UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 29, 2016

 

 

TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Commission File Number: 001-32504

 

Delaware   20-2311383

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

2021 Spring Road

Suite 600

Oak Brook, IL

 

60523

 
 
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (708) 483-1300

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On January 29, 2016, TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (the “Company”) completed its previously announced private offering (the “Offering”) of $775 million aggregate principal amount of 6.00% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes”) pursuant to a purchase agreement, dated January 21, 2016, by and between the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors party thereto (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, as representative of the several initial purchasers named therein.

In connection with the closing of the Offering, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into the Ninth Supplement Indenture, dated January 29, 2016 (the “Indenture”), between the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Indenture provides, among other things, that the Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company. The Company’s payment obligations under the Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Company’s subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Company’s credit facilities. Interest is payable on the Notes on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on August 15, 2016. The Notes will mature on February 15, 2024.

The Indenture contains restrictive covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors to: (i) incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred stock; (ii) pay dividends on, or make distributions in respect of, their capital stock; (iii) make certain investments or other restricted payments; (iv) sell certain assets or issue capital stock of restricted subsidiaries; (v) create liens; (vi) merge, consolidate or transfer or dispose of substantially all of their assets; and (vii) engage in certain transactions with affiliates. These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.

The Indenture provides for customary events of default that include, among other things (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods): (i) nonpayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, when due; (ii) breach of covenants in the Indenture; (iii) defaults relating to the failure to pay at final maturity or the acceleration of certain other indebtedness; (iv) a failure to pay certain judgments; and (v) certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare the principal, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. These events of default are subject to a number of important qualifications, limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.

The Company may redeem some or all of the notes at any time on or after February 15, 2019 at the applicable redemption prices described in the Indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including the redemption date. In addition, prior to February 15, 2019, the Company may redeem all or a portion of the notes at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount plus the “make-whole” premium set forth in the Indenture plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but not including the redemption date. The Company may also redeem up to 40% of the notes prior to February 15, 2019 with the net cash proceeds received from certain equity offerings at the redemption price set forth in the Indenture. In the event of certain change of control events, as described in the Indenture, the Company may be required to purchase the notes from the holders at a purchase price of 101% of the principal amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest.

In connection with the closing of the Acquisition (as defined and described in Item 2.01, below), the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. and certain of its subsidiaries (the “Ralcorp Guarantors”) and the Trustee entered into a supplemental indenture (the “10 th Supplemental Indenture”), pursuant to which the Ralcorp Guarantors became subsidiary guarantors of the Notes and the Company’s outstanding 4.875% senior notes due 2022.


On February 1, 2016, the Company obtained a new $1,025 million senior secured term loan (the “Tranche A-2 Term Loan”) pursuant to an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2016 (the “Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

The Credit Agreement amends, restates and replaces the Company’s existing Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2014 (as amended from time to time prior to February 1, 2016, the “Prior Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company obtained a $900 million revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”), a $300,000,000 term A loan (the “Term A Loan”) and a $200 million tranche A-1 term loan (the “Tranche A-1 Term Loan” and, together with the Term A Loan and the Tranche A-2 Term Loan, the “Term Loans”). Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Company (i) continued and extended the maturity of the Revolving Facility and the Tranche A-1 Term Loan and (ii) continued and reduced the maturity of the Term A Loan.

The Company used the proceeds from the Tranche A-2 Term Loan and a draw at closing on the Revolving Facility to finance a portion of the Acquisition (as defined below) and to pay fees and expenses in connection therewith.

The Revolving Facility matures on February 1, 2021. The initial pricing for the Revolving facility is determined by LIBOR plus a margin of 2.25%, which includes a 0.45% facility fee. Thereafter, the Revolving Facility will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.25% to 3.00% (inclusive of the facility fee) based on the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio or (ii) a Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus a margin ranging from 0.25% to 2.00% (inclusive of the facility fee) based on the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio. The Revolving Facility includes sub-facilities for swing line loans and letters of credit.

The Term Loans mature on February 1, 2021. The initial pricing for the Term Loans is determined by LIBOR plus a margin of 2.25%. Thereafter, the Term Loans will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) LIBOR plus a margin ranging from 1.25% to 3.00% based on the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio or (ii) a Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) plus a margin ranging from 0.25% to 2.00% based on the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio.

The Credit Agreement contains substantially the same covenants as the Prior Credit Agreement with adjustments to reflect the incurrence of the Tranche A-2 Term Loan and the operational and strategic requirements of the Company and its subsidiaries after giving effect to the Acquisition. The covenants include financial covenants requiring that the Company maintains certain consolidated net leverage and consolidated cash interest coverage ratios and other covenants, including with respect to limitations on liens, investments, indebtedness, mergers, consolidations and acquisitions, dispositions of assets, restricted payments, changes in the nature of the Company’s business, transactions with affiliates, burdensome agreements, use of proceeds, sale and leaseback transactions and amendments to organizational documents. The Credit Agreement also contains customary representations, warranties and events of default.

The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are (i) guaranteed by substantially all of its wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries and (ii) secured by substantially all personal property of the Company and its domestic subsidiaries that are guarantors. The Credit Agreement provides that the Company will have the option to have all collateral released in the event that (i) no Specified Secured Indebtedness (as defined in the Credit Agreement) shall be outstanding, (ii) no default shall exist or result therefrom and (iii) the Company’s consolidated net leverage ratio shall not exceed 3.50 to 1.00.


The Indenture, 10 th Supplemental Indenture and Credit Agreement are filed as Exhibit 4.1, Exhibit 4.2 and Exhibit 10.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference herein. The above descriptions of the Indenture, 10 th Supplemental Indenture and Credit Agreement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Indenture and the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

 

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

On February 1, 2016, the Company announced that it had completed its previously announced acquisition (the “Acquisition”) of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc. (the “Private Brands Business”) pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement (the “Acquisition Agreement”), dated November 1, 2015, by and among the Company and ConAgra Foods, Inc. (“ConAgra”). Pursuant to the terms of the Acquisition Agreement, a subsidiary of the Company purchased all of the outstanding stock of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., the Missouri corporation through which the Private Brands Business is operated, resulting in the Private Brands Business becoming a 100% owned indirect subsidiary of the Company.

The Company financed the cash consideration for the Acquisition through proceeds of the offering of the Notes, the gross proceeds of approximately $862.5 million from its previously announced offering of public stock (including the underwriters’ exercise in full of their option to purchase additional shares of common stock), the proceeds from the Tranche A-2 Term Loan and a draw at closing on the Revolving Facility.

On February 1, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Acquisition. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1.

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

The information provided in Item 1.01 above is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(a) Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

In connection with the acquisition of the Private Brands Business, the Company previously filed the Private Brands Business’s (i) audited combined balance sheets as of May 31, 2015 and May 25, 2014 and the related combined statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), invested equity, and cash flows for the years then ended and for the four month period ended May 26, 2013 and (ii) unaudited interim combined balance sheets as of November 29, 2015 and May 31, 2015 and the related unaudited interim combined statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for the twenty-six weeks ended November 29, 2015 and November 23, 2014, which are included as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

In connection with the acquisition of the Private Brands Business, the Company previously filed the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2015 and unaudited pro


forma condensed combined statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the nine months ended September 30, 2015, which are included as Exhibit 99.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2010, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2010).
  4.2    Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 29, 2016, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
  4.3    Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2016, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
10.1    Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2016, between the Company and Bank of America, N.A. and the other lenders party thereto.
99.1    Press Release, dated February 1, 2016, announcing the closing of the acquisition of the Private Brands Business.
99.2    Private Brands Business audited combined balance sheets as of May 31, 2015 and May 25, 2014 and the related combined statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), invested equity, and cash flows for the years then ended and for the four month period ended May 26, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2016).
99.3    Private Brands Business unaudited interim combined balance sheets as of November 29, 2015 and May 31, 2015 and the related unaudited interim combined statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for the twenty-six weeks ended November 29, 2015 and November 23, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2016).
99.4    TreeHouse Foods, Inc. unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2015 and unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the nine months ended September 30, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2016).


SIGNATURES

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

 

    TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
Date: February 1, 2016     By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

      Thomas E. O’Neill
     

General Counsel, Executive Vice President,

Chief Administrative Officer and officer duly authorized to sign on behalf of the registrant


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
No.

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2010, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2010).
  4.2    Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 29, 2016, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
  4.3    Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 1, 2016, among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
10.1    Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2016, between the Company and Bank of America, N.A. and the other lenders party thereto.
99.1    Press Release, dated February 1, 2016, announcing the closing of the acquisition of the Private Brands Business.
99.2    Private Brands Business audited combined balance sheets as of May 31, 2015 and May 25, 2014 and the related combined statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), invested equity, and cash flows for the years then ended and for the four month period ended May 26, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2016).
99.3    Private Brands Business unaudited interim combined balance sheets as of November 29, 2015 and May 31, 2015 and the related unaudited interim combined statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss) and cash flows for the twenty-six weeks ended November 29, 2015 and November 23, 2014 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2016).
99.4    TreeHouse Foods, Inc. unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2015 and unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of income for the year ended December 31, 2014 and the nine months ended September 30, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 20, 2016).

Exhibit 4.2

Execution Version

 

 

 

TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC., as Issuer

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as Guarantors

AND

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

6.00% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024

NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF

January 29, 2016

TO THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF

March 2, 2010

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
ARTICLE 1   
ESTABLISHMENT; DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE   

SECTION 1.01

  

Establishment

     4  

SECTION 1.02

  

Certain Definitions

     6  

SECTION 1.03

  

Other Definitions

     41  

SECTION 1.04

  

Inapplicability of Trust Indenture Act

     42  

SECTION 1.05

  

Rules of Construction

     42  
ARTICLE 2   
THE NOTES   

SECTION 2.01

  

Form and Dating

     43  

SECTION 2.02

  

Registrar and Paying Agent

     44  

SECTION 2.03

  

Additional Notes

     44  

SECTION 2.04

  

Transfer and Exchange

     44  
ARTICLE 3   
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT   

SECTION 3.01

  

Notices to Trustee

     57  

SECTION 3.02

  

Optional Redemption

     57  

SECTION 3.03

  

Special Mandatory Redemption

     59  

SECTION 3.04

  

Repurchase at the Option of Holders

     59  
ARTICLE 4   
COVENANTS   

SECTION 4.01

  

Payment of Notes

     62  

SECTION 4.02

  

Maintenance of Office or Agency

     62  

SECTION 4.03

  

Reports

     63  

SECTION 4.04

  

Limitation on Layering Indebtedness

     63  

SECTION 4.05

  

Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     64  

SECTION 4.06

  

Payments for Consent

     64  

SECTION 4.07

  

Restricted Payments

     65  

SECTION 4.08

  

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

     68  

SECTION 4.09

  

Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock

     70  

SECTION 4.10

  

Limitation on Asset Sales

     74  

 

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SECTION 4.11

  

Transactions with Affiliates

     78  

SECTION 4.12

  

Liens

     79  

SECTION 4.13

  

Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control

     80  

SECTION 4.14

  

Corporate Existence

     81  

SECTION 4.15

  

Additional Subsidiary Guarantees

     81  

SECTION 4.16

  

Compliance Certificate

     82  

SECTION 4.17

  

Covenant Suspension

     82  

SECTION 4.18

  

Financial Calculations for Limited Condition Transactions

     83  
ARTICLE 5   
SUCCESSORS   

SECTION 5.01

  

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets

     84  

SECTION 5.02

  

Successor Corporation Substituted

     86  
ARTICLE 6   
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES   

SECTION 6.01

  

Events of Default and Remedies

     87  
ARTICLE 7   
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE   

SECTION 7.01

  

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

     89  

SECTION 7.02

  

Legal Defeasance and Discharge

     89  

SECTION 7.03

  

Covenant Defeasance

     89  

SECTION 7.04

  

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

     90  

SECTION 7.05

  

Deposited Money and Governmental Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

     91  

SECTION 7.06

  

Reinstatement

     92  
ARTICLE 8   
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE   

SECTION 8.01

  

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

     92  
ARTICLE 9   
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER   

SECTION 9.01

  

Without Consent of Holders of Notes

     93  

SECTION 9.02

  

With Consent of Holders of Notes

     94  

 

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ARTICLE 10   
GUARANTEES   

SECTION 10.01

  

Guarantees

     96  

SECTION 10.02

  

Release of Guarantor

     96  
ARTICLE 11   
MISCELLANEOUS   

SECTION 11.01

  

[Reserved

     97  

SECTION 11.02

  

Notices

     97  

SECTION 11.03

  

Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes

     98  

SECTION 11.04

  

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

     99  

SECTION 11.05

  

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

     99  

SECTION 11.06

  

Rules by Trustee and Agents

     99  

SECTION 11.07

  

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

     99   

SECTION 11.08

  

Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

     100  

SECTION 11.09

  

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

     100  

SECTION 11.10

  

Successors

     100  

SECTION 11.11

  

Severability

     100  

SECTION 11.12

  

Counterpart Originals

     100  

SECTION 11.13

  

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

     100  

SECTION 11.14

  

Force Majeure

     101  

SECTION 11.15

  

Note Purchases by Company and Affiliates

     101  

SECTION 11.16

  

U.S.A. Patriot Act

     101  

SECTION 11.17

  

Concerning the Trustee

     101  

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    Form of Note
Exhibit B    Form of Notation of Subsidiary Guarantee
Exhibit C    Form of Certificate of Transfer
Exhibit D    Form of Certificate of Exchange

 

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This NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 29, 2016 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), is by and among TreeHouse Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation and any successor as defined in the Base Indenture and herein, the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined below) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (such institution and any successor as defined in the Base Indenture, the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company and certain of the Guarantors have previously executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of March 2, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), with the Trustee providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the Company’s senior debt securities;

WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Base Indenture provides that the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Section 201 and Section 301 of the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantors are entering into this Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Company’s 6.00% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Notes,” which defined term shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes) and related Subsidiary Guarantees;

WHEREAS, the Base Indenture is incorporated herein by reference and the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, is herein called this “Indenture;” and

WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors have been done or performed.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE 1

ESTABLISHMENT; DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.01 Establishment .

(a) There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under this Supplemental Indenture, to be designated as the Company’s “6.00% Senior Notes due 2024”.

 

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(b) There are to be authenticated and delivered on the date hereof $775,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes. Additional Notes may be issued under this Supplemental Indenture after the date hereof in accordance with Section 2.03.

(c) The Notes shall be issued substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

(d) Each Note shall be dated the date of authentication thereof and shall bear interest from the date of original issuance thereof or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for.

(e) With respect to the Notes (and any Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon) only, the Base Indenture shall be supplemented pursuant to Sections 201, 301 and 901 thereof to establish the terms of the Notes (and any Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon) as set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, including as follows:

(i) the form and terms of the securities representing the Notes required to be established pursuant to Article TWO of the Base Indenture shall be established in accordance with Article 2 of this Supplemental Indenture;

(ii) the provisions of Article FOUR of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in their entirety by the provisions of Article 8 hereof;

(iii) the provisions of Article EIGHT of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in their entirety by the provisions of Article 5 hereof;

(iv) the provisions of Article TWELVE of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes;

(v) the provisions of Article THIRTEEN of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes as specified in Section 10.01 of this Supplemental Indenture;

(vi) the provisions of Article FIFTEEN of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in their entirety by the provisions of Article 7 hereof;

(vii) the provisions of Section 704 of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in their entirety by the provisions of Section 4.03 hereof;

(viii) the provisions of Section 901 of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in their entirety by the provisions of Section 9.01 hereof;

(ix) the provisions of Section 902 of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in their entirety by the provisions of Section 9.02 hereof;

(x) that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium on all Global Notes, subject to Applicable Procedures, and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have

 

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provided wire transfer instructions no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its judgment), to the Company or the Paying Agent.

To the extent that the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture (including those referred to in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii), (viii) and (ix) immediately above) conflict with any provision of the Base Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling solely with respect to the Notes (and any Subsidiary Guarantees endorsed thereon).

(f) Unless otherwise expressly specified, references in this Supplemental Indenture to specific Article numbers or Section numbers refer to Articles and Sections contained in this Supplemental Indenture, and not the Base Indenture or any other document.

SECTION 1.02 Certain Definitions .

(a) All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Base Indenture.

(b) Set forth below are certain defined terms used in this Supplemental Indenture and to the extent that a term is defined both herein and in the Base Indenture, unless otherwise specified, the definition in this Supplemental Indenture shall govern solely with respect to the Notes (and any Subsidiary Guarantee endorsed thereon).

“Acquired Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

“144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A, as the case may be, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

“Acquisition” means the acquisition by the Company and its Subsidiaries of Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., to the extent set forth in, and pursuant to, the Purchase Agreement.

“Additional Notes” means, subject to the Company’s compliance with Section 4.09, 6.00% Senior Notes due 2024 issued from time to time after the Issue Date under the terms of this Supplemental Indenture (other than pursuant to Sections 304, 305 or 306 of the Base Indenture or Section 3.04(d) of this Supplemental Indenture); provided that, if any such Additional Notes are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with any Notes

 

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previously issued, such Additional Notes shall trade separately from such previously issued Notes under a separate CUSIP number, but shall otherwise be treated as a single series with all other Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture.

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

“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at such time of (1) the Redemption Price of such Note at February 15, 2019 (such Redemption Price being set forth in the table in Section 3.02) plus (2) all required interest payments due on such Note (excluding accrued and unpaid interest to such Redemption Date) through February 15, 2019, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Note. Calculation of the Applicable Premium will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation or the correctness thereof shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any tender, payment, transfer, redemption or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and/or Clearstream that apply to such tender, payment, transfer, redemption or exchange.

“Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights, including by means of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, but other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; provided that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of Section 4.13 and/or Article 5 and not by the provisions of Section 4.10; and

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries (other than preferred stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09 or directors qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required under applicable law), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.

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

(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that: (a) involves assets having an aggregate fair market value of less than $30.0 million; or (b) results in aggregate net proceeds to the Company and its Subsidiaries of less than $30.0 million;

 

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(2) a transfer of assets (a) between or among the Company and its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (provided that if the transferor is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the transferee must either be the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary) or (c) by the Company or any of its Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary if, in the case of this clause (c), the Company or the Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, either retains title to or ownership of the assets being transferred or receives consideration at the time of such transfer at least equal to the fair market value of the transferred assets;

(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (provided that if the issuer is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, such issuance shall be made to the Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary);

(4) any Permitted Investment or any Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.07;

(5) a disposition of products, services, equipment or inventory in the ordinary course of business or a disposition of obsolete assets or assets that are no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and that is disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

(6) the grant of Liens (or foreclosure thereon) permitted by Section 4.12;

(7) the sale or transfer of Receivables Program Assets or rights therein in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(8) the surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business;

(9) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;

(10) grants of licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent not materially interfering with the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(11) any exchange pursuant to Section 1031 of the Code of like property that are used or useful in a Related Business;

(12) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(13) the abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are not material to the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

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(14) the unwinding of any Hedging Obligation pursuant to its terms; and

(15) the Company and any Subsidiary may (i) convert any intercompany Indebtedness to Equity Interests and (ii) settle, discount, write off, forgive or cancel any intercompany Indebtedness or other obligation owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

“Attributable Indebtedness” when used with respect to any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value of the total Obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided , however , that if such Sale and Leaseback Transaction results in a Capital Lease Obligation, the amount of Indebtedness represented thereby will be determined in accordance with the definition of “Capital Lease Obligation.”

“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act).

“Board of Directors” means:

(1) with respect to a corporation, the Board of Directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;

(2) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;

(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members or managers thereof; and

(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

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

“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which the Trustee or banking institutions in New York are authorized or required by law to close.

“Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.

 

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“Capital Stock” means:

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

“Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).

“Cash Equivalents” means:

(a) marketable 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;

(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 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 and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;

(c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 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 commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than 7 days, with respect to securities of the type described in clause (a) of this definition;

(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, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision or taxing authority (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s; or

(f) money market mutual or similar funds that invest at least 95% of their assets in securities satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (e) of this definition.

 

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

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

(1) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);

(2) the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;

(3) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any “person” (as defined above) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by voting power rather than number of shares; or

(4) the Company consolidates or merges with or into another Person, other than a merger or consolidation of the Company in which the holders of the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the consolidation or merger hold, directly or indirectly, at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving corporation immediately after such consolidation or merger.

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

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

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

(1) increased (without duplication) by the following:

(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(b) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (including (x) fees paid to lenders in connection with

 

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Indebtedness, (y) payments made in respect of Hedging Obligations entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (z) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities) and any amortization or write-off of debt discount or deferred financing costs and commissions, discounts and other fees, costs and expenses and charges associated with indebtedness during such period net of payments received in respect of Hedging Obligations entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(c) consolidated depreciation and amortization expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(d) any expenses related to the Transactions and any other expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, Asset Sale or other disposition or recapitalization permitted hereunder or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (in each cash, whether or not successful), including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related to the loans under the Credit Agreement and any other Credit Facilities and (B) any amendment or other modification of the loans under the Credit Agreement and any other Credit Facility or issuance of indebtedness, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(e) the amount of any extraordinary loss, charge or expense deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(f) the amount of any (A) unusual or nonrecurring loss, charge or expense deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income and (B) restructuring charge or reserve, integration cost or other business optimization expense or cost associated with establishing new facilities that is deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions on and after the Issue Date, and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (f) and clause (h) below for any period shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (before giving effect to such adjustments); plus

(g) any other non-cash charges, write-downs, expenses, losses or items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period including any impairment charges (including any goodwill or other intangible asset impairment charge or write-off thereof) or the impact of purchase accounting, (excluding any such non-cash charge, write-down, expense, loss or item to the extent it represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period); plus

(h) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies projected by such Person in good faith and certified by

 

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an officer of such Person in writing to the Trustee to result from actions either taken or initiated prior to or during the period referred to in clause (A)(y)(1) below (which cost savings and synergies shall be subject only to certification by an officer of such Person and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or during such period from such actions; provided that (A) an officer of such Person shall have certified to the Trustee that (x) such cost savings and synergies are reasonably identifiable and (y) (1) such actions have been taken or are expected to be taken within twelve (12) months after the date of determination to take such action (and such date of determination has occurred prior to or during the relevant period being measured) and (2) are expected to result in such projected savings, expense reductions and synergies within twelve (12) months of the taking of such actions, (B) no cost savings, expense reductions or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (h) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings that are included in clause (vi) above with respect to such period and (C) the aggregate amount added back pursuant to clause (f) above and this clause (h) for any period shall not exceed (I) 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for such period (before giving effect to such adjustments); plus

(i) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back; plus

(j) realized foreign exchange losses, including those resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets or liabilities on the balance sheet of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(k) net realized losses from swap contracts or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 815 and related pronouncements to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(l) any (A) non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions and (B) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

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(m) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or cancellation of Indebtedness or any obligations under any swap contracts or other derivative instruments to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(n) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Issue Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(o) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income for such period, proceeds of business interruption insurance, in an amount actually received during such period (or, to the extent relating to such period, prior to the earlier of (I) the date on which financial statements have been delivered for the most recently ended fiscal quarter in such period and (II) the date for which financial statements are required to have been delivered for the most recently ended fiscal quarter in such period; provided, that amounts not received during such period and included in Consolidated EBITDA for such period will not be included in Consolidated EBITDA for any subsequent period) and to the extent representing the earnings for the applicable period that such proceeds are intended to replace; plus

(p) to the extent not otherwise excluded from the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (I) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other Disposition of assets permitted hereunder and (II) (x) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or (y) so long as such Person has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (1) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (2) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent so denied within 180 days or not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption (provided that, in the case of clause (A) and (B)(x), such reimbursement is not included in Consolidated Net Income in such period or any subsequent period, and in the case of clause (B)(y), any such subsequent reimbursement will not be included in Consolidated Net Income in such period or any subsequent period);

(2) increased or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 460 or any comparable regulation; and

(3) reduced by any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gain, income related to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, unrealized net gains in the fair market value of any swap agreements, non-cash gains or items of income and foreign exchange gains.

 

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“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting or is not a Restricted Subsidiary shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;

(2) the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders;

(3) the Net Income (loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or one of its Subsidiaries;

(4) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded;

(5) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued) shall be excluded; and

(6) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets shall be excluded.

“Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of (i) Senior Secured Indebtedness of such Person on such date minus the lesser of (A) all Unencumbered Cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date with adjustments for international tax effects at an assumed withholding rate of 35% (provided, however, that with respect to any Person or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada that is eligible for benefits under the United States-Canada Income Tax Treaty, the assumed withholding rate shall be 5%) and (B) $250,000,000 to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is made (for purposes of this definition, the “Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period”). In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock, in each case, subsequent to the commencement of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period and on or

 

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prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is made (for purposes of this definition, the “Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions (or conversions of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into a Restricted Subsidiary) that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions, after the first day of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period and on or prior to the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on a pro forma basis on the first day of the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period and Consolidated EBITDA for the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income;”

(2) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, prior to the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date shall be excluded; and

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, prior to the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date, shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio Calculation Date.

“Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date of determination, the Consolidated Total Assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on that date minus the Intangible Assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on that date.

“Consolidated Total Assets” means, with respect to any specified Person as of any date of determination, the net book value of all assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the ratio of (i) Total Indebtedness of such Person on such date minus the lesser of

 

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(A) all Unencumbered Cash and Cash Equivalents of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date with adjustments for international tax effects at an assumed withholding rate of 35% ( provided , however , that with respect to any Person or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada that is eligible for benefits under the United States-Canada Income Tax Treaty, the assumed withholding rate shall be 5%) and (B) $250,000,000 to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is made (for purposes of this definition, the “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Reference Period”). In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock, in each case, subsequent to the commencement of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is made (for purposes of this definition, the “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Reference Period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions (or conversions of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into a Restricted Subsidiary) that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions, after the first day of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Reference Period and on or prior to the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on a pro forma basis on the first day of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Reference Period and Consolidated EBITDA for the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income;”

(2) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, prior to the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Calculation Date shall be excluded; and

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, prior to the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Calculation Date, shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio Calculation Date.

 

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“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business with respect to this Indenture shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 150 East 42nd Street, 40th Floor, New York, New York 10017, Attn: Corporate, Municipal and Escrow Solutions, except that, with respect to the presentation of the Securities for payment or registration of transfers or exchanges and the location of the Security Register and Security Registrar, such term means the office or agency of the Trustee in Minneapolis, Minnesota, which at the date of original execution of this Supplemental Indenture is located at 608 Second Avenue South, N9303-121, Minneapolis, MN 55479, Attn: Corporate Trust Operations.

“Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2010 (as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated refunded, replaced or refinanced), by and among the Company and the banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as agents and lenders, and any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, as to be further amended and restated by that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to be entered into as of the date of the consummation of the Acquisition by and among the Company, each lender from time to time party thereto, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer and the other parties thereto (as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time), and any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to time.

“Credit Facility” means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

(1) the Credit Agreement; and

(2) one or more debt facilities (which may be outstanding at the same time) or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, bridge facilities, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09) or alters the maturity thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

“Currency Protection Agreement” means any currency protection agreement entered into with one or more financial institutions in the ordinary course of business that is designed to protect the Person or entity entering into the agreement against fluctuations in currency exchange rates with respect to Indebtedness incurred and not for purposes of speculation.

 

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

“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.04(c) hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note” attached thereto.

“Designated Noncash Consideration” means the fair market value of noncash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal financial officer of the Company, less the amount of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Noncash Consideration or conversion of such Designated Noncash Consideration to cash or Cash Equivalents.

“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale or as a result of the bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event of the issuer shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock pursuant to such provision unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary that was formed under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof.

“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).

“Equity Offering” means a public or private sale for cash by the Company of its Common Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) to a Person that is not an Affiliate, or options, warrants or rights with respect to its Common Stock, other than public offerings with respect to the Company’s Common Stock, or options, warrants or rights, registered on Form S-4 or S-8.

“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Foreign Subsidiary, (b) any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of a CFC or (ii) that is a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company and (c) any other Subsidiary that does not provide a Guarantee of the Credit Agreement in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement that permits such

 

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exclusion when the Guarantee by such Subsidiary (i) would result in material adverse Tax consequences to the Company or (ii) when the burden or cost of providing the Guarantee would outweigh the benefits to be obtained by the lenders under the Credit Agreement.

“Existing Indebtedness” means the Existing Senior Notes (including any Guarantees thereof) and any other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement) in existence on the Issue Date, until such amounts are repaid.

“Existing Senior Notes” means up to $400.0 million of the Company’s 4.875% Senior Notes due 2022.

“fair market value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

“Farm Credit Equities” means the Company’s stock and other equities in a Farm Credit Lender acquired in connection with the Company’s patronage loan from such Farm Credit Lender.

“Farm Credit Lender” means a lending institution organized and existing pursuant to the provisions of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended and under the regulation of the Farm Credit Administration.

“Fixed Amounts” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.18.

“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period (for purposes of this definition, the “Reference Period”), the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for the Reference Period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for the Reference Period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, Guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Indebtedness (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock, in each case, subsequent to the commencement of the Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (for purposes of this definition, the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, Guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the Reference Period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

(1) acquisitions (or conversions of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into a Restricted Subsidiary) that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions, after the first day of the Reference Period and on or prior to

 

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the Calculation Date shall be deemed to have occurred on a pro forma basis on the first day of the Reference Period and Consolidated EBITDA for the Reference Period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such acquisition, but without giving effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Net Income;”

(2) the Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any Person, property, business or sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, prior to the Calculation Date shall be excluded; and

(3) the Fixed Charges attributable to any Person, property, business or asset sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, prior to the Calculation Date, shall be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation Date.

“Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1) the consolidated net interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to Attributable Indebtedness, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations, but excluding amortization of debt issuance costs; plus

(2) the consolidated interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

(3) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

(4) the product of (a) all dividend payments, whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividend payments on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, in each case, on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary that was not formed under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof.

“Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company” means any Subsidiary of any Person that (w) has no material assets other than (1) Equity Interest of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries at least one of which is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the

 

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Code and (2) intercompany loans/receivables owed to such Subsidiary by one or more Subsidiaries described in clause (1) and (x) no material liabilities other than those reasonably relating to the assets described in clauses (1) and (2) above and as contemplated by clause (z) below and (z) is not a guarantor of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary other than as permitted pursuant to clause (16) of the second paragraph of the covenant entitled Section 4.09.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the Issue Date, except with respect to any reports or financial information required to be delivered pursuant to the covenants set forth under Section 4.03, which shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the date thereof.

“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.04(f)(ii) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.04(b) or 2.04(d) hereof.

“Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness.

“Guarantors” means:

(1) each Domestic Subsidiary of the Company (excluding any Excluded Subsidiaries) that is a guarantor of the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date; and

(2) any other Subsidiary of the Company (excluding any Excluded Subsidiaries) that executes a Subsidiary Guarantee and related supplemental indenture in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;

and their respective successors and assigns, in each case, until such Person is released from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

“Hedging Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person under swap, cap, collar, forward purchase or similar agreements or arrangements dealing with interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices, either generally or under specific contingencies.

“Indebtedness” means at any time (without duplication), with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person, or non-recourse, the following:

(i) all indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed or for the deferred purchase price of property, excluding any trade payables or other current liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(ii) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, or other similar instruments (including purchase-money obligations);

(iii) all Obligations of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities (including reimbursement Obligations with respect thereto, except to the extent such reimbursement Obligation relates to a trade payable) issued for the account of such Person;

(iv) all Indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property or assets acquired by such Person (even if 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 or assets);

(v) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person;

(vi) the maximum fixed redemption, repayment or other repurchase price of Disqualified Stock in such Person at the time of determination;

(vii) any Hedging Obligations of such Person at the time of determination (the amount of any such Obligations to be equal to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time);

(viii) any Attributable Indebtedness; and

(ix) all Obligations of the types referred to in clauses (i) through (viii) of this definition of another Person and all dividends and other distributions of another Person, the payment of which, in either case, (A) such Person has Guaranteed, directly or indirectly, or that is otherwise its legal liability or which such Person has agreed to purchase or repurchase or in respect of which such Person has agreed contingently to supply or advance funds or (B) is secured by (or the holder of such Indebtedness or the recipient of such dividends or other distributions has an existing right, whether contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon the property or other assets of such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness, dividends or other distributions.

For purposes of the foregoing:

(a) the maximum fixed repurchase price of any Disqualified Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock as if such Disqualified Stock was repurchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture; provided , however , that, if such Disqualified Stock is not then permitted to be repurchased, the repurchase price shall be the book value of such Disqualified Stock;

(b) the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount is the principal amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP, but such Indebtedness shall be deemed incurred only as of the date of original issuance thereof;

 

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(c) in the case of any Indebtedness not issued with original issue discount, the amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be the principal amount of the Indebtedness or in the case of Indebtedness of any Person at any time under a revolving credit or similar facility, the total amount of funds borrowed and then outstanding;

(d) the amount of any Indebtedness described in clause (ix)(A) above shall be the maximum liability under any such Guarantee;

(e) the amount of any Indebtedness described in clause (ix)(B) above shall be the lesser of (I) the maximum amount of the Obligations so secured and (II) the fair market value of such property or other assets; and

(f) interest, fees, premium, and expenses and additional payments, if any, will not constitute Indebtedness.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with the purchase or sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any assets or business, the term “Indebtedness” will exclude (x) customary indemnification obligations and (y) post-closing payment adjustments to which the other party may become entitled to the extent such payment is determined by a final closing balance sheet or such payment is otherwise contingent; provided , however , that such amount would not be required to be reflected on the face of a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The term “Indebtedness” shall not include any lease, concession or license of property (or guarantee thereof) which would be considered an operating lease under GAAP as in effect on the Issue Date, any prepayments of deposits received from clients or customers in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, or obligations under any license, permit or other approval (or guarantees given in respect of such obligations) incurred prior to the Issue Date or in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice.

Notwithstanding the above provisions, in no event shall the following constitute Indebtedness:

(a) contingent obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(b) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Documents; or

(c) for the avoidance of doubt, any obligations in respect of workers’ compensation claims, early retirement or termination obligations, pension fund obligations or contributions or similar claims, obligations or contributions or social security or wage taxes.

“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

“Initial Notes” means the $775,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture on the Issue Date.

 

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“Intangible Assets” means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, including, without limitation, customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a debt rating of BBB- or higher by S&P and Baa3 or higher by Moody’s or the equivalent of such ratings by S&P and Moody’s or in the event S&P or Moody’s shall cease rating the Notes or other applicable debt instruments and the Company shall select any other Rating Agency, the equivalent of such ratings by such other Rating Agency.

“Investment Grade Securities” means:

(a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

(b) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Company and its Subsidiaries;

(c) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (a) and (b) which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution; and

(d) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.

“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of direct or indirect loans (including Guarantees of Indebtedness or other Obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding prepaid expenses, accounts receivables and commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP (excluding the footnotes). If the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.07(d).

“Issue Date” means January 29, 2016.

“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

 

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“Limited Condition Transaction” shall mean any acquisition or other Permitted Investment the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

“Limited Condition Transaction Election” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.18.

“Limited Condition Transaction Test Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 4.18.

“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor rating agency.

“Net Cash Proceeds” with respect to any issuance or sale of Equity Interests, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, listing fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees and charges actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result of such issuance or sale (after taking into account any available tax credit or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).

“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

(1) any extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss; and

(2) any premiums, fees and expenses paid in connection with the offering of the Notes.

“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of all costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting, investment banking fees and broker fees, and sales and underwriting commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in each case after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements and amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP; provided that Net Cash Proceeds shall be deemed to exclude (x) proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings and (y) cash receipts from proceeds of insurance or condemnation awards (or payments in lieu thereof) to the extent that such proceeds, awards or payments are received by any Person in respect of any third party claim against such Person and applied to pay (or to reimburse such Person for its prior payment of) such claim and the costs and expenses of such Person with respect thereto except to the extent such Person is contractually entitled to retain such proceeds, awards or payments.

 

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“Non-Recourse Debt” means Indebtedness:

(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;

(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would not permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Notes) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and

(3) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Obligations” means any principal, premium, if any, interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding), penalties, fees, charges, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursement obligations, damages, including liquidated damages, Guarantees and other liabilities or amounts payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness or in respect thereof.

“Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum of the Company dated January 21, 2016, relating to the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees.

“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

“Permitted Investments” means:

(1) any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(2) any Investment in Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

(3) any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person primarily engaged in a Related Business, if as a result of such Investment:

(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or

(b) such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,

 

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and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transfer;

(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Receivables Subsidiary or a Special Purpose Vehicle or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; provided that any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or a Special Purpose Vehicle is in the form of a Purchase Money Note or an Equity Interest or in the form of a purchase of Receivables and Receivables Related Assets pursuant to a Receivables Repurchase Obligation;

(6) any Investment solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

(7) Investments in accounts or notes receivable owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided , however , that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

(8) loans and advances to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes not in excess of $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(9) Investments in securities received in settlement of Obligations of trade creditors or customers in the ordinary course of business or in satisfaction of disputes or judgments or pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of trade creditors or customers;

(10) workers’ compensation, utility, lease and similar deposits and prepaid expenses in the ordinary course of business and endorsements of negotiable instruments and documents in the ordinary course of business;

(11) commission, payroll, travel and similar advances to employees in the ordinary course of business;

(12) Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of the Company’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses and not for speculative purposes and otherwise in compliance with this Indenture;

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(14) other Investments in any Person having an aggregate fair market value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14) that are at any time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (a) $320.0 million and (b) 9% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

(15) Investments in connection with the Transactions;

(16) contingent obligations arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue title insurance policies;

(17) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;

(18) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to development, marketing or manufacturing agreements or arrangements or similar agreements or arrangements with other Persons;

(19) Investments in the Company or any Subsidiary deemed to result from the reclassification or conversion of any existing Investments to debt or equity or any combination thereof, to the extent such existing Investment was permitted under this Indenture at the time made; and

(20) to the extent constituting Investments contingent obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of (i) sellers in connection with acquisitions permitted hereunder and (ii) purchasers in connection with Asset Sales permitted under this Indenture.

“Permitted Liens” means:

(1) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness secured pursuant to this clause (1) shall not exceed the greater of: (a) the amount of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) or (b) an amount of Indebtedness that, at the time of incurrence thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto, does not cause the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company to be greater than 4.25 to 1.0;

(2) Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;

(3) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were not entered into in contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or such Subsidiary;

(4) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were not entered into in contemplation of such acquisition and only extend to the property so acquired;

 

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(5) Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (4) of Section 4.09(b) covering only the assets financed with such Indebtedness and improvements;

(6) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

(7) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(8) Deposits, mortgages of landlords and landlords’, lessors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other like Liens imposed by law incurred in the ordinary course of business, in each case for sums not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(9) pledges or deposits made in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security or similar legislation, or good faith deposits to secure the performance of bids, tenders, government contracts, trade contracts or leases (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is a party, deposits to secure statutory obligations or bankers’ acceptances of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and deposits to secure surety, stay, customs, performance, return of money and appeal bonds to which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary is a party, and other obligations of a like nature, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(10) judgment Liens not giving rise to a Default or an Event of Default so long as such Lien is adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

(11) survey exceptions (including any title exceptions listed on a title policy), easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances affecting real property which do not materially adversely affect the value of said property or interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(12) any interest or title of a lessor under any capital lease or operating lease; provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets which is not leased property subject to such lease;

(13) Liens in favor of custom and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of non-delinquent customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

(14) Liens securing reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit incurred in accordance with this Indenture which encumber documents and other property relating to such letters of credit and products and proceeds thereof;

 

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(15) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(16) leases or subleases, licenses or sublicenses, granted to others not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(17) Liens arising out of consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(18) customary rights of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback under deposit agreements, or banker’s or similar Liens arising under the Uniform Commercial Code (including Liens in favor of collecting banks), of banks or other financial institutions where the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries maintains deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business (including Liens related to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations);

(19) Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness which is incurred to refinance, renew, replace, defease or discharge any Refinanced Indebtedness which has been secured by a Lien permitted under this Indenture and which has been incurred in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided , however , that such Liens: (i) are no less favorable to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect and are not more favorable to the lienholders in any material respect with respect to such Liens than the Liens in respect of such Refinanced Indebtedness; and (ii) do not extend to or cover any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries not securing such Refinanced Indebtedness;

(20) Liens upon specific items of inventory or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances or trade letters issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(21) Liens securing Hedging Obligations, currency agreements and commodities agreements which relate to Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09;

(22) Liens on Receivables Program Assets securing Receivables Program Obligations;

(23) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers (including any Captive Insurance Subsidiary) or to finance insurance premiums to the extent such Liens attach solely to the insurance policies financed in connection with Indebtedness permitted hereunder;

(24) Liens under licensing agreements for use of intellectual property entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(25) Liens of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to Obligations that do not exceed the greater of (i) $160.0 million and (ii) 4.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at the time of incurrence;

(26) Liens attaching solely to cash or Cash Equivalent earnest money deposits in connection with Permitted Investments;

(27) statutory Liens on the Farm Credit Equities of any Farm Credit Lender that the Company has acquired;

(28) zoning, building codes and other land use laws regulating the use or occupancy of such real estate or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any governmental authority having jurisdiction over such real estate which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of such real estate or the operation of the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, except for such violations that would not materially affect the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(29) Liens on property and assets, and only such property and assets, which is the subject of an unconsummated asset purchase agreement in connection with an Asset Sale permitted hereunder, which Liens secure the obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under such agreement;

(30) Liens consisting of prepayments and security deposits in connection with leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses, use and occupancy agreements, utility services and similar transactions entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and not required as a result of any breach of any agreement or default in payment of any obligation;

(31) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness and other obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries; provided that any such Liens and related Indebtedness are non-recourse as to the Company or any Guarantor and/or assets of the Company or any Guarantor;

(32) (i) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off relating to purchase orders and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business and (ii) inventory reclamation rights (to the extent constituting Liens) that are held by licensors of intellectual property to the Company and its Subsidiaries as set forth in intellectual property license agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(33) Liens on the Equity Interests of any joint venture entity in the form of a transfer restriction, purchase option, call or similar right in connection with a joint venture; and

(34) Deposits of cash in connection with a prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other satisfaction permitted hereunder with respect to any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees.

 

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During any Suspension Period, the relevant clauses of Section 4.09 shall be deemed to be in effect solely for purposes of determining the amount available under clause (5) above.

“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refinance, renew, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness) (such other Indebtedness, “Refinanced Indebtedness”); provided that:

(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus accrued interest on, the Refinanced Indebtedness (plus the amount of reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith including premiums paid, if any, to the holders thereof) and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder;

(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinanced Indebtedness;

(3) if the Refinanced Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Refinanced Indebtedness;

(4) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the obligor on the Refinanced Indebtedness; and

(5) (a) if the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced is earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Refinanced Indebtedness or (b) if the Stated Maturity of the Refinanced Indebtedness is later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity at least 91 days later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, estate or unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any such entity, or substantially all of the assets of any such entity, subdivision or business).

“principal” of a Note means the principal of the Notes plus the premium, if any, payable on the Note which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.

“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.04(f)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

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“Purchase Agreement” means the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated November 1, 2015, as amended or modified from time to time, between ConAgra Foods, Inc. and the Company.

“Purchase Money Note” means a promissory note evidencing the obligation of a Receivables Subsidiary or a Special Purpose Vehicle to pay the purchase price for Receivables or other Indebtedness to the Company or to any Restricted Subsidiary (or to a Receivables Subsidiary in the case of a transfer to a Special Purpose Vehicle) in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction, which note shall be repaid from cash available to the maker of such note, other than cash required to be held as reserves pursuant to Receivables Documents, amounts paid in respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing under Receivables Documents and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated Receivables.

“Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock.

“Qualified Receivables Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to which the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Receivables Program Assets (whether existing on the Issue Date or arising thereafter); provided that:

(1) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of a Receivables Subsidiary or Special Purpose Vehicle:

(a) is Guaranteed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary), excluding Guarantees of Obligations pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings,

(b) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or

(c) subjects any property or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction of Obligations incurred in such transactions, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

(2) neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding with a Receivables Subsidiary or a Special Purpose Vehicle (except in connection with a Purchase Money Note or Qualified Receivables Transaction) other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable; and

(3) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) do not have any obligation to maintain or preserve the financial condition of a Receivables Subsidiary or a Special Purpose Vehicle or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results other than Standard Securitization Undertakings.

 

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“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

“Rating Agency” means each of S&P and Moody’s, or if S&P or Moody’s or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available (for reasons outside the control of the Company), a statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, nationally recognized in the United States and selected by the Company (as certified by a Board Resolution) which shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s, or both, as the case may be.

“Receivables” means all rights of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to payments (whether constituting accounts, chattel paper, instruments, general intangibles or otherwise, and including the right to payment of any interest or finance charges), which rights are identified in the accounting records of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary as accounts receivable.

“Receivables Documents” means:

(1) one or more receivables purchase agreements, pooling and servicing agreements, credit agreements, agreements to acquire undivided interests or other agreements to transfer or obtain loans or advances against, or create a security interest in, Receivables Program Assets, in each case as amended, modified, supplemented or restated and in effect from time to time and entered into by the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary and/or a Receivables Subsidiary; and

(2) each other instrument, agreement and other document entered into by the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Receivables Subsidiary relating to the transactions contemplated by the agreements referred to in clause (1) above, in each case as amended, modified, supplemented or restated and in effect from time to time.

“Receivables Program Assets” means:

(1) all Receivables which are described as being transferred by the Company, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or a Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to the Receivables Documents;

(2) all Receivables Related Assets; and

(3) all collections (including recoveries) and other proceeds of the assets described in the foregoing clauses.

 

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“Receivables Program Obligations” means:

(1) Indebtedness and other Obligations owing in respect of notes, trust certificates, undivided interests, partnership interests or other interests sold, issued and/or pledged, or otherwise incurred, in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction; and

(2) related obligations of the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or a Special Purpose Vehicle (including, without limitation, Standard Securitization Undertakings).

“Receivables Related Assets” means:

(1) any rights arising under the documentation governing or relating to Receivables (including rights in respect of Liens securing such Receivables and other credit support in respect of such Receivables);

(2) any proceeds of such Receivables and any lockboxes or accounts in which such proceeds are deposited;

(3) spread accounts and other similar accounts (and any amounts on deposit therein) established in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(4) any warranty, indemnity, dilution and other intercompany claim arising out of Receivables Documents; and

(5) other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable.

“Receivables Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) in a Qualified Receivables Transaction to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Receivables Subsidiary).

“Receivables Subsidiary” means a special purpose Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company created in connection with the transactions contemplated by a Qualified Receivables Transaction, which Restricted Subsidiary engages in no activities other than those incidental to such Qualified Receivables Transaction and which is designated as a Receivables Subsidiary by the Company’s Board of Directors. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced by filing with the Trustee a Board Resolution of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying, to the best of such officers’ knowledge and belief after consulting with counsel, such designation, and the transactions in which the Receivables Subsidiary will engage, comply with the requirements of the definition of Qualified Receivables Transaction.

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“Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Regulation S.

“Related Business” means the business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date, and, upon closing of the Acquisition, the closing date of the Acquisition, and any and all businesses that in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company are similar or reasonably related, ancillary or complementary thereto or reasonable extensions thereof.

“Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

“Restricted Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

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

“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of McGraw Hill, Inc., a New York corporation, or any successor rating agency.

“Sale and Leaseback Transactions” means with respect to any Person an arrangement with any bank, insurance company or other lender or investor or to which such lender or investor is a party, providing for the leasing by such Person of any asset of such Person which has been or is being sold or transferred by such Person to such lender or investor or to any Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such asset.

“Senior Secured Indebtedness” means the sum of (i) Indebtedness and letters of credit under Credit Facilities (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) and (ii) other Indebtedness that is not subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, in each case with respect to clauses (i) and (ii), which is secured by Lien on any assets or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

“Significant Subsidiary” means (1) any Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date hereof, and (2) any Restricted Subsidiary that when aggregated with all other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise Significant Subsidiaries would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (1) of this definition.

 

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“Special Mandatory Redemption” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.03.

“Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3.03.

“Special Purpose Vehicle” means a trust, partnership or other special purpose Person established by the Company and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to implement a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company which, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the appropriate company, are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable transaction and includes, without limitation, any Receivables Repurchase Obligation.

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which such payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

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

“Total Indebtedness” means the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for money borrowed, Capitalized Lease Obligations, debt obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments (including purchase-money obligations) and with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person (with letters of credit and similar facilities being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) and (ii) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Company and all preferred stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and preferred stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and maximum fixed redemption, repayment or other repurchase price, and in each case calculated as set forth in the definition of “Indebtedness.”

 

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“Transactions” means the Acquisition and the other transactions described under the “Transactions” in the Offering Memorandum.

“Treasury Rate” means the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to February 15, 2019; provided , however , that if the period from the Redemption Date to February 15, 2019 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to February 15, 2019 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

“Unencumbered Cash and Cash Equivalents” means, with respect to any Person, the cash or Cash Equivalents owned by such Person (excluding assets of any retirement plan) which (a) are not the subject of any Lien or other arrangement with any creditor to have its claim satisfied out of such cash or Cash Equivalents prior to the general creditors of such Person (other than banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights or remedies as to deposit accounts or securities accounts in which such cash or Cash Equivalents are held), and (b) if not cash, may be converted to cash within thirty (30) days.

