effect ”: a material adverse effect on and/or material adverse developments with respect to (i) the business, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent), operations, financial condition or operating results of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) the ability of any Loan Party to fully and timely perform its Obligations, (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Loan Party of any Loan Document to which it is a party or (iv) the rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent, any Lender or any Secured Party under any Loan Document.

 

MFN Provision ”: as defined in Section 2.25(e)(iv) .

 

Minimum Collateral Amount ”: at any time, as to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 103% of the Fronting Exposure of all Issuing Lenders with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time.

 

Moody’s ”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

 

Mortgage ”: any mortgage, deed of trust, hypothec or other similar document made by any Loan Party in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (taking into account the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage, deed of trust, hypothec or similar document is to be recorded), as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Mortgaged Property ”: as defined in the applicable Mortgage.

 

Multiemployer Plan ”: a Plan that is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, as to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

 

National Flood Insurance Program ”: the program created pursuant to the Flood Laws.

 

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Net Cash Proceeds ”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, net of broker’s fees and commissions, attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, consulting fees, amounts (including premiums or penalties, if any) required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset which is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of customer deposits, other reasonable fees and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) actually incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection therewith, taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements) and any escrow or reserve for any indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of the applicable Asset Sale undertaken by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries or other liabilities in connection with such Asset Sale ( provided that upon release of any such escrow or reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Cash Proceeds) and (b) in connection with any (i) Qualified Equity Issuance or issuance of Capital Stock in connection with an IPO or (ii) issuance or sale of debt securities or instruments or the incurrence of Indebtedness, in each case, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of transaction costs, attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, consulting fees, underwriting discounts and commissions, placement fees and other reasonable fees and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) actually incurred in connection therewith.

 

New Extending Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.29(c) .

 

New Revolving Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.25(a) .

 

New Term Commitments ”: as defined in Section 2.25(a) .

 

New Term Lender ”: as defined in Section 2.25(a) .

 

New Term Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.25(c) .

 

Non-Cash Charges ”: (a) any impairment charge or asset write-off related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, and investments in debt and equity securities pursuant to GAAP, (b) all non-cash losses from investments recorded using the equity method, (c) stock-based compensation expense, (d) other non-cash charges ( provided that if any non-cash charges referred to in this clause (d) represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), (e) without duplication, any non-cash impairment charges or asset write-off or write-down resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, Accounting Standards Codification 360, Property, Plant and Equipment, and Accounting Standards Codification 805, Business Combinations, in each case excluding any non-cash charge in respect of an item that was included in Consolidated Net Income in a prior period, and (f) non-cash costs and expenses incurred as a result of the application of purchase accounting in respect of any Permitted Acquisition.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ”: as to any Facility, a Lender thereunder that is not a Defaulting Lender.

 

Non-Extended L/C Commitments ”: as defined in Section 2.29(b) .

 

Non-Extended Lender Obligations ”: as defined in Section 2.29(b) .

 

Non-Extended Revolving Commitments ”: as defined in Section 2.29(b) .

 

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Non-Extended Revolving Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.29(b) .

 

Non-Extended Term Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.29(b) .

 

Non-Fixed Basket ”: as defined in Section 1.4 .

 

Non-Guarantor Subsidiary ”: any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Nonrenewal Notice Date ”: as defined in Section 3.1(a) .

 

Note ”: any promissory note evidencing any Loan.

 

Notice of Intent to Cure ”: as defined in Section 7.1(b) .

 

NYFRB ”: the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

 

NYFRB Rate ”: for any day, the greater of (a) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate in effect on such day (or for any day that is not a Business Day, for the immediately preceding Business Day); provided that if none of such rates are published for any day that is a Business Day, the term “NYFRB Rate” means the rate for a federal funds transaction quoted at 11:00 A.M. on such day received by the Administrative Agent from a federal funds broker of recognized standing selected by it; provided, further , that if any of the aforesaid rates as so determined be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Obligations ”: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans, and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender (or, in the case of Specified Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Documents of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender, any Hedge Counterparty, any Cash Management Counterparty or any of their Affiliates), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement, any Cash Management Document, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise; provided that (a) obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Document shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed and (b) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under any Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Excluded Hedge Obligations shall not constitute Obligations.

 

OFAC ”: the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

 

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Other Connection Taxes ”: with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising 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, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes ”: any and all present or future stamp, court, 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 Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Sections 2.23 or 2.24 ).

 

Overnight Bank Funding Rate ” means, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurodollar borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB as set forth on its public website from time to time, and published on the next succeeding Business Day by the NYFRB as an overnight bank funding rate.

 

Parent Holding Company ”: any direct or indirect parent of Holdings who does not hold Capital Stock in any other Person (except for any other Parent Holding Company or Holdings).

 

Participant ”: as defined in Section 10.6(h) .

 

Participant Register ”: as defined in Section 10.6(h) .

 

PATRIOT Act ”: the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

 

PBGC ”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

 

Permitted Acquisition ”: any Acquisition, if such Acquisition complies with the following criteria:

 

(a)       no Default or Event of Default shall be in effect immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition;

 

(b)       immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such Permitted Acquisition (including any Pro Forma Adjustments), the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Condition Covenant;

 

(c)       any Indebtedness or Liens assumed or incurred in connection with such Acquisition shall comply with the provisions of Sections 7.2 and 7.3 , as applicable;

 

(d)       any acquired Person shall be engaged in a Business except in the case of Qualified Tax Transaction Subsidiary and shall become a Guarantor to the extent required by and otherwise comply with the provisions of Section 6.8, in each case, within the time periods specified therein; and

 

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(e)       prior to the consummation of such Acquisition, the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent such financial statements (including any pro forma financial statements) with respect to the business or Person to be acquired which are available to the Borrower.

 

Permitted Investors ”: the collective reference to the Sponsor and its Affiliates (but excluding, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing).

 

Permitted Refinancing Debt ”: Indebtedness incurred in connection with any refinancing, extension, renewal, or replacement of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(h)(ii) .

 

Permitted Refinancing Requirements ”: the following requirements with respect to any Permitted Refinancing Debt:

 

(a)       the principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Debt does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable), and any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, of the Refinanced Debt except by an amount equal to the unpaid accrued interest and premium (including call and tender premiums) thereon, defeasance costs and other reasonable amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred (including original issuance discount, upfront fees and similar items) in connection with the Permitted Refinancing Debt;

 

(b)       no Person shall be an obligor or guarantor of such Permitted Refinancing Debt except to the extent that such Person was such an obligor or guarantor in respect of the Refinanced Debt at the times of the incurrence of the Permitted Refinancing Debt;

 

(c)       such Permitted Refinancing Debt (1) shall have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at least equal to or later than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinanced Debt and (2) shall have a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of the Refinanced Debt;

 

(d)       if the Refinanced Debt is (1) secured, (A) the Permitted Refinancing Debt shall only be secured on the same basis (including relative priority, unless such Permitted Refinancing Debt is secured on a junior basis to such Refinanced Debt) as the Refinanced Debt, and subject to customary intercreditor arrangements on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (B) no Lien relating thereto shall be expanded to cover any additional Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (2) subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, the Permitted Refinancing Debt shall be 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 Refinanced Debt; and

 

(e)       the Net Cash Proceeds of such Permitted Refinancing Debt shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to repayment of the Refinanced Debt.

 

Permitted Sale Leaseback Transaction ”: any Sale Leaseback Transaction in respect of property consisting of equipment or capital assets so sold pursuant to such Sale Leaseback Transaction solely for cash consideration in an amount not less than the fair market value thereof so long as the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall comply with Section 2.12(b) .

 

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Person ”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

Plan ”: at a relevant time, any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA and in respect of which Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

 

Plan Asset Regulations ”: 29 CFR § 2510.3-101 et seq. , as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, as amended from time to time.

 

Planned Expenditures ”: as defined in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.

 

Pledged Securities ”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Prime Rate ”: the rate of interest last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the “Prime Rate” in the U.S. or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent). Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced or quoted as being effective.

 

Pro Forma Adjustments ”: for any period, any reduction in costs (including “run rate” cost savings and operating expense reductions), any synergies or related adjustments determined by the Borrower in good faith that were or are attributable to any Acquisition that occurred during the four quarter period or after the end of the four quarter period and on or prior to the applicable calculation date or are projected by the Borrower in good faith to be realized as a result of actions taken or expected to be taken during such period or within the succeeding eighteen (18) months (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, synergies or adjustments had been realized on the first day of such period); provided that (1) such cost savings, synergies and adjustments are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of the Borrower) and expected to have a continuing impact and (2) such cost savings, synergies and adjustments are commenced within eighteen (18) months of the date thereof in connection with such actions.

 

Property ”: any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock and Intellectual Property.

 

PTE ”: a prohibited transaction class exemption issued by the U.S. Department of Labor, as any such exemption may be amended from time to time.

 

Purchasing Borrower Party ”: Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that becomes an Assignee pursuant to Section 10.6(b) .

 

Qualified Capital Stock ”: any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Qualified Equity Issuance ”: any issuance by Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) in a public or private offering which has been contributed directly or indirectly in cash as common equity to Holdings and from Holdings to the Borrower.

 

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Qualified Tax Transaction ”: any Acquisition or Investment designated by the Borrower as a Qualified Tax Transaction at the time such Acquisition or Investment is consummated and made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary (a “ Qualified Tax Transaction Subsidiary ”) for tax planning and reorganization purposes that the Borrower reasonably expects in good faith to result in tax benefits to itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that as of the last day of the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period ending on or prior to the date of determination, such Qualified Tax Transaction Subsidiary does not have (a) assets in excess of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets, individually, or, when combined with the assets of all other Qualified Tax Transaction Subsidiaries as of such date of determination, 10.0% of Consolidated Total Assets and (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on such date in excess of 5.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, individually or, when combined with the Consolidated EBITDA of all other Qualified Tax Transaction Subsidiaries as of such date of determination, 10.0% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period.

 

Qualified Tax Transaction Subsidiary ”: as defined in the definition of “Qualified Tax Transaction”.

 

Recipient ”: (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) any Lender, as applicable.

 

Recovery Event ”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in an amount for each such event exceeding $5,000,000.

 

Refinanced Debt ”: with respect to any Permitted Refinancing Debt, the applicable Indebtedness refinanced, extended, renewed or replaced or by such Permitted Refinancing Debt.

 

Refinancing Amendment ”: an amendment to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the lenders providing Refinancing Debt, effecting the incurrence of such Refinancing Debt in accordance with Section 2.30 .

 

Refinancing Debt ”: as defined in Section 2.30 .

 

Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt ”: one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans, or senior secured notes or loans (which Indebtedness, if secured, may either have the same Lien priority as the Obligations or may be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the Obligations), in each case issued or incurred in respect of a refinancing of outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower under any one or more tranches of Term Loans or all or any portion of the Incremental Equivalent Debt with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); provided that:

 

(a)       such Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not have a principal or commitment amount (or accreted value) greater than the Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Debt, as applicable, being refinanced (excluding accrued interest, fees, discounts, premiums or expenses (including original issuance discount, upfront fees and similar items));

 

(b)       such Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a maturity date that is no earlier than the Latest Term Maturity Date in effect at the time of such refinancing, and have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is not shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then longest outstanding tranche of Term Loans in effect at the time of such refinancing;

 

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(c)       such Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any mandatory prepayment or redemption provisions or rights (other than customary asset sale or change of control provisions);

 

(d)       such Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have material terms and conditions (other than terms with respect to interest rate and optional prepayment or redemption) that are not more favorable, taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower in good faith), to the lenders or noteholders, as applicable, providing such Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt than the terms and conditions of this Agreement, except for covenants or other provisions applicable only during periods after the later of the Latest Revolving Termination Date and the Latest Term Maturity Date in effect at the time of such refinancing or are applied to the relevant Term Facility or Revolving Facility existing at the time of the incurrence of such Incremental Facility (so that the existing Lenders also receive the benefit of such provisions); and

 

(e)       such Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor;

 

(f)       if secured, such Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(g)       the Net Cash Proceeds of such Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of outstanding Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Debt being so refinanced.

 

Refinancing Revolving Facility ”: as defined in Section 2.30 .

 

Refinancing Term Facility ”: as defined in Section 2.30 .

 

Register ”: as defined in Section 10.6(b)(iv) .

 

Regulation U ”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

Reimbursement Obligation ”: the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.

 

Reinvestment Deferred Amount ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary for its own account in connection therewith that are not paid to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.12(b) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.

 

Reinvestment Event ”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which a Loan Party has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.

 

Reinvestment Notice ”: a written notice signed on behalf of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by a Responsible Officer stating that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale (other than an Asset Sale described in clause (b) of the definition thereof) or Recovery Event to acquire or repair assets useful in its (or such Restricted Subsidiary’s) Business.

 

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Reinvestment Prepayment Amount ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount contractually committed to be expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date (a “ Committed Reinvestment Amount ”), or actually expended prior to such date, in each case to acquire or repair assets useful in the Business.

 

Reinvestment Prepayment Date ”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (i) the date occurring 365 days after such Reinvestment Event and (ii) with respect to any portion of a Reinvestment Deferred Amount, the date on which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have determined not to acquire or repair assets useful in its or such Restricted Subsidiary’s business or in connection with a Permitted Acquisition with such portion of such Reinvestment Deferred Amount.

 

Related Parties ”: as to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release ”: any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, deposit, dumping, emptying, disposal, discharge, dispersal, leaching or migration into the indoor or outdoor environment, or into or out of any property.

 

Removal Effective Date ”: as defined in Section 9.8 .

 

Repatriation Limitation ”: as defined in Section 2.12(g) .

 

Reportable Event ”: with respect to any Single Employer Plan, any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period has been waived by the PBGC in accordance with the regulations thereunder.

 

Representatives ”: as defined in Section 10.14 .

 

Repricing Event ”: (a) any prepayment or repayment of Term Loans with the proceeds of, or any conversion of Term Loans into, any new or replacement tranche of secured term loans that are broadly syndicated to banks and other institutional investors in financings similar to the Term Loans the primary purpose of which is to reduce the Effective Yield to an amount that is less than the Effective Yield applicable to the Closing Date Term Loans and (b) any amendment to the Term Facility the primary purpose of which is to reduce the Effective Yield applicable to the Closing Date Term Loans (it being understood that any prepayment premium with respect to a Repricing Event shall apply to any required assignment by a non-consenting Lender in connection with any such amendment pursuant to Section 2.24(b)(y) ), other than, in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b) , in connection with an IPO, a Change of Control or a Transformative Acquisition.

 

Required Lenders ”: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided that for purposes of determining the Required Lenders at any time, there shall be excluded from such calculation that portion of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding that are held by Affiliated Lenders. Such portion of the Commitments, the sum of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and the Revolving Commitments or, the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding, as applicable, held or deemed held by a Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of determining the Required Lenders at any time.

 

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Required Revolving Credit Lenders ”: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the Revolving Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Commitments have been terminated, the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided that for purposes of determining the Required Revolving Credit Lenders at any time, such portion of the Revolving Commitments or the Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding, as applicable, held or deemed held by a Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of determining the Required Revolving Credit Lenders at any time.

 

Required Term Loan Lenders ”: at any time, the holders of more than 50% of the sum of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding; provided that for purposes of determining the Required Term Loan Lenders at any time, there shall be excluded from such calculation that portion of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding that are held by Affiliated Lenders. Such portion of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding held or deemed held by a Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of determining the Required Term Loan Lenders at any time.

 

Requirement of Law ”: as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

Responsible Officer ”: the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer (or similar title), chief operating officer, controller or treasurer (or similar title) of Holdings or the Borrower, as applicable, or (with respect to Section 6.7 ) any Restricted Subsidiary and, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer (or similar title) or treasurer (or similar title) of Holdings or the Borrower, as applicable.

 

Restricted Payments ”: as defined in Section 7.6 .

 

Restricted Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and, solely for purposes of Section 7.16 , Atlantic Aviation Oklahoma City, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and each of its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date.

 

Retained Declined Proceeds ”: as defined in Section 2.12(f) .

 

Revolving Commitment Period ”: the period commencing on the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Termination Date.

 

Revolving Commitments ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Loans and participate in Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Appendix A-1 , or, in the Assignment and Assumption (or Incremental Joinder Agreement, as the case may be) pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments on the Closing Date is $350,000,000.

 

Revolving Extensions of Credit ”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans held by such Lender then outstanding and (b) such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding.

 

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Revolving Facility ”: the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans made thereunder.

 

Revolving Facility Increase ”: as defined in Section 2.25(a) .

 

Revolving Lender ”: each Lender that has a Revolving Commitment or that holds Revolving Loans.

 

Revolving Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.4 , and for the avoidance of doubt, to include any Revolving Loans made in connection with a Revolving Facility Increase. Unless the context shall otherwise require, “Revolving Loans” shall include any Extended Revolving Loans and any loans under the Refinancing Revolving Facility.

 

Revolving Percentage ”: as to any Revolving Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Revolving Commitments of all Lenders or, at any time after the Revolving Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Revolving Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans then outstanding, provided that in the event that the Revolving Loans are paid in full prior to the reduction to zero of the Revolving Extensions of Credit, the Revolving Percentage of any Revolving Lender shall be determined by dividing (x) such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the L/C Obligations then outstanding by (y) all of the L/C Obligations then outstanding.

 

Revolving Termination Date ”: December 6, 2023.

 

Sale Leaseback Transaction ”: any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Sanction(s) ”: any economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes administered or enforced by OFAC, the United States Department of Commerce, the United States Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.

 

S&P ”: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, Inc., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

 

SEC ”: the Securities and Exchange Commission (or successors thereto or an analogous Governmental Authority).

 

Secured Parties ”: collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender, any Hedge Counterparty, any Cash Management Counterparty, any other holder from time to time of any of the Obligations (in their capacities as holders thereof) and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Security Documents ”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent purporting to grant a Lien on any Property of any Loan Party to secure the Obligations.

 

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Services Agreement ”: that certain Services Agreement dated as of January 1, 2015 between Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC and Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc. and certain of their subsidiaries as amended or replaced on substantially similar terms that are not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

 

Single Employer Plan ”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA (other than a Multiemployer Plan), as to which Holdings, the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

 

Sold Entity or Business ”: as set forth in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

 

Solvent ”: with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the “present fair saleable value” of the property and assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise”, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state Laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the property and assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liabilities of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) “ debt ” means liability on a “claim”, (ii) “ claim ” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured and (iii) except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the amount of “contingent liabilities” at any time shall be the amount thereof which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, can reasonably be expected to become actual or matured liabilities.

 

Special Flood Hazard Area ”: an area that FEMA has designated as an area subject to special flood or mud slide hazards.

 

Special Flood Hazard Property ”: any Mortgaged Property that on the relevant date of determination includes a Building (or a Building in the course of construction) and, as shown on a Flood Hazard Determination, such Building (or Building in the course of construction) is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area.

 

Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations ”: such of the representations and warranties made with respect to the target in the merger agreement, asset purchase agreement, stock purchase agreement, or other agreement (each, an “ Acquisition Agreement ”) in respect of a Permitted Acquisition or a similar Investment constituting a Limited Condition Transaction permitted under Section 7.7 as are material to the interests of the Lenders providing an Incremental Facility (in their capacities as such), but only to the extent that Holdings or the Borrower (or their applicable Affiliates) has the right (taking into account any applicable cure provisions) to terminate their (or such Affiliates’) obligations under the Acquisition Agreement, or decline to consummate the acquisition or Investment (in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof), as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.

 

Specified Event of Default ”: any Event of Default under Sections 8.1(a) or (f) .

 

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Specified Hedge Agreement ”: any Hedge Agreement entered into by (i) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any Hedge Counterparty at the time such Hedge Agreement was entered into, as counterparty. The status of any Hedge Agreement as a Specified Hedge Agreement shall not create in favor of the Lender or Affiliate thereof that is a party thereto any rights in connection with the management or release of any Collateral or of the obligations of any Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Specified Investment ” means an Investment permitted by Section 7.7(f) , (g) , (p) , (x) , (bb) , (cc) or (dd) , in each case in the nature of an acquisition or an investment in a joint venture; provided that for purposes of calculating Excess Cash Flow with respect to (x) Section 7.7(x) , to the extent such Restricted Payments are subtracted pursuant to clause (2)(h) of the definition of Excess Cash Flow, such amounts shall not also be subtracted pursuant to clause (2)(b) of the definition of Excess Cash Flow.

 

Specified Representations ”: each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to Sections 4.3(a)(i) , 4.4(a) and (c) , 4.5(a) , 4.11 , 4.13 , 4.17 (to the extent of filing an “all assets” UCC-1 and delivering certificated securities (if applicable)), 4.18 and 4.20 .

 

Sponsor ”: Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation.

 

Standby Letter of Credit ”: as defined in Section 3.1 .

 

Subordinated Sponsor Indebtedness ”: unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower from the Sponsor or a Parent Holding Company; provided that such Indebtedness (a) is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and is subject to a subordination agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (a “ Subordination Agreement ”); (b) provides for no scheduled amortization payments prior to, matures no earlier than, and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligation (other than pursuant to customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control (so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control shall be subject to the prior repayment in full in cash of the Loans and all other obligations under the Loan Documents and the termination of the Commitments) or customary acceleration rights after an event of default, subject to the Subordination Agreement) prior to, the date that is one year after the later of the Latest Revolving Termination Date and the Latest Term Maturity Date, (c) is not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Borrower and does not otherwise provide that any Subsidiary of the Borrower is obligated as to the payment thereof, (d) contains terms that do not provide for any financial maintenance covenants or any cross default to the Indebtedness hereunder, and (e) is governed by documentation containing representations, warranties, covenants and events of default no more burdensome or restrictive than those contained in the Loan Documents; provided further that no interest or voluntary principal prepayments on such Indebtedness shall be permitted, except to the extent permitted as a Restricted Payment under Sections 7.6(f) , 7.6(g) or 7.6(k) .

 

Subsidiary ”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a direct or indirect Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a director’s “qualifying share” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.

 

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Subsidiary Guarantors ”: each Restricted Subsidiary that is also a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Domestic Subsidiary).

 

Taxes ”: any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Tax Sharing Agreement ”: that certain 2nd Amended and Restated Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC Income Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of December 24, 2009, by and among Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its Subsidiaries signatory thereto, as in effect on the Closing Date, and as amended or replaced on substantially similar terms that are not materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

 

Term Commitment ”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Term Loan to the Borrower in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Appendix A-2 , or in the Incremental Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto. The original aggregate amount of the Term Commitments on the Closing Date is $1,025,000,000.

 

Term Facility ”: the Term Commitments and the Term Loans made thereunder.

 

Term Lender ”: each Lender that has a Term Commitment or that holds a Term Loan.

 

Term Loan ”: as defined in Section 2.1 . Unless the context shall otherwise require, “Term Loan” shall include any New Term Loans, Extended Term Loan and any loans under the Refinancing Term Facility.

 

Term Loan Increase ”: as defined in Section 2.25 .

 

Term Maturity Date ”: December 6, 2025.

 

Term Percentage ”: as to any Term Lender at any time, the percentage which the sum of such Lender’s Term Commitments then constitutes of the aggregate Term Commitments (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding).

 

Trade Date ”: as defined in Section 10.6(b)(i) .

 

Transactions ”: collectively, (a) the consummation of the Closing Date Refinancing; (b) the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the incurrence of the obligations thereunder, and (c) the payment of all fees and expenses to be paid on or prior to the Closing Date and owing in connection with the foregoing.

 

Transformative Acquisition ”: any acquisition by Holdings, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary that (i) is not permitted by the terms of the Loan Documents immediately prior to the consummation of such acquisition or (ii) would result in an upsizing of the Facilities.

 

Trigger Date ”: as defined in Section 2.12(b) .

 

Type ”: as to any Loan, its classification as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

 

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UCC ”: the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, as in effect on the date hereof.

 

United States ”: the United States of America.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary ”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 .

 

U.S. Person ”: any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”: as defined in Section 2.20(f)(b)(ii)(D) .

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity ”: when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness; provided that for purposes of determining the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Indebtedness being refinanced or any Indebtedness that is being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended (the “ Applicable Indebtedness ”), the effects of any amortization or prepayments made on such Applicable Indebtedness prior to the date of the applicable modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension shall be disregarded.

 

Withholding Agent ”: the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ”: with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

 

1.2          Other Definitional Provisions . (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

 

(b)       As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto: (i) accounting terms relating to Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1 , to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP; (ii) the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”; and (iii) references to agreements or other Contractual Obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to refer to such agreements or Contractual Obligations as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to in Section 7 shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party at “fair value.”

 

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(c)       Unless otherwise specified herein, any calculation of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio shall be determined based on the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(a) or (b) , as applicable, prior to the applicable date of determination and subject to pro forma adjustments to the extent specified in any applicable provision.

 

(d)       The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Annex, Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

 

(e)       The term “license” shall include sub-license.

 

The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

1.3          LCT Election .

 

(a)       In connection with any action being taken solely in connection with a Limited Condition Transaction, for purposes of:

 

(i)       determining compliance with any provision of this Agreement which requires the calculation of the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio or Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio;

 

(ii)       determining the accuracy of representations and warranties in Section 4 and/or whether a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under Section 8 ; or

 

(iii)       testing availability under baskets set forth in this Agreement (including baskets measured as a percentage of Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Total Assets);

 

in each case, at the option of the Borrower (the Borrower’s election to exercise such option in connection with any Limited Condition Transaction, an “ LCT Election ”), the date of determination of whether any such action is permitted hereunder, shall be deemed to be the date the definitive agreements for such Limited Condition Transaction are entered into, the date of public announcement of the intention to consummate such Limited Condition Transaction, or the date of the declaration or making of the applicable irrevocable notice of repayment, repurchase or redemption, as applicable (the “ LCT Test Date ”), and if, after giving pro forma effect to the 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) as if they had occurred at the beginning of the most recent four fiscal quarter period ending prior to the LCT Test Date, the Borrower could have taken such action on the relevant LCT Test Date in compliance with such ratio, representation, warranty, absence of default or event of default or basket, such ratio, representation, warranty, absence of default or event of default or basket shall be deemed to have been complied with.

 

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(b)       For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made an LCT Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the LCT Test Date are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket due to fluctuations in Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower or the Person subject to such Limited Condition Transaction at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such ratios or baskets will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made an LCT Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket availability with respect to the incurrence of Indebtedness or Liens, or the making of Restricted Payments, mergers, the conveyance, lease or other transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, the prepayment, redemption, purchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of Indebtedness, or the designation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or following the relevant LCT Test Date and prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (ii) 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.

 

1.4          Fixed and Non-Fixed Baskets; Available Amount and Contribution Amount Transactions .

 

(a)       Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any Loan Document to the contrary, in calculating any Non-Fixed Basket: any amounts incurred, or transactions entered into or consummated, in reliance on a Fixed Basket (including clause (w) of the Incremental Amount) in a concurrent transaction, a single transaction or a series of related contemporaneous transactions with the amount incurred, or transaction entered into or consummated, under an applicable Non-Fixed Basket shall be disregarded in the calculation of such Non-Fixed Basket; provided that full pro forma effect shall be given to all applicable and related transactions (including the use of proceeds of all applicable Indebtedness incurred and any repayments, repurchases and redemptions of Indebtedness) and all other adjustments as to which pro forma effect may be given under this Agreement.