“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

“Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Increases or Decreases in Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, and any Subsidiary of a Subsidiary so designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

(2) is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;

 

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(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified level of operating results; and

(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries unless such Guarantee or credit support is released upon its designation as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 4.07. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it shall thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary shall be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 4.09, the Company shall be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation shall only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 4.09, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period; and (2) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Subsidiary of the Company shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary during any Suspension Period unless the Company would have been permitted to designate such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if a Suspension Period had not been in effect for any period, and such designation shall be deemed to have created an Investment or a Restricted Payment as set forth in Section 4.07(a) (subject to the exceptions set forth therein) following the date on which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are again subject to the Suspended Covenants as set forth under Section 4.17.

“U.S. Dollar Equivalent” means, with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars, at any time for determination thereof, the amount of U.S. dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into U.S. dollars at the spot rate for the purpose of U.S. dollars with the applicable foreign currency as published in The Wall Street Journal in the “Exchange Rates” column under the heading “Currency Trading” on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means direct non-callable Obligations of, or Guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which Guarantee or Obligations the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged.

 

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“Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) 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 (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

(2) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person and/or by one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries of such Person.

SECTION 1.03 Other Definitions .

 

Term

  

Defined in Section

Affiliate Transaction    4.11(a)
Base Indenture    Recitals
Change of Control Offer    4.13(a)
Company    Preamble
Covenant Defeasance    7.03
DTC    2.02(a)
Event of Default    6.01
incur    4.09(a)
Indenture    Recitals
Legal Defeasance    7.02
Net Proceeds Offer    4.10(c)
Net Proceeds Offer Amount    4.10(c)
Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date    4.10(c)
Notes    Recitals
Offer Amount    3.04(b)
Offer to Purchase    3.04(a)
Pari Passu Indebtedness    4.10(c)

 

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Term

  

Defined in Section

Payment Default    6.01(a)
Permitted Debt    4.09(b)
Purchase Date    3.04(b)
Restricted Payments    4.07(a)
Supplemental Indenture    Preamble
Surviving Entity    5.01(a)
Suspended Covenants    4.17
Suspension Period    4.17
Trustee    Preamble

SECTION 1.04 Inapplicability of Trust Indenture Act .

(a) No provisions of the Trust Indenture Act are incorporated by reference in or made a part of this Indenture unless explicitly incorporated by reference. Unless specifically provided in this Indenture, no terms that are defined under the Trust Indenture Act have such meanings for purposes of this Indenture.

SECTION 1.05 Rules of Construction .

(a) Unless the context otherwise requires:

(i) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

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

(iii) “or” is not exclusive;

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

(v) all references in this instrument to “Articles,” “Sections” and other subdivisions without reference to the Base Indenture are to the designated Articles, Sections and subdivisions of this Supplemental Indenture as originally executed;

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

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(viii) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

(ix) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the Commission from time to time thereunder.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Pursuant to Sections 201 and 301 of the Base Indenture, the provisions of this Article 2 establish the form of the Notes under this Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 2.01 Form and Dating .

(a) General . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes shall have notations, legends or endorsements set forth on Exhibit A . Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

(b) Book-Entry Provisions . This Section 2.01(b) shall only apply to Global Notes deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary. Participants and Indirect Participants shall have no rights under this Supplemental Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary or by the Trustee as the custodian for the Depositary or under such Global Note, and the Depositary shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Participants or Indirect Participants, the Applicable Procedures or the operation of customary practices of the Depositary governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

(c) Certificated Notes . Except as otherwise provided in this Supplemental Indenture, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated Notes.

(d) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable . The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

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SECTION 2.02 Registrar and Paying Agent .

(a) The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Company has entered into a letter of representations with the DTC in the form provided by DTC and the Trustee and each Security Registrar, Paying Agent or any other agent is hereby authorized to act in accordance with such letter and Applicable Procedures.

(b) The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Security Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes, and the Trustee hereby initially agrees so to act.

(c) The Company shall be responsible for making calculations called for under the Notes and this Indenture, including but not limited to determination of interest, Additional Interest, redemption price, Applicable Premium, Make Whole Amount, premium, if any, and any additional amounts or other amounts payable on the Notes. The Company will make the calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on the Holders. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee, and the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee shall provide the Company’s calculations to any Holder of the Notes upon the written request of such Holder.

SECTION 2.03 Additional Notes .

The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09, to issue Additional Notes under this Supplemental Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount which shall have identical terms as the Initial Notes, other than with respect to the date of issuance and issue price and first payment of interest. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Supplemental Indenture, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Company shall set forth in a Board Resolution and an Officers’ Certificate, a copy of each which shall be delivered to the Trustee, the following information:

(a) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture; and

(b) the issue price, the issue date and the CUSIP number(s) of such Additional Notes.

SECTION 2.04 Transfer and Exchange .

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.04, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor thereto or a nominee of such successor. A beneficial interest in a Global Note shall be exchangeable for a Definitive Note if (A) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such

 

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Global Note and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (B) in the case of any Global Note, there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note and the Depositary has requested the issuance of Definitive Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (A) or (B) above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 304 and 306 of the Base Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.04 or Sections 304 and 306 of the Base Indenture, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (A) or (B) above and pursuant to (c) hereof. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.04(a); provided , however , beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in (b) or (c) hereof.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes pursuant to this clause (b). Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Security Registrar to effect the transfers described in this (i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.04(b)(i) hereof, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Security Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or

 

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exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Security Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to (g) hereof.

(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.04(b)(ii) hereof and the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

(2) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note . A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of (ii) hereof and

(1) the Security Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, if the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 303 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this Section 2.04(b)(iv). Upon the Company’s satisfaction that the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note may be automatically exchanged into beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note without any action required by or on behalf of the Holder (the “Automatic Exchange”) at any time on or after the date that is the 366th calendar day after (A) with respect to the Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Issue Date or (B) with respect to Additional Notes, if any, the issue date of such Additional Notes, or, in each case, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (the “Automatic Exchange Date”). Upon the Company’s satisfaction that the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act, the Company may (i) provide written notice to the Trustee at least 10 calendar days prior to the Automatic Exchange, instructing the Trustee to direct the Depositary to exchange all of the outstanding beneficial interests in a particular Restricted Global Note to the Unrestricted Global Note, which the Company shall have previously otherwise made eligible for exchange with the DTC, (ii) provide prior written notice (the “Automatic Exchange Notice”) to each Holder in accordance with the procedures of DTC at least 10 calendar days prior to the Automatic Exchange (the “Automatic Exchange Notice Date”), which notice must include (w) the Automatic Exchange Date, (x) the section of the Indenture pursuant to which the Automatic Exchange shall occur, (y) the “CUSIP” number of the Restricted Global Note from which such Holder’s beneficial interests will be transferred and the (z) “CUSIP” number of the Unrestricted Global Note into which such Holder’s beneficial interests will be transferred, and (iii) on or prior to the date of the Automatic Exchange, deliver to the Trustee for authentication one or more Unrestricted Global Notes, duly executed by the Company, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Restricted Global Notes to be exchanged. At the Company’s request and on no less than 5 calendar days’ notice, the Trustee shall deliver, in the Company’s name and at its expense, the Automatic Exchange Notice to each Holder at such Holder’s address appearing in the register of Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.07, during the 10 day period between the Automatic Exchange Notice Date and the Automatic Exchange Date, no transfers or exchanges other than pursuant to this Section 2.04(b) shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Company. As a condition to any Automatic Exchange, the Company shall provide, and the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon, an Officers’ Certificate reasonably acceptable to the Trustee to the effect that the Automatic Exchange shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the

 

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restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act, and that the aggregate principal amount of the particular Restricted Global Note may be transferred to the particular Unrestricted Global Note by adjustment made on the records of the Trustee, as DTC custodian, to reflect the Automatic Exchange. Upon such exchange of beneficial interests pursuant to this Section 2.04(b), the aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes shall be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as DTC custodian, to reflect the relevant increase or decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note resulting from the applicable exchange. The Restricted Global Note from which beneficial interests are transferred pursuant to an Automatic Exchange shall be canceled following the Automatic Exchange.

(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note Prohibited . Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be exchanged for Definitive Notes only pursuant to this clause (c).

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A) or (B) of Section 2.04(a) hereof, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.04(b)(ii) and receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(2) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(3) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(4) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

 

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(5) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(6) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to (g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.04(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A) or (B) of Section 2.04(a) and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.04(b)(ii) hereof and if:

(1) the Security Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

(B) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

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and, if the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A) or (B) of Section 2.04(a) hereof and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.04(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to (g) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.04(c)(iii) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Security Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.04(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests. Restricted Definitive Notes shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes only pursuant to this clause (d).

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes . If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Security Registrar of the following documentation:

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(2) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(3) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

 

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(4) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(5) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(6) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (1) above, the applicable Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (2) above, the applicable 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (3) above, the applicable Regulation S Global Note.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, exchanges of the Definitive Notes by the Initial Purchasers on the date of this Indenture for beneficial interests in one or more Restricted Global Notes shall not require the delivery of the certifications referred to in clauses (1) through (6) above.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, if the Security Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

 

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Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.04(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 303 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.04(e), the Security Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Definitive Notes shall be exchanged for Definitive Notes only pursuant to this clause (e). Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Security Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Security Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.04(e):

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the transfer will be made pursuant to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(2) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

(3) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, transfers of the Definitive Notes to the Selling Noteholders or the Initial Purchasers, in each case on the date of this Indenture, shall not require the delivery of the certifications referred to in clause (1) through (3) above.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Security Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, if the Security Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Security Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Security Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(f) Legends . The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:

(i) Private Placement Legend .

(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (1) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

“THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED,

 

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TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)) OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION AND (2) AGREES TO OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD THEN IMPOSED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION) ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM.”

(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.04 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(ii) Global Note Legend . Each Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE BASE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAYBE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 1107 OF THE BASE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAYBE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 1107 OF THE BASE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAYBE DELIVERED

 

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TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 310 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAYBE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.

UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

(g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 310 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of a Company Order in accordance with Section 303 of the Base Indenture or at the Security Registrar’s request.

(ii) The Security Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of Notes.

(iii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but Holders shall pay all taxes due on transfer (other than any such

 

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transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 304, 306 and 1107 of the Base Indenture and Sections 3.04, 4.10 and 4.13 hereof).

(iv) Neither the Security Registrar nor the Company shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption.

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

(vi) The Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed, (B) to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption, (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (D) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.

(vii) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Security Registrar and Paying Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Security Registrar and Paying Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(viii) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 1002 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

(ix) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 303 of the Base Indenture.

(x) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Security Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.04 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

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Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Notes) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(xii) Neither the Trustee nor any Security Registrar or Paying Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

SECTION 3.01 Notices to Trustee .

If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.02 of this Supplemental Indenture and paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i) the Section of this Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the Redemption Date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, and (iv) the Redemption Price. If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.02 of this Supplemental Indenture and paragraph 5 of the Notes, it shall furnish such Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Redemption Date unless a shorter notice shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. Each Officers’ Certificate shall be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel from the Company to the effect that such redemption will comply with the conditions herein. Any such notice may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall, therefore, be void and of no effect.

SECTION 3.02 Optional Redemption .

(a) On or after February 15, 2019, the Company may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice (except that Redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with Article 7 or 8), at the Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount) set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest to the applicable Redemption Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on February 15 of the years indicated below:

 

Redemption Year

   Redemption
Price
 

2019

     104.50

2020

     103.00

2021

     101.50

2022 and thereafter

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(b) Prior to February 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, on any one or more occasions redeem up to 40% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings at a Redemption Price of 106.00% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided that:

(1) at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) issued under this Supplemental Indenture remains Outstanding after each such redemption; and

(2) the redemption occurs within 120 days after the closing of such Equity Offering.

(c) In addition, at any time prior to February 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, on any one or more occasions redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice, at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date.

(d) Notice of any optional redemption of the Notes in connection with a corporate transaction (including an Equity Offering, an incurrence of Indebtedness or a Change of Control) may, at the Company’s discretion, be given prior to the completion thereof and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of the related transaction. If such redemption or purchase is so subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition in reasonable detail, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date as so delayed. In addition, the Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. The Company shall provide written notice to the Trustee prior to the close of business two Business Days prior to the redemption date if any such redemption has been rescinded or delayed, and upon receipt the Trustee shall provide such notice to each holder of the notes in the same manner in which the notice of redemption was given.

(e) If an optional Redemption Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, the accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will be paid to the Person in whose name the Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders the Notes of which will be subject to redemption by the Company.

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date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed on that date.

(g) Notices of redemption in the case of Global Notes shall be sent electronically in accordance with Applicable Procedures. At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as is satisfactory to the Trustee), an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice together with the notice to be given setting forth the information to be stated therein as provided in this Indenture.

SECTION 3.03 Special Mandatory Redemption .

(a) Upon the first to occur of either (i) March 31, 2016, if the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to such date, or (ii) the date on which the Purchase Agreement is terminated (each, a “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger”), the Company will be required to redeem the Notes, in whole, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance to but not including the date of the special mandatory redemption (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”). There is no escrow account for, or security interest in, the proceeds of this offering for the benefit of holders of the Notes.

(b) Within one Business Day after the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company will give notice of the Special Mandatory Redemption to each holder of Notes and to the Trustee, stating, among other matters prescribed in this Indenture, that a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the redemption date set forth in such notice (which will be no later than three Business Days from the date such notice is given). Notice of Special Mandatory Redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, and provision of such notice is to be given three Business Days (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee) prior to the date notice of Special Mandatory Redemption is to be given to the Holders, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

(c) Upon the occurrence of the closing of the Acquisition, the foregoing provisions regarding the Special Mandatory Redemption will cease to apply. The Purchase Agreement may be terminated by either the Company or Seller if the closing of the Acquisition has not occurred on or before August 1, 2016.

(d) Except as described in this Section 3.03, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. The foregoing shall not affect the Company’s obligations under Sections 4.10 and 4.13.

SECTION 3.04 Repurchase at the Option of Holders .

(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.13, the Company shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes and, at the Company’s option, holders of other Pari Passu Indebtedness (each, an “Offer to Purchase”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.

 

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(b) Within 25 days following a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date and within 30 days following a Change of Control, the Company shall mail (or with respect to Global Notes, to the extent permitted or required by applicable DTC procedures or regulations, send electronically) a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, describing the transaction or transactions that triggered the Offer to Purchase and offering to purchase Notes on the date (the “Purchase Date”) specified in such notice. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The Offer to Purchase shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Offer to Purchase, shall state:

(1) that the Offer to Purchase is being made pursuant to this Section 3.04 and Section 4.10 or 4.13, as the case may be, and the length of time the Offer to Purchase shall remain open;

(2) that either (a) in the case of a Change of Control Offer, a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase such holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof or (b) in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer, there are Net Proceeds in an amount such that such Holder has the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Purchase Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the date fixed for purchase);

(3) the Purchase Date (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer, or the date such notice is mailed, in the case of a Change of Control Offer);

(4) the aggregate principal amount of Notes (and in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer, Pari Passu Indebtedness) being offered to be purchased (the “Offer Amount”), which shall be equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Amount in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer and the principal amount of all Notes Outstanding in the case of a Change of Control Offer; information as to any other Pari Passu Indebtedness included in the Offer to Purchase (in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer); and the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

(5) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrete or accrue interest;

(6) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

 

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(7) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Offer to Purchase shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or in accordance with Applicable Procedures by transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

(8) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

(9) that, in the case of a Net Proceeds Offer and subject to Applicable Procedures, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered by Holders into an Offer to Purchase exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased (i) if the Notes are listed, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are then listed or (ii) if the Notes are not so listed, on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000, shall be purchased);

(10) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer); and

(11) in the case of a Change of Control Offer, the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control.

(c) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.

(d) On or before 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, in accordance with clause (9) of Section 3.04(b), the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, shall deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the purchase price for all Notes so accepted for purchase and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.04. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall

 

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authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered, or transferred by book-entry transfer in accordance with Applicable Procedures. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Offer to Purchase on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

SECTION 4.01 Payment of Notes .

The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Supplemental Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11:00 a.m., New York time, on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date. Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

SECTION 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency .

(a) The Company shall maintain an office or agency (which unless otherwise provided will be the office of the Trustee) where Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Supplemental Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

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

(c) The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as one such office, drop facility or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 4.02(a).

 

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SECTION 4.03 Reports .

(a) Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are Outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations for a company subject to reporting under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act:

(1) all quarterly and annual financial information and other information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such Forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Company’s certified independent accountants; and

(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

(b) In addition, whether or not required by the Commission, the Company will file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations for a company subject to reporting under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) and make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Company files the information and reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above with the Commission and such information is publicly available on the Internet, the Company shall be deemed to be in compliance with its obligations to furnish such information to the Holders of the Notes and to make such information available to securities analysts and prospective investors. The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the Commission not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Commission will not accept the Company’s filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to in clauses (1) and (2) above on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports with the Commission.

(c) In addition, for so long as any Notes remain Outstanding, the Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Holders of the Notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) of the Securities Act.

(d) Delivery of any reports, information and documents by the Company or Guarantors to the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of same shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s or any Guarantor’s compliance with any of the covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates). The Trustee shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, our compliance with the covenants or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the Commission or EDGAR or any website under this Indenture, or participate in any conference calls.

SECTION 4.04 Limitation on Layering Indebtedness . The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness that is or purports to be by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing

 

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such Indebtedness) subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is also by its terms (or by the terms of any agreement governing such Indebtedness) made expressly subordinated in the right of payment to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, to the same extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to such other Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.

For purposes of this Section 4.04, no Indebtedness shall be deemed to be subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries solely by virtue of being unsecured or secured by a junior priority Lien or by virtue of the fact that the holders of such Indebtedness have entered into intercreditor agreements or other arrangements giving one or more of such holders priority over the other holders in the collateral held by them, including intercreditor agreements that contain customary provisions requiring turnover by holders of junior priority Liens of proceeds of collateral in the event that the security interests in favor of the holders of the senior priority in such intended collateral are not perfected or invalidated and similar customary provisions protecting the holders of senior priority Liens.

SECTION 4.05 Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions .

The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction unless:

(a) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to:

(1) incur Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Indebtedness with respect to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); and

(2) create a Lien on such property securing such Attributable Indebtedness without also securing the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.12;

(b) the gross cash proceeds of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company and set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the property that is the subject of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction; and

(c) such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is effected in compliance with Section 4.10.

SECTION 4.06 Payments for Consent .

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or amendment.

 

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SECTION 4.07 Restricted Payments .

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

(1) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than (i) dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or (ii) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company so long as, in the case of any dividend, payment or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend, payment or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities);

(2) purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company, in each case held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(3) make any principal payment on or with respect to, or purchase, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof (other than intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries); or

(4) make any Restricted Investment;

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

(A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

(B) the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a); and

(C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries after March 2, 2010 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clause (2), (3), (4), (5), (9) or (10) of Section 4.07(b)), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

 

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(i) 50% of the cumulative Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing on January 1, 2010 to and ending on the last day of the fiscal quarter ended immediately prior to the date of such calculation for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit); plus

(ii) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds (including the fair market value of property other than cash) received by the Company after March 2, 2010 as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the issue or sale of Disqualified Stock or debt securities of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company); plus

(iii) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after March 2, 2010 is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (x) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (y) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment; plus

(iv) upon redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the lesser of (x) the fair market value of the Company’s Investment in such Subsidiary as of the date of redesignation and (y) such fair market value as of the date such Subsidiary was originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at said date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture;

(2) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Equity Interests of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock); provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition shall be excluded from clause (C)(ii) of Section 4.07(a);

 

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(3) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of subordinated Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

(4) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company held by any member of the Company’s (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’) management pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, employment agreement, severance agreement or other executive compensation arrangement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed $10.0 million in any twelve-month period (provided that the Company may carry over and make in a subsequent calendar year, commencing with 2017, in addition to the amounts permitted for such calendar year, up to $10.0 million of unutilized capacity under this clause (4) attributable to the immediately preceding calendar year);

(5) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur (i) upon the exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or (ii) for purposes of satisfying any required tax withholding obligation upon the exercise of a grant or award that was granted or awarded to an employee;

(6) payments to holders of the Company’s capital stock in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares of its Capital Stock;

(7) the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of Disqualified Stock of the Company in exchange for Disqualified Stock of the Company that is permitted to be issued pursuant to Section 4.09;

(8) the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement for a nominal value per right of any rights granted to all the holders of Common Stock of the Company pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan adopted for the purpose of protecting shareholders from unfair takeover tactics; provided , that any such purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement of such rights is not for the purpose of evading the limitations of this Section 4.07 (all as determined in good faith by a senior financial officer of the Company);

(9) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since March 2, 2010 not to exceed $250.0 million or 7.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at such time under this clause (9);

(10) the making of any Restricted Payment if, at the time of the making of such payments and after giving pro forma effect thereto (including, without limitation, to the incurrence of any Indebtedness to finance such payments), the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio would not be greater than 3.5 to 1.0; and

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provided that in the case of clauses (4), (5), (9) and (10), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(c) The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The fair market value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this Section 4.07 shall be determined in good faith by the Company.

(d) The Board of Directors may designate any Restricted Subsidiary to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” if the designation would not cause a Default. All outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the designated Unrestricted Subsidiary will be treated as an Investment made at the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a) or Permitted Investments, as applicable. All such outstanding Investments will be treated as Restricted Investments equal to the fair market value of such Investments at the time of the designation. The designation will not be permitted if such Restricted Payment would not be permitted at that time and if such Restricted Subsidiary does not otherwise meet the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”

(e) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.07, in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more than one of the categories described in clauses (1) through (9) of Section 4.07(b) or the definition of the term “Permitted Investment,” the Company will be entitled to classify such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) on the date of its payment or later reclassify such Restricted Payment (or portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.07.

SECTION 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(2) make loans or advances to the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

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

(1) agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and the Credit Agreement as in effect on the Issue Date and any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements, provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in such agreements on the Issue Date;

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

(3) applicable law;

(4) any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness was incurred or Capital Stock was issued in connection with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Supplemental Indenture to be incurred;

(5) customary non-assignment provisions in leases, licenses, contracts and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;

(6) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on the property so acquired of the nature described in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a);

(7) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that restricts distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or other disposition;

(8) agreements governing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced as determined by the Company in good faith;

 

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(9) any agreement creating a Lien securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.12, to the extent limiting the right of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to dispose of the assets subject to such Lien;

(10) provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(11) customary restrictions on a Receivables Subsidiary and Receivables Program Assets effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

(12) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(13) agreements governing Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 4.09(b)(4), provided that such encumbrances or restrictions apply only to assets financed with the proceeds of such Indebtedness; and

(14) agreements governing other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.09; provided, that in the good faith judgment of the Company the provisions relating to restrictions of the type described in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.08(a) contained in such agreement, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive than the provisions contained in the Credit Agreement or in this Indenture, in each case, as in effect on the Issue Date.

SECTION 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided , however , that the Company and any of the Guarantors may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) or issue Disqualified Stock, and the Guarantors may issue preferred stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is issued would have been at least 2.0 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom) as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or preferred stock had been issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

 

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(b) Section 4.09(a) will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness (collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

(1) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness and letters of credit under Credit Facilities in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder) not to exceed the greater of (a) $3.2 billion or (b) an amount of Senior Secured Indebtedness that, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the net proceeds therefrom, does not cause the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company to be greater than 3.50 to 1.00, in each case, less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to repay Indebtedness and permanently reduce commitments under Credit Facilities pursuant to Section 4.10;

(2) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness;

(3) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes and Subsidiary Guarantees to be issued on the Issue Date and any future Subsidiary Guarantees (but not Additional Notes);

(4) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed the greater of (a) $175.0 million or (b) 5.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at the time of incurrence;

(5) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to refund, refinance or replace, Indebtedness incurred under clause (2) or (3) above or this clause (5) or pursuant to Section 4.09(a);

(6) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that:

(a) if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes, in the case of the Company, or the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Guarantor, in the case of a Guarantor; and

(b) (i) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof and (ii) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);

 

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(7) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness under Hedging Obligations entered into for bona fide hedging purposes of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and not for the purpose of speculation; provided that in the case of Hedging Obligations relating to interest rates, (a) such Hedging Obligations relate to payment obligations on Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred by this Section 4.09 and (b) the notional principal amount of such Hedging Obligations at the time incurred does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Hedging Obligations relate;

(8) the Guarantee by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was permitted to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09 and could have been incurred (in compliance with this Section 4.09) by the Person so Guaranteeing such Indebtedness;

(9) the incurrence of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided, however, that such Indebtedness is promptly extinguished;

(10) the incurrence of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of security for workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with self-insurance, performance, surety and similar bonds and completion guarantees provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business; provided , that the underlying obligation to perform is that of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and not that of the Company’s Unrestricted Subsidiaries; provided further , that such underlying obligation is not in respect of borrowed money;

(11) the incurrence of Indebtedness that may be deemed to arise as a result of agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price, earn-out or similar Obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary or Equity Interests of a Subsidiary; provided that (a) any amount of such Obligations included on the face of the balance sheet of the Company or any Subsidiary shall not be permitted under this clause (11) and (b) the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Obligations outstanding under this clause (11) shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

 

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(12) Indebtedness incurred under commercial letters of credit issued for the account of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business (and not for the purpose of, directly or indirectly, incurring Indebtedness or providing credit support or a similar arrangement in respect of Indebtedness), provided that any drawing under any such letter of credit is reimbursed in full within seven days or Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under letters of credit and bank guarantees backstopped by letters of credit under the Credit Facilities;

(13) Indebtedness of Restricted Subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $105.0 million or 3.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at any time outstanding;

(14) any Attributable Indebtedness; provided that the aggregate Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (14) shall not exceed $25.0 million at any time outstanding;

(15) Indebtedness in respect of Receivables Program Obligations;

(16) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance or replace any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (16), not to exceed the greater of $210.0 million or 6.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; and

(17) Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of proposed Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (17) above, or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Company will be permitted to classify such item of Indebtedness on the date of its incurrence (or later reclassify such Indebtedness in whole or in part) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.09. In addition, the accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be treated as an incurrence of Indebtedness; provided , in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of the Company as accrued. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to the Credit Agreement on the Issue Date and on the closing date of the Acquisition will be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Debt.”