 

(b)       If more than one action occurs on any given date the permissibility of the taking of which is determined hereunder by reference to the Available Amount or the Contribution Amount, as the case may be, immediately prior to the taking of such action, the permissibility of the taking of each such action shall be determined independently and in no event may any two or more such actions be treated as occurring simultaneously, e.g., each transaction must constitute a permitted use of the Available Amount or the Contribution Amount, as the case may be.

 

Section 2.        AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

 

2.1          Term Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Term Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a “ Term Loan ”) in Dollars to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount not to exceed the amount of the Term Commitment of such Lender. The Term Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.13 .

 

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2.2          Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing . The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time (x) in the case of ABR Loans, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Closing Date or (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, three Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date), requesting that the Term Lenders make the Term Loans on the Closing Date and specifying (i) the aggregate principal amount to be borrowed, (ii) the requested Borrowing Date and (iii) whether such Term Loans being incurred are to be made as ABR Loans or, to the extent permitted hereunder, Eurodollar Loans and, if Eurodollar Loans, the initial Interest Period applicable thereto. Upon receipt of such borrowing notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Lender thereof. Not later than 3:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Closing Date each Term Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Term Loan or Term Loans to be made by such Lender.

 

2.3          Repayment of Term Loans . The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term Lenders (A) on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December commencing with the last Business Day of the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, an aggregate amount equal to $2,562,500 (which payments shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with the order of priority set forth in Section 2.18 , as applicable) and (B) on the Term Maturity Date for the Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on such date; provided that the amount of any such payment set forth above shall be adjusted to account for the addition of any Extended Term Loan or New Term Loans to contemplate (A) the reduction in the aggregate principal amount of any Term Loans that were converted in connection with the incurrence of such Extended Term Loans, and (B) any increase to payments to the extent and as required pursuant to the terms of any applicable Incremental Joinder Agreement involving a Term Loan Increase to the Term Loans, a Refinancing Amendment to the amount of Term Loans or an Extension Amendment increasing the amount of Term Loans.

 

2.4          Revolving Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender severally agrees to make revolving credit loans (“ Revolving Loans ”) in Dollars to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding which, when added to such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the sum of the L/C Obligations then outstanding, after giving effect to the making of such Revolving Loans, does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. During the Revolving Commitment Period the Borrower may use the Revolving Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, in each case, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.5 and 2.13 .

 

2.5          Procedure for Revolving Loan Borrowing . (a) The Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Commitments during the Revolving Commitment Period on any Business Day; provided that the Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice in writing, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent (i) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date or (ii) in the case of ABR Loans, prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date ( provided , howeve r, that up to a principal amount of $50,000,000 of ABR Loans may be borrowed on a same day basis if the relevant notice is received by the Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 A.M. New York City Time, on the request Borrowing Date), specifying (A) the aggregate principal amount and Type of Revolving Loans to be borrowed ( provided , that the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loans made to the Borrower on the Closing Date, together with the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit issued on the Closing Date (other than Existing Letters of Credit), shall not exceed $35,000,000), (B) the requested Borrowing Date and (C) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan and the respective lengths of the initial Interest Period therefor. Each borrowing by the Borrower under the Revolving Commitments shall be in an amount equal to $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Revolving Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount). Upon receipt of any such notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender thereof. Each Revolving Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will thereupon promptly be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Revolving Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b)       If no election as to the Type of a Revolving Loan is specified, then the requested Loan shall be an ABR Loan. If no Interest Period is specified with respect to any requested Eurodollar Loan, the Interest Period with respect to such requested Loan shall be for one month from the Borrowing Date.

 

2.6         [Reserved.]

 

2.7         [Reserved.]

 

2.8           Repayment of Loans . (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the appropriate Revolving Lender the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Loan of such Revolving Lender made to the Borrower outstanding on the Revolving Termination Date (or on such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8.1 ), and (ii) to the Administrative Agent for the account of the appropriate Term Lender the principal amount of each outstanding Term Loan of such Term Lender made to the Borrower in installments according to the amortization schedule set forth in Section 2.3 (or on such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8.1 ). The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans made to the Borrower from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum , and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.15 .

 

(b)       Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

 

(c)       (i) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 10.6(b)(iv) , and a subaccount therein for each Term Lender, in which shall be recorded (A) the amount of each Term Loan made hereunder and any Note evidencing such Term Loan, the Type of such Term Loan and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (B) the amount of any principal, interest and fees, as applicable, due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Term Lender hereunder and (C) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Term Lender’s share thereof; and (ii) the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 10.6(b)(iv) , and a subaccount therein for each Revolving Lender, in which shall be recorded (A) the amount of each Revolving Loan made hereunder and any Note evidencing such Revolving Loan, the Type of such Revolving Loan and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (B) the amount of any principal, interest and fees, as applicable, due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Revolving Lender hereunder and (C) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Revolving Lender’s share thereof.

 

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(d)       The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 2.8(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded (absent manifest error); provided , however, that the failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender or the other obligations of the Borrower to such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(e)       Any Lender may request that the Loans made by it be evidenced by a promissory note. In such event, the Borrower shall prepare, execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note payable to such Lender and its registered assigns and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H . Thereafter, the Loans evidenced by such promissory note and interest thereon shall at all times (including after assignment pursuant to Section 10.6 ) be represented by one or more promissory notes in such form payable to such payee and its registered assigns).

 

2.9          Commitment Fees, etc. . (a) During the period from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the last day of the Revolving Commitment Period, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Lender a commitment fee which shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date, commencing with the Fee Payment Date of the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date.

 

(b)       The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the dates as set forth in any fee agreements.

 

2.10         Termination or Reduction of Revolving Commitments . The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Revolving Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of such Revolving Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Loans made on the effective date thereof, the total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the total Revolving Commitments. Any such partial reduction shall be in an amount equal to $500,000, or a whole multiple thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Commitments then in effect.

 

2.11         Optional Prepayments . (a) The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Revolving Loans or the Term Loans, in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except as set forth in, and subject to, clause (c) below), upon irrevocable notice in substantially the form of Exhibit G hereto delivered by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, three Business Days prior thereto, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, and no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day prior thereto, in the case of ABR Loans, which notice shall specify (i) the date and amount of prepayment, (ii) whether the prepayment is of Revolving Loans or Term Loans and (iii) whether the prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans; provided that if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.21 . Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein ( provided that such notice may be conditioned on receiving the proceeds of any refinancing or Disposition of Property), together with accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Term Loans and Revolving Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof, and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 2.18 .

 

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(b)       Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.18 . Each prepayment of Loans under this Section shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid.

 

(c)       Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that, on or prior to the date which is twelve (12) months after the Closing Date, a Repricing Event occurs with respect to all or any portion of the Term Facility, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each of the applicable Term Lenders, (I) in the case of clause (x) of the definition of Repricing Event, a prepayment premium of 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the Closing Date Term Loans so repaid, prepaid, refinanced, substituted or replaced and (II) in the case of clause (y) of the definition of Repricing Event, a fee equal to 1.00% of the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Closing Date Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that are subject to an effective pricing reduction pursuant to such Repricing Event. Such amounts shall be due and payable on the date of effectiveness of such Repricing Event; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower shall not be subject to the requirements of this Section 2.11 with respect to any Repricing Event occurring after the six (6) month anniversary of the Closing Date.

 

2.12         Mandatory Prepayments . (a) If any Indebtedness (other than any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 7.2 or Section 7.14 , but excluding any Refinancing Debt and any Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt (in each case, to the extent the proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with the respective definitions)) shall be incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the Borrower shall pay an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Indebtedness within one Business Day of the date of receipt thereof to the Administrative Agent to be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.18 .

 

(b)       If any of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall for its own account receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof (within three Business Days of such receipt), the Borrower shall pay an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds within three Business Days of the date of receipt thereof to the Administrative Agent to be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.18 ; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be paid to the Administrative Agent to be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.18 and (ii) on the date (the “ Trigger Date ”) that is 180 days after any such Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the portion of any Committed Reinvestment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event not actually expended by such Trigger Date shall be paid to the Administrative Agent to be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.18 ; provided further , that no prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.12(b) shall be required to the extent that the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from any Asset Sales or Recovery Events (or series of related Asset Sales or Recovery Events) are less than (A) $5,000,000 per Asset Sale or Recovery Event (or series of related Asset Sales or Recovery Events) or (B) $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any twelve month period.

 

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(c)       Upon the consummation of an IPO, the Borrower shall prepay an aggregate principal amount of Term Loans equal to 50% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom within one Business Day of the date of receipt thereof by the Borrower, Holdings or the applicable Parent Holding Company, to the Administrative Agent to be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.18 .

 

(d)       Commencing with respect to the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, not later than thirty (30) days after the date on which the Borrower is required to deliver financial statements with respect to the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period under Section 6.1(a) , if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as determined of the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period) is greater than 4.50:1.00, the Borrower shall calculate Excess Cash Flow for the relevant Excess Cash Flow Period (the “ Excess Cash Flow Calculation Date ”) and the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans, without premium or penalty (but subject to Section 2.21 ), in an amount equal to (i) the ECF Required Percentage times the amount of such Excess Cash Flow, minus (ii) in each case to the extent not financed with the proceeds of the incurrence of Indebtedness having a maturity more than twelve months from the date of incurrence thereof and not previously deducted pursuant to this clause (ii)  in any prior period, the amount of any voluntary prepayments during such Excess Cash Flow Period and, at the option of the Borrower, made after the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period and on or prior to the Excess Cash Flow Calculation Date, of (1) Term Loans ( provided , that with respect to any prepayment of Term Loans below the par value thereof, the aggregate amount of such prepayment for purposes of this clause shall be the amount of the Borrower’s cash payment in respect of such prepayment), (2) Revolving Loans or Incremental Revolving Loans (in each case, to the extent commitments in respect thereof are permanently reduced by the amount of such prepayments), (3) Refinancing Loans, Incremental Loans, Incremental Equivalent Debt and any other Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.1 that in each case is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations and (4) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing that is secured by the same collateral, and with the same priority, as the Indebtedness being refinanced, in each case, permitted hereunder; provided , however , that no prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.12(d) shall be required with respect to any Excess Cash Flow Period for which (y) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as determined of the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period) is less than or equal to 4.50:1.00 or (z) such prepayment would be less than $5,000,000.

 

(e)       Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.18 .

 

(f)        Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.12 to the contrary, any Lender may elect, by notice to the Administrative Agent by telephone (confirmed by hand delivery, facsimile transmission or PDF attachment to an e-mail) at least one Business Day prior to the required prepayment date, to decline all or any portion of any mandatory prepayment of its Loans pursuant to this Section 2.12 (other than Section 2.12(a) ) (such declined amounts, the “ Declined Proceeds ”), in which case the aggregate amount of the prepayment that would have been applied to prepay Loans but was so declined may be retained by Borrower and used for any general corporate purpose not prohibited by this Agreement (“ Retained Declined Proceeds ”).

 

(g)        Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Net Cash Proceeds in respect of any Asset Sale or Casualty Event or any Excess Cash Flow attributable to a Foreign Subsidiary that is required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to Sections 2.12(b) or (d) , (i) would be prohibited or restricted under applicable local Law (including, without limitation, as a result of Laws relating to financial assistance, corporate benefit, restrictions on upstreaming of cash intragroup and fiduciary and statutory duties of directors of relevant subsidiaries) or the organizational documents (including, without limitation, as a result of minority ownership of such Foreign Subsidiary), or (ii) would result in material adverse tax consequences as determined by the Borrower in its good faith judgment (including, without limitation, as a result of any withholding of cash or the upstreaming of cash), then in each case, the Borrower shall not be required to prepay such amounts (the “ Excluded Amounts ”) as required under Sections 2.12(b) or (d)  (any such limitation, a “ Repatriation Limitation ”). The non-application of the Excluded Amounts pursuant to Sections 2.12(b) or (d) as a consequence of any Repatriation Limitation will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default hereunder. Excluded Amounts shall be allocated among Restricted Subsidiaries in various jurisdictions determined by the Borrower and the Excluded Amounts shall be available for working capital or other purposes of the Borrower, the Foreign Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary. Excluded Amounts shall not be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds or Excess Cash Flow, as the case may be, regardless of whether the Repatriation Limitation ceases to apply after such initial determination.

 

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2.13         Conversion and Continuation Options . (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date; provided that if any Eurodollar Loan is so converted on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.21 . The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent prior irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto of such election no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed conversion date (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor); provided that no ABR Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

 

(b)       Any Eurodollar Loan may be continued as such by the Borrower giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1 no later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding the proposed continuation date, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans; provided that if any Eurodollar Loan is so continued on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.21 and; provided , further, that no Eurodollar Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations and; provided , further , that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this clause (b) or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

 

2.14         Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions, continuations and optional prepayments of Eurodollar Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of Eurodollar Loans comprising each tranche of Eurodollar Loans shall be equal to a minimum of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than 10 tranches of Eurodollar Loans shall be outstanding at any one time.

 

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2.15         Interest Rates and Payment Dates . (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin.

 

(b)       Each ABR Loan shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

 

(c)       If (i) all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (A) in the case of the Loans, the rate applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or (B) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%, and (ii) all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate that would otherwise be applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate then applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

 

(d)       Interest shall be payable by the Borrower in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to clause (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.

 

2.16         Computations of Interest and Fees . (a) All computations of interest and of fees shall be made by the applicable Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days and, in the case of ABR Loans 365/366 days, in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable. Each determination of an interest rate or the amount of a fee hereunder shall be made by the Administrative Agent (including determinations of a Eurodollar Rate or ABR in accordance with the definitions of “Eurodollar Rate” and “ABR”, respectively) and shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

(b)       The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the relevant Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate or fee pursuant to Section 2.15(a) and Section 2.15(b) .

 

2.17         Inability to Determine Interest Rate; Alternate Interest Rate .

 

(a)       If prior to the commencement of any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan:

 

(i)       the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable (including because the LIBO Screen Rate is not available or published on a current basis) for such Interest Period, or

 

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(ii)       the Administrative Agent is advised by the Required Lenders that the Eurodollar Rate or the LIBO Rate, as applicable, for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (or Lender) of making or maintaining their Loans (or its Loan) included in such borrowing of Eurodollar Loans for such Interest Period,

 

then the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Borrower and the Lenders by telephone, telecopy or electronic mail as promptly as practicable thereafter and, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, (A) any requests by the Borrower to convert the Loans of any Facility to, or continue the Loans of any Facility as, a Eurodollar Loan shall be ineffective and (B ) if any borrowing notice made pursuant to Section 2.5(a) requests a Eurodollar Loan, such Loan shall be made as an ABR Loan.

 

(b)       If at any time the Administrative Agent determines (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that (i) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) have arisen and such circumstances are unlikely to be temporary or (ii) the circumstances set forth in clause (a)(i) have not arisen but either (w) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement that the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate is insolvent (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the LIBO Screen Rate), (x) the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published by it (and there is no successor administrator that will continue publication of the LIBO Screen Rate), (y) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate will permanently or indefinitely cease to be published or (z) the supervisor for the administrator of the LIBO Screen Rate or a Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrative Agent has made a public statement identifying a specific date after which the LIBO Screen Rate may no longer be used for determining interest rates for loans, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall endeavor to establish an alternate rate of interest to the LIBO Rate that gives due consideration to the then prevailing market convention for determining a rate of interest for syndicated loans in the United States at such time, and shall enter into an amendment to this Agreement to reflect such alternate rate of interest and such other related changes to this Agreement as may be applicable (but for the avoidance of doubt, such related changes shall not include a reduction of the Applicable Margin); provided that, if such alternate rate of interest as so determined would be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for the purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 10.1, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement so long as the Administrative Agent shall not have received, within five Business Days of the date notice of such alternate rate of interest is provided to the Lenders, a written notice from the Required Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders, as applicable, stating that such Required Lenders object to such amendment. Until an alternate rate of interest shall be determined in accordance with this clause (b) (but, in the case of the circumstances described in clause (ii)(w) , clause (ii)(x) or clause (ii)(y) of the first sentence of this Section 2.17(b) , only to the extent the LIBO Screen Rate for such Interest Period is not available or published at such time on a current basis), (x) any requests by the Borrower to convert the Loans of any Facility to, or continue the Loans of any Facility as, a Eurodollar Loan shall be ineffective and (y) if any borrowing notice made pursuant to Section 2.5(a) requests a Eurodollar Loan, such Loan shall be made as an ABR Loan.

 

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2.18          Pro Rata Treatment and Payments . (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee and any reduction of the Revolving Commitments of the Lenders shall be made pro rata according to the respective Term Percentages or Revolving Percentages, as the case may be, of the relevant Lenders. Subject to Sections 2.25(e)(iv) , 2.29(b)(2) and 2.30(a) and other than with respect to the incurrence of any Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt, each payment (including prepayments) in respect of principal, interest or fees in respect of Term Loans shall be applied among tranches of Term Loans as directed by the Borrower. Subject to Section 10.6(c) , each payment (including prepayments) in respect of principal or interest in respect of any tranche of the Term Loans and each payment in respect of fees payable hereunder shall be applied to the amounts of such obligations owing to the Term Lenders with respect to such tranche, pro rata according to the respective amounts then due and owing to such Term Lenders.  

 

(b)          Each payment (including prepayments) by the Borrower on account of principal of and interest on any tranche of Revolving Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Loans then held by the Revolving Lenders with respect to such tranches. Each payment in respect of Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit shall be made to the Issuing Lender that issued such Letter of Credit.

 

(c)           Payments . The Borrower shall make each payment under any Loan Document not later than 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on the day when due to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer to the following account (or at such other account or by such other means to such other address as Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower in writing within a reasonable time prior to such payment) in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim:

 

In the case of the Administrative Agent:

 

Bank Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
ABA #: 021000021
Account #: 900811338c6584
Account Name: LS2 Incoming Account
Ref: Atlantic Aviation
Attention: Nanette Wilson

 

(d)           Payment Dates . If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

 

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(e)           Advancing Payments . (i) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand, such amount with interest thereon, at a rate equal to the greater of (A) the Federal Funds Effective Rate and (B) a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (e)(i) shall be presumptively correct in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall give notice of such fact to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Borrower against any Defaulting Lender. If the Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to the Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrower for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such borrowing.

 

(ii)         Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the relevant Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each relevant Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower.

 

(f)           Application of Voluntary Prepayments . Unless otherwise provided in this Section 2.18 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, all payments and any other amounts received by the Administrative Agent from or for the benefit of the Borrower shall be applied to repay the Obligations as the Borrower designates (or, in the absence of such designation, in the direct order of maturity thereof). Amounts repaid or prepaid pursuant to this clause (f) or clause (g) below on account of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

 

(g)           Application of Mandatory Prepayments . Subject to the provisions of clause (h) below with respect to the application of payments during the continuance of an Event of Default and Section 2.30 with respect to the application of payments from the proceeds of Refinancing Debt, any payment made by the Borrower to an Agent pursuant to Section 2.12 or any other prepayment of the Obligations required to be applied in accordance with this clause (g) shall be applied: first , to the remaining scheduled amortization payments in direct order of maturity and the payment at final maturity of the Term Loans until paid in full, second , to repay the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans (without reducing the Revolving Commitments), third , to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations to the extent the Available Revolving Commitment would be less than zero, and then , excess (if any) shall be retained by the Borrower.

 

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(h)           Application of Payments During an Event of Default . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, and, other than in the case of an Event of Default under Section 8.1(f) , notice thereof to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or the Required Lenders, all payments received on account of the Obligations shall, subject to Sections 2.27 and 2.28 , be applied by the Administrative Agent as follows:

 

first , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

 

second , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, reimbursement obligations in respect of drawings under Letters of Credit, interest and Letters of Credit fees) payable to the Lenders (including fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel) arising under the Loan Documents, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause second payable to them;

 

third , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letters of Credit fees and interest on the Loans, ratably among the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders 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 borrowings under Letters of Credit and amounts owing with respect to Specified Hedge Agreements and Cash Management Documents ratably among the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders, the Hedge Counterparties and the Cash Management Counterparties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause fourth payable to them;

 

fifth , to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprising the undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.28 ; provided that (i) any such amounts applied pursuant to this clause fifth shall be paid to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the applicable Issuing Lenders to Cash Collateralize such L/C Obligations, (ii) subject to Section 3.5 or 2.28 , amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to this clause fifth shall be used to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur and (iii) upon the expiration of any Letter of Credit, the pro rata share of Cash Collateral shall be distributed in accordance with this clause fifth;

 

sixth , to the payment in full of all other Obligations, in each case ratably among the applicable Secured Parties based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to them in accordance with the respective amounts thereof then due and payable; and

 

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finally , the balance, if any, after all Obligations have been paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

 

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.

 

(i)           Application of Payments Generally . All payments that would otherwise be allocated to the Revolving Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.18 shall instead be allocated first , to repay interest on any portion of the Revolving Loans that the Administrative Agent may have advanced on behalf of any Lender and on any Reimbursement Obligation, in each case for which the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the Issuing Lender has not then been reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower, and second , to pay the outstanding principal amount of the foregoing obligations. All repayments of any Revolving Loans or Term Loans shall be applied first , to repay such Loans outstanding as ABR Loans or Loans subject to a fixed rate of interest and then , to repay such Loans outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, with those Eurodollar Loans having earlier expiring Interest Periods being repaid prior to those having later expiring Interest Periods. If sufficient amounts are not available to pay in cash all outstanding Obligations described in any priority level set forth in this Section 2.18 , the available amounts shall be applied, unless otherwise expressly specified herein, to such Obligations ratably based on the proportion of the Secured Parties’ interest in such Obligations. Any priority level set forth in this Section 2.18 that includes interest shall include all such interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding. While an Event of Default is continuing, any payments or prepayments received by Administrative Agent shall be applied under Section 2.18(h) .

 

2.19          Requirements of Law . (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority first made, in each case, subsequent to the date hereof:  

 

(i)          shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate hereunder;

 

(ii)         shall subject any Lender to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

 

(iii)        shall impose on such Lender any other condition not otherwise contemplated hereunder (other than with respect to any Taxes);

 

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and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Lender or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, Issuing Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, Issuing Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.

 

(b)          If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made, in each case, subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital or liquidity as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity) by an amount deemed in good faith by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a reasonably detailed written request therefor (consistent with the detail provided by such Lender to similarly situated borrowers), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.

 

(c)          A certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) with reasonable detail demonstrating how such amounts were derived shall be presumptively correct in the absence of manifest error. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section for any amounts incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided that if the circumstances giving rise to such claim have a retroactive effect, then such six-month period shall be extended to include the period of such retroactive effect. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.

 

(d)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III and (iii) the CRD IV and any law, rule, regulation or guideline, in each case that implements CRD IV in any jurisdiction, shall in each case be deemed to be a change in a Requirement of Law, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

 

2.20          Taxes . (a) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the Borrower shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.  

 

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(b)           Payments of Other Taxes by the Borrower . The Borrower shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority, in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(c)           Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall indemnify each Recipient, within 10 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability with reasonable supporting detail with respect thereto delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(d)           Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that the Borrower have not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Borrower to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 10.6 , (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (d) .

 

(e)           Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by the Borrower to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 2.20 , the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(f)           Status of Lenders . (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation 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. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 2.20(f)(b)(i) , (b)(ii) and (b)(iv) below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Borrower,

 

(1)        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), executed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(2)        any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign 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:

 

(A)         in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(B)         executed copies of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(C)         in the case of a Foreign 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 I-1 to the effect that (I) such Foreign 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 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (II) the interest payments in question are not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business conducted by such Foreign Lender or are effectively connection but are not includible in the Foreign Lender’s gross income for U.S. federal tax withholding purposes under an income tax treaty and (y) executed copies of IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

 

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(D)         to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or participating Lender granting a typical participation, 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 I-2 or Exhibit I-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(3)        any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed copies of any other form 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; and

 

(4)        if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (iv), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

(5)         Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(g)           Treatment of Certain Refunds . If a Recipient determines, in its sole discretion (exercised in good faith), that it has received a refund or credit of any Indemnified Taxes as to which additional amounts have been paid or as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 2.20 , it shall pay over such refund or credit to the Borrower (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid), net of expenses of such Recipient; provided , however , that the Borrower, upon the request of the Recipient, shall repay to such Recipient the amount paid over to the Borrower (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) that is required to be repaid after receipt of written notice setting forth in reasonable detail a calculation of such amount and certifying that the Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this clause (g) , in no event will the indemnified Recipient be required to pay any amount to the Borrower pursuant to this clause (g) the payment of which would place such Recipient in a less favorable after-tax position than such party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This clause (g) shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its Tax Returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person or to require any Recipient to apply for a refund of Taxes.

 

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(h)           Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section 2.20 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 repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

2.21         Indemnity . The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless from, any loss or expense (other than lost profits, including the Applicable Margin) that such Lender may actually sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment of or conversion from Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment, conversion or continuation of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. A reasonably detailed certificate as to (showing in reasonable detail the calculation of) any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be presumptively correct in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Obligations.  

 

2.22         Illegality . (a) Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof, in each case, made after the date hereof, shall make it unlawful for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make, maintain, fund or continue any Eurodollar Loan, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, dollars in the London interbank market, such Lender shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, and (i) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make, maintain or fund Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall be suspended during the period of such illegality and (ii) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law.  

 

(b)          If any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.21 .

 

2.23         Mitigation of Costs; Change of Lending Office . Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.19 , 2.20(a) , 2.21 or 2.22 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage and; provided , further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.19 , 2.20(a) or 2.22 .  

 

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2.24          Replacement of Lenders . The Borrower shall be permitted to replace with a financial institution any Lender that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.19 , 2.20 or 2.21 (to the extent a request made by a Lender pursuant to the operation of Section 2.21 is materially greater than requests made by other Lenders) or gives a notice of illegality pursuant to Section 2.22 , (b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder, or (c) that (x) is a Defaulting Lender or (y) has refused to consent to any waiver or amendment with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby or of each Lender and has been consented to by the Required Lenders; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) the replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (iii) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Section 2.21 (as though Section 2.21 were applicable) if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (iv) the replacement financial institution, if not already a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to the extent that an assignment to such replacement financial institution of the rights and obligations being acquired by it would otherwise require the consent of the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.6(c) , (v) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 , (vi) the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.19 or 2.20 , as the case may be, in respect of any period prior to the date on which such replacement shall be consummated, (vii) if applicable, the replacement financial institution shall consent to such amendment or waiver and (viii) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each party hereto agrees that (i) an assignment required pursuant to this paragraph may be effected pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the assignee (or, to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and such parties are participants), and (ii) the Lender required to make such assignment need not be a party thereto in order for such assignment to be effective and shall be deemed to have consented to an be bound by the terms thereof; provided that, following the effectiveness of any such assignment, the other parties to such assignment agree to execute and deliver such documents necessary to evidence such assignment as reasonably requested by the applicable Lender; provided that any such documents shall be without recourse to or warranty by the parties thereto.

 

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2.25          Incremental Facilities . (a) At any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, the Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to request (i) prior to the Revolving Termination Date, one or more increases in the amount of Revolving Commitments (each, a “ Revolving Facility Increase ”) or (ii) prior to the Term Maturity Date, the establishment of one or more new term loan commitments which may be of the same tranche as such existing Term Loans (each, a “ Term Loan Increase ”) or a separate tranche of new term loans (collectively with any Term Loan Increase, the “ New Term Commitments ” and the New Term Commitments, collectively with any Revolving Facility Increase, the “ Incremental Commitments ”). Each Incremental Commitment shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 individually and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess of that amount. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the amount of Incremental Commitments and Incremental Equivalent Debt issued pursuant to Section 2.26 shall not, individually or in the aggregate, exceed the Incremental Amount. Each such notice shall specify (A) the date (each, an “ Increased Amount Date ”) on which the Borrower proposes that such Incremental Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (B) the identity of each existing Lender or other Person that is an Assignee (each, a “ New Revolving Lender ” or “ New Term Lender ,” as applicable) to whom the Borrower proposes any portion of such Incremental Commitments, be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that (w) any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the Incremental Commitments may elect in writing or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide an Incremental Commitment (it being understood that there is no obligation to approach any existing Lenders to provide any Incremental Commitment), (x) each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, shall have consented to such Person’s providing such Incremental Commitments if such consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender, respectively, would be required under Section 10.6 for an assignment of Loans or Commitments to such Person (in each case, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, except to the extent that the Borrower may grant such consent in its sole discretion in the instances specifically described in Section 10.6 ), (y) with respect to New Term Commitments, any Affiliated Lender providing a New Term Commitment shall be subject to the same restrictions set forth in Section 10.6(c) as it would otherwise be subject to with respect to any purchase by or assignment to such Affiliated Lender of Term Loans and (z) Affiliated Lenders may not provide any Revolving Facility Increase. Such Incremental Commitments shall become effective, as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that (1) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on or prior to such Increased Amount Date after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments, as applicable ( provided that, if the primary purpose of such Incremental Commitments is to finance a Permitted Acquisition or a similar Investment constituting a Limited Condition Transaction permitted under Section 7.7 , then the foregoing shall mean (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on or prior to the date the applicable acquisition agreement is executed and (y) no Specified Event of Default as of the Increased Amount Date); (2) the Incremental Commitments (x) shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor and (y) shall be unsecured or secured only by Property constituting the Collateral (and if secured on a junior basis shall be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower); (3) the Incremental Commitments, as applicable, shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements (each, an “ Incremental Joinder Agreement ”) executed and delivered by the Borrower, the New Revolving Lender or New Term Lender, as applicable, and to the extent applicable, the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender, or another form of incremental amendment, each of which shall be recorded in the Register; (4) the Borrower shall pay, or cause to be paid, all fees and expenses owing in respect of such Incremental Commitments to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders (other than any Defaulting Lender); (5) the representations and warranties of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representation or warranty already qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, it shall be true in all respects) on and as of such Increased Amount Date except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date; provided that, if the primary purpose of such Incremental Commitments is to finance a Permitted Acquisition or a similar Investment constituting a Limited Condition Transaction permitted under Section 7.7 , the Specified Representations (other than Section 4.17 with respect to the target in such Permitted Acquisition or investment and its subsidiaries) and the Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representation or warranty already qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect, it shall be true in all respects) on and as of the Increased Amount Date; and (6) the Administrative Agent shall have received such legal opinions and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith.  

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(b)          On any Increased Amount Date on which a Revolving Facility Increase is effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (a) each Revolving Facility Increase shall be deemed for all purposes a Revolving Commitment and each Loan made thereunder shall be deemed, for all purposes, a Revolving Loan and (b) each New Revolving Lender shall become a Lender with respect to the Revolving Facility Increase and all matters relating thereto.

 

(c)          Any New Term Loans effected through the establishment of one or more New Term Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated a separate tranche of New Term Loans for all purposes of this Agreement. On any Increased Amount Date on which any New Term Commitments of any tranche are effected (including through any Term Loan Increase), subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each New Term Lender of such tranche shall make a Loan to the Borrower (a “ New Term Loan ”) in an amount equal to its New Term Commitment of such tranche, and (ii) each New Term Lender of such tranche shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Commitment of such tranche and the New Term Loans of such tranche made pursuant thereto. On any Increased Amount Date on which any Revolving Facility Increase is effected, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each New Revolving Lender of such Revolving Facility Increase shall make its Commitment available to the Borrower in an amount equal to its Revolving Commitment of such Revolving Facility Increase, and (ii) each New Revolving Lender of such Revolving Facility Increase shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the Revolving Facility Increase and the Revolving Loans made pursuant thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, New Term Loans may have identical terms to the Term Loans and be treated as the same tranche as the Term Loans.

 

(d)          The Administrative Agent shall notify Lenders promptly upon receipt of the Borrower’s notice of each Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof (x) the Revolving Facility Increase and the New Revolving Lenders of such Revolving Facility Increase or the tranche of New Term Commitments and the New Term Lenders of such tranche, as applicable, and (y) in the case of each notice to any Revolving Lender with respect to an increase in the applicable Revolving Commitments, the respective interests in such Revolving Lender’s Revolving Commitments, in each case subject to the assignments contemplated by clause (b) of this Section 2.25 .

 

(e)          The terms, provisions and documentation of the New Term Loans and New Term Commitments of any tranche shall be as agreed between the Borrower and the New Term Lenders providing such New Term Loans and New Term Commitments, and except as otherwise set forth herein, to the extent not identical to the Term Loans, shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent. In any event:

 

(i)          except with respect to customary “bridge” or other interim credit facilities intended to be refinanced or replaced with Long-Term Indebtedness which does not satisfy the requirements of this clause (i) , so long as, subject to customary conditions, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, such “bridge” or other interim Indebtedness will either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which satisfies the requirements of this clause (i) , the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of all New Term Loans of any tranche shall be no shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then outstanding Term Loans on the date of incurrence of such New Term Loans;

 

(ii)         except with respect to customary “bridge” or other interim credit facilities intended to be refinanced or replaced with Long-Term Indebtedness which does not satisfy the requirements of this clause (ii) , so long as, subject to customary conditions, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, such “bridge” or other interim Indebtedness will either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which satisfies the requirements of this clause (ii) , the final maturity date of any tranche of the New Term Loans shall be no earlier than the original Term Maturity Date;

 

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(iii)        the New Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of Term Loans hereunder, as specified in the applicable Incremental Joinder Agreement;

 

(iv)        the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, rate floors, fees, and amortization schedule applicable to any New Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder; provided that with respect to any broadly syndicated New Term Loan denominated in U.S. Dollars incurred after the Closing Date and secured on a pari passu basis with the Closing Date Term Loans, if the Effective Yield for Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans in respect of such New Term Loans exceeds the Effective Yield for Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Closing Date Term Loans by more than 0.50%, the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Closing Date Term Loans shall be adjusted so that the Effective Yield in respect of the then existing Closing Date Term Loans is equal to the Effective Yield for Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the New Term Loans minus 0.50% (it being agreed that (x) in determining the applicable interest rate, any amendment to the interest rate margins on the Closing Date Term Loans that became effective subsequent to the Closing Date but prior to the time of the addition of such New Term Loans shall be included and (y) any increase in yield to any existing facility required due to the application of a LIBOR or ABR floor on any New Term Loans shall be effected solely through an increase in (or implementation of, as applicable) any LIBOR or ABR floor applicable to such existing facility) (the “ MFN Provision ”);

 

(v)         the New Term Loans will rank pari passu or junior in right of payment with existing Term Loans;

 

(vi)        except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.25 , any New Term Loans shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation as may be otherwise agreed between the Lenders providing such New Term Commitments or New Term Loans; provided, that to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the applicable Term Facility, they shall, at the option of the Borrower (A) reflect market terms and conditions (taken as a whole) at the time of incurrence or issuance (as determined by the Borrower), (B) not be materially more restrictive to the Borrower (as determined by the Borrower), when taken as a whole, than the terms of the initial Term Facility (except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to the periods after the Latest Term Maturity Date existing at the time such Incremental Term Facility is incurred) (it being understood to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any New Term Loans, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the extent that such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of the Term Facility) or (C) be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (such determination not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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(f)          The terms, provisions and documentation of the Revolving Commitments and any Revolving Loans under the Revolving Facility Increase shall be identical to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Commitments and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.25 or otherwise.

 

(g)          Each Incremental Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (and in the case of any Revolving Facility Increase, the Issuing Lenders) to effect the provisions of this Section 2.25 including, to include the Lenders holding such facilities in any determination of Required Lenders and Majority Facility Lenders and to permit the extensions of credit outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.25 shall supersede any provisions in Section 10.1 or 10.7 to the contrary.

 

(h)          The Loans and Commitments extended or established pursuant to this Section 2.25 and obligations of the Loan Parties in connection therewith shall constitute Loans and Commitments and part of the Obligations under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and, except as expressly provided in the applicable Incremental Joinder Agreement, the other Loan Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, unless otherwise specified in the applicable Incremental Joinder Agreement, benefit equally and ratably from the Guarantee Obligations and security interests created by the Security Documents. The Loan Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that the Lien granted by the Collateral Documents continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after giving effect to the extension or establishment of any such Loans or any such Commitments.

 

2.26          Incremental Equivalent Debt .  

 

(a)          The Borrower may from time to time, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, specifying in reasonable detail the proposed terms thereof, incur one or more credit or debt facilities (secured or unsecured), the issuance of senior secured notes, subordinated notes or senior unsecured notes, in each case issued in a public offering, Rule 144A or other private placement or bridge facility in lieu of the foregoing, or secured or unsecured “mezzanine” Indebtedness (any of which Indebtedness, if secured, may either have the same Lien priority as the Obligations or may be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien securing the Obligations) (such Indebtedness, collectively, “ Incremental Equivalent Debt ”) in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of any Incremental Commitments, not to exceed the Incremental Amount (at the time of incurrence).

 

(b)          As conditions precedent to the issuance of any Incremental Equivalent Debt pursuant to this Section:

 

(i)          the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate dated as of the date of issuance of such Incremental Equivalent Debt (each, an “ Incremental Equivalent Debt Effective Date ”) signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by the Borrower (to the extent the Borrower is an issuer of such Incremental Equivalent Debt) approving or consenting to the issuance of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, and certifying that the conditions precedent set forth in the following clauses (ii) through (vii) have been satisfied;

 

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(ii)         such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor;

 

(iii)        such Incremental Equivalent Debt will be unsecured or secured only by Property constituting the Collateral and subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower;

 

(iv)        except with respect to customary “bridge” or other interim credit facilities intended to be refinanced or replaced with Long-Term Indebtedness which does not satisfy the requirements of this clause (iv) , so long as, subject to customary conditions, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, such “bridge” or other interim Indebtedness will either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which satisfies the requirements of this clause (iv) , such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall have a final maturity no earlier than the Latest Term Maturity Date then outstanding;

 

(v)         except with respect to customary “bridge” or other interim credit facilities intended to be refinanced or replaced with Long-Term Indebtedness which does not satisfy the requirements of this clause (v) , so long as, subject to customary conditions, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, such “bridge” or other interim Indebtedness will either be automatically converted into or required to be exchanged for permanent financing which satisfies the requirements of this clause (v) , the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then longest outstanding tranche of Term Loans;

 

(vi)        the covenants, terms and conditions and events of default applicable to such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be more restrictive (other than with respect to pricing, optional prepayment or redemption terms), when taken as a whole, than the covenants, terms and conditions and Events of Default under the Loan Documents, as determined by the Borrower in good faith (except for provisions applicable only to periods following the later of the Latest Revolving Termination Date and the Latest Term Maturity Date then in effect) unless the Borrower shall make such covenants, terms and conditions applicable to the Loans pursuant to reasonably acceptable documentation to that effect;

 

(vii)       the pricing, interest rate margins, discounts, premiums, rate floors, fees, and amortization schedule and optional prepayment and redemption terms applicable to any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders thereunder; provided that to the extent (A) such Incremental Equivalent Debt is (x) in the form of broadly syndicated term “B” loans denominated in U.S. Dollars and (y) secured on a pari passu basis with the Closing Date Term Loans, and (B) the Effective Yield for such Incremental Equivalent Debt exceeds the Effective Yield for Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Closing Date Term Loans by more than 0.50%, the Applicable Margin for Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans in respect of the then existing Closing Date Term Loans shall be adjusted so that the Effective Yield in respect of the then existing Closing Date Term Loans is equal to the Effective Yield for such Incremental Equivalent Debt minus 0.50% (it being agreed that (x) in determining the applicable interest rate, any amendment to the interest rate margins on the Closing Date Term Loans that became effective subsequent to the Closing Date but prior to the time of the addition of such New Term Loans shall be included and (y) any increase in yield to any existing facility required due to the application of a LIBOR or ABR floor on any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be effected solely through an increase in (or implementation of, as applicable) any LIBOR or ABR floor applicable to such existing facility) (the “ Incremental Equivalent Debt MFN Provision ”);

 

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(viii)      such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions or rights, except to the extent any such mandatory redemption or prepayment is required to be applied first pro rata to the Term Loans and other Indebtedness that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations.

 

(c)          The issuance of any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall also be subject, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, to receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements, including any supplements or amendments to the Security Documents providing for such Incremental Equivalent Debt to be secured thereby. The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary (in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent) in order to secure any Incremental Equivalent Debt with the Collateral and/or to give effect to the Incremental Equivalent Debt MFN Provision and/or to make such technical amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the issuance of such Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.26 .

 

2.27         Defaulting Lenders . (a) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

 

(i)          such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in Section 10.1 unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent;

 

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(ii)         any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Section 8 or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.7 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the applicable Issuing Lender(s) hereunder; third , to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 2.28 ; fourth , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a deposit account and released pro rata in order to (A) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Loans under this Agreement and (B) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Lenders’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 2.28 ; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the applicable Issuing Lenders as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the applicable Issuing Lenders against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , so long as no Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrower as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrower against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender's breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and, eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (A) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or amounts outstanding under any Letter of Credit in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (B) such Loans or Letter of Credit draws were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and the amounts outstanding under any Letters of Credit owed to, all the Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or amounts outstanding under any Letters of Credit owed to, such Defaulting Lender. Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto;

 

(iii)        (A) no Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any commitment fees payable under Section 2.9 for any period during which such Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrower shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to such Defaulting Lender) and (B) each Defaulting Lender shall be limited in its right to receive fees in connection with Letters of Credit as provided in Section 3.3(c) ; and

 

(iv)        all or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (A) the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrower shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrower shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (B) such reallocation does not cause the Revolving Extensions of Credit of any Non-Defaulting Lender at such time to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. Subject to Section 10.20 , no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from such Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

 

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(b)          If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), such Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Loans of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Facility (without giving effect to Section 2.27(a)(iv) ), whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while such Lender was a Defaulting Lender; provided , further, that, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from such Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

(c)          So long as any Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender, no Issuing Lender shall be required to issue, extend or amend any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

 

2.28         Cash Collateral . (a) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable Issuing Lender if, three Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, or as otherwise required pursuant to Section 8.1 , the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then outstanding amount of all L/C Obligations in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the written request of the Administrative Agent or any applicable Issuing Lender (in each case, with a copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall repay the L/C Obligations, in the amount of all Fronting Exposure of such Issuing Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender or Cash Collateralize such Fronting Exposure in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount (in each case, determined after giving effect to Section 2.27(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender).  

 

(b)          All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, interest bearing deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent. The Borrower and, to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subject to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Lenders and the applicable Lenders, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and all proceeds of the foregoing, as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to clause (c) of this Section. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrower or the relevant Defaulting Lender will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Cash Collateral provided under this Section, Section 2.27 or 8.1 or otherwise in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligations) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

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(d)          Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce Fronting Exposure or other obligations shall be released promptly following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto, including by the termination of the Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its Assignee following compliance with Section 10.6 ), or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that (A) Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of the Borrower shall not be released during the continuance of a Default under Section 8.1(a) or (f) or an Event of Default (and following application as provided in this Section may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.1 ) and (B) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable Issuing Lender(s) may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations hereunder.

 

2.29          Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Commitments . (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Borrower may (i) request that the Revolving Lenders extend the maturity of their Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans (and the related participations in Letters of Credit) and that the Issuing Lenders extend the maturity of their respective L/C Commitments, and/or (ii) request that the Term Lenders extend the maturity and amortization schedule of their Term Loans. In order to exercise such right, the Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Revolving Lenders or Term Lenders, as applicable) (the “ Extension Request ”).  

 

(b)          The Extension Request shall set forth the proposed terms of any Extended Lender Obligations to be established, which terms shall be identical to those applicable to the tranche from which they are to be extended (such non-extended Revolving Commitments, the “ Non-Extended Revolving Commitments ”, such non-extended Revolving Loans, the “ Non-Extended Revolving Loans ”, such non-extended L/C Commitments, the “ Non-Extended L/C Commitments ”, and such non-extended Term Loans, the “ Non-Extended Term Loans ”, and collectively, the “ Non-Extended Lender Obligations ”) except (i) (x) the maturity date of any Extended Lender Obligation shall be at least one year later than the Revolving Termination Date or the Term Maturity Date, as applicable, and (y) the amortization schedule of the Term Loans may be extended, (ii) additional fees and different interest rates may be payable to the Lenders providing any Extended Lender Obligations and (iii) Extended Lender Obligations may be subject to covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Revolving Termination Date or the Term Maturity Date, as applicable; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.29 or otherwise in this Agreement, (A) no Extended Lender Obligations shall be secured by or receive the benefit of any collateral, credit support or security that does not secure or support the applicable Non-Extended Lender Obligations; (B) the repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and, if applicable, termination of commitments), the mandatory prepayment and the commitment reduction of any Loans, Commitments or L/C Commitments applicable to any Extended Lender Obligation of any tranche shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other outstanding Loans, Commitments or L/C Commitments (including all Extended Lender Obligations) of such tranche ( provided that Extended Lender Obligations may, if the Extending Lenders making or committing to any such Extended Lender Obligations so agree, participate on a less than pro rata basis in any voluntary or mandatory repayment or prepayment or commitment reduction hereunder); (C) no Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Loans may be optionally prepaid prior to the date on which the related Non-Extended Term Loans or Non-Extended Revolving Loans, as applicable, are repaid unless such optional prepayment is accompanied by a pro rata optional prepayment of the related Non-Extended Term Loans or Non-Extended Revolving Loans, as applicable; (D) each Lender holding Loans and/or Commitments of any tranche shall be permitted to participate in the related tranche of Extended Lender Obligations in accordance with its pro rata share of the Loans and/or Commitments of such tranche; (E) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on the Extension Date before or after giving effect to any Extended Lender Obligations; (F) Extended Term Loans shall be treated as a separate tranche from Non-Extended Term Loans ( provided that Extended Revolving Commitments, Extended Revolving Loans, Non-Extended Revolving Commitments and Non-Extended Revolving Loans shall be treated as a single tranche); and (G) the Flood Insurance Requirements shall be satisfied with respect to each Mortgaged Property (if any). No Lender shall have any obligation to convert any Non-Extended Lender Obligations held by it into Extended Lender Obligations pursuant to the Extension Request.

 

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(c)          The Borrower shall provide the Extension Request at least 10 Business Days prior to the date on which Lenders under the applicable tranche of Loans are requested to respond. Any Lender or Issuing Lender (an “ Extending Lender ”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments converted into Extended Lender Obligations pursuant thereto shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “ Extension Election ”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its applicable Term Loans and/or Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments that it has elected to convert into Extended Lender Obligations. In the event that the aggregate amount of Term Loans and/or Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Lender Obligations requested pursuant to the Extension Request, Term Loans and/or Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments shall be converted to Extended Lender Obligations on a pro rata basis. The Borrower shall have the right to seek and accept Extended Lender Obligations from (i) Lenders and/or (ii) third party financial institutions that are not then Lenders (each a “ New Extending Lender ”), in each case in an amount equal to the amount of the Term Loans and/or Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments of any Lender or Issuing Lender that declines to become an Extending Lender (a “ Declining Lender ”); provided that each Lender shall have the right to increase its Term Loans and/or Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments up to the amount of the Declining Lenders’ Term Loans and/or Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments before the Borrower will be permitted to replace a New Extending Lender for any Declining Lender. Each replacement of a New Extending Lender for a Declining Lender shall be effected in accordance with Section 2.24. Each New Extending Lender under the Term Facility shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent. Each Extending Lender under the Revolving Facility shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender shall have any obligation to extend any of its Commitments and any election to do so shall be in the sole discretion of such Lender. Any Lender not responding by 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date five Business Days prior to the date on which the Borrower proposes that the Extended Lender Obligations shall be effective (which such date shall be at least 15 Business Days after the date the Borrower has provided the applicable Extension Request) shall be deemed to have declined to extend its Commitments.

 

(d)          Term Loans, Revolving Commitments, Revolving Loans and L/C Commitments whose maturity is extended pursuant to this Section are referred to as, in the case of Term Loans, “ Extended Term Loans ”, in the case of Revolving Commitments, “ Extended Revolving Commitments ”, in the case of Revolving Loans, “ Extended Revolving Loans ”, and in the case of L/C Commitments, “ Extended L/C Commitments ”, respectively, and collectively are referred to as “ Extended Lender Obligations ”.

 

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(e)          Extended Lender Obligations shall be established pursuant to an amendment (the “ Extension Amendment ”) to this Agreement (which may include the amendments to provisions related to maturity, amortization, interest margins, fees or prepayments referenced in Section 2.29(b) and which, in the case of Extended Revolving Commitments and Extended L/C Commitments, shall contain provisions for the pro rata treatment of borrowings, payments, voting and other matters between the Non-Extended Revolving Commitments, on the one hand, and the Extended Revolving Commitments, on the other hand, for such period of time as Non-Extended Revolving Commitments and Non-Extended L/C Commitments shall be in effect) executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, and the Extending Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 10.1 , no Extension Amendment shall require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Lender Obligations established thereby. In connection with the Extension Amendment, the Guarantors shall reaffirm their respective obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and the Borrower shall, if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the enforceability of the Extension Amendment, this Agreement as amended thereby, the reaffirmation of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and such of the other Loan Documents (if any) as may be amended thereby. In addition, the Extension Amendment shall contain a representation and warranty by Holdings and the Borrower that the representations and warranties of (i) Holdings and the Borrower contained in Section 4 and (ii) each Loan Party contained in each other Loan Document or in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith are true and correct in all material respects (or, if such representation or warranty is itself modified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, it shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Extension Amendment, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date. This Section shall supersede any provisions in Section 10.1 or Section 10.7 to the contrary. Following the execution of the Extension Amendment, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Lenders of the percentage of the Revolving Facility or Term Facility that has been extended pursuant to this Section 2.29 . Until the Revolving Termination Date, all Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit shall be made or participated in ratably by all Revolving Lenders and thereafter, all Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit shall be made or participated in ratably by all Extending Lenders with Extended Revolving Commitments and all other Revolving Lenders to the extent required by Section 3 .

 

(f)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (i) on any date on which any tranche of Term Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments are converted to extend the scheduled maturity date in accordance with this Section (the “ Extension Date ”), the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans and/or Revolving Commitments of such tranche of each Extending Lender shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Lender Obligations relating to such tranche so converted by such Lender on such date and (ii) if, on the Extension Date, any Extending Lender has elected to extend the maturity date of some, but not all, of its portion of the Revolving Commitments, such Revolving Commitments (and such Lender’s respective Revolving Loans and L/C Obligations thereunder) shall each be allocated in the same proportion between the Non-Extended Revolving Commitments and the Extended Revolving Commitments.

 

2.30         Refinancing Debt .  

 

(a)          The Borrower may, from time to time, and subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), add one or more new term loan facilities (each, a “ Refinancing Term Facility ”) and/or new revolving credit facilities (each, a “ Refinancing Revolving Facility ”; and the Refinancing Term Facilities and Refinancing Revolving Facilities, collectively, the “ Refinancing Debt ”) to the Facilities to refinance (x) all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement, (y) all or any portion of the Revolving Loans then outstanding (or unused Revolving Commitments) under this Agreement and/or (z) all or any portion of the Incremental Equivalent Debt then outstanding, in each case pursuant to procedures specified by the Administrative Agent in a Refinancing Amendment and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower; provided that such Refinancing Debt:

 

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(i)          shall not have a principal or commitment amount (or accreted value) greater than the Loans or Commitments, as applicable, being refinanced (excluding accrued interest, fees, discounts, premiums or expenses);

 

(ii)         will rank pari passu in right of payment as the other Loans and Commitments hereunder;

 

(iii)        will be unsecured or secured by Property constituting the Collateral on a pari passu or junior basis with the Obligations and shall be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

(iv)        in the case of any Refinancing Term Facility, shall not mature earlier than the Latest Term Maturity Date then in effect, or have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than the then remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then longest outstanding tranche of Term Loans;

 

(v)         in the case of any Refinancing Revolving Facility, shall have a final maturity date later than the termination date of the Revolving Loans (or unused Revolving Commitments) being refinanced, and shall not be subject to any amortization or other scheduled payments of principal, mandatory prepayment or commitment reduction prior to such Revolving Termination Date;

 

(vi)        in the case of any Refinancing Term Facility, shall participate not more than ratably, or (if such Refinancing Term Facility is secured by Property constituting the Collateral on a junior basis with the Obligations) on a junior basis, with the Obligations in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of Term Loans hereunder;

 

(vii)       shall not be guaranteed by any Person that is not a Guarantor;

 

(viii)      shall have material terms and conditions (other than terms with respect to interest rate and optional prepayment) that are not more favorable, when taken as a whole (as determined by the Borrower in good faith), to the lenders providing such Refinancing Debt than, the terms and conditions of the Facilities and Loans being refinanced, except for covenants or other provisions applicable only during periods after the later of the Latest Revolving Termination Date and the Latest Term Maturity Date in effect at the time of such refinancing or which are applied to the relevant Term Facility or Revolving Facility existing at the time of the incurrence of such Refinancing Debt (so that the existing Lenders also receive the benefit of such provisions); and

 

(ix)        the Net Cash Proceeds of such Refinancing Debt shall be applied, substantially concurrently with the incurrence thereof, to the pro rata prepayment of the outstanding Loans being so refinanced (and, in the case of Revolving Loans, a corresponding amount of Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced).

 

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(b)          The Borrower shall make any request for Refinancing Debt pursuant to a written notice to the Administrative Agent specifying in reasonable detail the proposed terms thereof. Any proposed Refinancing Debt may be provided by existing Lenders, or (subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) other Persons that meet the requirements to be Assignees under Section 10.6 , in such respective amounts as the Borrower may elect.

 

(c)          The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 5.2 and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officer’s certificates, reaffirmation agreements and/or other documents in connection therewith, including any supplements or amendments to the Security Documents providing for such Refinancing Debt to be secured thereby, consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 5.1 . The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower as may be necessary in order to establish new tranches of Refinancing Debt and to make such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the establishment of such new tranches, in each case on terms consistent with and/or to effect the provisions of this Section 2.30 .

 

(d)          Each class of Refinancing Debt incurred under this Section 2.30 shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (i) not less than $15,000,000 and (ii) an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Any Refinancing Amendment may provide for the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any Refinancing Revolving Facility established thereby, on terms substantially equivalent to the terms applicable to Letters of Credit under the Revolving Commitments. The Loans and Commitments extended or established pursuant to this Section 2.30 and obligations of the Loan Parties in connection therewith shall constitute Loans and Commitments and part of the Obligations under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement, and except as expressly provided in the applicable Refinancing Amendment and intercreditor agreements (to the extent contemplated by immediately preceding clause (a)(iii)), the other Loan Documents.