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded with respect to any outstanding Indebtedness due solely to the result of fluctuations in the exchange rates of currencies.

 

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(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness where the Indebtedness incurred is denominated in a different currency, the amount of such Indebtedness will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent determined on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided , however , that if any such Indebtedness denominated in a different currency is subject to a Currency Protection Agreement with respect to U.S. dollars covering all principal, premium, if any, and interest payable on such Indebtedness, the amount of such Indebtedness expressed in U.S. dollars will be as provided in such Currency Protection Agreement. The principal amount of any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in the same currency as the Indebtedness being refinanced will be the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of the Indebtedness refinanced, except to the extent that (1) such U.S. Dollar Equivalent was determined based on a Currency Protection Agreement, in which case the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness will be determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, and (2) the principal amount of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness exceeds the principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, in which case the U.S. Dollar Equivalent of such excess, as appropriate, will be determined on the date such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred.

SECTION 4.10 Limitation on Asset Sales .

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

(1) the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (measured as of the date of the definitive agreement with respect to such Asset Sale) of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of, as determined in good faith by the Company; and

(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision only (and specifically not for the purposes of the definition of “Net Proceeds”), each of the following shall be deemed to be cash:

(i) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished by the transferee in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale);

(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that within 180 days are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or cash equivalents (to the extent of the cash or cash equivalents received in that conversion);

 

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(iii) the fair market value of (x) any assets (other than securities or current assets) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that will be used or useful in a Related Business, (y) Equity Interests in a Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary or in a Person engaged in a Related Business that shall become a Restricted Subsidiary immediately upon the acquisition of such Equity Interests by the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary or (z) a combination of (x) and (y); provided that the determination of the fair market value of assets or Equity Interests in excess of $25.0 million received in any transaction or series of related transactions shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and

(iv) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iv) since the Issue Date that is at the time outstanding, not to exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at the time of receipt of such Designated Noncash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

(b) Within a period of 365 days (commencing after the Issue Date) after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale (provided that if during such 365-day period after the receipt of any such Net Proceeds, the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) enters into a definitive binding agreement committing it to apply such Net Proceeds in accordance with the requirements of clause (B) or (D) of this Section 4.10(b) after such 365th day, such 365-day period will be extended with respect to the amount of Net Proceeds so committed for a period not to exceed 180 days until such Net Proceeds are required to be applied in accordance with such agreement (or, if earlier, until termination of such agreement)), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale:

(A) to repay, prepay, redeem or repurchase Indebtedness (other than securities) under the Credit Agreement and, if such Indebtedness is revolving credit Indebtedness, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility (or effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required in order to do so (in which case no prepayment shall be required));

(B) to repay, prepay, redeem or repurchase Obligations under Senior Secured Indebtedness, including Senior Secured Indebtedness under Credit Facilities (other than the Credit Agreement), and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

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(C) to repay, prepay, redeem or repurchase Obligations under (i) the Notes (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or (ii) any other senior Indebtedness (including under Credit Facilities (other than the Credit Agreement)) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, if applicable); provided that the Company shall equally and ratably repay and reduce Obligations under the Notes (x) as provided under Section 3.02 or (y) through open market purchases or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders of Notes to repurchase their Notes, in each case at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased to, but excluding, the date of repurchase;

(D) to repay, prepay, redeem or repurchase Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary;

(E) to acquire Equity Interests in a Person that is engaged in a Related Business that shall become a Restricted Subsidiary immediately upon the acquisition of such Equity Interests by the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary;

(F) to make capital expenditures in a Related Business;

(G) to acquire other assets (other than securities or current assets) that will be used or useful in a Related Business; or

(H) to a combination of prepayments and investments permitted by the foregoing clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F) and (G).

(c) Pending the final application of such Net Proceeds, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce borrowings under the Credit Facilities or any other revolving credit facility, if any, or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Supplemental Indenture. Subject to the last sentence of this Section 4.10(c), on the 366th day (as extended pursuant to the provisions in Section 4.10(b)) after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clause (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) and (H) of Section 4.10(b) (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Proceeds that have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G) and

 

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(H) of Section 4.10(b) (each a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the “Net Proceeds Offer”) on the Purchase Date, from all Holders (and, if required by the terms of any other Indebtedness of the Company ranking pari passu with the Notes in right of payment and which has similar provisions requiring the Company either to make an offer to repurchase or to otherwise repurchase, redeem or repay such Indebtedness with the proceeds from Asset Sales (the “Pari Passu Indebtedness”), from the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness) on a pro rata basis (in proportion to the respective principal amounts or accreted value, as the case may be, of the Notes and any such Pari Passu Indebtedness) an aggregate principal amount of Notes (plus, if applicable, an aggregate principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of Pari Passu Indebtedness) equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Amount. The offer price in any Net Proceeds Offer shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes (or 100% of the principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the Purchase Date; provided , however , that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.10. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $50.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time the entire unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $50.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this Section 4.10(c), and in which case the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date shall be deemed to be the earliest date that the Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $50.0 million).

(d) To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes (plus, if applicable, the aggregate principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of Pari Passu Indebtedness) validly tendered by the Holders thereof and not withdrawn exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders (and, if applicable, Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered by the holders thereof) will be purchased in accordance with Applicable Procedures if the Notes are Global Securities, otherwise on a pro rata basis (based on the principal amount of the Notes and, if applicable, the principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of any such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered and not withdrawn). If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered in an Asset Sale Offer exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Company shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be repurchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered or, in the case of the Notes or any such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is represented by global notes in fully registered form in the name of DTC or its nominee, in accordance with the procedures of DTC; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part. To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (plus, if applicable, the aggregate principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of any Pari Passu Indebtedness) tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such excess Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any other purpose not prohibited by this Supplemental Indenture. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset at zero. A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by applicable law.

(e) The Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.10 or Section 3.04, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Supplemental Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

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SECTION 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates .

(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20 million, unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction at such time by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (or, if the nature of such transaction is such that it is not available on an arm’s-length basis, on terms and conditions that are fair and reasonable); and

(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $35.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this Section 4.11 and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors; and

(b) The following items shall not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to Section 4.11(a):

(1) transactions between or among the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries or exclusively between or among such Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) Restricted Payments that are permitted by Section 4.07;

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provided on behalf of, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business as approved in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors or senior management;

(4) transactions pursuant to any agreement in effect on the Issue Date and disclosed in the Offering Memorandum (including by incorporation by reference), as in effect on the Issue Date or as thereafter amended or replaced in any manner, that, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes or the Company in any material respect than such agreement as it was in effect on the Issue Date as determined by the Company in good faith;

(5) loans or advances to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by clause (8) of the definition of “Permitted Investments.”

(6) any transaction or series of transactions between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any of their joint ventures; provided that (a) such transaction or series of transactions is in the ordinary course of business between the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and any such joint venture (b) with respect to any such Affiliate Transaction involving aggregate consideration in excess of $20.0 million, such Affiliate Transaction complies with Section 4.11(a)(1), and (c) with respect to any such Affiliate Transaction involving aggregate consideration in excess of $35.0 million, such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company;

(7) any service, purchase, lease, supply or similar agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, pursuant to any joint venture agreement) between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Affiliate that is a customer, client, supplier, purchaser or seller of goods or services, so long as the senior management or Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that any such agreement is on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained in a comparable arms’-length transaction with an entity that is not an Affiliate;

(8) the issuance and sale of Qualified Capital Stock; or

(9) any transaction effected in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction.

SECTION 4.12 Liens .

The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (1) assign or convey any right to receive income on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired or (2) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind securing Indebtedness or trade payables on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired or on any income or profits therefrom other than, in each case, Permitted Liens, unless the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees, as applicable, are

(1) in the case of any Lien securing an Obligation that ranks pari passu with the Notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, at least equally and ratably with or prior to such Obligation with a Lien on the same properties or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be; and

(2) in the case of any Lien securing an Obligation that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or a Subsidiary Guarantee, effective provision is made to secure the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, with a Lien on the same properties or assets of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, that is prior to the Lien securing such subordinated obligation, in each case, for so long as such Obligation is secured by such Lien.

 

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Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the applicable Lien described in clauses (1) and (2) above.

With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness.

SECTION 4.13 Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control .

(a) If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or prior to the date fixed for redemption).

(b) Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder of Notes, with a copy to the Trustee, in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.04, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased.

(c) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the purchase of Notes pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under any covenant of this Supplemental Indenture by virtue of this compliance.

 

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(d) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Supplemental Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or (2) a notice of redemption has been given prior to the Change of Control pursuant to Section 3.02, unless and until there is a default in payment of the applicable Redemption Price.

(e) If Holders of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in a Change of Control Offer and the Company, or any third party making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described above, repurchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such Holders, the Company or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 15 days nor more than 60 days’ prior notice (provided that such notice is given not more than 30 days following such repurchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above), to redeem all Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase at a price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the corresponding interest payment date.

(f) Prior to the occurrence of an event constituting a Change of Control, the provisions under this Indenture relating to the Company’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding.

(g) A Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control and conditioned upon the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement with respect to the Change of Control is in place at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.

SECTION 4.14 Corporate Existence .

Except as otherwise permitted by Article 5, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.

SECTION 4.15 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees .

In the event that any Domestic Subsidiary (excluding any Excluded Subsidiaries) (i) guarantees or becomes a borrower under the Credit Agreement or (ii) guarantees any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with a principal amount in excess of $20.0 million, the Company shall within 30 days cause such Domestic Subsidiary (excluding any Excluded Subsidiaries) to become a Guarantor of the Notes and to:

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Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture and (b) a notation of Subsidiary Guarantee in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee substantially in the form of Exhibit B ; and

(ii) deliver to the Trustee one or more Opinions of Counsel that such supplemental indenture and Subsidiary Guarantee (a) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and (b) constitute valid and legally binding obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with their terms.

SECTION 4.16 Compliance Certificate .

In addition to the statements of the Company and the Guarantors required pursuant to Section 1004 of the Base Indenture, the Company will, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible, but in no event later than five days after any officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposed to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 4.17 Covenant Suspension .

If on any date following the Issue Date the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, then beginning on that day and subject to the provisions of the following paragraph, the following Sections in this Supplemental Indenture shall be suspended:

(1) Section 4.04,

(2) Section 4.07,

(3) Section 4.08,

(4) Section 4.09,

(5) Section 4.10,

(6) Section 4.11, and

(7) clause (a)(iii) of Section 5.01

(collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”). The period during which covenants are suspended pursuant to this Section 4.17 is called the “Suspension Period.” The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the commencement and termination of any Suspension Period. The Trustee shall have no obligation to independently determine or verify if such events have occurred or notify Holders of Notes of the commencement and termination of any Suspension Period. The Trustee may provide a copy of such notice to any Holder of Notes upon request.

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and, subsequently, one of the Rating Agencies withdraws its ratings or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes so that the Notes no longer have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies or a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will from such time and thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants and compliance with the Suspended Covenants with respect to Restricted Payments made after the time of such withdrawal, downgrade, Default or Event of Default will be calculated in accordance with the terms of Section 4.07 and Section 4.09 as though such covenants had been in effect during the entire period of time from the Issue Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing and any other provision of this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to exist under this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on, and none of the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall bear any liability with respect to the Suspended Covenants for, (a) any actions taken or events occurring during a Suspension Period (including without limitation any agreements, preferred stock, obligations (including Indebtedness), or of any other facts or circumstances or obligations that were incurred or otherwise came into existence during a Suspension Period) or (b) any actions required to be taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation entered into during a Suspension Period, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period.

SECTION 4.18 Financial Calculations for Limited Condition Transactions .

When calculating the availability under any basket or ratio under this Indenture or determining the absence of a Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) as a condition to the making of any Limited Condition Transaction or incurrence of Indebtedness in connection therewith, the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made, at the irrevocable election of the Company (such election, a “Limited Condition Transaction Election”), at the time of (and on the basis of the financial statements for the most recently ended fiscal period for which financial statements are available at the time of) either (x) the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Limited Condition Transaction or (y) the consummation of the Limited Condition Transaction and related incurrence of Indebtedness, in each case, after giving effect to the relevant Limited Condition Transaction and related incurrence of Indebtedness, on a pro forma basis (such date, the “Limited Condition Transaction Test Date”); provided further that any Limited Condition Transaction Election shall be made pursuant to a written notice from the Company delivered to the Trustee at the time of the execution of the definitive agreements with respect to the Limited Condition Transaction; provided however, to the extent the Company has not delivered such written notice to the Trustee by the time of execution of the definitive agreements with respect to such transaction, the relevant conditions required to be satisfied as a condition to consummating such transaction and/or incurring such Indebtedness will be tested at the time of consummation of such transaction and the related incurrence of Indebtedness.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture that does not require compliance with a financial ratio (any such amounts, the “Fixed Amounts”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Indenture that requires compliance with a

 

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financial ratio, it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to any substantially concurrent utilization of such incurrence-based amounts.

For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company has made a Limited Condition Transaction Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the Limited Condition Transaction Test Date (including with respect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness) are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket (including due to fluctuations of the target of any Limited Condition Transaction) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Company has made a Limited Condition Transaction Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket on or following the relevant Limited Condition Transaction Test Date and prior to the earlier of (a) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (b) 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 required to be satisfied (1) on a pro forma basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith have been consummated and (2) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith have not been consummated. The foregoing provisions shall apply with similar effect during the pendency of two Limited Condition Transactions such that each of the possible scenarios is separately tested. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall there be more than two Limited Condition Transactions at any time outstanding.

ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

SECTION 5.01 Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets .

(a) The Company will not, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets (determined on a consolidated basis) to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or transactions if such transaction or transactions, in the aggregate, would result in the sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any other Person or group of Persons unless:

(i) either:

(1) the Company shall be the surviving or continuing corporation or

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lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made is (the “Surviving Entity”) a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;

(ii) the Surviving Entity, if applicable, expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee), executed and delivered to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all of the Notes and the performance of every covenant of the Notes and this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

(iii) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction or series of transactions and the assumption contemplated by clause (ii) above (including giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Debt, in each case, incurred or anticipated to be incurred in connection with or in respect of such transaction), the Company or such Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall (a) be able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Debt) pursuant to Section 4.09 or (b) have a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio that is greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition; provided , however , that this clause (iii) shall not apply during any Suspension Period;

(iv) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or series of transactions and the assumption contemplated by clause (ii) above (including, without limitation, giving effect to any Indebtedness and Acquired Debt, in each case, incurred or anticipated to be incurred and any Lien granted in connection with or in respect of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(v) the Company or the Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with the applicable provisions of this Indenture, that all conditions precedent in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been satisfied and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the Notes and this Indenture constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company or Surviving Entity, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the merger of the Company with an Affiliate incorporated solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction shall be permitted without regard to clause (iii) of the immediately preceding paragraph. For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.

 

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(b) Each Guarantor will not, and the Company will not cause or permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or merge with or into any Person other than the Company or any other Guarantor unless:

(i) if the Guarantor was a corporation or limited liability company under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, the entity formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) is a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any State thereof or the District of Columbia;

(ii) such entity assumes by supplemental indenture all of the obligations of the Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee; and

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

The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, assignment, transfer, lease or other disposition complies with the requirements of this Indenture, and an Opinion of Counsel stating that this Indenture and the Subsidiary Guarantees constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor or surviving entity, as applicable, subject to customary exceptions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements of this Section 5.01(b) will not apply to any transaction pursuant to which such Guarantor is permitted to be released from its Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.02 of this Supplemental Indenture or Section 1304 of the Base Indenture.

SECTION 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted .

Upon any consolidation or merger of the Company or Guarantor or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or Guarantor in accordance with Section 5.01 in which the Company or Guarantor is not the continuing corporation, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or Guarantor is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or Guarantor under this Indenture and the Notes or Subsidiary Guarantees, as applicable, with the same effect as if such Surviving Entity had been named as such; provided , however , that the Company shall not be released from its obligations under this Indenture or the Notes in the case of a lease.

 

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ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.01 Events of Default and Remedies .

(a) In addition to those specified in Section 501 of the Base Indenture, each of the following is an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:

(1) failure by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of Section 5.01;

(2) a default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (or the payment of which is Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee now exists, or is created after the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary), if that default:

(A) is caused by a failure to pay principal of such Indebtedness prior to the expiration of the grace period provided in such Indebtedness on the date of such default (a “ Payment Default ”);

(B) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to express maturity; and

(C) the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $75.0 million, or more;

(3) one or more judgments in an aggregate amount in excess of $75.0 million (to the extent not covered by independent third party insurance as to which the insurer has not disclaimed coverage) shall have been rendered against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and such judgments have not been vacated or remain undischarged, unpaid or unstayed for a period of 60 days after such judgment or judgments become final and nonappealable;

(b) Clause (3) of Section 501 of the Base Indenture shall not apply to the Notes.

(c) Clauses (2), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of Sections 501 of the Base Indenture are deleted and replaced in their entirety by the following:

“(2) default in payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes (including default in payment when due in connection with the purchase of Notes tendered pursuant to a Change of Control Offer or Net Proceeds Offer on the date specified for such payment in the applicable offer to purchase); or”

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default be remedied) from the Trustee or the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) of at least 25% of the Outstanding principal amount of the Notes; provided, however, that with respect to Section 4.03 such 60-day period shall instead be 120 days; or”

“(5) a court having jurisdiction in the premises enters (x) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (y) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary as bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary under any applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or”

“(6) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary:

(i) commences a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent;

(ii) consents to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary;

(iii) files a petition, as debtor, or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable federal or state law;

(iv) consents to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or of any substantial part of its property;

(v) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors;

(vi) admits in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or

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“(7) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Subsidiary Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary shall be held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid or shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, or any Person acting on behalf of any such Guarantor, shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee; or”

ARTICLE 7

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 7.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance .

The Company may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof be applied to all Outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 7.

SECTION 7.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge .

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 7.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 7.02, the Company and the Guarantors will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all Outstanding Notes and to have each Guarantor’s obligations discharged with respect to its Subsidiary Guarantee on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Outstanding Notes, which will thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 7.05 hereof and other Sections of this Supplemental Indenture referred to in (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, will execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the rights of Holders of Outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust fund described in Section 7.04 hereof, (b) the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations with respect to the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 of the Base Indenture, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under this Indenture, and the Company’s obligations in connection therewith and (d) this Article 7. Subject to compliance with this Article 7, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 7.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 7.03 hereof.

SECTION 7.03 Covenant Defeasance .

Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 7.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 7.03, the Company and each Restricted Subsidiary will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 7.04 hereof, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 3.04, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13,

 

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4.15, and 5.01(a)(iii) with respect to the Outstanding Notes, and the Events of Default set forth in Sections 6.01(a)(2) or (3) of this Supplemental Indenture shall cease to apply, in each case, on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 7.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that it is intended that such Notes shall not be deemed Outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Company, each Guarantor and each Restricted Subsidiary may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof or Section 501 of the Base Indenture, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes will be unaffected hereby.

SECTION 7.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance .

The following will be the conditions to the application of either Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof to the Outstanding Notes:

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance:

(a) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient (without consideration of any reinvestment of interest), in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, a nationally recognized investment bank or a nationally recognized appraisal or valuation firm delivered to the Trustee, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Notes on the Stated Maturity or on the applicable Redemption Date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular Redemption Date;

(b) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that (1) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (2) since the Issue Date , there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

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income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing either: (1) on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit); or (2) insofar as Events of Default from bankruptcy or insolvency events are concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;

(e) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under this Indenture or any material agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is bound (other than any such default under this Indenture resulting solely from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

(f) the Company must have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that after the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally;

(g) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and

(h) the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

SECTION 7.05 Deposited Money and Governmental Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions .

Subject to Section 7.06 hereof, all cash and U.S. Governmental Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 7.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 7.04 hereof in respect of the Outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Supplemental Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Company and the Guarantors will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 7.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Notes.

 

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Anything in this Article 7 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any cash or U.S. Government Obligations held by its as provided in Section 7.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 7.04(a) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

SECTION 7.06 Reinstatement .

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any cash or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 7.02 or 7.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided , however , that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 8

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 8.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture .

This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to the surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes, as expressly provided for in this Indenture) as to all Outstanding Notes when:

(1) either:

(a) all the Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from their trust as provided in this Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or

(b) all the Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the sending of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will become due and payable within one year; and the Company or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, a nationally recognized investment bank or a nationally recognized appraisal or valuation firm delivered to the Trustee, without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness (including all

 

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principal and accrued interest) on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption, as the case may be; provided that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purpose of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit on such Redemption Date (any such amount, the “Applicable Premium Deficit”) only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the redemption date. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an officers’ certificate signed by the principal financial or accounting officer of the Company and delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption;

(2) no Default or Event (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of the Credit Facilities or default under any other material instrument to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

(3) the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable under this Indenture; and

(4) the Company has delivered irrevocable written instructions to the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment of the Notes at maturity or redemption, as the case may be.

In addition, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Supplemental Indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

SECTION 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes .

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Supplemental Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees without the consent of any Holder of a Note:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission, mistake or inconsistency;

(b) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

 

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(c) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s assets;

(d) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder in any material respect;

(e) to add any Person as a Guarantor;

(f) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act in the event this Indenture is to be or has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;

(g) to remove a Guarantor that, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, ceases to be liable in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee;

(h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under this Indenture by a successor Trustee;

(i) to secure all of the Notes;

(j) to add to the covenants of the Company or any Guarantor for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or any Guarantor;

(k) to conform the text of this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees to any provision of the “Description of the Notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the “Description of the Notes” was intended to be a substantially verbatim recitation of a provision in this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees, as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate;

(l) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the Issue Date; and

(m) to comply with the provisions of DTC or the Trustee with respect to the provisions in this Indenture and the Notes relating to transfers and exchanges of Notes or beneficial interests in Notes.

SECTION 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes .

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then Outstanding voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes, and, subject to Sections 508 and 513 of the Base Indenture) and any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on

 

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the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes).

It will not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it will be sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment or waiver.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company will send to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to send such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. However, without the consent of each Holder of Notes affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

(a) reduce the principal amount of Notes the Holders of which must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver, including the waiver of Defaults or Events of Default, or to a rescission and cancellation of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes;

(b) reduce the rate of or change or have the effect of changing the time for payment of interest, including defaulted interest, on any Notes;

(c) reduce the principal of or change or have the effect of changing the fixed maturity of any Notes or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Notes including the provisions relating to the Special Mandatory Redemption (other than provisions relating to Section 3.04);

(d) make any Notes payable in money other than that stated in the Notes;

(e) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payment of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on the Notes on or after the due date thereof or to bring suit to enforce such payment;

(f) change the price payable by the Company for Notes repurchased pursuant Section 4.10 or Section 4.13 or, after the occurrence of a Change of Control, modify or change in any material respect the obligation of the Company to make and consummate a Change of Control Offer or modify any of the provisions or definitions with respect thereto;

(g) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or interest or premium on, the Notes; provided that this clause (g) shall not limit the right of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes to rescind and cancel a declaration of acceleration of the Notes following delivery of an acceleration notice as described in Article FIVE of the Base Indenture;

 

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(h) release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee under this Indenture, except as permitted by this Indenture;

(i) contractually subordinate the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees to any other Indebtedness; or

(j) make any change in the preceding amendment and waiver provisions.

ARTICLE 10

GUARANTEES

SECTION 10.01 Guarantees .

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that Article THIRTEEN of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.

SECTION 10.02 Release of Guarantor .

(a) In addition to those set forth in Section 1304 of the Base Indenture, the Guarantee of the Notes of any Restricted Subsidiary will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged if:

(i) such Guarantor is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Supplemental Indenture or otherwise ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary (including by way of liquidation or dissolution) in a transaction permitted by this Indenture;

(ii) such Guarantor is released or discharged as or otherwise ceases to be (A) a guarantor or a borrower under the Credit Agreement or (B) a guarantor of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with a principal amount in excess of $20.0 million and, in each case, such Guarantor is not otherwise required to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee of the Notes pursuant to the provisions described in Section 4.15;

(iii) such Guarantor merges with and into (i) the Company, with the Company surviving such merger or (ii) another Guarantor, with such other Guarantor surviving such merger;

(iv) the Company’s obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with the terms of Section 8.01; or

(v) such Guarantor ceases to be a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with this Indenture and such Guarantor is not otherwise required to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.15.

 

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(b) With respect to the Notes, Section 1304(ii) of the Base Indenture is deleted and replaced in its entirety by the following:

“(ii) either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance occurs with respect to such Notes in compliance with Article 7 of this Supplemental Indenture or”

ARTICLE 11

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.01 [Reserved .]

SECTION 11.02 Notices .

Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile or electronic transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery, to the other’s address:

 

If to the Company or any Guarantor:
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
2021 Spring Road, Suite 600
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Attention:        Thomas E. O’Neill, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No.:   (708) 409-1062
With a copy to:
Winston & Strawn LLP
35 W. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Attention:   Bruce A. Toth
Facsimile No.:   (312) 558-5700
If to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
Corporate, Municipal and Escrow Solutions
150 East 42nd Street, 40th Floor
New York, New York 10017
Facsimile: 917-260-1594

The Company, Guarantors or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

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All notices and communications (other than those sent to the Trustee or Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if sent by facsimile transmission; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery. All notices and communications to the Trustee shall be deemed duly given and effective only upon receipt.

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery to its address shown on the security register for the Notes. Any notice or communication shall also be so mailed to any Person described in Trust Indenture Act § 313(c), to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with Applicable Procedures.

The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and comply with instructions and directions sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or any Person. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the Person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a Person authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Company or Guarantors; and the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by the Company or Guarantors as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions or directions in good faith. The Company or Guarantors agree to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

SECTION 11.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes .

Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act §312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company, the Trustee, the Security Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act §312(c).

 

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SECTION 11.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent .

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 11.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.

SECTION 11.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion .

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Trust Indenture Act § 314(a)(4)) shall include:

(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

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

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

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

SECTION 11.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents .

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Security Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

SECTION 11.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders .

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

 

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SECTION 11.08 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial .

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES, THE GUARANTEES THEREOF OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

SECTION 11.09 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements .

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

SECTION 11.10 Successors .

All covenants and agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successors. All covenants and agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 11.11 Severability .

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

SECTION 11.12 Counterpart Originals .

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

SECTION 11.13 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc .

The Table of Contents and Headings in this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

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SECTION 11.14 Force Majeure .

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

SECTION 11.15 Note Purchases by Company and Affiliates .

The Company and its Affiliates shall be permitted to purchase Notes, whether through private purchase, open market purchase, tender offer, or otherwise. Such purchase or acquisition shall not operate as or be deemed for any purpose to be a redemption of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes. Any Notes purchased or acquired by the Company may be delivered to the Trustee and, upon such delivery the Indebtedness represented thereby shall be deemed to be satisfied. The proviso to the definition of “Outstanding” in the Base Indenture shall be applicable to any Notes acquired by the Company and its Affiliates.

SECTION 11.16 U.S.A. Patriot Act .

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

SECTION 11.17 Concerning the Trustee .

The Trustee makes no representations and shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture, the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Guarantors, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the same. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or in the Offering Memorandum or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication. Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to any act or omission of any Rating Agency or any rating with respect to the Notes. The Trustee shall have no obligation to independently determine or verify if any event has occurred or notify the Holders of any event dependent upon the rating of the Notes, or if the rating on the Notes has been changed,

 

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suspended or withdrawn by any Rating Agency. In entering into this Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to the benefit of every provision of the Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee, whether or not elsewhere herein so provided.

[Signatures on following pages]

 

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Dated as the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Dennis F. Riordan

  Name:   Dennis F. Riordan
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
GUARANTORS:
BAY VALLEY FOODS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
STURM FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
S.T. SPECIALTY FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
CAINS FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President

[Signature Page to the Supplemental Indenture]


CAINS GP, LLC
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
CAINS FOODS, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
ASSOCIATED BRANDS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
FLAGSTONE FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the Supplemental Indenture]


TRUSTEE:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Gregory S. Clarke

  Name:   Gregory S. Clarke
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to the Supplemental Indenture]


EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

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[[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE

representing up to

$            ]

6.00% Senior Notes due 2024

 

No.                $[            ]
   CUSIP No. [    ]

6.00% Senior Notes due 2024

TreeHouse Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [                            ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [                            ] Dollars ($[            ]) on February 15, 2024.

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15, commencing August 15, 2016.

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1.

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

 

TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

Dated:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Global Notes referred to in the within mentioned Indenture.

By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

6.00% Senior Notes due 2024

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

1. Interest

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate per annum shown above. The Company will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, or, if such date is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing August 15, 2016. 1 Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from January 29, 2016. 2 Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

2. Method of Payment

The Company will pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium on all Global Notes, subject to Applicable Procedures, and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions no later than 30 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its judgment), to the Company or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

3. Paying Agent and Registrar

Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Trustee), will act as Paying Agent and Security Registrar. The Company may appoint and change any Paying Agent or Security Registrar without notice to any holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Security Registrar.

 

1   In the case of Notes issued on the Issue Date.
2   In the case of Notes issued on the Issue Date.

 

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4. Indenture

The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of March 2, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by that Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 29, 2016 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), each among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those expressly made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. § § 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date (the “Trust Indenture Act”). Terms defined in the Indenture and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of those terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

The Company shall be entitled, subject to its compliance with Section 4.09 of the Supplemental Indenture, to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.03 of the Supplemental Indenture. The Initial Notes issued on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes will be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture; provided that, if any such Additional Notes subsequently issued are not fungible for U.S. federal income tax purposes with any Notes previously issued, such Additional Notes shall trade separately from such previously issued Notes under a separate CUSIP number, but shall otherwise be treated as a single series with all other Notes issued under the Indenture.

 

5. Optional Redemption

At any time prior to February 15, 2019, the Company may, at its option, redeem all or a part of the Notes (which includes Additional Notes, if any), at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

On or after February 15, 2019, the Company shall be entitled at its option to redeem all or a portion of the Notes at the Redemption Prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the applicable Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on February 15 on the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Redemption
Price
 

2019

     104.50

2020

     103.00

2021

     101.50

2022 and thereafter

     100.00

 

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In addition, at any time on or prior to February 15, 2019, the Company shall be entitled at its option on one or more occasions to redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed 40% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Supplemental Indenture at a Redemption Price of 106.00% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, with the Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Equity Offerings; provided , however , that (1) at least 60% of such aggregate principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) remains Outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; and (2) each such redemption occurs within 120 days after the date of the closing of the related Equity Offering.

 

6. Special Mandatory Redemption

Upon the first to occur of either (i) March 31, 2016, if the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to such date, or (ii) the date on which the Purchase Agreement is terminated (each, a “Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger”), the Company will be required to redeem the Notes, in whole, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from and including the date of initial issuance to but not including the date of the special mandatory redemption (the “Special Mandatory Redemption”). There is no escrow account for, or security interest in, the proceeds of this offering for the benefit of holders of the Notes.

Within one Business Day after the occurrence of the Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger, the Company will give notice of the Special Mandatory Redemption to each holder of Notes and to the Trustee, stating, among other matters prescribed in the Indenture, that a Special Mandatory Redemption Trigger has occurred and that all of the Notes will be redeemed on the redemption date set forth in such notice (which will be no later than three Business Days from the date such notice is given). Notice of Special Mandatory Redemption shall be given by the Company, or at the Company’s request, and provision of such notice is to be given three Business Days (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee) prior to the date notice of Special Mandatory Redemption is to be given to the Holders, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

Except as described above, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes. The foregoing shall not affect the Company’s obligations under Sections 4.10 and 4.13 of the Indenture.

 

7. Notice of Redemption

Notice of redemption will be mailed (or with respect to Global Notes, to the extent permitted or required by applicable DTC procedures or regulations, sent electronically) at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder to be redeemed at his or her registered address.

 

8. Repurchase at Option of Holder

If a Change of Control occurs, each Holder shall have the right to require that the Company purchase all or a portion of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described in the Indenture (the “Change of Control Offer”), at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal

 

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amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to the date fixed for redemption). Within 30 days following the date upon which the Change of Control occurred, the Company must mail (or with respect to Global Notes, to the extent permitted or required by applicable DTC procedures or regulations, send electronically) a notice to each Holder that shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer and shall be in compliance with the Indenture. Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice.

 

9. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 principal and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Security Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Security Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes selected for redemption (except, in the case of a Note to be redeemed in part, the portion of the Note not to be redeemed) or any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or 15 days before an Interest Payment Date.

 

10. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

11. Discharge and Defeasance

Subject to certain conditions, the Company at any time shall be entitled to terminate some or all of its and the Guarantors’ obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Company deposits with the Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

12. Amendment, Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes voting as a single class, and provisions of the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Without the consent of any Holder, the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Notes may be amended to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of Notes in the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or any

 

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Guarantor’s assets; or to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of Notes or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder.

 

13. Defaults and Remedies

If any Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee specifying the respective Event of Default and that it is a “notice of acceleration,” and the same shall become immediately due and payable. Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then Outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Indenture or that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

 

14. Guarantee

The full and punctual payment by the Company of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a joint and several senior unsecured basis by each of the Guarantors.

 

15. Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

16. No Recourse Against Others

Any past, present, or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company, any Guarantors or the Trustee shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantor under the Notes, the Indenture, the Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

 

17. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent) signs the certificate of authentication on the other side of this Note.

 

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18. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian), and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

19. CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices, including notices of redemption, as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any such notice and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

20. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY. THE COMPANY, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS NOTE, THE GUARANTEES HEREOF OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

 

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
2021 Spring Road, Suite 600
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Attention:    Thomas E. O’Neill, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No.:    (708) 409-1062

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

Date:  

 

    Your Signature:  

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

 

       

 

        Signature
Signature Guarantee:      

 

     

 

Signature must be guaranteed       Signature

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $            . The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of decrease
in Principal amount
of this Global Note
   Amount of increase
in Principal amount
of this Global Note
   Principal amount of
this Global Note
following such
decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized officer
of Trustee or
Custodian
           
           
           

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to either Section 4.10 or Section 4.13 of the Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, check the corresponding box:

 

Section 4.10 ¨    Section 4.13 ¨

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.13 of the Supplemental Indenture, as applicable, state the amount in principal amount: $            

 

Dated:  

 

    Your Signature:  

 

        (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.)

 

Signature Guarantee:  

 

  (Signature must be guaranteed)

Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Security Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Security Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF NOTATION OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

For value received, each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by that Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 29, 2016 (the “Supplemental Indenture” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among TreeHouse Foods, Inc., as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), the full and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Notes by the Company (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Guarantor and that such Guarantor will remain bound hereunder notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article THIRTEEN of the Base Indenture and Article 10 of the Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made such provisions for the precise terms of the Guarantee. Each Holder, by accepting the same agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. This Guarantee is subject to release as and to the extent set forth in the Base Indenture and Sections 7.02, 8.01 and 10.02 of the Supplemental Indenture. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined are used herein as so defined in the Indenture.

 

[GUARANTOR]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
2021 Spring Road, Suite 600
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Attention:    Thomas E. O’Neill, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No.:    (708) 409-1062

Wells Fargo Corporate Trust-DAPS Reorg

6th & Marquette Ave 12th Floor

MAC N9303-121

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Phone: 1-800-344-5128

Fax: 1-866-969-1290

Email: dapsreorg@wellsfargo.com

Re: 6.00% Senior Notes due 2024

Reference is hereby made to an Indenture dated as of March 2, 2010 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by that Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 29, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), each among TreeHouse Foods, Inc., the Guarantors and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                     (the “ Transferor ”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $             in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Transfer ”), to (the “ Transferee ”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A RELEVANT DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “ qualified institutional buyer ” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.

2. ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in

 

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accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

3. ¨ CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

a) ¨ ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

or

b) ¨ ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Issuer or a subsidiary thereof;

or

c) ¨ ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

4. ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.

a) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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b) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

c) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

/s/

  Name:
  Title:

 

Dated:  

 

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

5. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

a) ¨ ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

(i) ¨ ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:             ), or

(ii) ¨ ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:             ), or

b) ¨ ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note.

6. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

a) ¨ ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

(i) ¨ ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:             ), or

(ii) ¨ ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:             ), or

(iii) ¨ ¨ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:             ); or

b) ¨ ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note; or

c) ¨ ¨ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture

 

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.
2021 Spring Road, Suite 600
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Attention:    Thomas E. O’Neill, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, Chief Administrative Officer and Corporate Secretary
Facsimile No.:    (708) 409-1062   

Wells Fargo Corporate Trust-DAPS Reorg

6th & Marquette Ave 12th Floor

MAC N9303-121

Minneapolis, MN 55479

Phone: 1-800-344-5128

Fax: 1-866-969-1290

Email: dapsreorg@wellsfargo.com

Re: 6.00% Senior Notes due 2024

Reference is hereby made to an Indenture dated as of March 2, 2010 (the “ Base Indenture ”), as supplemented by that Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 29, 2016 (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), each among TreeHouse Foods, Inc., the Guarantors and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

                     (the “ Owner ”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “ Exchange ”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

a) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note of the same series in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

b) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In

 

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connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note of the same series, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

c) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note of the same series, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

d) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note of the same series, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OF THE SAME SERIES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES OF THE SAME SERIES

a) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note of the same series with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

b) ¨ ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In

 

D-2


connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ¨ 144A Global Note ¨ Regulation S Global Note of the same series, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuers and are dated                 .

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

/s/

  Name:
  Title:

 

D-3

Exhibit 4.3

E XECUTION V ERSION

 

 

 

TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC., as Issuer

THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO, as Guarantors

AND

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

 

 

4.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

AND

6.00 % SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024

TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE DATED AS OF

February 1, 2016

TO THE INDENTURE DATED AS OF

March 2, 2010

 

 

 


This TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 1, 2016 (this “Tenth Supplemental Indenture”), is by and among TreeHouse Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation and any successor as defined in the Base Indenture and herein, the “Company”), the existing Guarantors party to the Indenture (as defined below), Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., a Missouri corporation, Nutcracker Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Linette Quality Chocolates, Inc., a Georgia corporation, Ralcorp Frozen Bakery Products, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Cottage Bakery, Inc., a California corporation, The Carriage House Companies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and American Italian Pasta Company, a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “Additional Guarantors”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (such institution and any successor as defined in the Base Indenture, the “Trustee”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Company and the existing Guarantors have previously executed and delivered an Indenture, dated as of March 2, 2010 (the “Base Indenture”), with the Trustee providing for the issuance from time to time of one or more series of the Company’s senior debt securities, as amended and supplemented by a Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 11, 2014 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture”), Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 29, 2014 (the “Sixth Supplemental Indenture”), the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 25, 2014 (the “Seventh Supplemental Indenture”), the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 31, 2015 (the “Eighth Supplemental Indenture”) and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 29, 2015 (the “Ninth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the Sixth Supplemental Indenture, the Seventh Supplemental Indenture, and the Eighth Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”);

WHEREAS, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture provides for the issuance of the Company’s 4.875% Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Ninth Supplemental Indenture provides for the issuance of the Company’s 6.00% Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes” and together with the 2022 Notes, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, Section 4.15 of each of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture provides that in the event that any Domestic Subsidiary guarantees or becomes a borrower under the Credit Agreement, then the Company shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to simultaneously become a Guarantor of the Notes, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

WHEREAS, Section 9.01 of each of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture provides that the Trustee may enter into an indenture supplemental to the Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, to add any Person as a Guarantor;


WHEREAS, each of the Additional Guarantors, as a result of their guaranteeing the Credit Agreement, is entering into this Tenth Supplemental Indenture to add such Additional Guarantor as a Guarantor;

WHEREAS, all conditions necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and to make it a valid and binding obligation of each of the Additional Guarantors have been completed or performed; and

WHEREAS, the Indenture is incorporated herein by reference.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the existing Guarantors, the Additional Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

  SECTION 1.01 Definitions; Rules of Construction .

All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined below shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Tenth Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.

ARTICLE 2

AGREEMENT TO GUARANTEE

 

  SECTION 2.01 Agreement to Guarantee.

Each of the Additional Guarantors hereby agrees to become a party to the Indenture as a Guarantor and shall have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture. Each of the Additional Guarantors agrees to be bound by all other provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

ARTICLE 3

MISCELLANEOUS

 

  SECTION 3.01 Indenture Remains in Full Force and Effect .

Except as expressly amended and supplemented by this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.


  SECTION 3.02 Governing Law.

THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS TENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

 

  SECTION 3.03 Severability.

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

 

  SECTION 3.04 Counterpart Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together shall represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or portable document format (“PDF”) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

  SECTION 3.05 Headings, Etc.

The headings in this Tenth Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

  SECTION 3.06 Jury Trial Waiver.

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

 

  SECTION 3.07 Concerning the Trustee.

The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantees of the Additional Guarantors, or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Company and the Additional Guarantors. All of the provisions contained in the Indenture in respect of the rights, privileges, immunities, powers and duties of the Trustee shall be applicable in respect of this Tenth Supplemental Indenture as fully and with


like force and effect as though fully set forth in full herein. The Company hereby confirms to the Trustee that this Tenth Supplemental Indenture has not resulted in a material modification of the Notes for Foreign Accounting Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) purposes. The Company shall give the Trustee prompt written notice of any material modification of the Notes deemed to occur for FATCA purposes. The Trustee shall assume that no material modification for FATCA purposes has occurred regarding the Notes, unless the Trustee receives written notice of such modification from the Company.

[signature pages follow]


Dated as the date first written above.

 

COMPANY:
TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Dennis F. Riordan

  Name:   Dennis F. Riordan
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief
    Financial Officer
GUARANTORS:
BAY VALLEY FOODS, LLC
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
STURM FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
S.T. SPECIALTY FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
CAINS FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]


CAINS GP, LLC
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
CAINS FOODS, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
ASSOCIATED BRANDS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President
FLAGSTONE FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

  Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
  Title:   Executive Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]


ADDITIONAL GUARANTORS:
RALCORP HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
Title:   Executive Vice President
NUTCRACKER BRANDS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
Title:   Executive Vice President
RALCORP FROZEN BAKERY PRODUCTS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
Title:   Executive Vice President
THE CARRIAGE HOUSE COMPANIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
Title:   Executive Vice President
AMERICAN ITALIAN PASTA COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
Title:   Executive Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]


COTTAGE BAKERY, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
Title:   Executive Vice President
LINETTE QUALITY CHOCOLATES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Thomas E. O’Neill

Name:   Thomas E. O’Neill
Title:   Executive Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]


TRUSTEE:
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Julius R. Zamora

  Name:   Julius R. Zamora
  Title:   Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Supplemental Indenture]

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

Deal CUSIP : 89468XAG0

Revolver CUSIP: 89468XAH8

Term A CUSIP: 89468XAJ4

Term A-1 CUSIP: 89468XAK1

Term A-2 CUSIP: 89468XAL9

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of February 1, 2016

among

TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.

as the Borrower,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ,

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer,

and

The Other Lenders Party Hereto

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. ,

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ,

BANK OF MONTREAL and

SUNTRUST BANK

as Co-Syndication Agents

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, and

COÖPERATIEVE RABOBANK U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH

as Co-Documentation Agents

Arranged By:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC,

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP. and

SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

       Page  

ARTICLE I.

  

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

  

1.01  

Defined Terms

     2   
1.02  

Other Interpretive Provisions

     61   
1.03  

Accounting Terms

     61   
1.04  

Rounding

     62   
1.05  

Times of Day; Rates

     62   
1.06  

Letter of Credit Amounts

     62   
1.07  

[Reserved]

     63   
1.08  

Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents

     63   
1.09  

Limited Condition Transactions

     63   
1.10  

Effect of Restatement

     64   

ARTICLE II.

  

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

  

2.01  

Revolving Credit Loans and Term Loans

     65   
2.02  

Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans

     66   
2.03  

Letters of Credit

     68   
2.04  

Swing Line Loans

     79   
2.05  

Prepayments

     82   
2.06  

Termination or Reduction of Commitments

     86   
2.07  

Repayment of Loans

     87   
2.08  

Interest

     90   
2.09  

Fees

     91   
2.10  

Computation of Interest and Fees

     92   
2.11  

Evidence of Debt

     92   
2.12  

Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback

     93   
2.13  

Sharing of Payments by Lenders

     95   
2.14  

Increase in Commitments

     95   
2.15  

Cash Collateral

     100   
2.16  

Defaulting Lenders

     101   
2.17  

Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments

     103   
2.18  

Refinancing Facilities

     106   

ARTICLE III.

  

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

  

3.01  

Taxes

     110   
3.02  

Illegality

     114   
3.03  

Inability to Determine Rates

     115   
3.04  

Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans

     116   
3.05  

Compensation for Losses

     117   
3.06  

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

     118   
3.07  

Survival

     119   

 

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ARTICLE IV.

  

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

  

4.01  

Conditions of Initial Credit Extension

     119   
4.02  

Conditions to all Credit Extensions

     122   

ARTICLE V.

  

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

  

5.01  

Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws

     122   
5.02  

Authorization; No Contravention

     122   
5.03  

Governmental Authorization; Other Consents

     123   
5.04  

Binding Effect

     123   
5.05  

Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect

     123   
5.06  

Litigation

     124   
5.07  

No Default

     124   
5.08  

Ownership of Property; Liens

     124   
5.09  

Environmental Compliance

     124   
5.10  

Insurance

     124   
5.11  

Taxes

     124   
5.12  

ERISA Compliance

     125   
5.13  

Subsidiaries; Equity Interests

     125   
5.14  

Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act

     126   
5.15  

Disclosure

     126   
5.16  

Compliance with Laws

     126   
5.17  

Solvency

     126   
5.18  

Anti-Terrorism Laws

     126   
5.19  

Security Agreement; Pledge Agreement

     127   

ARTICLE VI.

  

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

  

6.01  

Financial Statements

     128   
6.02  

Certificates; Other Information

     129   
6.03  

Notices

     130   
6.04  

Payment of Taxes

     131   
6.05  

Preservation of Existence, Etc.

     131   
6.06  

Maintenance of Properties

     131   
6.07  

Maintenance of Insurance

     131   
6.08  

Compliance with Laws

     132   
6.09  

Books and Records

     132   
6.10  

Inspection Rights

     132   
6.11  

Use of Proceeds

     132   
6.12  

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions

     132   
6.13  

Farm Credit Equities

     132   
6.14  

Collateral Matters; Guaranty

     134   
6.15  

Designation of Subsidiaries

     135   
6.16  

Further Assurances and Post-Closing Covenant

     135   

 

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ARTICLE VII.

  

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

  

7.01  

Liens

     136   
7.02  

Investments

     139   
7.03  

Indebtedness

     143   
7.04  

Fundamental Changes

     147   
7.05  

Dispositions

     149   
7.06  

Restricted Payments

     151   
7.07  

Prepayments etc. of Indebtedness

     153   
7.08  

Change in Nature of Business; Fiscal Year

     153   
7.09  

Transactions with Affiliates

     154   
7.10  

Burdensome Agreements

     154   
7.11  

Use of Proceeds

     155   
7.12  

Financial Covenants

     155   
7.13  

Sale and Leaseback Transactions

     156   
7.14  

Organizational Documents

     156   

ARTICLE VIII.

  

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

  

8.01  

Events of Default

     156   
8.02  

Remedies Upon Event of Default

     159   
8.03  

Application of Funds

     159   

ARTICLE IX.

  

ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

  

9.01  

Appointment and Authority

     161   
9.02  

Rights as a Lender

     161   
9.03  

Exculpatory Provisions

     161   
9.04  

Reliance by Administrative Agent

     162   
9.05  

Delegation of Duties

     163   
9.06  

Resignation of Administrative Agent

     163   
9.07  

Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders

     164   
9.08  

No Other Duties, Etc.

     164   
9.09  

Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding

     165   
9.10  

Guaranty Matters; Collateral Matters

     166   
9.11  

Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements and Guaranteed Hedge Agreements

     167   

ARTICLE X.

  

MISCELLANEOUS

  

10.01  

Amendments, Etc.