 

(e)          The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Refinancing Amendment. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, upon the effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment, this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Refinancing Debt incurred pursuant thereto (including the addition of such Refinancing Debt as separate “Facilities” and “tranches” hereunder and treated in a manner consistent with the Facilities being refinanced, including for purposes of prepayments and voting). Any Refinancing Amendment may, without the consent of any Person other than the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders providing such Refinancing Debt, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.30 . In addition, if so provided in the relevant Refinancing Amendment and with the consent of each Issuing Lender, participations in Letters of Credit expiring on or after the Revolving Termination Date shall be reallocated from Lenders holding Revolving Commitments to Lenders holding Extended Revolving Commitments in accordance with the terms of such Refinancing Amendment; provided , however , that such participation interests shall, upon receipt thereof by the relevant Lenders holding Extended Revolving Commitments, be deemed to be participation interests in respect of such Extended Revolving Commitments and the terms of such participation interests (including the commission applicable thereto) shall be adjusted accordingly.

 

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Section 3.           LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

3.1           L/C Commitment .  

 

(a)          Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a) , agrees to issue letters of credit (“ Letters of Credit ”) for the account of the Borrower or for the account of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (in which case the Borrower and Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be co-applicants with respect to such Letter of Credit) on any Business Day during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date in such form as may be reasonably approved from time to time by such Issuing Lender; provided that no Issuing Lender shall have any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment, (ii) any Revolving Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender, unless such Issuing Lender has entered into arrangements, including reallocation of such Lender’s Revolving Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 2.27(a)(iv) or the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such Issuing Lender with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such Issuing Lender’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.27(a)(iv) ) with respect to such Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or such Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such Issuing Lender has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion, (iii) the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Commitments would be less than zero or (iv) the outstanding L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender would exceed $7,500,000 less 20% of the outstanding L/C Obligations in respect of Existing Letters of Credit. The letters of credit issued, or deemed to be issued, pursuant to the Closing Date Indebtedness and set forth on Schedule 3.1(a) hereof (the “ Existing Letters of Credit ”) shall be deemed to be “Letters of Credit” issued on the Effective Date for all purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Letter of Credit shall expire no later than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance unless otherwise agreed by the Issuing Lender in its sole discretion and (y) the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Termination Date; provided that, if requested by the Borrower and acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender, a Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one year periods containing an expiry date of more than twelve months after the date of issuance (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (y) above (unless, at least five Business Days prior to the then current expiry date, the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount applicable to such Letter of Credit)); provided , however, that (A) any such Letter of Credit shall permit such Issuing Lender to prevent any such renewal at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than at least 30 days (the “ Nonrenewal Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period at the time such Letter of Credit is issued and (B) such Issuing Lender shall not permit such renewal if it has received notice on or before the date that is seven Business Days before the Nonrenewal Notice Date from the Administrative Agent that the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Revolving Facility have elected not to permit such renewal. Each Letter of Credit shall be a standby letter of credit backing a performance or monetary obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (each a “ Standby Letter of Credit ”).

 

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(b)          No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit if such issuance would conflict with any applicable Requirement of Law.

 

3.2            Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit . The Borrower may from time to time request that the relevant Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified to the Borrower by such Issuing Lender an Application therefor, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, completed to the reasonable satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may reasonably request. Upon receipt of any Application, the relevant Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event without the consent of the applicable Issuing Lender shall any Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than five Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Such Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower promptly following the issuance thereof. Each Issuing Lender shall promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the relevant Lenders, notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit issued by it (including the amount thereof).  

 

3.3            Fees and Other Charges . (a) The Borrower will pay a fee on each outstanding Standby Letter of Credit, at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving Facility on the face amount of such Standby Letter of Credit, which fees shall be shared ratably among the Revolving Lenders and payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to each Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee equal to 0.125% (or such greater percentage as agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Issuing Lender) per annum on the aggregate face amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by it to the Borrower, payable quarterly in arrears on each Fee Payment Date after the issuance date.  

 

(b)          In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender for such customary fees and expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit requested by the Borrower (which fees and expenses shall have been agreed to from time to time by the Borrower and the relevant Issuing Lender).

 

(c)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any fees otherwise payable for the account of a Defaulting Lender with respect to any Letter of Credit as to which such Defaulting Lender has not provided Cash Collateral satisfactory to the applicable Issuing Lender shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Revolving Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in their respective Revolving Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.27(a)(iv) , with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to the applicable Issuing Lender for its own account.

 

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3.4           L/C Participations . (a) Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce such Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from such Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions set forth below, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage in such Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date under any Letter of Credit issued by it for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender upon demand an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed. Each L/C Participant’s obligation to pay such amount shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such L/C Participant may have against any Issuing Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5 , (iii) any adverse change in the financial condition of Holdings, the Borrower, or their respective Subsidiaries, (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any L/C Participant or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.  

 

(b)          If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to the Administrative Agent for the account of any Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.4(a) is not made available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility. A certificate of the relevant Issuing Lender submitted to any relevant L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this Section shall be presumptively correct in the absence of manifest error.

 

(c)          Whenever, at any time after any Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a) such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by such Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing Lender will distribute to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided , however, that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.

 

3.5            Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower . The Borrower agrees to reimburse each Issuing Lender in respect of any drawing under a Letter of Credit on the immediately succeeding Business Day following receipt of notice by the Borrower from such Issuing Lender of a drawing under a Letter of Credit and the date and amount of the relevant draft presented under such Letter of Credit (which reimbursement shall include interest from the date on which the relevant draft is paid until such immediately succeeding Business Day at a rate equal to the rate applicable to ABR Loans under the Revolving Facility). Each such payment shall be made to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified to the Borrower and in immediately available funds. If the Borrower fails to reimburse in whole or in part any Issuing Lender by the time set forth in the first sentence of this Section 3.5 , the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Loan of ABR Loans to be disbursed on the date such reimbursement is due in an amount equal to the amount of such outstanding reimbursement.  

 

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3.6            Obligations Absolute . The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against any Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender that such Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’ Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee, or any other events or circumstances that, pursuant to applicable law or the applicable customs and practices promulgated by the International Chamber of Commerce, are not within the responsibility of such Issuing Lender, except for errors or omissions resulting from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such Issuing Lender or its employees or agents (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions resulting from the gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of such Issuing Lender or its employees or agents (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction). The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by any Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith (as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction) and in accordance with the standards or care specified in the UCC, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender to the Borrower and that the Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have exercised care in each such determination. T he Borrower hereby waives any claim against any Issuing Lender and its employees and agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) suffered by the Borrower that are caused by such Issuing Lender’s or its employees or agents’ failure to exercise care when determining whether drafts and other documents presented under a Letter of Credit comply with the terms thereof.  In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, the parties agree that, with respect to documents presented which appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender may, in its sole discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.  

 

3.7            Letter of Credit Payments . If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of such Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit. To the extent not inconsistent with Section 3.6 , the Issuing Lender shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any Letter of Credit, draft, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the Issuing Lender.  

 

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3.8           Applications . To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3 , the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.

 

Section 4.           REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, Holdings and the Borrower hereby jointly represent and warrant (as to itself and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries) to the Agents and each Lender, which representations and warranties shall be deemed made on the Closing Date (immediately after giving effect to the Transactions) and on the date of each borrowing of Loans or issuance of a Letter of Credit hereunder, that:

 

4.1           Financial Condition . (a) The Audited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, as of the date thereof and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods covered thereby.  

 

(b)          Except as set forth in the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2017 or that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as of the Closing Date, each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (i) do not have any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities or liabilities for taxes, or any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments , including, without limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, which are not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this clause (b) but which would in accordance with GAAP be so reflected in a consolidated balance sheet of such Loan Party as of the Closing Date or (ii) are not party to any arrangement to pay principal or interest with respect to any Indebtedness of any Person which is not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this clause (b) , (A) which was incurred by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or guaranteed by such Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries at any time or the proceeds of which are or were transferred to or used by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (B) the payments in respect of which are intended to be made with the proceeds of payments to such Person by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or with any Indebtedness or Capital Stock issued by Holdings or any such Subsidiary.

 

(c)          The forecasts referred to in Section 5.1(j)(iii) have been prepared in good faith based on the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions are believed on the date hereof to be reasonable, it being understood that forecasts and projections are as to future events and are not to be viewed as facts and are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies and no representation or warranty is given that any forecast or projection will be realized and actual results during the period or periods covered thereby may differ significantly from the forecasted results and such differences may be material.

 

4.2           No Change . As of any date of determination following the Closing Date, since December 31, 2017, there has been no event, development or circumstance that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

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4.3           Existence; Compliance with Law . Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) (i) is duly organized (or incorporated), validly existing and in good standing (or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, the equivalent status in any foreign jurisdiction) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or incorporation, (ii) has the corporate or organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its Property, to lease the Property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently or proposed to be engaged except, in each case, to the extent that any such failure to have such power, authority or right would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or limited liability company and in good standing (where such concept is relevant) under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of Property or the conduct of its business as now or currently proposed to be conducted requires such qualification except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or in good standing (where such concept is relevant) would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (b) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that any such failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

4.4           Organizational Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations . (a) Each Loan Party has the requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow or have Letters of Credit issued hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Each Loan Party has duly executed and delivered each Loan Document to which it is a party.  

 

(b)          Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the Transactions, the extensions of credit hereunder or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule 4.4 , which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made (except to the extent not yet required to have been obtained or made), each of which is in full force and effect and (ii) the filings referred to in Section 4.17 .

 

(c)          This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

 

4.5           No Legal Bar . The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not (a) violate the organizational or governing documents of any of the Loan Parties, (b) violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any violation which would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect) or (c) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens permitted by Section 7.3 or as otherwise contemplated by the Loan Documents).

 

4.6           No Material Litigation . No litigation, proceeding, investigation, audit, claim, demand or dispute with, of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened against Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or against any of their Properties or revenues which (a) involve any of the Loan Documents or (b) taken as a whole, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

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4.7            No Default . No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.  

 

4.8            Ownership of Property; Liens . Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has good and insurable title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in or right to use, all its other Property (other than Intellectual Property), in each case that are necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of such Property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by the Loan Documents, except, as of the Closing Date, as set forth in Schedule 4.8A . Schedule 4.8B lists all real property which is owned or leased by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date, setting forth, for each such real property, the current street address or other information that reasonably describes such real property’s location, the record owner thereof and the interest of the Loan Parties in such real property.  

 

4.9            Intellectual Property . Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or has a valid and continuing license (or other valid right) to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted free and clear of all Liens (except Liens permitted by Section 7.3 ), except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) all necessary registration, maintenance, renewal and other relevant filing fees in connection with any of the Intellectual Property that is the subject of a registration or an application for registration have been timely paid, and (b) all necessary documents, certificates and filings in connection with the Intellectual Property have been timely filed with the relevant Government Authority and internet domain name registrar(s) for the purpose of maintaining such Intellectual Property and all registrations and applications therefor. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no holding, injunction, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority and none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has entered into any settlement stipulation or other agreement (except license agreements in the ordinary course of business) which would limit, cancel or question the validity of Holdings’, the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s rights in any Intellectual Property owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary . No claim has been asserted or threatened or is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Intellectual Property or the validity of any Intellectual Property, or alleging any infringement, misappropriation or violation by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Intellectual Property of any Person, except in each case as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The use of any Intellectual Property by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and the conduct of their respective businesses, do not infringe on the Intellectual Property rights of any Person in a manner that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To Holdings’ or the Borrower’s knowledge, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Person is infringing, misappropriating or violating any Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has made or threatened to make any claim relating to the foregoing. Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries have taken all actions that in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment should be taken to protect their Intellectual Property, including Intellectual Property that is confidential in nature, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

4.10          Taxes . Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except (a) Taxes which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

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4.11         Use of Proceeds; Federal Regulations . The proceeds of the Loans and Letters of Credit are being used in accordance with Section 6.10 . No part of the proceeds of any Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for the purpose of “buying” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the regulations of the Board.  

 

4.12         ERISA . (a) Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the following has occurred (i) a Reportable Event with respect to a Single Employer Plan, (ii) a violation of the “minimum funding standard” of the Code or ERISA with respect to any Single Employer Plan, (iii) the termination of a Single Employer Plan or the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Single Employer Plan pursuant to Section 4041 of ERISA, (iv) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to ERISA or the Code in respect of any Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (v) a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan, (vi) a withdrawal from a Single Employer Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA), (vii) the receipt of notice that a Multiemployer Plan is Insolvent, (vii) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC, (viii) the failure to make any required contribution to any Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan when due, and (ix) any other event or condition that would reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Single Employer Plan or Multiemployer Plan (any such events described in subsections (i) through (ix) to be referred to herein as an “ ERISA Event ”).  

 

(b)          Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan has complied with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code and each Plan that is intended to qualify for tax exempt status under Section 401 or 501 of the Code is so qualified and (ii) the present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Single Employer Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Single Employer Plan allocable to such accrued benefits.

 

(c)          Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries have not incurred, and do not reasonably expect to incur, any liability under ERISA or the Code with respect to any plan within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA which is subject to Title IV of ERISA that is maintained by a Commonly Controlled Entity (other than Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries) (a “ Commonly Controlled Plan ”) merely by virtue of being treated as a single employer under Title IV of ERISA with the sponsor of such plan that would reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and result in a direct obligation of Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries to pay money.

 

4.13         Investment Company Act . No Loan Party is required to be registered as an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.  

 

4.14         Subsidiaries . (a) The Subsidiaries of Holdings listed on Schedule 4.14 constitute all the Subsidiaries of Holdings as of the Closing Date. Schedule 4.14 sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each such Subsidiary and, as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party.  

 

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(b)          As of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 4.14 , there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments of any nature to which Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is a party relating to any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries.

 

4.15         Environmental Matters . Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) the operations of Holdings, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary is and has been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes obtaining, maintaining and complying with all permits, licenses or other approvals required by Environmental Laws for the operation of the Business; (b) none of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary is subject to, has received notice of, or, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower , has been threatened with any Environmental Claim or potential Environmental Claim; and (c) to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions arising out of or relating to the operations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any real property currently or formerly owned, leased, subleased, operated or otherwise occupied by or for Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that would reasonably be expected to result in Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurring liabilities in connection with any Environmental Claim.  

 

4.16         Accuracy of Information, etc. . No written statement or written information or data, taken as a whole (excluding the projections and pro forma financial information referred to below or estimates (including financial estimates, forecasts and other forward-looking information) and information of a general economic or general industry basis) contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any certificate furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or any of them, by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents when taken as a whole, contained as of the date such statement, information, or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances in which they were made. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as facts and are subject to certain uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Loan Parties’ control, and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ significantly from the projected results set forth therein and such differences may be material.  

 

4.17         Security Documents . (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal and valid first priority security interest (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.3 ) in the Collateral described therein (including any proceeds of any item of Collateral). In the case of (i) the Pledged Securities described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement constituting Certificated Securities, when any stock certificates or notes, as applicable, representing such Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent and (ii) the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (other than the Collateral referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i)), when financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.17(a) (which financing statements have been duly completed and executed (as applicable) and delivered to the Collateral Agent), recordation of the security interest of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties has been made in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and such other filings as are specified on Schedule 4.17(a) are made, the Collateral Agent shall have a fully perfected first priority Lien on, and first priority security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral (including any proceeds of any item of Collateral), to the extent a security interest in such Collateral can be perfected through the filing of financing statements in the offices specified on Schedule 4.17(a) , the filing of appropriate filings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the filings specified on Schedule 4.17(a) , or through the delivery of the Pledged Securities required to be delivered on the Closing Date, as the case may be, as security for the Obligations, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except with respect to Liens permitted by Section 7.3 other than clause (cc) thereof) to the extent required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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(b)          Upon the execution and delivery of any Mortgage to be executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.8(b) , such Mortgage shall be effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a legal and valid Lien on the mortgaged property described therein and proceeds thereof; and when such Mortgage is filed in the recording office designated by the Borrower, such Mortgage shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such mortgaged property and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except with respect to Liens permitted by Section 7.3 other than clause (cc) thereof) thereof or other encumbrances or rights permitted by the relevant Mortgage).

 

4.18         Solvency . As of the Closing Date, both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans on or prior to the Closing Date, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans, (c) the consummation of the Transactions, and (d) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs and any contribution and indemnification obligations in connection with the foregoing, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.  

 

4.19         Labor Matters . No labor problem or dispute with the employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, is threatened; and there are no unfair labor practice complaints pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened against any of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; in either case which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

4.20         Patriot Act; OFAC; Anti-Corruption Laws .  

 

(a)          To the extent applicable, (i) each of Holdings, the Borrower, and their respective Subsidiaries is in compliance with all Sanction(s) and the PATRIOT Act and (ii) each of Holdings, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

 

(b)          None of the Borrower, Holdings or any of their respective Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer employee or agent of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, is a Person that is, or is owned or controlled by Persons that are (i) currently the subject of any Sanction(s), (ii) except to the extent permissible for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction, or in any country or territory that at the time of such funding is, or whose government is, a Designated Jurisdiction or (iii) except to the extent permissible for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, is or has been (within the previous five years) engaged in any transaction with any Person who is now or was then the subject of Sanctions or who is located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction, or in any country or territory that at the time of such funding is, or whose government is, a Designated Jurisdiction. Except to the extent permissible for a Person required to comply with Sanctions, no Loan, nor the proceeds from any Loan, is being or has been used, directly or indirectly, to lend, contribute, provide or has otherwise made available to fund any activity or business in any Designated Jurisdiction or to fund any activity or business with any Person located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or who is the subject of any Sanctions, or in any other manner that could result in any violation by any Person (including any Lead Arranger, Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender) of Sanction(s) or that could result in a Person becoming subject to Sanction(s).

 

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(c)          To the knowledge of the Borrower, none of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries is or for the past five years has been in violation of any Anti-Corruption Law. No part of the proceeds of the Loans will be used, directly or indirectly by or on behalf of any Loan Party or Subsidiary, for any payments to any governmental official or employee, political party, official of a political party, candidate for political office, or anyone else acting in an official capacity, in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in violation of any Anti-Corruption Law, or so as to cause any liability for Lenders or the Administrative Agent under any Anti-Corruption Law.

 

4.21        Material Contracts. As of the Closing Date, all material Contractual Obligations are in full force and effect and no defaults by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries exist thereunder (other than as described in Schedule 4.21) in each case except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

4.22         Senior Indebtedness . The Obligations constitute “senior debt,” “senior indebtedness,” “designated senior debt”, “guarantor senior debt” or “senior secured financing” (or any comparable term) of each Loan Party party thereto under and as defined in any definitive documentation governing any senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness.  

 

4.23         Special Flood Hazard Properties . To the extent any Mortgaged Property exists, either (i) no Mortgaged Property is a Special Flood Hazard Property or (ii) if a Mortgaged Property is a Special Flood Hazard Property, such Mortgaged Property complies with the Flood Insurance Requirements.  

 

4.24         Not an EEA Financial Institution . No Loan Party is an EEA Financial Institution.  

 

Section 5.           CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

5.1           Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit . The occurrence of the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver), of the following conditions precedent:  

 

(a)           Credit Agreement; Security Documents . The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by the Administrative Agent, Holdings, the Borrower and each Lender whose name appears on the signature pages hereof and (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

 

(b)           Consummation of the Closing Date Refinancing; Extinguishment of Liens . On or prior to the Closing Date and concurrently with the incurrence of the Loans, all Closing Date Indebtedness shall have been repaid in full, together with all fees and other amounts owing thereon and all commitments thereunder shall have been terminated and all liens securing the obligations under the Closing Date Indebtedness shall have been terminated (or arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent for such termination shall have been made), together with all fees and other amounts owing thereon and the Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence from Holdings and the Borrower as to the foregoing (and all letters of credit issued or guaranteed as part of such Closing Date Indebtedness shall have been re-evidenced hereby as an Existing Letter of Credit). Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall have no Indebtedness for borrowed money outstanding as of the Closing Date other than under the Facilities and other Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2 .

 

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(c)           Solvency Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have received a solvency certificate signed by the chief financial officer of the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit F hereto.

 

(d)           Lien Searches . The Collateral Agent shall have received the results of recent lien searches in each of the jurisdictions in which UCC financing statements will be made to evidence or perfect security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties that form part of the Collateral, and each such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties, except for Liens permitted by Section 7.3 or liens to be discharged on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

(e)           Closing Certificate . The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit D , with appropriate insertions and attachments.

 

(f)            Legal Opinions . The Administrative Agent shall have received an executed legal opinion of (i) White & Case LLP, New York, Delaware and California counsel to the Loan Parties organized in such jurisdictions and (ii) Holland & Hart LLP, Nevada counsel to the Loan Parties organized in such jurisdiction, in each case, covering such customary matters incident to the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)           Pledged Securities; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes . The Collateral Agent shall have received (i) the certificates representing the shares, if any, of Capital Stock of the Borrower and (to the extent required by the terms of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) the Borrower’s Subsidiaries pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to (and, in the case of the Capital Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, subject to the limitations of) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (ii) each promissory note (if any) required to be pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank) by the pledgor thereof.

 

(h)           Filings, Registrations and Recordings . Each document (including, without limitation, any UCC financing statement) required by the Security Documents to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first priority perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.3 ), shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

 

(i)            Insurance . The Administrative Agent shall have received insurance certificates and endorsements satisfying the requirements of Section 6.5(c), 6.5(d), 6.5(e) and 6.5(f) .

 

(j)            Financials . The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the Audited Financial Statements, (ii) consolidated unaudited financial statements of the Borrower for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2018, together with consolidated unaudited financial statements for the corresponding period of the prior year and (iii) the financial projections of Holdings and its Subsidiaries through its seventh fiscal year following the Closing Date, which will be prepared on a pro forma basis to give effect to the Transactions and will include consolidated income statements (with Consolidated EBITDA clearly noted), consolidated balance sheets and consolidated cash flow statements, a pro forma schedule of sources and uses and a pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and its Subsidiaries as at the Closing Date, all of which will be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(k)           PATRIOT Act . The Lenders shall have received at least five days prior to the Closing Date from each of the Loan Parties documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, reasonably requested in each case at least ten days prior to the Closing Date.

 

(l)            Fees . The Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that all fees and expenses required to be paid on the Closing Date shall, on or before the Closing Date, have been paid.

 

(m)           Material Adverse Effect . Since December 31, 2017, no adverse change in or affecting the business, assets, liabilities, operations, financial condition or operating results of the Borrower that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, operations, financial condition or operating results of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, shall have occurred.

 

5.2            Conditions to Each Extension of Credit . The agreement of each Lender to make any Loan or of the Issuing Lender to issue, amend, renew or extend any Letter of Credit hereunder on the Closing Date or any date thereafter is subject to the satisfaction (or waiver) of the following conditions precedent:  

(a)           Representations and Warranties . Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date except to the extent that such representations and warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date ( provided that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect shall be true and correct in all respects).

 

(b)           No Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.

 

(c)           Borrowing Notice . The Administrative Agent shall have received an irrevocable notice of borrowing in accordance with Sections 2.2 and/or 2.5 , as applicable, and substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto.

 

Each borrowing by and issuance of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section have been satisfied (or waived).

 

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Section 6.          AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (on behalf of itself and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries) hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (that has not been Cash Collateralized or backstopped) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due), Holdings (with respect to itself, solely in the case of Sections 6.1(a)(i) , 6.1(b)(i) , 6.4(a) , 6.8 and 6.9 ) and the Borrower shall and (to the extent relevant) shall cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to:

 

6.1           Financial Statements . Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to each Lender (which may be delivered via posting an Approved Electronic Platform):  

 

(a)          as soon as available, but in any event not later than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, a copy of (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such year, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures as of the end of the previous year and (ii) the audited consolidated balance sheet of Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such year, in each case setting forth in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the previous year, reported on without any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification arising out of the scope of the audit (but may contain a “going concern” explanatory paragraph or like qualification that is due to (i) the impending maturity of any Indebtedness under the Facilities or (ii) any anticipated inability to satisfy the Financial Condition Covenant), by KPMG LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing, along with copies of management letters and analysis submitted by such accountants to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in connection with such financial statements;

 

(b)          as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019, (i) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the previous year and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes); and

 

(c)          simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 6.1(a) and 6.1(b) above, the related summary consolidating schedules reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements.

 

All such financial statements shall be complete and correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein and except, in the case of the financial statements referred to in clause (b), for customary year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes).

 

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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may be delivered by the Borrower delivering such documents electronically to the Administrative Agent for posting to the Lenders on an Approved Electronic Platform to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have been granted access.

 

6.2           Certificates; Other Information . Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to each Lender, or, in the case of clause (d) and (e), to the relevant Lender:  

 

(a)          concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1 (commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018), (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower stating that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate, (ii) (A) a Compliance Certificate containing all information and calculations necessary for determining the Consolidated First Lien Leverage Ratio and Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, and compliance by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with the provisions of Section 7.1 , in each case, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be, (B) to the extent not previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent, a description of any new Subsidiary and of any change in the jurisdiction of organization of any Loan Party and a listing of any new registrations, and applications for registration, of material Intellectual Property acquired or made by any Loan Party since the date of the most recent list delivered pursuant to this clause (B) (or, in the case of the first such list so delivered, since the Closing Date) and (C) commencing in respect of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, in connection with the financial statements delivered under Section 6.1(a) , a certificate setting forth the calculation of Excess Cash Flow for the applicable Excess Cash Flow Period, and (iii) a summary management discussion and analysis, discussing and analyzing the results of operations for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the corresponding fiscal year or fiscal quarter for which such financial statements are delivered;

 

(b)          concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a) , a certificate of the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements and stating that in performing their audit nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe the Borrower failed to comply with the financial covenant set forth in Section 7.1 , except as specified in such certificate (which certificate may be limited to the extent required by accounting rules or guidelines and such accounting firm’s internal policies and procedures);

 

(c)          promptly after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and reports that Holdings or the Borrower send to the holders of any class of their debt securities or public equity securities (except for Permitted Investors) and, promptly after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports that Holdings or the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC, in each case to the extent not already provided pursuant to Section 6.1 or any other clause of this Section;

 

(d)          to the extent that Holdings or the Borrower qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation at any time after the Closing Date, provide a Beneficial Ownership Certification for purposes of compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation directly to any Lender that has reasonably requested such certification in a written notice to the Borrower;

 

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(e)          promptly following receipt of knowledge thereof, notice of any change in the information provided in any Beneficial Ownership Certification delivered pursuant to (d) above that would result in a change to the list of beneficial owners identified therein; and

 

(f)          promptly, such additional financial and other information (including information required by the PATRIOT Act) as the Administrative Agent (for its own account or upon the reasonable request from any Lender) may from time to time reasonably request.

 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section may be delivered by the Borrower delivering such documents electronically to the Administrative Agent for posting to the Lenders on an Approved Electronic Platform to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have been granted access.

 

6.3           Payment of Taxes . Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material taxes, governmental assessments and governmental charges, except (a) where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves required in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, or (b) to the extent that failure to pay or satisfy such obligations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.4           Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc.; Compliance . (a) (i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate or other existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 or except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Requirements of Law (including ERISA, OFAC, Anti-Corruption Laws, PATRIOT Act and other anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering laws) and material Contractual Obligations except to the extent that failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Holdings and the Borrower will maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures designed to ensure compliance by Holdings, the Borrower, their respective Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.  