     168   
10.02  

Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication

     169   
10.03  

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement

     172   
10.04  

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver

     172   
10.05  

Payments Set Aside

     174   
10.06  

Successors and Assigns

     175   
10.07  

Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality

     181   

 

iv


10.08

 

Right of Setoff

     182   

10.09

 

Interest Rate Limitation

     183   

10.10

 

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

     183   

10.11

 

Survival of Representations and Warranties

     183   

10.12

 

Severability

     183   

10.13

 

Replacement of Lenders

     184   

10.14

 

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

     184   

10.15

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     186   

10.16

 

USA PATRIOT Act Notice

     186   

10.17

 

No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility

     186   

10.18

 

Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents

     187   

10.19

 

Judgment Currency

     187   

10.20

 

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

     187   

SIGNATURES

     S-1   

 

v


SCHEDULES
  1.01 (A)    Unrestricted Subsidiaries
  1.02    Existing Letters of Credit
  2.01    Revolving Credit Commitments and Applicable Percentages
  2.01(b)(i)    Term A Commitments and Applicable Percentages
  2.01(b)(ii)    Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitments and Applicable Percentages
  2.01(b)(iii)    Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitments and Applicable Percentages
  5.13    Subsidiaries; Other Equity Investments
  6.03(c)    ERISA Events
  6.16    Post-Closing Matters
  7.01    Existing Liens
  7.02(w)    Existing Investments
  7.03    Existing Indebtedness
  10.02    Administrative Agent’s Office; Certain Addresses for Notices
  10.06(e)    Voting Participants
EXHIBITS
     Form of
  A    Committed Loan Notice
  B    Swing Line Loan Notice
  C-1    Revolving Credit Note
  C-2    Term Loan Note
  D    Compliance Certificate
  E    Assignment and Assumption
  F    Guaranty
  G    Global Intercompany Note
  H    Pledge Agreement
  I    Security Agreement
  J    Solvency Certificate

 

vi


AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

This AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (“ Agreement ”) is entered into as of February 1, 2016, among TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Borrower ”), each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ” and individually, a “ Lender ”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

On the Original Closing Date, the Borrower entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2014 (as amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Existing Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrower, the several Lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A. (“ Bank of America ”), as Administrative Agent, Swing Lender and L/C Issuer, and the other agents party thereto, under which the Lenders party thereto (i) made Term A Loans in an initial aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 and (ii) made available Revolving Credit Commitments in an initial aggregate principal amount of $900,000,000. The Revolving Credit Facility included one or more Swing Line Loans and one or more Letters of Credit from time to time.

On July 29, 2014, the Borrower entered into that certain Tranche A-1 Additional Credit Extension Amendment among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Tranche A-1 Term Lenders pursuant to which the Tranche A-1 Term Lenders made Tranche A-1 Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000.

On November 1, 2015, the Borrower entered into the Discovery Acquisition Agreement with ConAgra Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation, pursuant to which the Borrower (or a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower) intends to acquire Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., a Missouri corporation pursuant to the terms of the Discovery Acquisition Agreement (the “ Discovery Acquisition ”).

On November 1, 2015, the Borrower also entered into Amendment No. 2 pursuant to which the Required Lenders party thereto and the Required Revolving Lenders party thereto agreed to amend certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement, to among other things, permit the Discovery Acquisition and the indebtedness required to be incurred to consummate the Discovery Acquisition.

On November 23, 2015, the Borrower entered into Amendment No. 3 pursuant to which the Required Lenders party thereto agreed to modify and supplement certain provisions of the Existing Credit Agreement to permit certain transactions that might be required in connection with the Discovery Acquisition.

The parties hereto have agreed to amend and restate that Existing Credit Agreement to provide for (a) a new term loan A-2 on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund the Discovery Acquisition and to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions and (b) certain other amendments to the terms hereof as agreed by the Borrower and the Lenders party hereto and as further set forth herein.

 

1


Capitalized terms used in the Preliminary Statements and not defined herein shall have the meanings specified in Section 1.01 .

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

2022 Notes ” means the Borrower’s 4.875% senior notes due 2022 issued on March 11, 2014, in the aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, pursuant to the Base Indenture dated as of March 2, 2010 and the Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 11, 2014.

2024 Notes ” means the Borrower’s 6.00% senior notes due 2024 issued on January 29, 2016, in the aggregate principal amount of $775,000,000, pursuant to the Base Indenture dated as of March 2, 2010 and the Ninth Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 29, 2016.

Acquired Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of any Person (a) that is existing at the time such Person is acquired by, or merged or consolidated with or into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, and (b) that is not incurred in contemplation of such event.

Acquisition ” means the acquisition of (a) a controlling equity or other ownership interest in another Person or (b) assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a line or lines of business conducted by such Person.

Acquisition Compliance Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.12(b) .

Additional Credit Extension Amendment ” means an amendment to this Agreement (which may be in the form of an amendment and restatement), including an Increase Joinder, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent providing for Incremental Term Loans, Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or Refinancing Term Loans and/or Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Administrative Agent ” means Bank of America in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

 

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Administrative Agent’s Office ” means the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02 , or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify to the Borrower and the Lenders.

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

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

Aggregate Commitments ” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments ” means the Revolving Credit Commitments of all the Lenders. The amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments in effect on the Restatement Date is $900,000,000.

Agreement ” means this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

Amendment No. 2 ” means the Amendment and Consent, dated as of November 1, 2015, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders party thereto and the Required Revolving Lenders party thereto.

Amendment No. 3 ” means Amendment No. 3, dated as of November 23, 2015, by and among the Borrower, the Guarantors party thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders party thereto.

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means all laws, rules and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Borrower or its Subsidiaries from time to time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

Applicable ECF Percentage ” means, for any fiscal year, commencing with the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, (a) 50%, if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is equal to or greater than 2.75:1.00, (b) 25%, if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 2.75:1.00, and equal to or greater than 2.50:1.00 and (c) 0%, if the Secured Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is less than 2.50: 1.00.

 

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Applicable Fee Rate ” means, at any time, in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, (a) from the Restatement Date to the date on which the Administrative Agent receives a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a) for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2016, 0.450% per annum and (ii) thereafter, the applicable percentage per annum set forth below determined by reference to the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a) :

Applicable Fee Rate

 

Pricing
Level

  

Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio

   Facility Fee  

1

  

Less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00

     0.250

2

  

Less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 but greater than 2.50 to 1.00

     0.300

3

  

Less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than 3.00 to 1.00

     0.350

4

  

Less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 but greater than 3.50 to 1.00

     0.400

5

  

Less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00

     0.450

6

  

Less than or equal to 5.00 to 1.00 but greater than 4.50 to 1.00

     0.500

7

  

Greater than 5.00 to 1.00

     0.500

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Fee Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) ; provided , however , that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 7 shall apply from the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered until the date that is the first Business Day immediately after the date such Compliance Certificate is delivered.

Applicable Percentage ” means with respect to any Lender at any time (a) with respect to such Lender’s portion of all of the Facilities, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the sum of (x) the outstanding Term Loans of all Classes held by such Lender at such time and (y) the portion of the Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, in each case, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16 and the penultimate sentence of this paragraph; (b) with respect to such Lender’s portion of the outstanding Term Loans of any Class at any time, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of such Class held by such Lender at such time, subject to adjustments as provided in Section 2.16 ; and (c) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the percentage (carried out to the ninth decimal place) of the Revolving Credit Facility represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16 . If the commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender to make Revolving Credit Loans and the obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions have been terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 or if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments have expired, then the Applicable Percentage of each Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be determined based on the Applicable Percentage of such Revolving Credit Lender in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility most recently in effect, giving effect to any subsequent assignments. The initial Applicable Percentage of each Lender in respect of each Facility on the Restatement Date is set forth opposite the name of such Lender on Schedule 2.01 or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable.

 

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Applicable Rate ” means, at any time, (a) with respect to the Term Loans of any Class other than the Term A Loans, the Tranche A-1 Term Loans and the Tranche A-2 Term Loans, any percentage(s) per annum set forth in the related Additional Credit Extension Amendment and (b) with respect to the Term A Loans, the Tranche A-1 Term Loans, the Tranche A-2 Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Facility, (i) from the Restatement Date to the date on which the Administrative Agent receives a Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a) for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2016, the percentages per annum set forth in Pricing Level 5 in the chart below and (ii) thereafter, the percentages per annum set forth in the chart below, based upon the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a) :

Applicable Rate

 

          Revolving Credit
Facility
    Term A Facility     Tranche A-1 Term
Facility
    Tranche A-2 Term
Facility
 

Pricing
Level

  

Consolidated

Net Leverage

Ratio

   Euro-
dollar
Rate +
    Base Rate     Euro-
dollar
Rate
    Base Rate     Euro-
dollar
Rate
    Base Rate     Euro-
dollar
Rate
    Base Rate  
          Letter of
Credit
Fee
                                           

1

  

Less than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00

     1.000     0.000     1.250     0.250     1.250     0.250     1.250     0.250

2

  

Less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 but greater than 2.50 to 1.00

     1.200     0.200     1.500     0.500     1.500     0.500     1.500     0.500

3

  

Less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 but greater than 3.00 to 1.00

     1.400     0.400     1.750     0.750     1.750     0.750     1.750     0.750

4

  

Less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 but greater than 3.50 to 1.00

     1.600     0.600     2.000     1.000     2.000     1.000     2.000     1.000

5

  

Less than or equal to 4.50 to 1.00 but greater than 4.00 to 1.00

     1.800     0.800     2.250     1.250     2.250     1.250     2.250     1.250

6

  

Less than or equal to 5.00 to 1.00 but greater than 4.50 to 1.00

     2.000     1.000     2.500     1.500     2.500     1.500     2.500     1.500

7

  

Greater than 5.00 to 1.00

     2.500     1.500     3.000     2.000     3.000     2.000     3.000     2.000

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate applicable to the Term A Loans, the Tranche A-1 Term Loans, the Tranche A-2 Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans resulting from a change in the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) ; provided , however , that if a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section, then Pricing Level 7 shall apply from the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered until the date that is the first Business Day immediately after the date such Compliance Certificate is delivered.

 

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Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage ” means with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility at such time.

Appropriate Lender ” means, at any time, (a) with respect to a Revolving Credit Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment with respect to such Facility or holds a Revolving Credit Loan, at such time, (b) with respect to the Term A Facility, the Tranche A-1 Term Facility, the Tranche A-2 Term Facility or any Facility in connection with any Incremental Term Commitment, the Lenders holding a Term A Loan, Tranche A-1 Term Loan, Tranche A-2 Term Loan or Incremental Term Loan under such Facility, respectively, at such time, (c) with respect to the Letter of Credit Sublimit, (i) the applicable L/C Issuer and (ii) if any Letters of Credit have been issued pursuant to Section 2.03(a) , the Revolving Credit Lenders and (d) with respect to the Swing Line Sublimit, (i) the Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a) , the Revolving Credit Lenders.

Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

Arrangers ” means, collectively, the Revolving Credit Arrangers, the Term A Arrangers, the Tranche A-1 Arrangers and the Tranche A-2 Arrangers.

Asset Swap ” means a concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets (or assets which prior to their sale or exchange by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries have ceased to be Related Business Assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) between the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at least equal to the fair market value (such fair market value to be determined on the date the definitive agreement regarding such transaction was entered into) as determined in good faith by the Borrower.

Assignee Group ” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by clause (d) of the definition of “Eligible Assignee,” if applicable), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by use of an electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

Attributable Indebtedness ” means, on any date and without duplication, (a) in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease Obligation, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease

 

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payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capitalized Lease, and (c) in the case of any other “Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities,” the capitalized amount of such obligation that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared on such date in accordance with GAAP if such transaction were accounted for as a secured loan (including, in respect of any asset securitization transaction of any Person, the actual amount of any unrecovered investment of purchasers or transferees of assets so transferred).

Audited Financial Statements ” means the audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012, December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014.

Available Amount ” means an amount equal to (a) $100,000,000 plus (b) an additional amount that will be built by, without duplication, (i) the sum of, for each Excess Cash Flow Period (x) which has been completed and (y) for which audited financial statements required by Section 6.01(a) have been provided, Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period, minus the product of Excess Cash Flow for such period times the Applicable ECF Percentage for such Excess Cash Flow Period plus (ii) the Net Cash Proceeds of issuances of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) received by the Borrower following the Restatement Date and on or prior to such date, plus (iii) the Net Cash Proceeds of Indebtedness and the Net Cash Proceeds of Disqualified Equity Interests of the Borrower, in each case issued after the Restatement Date, which have been exchanged or converted into Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower, plus (iv) the Net Cash Proceeds of Dispositions of Investments made under Section 7.02(y) by a Group Member to a Person that is not a Group Member, (or, if less, the amount of such Investment under Section 7.02(y) which has been subject to such Disposition), plus (v) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, returns, profits, distributions and similar amounts (excluding sale proceeds) received in any Unencumbered Cash or Cash Equivalents by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on any Investment made under Section 7.02(y) , which shall not exceed the amount of such Investment made under Section 7.02(y) ; provided that in the case of Guarantees made in reliance on Section 7.02(y) that are not funded, the amount of such Investment shall no longer be deemed to be made under Section 7.02(y) following the termination of such Guarantee, plus (vi) the lesser of (x) the amount of Investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in any Unrestricted Subsidiary that has been re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary or that has been merged or consolidated into the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (y) the fair market value of the assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents, which shall be subject to clause (v) above) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that have been transferred to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, but only to the extent of Investments made in such Unrestricted Subsidiary under Section 7.02(y) , plus (vii) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income, the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition permitted under Section 7.05(n) by a Group Member to a Person that is not a Group Member that is not required to be applied towards the permanent prepayment of any outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or reinvested to avoid such prepayment under Section 2.05(b)(iii) ( provided that any amount increasing the Available Amount pursuant to this clause (vii) may not be used to make a Restricted Payment under Section 7.06(e) or in the calculation of the Available Amount available for the purpose of making a Restricted Payment in

 

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reliance on Section 7.06(e) ), in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (b)(i) through (vii), minus Investments made in reliance on Section 7.02(y) , Restricted Payments made in reliance on Section 7.06(e) and payments made in reliance on Section 7.07(a)(iv) .

Available Financial Statements ” means the most recently provided financial statements under Section 6.01(a) and (b), and for periods prior to the delivery of financial statements for the applicable period(s), the most recent annual or quarterly financial statements of the Borrower filed with the SEC.

Availability Period ” means, with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments or any given Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the period from and including the Original Closing Date to the earliest of (a) the Maturity Date for such Facility, (b) the date of termination of the Commitments for such Facility pursuant to Section 2.06 , and (c) the date of termination of the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and of the obligation of the applicable L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions pursuant to Section 8.02 .

Available Liquidity ” means the sum of (a) the Unencumbered Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (b) to the extent the Borrower has the present ability to satisfy all conditions precedent set forth in Section 4.02 , the positive remainder (if any) of (i) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments minus (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings.

Bail-In Action ” means 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 ” means, 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.

Bank of America ” means Bank of America, N.A. and its successors.

Bankruptcy Default ” means an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) or Section 8.01(g) .

Base Rate ” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Bank of America as its “prime rate,” and (c) the Eurodollar Rate plus 1.00%. The “prime rate” is a rate set by Bank of America based upon various factors including Bank of America’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such prime rate announced by Bank of America shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Base Rate Loan ” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

BMOCM ” means BMO Capital Markets Corp. and its successors.

 

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BofA Fee Letter ” means the letter agreement, dated April 22, 2014, among the Borrower, Bank of America and MLPFS.

Borrower ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto.

Borrower Materials ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02 .

Borrowing ” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located and, if such day relates to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, means any such day that is also a London Banking Day.

Capitalized Lease ” means any lease that has been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as a capitalized lease.

Canadian Dollar ” means lawful money of Canada.

Canadian Dollar Equivalent ” means, at any time, with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Canadian Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Canadian Dollars with Dollars.

Captive Insurance Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any Subsidiary thereof).

Cash Collateralize ” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender (as applicable) and the Lenders, as collateral for L/C Obligations, Obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans, 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 L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender benefitting from such collateral shall agree in its sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to (a) the Administrative Agent and (b) the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender (as applicable).

Cash Collateral ” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

Cash Consideration Requirement ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05(n) .

Cash Equivalents ” means:

(a) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than 360 days from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof;

 

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(b) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) (A) is a Lender or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or is the principal banking subsidiary of a bank holding company organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, (ii) issues (or the parent of which issues) commercial paper rated as described in clause (c) of this definition, (iii) has combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, or (iv) has combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000 and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;

(c) commercial paper issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at least “Prime-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by Moody’s or at least “A-1” (or the then equivalent grade) by S&P, in each case with maturities of not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof;

(d) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by financial institutions that have the highest rating obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P, and the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of the character, quality and maturity described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this definition; and

(e) solely with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary, (x) such local currencies in those countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary transacts business from time to time in the ordinary course of business and (y) Investments of comparable tenor and credit quality to those described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (d) customarily utilized in countries in which such Foreign Subsidiary operates for short term cash management purposes.

Cash Management Agreement ” means any agreement to provide cash management services, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card (including purchasing and commercial cards, prepaid cards, including payroll, stored value and gift cards, and merchant services processing), electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements.

Cash Management Bank ” means any Person that, (a) at the time it enters into a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, (b) at the time it (or its Affiliate) becomes a Lender, is a party to a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (c) has entered into a Cash Management Agreement with a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to the Restatement Date and is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender on the Restatement Date, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Cash Management Agreement.

 

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Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the Original Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

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

Change of Control ” means an event or series of events by which:

(a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any employee benefit plan of such person or its subsidiaries, and any person or entity acting in its capacity as trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such plan) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the equity securities of the Borrower entitled to vote for members of the board of directors or equivalent governing body of the Borrower on a fully-diluted basis; or

(b) during any period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of the Borrower cease to be composed of individuals (i) who were members of that board or equivalent governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose election or nomination to that board or equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause (i)  above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body or (iii) whose election or nomination to that board or other equivalent governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i)  and (ii)  above constituting at the time of such election or nomination at least a majority of that board or equivalent governing body.

Class ” (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders are Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility or Lenders holding a portion of a Class of Term Loans, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments that are designated as an additional Class of Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Replacement Revolving Commitments that are designated as an additional Class of Commitments, Term A Commitments, Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitments, Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitments, or Incremental Term Commitments, and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Loans under Extended Revolving Credit Commitments that are designated as an additional Class of Revolving Credit Loans,

 

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Replacement Revolving Commitments that are designated as an additional Class of Revolving Credit Loans, Term A Loans, Tranche A-1 Term Loans, Tranche A-2 Term Loans, Extended Term Loans that are designated as an additional Class of Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans that are designated as an additional Class of Term Loans or Refinancing Term Loans that are designated as an additional Class of Term Loans. Revolving Credit Commitments, Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, Term A Commitments, Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitments, Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitments, or Incremental Term Commitments (and in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) and Extended Term Loans or any tranche of Loans created pursuant to a Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility that have different terms and conditions shall be construed to be in different Classes. Commitments (and, in each case, the Loans made pursuant to such Commitments) and Extended Term Loans that have the same terms and conditions shall be construed to be in the same Class.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

CoBank ” means CoBank, ACB and its successors.

Collateral ” means all of the “ Collateral ” or other similar term referred to in the Collateral Documents and all of the other property that is or is intended or purports under the terms of the Collateral Documents to be subject to Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

Collateral and Guarantee Requirement ” means, in the case of clauses (a), (c), (d) and (e), at any time prior to satisfaction of the Collateral Release Conditions, and in the case of clause (b), at all times on and after the Restatement Date, subject to (x) the applicable limitations set forth in this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document and (y) the time periods (and extensions thereof) set forth in Section 6.14 and, to the extent applicable, Section 6.16 , the requirement that:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered (x) on the Restatement Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(ii) or (y) pursuant to Section 6.14 or, to the extent applicable, Section 6.16 at such time required by such Section to be delivered, in each case, duly executed by each Loan Party that is party thereto;

(b) all Obligations shall have been unconditionally guaranteed by each Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary);

(c) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guaranty shall have been secured by a perfected security interest, subject to no Liens other than the Liens permitted under Section 7.01 , in all Equity Interests of each wholly owned Material Subsidiary directly owned by the Borrower or any Loan Party (which security interest, in the case of Equity Interests ordinarily entitled to vote (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of any Foreign Subsidiary or any Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company shall be limited to 65% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests ordinarily entitled to vote (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of such Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, as the case may be), in each case other than any Excluded Equity Interests; and

 

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(d) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guaranty shall have been secured by a perfected security interest, subject to no Liens other than the Liens permitted under Section 7.01 , in the Collateral, in each case, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents, to the extent required under, and subject to exceptions and limitations otherwise set forth in this Agreement and the Collateral Documents.

The foregoing definition shall not require, and the Loan Documents shall not contain any requirements as to, the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, any Excluded Assets.

The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in particular assets and the delivery of assets where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.

No actions required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction shall be required in order to create any security interests in any assets or to perfect or make enforceable such security interests (including any intellectual property registered in any non-U.S. jurisdiction) (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction or any requirement to make any filings in any foreign jurisdiction including with respect to foreign intellectual property). No actions shall be required with respect to assets requiring perfection through control agreements or perfection by “control” (as defined in the UCC) (other than in respect of Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than intercompany Indebtedness) owing to the Loan Parties evidenced by a note in excess of $5,000,000, Indebtedness of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party that is owing to any Loan Party (which shall be evidenced by the Global Intercompany Note and pledged to the Administrative Agent) and certificated Equity Interests of wholly owned Restricted Subsidiaries that are Material Subsidiaries otherwise required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement to the extent required under clause (c)  above).

Prior to the Collateral Release Date, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective to release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions without the written consent of each Lender party to this Agreement at such time.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the requirements of clause (b) hereof (and the definition of “Guarantors”) shall survive the Collateral Release Date such that any Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) that is formed, acquired or designated a Restricted Subsidiary (or ceases to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary) shall guarantee the Obligations hereunder as soon as practicable, and in any event, within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree in its sole discretion) of such formation, acquisition, designation or cessation.

 

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Collateral Documents ” means the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplements and any other documents delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.14 , and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or intends or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

Collateral Release ” means the release of all Liens on all of the Collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of itself and the other Secured Parties, securing the Secured Obligations, upon the effectiveness of the Collateral Release Conditions.

Collateral Release Conditions ” means the following conditions to the release of all of the Collateral: (a) no Specified Secured Indebtedness shall be outstanding; (b) no Default shall exist or result from such Collateral Release; (c) at the time of such Collateral Release, the Borrower shall be in compliance with a Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio equal to or less than 3.50:1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which there are Available Financial Statements (determined on a Pro Form Basis after giving effect to the Transactions and giving Pro Forma Effect to any Indebtedness incurred, created, assumed or repaid after the last day of such Test Period and on or prior to the date of delivery of the notice referred to in clause (d) below) and (d) the Borrower has delivered a written notice to the Administrative Agent certifying the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clauses (a)  through (c)  above and requesting that the Administrative Agent effect the Collateral Release.

Collateral Release Date ” means the date on which the Collateral Release Conditions have been satisfied and the Collateral Release is effective.

Commitment ” means a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, a Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment, a Term A Commitment, a Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment, a Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitment and/or an Incremental Term Loan Commitment.

Committed Borrowing ” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing and/or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.

Committed Loan ” means a Revolving Credit Loan and/or a Term Loan, as the context may require.

Committed Loan Notice ” means a notice of (a) a Committed Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a) , which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A (or such other form as may be approved by the Administrative Agent including any form on an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent), appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Compliance Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D .

 

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Consolidated Cash Interest Charges ” means, for any Test Period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and without duplication, the sum of the following, (a) all interest, premium payments, debt discount, fees, charges and related expenses of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP (excluding any interest paid-in-kind through the addition of such interest to outstanding principal), (b) to the extent paid or payable in cash, the portion of rent expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such period under Capitalized Leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP and (c) to the extent paid or payable in cash, net payments under Swap Contracts; provided that Consolidated Cash Interest Charges for any period shall exclude any amortization or write-off of deferred financing fees, original issue discount or premium resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par during such period. Consolidated Cash Interest Charges will be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis to reflect Indebtedness incurred in connection with Acquisitions and Investments which are given Pro Forma Effect in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA (including the Transactions) and to reflect Indebtedness repaid in connection with Dispositions that are given Pro Forma Effect in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA.

Consolidated Cash Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, for any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period to (b) Consolidated Cash Interest Charges for such Test Period.