 

6.5           Maintenance of Property; Insurance . (a) Keep all Property material to the conduct of its business in reasonably good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, except where a failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  

 

(b)          Take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, as applicable, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of any of its material Intellectual Property, including, filing of applications for renewal or extension, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability, except in each case to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c)          Maintain insurance with insurance companies that the Borrower believes (in the reasonable good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) are financially sound and responsible at the time the relevant coverage is placed or renewed on all its material Property in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance which the Borrower believes (in the reasonable good faith judgment of management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business) and against at least such risks as the Borrower believes (in the reasonable good faith judgment of the management of the Borrower) is reasonable and prudent in light of the size and nature of its business. All such insurance shall, to the extent customary (but in any event, not including business interruption insurance and personal injury insurance) (i) provide that no cancellation thereof shall be effective until at least 30 days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof and (ii) name the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent as additional insured or loss payee, as applicable, and contain a lender’s loss payable endorsement.

 

(d)          If any Mortgaged Property is at any time a Special Flood Hazard Property and the community in which such Mortgaged Property is located participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, comply, or cause each applicable Loan Party to comply, with the Flood Insurance Requirements. In connection with any Flood Compliance Event, the Collateral Agent shall provide to the Secured Parties evidence of compliance with the Flood Insurance Requirements, to the extent received from the Borrower. The Collateral Agent agrees to request such evidence of compliance at the request of any Secured Party. Unless the Borrower provides the Collateral Agent with evidence of the Flood Insurance required by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent may purchase such Flood Insurance at the Borrower’s expense to protect the interests of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties. The Borrower and each Loan Party shall cooperate with the Collateral Agent in connection with compliance with the Flood Laws, including by providing any information reasonably required by the Collateral Agent (or by any Secured Party through the Collateral Agent) in order to confirm compliance with the Flood Laws.

 

(e)          If a Flood Redesignation shall occur with respect to any Mortgaged Property, provided the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party is aware, or is made aware by the Collateral Agent, of such Flood Redesignation, confirm that the Collateral Agent has obtained a current completed Flood Hazard Determination with respect to the applicable Mortgaged Property, and comply with the Flood Insurance Requirements with respect to such Mortgaged Property by not later than forty-five (45) days after the date of the Flood Redesignation or any earlier date required by the Flood Laws.

 

(f)          Provide to the Collateral Agent written notice of any Flood Compliance Event under clause (d) of the defined term “Flood Compliance Event” within thirty (30) days prior to such Flood Compliance Event. The Collateral Agent shall provide a copy of such notice to the Secured Parties and shall obtain a current completed Flood Hazard Determination in connection with a Flood Compliance Event under clause (d) of the defined term “Flood Compliance Event”.

 

(g)          In connection with any Flood Compliance Event under clauses (b) or (c) of the defined term “Flood Compliance Event”, the Collateral Agent shall obtain a current completed Flood Hazard Determination not less than thirty (30) days prior to such Flood Compliance Event, and the Borrower shall comply, or re-comply, as the case may be, with the Flood Insurance Requirements by not later than the date of the Flood Compliance Event and as a condition precedent to the occurrence of such Flood Compliance Event.

 

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6.6           Books and Records; Inspection of Property; Discussions . (a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all material dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities, in a form in which financial statements conforming with GAAP can be generated, (b) permit representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records upon reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours ( provided that such visits shall be coordinated by the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any leased properties, as in accordance with the provisions of the lease with regards to inspection), (c) permit representatives of any Lender to have reasonable discussions regarding the business, operations, properties and financial and other conditions of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with officers and employees of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries ( provided that any Lender shall coordinate any request for such discussions through the Administrative Agent) upon reasonable prior notice and during normal business hours and (d) permit representatives of the Administrative Agent upon reasonable prior notice to have reasonable discussions regarding the business, operations, properties and financial and other conditions of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with its independent certified public accountants, subject to such independent certified public accountants’ normal and customary guidelines and procedures with respect to such discussions; provided that a Responsible Officer of Holdings or the Borrower shall be permitted to be present during any such discussion, and provided , further, that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall not exercise such rights more than once in any calendar year; provided , further that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent (or any of its representatives or independent contractors) or any representative of the Required Lenders may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice.  

 

6.7           Notices . Promptly upon a Responsible Officer of Holdings or any Loan Party obtaining knowledge thereof, give notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify each Lender) of:

 

(a)          the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

 

(b)          any litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any other Person, that in either case, would reasonably be expected to be adversely determined, and, if so determined, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect individually or in the aggregate;

 

(c)          the following events, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries knows thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Single Employer Plan, a failure to make any required contribution to a Single Employer Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Single Employer Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan, (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or Holdings or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or (iii) the occurrence of any similar events with respect to a Commonly Controlled Plan, that would reasonably be likely to result in a direct obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries to pay money;

 

(d)          the following events that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurring liabilities in excess of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year, as soon as possible and in any event no later than 10 Business Days after Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries knows thereof: (i) a Release of Hazardous Materials in violation of Environmental Laws or (ii) the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any notice of any Environmental Claim or potential Environmental Claim or the existence of any condition that could reasonably be expected to result in an Environmental Claim;

 

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(e)          the receipt by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of notification that any property of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to any statutory lien in favor any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, liabilities relating to any Environmental Claim; and

 

(f)          any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Holdings, the Borrower or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

6.8            Additional Collateral, etc. . (a) With respect to any personal property or Intellectual Property (other than assets expressly excluded from the Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents) located in the United States acquired or created after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (including, without limitation, any acquisition pursuant to a Division) (other than (x) any property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(g) and (y) such Instruments, Certificated Securities, Securities and Chattel Paper referred to in the last sentence of this clause (a) ) as to which the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties does not have a perfected Lien, promptly, but in any case within 30 days (which period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), (i) give notice of such property to the Collateral Agent and execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Collateral Agent reasonably requests to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in such Property and (ii) take all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by Section 4.17 ) in such property (with respect to property of a type owned by a Loan Party as of the Closing Date to the extent the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected security interest in such property as of the Closing Date), including, without limitation, the filing of UCC financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent. Any Instrument, Certificated Security (other than in respect of the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary), Security or Chattel Paper in excess of $1,000,000 shall be promptly delivered to the Collateral Agent indorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to be held as Collateral pursuant to the relevant Security Document.  

 

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(b)          With respect to any fee owned real property located in the United States having a value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $20,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (including, without limitation, any acquisition pursuant to a Division) (i) within 30 days of such acquisition, give notice of such acquisition to the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, within 90 days after such acquisition or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion (A) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage (subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.3 ) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, covering such real property ( provided that no Mortgage, survey or title insurance shall be required or obtained if the Collateral Agent reasonably determines in consultation with the Borrower that the costs of obtaining such Mortgage or survey or title insurance are excessive in relation to the value of the security to be afforded thereby), (B) if a Mortgage is to be provided under subclause (i)(A) above, and if reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (other than with respect to clauses (3) below) or a Lender (solely with respect to clause (2)(ii) below) (1) provide the Collateral Agent with a lenders’ title insurance policy with coverage and all required endorsements reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent (provided such endorsements are available in the applicable jurisdiction at a commercially reasonable cost) covering such real property and fixtures in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such real property and fixtures (or such lesser amount as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyor’s certificate (except to the extent an existing survey has been provided), each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (2) (i) confirm that the Collateral Agent has obtained a completed Flood Hazard Determination with respect to each Mortgaged Property and (ii) provide to any Lender such flood certificates or other information or documentation reasonably requested by such Lender to enable such Lender to comply with applicable Flood Laws, and (3) if any Mortgaged Property is a Special Flood Hazard Property, deliver to the Collateral Agent evidence of Flood Insurance complying with Flood Laws, including (x) evidence as to whether the community in which such Mortgaged Property is located participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, (y) the applicable Loan Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Collateral Agent as to the fact that such Mortgaged Property is located in a Special Flood Hazard Area and as to whether the community in which such Mortgaged Property is located participates in the National Flood Insurance Program and (z) if the community in which such Mortgaged Property is located participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, copies of the applicable Loan Party’s application for a Flood Insurance policy plus proof of premium payment, a declaration page confirming that Flood Insurance has been issued, or other evidence of Flood Insurance, such Flood Insurance to be in an amount equal to at least the amount required by the Flood Laws or such greater amount as required in order to comply with Section 6.5(c) , naming the Collateral Agent as sole loss payee and mortgagee on behalf of the Secured Parties, and otherwise including terms reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent to the extent necessary to comply with the Flood Laws, all such matters referred to in this clause (3) to be approved by the Collateral Agent (the requirements set forth in clauses 3 hereof are referred to herein as the “ Flood Insurance Requirements ”), and (ii) if requested by the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent legal opinions relating to the Mortgage described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.8(b) , (I) no Mortgages shall be required with respect to any real property subject to material mortgage recording taxes (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) and (II) no Mortgage will be executed and delivered until each Revolving Lender has conformed to the Collateral Agent that the Flood Insurance Requirements have been completed to its satisfaction.

 

(c)          With respect to (x) any new Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Domestic Subsidiary) that is created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party (including, without limitation, upon the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Division Successor) or (y) any Unrestricted Subsidiary that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Domestic Subsidiary) after the Closing Date, promptly, but in any case within 30 days of such creation, acquisition or designation (which period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion), (i) give notice of such acquisition, creation or designation to the Collateral Agent and, other than in the case of an Excluded Domestic Subsidiary, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Collateral Agent reasonably deems necessary to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by Section 4.17 ) in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by such Loan Party, (ii) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party, and (iii) if such new Subsidiary is a wholly owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Domestic Subsidiary), cause such new Subsidiary (A) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (B) to take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by Section 4.17 ) in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to such new Subsidiary (to the extent the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected security interest in the same type of Collateral as of the Closing Date), including, without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.

 

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(d)          With respect to any new Foreign Subsidiary or FSHCO directly owned by Holdings, a Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary that is created or acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party, promptly, but in any case within 30 days of such acquisition (which period may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), (i) give notice of such acquisition or creation to the Collateral Agent and, if requested by the Collateral Agent, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Collateral Agent deems necessary or reasonably advisable in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest (to the extent required by the Security Documents and with the priority required by Section 4.17 ) in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by such Loan Party ( provided that (A) in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding voting Capital Stock of (i) any Foreign Subsidiary and (ii) any FSHCO be required to be so pledged and (B) 100% of non-voting Capital Stock of (i) any Foreign Subsidiary and (ii) any FSHCO, if any, shall be required to be so pledged) and (ii) to the extent permitted by applicable law, deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, necessary to perfect or ensure appropriate priority the Lien of the Collateral Agent thereon.

 

(e)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document, this Section shall not apply with respect to any collateral to the extent the Administrative Agent has reasonably determined that the value of such collateral to which this Section would otherwise apply is insufficient to justify the difficulty, time and/or expense of obtaining a perfected Lien therefrom.

 

6.9            Further Assurances . Maintain the security interest created by the Security Documents as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Section 4.17 (to the extent such security interest can be perfected through the filing of UCC-1 financing statements, the Intellectual Property filings to be made pursuant to Schedule 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the delivery of Pledged Securities required to be delivered under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), subject to the rights of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents to dispose of the Collateral. From time to time the Loan Parties shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take all such actions, as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of renewing the rights of the Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral as to which the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, has a perfected Lien pursuant hereto or thereto, including, without limitation, filing any financing or continuation statements or financing change statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any United States jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby.  

 

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6.10          Use of Proceeds . Use the proceeds of (a) the Term Loans, together with cash contributed to the Borrower, to (i) first, effect the Closing Date Refinancing, (ii) second, pay the Closing Date Distribution and (iii) pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions and for working capital and general corporate purposes, and (b) the Revolving Loans and the Letters of Credit for general corporate (including working capital) purposes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries not prohibited by this Agreement; provided , that Revolving Loans made on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount (together with the aggregate face amount of any Letters of Credit issued on the Closing Date (other than Existing Letters of Credit)) of up to $35,000,000 may also be used for the purposes described in clause (a) above.

 

6.11          Environmental . Comply with, and maintain its real property, whether owned, leased, subleased or otherwise operated or occupied, in compliance with, all applicable Environmental Laws (including by implementing any remedial action necessary to achieve such compliance or that is required by orders and directives of any Governmental Authority) except for failures to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there exist violations of Environmental Laws by any Loan Party that could have a Material Adverse Effect, then such Loan Party shall promptly upon receipt of request from the Administrative Agent, cause the performance, and allow the Administrative Agent and its Related Parties access to such real property for the purpose of conducting, such environmental audits and assessments, including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater to the extent not prohibited by an applicable real property lease, and cause the preparation of such reports, in each case as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request. Such audits, assessments and reports, to the extent not conducted by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties, shall be conducted and prepared by reputable environmental consulting firms reasonably acceptable to both the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.  

 

6.12          Quarterly Lenders Conference Call . Participate in quarterly telephonic conference calls with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at such time as may be agreed to by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  

 

6.13          Conduct of Business . Except in the case of a Qualified Tax Transaction Subsidiary, engage only in the businesses conducted on the Closing Date and activities reasonably related, ancillary or incidental thereto or logical extensions thereof.  

 

6.14          Designation of Unrestricted Subsidiaries . The Borrower may at any time after the Closing Date designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary so long as (i) immediately after such designation, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) after giving effect to such designation, the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than 4.50:1.00, (ii) no Subsidiary may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if, after such designation, it would be a “Restricted Subsidiary” for the purpose of any other Indebtedness of any Loan Party, (iii) 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 as determined by the Borrower in good faith of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment therein, (iv) the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (v) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (i) through (iv).  

 

6.15          Post-Closing Matters . To the extent not delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date, deliver to the Administrative Agent the documents and complete the tasks set forth on Schedule 6.15 , in each case within the time limits specified on Schedule 6.15 .  

 

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Section 7.           NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

The Borrower (on behalf of itself and each of the Restricted Subsidiaries) hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding (that has not been Cash Collateralized or backstopped) or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or the Agents hereunder (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due), the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of the Restricted Subsidiaries to, and, with respect to Sections   7.1 , 7.10 , 7.11 , 7.14 , 7.15 and 7.16 only, Holdings shall not:

 

7.1           Financial Covenant .  

 

(a)           Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio . Solely with respect to the Revolving Facility, permit the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio calculated as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019) to exceed 5.50 to 1.00.

 

(b)           Certain Cure Rights .

 

(i)           Financial Condition Covenant . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the event the Borrower fails to comply with the requirements of the covenant as set forth in Section 7.1(a) (the “ Financial Condition Covenant ”) as at the last day of any fiscal quarter (a fiscal quarter ending on such day, a “ Curable Period ”), after the Closing Date until the expiration of the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) , as applicable, with respect to the period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter, Holdings or its direct or indirect parent shall have the right (the “ Cure Right ”) to issue Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) for cash (the proceeds received by Holdings and contributed in cash as common equity to the Borrower as a result of such issuance, the “ Cure Amount ”). Upon the receipt by the Borrower of cash in an amount equal to the Cure Amount pursuant to the exercise of such Cure Right the Financial Condition Covenant shall be recalculated giving effect to the following pro forma adjustments:

 

(A)         Consolidated EBITDA for the Curable Period shall be increased, solely for the purpose of measuring the Financial Condition Covenant for such fiscal quarter and for applicable subsequent periods which include such fiscal quarter, and disregarded for any other purpose under this Agreement (including determining the availability of any baskets and step-downs), by an amount equal to the Cure Amount; and

 

(B)         if, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculations, the Borrower shall then be in compliance with the requirements of the Financial Condition Covenant, the Borrower shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of the Financial Condition Covenant as of the relevant date of determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of the Financial Condition Covenant which had occurred shall be deemed cured for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

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(ii)          Limitations on Exercise of Cure Right, etc . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) in no event shall the Borrower be entitled to exercise the Cure Right more than twice in any consecutive four-quarter period or more than five times during the term of this Agreement and (B) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount which, if added to Consolidated EBITDA for the Curable Period, would cause Borrower to be in compliance with the Financial Condition Covenant for the relevant determination period ending on the last day of such Curable Period (it being understood and agreed that for purposes of calculating such amount no effect in such calculation shall be given to any prepayment of Loans with such proceeds or to any other reduction of Consolidated Total Debt or Consolidated Interest Expense on account of the receipt of such proceeds (for such period or the next three quarterly periods)). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to the extent a fiscal quarter ended for which the Financial Condition Covenant is initially recalculated as a result of a Cure Right is included in the calculation of the Financial Condition Covenant in a subsequent fiscal period, the Cure Amount shall be included in the amount of Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarter when calculating the Financial Condition Covenant for such subsequent fiscal period. Upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt of an irrevocable notice from the Borrower that it intends to exercise the Cure Right with respect to the Financial Condition Covenant as of the last day of any fiscal quarter (the “ Notice of Intent to Cure ”), then, until the 10th Business Day subsequent to the date the financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) , as applicable, to which such Notice of Intent to Cure relates, neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall exercise the right to accelerate the Loans or terminate the Revolving Commitments and neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall exercise any right to foreclose on or take possession of the Collateral solely on the basis of an Event of Default having occurred and being continuing under Section 7.1(a) in respect of the period ending on the last day of such fiscal quarter.

 

7.2           Indebtedness . Create, issue, incur, assume, or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:  

 

(a)          (i) the Obligations (including any Incremental Facilities or Refinancing Debt), (ii) any Indebtedness in respect of Hedge Agreements entered into for a bona fide business purpose or as required hereby and not for speculative purposes, or (iii) the Incremental Equivalent Debt (and any Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt in respect thereof);

 

(b)          Indebtedness (i) of the Borrower owing to any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) of any Subsidiary Guarantor owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary owing to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary, (iv) of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary and (v) of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent such Investments would be permitted under Section 7.7(f)(i) ;

 

(c)          Indebtedness consisting of (i) Capital Lease Obligations, (ii) purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of mortgage financings) or (iii) other secured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount, together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(q) , not to exceed the greater of (x) $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ) at any one time outstanding;

 

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(d)          Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.2(d) and any refinancings, replacements, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase (other than any such increase resulting from accrued interest and the amount of reasonable fees and expenses incurred, make whole payments and premiums paid in connection with the Indebtedness being refinanced) in the principal amount thereof);

 

(e)          Guarantee Obligations (i) incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) by any non-Subsidiary Guarantor of obligations of other non-Subsidiary Guarantors, in each case, that is permitted to be incurred under this Agreement and (iii) by a Loan Party of the obligations of a non-Loan Party; provided , that the related Investment is permitted under Section 7.7 (other than Section 7.7(c)) ;

 

(f)           Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business against insufficient funds so long as such Indebtedness is promptly repaid;

 

(g)          additional unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness under this clause (g) , (ii) after giving effect to any Indebtedness incurred under this clause (g) , the Borrower shall be in compliance with the Financial Condition Covenant on a pro forma basis and (iii) the proceeds of such Indebtedness shall not be used to make any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 7.6 ; and provided , further , that the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this clause (g) by non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, taken together with all other outstanding Indebtedness of non-Guarantor Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause (h) of this Section 7.2 or clause (s) of this Section 7.2 , shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(h)          (i) assumed Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition after the date hereof (other than as a result of a Division), provided that:

 

(A)         such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary (except to the extent such acquired Indebtedness is refinanced); and

 

(B)         none of the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be a new obligor for such Indebtedness and no Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall provide security for such acquired Indebtedness; and

 

(ii)         any Indebtedness incurred to refinance, extend, renew, or replace such acquired Indebtedness; provided that the Permitted Refinancing Requirements are satisfied;

 

and provided , further that:

 

(A)         no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence under this clause (h) ; and

 

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(B)         after giving effect to any Indebtedness assumed or incurred under this clause (h) , the Borrower will be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Condition Covenant;

 

and provided , further , that the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this clause (h) by non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, taken together with all other outstanding Indebtedness of non-Guarantor Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause (g) of this Section 7.2 or clause (s) of this Section 7.2 , shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(i)          Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the form of customary obligations under indemnification, incentive, non-compete, consulting, deferred compensation, or other similar arrangements;

 

(j)          Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations not in connection with money borrowed, in each case provided in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, including those incurred to secure health, safety and environmental obligations in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

 

(k)         Indebtedness in respect of any bankers’ acceptance, bank guarantees, letter of credit, warehouse receipt or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business (including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims);

 

(l)          Indebtedness in respect of overdraft facilities, employee credit card programs, netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and other cash management and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

 

(m)        Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay the deferred purchase price of goods or services or progress payments in connection with such goods and services;

 

(n)         Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary arising from agreements of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary providing for adjustment of purchase price, the payment of deferred purchase price or similar obligations (including earn-outs in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 at any one time outstanding), or contingent indemnification obligations, in each case entered into in connection with Permitted Acquisitions, other Investments and the Disposition of any Business, assets or Capital Stock permitted hereunder;

 

(o)         Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of (i) obligations to pay insurance premiums (or owing to any insurance company in connection with the financing of any insurance premiums permitted by such insurance company in the ordinary course of business), (ii) take or pay obligations contained in supply agreements or (iii) information technology licenses, in each case arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

(p)         Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(q)         Indebtedness incurred in connection with any Permitted Sale Leaseback Transaction in an aggregate principal amount, together with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(c) , not to exceed the greater of (x) $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ) at any one time outstanding;

 

(r)          so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately after giving effect to such incurrence, Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 100% of the amount of cash that is contributed to the common equity of Holdings after the Closing Date (other than (i) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) in respect of the Cure Amount, (iii) to the extent utilized to build the Available Amount or the Contribution Amount, or (iv) to the extent applied to make a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.5(t) , a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 7.6(k) , an Investment pursuant to Section 7.7(cc) or (dd) , or a payment or distribution on Junior Indebtedness pursuant to Section 7.8(a)(iii ) or ( iv)) ; provided that (A) the cash so contributed to Holdings is promptly further contributed in cash to the common equity of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, (B) such Indebtedness is incurred within 210 days after such cash contribution to Holdings is made and (C) such Indebtedness is designated as “Contribution Indebtedness” in a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Borrower on the date incurred;

 

(s)          additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (x) $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ) at any one time outstanding; provided that the amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this clause (s) by non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, taken together with all other outstanding Indebtedness of non-Guarantor Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to clause (g) of this Section 7.2 or clause (h) of this Section 7.2 , shall not exceed $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and

 

(t)          Subordinated Sponsor Indebtedness.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.2 , (A) Indebtedness need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Indebtedness described in Section 7.2(a) through (s)  but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Indebtedness described in Sections 7.2(a) through (s) , the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 7.2 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such item of Indebtedness shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Indebtedness incurred under this Agreement (including on the Closing Date) will, at all times, be classified as being incurred under Section 7.2(a)(i) and may not be re-classified.

 

7.3            Liens . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:  

 

(a)          Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, to the extent required by GAAP;

 

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(b)         landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(c)         Liens arising out of pledges, deposits or statutory trusts in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, temporary disability, social security legislation or regulations and deposits securing liability insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements or to secure any Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(k) ;

 

(d)         deposits and other Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, subleases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds, government contracts, trade contracts, or other Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(j) , and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(e)         easements, zoning restrictions, minor defects or irregularities in title, rights-of-way, licenses, covenants, restrictions and other similar Laws, regulations, bylaw or rights reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property, or encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, do not materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(f)          Liens (i) in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(f) , (ii) securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(d) , or (iii) created after the date hereof in connection with any refinancing, refundings, or renewals or extensions thereof permitted by Section 7.2(d) ; provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date;

 

(g)         Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(c) or (q) ; provided that (i) such Liens shall be created within 90 days after the acquisition of the assets financed by such Indebtedness, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof and (iii) the principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;

 

(h)         Liens created pursuant to the Loan Documents;

 

(i)          any interest or title of a licensor, sublicensor, lessor or sublessor under any license or lease entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased, and any financing statement filed in connection with any such lease;

 

(j)          Liens arising from judgments or decrees in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.1(h) ;

 

(k)         Liens on property or assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition permitted under Section 7.7(e) (and the proceeds thereof) or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition permitted under Section 7.7(e) and not created in contemplation thereof, and Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(n) ;

 

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(l)          Liens on Property of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness or other obligations not prohibited by this Agreement to be incurred by such Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries;

 

(m)        receipt of progress payments and advances from customers in the ordinary course of business to the extent same creates a Lien on the related inventory and proceeds thereof;

 

(n)         Liens arising out of conditional sale, installment sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale or purchase by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries of goods through third parties in the ordinary course of business and Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(m) and (o)(ii) ;

 

(o)         Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments permitted by Section 7.7(b) that constitute repurchase obligations;

 

(p)         any interest or title of a lessor under any leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

(q)         licenses of Intellectual Property granted by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business that do not constitute a disposition of all substantial rights in such Intellectual Property;

 

(r)          rights of setoff or bankers’ liens of banks or other financial institutions where the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary maintains deposits in the ordinary course of business and any other Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.2(l) ;

 

(s)         ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary are located;

 

(t)          Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

(u)         Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

 

(v)         Liens securing Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(q) ; provided that such Liens do not at any time encumber Property of any Loan Party (other than any Capital Stock of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary);

 

(w)        purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary financing statements filed under any operating leases of personal property, consignments and similar arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(x)          Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection;

 

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(y)          Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods arising under Article 2 of the UCC in the ordinary course of business securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances and letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods, in any case, covering only goods actually sold;

 

(z)          Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of premiums with respect thereto to the extent permitted hereunder;

 

(aa)       Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(r) ; provided that if any such Indebtedness is secured by any Property constituting Collateral, the Lien on such Property shall rank junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations and shall be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

(bb)      Liens on Property constituting Collateral pursuant to agreements and documentation in connection with any Incremental Equivalent Debt (or any Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt in respect thereof); and

 

(cc)       other Liens with respect to obligations that do not exceed in the aggregate the greater of (x) $50,000,000 at any one time outstanding and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ) at any one time outstanding.

 

Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 7.3 to the contrary, the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien securing Indebtedness other than the Obligations (or, if and so long as the Obligations are equally and ratably secured by a Lien on such property, any Incremental Equivalent Debt or Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt otherwise permitted hereunder and secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations) upon any owned real property at an airport or ground lease or operating lease as to which it is lessee and any airport or Governmental Authority is lessor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.3 , (A) Liens need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Liens described in Section 7.3(a) through (cc) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an Lien (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Liens described in Sections 7.3(a) through (cc) , the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Lien (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 7.3 and will only be required to include the amount and type of the applicable obligations with respect to such Lien (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such obligations shall be treated as having been incurred or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Liens securing the Obligations incurred under this Agreement (including on the Closing Date) will, at all times, be classified as being incurred under Section 7.3(h) and may not be re-classified.