Consolidated Domestic Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the net book value of all assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries less (b) the net book value of all assets of Foreign Subsidiaries which are Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower, in each case, on such date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any Test Period, the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period:

(a) increased (without duplication) by the following:

(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued during such Test Period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(ii) consolidated interest expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period (including (x) fees paid to lenders in connection with Indebtedness, (y) payments made under any Swap Contracts entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (z) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities) and any amortization or write-off of debt discount or deferred financing costs and commissions, discounts and other fees, costs and expenses and charges associated with indebtedness during such Test Period net of payments received under any Swap Contracts entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

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(iii) consolidated depreciation and amortization expense of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(iv) any expenses related to the Transactions and any other expenses or charges related to any equity offering, Investment, Acquisition, Disposition or recapitalization permitted hereunder or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (in each case, whether or not successful), including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related to the Loans and any other credit facilities and (B) any amendment or other modification of the Loans and any other credit facility or issuance of Indebtedness, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(v) the amount of any extraordinary loss, charge or expense deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(vi) the amount of any (A) unusual or nonrecurring loss, charge or expense deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income and (B) restructuring charge or reserve, integration cost or other business optimization expense or cost associated with establishing new facilities that is deducted (and not added back) in such Test Period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with Acquisitions on and after the Restatement Date, and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; provided that the aggregate amount added back pursuant to this clause (vi)  and clause (viii)  below and any increase to Consolidated EBITDA as a result of clause (b)  of the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment (other than as a result of an actual increase in revenues or an actual reduction in costs) for any Test Period shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period (before giving effect to such adjustments); plus

(vii) any other non-cash charges, write-downs, expenses, losses or items reducing Consolidated Net Income for such Test Period including any impairment charges (including any goodwill or other intangible asset impairment charge or write-off thereof) or the impact of purchase accounting, (excluding any such non-cash charge, write-down, expense, loss or item to the extent it represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future Test Period ); plus

(viii) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies projected by the Borrower in good faith and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower in writing to the Administrative Agent to result from actions either taken or initiated prior to or during the period referred to in clause (y)(1) below (which cost savings and synergies shall be subject only to certification by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower and shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies had been realized on the first day of such Test Period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized prior to or during such Test Period from such actions; provided that (A) a Responsible Officer of the Borrower shall have certified to the Administrative Agent that (x) such cost savings and synergies are reasonably identifiable and (y) (1) such actions have been taken or are expected to be taken within twelve (12) months after the date of determination to take such action (and such date of determination has occurred prior to or

 

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during the relevant period being measured) and (2) are expected to result in such projected savings, expense reductions and synergies within twelve (12) months of the taking of such actions, (B) no cost savings, expense reductions or synergies shall be added pursuant to this clause (viii) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings that are included in clause (vi) above with respect to such Test Period and (C) the aggregate amount added back pursuant to clause (vi) above, this clause (viii) and any increase to Consolidated EBITDA as a result of clause (b) of the Pro Forma Adjustment (other than as a result of an actual increase in revenues or an actual reduction in costs) for any Test Period shall not exceed 20% of Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period (before giving effect to such adjustments); plus

(ix) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any Test Period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous Test Period and not added back; plus

(x) realized foreign exchange losses, including those resulting from the impact of foreign currency changes on the valuation of assets or liabilities on the balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(xi) net realized losses from Swap Contracts or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 815 and related pronouncements to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(xii) [Reserved]

(xiii) any (A) non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options, stock appreciation rights or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions and (B) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts, to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(xiv) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or cancellation of Indebtedness or any obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(xv) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Restatement Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transactions in accordance with GAAP to the extent deducted (and not added back) in the computation of Consolidated Net Income; plus

(xvi) to the extent not included in Consolidated Net Income for such Test Period, proceeds of business interruption insurance, in an amount actually received during such Test Period (or, to the extent relating to such Test Period, prior to the earlier of (A) the date on which financial statements have been delivered for the most recently ended fiscal quarter in

 

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such Test Period and (B) the date for which financial statements are required to have been delivered for the most recently ended fiscal quarter in such Test Period; provided , that amounts not received during such Test Period and included in Consolidated EBITDA for such Test Period will not be included in Consolidated EBITDA for any subsequent Test Period) and to the extent representing the earnings for the applicable Test Period that such proceeds are intended to replace; plus

(xvii) to the extent not otherwise excluded from the Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other Disposition of assets permitted hereunder and (B) (x) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or (y) so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (1) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (2) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent so denied within 180 days or not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption ( provided that, in the case of clause (A)  and (B)(x) , such reimbursement is not included in Consolidated Net Income in such Test Period or any subsequent Test Period, and in the case of clause (B)(y) , any such subsequent reimbursement will not be included in Consolidated Net Income in such Test Period or any subsequent Test Period);

(b) increased or decreased (without duplication) by, as applicable, any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 460 or any comparable regulation;

(c) increased or decreased (to the extent not already included in determining Consolidated EBITDA) by any Pro Forma Adjustment; and

(d) reduced by any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gain, income related to the early extinguishment of indebtedness, unrealized net gains in the fair market value of any swap agreements, non-cash gains or items of income and foreign exchange gains.

There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period, without duplication, (a) the acquired EBITDA of any person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such Test Period (but not the acquired EBITDA of any related person, property, business or assets 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 Test Period, and the acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such Test Period, based on the actual acquired EBITDA of such acquired entity or business or converted Restricted Subsidiary for such Test Period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) and (b) an adjustment in respect of each acquired entity or business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such acquired entity or business for such Test Period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered to the Lenders and the

 

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Administrative Agent. For purposes of determining the Consolidated Cash Interest Coverage Ratio, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio, there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any Test Period the disposed Consolidated EBITDA of or attributable to any person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such Test Period and the Consolidated EBITDA of or attributable to any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such Test Period, based on the actual Consolidated EBITDA of or attributable to such sold entity or business or the actual Consolidated EBITDA of or attributable to any converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such Test Period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer, disposition or conversion).

Consolidated Funded Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination and without duplication, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the sum of (a) the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations hereunder) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments, (b) all purchase money Indebtedness, (c) all direct obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments, (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than accounts payable in the ordinary course of business), (e) Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and other Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities, (f) without duplication, all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) through (e) above of Persons other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (g) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (f) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary.

Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, the net income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for that period (and in any event excluding the income (or loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , that amounts included in net income actually received in cash by the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a dividend or similar distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be included).

Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus the lesser of (i) all Unencumbered Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date with adjustments for international tax effects at an assumed withholding rate of 35% ( provided , however , that with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada that is eligible for benefits under the United States-Canada Income Tax Treaty, the assumed withholding rate shall be 5%) and (ii) $250,000,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

 

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Consolidated Tangible Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) on a consolidated basis, Consolidated Total Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) on that date minus the Intangible Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) on that date (calculated in each case as of the most recent date for which there are Available Financial Statements).

Consolidated Total Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, the net book value of all assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) on such date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (calculated in each case as of the most recent date for which there are Available Financial Statements).

Contractual Obligation ” means, 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.

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto.

Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities ” means (a) with respect to any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments or Revolving Credit Loans, Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Replacement Revolving Loans and (b) with respect to any Class of Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans.

Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility Lenders ” means a Lender with a Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment or Refinancing Term Loans.

Credit Extension ” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

Debtor Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

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

Default Rate ” means (a) when used with respect to Obligations other than Letter of Credit Fees, an interest rate equal to (i) the Base Rate plus (ii) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans under the applicable Facility or if not related to a particular Facility, the highest Applicable Rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans hereunder plus (iii) 2% per annum; provided , however , that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2% per annum, and (b) when used with respect to Letter of Credit Fees, a rate equal to the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit Facility plus 2% per annum.

 

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Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section 2.16(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, the applicable L/C Issuer, the Swing Line 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 or Swing Line Loans) within two Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting lender pursuant to this clause (c)  upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such a capacity or (iii) become the subject of a Bail-in Action; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any Equity Interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a)  through (d)  above, and of the effective date of such status, shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 2.16(b) ) as of the date established therefor by the Administrative Agent in a written notice of such determination, which shall be delivered by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower, each L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender promptly following such determination.

Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” means the fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Disposition pursuant to Section 7.05(n) that is designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, setting forth the basis of such valuation (which amount will be reduced by the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration to cash or Cash Equivalents).

 

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Discovery ” means Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., a Missouri corporation.

Discovery Acquisition ” has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements.

Discovery Acquisition Agreement ” means the Stock Purchase Agreement (together with all exhibits, schedules, annexes and disclosure schedules thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), dated as of November 1, 2015, by and among the Borrower and the Discovery Seller.

Discovery Agent Fee Letter ” means the Agent Fee Letter, dated as of November 1, 2015, by and between the Borrower and Bank of America, N.A.

Discovery Audited Financial Statements ” means the audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, comprehensive income, business equity and cash flows of Discovery and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended May 26, 2013, May 25, 2014 and May 31, 2015; provided that, pursuant to and in compliance with the relief granted to the Borrower by the Securities and Exchange Commission in a letter dated October 16, 2015, Discovery’s audited consolidated statements for the fiscal year ended May 26, 2013 will be limited to a consolidated statement of operations for the period from January 29, 2013 through May 26, 2013.

Discovery Commitment Letter ” means the Amended and Restated Commitment Letter, dated as of November 23, 2015, by and among the Borrower and the Discovery Commitment Parties, as further amended, restated, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Discovery Commitment Parties ” means Bank of America, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, WF Investment Holdings, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Bank of Montreal, BMO Capital Markets Corp., SunTrust Bank, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Barclays Bank PLC, Key Bank National Association, Key Bank Capital Markets Inc., Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., “Rabobank Nederland”, New York Branch and Rabo Securities USA, Inc.

Discovery Fee Letters ” means the Discovery Agent Fee Letter and the Discovery Joint Fee Letter.

Discovery Joint Fee Letter ” means the Amended and Restated Joint Fee Letter, dated as of November 23, 2015, by and among the Borrower and the Discovery Commitment Parties.

Discovery Lead Arrangers ” means each of Bank of America, N.A., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., and any other financial institutions that may become party to the Discovery Commitment Letter as a “Lead Arranger”.

 

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Discovery Seller ” means ConAgra Foods, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Discovery Unaudited Financial Statements ” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income and cash flows of Discovery and its Subsidiaries for the twenty-six (26) week period ended November 29, 2015, together with the corresponding period in the prior year.

Disposition ” or “ Dispose ” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of any property by any Person, including (i) any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith and (ii) the issuance of Equity Interests in any Subsidiary owned directly by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Person other than the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Disqualified Equity Interests permitted to be issued under Section 7.03 or directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required under applicable Laws).

Disqualified Equity Interest ” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time of issuance of such Equity Interest (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale or as a result of the bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event of the issuer thereof so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event or bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable).

Disqualified Institution ” means (a) competitors of the Borrower, Discovery or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries that are in the same or a similar line of business and, in each case, identified in writing to the Administrative Agent from time to time, which identification shall not apply retroactively for any purpose, including to disqualify any Persons that have previously acquired an assignment or participation interest in any Loans and/or Commitments (each such entity, a “ Competitor ”) and (b) Affiliates of Competitors to the extent such Affiliates (i) are clearly identifiable on the basis of such Affiliates’ names or designated in writing by the Borrower from time to time and (ii) are not bona fide debt funds or investment vehicles that are engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business with appropriate information barriers in place; provided , however , that a list of Disqualified Institutions identified above shall be made available to all Lenders upon request to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that 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 Section 10.06 hereof).

Dollar ” and “ $ ” mean lawful money of the United States.

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Canadian Dollars, the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, at such time on the basis of the Spot Rate (determined in respect of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with Canadian Dollars.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any political subdivision of the United States.

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a Subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Eligible Assignee ” means, with respect to any Facility (a) a Lender under such Facility; (b) an Affiliate of a Lender under such Facility; (c) an Approved Fund; and (d) any other Person approved by (i) (A) the Administrative Agent and (B), with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender, and (ii) unless a Payment Default or Bankruptcy Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, the Borrower (each such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided 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 ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof); provided , however , that, the Borrower’s consent shall not be required for assignments of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans to lenders identified by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower on or prior to the Restatement Date during the primary syndication of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans, which shall end on the date that is sixty (60) days after the Restatement Date; provided further that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Eligible Assignee” shall not include (w) the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (x) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (x) , (y) a natural person or (z) any Disqualified Institution.

Environmental Laws ” means any and all applicable Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, judgments, orders, decrees, permits or licenses relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

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the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

Equity Interests ” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code (and, for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Code, Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Code).

ERISA Event ” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) a withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension 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) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) the imposition of any material liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate; (g) the determination that any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA; or (h) a failure by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to meet all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of a Pension Plan, whether or not waived, or the failure by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan.

 

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EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule ” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person), as in effect from time to time.

Eurodollar Rate ” means,

(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“ LIBOR ”) or a comparable or successor rate, which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Bloomberg screen page (or such other commercially available source providing quotations as may be designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and

(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time, determined two Business Days prior to such date for U.S. Dollar deposits with a term of one month commencing that day; and

(c) if the Eurodollar Rate shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed zero for purposes of this Agreement;

provided that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided , further , that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent.

Eurodollar Rate Loan ” means a Committed Loan that bears interest at a rate based on clause (a)  (and subject to clause (c) ) of the definition of “ Eurodollar Rate.”

Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01 .

Excess Cash Flow ” means, for any Excess Cash Flow Period, an amount, if positive, equal to, the sum (without duplication) of:

(a) the sum of (without duplication): (i) Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Excess Cash Flow Period plus (ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges, expenses or losses (including write-offs or write-downs, depreciation expense, amortization expense including amortization of goodwill and other intangibles and deferred tax expense but excluding accrual or reserves for a potential cash expenditure for a future period) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income); minus :

(b) the sum of (without duplication): (i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash gains or credits included in arriving at Consolidated Net Income (excluding any non-cash gains to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash loss

 

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in any prior period); (ii) mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii) and Section 2.05(b)(iii) (in each case, to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds subject to such prepayment increased Consolidated Net Income during such Excess Cash Flow Period); (iii) the principal portion of required and voluntary repayments and repurchases of Indebtedness (other than voluntary repayments on the Loans) during such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided that (w) such repurchases shall be included in this clause (b) only to the extent of the cash amount paid for such repurchase and without regard to the face amount of Indebtedness acquired or cancelled in such repurchase, (x) such repayments and repurchases are otherwise permitted hereunder, (y) if such Indebtedness consists of a revolving credit facility (other than the Revolving Credit Facility), such repayment shall be included in this clause (b) only to the extent of the permanent reduction of the commitments under such revolving credit facility relating to such repaid amount and (z) such repayments are not made, directly or indirectly using (1) proceeds, payments or any other amounts available from events or circumstances that were not included in determining Consolidated Net Income during such period (including any proceeds from Indebtedness) or (2) the Available Amount; (iv) to the extent not reducing Consolidated Net Income, cash used (or committed to be used pursuant to binding documentation) for capital expenditures, Permitted Acquisitions and other permitted Investments (including contracted capital expenditures, Investments and Acquisitions so long as (A) such amounts are contractually committed by the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period, (B) such amounts are utilized (and, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be deducted when used) during the fiscal year immediately following such Excess Cash Flow Period and (C) any amounts not utilized during such fiscal year immediately following such Excess Cash Flow Period shall be added to Excess Cash Flow for the immediately succeeding Excess Cash Flow Period if the contracted capital expenditure, Permitted Acquisition or Investment is not actually consummated during such succeeding period) and all Restricted Payments made in that period other than under Section 7.06(b) , (c)  or (e)  and, in each case under this clause (iv), except to the extent financed with long-term indebtedness); (v) to the extent not reducing Consolidated Net Income, cash payments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries to Persons other than Group Members during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness; (vi) the aggregate amount of expenditures, expenses, charges and losses actually paid or payable by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures, expenses, charges and losses for the payment of financing fees and pension contributions) to the extent that such expenditures, expenses, charges and losses are not expensed or deducted (or exceed the amount expensed or deducted, in which case the amount deducted in this clause (vi) shall be limited to such excess) during or prior to such period in arriving at Consolidated Net Income, and to the extent such expenditures, expenses, charges and losses are not made to Group Members and are not financed with Indebtedness or Equity Interests, or proceeds thereof; (vii) the amount of cash Taxes paid or payable in respect of such period (and not relating to income earned or accrued in a prior period) to the extent they exceed the amount of Tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period; and (viii) cash generated through the income of any Restricted Subsidiary (foreign or domestic) of the Borrower to the extent that the payment of such cash to the Loan Parties, whether by dividends or similar distributions, intercompany loan repayments or otherwise (1) is not at the time of calculation permitted by operation of any requirements of law applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or (2) would at the time of calculation result in material adverse Tax consequences.

 

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Excess Cash Flow Period ” means any fiscal year of the Borrower, commencing with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2017.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Excluded Assets ” means:

(a) (x) any fee-owned real property and (y) any real property leasehold rights and interests (it being understood there shall be no requirement to obtain any landlord or other third party waivers, estoppels or collateral access letters);

(b) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;

(c) letter of credit rights (other than to the extent consisting of supporting obligations that can be perfected solely by the filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement (it being understood that no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in letter of credit rights other than filing of a Uniform Commercial Code financing statement));

(d) commercial tort claims that in the reasonable determination of the Borrower, are not expected to result in a judgment in excess of $5,000,000;

(e) assets to the extent the pledge thereof or grant of security interests therein (x) is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law, rule or regulation, (y) would cause the destruction, invalidation or abandonment of such asset under applicable Law, rule or regulation, or (z) requires any consent, approval, license or other authorization of any third party or Governmental Authority (excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code);

(f) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization is prohibited or restricted thereby (excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code);

(g) Excluded Equity Interests;

(h) any lease, license or agreement, or any property subject to a purchase money security interest, Capitalized Lease obligation or similar arrangement, in each case to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money or similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Borrower or a Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code notwithstanding such prohibition;

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(j) any intent-to-use application trademark application prior to the filing, and acceptance by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, of a “Statement of Use” or “Amendment to Allege Use” with respect thereto, to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark application under applicable federal law;

(k) assets where the cost of obtaining a security interest therein is excessive in relation to the practical benefit to the Lenders afforded thereby as reasonably determined in good faith between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent;

(l) any property (and any related rights and any related assets) subject to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction permitted under this Agreement;

(m) notes and other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount less than $5,000,000 individually and $10,000,000 in the aggregate;

(n) any acquired property (including property acquired through Acquisition or merger of another entity) if at the time of such Acquisition the granting of a security interest therein or the pledge thereof is prohibited by any contract or other agreement (in each case, not created in contemplation thereof) to the extent and for so long as such contract or other agreement prohibits such security interest or pledge (excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code); and

(o) accounts receivable and related supporting obligations and books and records subject to Liens securing any Permitted Securitization Facility.

Excluded Equity Interest ” means (a) margin stock, (b) Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary that is not directly owned by the Borrower or any Loan Party, (c) Equity Interests ordinarily entitled to vote (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of any Material Subsidiary that is a wholly owned Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company directly owned by the Borrower or any other Loan Party in excess of 65% of such Material Subsidiary’s issued and outstanding Equity Interests ordinarily entitled to vote (for U.S. federal income tax purposes), (d) Equity Interests of any Domestic Subsidiary that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of a (i) CFC, (ii) Foreign Subsidiary or (iii) Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, (e) any Equity Interest to the extent the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any Law or contractual obligation (excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code), (f) any Equity Interests with respect to which the Borrower and the Administrative Agent have reasonably determined that the cost or other consequences (including material adverse Tax consequences) of pledging or perfecting a security interest in such Equity Interests are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security to be afforded thereby, (g) Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary; (h) Equity Interests of any Captive Insurance Subsidiary; (i) Equity Interests of any not for profit Subsidiary; (j) Equity Interests of any special purpose securitization vehicle (or similar entity); (k) Equity Interests of any Person other than wholly-owned Subsidiaries to the extent such Person is prohibited by its Organization Documents from pledging its Equity Interests (excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code); and (l) any other Equity Interests that constitute Excluded Assets.

 

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Excluded Subsidiary ” means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, (b) any Foreign Subsidiary, (c) any Domestic Subsidiary (i) that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of a CFC or (ii) that is a Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company, (d) any Subsidiary, including any regulated entity that is prohibited or restricted by applicable Law or by contractual obligation existing on the Restatement Date (or, with respect to any Subsidiary acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Restatement Date (and so long as such contractual obligation was not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition (including, for avoidance of doubt, in connection with the Discovery Acquisition), on the date such Subsidiary is so acquired) from providing a Guaranty, or if such Guaranty would require governmental (including regulatory) or third party consent, approval, license or authorization, (e) any bankruptcy remote special purpose securitization vehicle (or similar entity), (f) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary designated by the Borrower, (g) any not for profit Subsidiary, (h) any Immaterial Subsidiary, (i) each Unrestricted Subsidiary, (j) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition with Indebtedness assumed pursuant to Section 7.03(d) to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary would be prohibited from providing the Guaranty, or consent would be required (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness, (k) any Subsidiary with respect to which the Guaranty would result in material adverse Tax consequences as reasonably determined by the Borrower in consultation with the Administrative Agent and (l) any other Subsidiary with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower reasonably agree that the burden or cost of providing the Guaranty shall outweigh the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guaranty thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (determined after giving effect to Section 14 of the Guaranty and any other “keepwell, support or other agreement” for the benefit of such Guarantor and any and all guarantees of such Guarantor’s Swap Obligations by other Loan Parties) at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor, or a grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such Guaranty or security interest is or becomes excluded in accordance with the first sentence of this definition.

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Borrower hereunder, (a) taxes imposed on or measured by its net income (however denominated), branch profits taxes and franchise taxes imposed on it, in each case, by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or in which it is otherwise doing business (other than jurisdictions in which such Person is doing business solely as a result of this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Loan made by it) or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable Lending Office is located, (b) any branch

 

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profits taxes imposed by the United States or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 10.13 ), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new Lending Office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure or inability to comply with Section 3.01(e) , except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 3.01(a) , (d) in the case of any Lender other than a Foreign Lender, any backup withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party hereto or is attributable to such Lender’s failure or inability to comply with Section 3.01(e) and (e) any Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

Existing Credit Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the Preliminary Statements.

Existing Letters of Credit ” means the Letters of Credit set forth on Schedule 1.02 .

Extended Revolving Credit Commitments ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a) .

Extended Term Loans ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a) .

Extending Revolving Credit Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a) .

Extending Term Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a) .

Extension ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a) .

Extension Offer ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a) .

Facility ” means (a) the Term A Facility, (b) the Tranche A-1 Facility, (c) the Tranche A-2 Facility, (d) any other Class of Term Loans or Term Loan Facility or (e) the Revolving Credit Facility, as the context may require; and “ Facilities ” means all of them.

Farm Credit Equities ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.13(a) .

Farm Credit Lender ” means a lending institution organized and existing pursuant to the provisions of the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended and under the regulation of the Farm Credit Administration.

FASB ASC ” means the Accounting Standards Codification of the Financial Accounting Standards Board.

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471 (b) (1) of the Code and any Laws or official agreement implementing an official governmental agreement with respect thereto.

 

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FCPA ” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Bank of America on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

Flood Insurance Laws ” means, collectively, (i) National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 (which comprehensively revised the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 and the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973) as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto, (ii) the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto and (iii) the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 as now or hereafter in effect or any successor statute thereto.

Flagstone Foods Merger ” means the merger of Snacks Acquisition Sub, Inc., with and into Snacks Parent Corporation, a Delaware corporation, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of June 27, 2014, among Bay Valley Foods, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Snacks Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Snacks Parent Corporation, a Delaware corporation and Gryphon Partners II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, solely in its capacity as the sellers’ representative, pursuant to which Snacks Parent Corporation became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Borrower.

Fixed Incremental Amount ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Incremental Cap”.

Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes (including such a Lender when acting in the capacity of an L/C Issuer). For purposes of this definition, the United States, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, a State thereof or the District of Columbia.

Foreign Subsidiary Holding Company ” means any Subsidiary of any Person that (x) has no material assets other than (1) Equity Interest of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries at least one of which is a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code and (2) intercompany loans/receivables owed to such Subsidiary by one or more Subsidiaries described in clause (1) , (y) no material liabilities other than those reasonably relating to the assets described in clauses (1)  and (2)  above and as contemplated by clause (z)  below and (z) is not a guarantor of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than as permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(t)(iii) .

 

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FRB ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Fronting Exposure ” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to the applicable L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of Swing Line Loans other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination, consistently applied.

Global Intercompany Note ” means the intercompany note, dated as of the Restatement Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit G executed by the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary.

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Granting Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g) .

Group Member ” means the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Guarantee ” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the

 

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payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement ” means any Cash Management Agreement that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Cash Management Bank.

Guaranteed Hedge Agreement ” means any Swap Contract that is entered into by and between any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Hedge Bank.

Guarantors ” means, each of the existing wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) of the Borrower that is a Material Subsidiary who becomes a party to the Security Agreement and the Guaranty on the Restatement Date and following such date, becomes a Guarantor pursuant to a Guaranty Joinder Agreement or other documentation in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in each case, together with their respective successors and permitted assigns. In addition, any wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary that executes a Guaranty Joinder Agreement and satisfies the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall also be a Guarantor of the Obligations hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary that is a “Guarantor” of the Senior Notes, any Incremental Equivalent Debt, Permitted External Refinancing Debt, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and/or any Permitted Refinancing thereof (and successive Permitted Refinancings) shall be a Guarantor of the Obligations hereunder.

Guaranty ” means the Amended and Restated Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Guaranteed Parties, which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit F , together with each Guaranty Joinder Agreement.

Guaranty Joinder Agreement ” means each Guaranty Joinder Agreement substantially in the form thereof attached to the Guaranty, executed and delivered by a Guarantor to the Administrative Agent under the Guaranty pursuant to Section 6.14 .

Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

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Hedge Bank ” means any Person that, (a) at the time it enters into a Swap Contract, is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender, (b) at the time it (or its Affiliate) becomes a Lender, is a party to a Swap Contract not prohibited under Article VI or VII or (c) has entered into a Swap Contract with a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to the Restatement Date and is a Lender of an Affiliate of a Lender on the Restatement Date, in each case, in its capacity as a party to such Swap Contract.