 

7.4            Fundamental Changes . Consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), consummate any Division as the Dividing Person, or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property or business, except that:  

 

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(a)          (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated, liquidated or consolidated with or into the Borrower ( provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged, amalgamated, liquidated or consolidated with or into any Restricted Subsidiary ( provided that if one of the parties to such merger, amalgamation or consolidation is a Subsidiary Guarantor, either (A) such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (B) simultaneously with such transaction, the continuing or surviving corporation shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and the Borrower shall comply with Section 6.8 in connection therewith);

 

(b)          any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into, or be liquidated into, any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, and any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary may be merged or consolidated with or into, or be liquidated into, any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary;

 

(c)          any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or otherwise) to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, and any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation dissolution, winding-up or otherwise) to any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary;

 

(d)          any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if (i) the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (ii) to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is a Loan Party, any assets or business not otherwise disposed of or transferred in accordance with Section 7.5 or, in the case of any such business, discontinued, shall be transferred to, or otherwise owned or conducted by, a Loan Party after giving effect to such liquidation or dissolution;

 

(e)          Permitted Acquisitions permitted by Section 7.7(e) may be consummated;

 

(f)          the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may consummate any merger or consolidation to effect a change in the state or form of organization thereof, so long as the effect of such merger, consolidation or change is not adverse to the Lenders;

 

(g)          any Restricted Subsidiary that is an LLC may consummate a Division as the Dividing Person if, immediately upon the consummation of the Division, the assets of the applicable Dividing Person are held by one or more wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries that are at such time required to become Guarantors pursuant to Section 6.8(c) and grant a perfected security interest in their respective assets constituting Collateral to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.8(a) and (b) (and which shall comply with such Sections), or, with respect to assets not so held by one or more such Restricted Subsidiaries, such Division, in the aggregate, would otherwise result in a Disposition permitted by Section 7.5(t) ;

 

provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Subsidiary which is a Division Successor resulting from a Division of assets of a Subsidiary that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary immediately before giving effect to such Division may not be deemed to be an Immaterial Subsidiary at the time of or in connection with the applicable Division.

 

7.5            Dispositions of Property . Dispose of any of its owned Property (including, without limitation, receivables) whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:  

 

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(a)          the Disposition of damaged, surplus, obsolete or worn out property, vehicles and other assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business, and property, vehicles and other assets no longer used or useful in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)          (i) the sale of inventory, goods and/or services in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the cross-licensing or licensing of Intellectual Property, in the ordinary course of business that does not constitute a disposition of all substantial rights in such Intellectual Property and (iii) the contemporaneous exchange of Property (other than Capital Stock) for a combination of Property of a like kind (other than as set forth in clause (ii)) and Net Cash Proceeds, to the extent that such Property and Net Cash Proceeds received in such exchange is of a combined value substantially equivalent to the value of the Property exchanged, as determined in good faith by the Borrower ( provided that any Net Cash Proceeds received in connection with such exchange are applied in the manner set forth under Section 2.12(b) ; and, provided , further, that after giving effect to such exchange, the value of the Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor subject to a perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents is not reduced in any material respect other than as related to the Net Cash Proceeds applied in the manner set forth under Section 2.12(b) );

 

(c)          Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4 ;

 

(d)          (i) the sale or issuance of any Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Borrower’s Capital Stock to Holdings or (ii) the sale or issuance of any Unrestricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock or Indebtedness;

 

(e)          the Disposition of (i) Property acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition that is not used in or otherwise related to the Business for fair market value and (ii) other assets for fair market value; provided that (A) no Default or Event of Default shall be in effect at the time of such Disposition, (B) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the Financial Condition Covenant, (C) at least 75% of the consideration received in respect of such Disposition shall be cash or Cash Equivalents ( provided that for purposes of the 75% consideration requirement (w) the expected amount of any earn outs or royalties to be paid to Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (as determined by Borrower in good faith), (x) the amount of any Indebtedness or other liabilities (other than Indebtedness or other liabilities that are subordinated to the Obligations or that are owed to Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on such person’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all relevant creditors in writing, (y) any Capital Stock received by Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such person into Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Investments received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable sale or disposition and (z) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such sale or disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (z)  that when received does not exceed in the aggregate $35,000,000, in each case, shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents) and (D) the requirements of Section 2.12(b) , to the extent applicable, are complied with in connection therewith;

 

(f)          any Recovery Event; provided that the requirements of Section 2.12(b) are complied with in connection therewith;

 

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(g)         the leasing, occupancy agreements or sub-leasing of Property that would not materially interfere with the required use of such Property by the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(h)         transfers of condemned Property as a result of the exercise of “eminent domain” or other similar policies to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of properties that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such Property as part of an insurance settlement;

 

(i)          the transfer of Property (i) by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) from a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to (A) the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor for no more than fair market value or (B) any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;

 

(j)          Liens permitted by Section 7.3 ;

 

(k)         Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.6 ;

 

(l)          Investments permitted by Section 7.7 ;

 

(m)        the Disposition of (i) Cash Equivalents and (ii) other current assets that were Cash Equivalents when the original Investment in such assets was made and which thereafter fail to satisfy the definition of Cash Equivalents, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) , in the ordinary course of business;

 

(n)         Dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business or in any situation of a work-out or financial distress, in each case, of the Person owing such accounts receivable;

 

(o)         the termination or unwinding of any Hedge Agreement permitted hereunder;

 

(p)         any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary may issue Capital Stock to qualified directors where required by applicable law or to satisfy other requirements of applicable law with respect to ownership of Capital Stock in Foreign Subsidiaries;

 

(q)         Dispositions of property pursuant to Permitted Sale Leaseback Transactions;

 

(r)          Dispositions of Property that do not constitute Asset Sales;

 

(s)          the lapse, abandonment, cancellation or other disposition of Intellectual Property that is not material or is no longer used or useful in any material respect in the operation of the Loan Parties, in each case, as determined in good faith by the Borrower; and

 

(t)          so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately after giving effect to such Disposition, Dispositions of Investments made with the Contribution Amount;

 

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provided , however , that any Disposition of any but not all of the Capital Stock in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Loan Party made in reliance on clauses (e) , (l) , (r) or (t) of this Section 7.5 shall only be permitted if and to the extent that, after giving effect to the consummation of such Disposition, either (x) the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors collectively have not less than 80% of Domestic Consolidated Total Assets and not less than 80% of Domestic Consolidated EBITDA (as defined below) for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending on or prior to the date such Disposition is to be consummated or (y) the percentage of Domestic Consolidated Total Assets and Domestic Consolidated EBITDA represented by the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall not be less than such percentages immediately prior to giving effect to such Disposition. For purposes of this paragraph, (A) “ Domestic Consolidated Total Assets ” means, at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (but excluding any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not incorporated in the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia) and (B) “ Domestic Consolidated EBITDA ” means Consolidated EBITDA (and its component definitions) recalculated, for the applicable period, excluding any Restricted Subsidiaries that are not incorporated in the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.

 

7.6            Restricted Payments . Declare or pay any dividend on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other Acquisition of, any Capital Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or Property or in obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or make any payment in respect of Subordinated Sponsor Indebtedness (collectively, “ Restricted Payments ”), except that:  

 

(a)          any Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or the equity holders of such Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Restricted Payments shall be made ratably based on the relevant ownership percentages of the Capital Stock;

 

(b)          (i) Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Domestic Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries and (ii) Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Foreign Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to other Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries;

 

(c)          the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to pay (i) ordinary course corporate operating and overhead expenses, customary fees and customary corporate indemnities owing to directors of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or their respective Affiliates in the ordinary course of business, or for accounting, consulting, legal, corporate reporting and similar administrative functions and to pay other reasonable and customary fees and expenses necessary to maintain its corporate existence, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 for any fiscal year for all such fees, costs indemnities and expenses set forth herein, and (ii) fees and expenses to the extent permitted under clause (i) of the second sentence of Section 7.9 ;

 

(d)          so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payments, each of the Borrower and Holdings, as applicable, may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to make Restricted Payments to its direct or indirect parent, to permit such parent to purchase its Capital Stock from present or former officers, consultants, directors or employees (and their spouses, former spouses, heirs, estates and assigns) of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary upon the death, disability, engaging in competitive activity or termination of employment of such officer, director, consultant or employee or pursuant to any equity subscription, shareholder, employment or other agreement; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments under this clause (d) shall not exceed the sum of (A) $10,000,000 and (B) the proceeds of any key-man life insurance with respect to any such employee paid to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(e)          the Borrower may make Restricted Payments to Holdings to enable Holdings to pay cash in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition, in each case, otherwise permitted hereunder;

 

(f)          additional Restricted Payments so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payments and (ii) immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such Restricted Payment, the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than 4.50:1.00;

 

(g)          additional Restricted Payments per fiscal year of up to the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b)) (without any carry forward of unused amounts to subsequent fiscal years) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payments;

 

(h)          the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to Holdings (and Holdings may make Restricted Payments with such amounts received from the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries to its Parent Holding Companies or the Sponsor) in respect of Taxes equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of Taxes that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries had been required to pay such Taxes directly as standalone taxpayers (or a standalone group); provided however , for purposes of this clause (i), that any portion of such Restricted Payments that are made on account of Taxes attributable to an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be limited to the amount actually paid with respect to such period by such Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries for the purposes of paying such Taxes and (ii) any payments due and owing by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Tax Sharing Agreement;

 

(i)          the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common Capital Stock of such Person; provided , that any such dividend payment or other distribution shall be made to the equity holders of such Person ratably based on the relevant ownership percentages of such Person’s Capital Stock;

 

(j)          the Borrower may make the Closing Date Distribution from the net proceeds of the Loans funded on the Closing Date;

 

(k)          so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment, the Borrower and Holdings may make Restricted Payments with the Contribution Amount that is then available and not otherwise applied; and

 

(l)          after a IPO, the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock (and the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may pay dividends to Holdings or any of its parents to permit Holdings or such parent to pay such dividends), of up to the greater of (x) 6.00% per annum of the Net Cash Proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in or from any such IPO and (y) an amount per annum not to exceed 6.00% of Market Capitalization, so long as, in each case, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment.

 

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In the case of any Restricted Payment pursuant to clause (f) , (g) , (k) or (l) above, the payment of any such Restricted Payment within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof shall be permitted (whether or not then meeting the requirements of such clause) if, at the date of declaration of such payment, such payment would have complied with the requirements of such clause.

 

7.7            Investments . Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase or acquire (including pursuant to any merger with, or as a Division Successor pursuant to the Division of, any Person that was not a wholly owned Restricted Subsidiary prior to such merger or Division) any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or all or substantially all of the assets constituting an ongoing business from, or make any other investment in, any other Person (all of the foregoing, “ Investments ”), except:  

(a)          extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)          Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents (or were Cash Equivalents when made);

 

(c)          Investments resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Sections 7.2(b) and (e) ;

 

(d)          Investments (other than those relating to the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.7(c) ) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries in the Borrower or any Person that, prior to such Investment, is (or, at the time of such Investment, becomes) a Subsidiary Guarantor;

 

(e)          Permitted Acquisitions consummated after the Closing Date; provided that the aggregate amount of such Investments by Loan Parties in assets that are not (or do not become) owned by a Loan Party or in Capital Stock in Persons that do not become Loan Parties upon consummation of such acquisition, together with the aggregate principal amount of Investments incurred pursuant to Section 7.7(f), shall not exceed the greater of (x) $40,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ) in the aggregate;

 

(f)          (i) Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an Unrestricted Subsidiary or Non-Guarantor Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate amount of all such Investments made after the Closing Date, together with the aggregate principal amount of Investments incurred pursuant to Section 7.7(e) shall not exceed the greater of (x) $40,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ) in the aggregate and (ii) Investments (A) by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary in any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary and (B) by any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary in any other Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;

 

(g)          Permitted Acquisitions consummated after the Closing Date or Investments by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor in joint ventures, Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, in each case so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately after giving effect to such Investment and (ii) immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such Investment, the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than 4.50:1.00;

 

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(h)         loans or advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees made in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 outstanding at any one time;

 

(i)          Investments in existence on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.7(i) ;

 

(j)          Investments of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under Hedge Agreements permitted hereunder and Investments arising as a result of Permitted Sale Leaseback Transactions or Capital Expenditures;

 

(k)         Investments of any Person in existence at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such Investment was not made in connection with or anticipation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(l)          Subsidiaries of the Borrower may be established or created, if (i) to the extent such new Subsidiary is a Domestic Subsidiary, the Borrower and such Subsidiary comply with the provisions of Section 6.8(c) and (ii) to the extent such new Subsidiary is a Foreign Subsidiary, the Borrower complies with the provisions of Section 6.8(d) ; provided that, in each case, to the extent such new Subsidiary is created solely for the purpose of consummating a merger transaction pursuant to an Acquisition permitted by Section 7.7(e) , and such new Subsidiary at no time holds any assets or liabilities other than any merger consideration contributed to it contemporaneously with the closing of such merger transactions, such new Subsidiary shall not be required to take the actions set forth in Sections 6.8(c) or 6.8(d) , as applicable, until the respective Acquisition is consummated (at which time the surviving entity of the respective merger transaction shall be required to so comply within ten Business Days);

 

(m)        Investments resulting from pledges and deposits referred to in Sections 7.3(c) and (d) ;

 

(n)         the forgiveness or conversion to Qualified Capital Stock of any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(b) ;

 

(o)         Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 7.2 and any payments made in respect of such Guarantees Obligations;

 

(p)          Investments by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in joint ventures or similar arrangements in an aggregate amount (for the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries) not to exceed the greater of (x) $40,000,000 and (y) 15% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ); provided that no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom;

 

(q)         Investments constituting non-cash proceeds of Dispositions of assets to the extent permitted by Section 7.5 ;

 

(r)          Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.6 to the extent constituting Investments;

 

(s)         Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction of accounts receivable or notes receivable from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(t)          Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

 

(u)         advances of payroll payments to officers, directors, consultants or employees in the ordinary course of business;

 

(v)         Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of leases (other than capital leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(w)         Investments received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers or customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, customers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

 

(x)          loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of, dividends permitted to be made to such parent in accordance with Section 7.6 ;

 

(y)         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 Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such plans;

 

(z)          Investments made by any Loan Party with the proceeds of capital contributions by or issuances of Qualified Capital Stock to an Affiliate that is not a Loan Party; provided that such Investments are made substantially simultaneously with the receipt of such capital contributions or issuances of Qualified Capital Stock;

 

(aa)        Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Restricted Subsidiary made for tax planning and reorganization purposes and that are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, so long as the value of the Collateral after giving pro forma effect to such Investments, taken as a whole, is not materially impaired (as determined by the Administrative Agent);

 

(bb)       Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate amount outstanding not to exceed, at the time of any such Investment, the greater of (x) $50,000,000 and (y) 20.0% of Consolidated EBITDA (as determined for the four fiscal quarters most recently ended of the Borrower and in respect to which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Sections 6.1(a) or (b) ); provided that no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom;

 

(cc)       so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately after giving effect to such Investment, Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the Contribution Amount that is then available and not otherwise applied;

 

(dd)       (i) Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the Available Amount (other than the Earnings Component thereof) that is then available and not otherwise applied and (ii) so long as no Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately after giving effect to such Investment, Investments by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with the Earnings Component of the Available Amount that is then available and not otherwise applied.

 

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It is further understood and agreed that for purposes of determining the value of any Investment outstanding for purposes of this Section, such amount shall deemed to be the initial amount of such Investment (valued at the fair market value (determined by the Borrower acting in good faith) of such Investment at the time such Investment was made) and any addition thereto, as reduced by any repayment of principal (in the case of an Investment constituting Indebtedness) or any distribution constituting a return (in the case of any other Investment) not to exceed the original amount invested.

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.7 , (A) Investments need not be permitted solely by reference to one category of permitted Investments described in Section 7.7(a) through (dd) but may be permitted in part under any combination thereof and (B) in the event that an Investment (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of one or more of the categories of permitted Investments described in Section 7.7(a) through (dd) , the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify or reclassify, or later divide, classify or reclassify, such Investment (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 7.7 and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Investment (or any portion thereof) in one of the above clauses and such Investment shall be treated as having been made or existing pursuant to only one of such clauses.

 

7.8            Optional Payments of Certain Indebtedness; Modifications of Certain Agreements and Instruments . (a) Make any optional payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of, or otherwise voluntarily defease the principal of or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of any Indebtedness outstanding under any Indebtedness ranking junior in right of security to the Facilities or unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor (including guarantees thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, but excluding any Subordinated Sponsor Indebtedness) (any such Indebtedness, “ Junior Indebtedness ”), except that (i) regularly scheduled interest payments and customary “high yield” mandatory prepayments, repurchases or redemptions following the occurrence of a “change of control” (to be defined no more favorable to the holders of such Indebtedness than the definition of “Change of Control” herein) or a Disposition of assets in respect of such Junior Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may be made in accordance with and to the extent permitted by the subordination provisions applicable thereto (and, in the case of any asset sale mandatory prepayment, intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (ii) any outstanding Junior Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may be prepaid, so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result therefrom and (B) immediately after giving pro forma effect to any prepayment, the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than 4.50:1.00, (iii) any outstanding Junior Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may be prepaid with the Contribution Amount that is then available and not otherwise applied so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately after giving effect to such payment, and (iv) any outstanding Junior Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor may be prepaid with (y) the Available Amount (other than the Earnings Component thereof) that is then available and not otherwise applied and (z) the Earnings Component of the Available Amount that is then available and not otherwise applied, so long as (in the case of this clause (z)) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately after giving effect to such payment.  

 

(b)          Amend, modify or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to any agreement or instrument governing or evidencing any Junior Indebtedness (including guarantees thereof by the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable) or Subordinated Sponsor Indebtedness or any related Subordination Agreement, in each case, in any manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders (determined by comparison to such terms in effect on the Closing Date, in the case of those then in effect, or otherwise to such terms in effect on the date of creation thereof), without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (with approval of the Required Lenders).

 

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(c)          Amend, modify or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to any organizational documents of any Loan Party in any manner that is materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, without the prior consent of the Administrative Agent (with approval of the Required Lenders).

 

7.9           Transactions with Affiliates . Enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than the Borrower or any wholly owned Subsidiary) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise not prohibited under this Agreement and (b) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make (A) any payments due and owing under (x) the Tax Sharing Agreement or any replacement thereof on substantially similar terms and (y) any agreements entered into by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, on the one hand, with any Affiliate thereof, on the other hand, (1) to the extent such payments are only required to be made out of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.6(f), (g) or (h) or (2) governing cost allocation or other arrangements relating to the payments permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.6(c)(i) , and (B) payment or reimbursement of expenses which are limited to reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Permitted Investors and their respective Affiliates in connection with the provision of their services; (ii) without being subject to the terms of this Section, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into any transaction with any Person which is an Affiliate of Holdings only by reason of such Person and Holdings having common directors, (iii) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.6 , (iv) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may consummate transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.9 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse, taken as a whole, to the Lenders in any material respect, (v) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into ordinary course non-material transactions with Affiliates in accordance with past practices, including, without limitation, in connection with the use of FBO facilities for landing and refueling and (vi) Investments by the Sponsor in debt securities of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary are otherwise permitted hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section shall not apply to employment arrangements with, and payments of compensation, expense reimbursement, indemnification or benefits to or for the benefit of, current or former employees, officers or directors of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.  

 

7.10         Changes in Fiscal Periods . Permit the fiscal year of Holdings or the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31st of each year.

 

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7.11         Negative Pledge Clauses . Enter into any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations or, in the case of any Guarantor, its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby and the proceeds thereof), (c) Contractual Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and on customary terms which limit Liens on the assets subject of the applicable Contractual Obligation, (d) any agreements regarding Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary not prohibited under Section 7.2 (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets of such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries), (e) prohibitions and limitations in effect on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.11 , (f) customary provisions restricting the subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest, (g) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to an asset sale permitted by Section 7.4 or 7.5 , (h) any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (i) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted under Section 7.7 and applicable solely to such joint venture and entered into in the ordinary course of business, (j) any prohibition or limitation that exists pursuant to any applicable Requirement of Law and (k) customary and reasonable restrictions contained in any agreements or instruments governing Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt or Incremental Equivalent Debt and any refinancings, replacements, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase (other than any such increase resulting from accrued interest and the amount of reasonable fees and expenses incurred, make whole payments and premiums paid in connection with the Indebtedness being refinanced) in the principal amount thereof); provided that the terms of any Indebtedness for borrowed money incurred by the Borrower, Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Sections 7.2(a)(i) , (ii) or (iii) or 7.2(s) and any refinancings, replacements, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof shall expressly permit the creation, incurrence, assumption and/or sufferance of the Liens, from time to time, created, incurred and/or assumed pursuant to (A) the Loan Documents or (B) any documentation for any Indebtedness refinancing the Obligations (or any portion thereof) from time to time.  

 

7.12         Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions . Enter into any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or (b) make Investments in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) any restrictions contained in agreements related to Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary not prohibited under Section 7.2 (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries), (iv) any restrictions regarding licenses or sublicenses by the Borrower and the Restrictive Subsidiaries of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business (in which case such restriction shall relate only to such Intellectual Property), (v) Contractual Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which include customary provisions restricting the assignment of any agreement relating thereto, (vi) customary provisions contained in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vii) customary provisions restricting the subletting or assignment of any lease governing a leasehold interest, (viii) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to an asset sale permitted by Section 7.4 or 7.5 , (ix) any agreement in effect at the time any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, so long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (x) such restrictions in effect on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 7.12 , (xi) applicable law, (xii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and (xiii) customary and reasonable restrictions contained in any agreements or instruments governing Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt or Incremental Equivalent Debt and any refinancings, replacements, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase (other than any such increase resulting from accrued interest and the amount of reasonable fees and expenses incurred, make whole payments and premiums paid in connection with the Indebtedness being refinanced) in the principal amount thereof).  

 

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7.13          Sale Leaseback Transactions . Enter into any Sale Leaseback Transactions other than Permitted Sale Leaseback Transactions.  

 

7.14          Limitation on Activities of Holdings . In the case of Holdings only, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document:  

 

(a)          conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any business or operations other than (i) those incidental to its ownership of the Capital Stock of the Borrower and (indirectly) the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower and those incidental to Investments by or in Holdings (including the issuance of Qualified Capital Stock in consideration for the purchase of its Capital Stock from its direct or indirect parent), (ii) activities incidental to the maintenance of its existence and compliance with applicable laws and legal, tax and accounting matters related thereto and activities relating to its employees, (iii) activities relating to the performance of the obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party or expressly permitted thereunder, (iv) the making of Restricted Payments permitted to be made to Holdings pursuant to Section 7.6 , (v) the receipt and payment by Holdings of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 7.6 , (vi) declaring and making dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in its Qualified Capital Stock, (vii) the incurring of Indebtedness by Holdings to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be incurred by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Sections 7.2(i) and 7.2(n) and (ix) the other transactions expressly permitted under this Section 7.14 ;

 

(b)          incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities or financial obligations, except (i) the Obligations, (ii) Guarantee Obligations with respect to any Incremental Commitments, Incremental Equivalent Debt, Junior Indebtedness, Refinancing Facilities, and Refinancing Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case, that is permitted to be incurred hereunder, (iii) obligations with respect to its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock), (iv) tax liabilities and liabilities for expenses incurred in connection with the maintenance of its existence and (v) the other transactions expressly permitted under this Section 7.14 and Section 7.9(b)(i)(A)(y) ;

 

(c)          own, lease, manage or otherwise operate or transfer any properties or assets (including cash (other than cash received in connection with Qualified Equity Issuances and dividends paid by the Borrower in accordance with Section 7.6 pending application in the manner contemplated by said Section)) other than (i) the ownership of shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower and de minimis amounts of other assets incidental to its business and (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (A) the transfer by Holdings of Capital Stock of its direct or indirect parent to present or former officers, directors, consultants or employees of Holdings or its Subsidiaries, their estates, spouses or former spouses and their heirs and (B) the other transactions expressly permitted under this Section 7 ; or

 

(d)          consummate any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property or business.

 

7.15          Compliance with Sanctions and Money Laundering Laws . The Borrower and Holdings will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to use any Loans or the proceeds thereof, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available any Loans or the proceeds of any Loans to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, either directly or, to their knowledge, indirectly (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person who at the time of such funding is the subject of Sanctions or located, organized or residing in any Designated Jurisdiction or in any country or territory that at the time of such funding is, or whose government is, a Designated Jurisdiction, except to the extent permissible for a Person required to comply with Sanctions or (ii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as a Lead Arranger, the Administrative Agent, any Lender or an Issuing Lender or otherwise) of Sanctions. The Borrower and Holdings will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, use any Loan or Letter of Credit or the proceeds therefrom for any purpose that would violate any Anti-Corruption Law in any material respect.  

 

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7.16        Transfer of Airport Leases to Unrestricted Subsidiaries . Permit or cause, notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, any ground lease or operating lease as to which any airport or Governmental Authority is lessor and the Borrower, Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary is lessee on the Closing Date (each, a “ Closing Date Airport Lease ”) to be owned by or transferred to any Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (whether by designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 , the formation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, the consummation of any Disposition, the making of any Investment or Restricted Payment, the naming of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as lessee thereunder, any combination of the foregoing, or otherwise); provided that any Closing Date Airport Lease may be owned by or transferred to an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, in each case so long as, immediately after giving effect to the transaction or event (or related series of transactions or events) resulting in such Unrestricted Subsidiary owning or being named as lessee thereunder, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) immediately after giving pro forma effect to any such transaction or event (or related series of transactions or events), the Borrower’s Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be less than 3.50:1.00.  

 

Section 8.        EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

8.1          Events of Default .  

 

If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

 

(a)       the Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof or (ii) any interest owed by it on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or any other amount payable by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five Business Days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

 

(b)       any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made or furnished; or

 

(c)       any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in (i) Sections 6.5(c) , 6.6(b) , 6.6(c) , 6.6(d) or 6.7(f) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 20 days after such Loan Party receives from the Administrative Agent or any Lender written notice of the existence of such default or (ii) Section 6.4(a)(i) (with respect to Holdings or the Borrower only), Section 6.7(a) or Section 7 ; provided that the Borrower’s failure to comply with the Financial Condition Covenant (a “ Financial Covenant Event of Default ”) shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Term Loans or Term Commitments unless and until the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have actually terminated all Revolving Commitments and declared all Obligations with respect to the Revolving Facility to be immediately due and payable pursuant to the last paragraph of this Section 8.1 as a result of such Financial Covenant Event of Default (and such declaration has not been rescinded as of the applicable date) (the occurrence of such termination and declaration by the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, a “ Financial Covenant Cross Default ”); provided further that any Financial Covenant Event of Default is subject to cure pursuant to Section 7.1(b) ; or

 

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(d)       any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in clauses (a) through to and including clause (c) of this Section 8.1 ), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after such Loan Party receives from the Administrative Agent or any Lender written notice of the existence of such default; or

 

(e)       Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Immaterial Subsidiary) shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (excluding the Obligations) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto, in each case, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created and such default has not been waived; or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other material agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event of default shall occur, in each case, beyond the period of grace or cure, if any, provided therefore, if the effect of which payment or other default or other event of default described in clauses (i) or (ii) of this clause (e) is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or to become subject to a mandatory offer to purchase by the obligor thereunder or to become payable; provided that (A) a default, event or condition described in this clause (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults or events of default of the type described in this clause (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $25,000,000 and (B) this clause (e) shall not apply to (x) secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the sale, transfer, destruction or other Disposition of the Property or assets securing such Indebtedness if such sale, transfer, destruction or other Disposition is not prohibited hereunder or (y) any Guarantee Obligations except to the extent such Guarantee Obligations shall become due and payable by any Loan Party and remain unpaid after any applicable grace period or period permitted following demand for the payment thereof; or

 

(f)       (i) Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against substantially all of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall consent to or approve of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i) , (ii) , or (iii) above; or (v) Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than any Immaterial Subsidiaries) shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

 

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(g)       (i) the occurrence of an ERISA Event or (ii) the occurrence of a non-exempt “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, in each case, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(h)       one or more monetary judgments or decrees shall be entered against Holdings, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries involving, for Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, a liability (to the extent not paid or covered by insurance or effective indemnity) of $25,000,000 or more, and such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or

 

(i)        (i) any of the Loan Documents shall cease, for any reason (other than in accordance with the terms thereof or by reason of the express release thereof pursuant to Section 10.15 ) to be in full force and effect or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of any party thereto, (ii) any security interest purported to be created by any Security Document to extend to Collateral that is not immaterial to the Loan Parties on a consolidated basis shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected security interest (having the priority required by this Agreement or the relevant Security Document) in the securities, assets or properties covered thereby, except to the extent that (A) any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or to file UCC continuation statements or (B) any such loss of validity, perfection or priority is the result of any failure by the Collateral Agent to take any action necessary to secure the validity, perfection or priority of the liens or (iii) the Guarantees pursuant to the Security Documents by any Loan Party of any of the Obligations shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms thereof), or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations; or

 

(j)        a Change of Control shall have occurred; or

 

(k)       (i) any provision of a Subordination Agreement or (ii) any subordination provision in any document or instrument governing unsecured, senior subordinated or subordinated Indebtedness the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $25,000,000 of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including guarantees thereof by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable), shall, in each case, cease to be in full force and effect, or the Sponsor or any Parent Holding Company that is party to a Subordination Agreement, in the case of such Subordination Agreement, or Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in the case of any other document or instrument, shall contest in any manner the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any such provision;

 

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then, except as provided in the immediately succeeding paragraph with respect to a Financial Covenant Event of Default, in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clauses (i) , (ii) , (iii) or (iv) of clause (f) above with respect to the Borrower, automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, terminate the Commitments and declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable. In the case of all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been backstopped or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower then due and owing hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full (other than contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due), the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto). Except as expressly provided above in this Section or otherwise in any Loan Document, presentment, demand and protest of any kind are hereby expressly waived by Holdings and the Borrower.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if the only Events of Default then having occurred and continuing are pursuant to a Financial Covenant Event of Default, then, unless a Financial Covenant Cross Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall only take the actions set forth in this Section 8.1 at the request (or with the consent) of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders (as opposed to the Required Lenders) and only with respect to the Revolving Commitments, Revolving Loans, Letters of Credit, and Obligations under the Revolving Facility.

 

Section 9.        THE AGENTS

 

9.1         Appointment . Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section are solely for the benefit of the Agents and the Lenders (including the Issuing Lenders), and the Borrower shall not have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.  

 

Each Issuing Lender shall act on behalf of the Revolving Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and each Issuing Lender shall have all of the benefits and immunities (a) provided to the Agents in this Section with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such Issuing Lender in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Agent” as used in this Section and the definition of “Agent-Related Person” included such Issuing Lender with respect to such acts or omissions, and (b) as additionally provided herein with respect to each Issuing Lender.

 

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9.2        Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Facilities as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.  

 

9.3        Exculpatory Provisions . (a) No Agent, Joint Bookrunner, Lead Arranger, or Documentation Agent shall have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Agent, Joint Bookrunner, Lead Arranger or Documentation Agent shall: (i) be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing; (ii) have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except (in the case of the Administrative Agent) discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may effect a forfeiture, modification or termination of Property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and (iii) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its respective Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by such Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  

 

(b)       The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Section 8 and/or Section 10.1 ), or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender, an Issuing Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.”

 

(c)       No Agent-Related Person shall be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 5 or elsewhere herein, other than (in the case of the Administrative Agent) to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to it.

 

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(d)       The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the provisions of this Agreement relating to Disqualified Institutions or Affiliated Lenders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender or Participant or prospective Lender or Participant is a Disqualified Institution or Affiliated Lender or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of Loans, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution or Affiliated Lender.

 

9.4         Reliance by the Agents . Each Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. Each Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to any Borrowing or any draft under any Letter of Credit that by its terms shall be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such Issuing Lender prior to any such Borrowing or Letter of Credit draft. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.  

 

9.5         Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders . Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Agents nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Agents hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the applicable Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their Affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Agents hereunder, the Agents shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of either Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.  

 

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9.6         Indemnification . Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, each Lender shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of the Borrower and without limiting the obligations of any Loan Party to do so) on a pro rata basis (determined as of the time that the applicable payment is sought based on each Lender’s ratable share at such time) and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that (a) no Lender shall be liable for payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities to the extent determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct (and no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section) and (b) to the extent any Issuing Lender is entitled to indemnification under this Section solely in its capacity and role as an Issuing Lender only the Revolving Lenders shall be required to indemnify such Issuing Lender in accordance with this Section (determined as of the time that the applicable payment is sought based on each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Percentage thereof at such time). In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this Section applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights and responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such costs or expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower.  

 

To the extent required by any applicable Law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any U.S. federal income Tax. If the IRS or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that the Administrative Agent did not properly withhold U.S. federal income Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal income Tax ineffective or for any other reason, or if the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that a payment was made to a Lender pursuant to this Agreement without deduction of applicable withholding tax from such payment, such Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by the Administrative Agent as Tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with all reasonable costs and out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred in connection therewith.

 

9.7         Agent in Its Individual Capacity . Any Agent shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent hereunder, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as such Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not an Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.  

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9.8         Successor Agents . The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent (which may be an Affiliate of a Lender but may not be a Disqualified Institution), with the consent of the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders (with, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing, the consent of the Borrower (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) and shall have accepted such appointment prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, then the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above (including, without limitation, the consent of the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)). Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on such effective date, where (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lenders under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and Issuing Lender directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section and Section 9.3 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.  

 

If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrower and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, with the consent of the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), appoint a successor; provided , however , that the occurrence of any event specified in clause (d) of the definition of Defaulting Lender with respect to any direct or indirect parent entity of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., shall not give rise to the Required Lenders having the ability to remove JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent hereunder pursuant to this sentence. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Removal Effective Date ”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.

 

9.9         Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees . The Agents are hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to effect any release or subordination of Liens or Guarantee Obligations contemplated by Section 10.15 without further action or consent by the Lenders.  

 

9.10         Lead Arrangers . None of the Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners or Documentation Agents identified on the cover page of this Agreement shall have any rights, powers, obligations, liabilities, responsibilities or duties under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Lender hereunder. Without limiting any other provision of this Section 9, none of the Lead Arrangers, Joint Bookrunners or Documentation Agents in their respective capacities as such shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender (including any Issuing Lender) or any other Person by reason of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.  

 

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9.11        Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim . In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:  

 

(a)       to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, all L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due to the Lenders, the Issuing Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.9 and 10.5(a) ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)       to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and Issuing 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 and the Issuing Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.9 and 10.5(a) .

 

9.12        Certain ERISA Matters .  

 

(a)       Each Lender (x) represents and warrants, as of the date such Person became a Lender party hereto, to, and (y) covenants, from the date such Person became a Lender party hereto to the date such Person ceases being a Lender party hereto, for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, and each Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, 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 the Plan Asset Regulations) of one or more Benefit Plans in connection with the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments;

 

(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 sub-clause (i) in the immediately preceding clause (a) is true with respect to a Lender or such Lender has not provided another representation, warranty and covenant as provided in 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 each Lead Arranger and their respective Affiliates, and not, for the avoidance of doubt, to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Loan Party, that none of the Administrative Agent, or any Lead Arranger, any Co-Documentation Agent or any of their respective Affiliates is a fiduciary with respect to the Collateral or the assets of such Lender (including in connection with the reservation or exercise of any rights by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, any Loan Document or any documents related to hereto or thereto).

 

(c)       The Administrative Agent, and each Lead Arranger and Co-Documentation Agent hereby informs the Lenders that each such Person is not undertaking to provide investment advice or to give advice in a fiduciary capacity, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and that such Person has a financial interest in the transactions contemplated hereby in that such Person or an Affiliate thereof (i) may receive interest or other payments with respect to the Loans, the Letters of Credit, the Commitments, this Agreement and any other Loan Documents (ii) may recognize a gain if it extended the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments for an amount less than the amount being paid for an interest in the Loans, the Letters of Credit or the Commitments by such Lender or (iii) may receive fees or other payments in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, the Loan Documents or otherwise, including structuring fees, commitment fees, arrangement fees, facility fees, upfront fees, underwriting fees, ticking fees, agency fees, administrative agent or collateral agent fees, utilization fees, minimum usage fees, letter of credit fees, fronting fees, deal-away or alternate transaction fees, amendment fees, processing fees, term out premiums, banker’s acceptance fees, breakage or other early termination fees or fees similar to the foregoing.

 

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9.13        Posting of Communications .  

 

(a)       The Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make any Communications available to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders by posting the Communications on IntraLinks™, DebtDomain, SyndTrak, ClearPar or any other electronic platform chosen by the Administrative Agent to be its electronic transmission system (the “ Approved Electronic Platform ”).

 

(b)       Although the Approved Electronic Platform and its primary web portal are secured with generally-applicable security procedures and policies implemented or modified by the Administrative Agent from time to time (including, as of the Effective Date, a user ID/password authorization system) and the Approved Electronic Platform is secured through a per-deal authorization method whereby each user may access the Approved Electronic Platform only on a deal-by-deal basis, each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the distribution of material through an electronic medium is not necessarily secure, that the Administrative Agent is not responsible for approving or vetting the representatives or contacts of any Lender that are added to the Approved Electronic Platform, and that there may be confidentiality and other risks associated with such distribution. E ach of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower hereby approves distribution of the Communications through the Approved Electronic Platform and understands and assumes the risks of such distribution.

 

(c)       THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”. THE APPLICABLE PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE COMMUNICATIONS, OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS OR OMISSIONS IN THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM AND THE COMMUNICATIONS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY THE APPLICABLE PARTIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LEAD ARRANGER, ANY JOINT BOOKRUNNER, ANY CO-DOCUMENTATION AGENT, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE RELATED PARTIES (COLLECTIVELY, “APPLICABLE PARTIES”) HAVE ANY LIABILITY TO ANY LOAN PARTY, ANY LENDER, ANY ISSUING LENDER OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY 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 ANY LOAN PARTY’S OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT’S TRANSMISSION OF COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH THE INTERNET OR THE APPROVED ELECTRONIC PLATFORM, UNLESS DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION BY FINAL AND NON-APPEALABLE JUDGMENT TO HAVE RESULTED FROM THE GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT OF SUCH APPLICABLE PARTY.

 

(d)       “ Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section, including through an Approved Electronic Platform.

 

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(e)       Each Lender and each Issuing Lender agrees that notice to it (as provided in the next sentence) specifying that Communications have been posted to the Approved Electronic Platform shall constitute effective delivery of the Communications to such Lender for purposes of the Loan Documents. Each Lender and Issuing Lender agrees (i) to notify the Administrative Agent in writing (which could be in the form of electronic communication) from time to time of such Lender’s or Issuing Lender’s (as applicable) email address to which the foregoing notice may be sent by electronic transmission and (ii) that the foregoing notice may be sent to such email address.

 

(f)       Each of the Lenders, each of the Issuing Lenders and the Borrower agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but (except as may be required by applicable law) shall not be obligated to, store the Communications on the Approved Electronic Platform in accordance with the Administrative Agent’s generally applicable document retention procedures and policies.

 

(g)       Nothing herein shall prejudice the right of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender to give any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document in any other manner specified in such Loan Document.

 

Section 10.       MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1        Amendments and Waivers .  

 

(a)       Subject to Section 2.17(b) above and Section 10.1(d) below, neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section. The Required Lenders and each Loan Party to the relevant Loan Document may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and each Loan Party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights or obligations of the Agents, the Issuing Lenders, the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided , however , that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) forgive or reduce the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan, extend the scheduled date or reduce the amount of any amortization payment in respect of any Term Loan, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder (except that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial ratios in this Agreement or waiver of post-default rates of interest shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (i)) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof, or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Revolving Commitment, in each case without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; (ii) eliminate or reduce the voting rights of any Lender under this Section without the written consent of such Lender; (iii) amend the definition of “Required Lenders”, “Required Revolving Credit Lenders” or “Revolving Term Loan Lenders”, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders; (iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of clauses (a) , (b) or (h) of Section 2.18 without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; (v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 without the written consent of the Agents; (vi) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 without the written consent of the Issuing Lenders; (vii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.25(e) or 2.29(b) without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby or (viii) amend the assignment provisions of Section 10.6(b) to make such provisions more restrictive without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby; and, provided , further, that (x) any waiver of any payment to be applied pursuant to Section 2.18(g) to, and any modification of the application of any such payment to (A) the Term Loans shall require the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Term Facility and (B) the Revolving Loans shall require the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Revolving Facility and (y) no amendment or waiver shall, unless signed by the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Revolving Facility (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Revolving Facility) in addition to the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders) (A) amend or waive compliance with the conditions precedent to the obligations of any Revolving Lender to make any Revolving Loan (or of any Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit) in Section 5.2 , (B) amend or waive compliance with any provision of Sections 2.4 , 2.5 , 2.10 , 2.18(h) or 2.18(i) (to the extent pertaining to Revolving Loans) or Section 3 , (C) amend or waive this clause (y) or (D) waive any Default or Event of Default for the purpose of satisfying the conditions precedent to the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Loans (or of the Issuing Lender to Issue any Letter of Credit) in Section 5.2 .

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, only the Required Revolving Credit Lenders shall have the ability to waive, amend, supplement or modify the Financial Condition Covenant (or the defined terms to the extent used therein but not as used in any other Section of this Agreement) or Sections 7.1 or 8.1 (solely as it relates to the Financial Condition Covenant).

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all the Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended, or the maturity of any of its Loan may not be extended, the rate of interest on any of its Loans may not be reduced and the principal amount of any of its Loans may not be forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Defaulting Lender and (y) any amendment, waiver or consent requiring the consent of all the Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than the other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

 

(b)       Each waiver or consent under any Loan Document shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party shall entitle any Loan Party to any notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. No failure on the part of any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

 

(c)       Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing unless limited by the terms of such waiver, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent on any such subsequent or other Default or Event of Default.

 

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(d)       In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Loan Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall be permitted to amend such provision, and, in each case, such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.

 

10.2        Notices .

 

(a)       Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and subject to paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:

 

Holdings: Atlantic Aviation FBO Holdings LLC
  5201 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 150
  Plano, TX 75024
  Telephone: (972) 905-2500
  Fax: (972) 767-3514
  Attn: James May
   
  with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
   
  Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation
  125 West 55th Street, 15 th Floor
  New York, New York 10019
  Telephone:  (212) 231-1216
  Fax:  (212) 231-1828
  Attn:  Michael Kernan
   
Borrower: Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc.
  5201 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 150
  Plano, TX 75024
  Telephone: (972) 905-2500
  Fax: (972) 767-3514
  Attn: James May, CFO
   
  with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
   
  Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation
  125 West 55th Street, 15 th Floor
  New York, New York 10019
  Telephone:  (212) 231-1216
  Fax:  (212) 231-1828
  Attn:  Michael Kernan

 

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Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  10 South Dearborn Street
  Chicago, IL 60603
  Telephone:  (312) 385-7084
  Fax:  (844) 490-5663
  Attn:  Nanette Wilson
  Email:  jpm.agency.cri@jpmchase.com
   
  In the case of updates to the DQ List :
   
  Email:   JPMDQ_Contact@jpmorgan.com
   
Issuing Lender: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  10 South Dearborn
  Chicago, IL 60603
  Attention: Letter of Credit Team
  Telephone: 855-609-9959
  E-mail: chicago.lc.agency.activity.team@jpmchase.com
   
Issuing Lender: Bank of America, N.A.
  1 Fleet Way
  Scranton, PA 18507
  Attention: Letter of Credit Department
  Telephone: 800-370-7519
  E-mail: Scranton_standby_lc@bankofamerica.com
   
Issuing Lender: Compass Bank dba BBVA Compass
  8333 Douglas Ave., 2nd Floor
  Dallas, TX 75225
  Attention: Carleeta Cornett
  Telephone: 866-984-8668
  E-mail: ldfclargemiddlemarket.group@bbva.com
   
Issuing Lender: Regions Bank
  1045 Providence Rd.
  Suite 200
  Charlotte, NC 28207
  Attention: Jerry Wells
  Telephone: 704-342-6954
  E-mail: jerry.wells@regions.com
   
Issuing Lender: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  301 S. College Street, 14th Floor
  Charlotte, NC 28202
  Attention: Mark B. Felker
  Telephone:  704.374.7074
  E-mail: mark.felker@wellsfargo.com

 

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provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Agents, the Lenders, Holdings or the Borrower shall not be effective until received.

 

Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices delivered through Approved Electronic Platforms, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b) .

 

(b)       Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by using Approved Electronic Platforms pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. 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.

 

(c)       Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) 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), and (ii) 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 clause (i), of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii) above, if such notice, email 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.

 

(d)       Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

 

10.3        No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.  

 

10.4        Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.  

 

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10.5        Payment of Expenses; Indemnification; Limitation of Liability . (a) The Borrower agrees (i) to pay or reimburse each Agent and the Lead Arrangers for all their respective reasonable and documented and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the syndication of the Facilities (other than fees payable to syndicate members) and the development, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith and any amendment, supplement or modification thereto, and, as to the Agents only, the administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, charges of electronic loan administration platforms and the reasonable and documented and invoiced fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel (including one primary counsel and such local counsel as the Agents may reasonably require, but no more than one such counsel in any jurisdiction, special counsel and, in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest (as determined by the applicable Agent or Lead Arranger) separate counsel to such Agent or Lead Arranger) in connection with all of the foregoing, (ii) to pay or reimburse each Lender, each Issuing Lender, the Agents and the Lead Arrangers for all their documented and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including the fees and disbursements of one primary counsel for the Agents, Lenders, Issuing Lenders and Lead Arrangers, other advisors and professionals engaged by the Agents or the Lead Arrangers in connection with enforcement proceedings, local counsel as reasonably required, but no more than one such counsel in any jurisdiction, special counsel and, in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest (as determined by the applicable indemnified person) one separate counsel to such indemnified person, (iii) to pay, indemnify, or reimburse each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Agents for, and hold each Lender, each Issuing Lender and the Agents harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and similar other taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents and (iv) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender, each Issuing Lender, each Agent, the Lead Arrangers and their respective Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, partners, trustees, employees, advisors, agents, controlling Persons and representatives of the foregoing (each, an “ Indemnitee ”) for, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, claims, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, costs, expenses or disbursements arising out of any actions, judgments or suits of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising out of or in connection with any actual or prospective claim, litigation action or proceeding (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding) relating to or otherwise with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the making of any Loan, the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to, or any Environmental Claims related to, the operations of Holdings, the Borrower, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of the Properties and the fees and disbursements and other charges of legal counsel (including one primary counsel and such local counsel as reasonably required, but no more than one such counsel in any jurisdiction, special counsel and, in the case of any actual or perceived conflict of interest (as determined by the applicable Agent or Lead Arranger) separate counsel to such Agent or Lead Arranger) for any Indemnitee in connection therewith (all the foregoing in this clause (iv), collectively, the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”) regardless of whether such Indemnitee is a party thereto, and whether or not any such claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding is brought by the Borrower, its equity holders, its respective Affiliates, its respective creditors or any other Person; provided that neither Holdings nor the Borrower shall have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities have resulted (A) from such Indemnitee’s or, to the extent controlled or acting at the direction such Indemnitee, any of its Related Parties’ own gross negligence, willful misconduct or own material breach of any obligations hereunder, in each case, as determined in a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction or (B) out of or in connection with any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding that does not involve an act or omission by Holdings or the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries and that is brought by an Indemnitee against any other Indemnitee (other than disputes involving claims against the Agents or Lead Arrangers, in their capacities as such). All amounts due under this Section shall be payable promptly after receipt of a reasonably detailed invoice therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be submitted to the Borrower at the address thereof set forth in Section 10.2 , or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a written notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Obligations.  

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(b)       To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the parties hereto shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any 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, any Loan Document or any other document contemplated thereby, the Transactions contemplated thereby, any Commitment or any extension of credit, the use thereof or of the proceeds thereof or such Person’s activities in connection therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date); provided that such waiver of special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages shall not limit the indemnification obligations of the Borrower under this Section 10.5 .

 

10.6        Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments . (a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any Affiliate of any Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.  

 

(b)       (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in clauses (b)(ii) and (c) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees other than a natural person, Holdings, or the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates and Subsidiaries subject to Section 10.6(c) or a Defaulting Lender, or, subject to Section 10.6(l) , a Disqualified Institution (each, an “ Assignee ”), all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

 

(A)       the Borrower; provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required (x) for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or if an Event of Default has occurred in respect of Sections 8.1(a) or 8.1(f) and is then continuing, any other Person; or (y) in connection with the primary syndication of the Term Loan Facility hereunder; provided , further, that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 5 Business Days after having received notice thereof;

 

(B)       the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund ( provided that the Administrative Agent shall acknowledge any such assignment); and

 

(C)       in the case of an assignment under the Revolving Facility, the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender;

 

Any such assignment by any Lender need not be ratable as among the Facilities.

 

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(ii)       Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)       except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of (I) the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or (II) if earlier, the “trade date” (if any) specified in such Assignment and Assumption) shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Facility, or $1,000,000 in the case of any assignment in respect of the Term Facility, unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent; provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;

 

(B)       the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (x) an Assignment and Assumption or (y) to the extent applicable, an agreement incorporating an Assignment and Assumption by reference pursuant to an Approved Electronic Platform as to which the Administrative Agent and the parties to the Assignment and Assumption are participants, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (which shall not be payable by Holdings or any of its Affiliates or by the Lead Arrangers); provided that only one such fee shall be payable in the case of contemporaneous assignments to or by two or more related Approved Funds; and

 

(C)       the Assignee, unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire.

 

For the purposes of this Section, “ Approved Fund ” means any Person that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by (x) a Lender, (y) an Affiliate of a Lender or (z) (1) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender or (2) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that is the investment advisor to a Lender.

 

(iii)       Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to clause (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.19 , 2.20 , 2.21 and 10.5 ). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 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 clause (c) of this Section.

 

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(iv)       (i) The Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the Borrower solely for tax purposes and solely with respect to the actions described in this Section 10.6(b) and Section 2.8 , shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in Section 10.2 (or at such other address as the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower) (A) a record of ownership (the “ Register ”) in which the Administrative Agent agrees to register by book entry the interests (including any rights to receive payment hereunder) of the Administrative Agent and each Lender in the Obligations, each of their obligations under this Agreement to participate in each Loan and any assignment of any such interest, obligation or right and (B) accounts in the applicable Register in accordance with its usual practice in which it shall record (1) the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders, as applicable (and each change thereto pursuant to Section 2.24 and Section 10.6 ), (2) the Commitments of each applicable Lender, (3) the amount of each Loan and each funding of any participation described in clause (A) above, for Eurodollar Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (4) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or paid with respect to Loans recorded in the applicable Register, (5) the amount of the Reimbursement Obligations due and payable or paid and (6) any other payment received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower and its application to the Obligations.

 

(v)       Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in clause (b) of this Section and any written consent to such assignment required by clause (b) of this Section, the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this clause (v) .

 

(c)       (i) Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement and subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower in its sole discretion, (A) any Lender may assign all or a portion of its Term Loans to any Person who, after giving effect to such assignment, would be an Affiliated Lender or a Purchasing Borrower Party in accordance with Section 10.6(b) and (B) a Purchasing Borrower Party may, from time to time, purchase or prepay Term Loans on a non- pro rata basis through 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 Administrative Agent (or other applicable agent managing such auction); provided that:

 

(ii)       no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing or would result therefrom;

 

(iii)      the assigning Lender and Affiliated Lender or Purchasing Borrower Party purchasing such Lender’s Term Loans, as applicable, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Affiliated Lender Assignment and Assumption in lieu of an Assignment and Assumption;

 

(iv)       for the avoidance of doubt, Lenders shall not be permitted to assign Revolving Commitments or Revolving Loans to any Affiliated Lender or Purchasing Borrower Party (including Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries not acting as Purchasing Borrower Party);

 

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(v)       any Term Loans assigned to any Purchasing Borrower Party (or purchased or prepaid by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) acting in accordance with this Section 10.6(c) shall be automatically and permanently cancelled upon the effectiveness of such assignment and will thereafter no longer be outstanding for any purpose hereunder;

 

(vi)       no Purchasing Borrower Party (including Holdings, the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary acting as a Purchasing Borrower Party) may use the proceeds from Revolving Loans to purchase any Term Loans;

 

(vii)      no Term Loan may be assigned to (x) except as set forth in clause (k) below, an Affiliated Lender pursuant to this Section 10.6(c) , if after giving effect to such assignment, Affiliated Lenders together in the aggregate would own in excess of 20% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and any assignments to Affiliated Lenders that would cause the Affiliated Lenders in the aggregate to hold in excess of 20% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding shall be deemed void ab initio and the Register shall be modified to reflect a reversal of such assignment and (y) a Purchasing Borrower Party pursuant to this Section 10.6(c) , if after giving effect to such assignment, Purchasing Borrower Parties together in the aggregate would own in excess of 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding, and any assignments to Purchasing Borrower Parties that would cause the Purchasing Borrower Parties in the aggregate to hold in excess of 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding shall be deemed void ab initio and the Register shall be modified to reflect a reversal of such assignment; and

 

(viii)       such Affiliated Lender or Purchasing Borrower Party represents and warrants that it is not in possession of material non-public information within the meaning of the United States federal securities laws with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or Subsidiary, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, at the time of such purchase that has not been disclosed to the Lenders (other than Lenders that do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary) prior to such time.

 

(d)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Affiliated Lender shall have any right to (I) attend (including by telephone) any meeting or discussions (or portion thereof) among the Administrative Agent or any Lender to which representatives of the Loan Parties are not invited, (II) receive any information or material prepared by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any communication by or among the Administrative Agent and/or one or more Lenders, except to the extent such information or materials have been made available to any Loan Party or its representatives (and in any case, other than the right to receive notices of prepayments and other administrative notices in respect of its Loans required to be delivered to Lenders) or (III) make or bring (or participate in, other than as a passive Participant in or Recipient of its pro rata benefits of) any claim, in its capacity as a Lender, against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any other Lender with respect to any duties or obligations or alleged duties or obligations of such Agent or any other such Lender under the Loan Documents.

 

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(e)       Notwithstanding anything in Section 10.1 or the definition of “Required Lenders” to the contrary, for purposes of determining whether the “Required Lenders” have (i) consented (or not consented) to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other action with respect to any of the terms of any Loan Document or any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, (ii) otherwise acted on any matter related to any Loan Document or (iii) directed or required the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to or under any Loan Document, all Term Loans held by any Affiliated Lender shall be deemed to have voted in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by Lenders who are not Affiliated Lenders for all purposes of calculating whether the Required Lenders have taken any actions; provided that this clause (e) shall not apply with respect to any amendment, modification, waiver or consent (A) described in clauses (i) – (iv), (vii) and (viii) of Section 10.1(a) (which, for the avoidance of doubt, such Affiliated Lender would not be permitted to vote on (x) any change to the component definitions of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio or (y) any amendment, modification, waiver or consent with respect to Section 7.9 ) or (B) that disproportionately, directly and adversely affects such Affiliated Lender.

 

(f)       Each Affiliated Lender hereby agrees that if a case under Title 11 of the United States Code is commenced against any Loan Party, each such Affiliated Lender shall consent to provide that the vote of such Affiliated Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) with respect to any plan of reorganization of such Loan Party shall be deemed to have voted in the same proportion as the allocation of voting with respect to such matter by Lenders who are not Affiliated Lenders, except that such Affiliated Lender’s vote (in its capacity as a Lender) may be counted to the extent any such plan of reorganization proposes to treat the Obligations held by such Affiliated Lender in a manner that is less favorable in any respect to such Affiliated Lender than the proposed treatment of similar Obligations held by Lenders that are not Affiliates of the Borrower. Each Affiliated Lender hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Affiliated Lender’s attorney-in-fact, with full authority in the place and stead of such Affiliated Lender and in the name of such Affiliated Lender, from time to time in the Administrative Agent’s discretion to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Administrative Agent may deem reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this clause (f).

 

(g)       In no event shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Lender is an Affiliated Lender nor shall the Administrative Agent be obligated to monitor the number of Affiliated Lenders or the aggregate amount of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans held by Affiliated Lenders.

 

(h)       Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower (except as otherwise provided below) or the Administrative Agent sell participations to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”), but in any event not to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their respective Affiliates or Subsidiaries, a Person that the Administrative Agent has identified in a notice to the Lenders as a Defaulting Lender, or, subject to Section 10.6(l) , a Disqualified Institution, 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, (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and (D) any sale of a participation to an Affiliated Lender shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower in its sole discretion. Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) requires the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 10.1 and (2) directly affects such Participant. Subject to clause (h)(i) of this Section, the Borrower agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.19 , 2.20 and 2.21 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (b) of this Section.

 

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(i)       A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.19 or 2.20 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant except to the extent such entitlement to receive any greater payment results from a change in law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable Participation or, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’ prior written consent. No Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.20 unless such Participant complies with Section 2.20(f) , as (and to the extent) applicable, as if such Participant were a Lender. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.7(b) as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 10.7(a) as though it were a Lender

 

(ii)       Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (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 Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(i)       Any Lender may, without the consent of or notice to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower (except as set forth below), 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 (i) a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank or (ii) any holder of, or trustee for the benefit of the holders of, such Lender’s Capital Stock, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, instruments and other evidence of Indebtedness, and all warrants, options and other rights to acquire the foregoing, and this Section shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto; provided , further that any such pledge or assignment of a security interest to an Affiliated Lender is subject to the prior written consent of the Borrower in its sole discretion. The Borrower, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agree to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in this clause (i) .

 

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(j)       In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or sub-participations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable ratable share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full ratable share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit in accordance with its Revolving Percentage; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this clause (j) , then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

(k)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no assignment or participation may be made to Macquarie Group Limited or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (including without limitation any fund managed or controlled thereby or any investment scheme or similar vehicle or separate managed account related thereto), except with the prior written consent of the Borrower in its sole discretion.

 

(l)        Disqualified Institutions . (i) No assignment or participation shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Institution as of the date (the “ Trade Date ”) on which the applicable Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign or participate all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment as otherwise contemplated by this Section 10.6 , in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Institution for the purpose of such assignment). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee or participant that becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date (including as a result of the delivery of a notice pursuant to, and/or the expiration of the notice period referred to in, the definition of “Disqualified Institution”), (x) such assignee shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender or participant and (y) the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Institution. Any assignment in violation of this clause (l)(i) shall not be void, but the other provisions of this clause (l) shall apply.

 

(ii)       If any assignment is made to any Disqualified Institution without the Borrower’s prior consent in violation of clause (i) above, or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Institution after the applicable Trade Date, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Institution and the Administrative Agent, (A) terminate any Revolving Commitment of such Disqualified Institution and repay all obligations of the Borrower owing to such Disqualified Institution in connection with such Revolving Commitment, (B) in the case of outstanding Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions, prepay such Term Loan by paying the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such Term Loans, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and/or (C) require such Disqualified Institution to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 10.6 ), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement and related Loan Documents to an Assignee that shall assume such obligations at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Institution paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and other the other Loan Documents; provided that (i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 10.6(b)(ii)(B) , (ii) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws and (iii) in the case of clause (B) , the Borrower shall not use the proceeds from any Loans to prepay Term Loans held by Disqualified Institutions.

 

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(iii)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Institutions (A) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (B) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Institution will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Institutions consented to such matter, and (y) for purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws (“ Plan of Reorganization ”), each Disqualified Institution party hereto hereby agrees (1) not to vote on such Plan of Reorganization, (2) if such Disqualified Institution does vote on such Plan of Reorganization notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (1), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be “designated” pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such Plan of Reorganization in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws) and (3) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by the Bankruptcy Court (or other applicable court of competent jurisdiction) effectuating the foregoing clause (2).

 

(iv)       The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to provide the list of Disqualified Institutions provided by the Borrower and any updates thereto from time to time (collectively, the “ DQ List ”) to each Lender requesting the same.

 

10.7        Adjustments; Set-off . (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a “ Benefited Lender ”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by setoff, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8.1(f) , or otherwise), other than in connection with assignments hereunder, in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Obligations, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Obligations, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided , however , that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.  

 

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(b)       In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) after the expiration of any cure or grace periods, to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final but excluding trust accounts, employee benefit accounts, payroll, petty cash, tax and withholding accounts and the like), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (i) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.23 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders and (ii) such Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

10.8         Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by electronic mail in “portable document format” shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.  

 

10.9         Severability . Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Lender, as applicable, then such provision shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.  

 

10.10        Integration . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.  

 

10.11        GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  

 

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10.12      Submission to Jurisdiction; Waivers . Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:  

 

(a)       agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender, any Related Party of any of the foregoing, in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the Transactions relating hereto or thereto, in a forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, or of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation 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 Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrower or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction;

 

(b)       waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in clause (a) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court;

 

(c)       agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to it at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

(d)       agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(e)       waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided, however, that this Section 10.12(e) shall not limit indemnification obligations to third parties under Section 10.5 .

 

10.13       Acknowledgments . Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:  

 

(a)       it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

 

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(b)       (i) neither the Agents nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to either of Holdings or the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents; (ii) the relationship between the Agents and Lenders, on one hand, and Holdings and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and (iii) it hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any claims it may have against any Agent or Lender in respect of any agency or fiduciary relationship claim; and

 

(c)       no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the Transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders.

 

10.14       Confidentiality . The Agents and the Lenders agree to treat any and all information, regardless of the medium or form of communication, that is disclosed, provided or furnished, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of Holdings or any of its Affiliates, whether in writing, orally, by observation or otherwise and whether furnished before or after the Closing Date (“ Confidential Information ”), strictly confidential and not to use Confidential Information for any purpose other than evaluating the Transactions and negotiating, making available, syndicating and administering this Agreement (the “ Agreed Purposes ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Agent and each Lender shall be permitted to disclose Confidential Information (a) to its directors, officers, employees, counsel, trustees, agents and other advisors and each of its Affiliates (collectively, the “ Representatives ”), to the extent necessary to permit such Representatives to assist in connection with the Agreed Purposes, provided that such Representatives are instructed to preserve the confidentiality of any Confidential Information, (b)(i) to prospective Lenders and Participants in connection with the syndication or secondary trading of the Facilities and Commitments and Loans hereunder (and it is understood and agreed that the DQ List may be provided to any such prospective Lender or Participant on a confidential basis for the purpose of such prospective Lender or Participant to determine whether it satisfies the requirements to be an assignee or Participant hereunder and to make any related representation included in the applicable Assignment and Assumption or participation agreement), and (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrower and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, in each case who are informed of the confidential nature of the information and agree to observe and be bound by standard confidentiality terms, (c) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority having or purporting to have jurisdiction over it (in which case the disclosing Agent or Lender agrees, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable Requirement of Law, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure), (d) in response to any order of any Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law (in which case the disclosing Agent or Lender agrees, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable Requirement of Law, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure, other than in connection with any routine regulatory examinations), (e) in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding relating to the Facilities, (f) that has been publicly disclosed other than in breach of this Section, (g) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender (in which case the disclosing Agent or Lender agrees, to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable Requirement of Law, to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure), (h) to the extent necessary or customary for inclusion in league table measurements (in which case, the disclosing Agent or Lender agrees to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure), (i) to market data collectors and service providers in connection with the administration of the credit facility (in which case the disclosing Agent or Lender agrees to inform the Borrower promptly thereof prior to such disclosure), (j) to the extent reasonably required or necessary, in connection with the exercise of any remedy under the Loan Documents or (k) with the Borrower’s consent. Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders acknowledges that (a) the Confidential Information may include material non-public information concerning Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Laws, including United States Federal securities laws.  

 

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10.15        Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations; Subordination of Liens . (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, in connection with any Disposition permitted by the Loan Documents or permitted by the Required Lenders, (i) the security interest in any Collateral being Disposed of in such Disposition shall be automatically released to the extent that such Disposition does not (A) pertain to Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor or other Collateral in the possession of the Collateral Agent or (B) involve the filing of amendments to or termination of any financing statement or mortgage in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and (ii) upon the request of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, any Hedge Counterparty that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement or any Cash Management Counterparty that is a party to any Cash Management Document or contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in any Collateral being Disposed of in such Disposition, and, in the event that all the Capital Stock of a Guarantor is being Disposed of in such Disposition or if such Guarantor is being designated by the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 , to release any Guarantee Obligations under any Loan Document of any Person being Disposed of in such Disposition, to the extent necessary to permit consummation of such Disposition in accordance with the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, returning any Capital Stock that is so Disposed of and that is in possession of the Collateral Agent and delivering, or authorizing the filing of, amendments or terminations of any financing statements or mortgages in favor of the Collateral Agent covering the Collateral so Disposed of). Any representation, warranty or covenant contained in any Loan Document relating to any such Property so Disposed of (other than Property Disposed of to the Borrower or any of its respective Subsidiaries) shall no longer be deemed to be repeated once such Property is so Disposed of. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, in connection with any Indebtedness or Lien permitted to be incurred by the Loan Documents or permitted by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, any Hedge Counterparty that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement or any Cash Management Counterparty that is a party to any Cash Management Document) deliver or authorize the filing of an amendment to any financing statement in favor of the Collateral Agent covering the Collateral to the extent necessary to permit the incurrence of such Indebtedness or Lien and to the extent deemed reasonably necessary by each of the Collateral Agent and the Borrower; provided that such amendment shall not materially detract from the value of the Collateral.  

 

(b)       Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, when all Obligations (other than (i) obligations in respect of any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Document and (ii) any contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding that is not Cash Collateralized or backstopped, the security interest in the Collateral and the Guarantee Obligations under the Loan Document shall be automatically released and, upon request of the Borrower, the Collateral Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any Affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement or Cash Management Document) take such actions as shall be required to evidence the release of its security interest in all Collateral, and the release of all Guarantee Obligations under any Loan Document (including delivering or authorizing the filing of amendments or terminations of any financing statements or mortgages in favor of the Collateral Agent covering the Collateral), whether or not on the date of such release there may be outstanding Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements or Cash Management Document or contingent or indemnification obligations not then asserted or due. Any such release of Guarantee Obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such Guarantee Obligations shall be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

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10.16        Accounting Changes . In the event that any Accounting Change (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of the financial ratios, standards or terms in this Agreement, then Holdings, the Borrower and the Agents agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating Holdings’ financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower, the Agents and the Required Lenders, the financial ratios and all standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “ Accounting Changes ” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.  

 

10.17        WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.  

 

10.18        PATRIOT ACT . Each Lender hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of the Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the PATRIOT Act.  

 

10.19        No 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: (a) (i) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship among Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and any Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender is intended to be or has been created in respect of the Transactions contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents, irrespective of whether any Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender has advised or is advising Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary on other matters, (ii) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Agents, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agents, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders, on the other hand, (iii) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent that it has deemed appropriate and (iv) 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; and (b) (i) the Agents, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders 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; (ii) none of the Agents, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders 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 Agents, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged, for their own accounts or the accounts of customers, in a broad range of Transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Agents, the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. The Borrower agrees that it will not assert any claim against any Lender, Agent or Issuing Lender based on an alleged breach of fiduciary duty by such Person in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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10.20       Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:  

 

(a)          the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

 

(b)          the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

 

(i)       a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

 

(ii)       a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

 

(iii)      the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

  ATLANTIC AVIATION FBO INC.,
    as Borrower
     
  By: /s/ Louis T. Pepper
    Name:  Louis T. Pepper
    Title:    President and Chief Excutive Officer
     
  Atlantic aviation fbo holdings llc ,
    as Holdings
     
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name:  Liam Stewart
    Title:    Treasurer

 

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  JPM organ C hase B ank , N.A.,
    as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Issuing Lender and Lender
     
  By: /s/ Kenneth J. Fatur
    Name:  Kenneth J. Fatur
    Title:    Managing Director

 

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  AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, F.S.B.,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Edward Chin
    Name:  Edward Chin
    Title:    First Vice president

 

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  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
    as Issuing Lender and Lender
   
  By: /s/ Allison W. Connally
    Name:  Allison W. Connally
    Title:    Senior Vice President

 

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  BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A.,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Andrew Berryman
    Name:  Andrew Berryman
    Title:    Vice President

 

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  CITIZENS BANK, N.A.,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Karmyn Paul
    Name:  Karmyn Paul
    Title:    Vice President

 

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COMPASS BANK dba BBVA COMPASS,  
as Issuing Lender and Lender  
   
  By: /s/ Heather H Allen
  Name:  Heather H Allen
    Title:    Senior Vice President

 

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  CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK,
  as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Thibault Rosset
    Name:  Thibault Rosset
    Title:    Managing Director
     
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:    

 

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  FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Daniel Faith
    Name:  Daniel Faith
    Title:    Vice President

 

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  KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Thomas A. Crandell
    Name:  Thomas A. Crandell
    Title:    Senior Vice President

 

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  MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Donna DeMagistris
    Name:  Donna DeMagistris
    Title:    Authorized Signatory

 

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  PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Divyang Shah
    Name:  Divyang Shah
    Title:    Sr. Vice President

 

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  REGIONS BANK,
    as Issuing Lender (including in respect of the Existing Letters of Credit issued by it) and Lender
   
  By: /s/ Brian Walsh
    Name:  Brian Walsh
    Title:    Director

 

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  ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Richard C. Smith
    Name:  Richard C. Smith
    Title:    Authorized Signatory

 

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  SUNTRUST BANK,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Thomas F. Parrott
    Name:  Thomas F. Parrott
    Title:    Managing Director

 

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  U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
    as Lender
   
  By: /s/ Kara P. Van Duzee
    Name:  Kara P. Van Duzee
    Title:    Vice President

 

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  WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
    as Issuing Lender (including in respect of the Existing Letters of Credit issued by it) and Lender
   
  By: /s/ Boaz Slomowitz
    Name:  Boaz Slomowitz
    Title:    Vice President

 

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Appendix A-1

 

REVOLVING COMMITMENTS

 

Lender   Revolving Commitment  
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK   $ 40,000,000.00  
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.   $ 30,000,000.00  
COMPASS BANK dba BBVA COMPASS   $ 30,000,000.00  
REGIONS BANK   $ 30,000,000.00  
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.   $ 30,000,000.00  
BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A.   $ 25,000,000.00  
KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION   $ 25,000,000.00  
CITIZENS BANK, N.A.   $ 17,500,000.00  
CRÉDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK   $ 17,500,000.00  
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.   $ 17,500,000.00  
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA   $ 17,500,000.00  
SUNTRUST BANK   $ 17,500,000.00  
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION   $ 17,500,000.00  
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION   $ 15,000,000.00  
AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, F.S.B.   $ 10,000,000.00  
FIRST TENNESSEE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION   $ 10,000,000.00  
TOTAL:   $ 350,000,000.00  

 

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Appendix A-2

 

TERM COMMITMENTS

 

Lender   Term Commitment  
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.   $ 1,025,000,000.00  
TOTAL:   $ 1,025,000,000.00  

 

2

Exhibit 21.1

 
Subsidiary   Jurisdiction                                          
AA Charter Brokerage LLC   Delaware
AAC Subsidiary, LLC   Delaware
ACM Property Services, LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation – Eagle LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation – Opa Locka LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation – Oxford LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation – Salt Lake City LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation Albuquerque Inc.   New Mexico
Atlantic Aviation Corporation   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation FBO Holdings LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc.   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation Flight Support, Inc.   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation Holding Corporation   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation Investors, Inc.   California
Atlantic Aviation of Santa Monica, L.P.   California
Atlantic Aviation Oklahoma City, Inc.   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation Oregon FBO Inc.   Oregon
Atlantic Aviation Oregon General Aviation Services Inc.   Oregon
Atlantic Aviation Philadelphia, Inc.   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation Stewart LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-Boca Raton LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-Florida LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-Kansas City LLC   Missouri
Atlantic Aviation-Montrose LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-Orlando Executive LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-Orlando LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-St. Augustine LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-Steamboat-Hayden LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-Stuart LLC   Delaware
Atlantic Aviation-West Palm Beach LLC   Delaware
Atlantic SMO GP LLC   Delaware
Atlantic SMO Holdings LLC   Delaware
Aviation Contract Services, Inc.   California
BASI Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Bayonne Industries, Inc.   New Jersey
Bayonne Plant Holding, L.L.C.   Delaware
Brahms Wind, LLC   Delaware
Brainard Airport Services, Inc.   Connecticut
Bridgeport Airport Services, Inc.   Connecticut
Broadview Energy Prime II Investments, LLC   Delaware
Broadview Energy Prime II, LLC   New Mexico
Broadview Energy Prime Investments, LLC   Delaware
Broadview Energy Prime, LLC   New Mexico
Bryan Solar Equity Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Bryan Solar Project Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Bryan Solar, LLC   Delaware
Burley Butte Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
Camp Reed Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
Charter Oak Aviation, Inc.   Connecticut
COAI Holdings, LLC   Delaware


 
 

 
Subsidiary   Jurisdiction                                          
Corporate Wings – CGF, LLC   Ohio
Corporate Wings-Hopkins, LLC   Ohio
Davis Monthan Project Holdings, LLC   Delaware
District Energy Midwest Sub LLC   Delaware
DM Petroleum Operations Company   Louisiana
DMAFB Equity Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Eagle Aviation Resources, LTD.   Nevada
East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company   New Jersey
Equuleus Community Solar Gardens, LLC   Minnesota
Equuleus CSG1, LLC   Minnesota
Equuleus CSG2, LLC   Minnesota
Equuleus CSG3, LLC   Minnesota
Equuleus CSG4, LLC   Minnesota
Equuleus CSG5, LLC   Minnesota
Executive Air Support, Inc.   Delaware
Exergy Idaho Holdings, LLC   Idaho
FLI Subsidiary, LLC   Delaware
Flightways of Long Island, Inc.   New York
Futura Natural Gas LLC   Delaware
General Aviation Holdings, LLC   Delaware
General Aviation of New Orleans, L.L.C.   Louisiana
General Aviation, L.L.C.   Louisiana
Gilmerton Energy Center, LLC   Delaware
Golden Valley Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
GWE Solar-Storage HI 1, LLC   Delaware
Hawaii Clean Energy, LLC   Hawaii
HGC Holdings LLC   Hawaii
HGC Investment Corporation   Delaware
High Horizons, Inc.   Louisiana
Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC   Delaware
IEP LLC   Louisiana
ILG Avcenter, Inc.   Delaware
Imperial Valley Equity Holdings, LLC   Delaware
IMTT Epic LLC   Delaware
IMTT Holdings LLC   Delaware
IMTT-Bayonne LLC   Delaware
IMTT-BC LLC   Delaware
IMTT-BX LLC   Delaware
IMTT-Finco, LLC   Delaware
IMTT-Geismar   Delaware
IMTT-Gretna LLC   Delaware
IMTT-Illinois LLC   Delaware
IMTT-NTL, Ltd.   Alberta
IMTT-Petroleum Management LLC   Delaware
IMTT-Pipeline LLC   Delaware
IMTT-Quebec Inc.   Quebec
IMTT-Richmond-CA   Delaware
IMTT-Virginia LLC   Delaware
International Environmental Services, LLC   Louisiana
International-Matex Tank Terminals LLC   Delaware
IP Aragorn, LLC   Delaware
IP Aramis, LLC   Delaware


 
 

 
Subsidiary   Jurisdiction                                          
IP Athos II, LLC   Delaware
IP Athos, LLC   Delaware
IP Callisto, LLC   Delaware
IP Delta Ranch, LLC   Delaware
IP Elrond, LLC   Delaware
IP Flamingo, LLC   Delaware
IP Golden Sands, LLC   Delaware
IP Juno, LLC   Delaware
IP Land Holdings, LLC   Delaware
IP Lumina, LLC   Delaware
IP Malbec, LLC   Delaware
IP Portfolio I, LLC   Delaware
IP Porthos, LLC   Delaware
IP Quantum, LLC   Delaware
IP Radian, LLC   Delaware
IP Renewable Energy Holdings LLC   Delaware
IP Rush Creek Solar, LLC   Delaware
IP Spectrum, LLC   Delaware
IP Titan, LLC   Delaware
ITT Holdings LLC   Delaware
ITT-Geismar Storage LLC   Louisiana
ITT-Geismar, L.L.C.   Louisiana
ITT-NTL, Inc.   Louisiana
ITT-Richmond-CA LLC   Louisiana
ITT-Richmond-CA Storage LLC   Louisiana
ITT-USA, Inc.   Louisiana
Jet Center Property Services, LLC   Delaware
JetSouth, LLC   Alabama
Keystone Aviation Services, LLC   Delaware
Macquarie Airports North America Inc.   Delaware
Macquarie Aviation North America 2 Inc.   Delaware
Macquarie Aviation North America Inc.   Delaware
Macquarie District Energy Holdings III LLC   Delaware
Macquarie HGC Investment LLC   Hawaii
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation   Delaware
Macquarie Terminal Holdings LLC   Delaware
Matex New Jersey Power LLC   Delaware
MCT Holdings LLC   Delaware
Mercury Air Center – Corpus Christi, Inc.   Texas
Mercury Air Center-Addison, Inc.   Texas
Mercury Air Center-Bakersfield, Inc.   California
Mercury Air Center-Birmingham, LLC   Alabama
Mercury Air Center-Burbank, Inc.   California
Mercury Air Center-Charleston, LLC   South Carolina
Mercury Air Center-Fresno, Inc.   California
Mercury Air Center-Ft. Wayne, LLC   Indiana
Mercury Air Center-Hartsfield, LLC   Georgia
Mercury Air Center-Hopkins, LLC   Ohio
Mercury Air Center-Irvine, LLC   Delaware
Mercury Air Center-Jackson, LLC   Mississippi
Mercury Air Center-Johns Island, LLC   South Carolina
Mercury Air Center-Los Angeles, Inc.   California


 
 

 
Subsidiary   Jurisdiction                                          
Mercury Air Center-Nashville, LLC   Delaware
Mercury Air Center-Newport News, LLC   Virginia
Mercury Air Center-Ontario, Inc.   California
Mercury Air Center-Peachtree-DeKalb, LLC   Georgia
Mercury Air Center-Reno, LLC   Nevada
Mercury Air Centers, Inc.   Delaware
Mercury Air Center-Santa Barbara, Inc.   California
Mercury Air Center-Tulsa, LLC   Oklahoma
MIC Airports, LLC   Delaware
MIC Global Services, LLC   Delaware
MIC Hawaii Holdings, LLC   Hawaii
MIC Hawaii Thermal Holdings, LLC   Hawaii
MIC Ohana Corporation   Delaware
MIC Renewable Energy Holdings LLC   Delaware
MIC Thermal Power Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Milner Dam Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
MKC Aviation Fuel, LLC   Missouri
MREH Idaho Wind A, LLC   Delaware
Newfoundland Transshipment Ltd.   Quebec
Newport FBO Two LLC   Delaware
Oregon Trail Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
OTWC HI2 LLC   Delaware
Palm Springs FBO Two LLC   Delaware
Palomar Airport Center LLC   California
Palomar Airport Fuel, LLC   California
Payne’s Ferry Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
Picture Rocks Project Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Picture Rocks Solar, LLC   Delaware
Pilgrim Stage Station Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
Pro-Air Aviation Maintenance, LLC   Delaware
Ramona Equity Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Rifle Air, LLC   Colorado
Rifle Jet Center Maintenance, LLC   Colorado
Rifle Jet Center, LLC   Colorado
Salmon Falls Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
SB Aviation Group, Inc.   New Mexico
SBN Inc.   Indiana
SEH Bryan Solar Holdings, LLC   Delaware
SEH DMAFB Holdings, LLC   Delaware
SEH Imperial Valley Holdings, LLC   Delaware
SEH Picture Rocks Holdings, LLC   Delaware
SEH Ramona Holdings, LLC   Delaware
SEH Utah Red Hills Holdings, LLC   Delaware
SEH Valley Center Holdings, LLC   Delaware
SEH Waihonu Holdings LLC   Hawaii
Sierra Aviation, Inc.   Oklahoma
SJJC Airline Services, LLC   Delaware
SJJC Aviation Services, LLC   Delaware
SJJC FBO Services, LLC   Delaware
Sol Orchard San Diego 20 LLC   Delaware
Sol Orchard San Diego 21 LLC   Delaware
Sol Orchard San Diego 22 LLC   Delaware


 
 

 
Subsidiary   Jurisdiction                                          
Sol Orchard San Diego 23 LLC   Delaware
St. Rose Nursery, LLC   Louisiana
Sun Valley Aviation, Inc.   Idaho
SunE DM, LLC   Delaware
SW Cogen Project LLC   Hawaii
The Gas Company, LLC   Hawaii
Thousand Springs Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
Trajen FBO, LLC   Delaware
Trajen Flight Support, LP   Delaware
Trajen Funding, Inc.   Delaware
Trajen Holdings, Inc.   Delaware
Trajen Limited, LLC   Delaware
Tuana Gulch Wind Park, LLC   Idaho
Tucson Equity Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Utah Red Hills Holdco, LLC   Delaware
Utah Red Hills Renewable Park, LLC   Delaware
Utah Red Hills RP HS1, LLC   Delaware
Valley Center Equity Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Waihonu Equity Holdings LLC   Hawaii
Waihonu North LLC   Hawaii
Waihonu South LLC   Hawaii
Waukesha Flying Services, Inc.   Wisconsin
WEH Brahms Holdings, LLC   Delaware
WEH Magic Valley Holdings, LLC   Delaware
Yahoo Creek Wind Park, LLC   Idaho


Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-213139, 333-204349, and 333-181779) and registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-210615) of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation of our reports dated February 20, 2019, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively, the consolidated financial statements), and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, which reports appear in the December 31, 2018 annual report on Form 10-K of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation.

Our report dated February 20, 2019, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, expresses our opinion that the Company did not maintain effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018 because of the effect of a material weakness on the achievement of the objectives of the control criteria and contains an explanatory paragraph that states a material weakness has been identified and included in management’s assessment. The material weakness impacting fuel revenue at the Atlantic Aviation business related to ineffective assignment of internal control over financial reporting authorities and responsibilities, ineffective process level manual controls, and ineffective ongoing monitoring activities over those controls.

/s/ KPMG LLP
 
Dallas, Texas
February 20, 2019


Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

I, Christopher Frost, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “registrant”);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: February 20, 2019

By: /s/ Christopher Frost

Christopher Frost
Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

I, Liam Stewart, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “registrant”);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: February 20, 2019

By: /s/ Liam Stewart

Liam Stewart
Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Christopher Frost, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
By: /s/ Christopher Frost

Christopher Frost
Chief Executive Officer
February 20, 2019

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Liam Stewart, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
By: /s/ Liam Stewart

Liam Stewart
Chief Financial Officer
February 20, 2019

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.