ICC ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “ UCP ”.

Immaterial Subsidiary ” means any Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Material Subsidiary.

Impacted Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.03 .

Increase Effective Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(b) .

Increase Joinder ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(c) .

Incremental Cap ” means the sum of (a) an unlimited amount if, after giving effect to the incurrence of any Incremental Facilities (which for this purpose will be deemed to include the full amount of any (x) Incremental Revolving Facility or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments assuming the full amount of such facility or commitment was drawn or (y) Incremental Facility consisting of delayed draw facilities) and after giving effect to any Permitted Acquisition, other Investment, or any sale, transaction or other Disposition or any incurrence of Indebtedness or repayment of Indebtedness consummated concurrently therewith, the Borrower has, on a Pro Forma Basis, (i) with respect to any Incremental Facility or secured Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case, incurred prior to the Collateral Release Date, a Secured Net Leverage Ratio equal to or less than 3.50:1.00 and (ii) with respect to (x) any unsecured Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred prior to the Collateral Release Date, a Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio equal to or less than 5.00:1.00 and (y) any Incremental Facility or unsecured Incremental Equivalent Debt, in each case, incurred after the Collateral Release Date, the Leverage Maintenance Covenant, in the case of each of clause (a)(i) or (a)(ii) , as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which there are Available Financial Statements (such amount, the “ Ratio Incremental Amount ”); provided that for purposes of clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii) , Consolidated Funded Indebtedness shall not take into account any Unencumbered Cash or Cash Equivalents constituting proceeds of any Loans made under any Incremental Commitments to be provided on such date and any Incremental Equivalent Debt to be incurred or issued on such date that may otherwise reduce the amount of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness; provided further that for purposes of this clause (a) , if the proceeds of the relevant Incremental Facility will be applied to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, the Ratio Incremental Amount will be determined in accordance with Section 1.09 plus (b) the sum of (i) $750,000,000 plus (ii) the aggregate principal amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans made after the Restatement Date, except to the extent (x) such prepayments were funded with the proceeds of long-term Indebtedness or (y) such Loans being repaid were incurred

 

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pursuant to the Ratio Incremental Amount (the “ Fixed Incremental Amount ”, which shall be reduced by previously used amounts of the Fixed Incremental Amount for Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt). For the avoidance of doubt, (1) Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred under clause (b)  shall not be subject to any incurrence test set forth in clause (a)  above, (2) Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt incurred under clause (a)  shall not reduce the Fixed Incremental Amount, (3) Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be deemed to be incurred under the Ratio Incremental Amount to the extent permitted by clause (a)  above prior to utilizing any of the Fixed Incremental Amount and (4) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Facilities and Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not exceed the Incremental Cap.

Incremental Commitments ” means Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments and/or the Incremental Term Commitments.

Incremental Equivalent Debt ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.03(h) .

Incremental Facility ” means any facility established pursuant to Section 2.14 .

Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(a) .

Incremental Term Commitments ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.14(a) .

Incremental Term Loans ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.02(c) .

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

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

(b) all direct or contingent obligations of such Person arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

(c) net obligations, if any, of such Person under any Swap Contract;

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not past due for more than 120 days after the date on which such account payable was created or, if overdue for more than 120 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person);

 

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

(f) Capitalized Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and other Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of such Person;

(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Equity Interest; and

(h) all Guarantees of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of any Capitalized Lease, Synthetic Lease Obligation or other Off-Balance Sheet Liability as of any date shall be deemed to be the amount of Attributable Indebtedness in respect thereof as of such date. For the avoidance of doubt, any obligations in respect of workers’ compensation claims, early retirement or termination obligations, pension fund obligations or contributions or similar claims, obligations or contributions or social security or wage taxes shall not constitute “Indebtedness”.

Indemnified Taxes ” means Taxes (including Other Taxes) other than Excluded Taxes.

Indemnitees ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.04(b) .

Information ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07 .

Intangible Assets ” means assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP, including customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks, patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and capitalized research and development costs.

Intellectual Property Security Agreements ” means the Intellectual Property Security Agreements as such term is defined in the Security Agreement.

Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplements ” means the Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplements as such term is defined in the Security Agreement.

Interest Payment Date ” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided , however , that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan

 

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(including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made (with Swing Line Loans being deemed made under the Revolving Credit Facility for purposes of this definition).

Interest Period ” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter (in each case, subject to availability), as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice or such other period of twelve months requested by the Borrower and consented to by all the Appropriate Lenders; provided that:

(i) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(ii) 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 the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(iii) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.

Investment ” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which such Person Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person that constitute a business unit. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment ( provided that the amount of any Investment made other than in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents shall be the fair market value thereof valued at the time of the making thereof); plus the cost of all additions thereto, net of all actual cash returns on such Investments, whether as principal, interest, profits, distributions or otherwise (but not in excess of the initial amount of such Investment) but without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment; provided further , that, in the case of Guarantees that constitute Investments which are not funded, such Investments shall no longer be deemed to be outstanding following the termination of such Guarantee.

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ISP ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Issuer Documents ” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary) or in favor of the applicable L/C Issuer and relating to any such Letter of Credit.

JPMSL ” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and its successors.

Junior Financing ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.07(a) .

Laws ” means, collectively, (a) all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, regulations, ordinances, codes and publicly available administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case having the force of law, and (b) for the purposes of Article II , Article III , Section 10.13 and any related definitions, all of the foregoing and any related rules and guidelines, including any interpretations thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, in each case whether or not publicly available or having the force of law.

Latest Maturity Date ” means, at any time, the latest maturity or expiration date applicable to any Facility, Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time.

Latest Term Loan Maturity Date ” means, at any time, the latest maturity date applicable to any Class of Term Loans hereunder, in each case, as extended in accordance with the terms of this Agreement from time to time.

L/C Advance ” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage.

L/C Borrowing ” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been reimbursed on the date when made or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing.

L/C Credit Extension ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the increase of the amount thereof.

L/C Issuer ” means Bank of America in its capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder (and, at the option of the Borrower, any other issuer mutually agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent), or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder.

L/C Obligations ” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings. For purposes of computing the amount

 

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available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06 . For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be “outstanding” in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

Lender ” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph hereto and includes each Class of Lenders and, as the context requires, includes the Swing Line Lender.

Lending Office ” means, as to any Lender, the office or offices of such Lender described as such in such Lender’s Administrative Questionnaire, or such other office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, which office may include any Affiliate of such Lender or any domestic or foreign branch of such Lender or such Affiliate. Unless the context otherwise requires each reference to a Lender shall include its applicable Lending Office.

Letter of Credit ” means any letter of credit issued hereunder providing for the payment of cash upon honoring of a presentation thereunder and shall include the Existing Letters of Credit. A Letter of Credit may be a commercial letter of credit or a standby letter of credit.

Letter of Credit Application ” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the applicable L/C Issuer.

Letter of Credit Expiration Date ” means the day that is seven days prior to the five year anniversary of the Restatement Date (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day); provided with the written consent of the applicable L/C Issuer, the Letter of Credit Expiration Date with respect to Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such L/C Issuer may be seven days prior to the then Latest Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.

Letter of Credit Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(h) .

Letter of Credit Sublimit ” means an amount equal to $75,000,000. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.

Leverage Maintenance Covenant ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.12(b) .

Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, right-of-way or other encumbrance on title to real property, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

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Limited Condition Transaction ” means any Permitted Acquisition or permitted Investment in any assets, business or Person, in each case the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing.

Loan ” means an extension of credit by a Lender to the Borrower under Article II in the form of a Committed Loan or a Swing Line Loan (including any Incremental Term Loans, any Extended Term Loans, Refinancing Term Loans, loans made pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, loans made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment and loans made pursuant to any Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment).

Loan Documents ” means this Agreement, each Note, the Guaranty, each Guaranty Joinder Agreement, each Collateral Document, each Issuer Document, each Additional Credit Extension Amendment, each Increase Joinder, each Extension Offer, any agreement creating or perfecting rights in Cash Collateral pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.15 , the BofA Fee Letter and any other document or instrument specified as a “Loan Document” under the provisions thereof.

Loan Parties ” means, collectively, the Borrower and each Guarantor.

London Banking Day ” means any day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

Market Intercreditor Agreement ” means an intercreditor agreement the terms of which are consistent with market terms governing security arrangements for the sharing of liens or arrangements relating to the distribution of payments, as applicable, at the time the intercreditor agreement is proposed to be established in light of the type of Indebtedness subject thereto.

Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, circumstance or condition that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon (a) the operations, business, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower and the Guarantors taken as a whole to perform their obligations under the Loan Documents or (c) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of the Loan Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and Lenders thereunder.

Material Subsidiary ” means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of the Borrower (a) the total assets of which exceed, as at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which there are Available Financial Statements or, in the case of the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition, as of the end of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended prior to the effective date of such Acquisition for which there are Available Financial Statements (calculated on a pro forma basis taking into account the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition), 5% of Consolidated Domestic Assets, or (b) that contributed 5% or more of Consolidated EBITDA in the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended of the Borrower for which there are Available Financial Statements or, in the case of the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition (calculated on a pro forma basis taking into account the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition) as if such Acquisition occurred on the first day

 

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of the four fiscal quarter period of the Borrower most recently ended for which there are Available Financial Statements; provided , further , that if the combined (i) total assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall exceed 10% of the Consolidated Domestic Assets as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which there are Available Financial Statements or (ii) contributions of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall exceed 10% or more of Consolidated EBITDA at the end of the four fiscal quarter period most recently ended for which there are Available Financial Statements, the Borrower shall redesignate one or more of such Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower as Material Subsidiaries within ten (10) Business Days after such date, such that only Domestic Subsidiaries as shall then have combined (x) total assets of less than 10% of the Consolidated Domestic Assets for such fiscal quarter of the Borrower (based on the most recently Available Financial Statements) or (ii) contributed less than 10% of Consolidated EBITDA for such four fiscal quarter period of the Borrower (based on the most recently Available Financial Statements) shall constitute Immaterial Subsidiaries.

Maturity Date ” means (a) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility (but excluding any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any Loans made pursuant thereto), the date that is five years after the Restatement Date, (b) with respect to the Term A Loans, the date that is five years after the Restatement Date, (c) with respect to the Tranche A-1 Term Loans, the date that is five years after the Restatement Date, (d) with respect to the Tranche A-2 Term Loans, the date that is five years after the Restatement Date, (e) with respect to any other Class of Term Loans or any Credit Agreement Refinanced Indebtedness, the date specified as the “Maturity Date” therefor in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment and (f) with respect to any Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, the date specified as the “Maturity Date” therefor in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment, as the context may require; provided , however , that, in each case, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the next preceding Business Day.

MLPFS ” means Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and its successors.

Multiemployer Plan ” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

Net Cash Proceeds ” means (a) with respect to any proceeds of a Recovery Event or Disposition received or paid to the account of any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of any cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction minus (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the applicable asset and that is required (directly or indirectly) to be repaid in connection with such transaction (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such transaction, (C) Taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable within 2 years of the date of the relevant transaction as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith; provided that, if the amount of any estimated Taxes pursuant to subclause (C)  exceeds the amount of Taxes actually required to be paid in cash in respect of such Recovery Event or Disposition, the aggregate

 

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amount of such excess shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds and (D) amounts which are required to be reserved for on the balance sheet or otherwise required to be placed in escrow in connection with such transaction unless and until such amounts are no longer required to be subject to a reserve or are released to any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , further , that Net Cash Proceeds shall be deemed to exclude (x) proceeds of business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds constitute compensation for lost earnings) and (y) cash receipts from proceeds of insurance or condemnation awards (or payments in lieu thereof) to the extent that such proceeds, awards or payments are received by any Person in respect of any third party claim against such Person and applied to pay (or to reimburse such Person for its prior payment of) such claim and the costs and expenses of such Person with respect thereto except to the extent such Person is contractually entitled to retain such proceeds, awards or payments; and (b) with respect to any sale or issuance of Equity Interests by the Borrower, any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary or any incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness by the Borrower, any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum or the cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such transaction, minus (ii) the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts, commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant, accountant and other customary fees) incurred by such Loan Party or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such transaction.

Note ” means a Revolving Credit Note or a Term Loan Note, as the context may require.

Obligations ” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, Letter of Credit, Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement or Guaranteed Hedge Agreement, in each case whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, or which would accrue but for the commencement of such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding; provided that the Obligations shall exclude any Excluded Swap Obligations.

OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination thereof, without duplication and to the extent not included as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP: (a) with respect to any asset securitization transaction (including any accounts receivable purchase facility) (i) the unrecovered investment of purchasers or transferees of assets so transferred, and (ii) any other payment, recourse, repurchase, hold harmless, indemnity or similar obligation of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of assets transferred or payments made in respect thereof, other than limited recourse provisions that are customary for transactions of such type and that neither (x) have the effect of limiting the loss or credit risk of such purchasers or transferees with respect to payment or performance by the obligors of the assets so transferred

 

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nor (y) impair the characterization of the transaction as a true sale under applicable Laws (including Debtor Relief Laws); (b) the monetary obligations under any financing lease or so-called “synthetic,” tax retention or off-balance sheet lease transaction which, upon the application of any Debtor Relief Law to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, would be characterized as indebtedness; and (c) any other monetary obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which (i) is characterized as indebtedness for tax purposes but not for accounting purposes in accordance with GAAP or (ii) is the functional equivalent of or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the consolidated balance sheet of such Person and its Subsidiaries (for purposes of this clause (c) , any transaction structured to provide tax deductibility as interest expense of any dividend, coupon or other periodic payment will be deemed to be the functional equivalent of a borrowing).

Organization Documents ” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Original Closing Date ” means May 6, 2014.

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to any Loan Document other than any such Taxes resulting from an assignment or participation (other than an assignment pursuant to Section 10.13 ).

Outstanding Amount ” means (i) with respect to any Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; (ii) with respect to any Class of Term Loans on any date, the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of such Term Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (iii) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the Dollar Equivalent amount of the aggregate outstanding amount of such L/C Obligations on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes in the aggregate amount of the L/C Obligations as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements by the Borrower of Unreimbursed Amounts.

Participant ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d) .

Participant Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d) .

 

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Patriot Act ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.16 .

Payment Default ” means the failure of the Borrower to pay any Obligation when due (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Pension Act ” means the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

Pension Funding Rules ” means the rules of the Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in, with respect to plan years ending prior to the effective date of the Pension Act, Section 412 of the Code and Section 302 of ERISA, each as in effect prior to the Pension Act and, thereafter, Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

Pension Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate or to which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.

Perfection Certificate ” means that certain Perfection Certificate, dated as of the Restatement Date, executed and delivered by the Borrower on behalf of the Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties existing on the Restatement Date.

Permitted Acquisition ” means (a) the Discovery Acquisition and (b) any Acquisition that is permitted by the terms of Section 7.02(e) .

Permitted External Refinancing Debt ” means any Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower to refinance all or a portion of any existing Class of Loans or Commitments in the form of one or more series of debt securities or loans; provided that (i) the final maturity date of any such Indebtedness shall not be earlier than the Latest Maturity Date of the Class of Loans or Commitments being refinanced; (ii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Indebtedness shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Class of Loans or Commitments being refinanced, (iii) if such Indebtedness takes the form of debt securities or is secured by Liens on the Collateral on a junior basis with the Obligations or is unsecured, the terms of such Indebtedness shall not provide for any scheduled repayment, mandatory redemption, sinking fund obligations or other payment (other than periodic interest payments) prior to the Latest Maturity Date of the Class of Loans or Commitments being refinanced (other than customary offers to purchase upon a change of control, asset sale or offers to prepay, redeem, or repurchase based on excess cash flow (in the case of loans) and customary acceleration rights upon an event of default); (iv) such debt securities or loans shall be either (A) secured by Liens on the Collateral on a pari passu or junior basis with the Obligations and shall not be secured by any property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary other than Collateral, and the Administrative Agent (or its designee or agent) shall have become party to a Market

 

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Intercreditor Agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent reflecting the pari passu or junior lien status, as applicable, of the Liens securing such Indebtedness or (B) unsecured; (v) none of the obligors or guarantors with respect to such Indebtedness shall be a Person that is not a Loan Party; (vi) the terms and conditions (excluding any amortization, collateral, subordination, pricing, fees, rate floors, discounts, premiums and optional prepayment or redemption terms) of such Indebtedness, taken as a whole, shall not be materially more favorable to the investors or lenders thereunder than those applicable to investors or lenders in the Loans or Commitments, except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (vi) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); (vii) the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the refinanced Loans except by an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest, any premium or other reasonable amount paid, fees and costs and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; and (viii) substantially concurrently with the incurrence or issuance of such debt securities or loans, 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied to repay the refinanced Loans or Commitments, as applicable, including accrued interest, fees, costs and expenses relating thereto.

Permitted Lines of Business ” means, collectively, (a) food services, (b) food-related manufacturing, production and processing, (c) consumer products, (d) private label products, (e) animal feed production and processing, (f) any other business conducted by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Restatement Date, and (g) any business reasonably related or incidental to any of the foregoing.

Permitted Refinancing ” means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to any accrued and unpaid interest, any premium or other reasonable amount paid, fees and costs and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; (ii) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or longer than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; (iii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable, taken as a whole, to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation

 

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governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; (iv) if such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is secured, the terms and conditions relating to collateral of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions with respect to the collateral for the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, taken as a whole (and the Liens on any Collateral securing any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness shall have the same (or lesser) priority relative to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Obligations; (v) the terms and conditions (excluding any amortization, collateral, subordination, pricing, fees, rate floors, discounts, premiums and optional prepayment or redemption terms) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, taken as a whole, shall not be materially less favorable to the Loan Parties than the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, except for covenants or other provisions applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date ( provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (v) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees)); and (vi) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended.

Permitted Securitization Facility ” means any transaction or series of transactions involving the sale of accounts receivable (and related supporting obligations and books and records) so long as the Indebtedness thereunder and other payment obligations with respect thereto are nonrecourse to the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than any Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary), other than limited recourse provisions that are customary for transactions of such type and do not have the effect of Guaranteeing the repayment of any such Indebtedness or limiting the loss or credit risk of lenders or purchasers with respect to payment or performance by the obligors of the accounts receivable so transferred.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan ” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, established by the Borrower or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to the Pension Funding Rules or Title IV of ERISA, the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate.

Platform ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02 .

Pledge Agreement ” means, collectively, (a) the pledge agreement dated as of the Restatement Date given by the Loan Parties party thereto, as pledgors, to the Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations substantially in the form of Exhibit H and (b) any other pledge agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure all or some portion of the Obligations that may be given by any Person pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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Pro Forma Adjustment ” means, for any test period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any period beginning on the date the relevant transaction is consummated and ending on the last day of the fourth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such transaction is consummated, with respect to the acquired EBITDA of the applicable acquired entity or business or converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, (a) the pro forma increase or decrease in such acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, that is factually supportable and is expected to have a continuing impact, in each case as determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act, as interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission and (b) additional good faith pro forma adjustments arising out of cost savings initiatives attributable to such transaction and additional costs associated with the combination of the operations of such acquired entity or business or converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case being given Pro Forma Effect, that (i) have been realized or (ii) will be implemented within twelve (12) months of such Acquisition and are supportable and quantifiable and expected to be realized within the succeeding twelve (12) months following such implementation and, in each case, including, but not limited to, (w) reduction in personnel expenses, (x) reduction of costs related to administrative functions, (y) reductions of costs related to leased or owned properties and (z) reductions from the consolidation of operations and streamlining of corporate overhead) taking into account, for purposes of determining such compliance, the historical financial statements of the acquired entity or business or converted Restricted Subsidiary and the consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, assuming such Permitted Acquisition or Disposition, and all other Permitted Acquisitions or Dispositions that have been consummated during the period, and any Indebtedness or other liabilities repaid in connection therewith had been consummated and incurred or repaid at the beginning of such period (and assuming that such Indebtedness to be incurred bears interest during any portion of the applicable measurement period prior to the relevant Acquisition at the interest rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination); provided that, so long as such actions are taken during such specified period or such costs are incurred during such specified period, as applicable, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, it may be assumed that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such test period, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such test period; provided , further , that (A) the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to clause (vi) and clause (viii) of the definition thereof and any increase in Consolidated EBITDA as a result of such Pro Forma Adjustment (other than as a result of an actual increase in revenues or an actual reduction in costs) pursuant to this clause (b) shall not exceed 20% of total Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis for such test period and (B) any such pro forma increase or decrease in Consolidated EBITDA shall be without duplication of cost savings or additional costs already included in such Consolidated EBITDA.

Pro Forma Basis ” and “ Pro Forma Effect ” mean, with respect to compliance with any test hereunder for an applicable period of measurement, that (a) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (b) any Investment, Disposition, incurrence

 

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or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, subsidiary designation (as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary), discontinuance of operations, the incurrence of any Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, or any other event or action requiring or permitting such test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma Effect” and the following shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement (as of the last date in the case of a balance sheet item) in such test: (i) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or person subject to such transaction, event or action (A) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (B) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in (b) above, shall be included, (ii) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (iii) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and if such indebtedness has a floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (a) above (and without duplication thereof), the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including cost savings, operating expense reductions and synergies, but subject to the limitations in the final proviso of the definition of “Pro Forma Adjustment”) that are (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (1) (x) directly attributable to such transaction and expected to be realized within twelve (12) months following such transaction or event or implementation of such action, as applicable, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (2) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.

Pro Forma Financial Statements ” means a pro forma consolidated balance sheet and related pro forma consolidated statements of income of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (after giving effect to the Transactions and Flagstone Foods Merger) as of and for December 31, 2015, and interim periods prepared after giving effect to the Transactions and the Flagstone Foods Merger as if the Transactions and the Flagstone Foods Merger had occurred as of such date (in the case of such balance sheet) or at the beginning of such period (in the case of such other financial statements)), in each case, prepared in compliance with Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and, which reflect adjustments customary for Rule 144A transactions.

Public Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.02 .

Qualified ECP Guarantor ” means, at any time, each Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualifies at such time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under §1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

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Ratio Incremental Amount ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Incremental Cap”.

Recovery Event ” means the receipt by the Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation award payable by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction or damage, taking or similar event with respect to any of their respective property or assets.

Refinancing Term Loans ” means one or more new Classes of Term Loans that result from an Additional Credit Extension Amendment in accordance with Section 2.18 .

Refinanced Term Loans ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18 .

Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(c) .

Registered Public Accounting Firm ” has the meaning specified in the Securities Laws and shall be independent of the Borrower as prescribed in the Securities Laws.

Related Business ” means any business which is the same as or related, ancillary or complementary to, or a reasonable extension or expansion of, any of the businesses of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Restatement Date.

Related Business Assets ” means any property, plant, equipment or other assets (excluding assets that are qualified as current assets under GAAP) to be used or useful by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Related Business or capital expenditures relating thereto.

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Relevant Transaction ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b)(iii) .

Replaced Revolving Credit Commitments ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a) .

Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments ” means one or more new Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments established pursuant to an Additional Credit Extension Amendment in accordance with Section 2.18 .

Replacement Revolving Lender ” means a Revolving Credit Lender with a Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment or an outstanding Replacement Revolving Loan.

Replacement Revolving Loans ” means Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments.

Reportable Event ” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the 30 day notice period has been waived.

 

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Request for Credit Extension ” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, conversion or continuation of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

Required Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Commitments; provided that any Commitments or Loans held by Defaulting Lenders shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders, and the amount of any participation in any Swing Line Loan and Unreimbursed Amounts that a Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender, shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swing Line Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders.

Required Revolving Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination, Revolving Credit Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Revolving Credit Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Revolving Credit Lender for purposes of this definition) and (b) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that any Commitments or Loans held by Defaulting Lenders shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders, and the amount of any participation in any Swing Line Loan and Unreimbursed Amounts that a Defaulting Lender has failed to fund that have not been reallocated to and funded by another Lender, shall be deemed to be held by the Lender that is the Swing Line Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for purposes of making a determination of Required Revolving Lenders.

Required Term Loan Lenders ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to Lenders of any Class of Term Loans, Lenders holding more than 50% of such Class of Term Loans on such date; provided that the portion of such Class of Term Loans held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Term Loan Lenders.

Responsible Officer ” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, treasurer, executive vice president, senior vice president, vice president, assistant treasurer or controller of a Loan Party; provided , solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 4.01 , the secretary or any assistant secretary of a Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given to Article II , any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent or any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party designated in or pursuant to an agreement between the applicable Loan Party and the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

 

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Restatement Date ” means the first date on which all of the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01 .

Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the Borrower’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s stockholders, partners or members (or the equivalent Person thereof).

Restricted Subsidiaries ” means each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Revaluation Date ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (a) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, (b) each date of an amendment of any such Letter of Credit having the effect of increasing the amount thereof, (c) each date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, and (d) such additional dates as the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer shall determine or the Required Revolving Lenders shall require.

Revolving Credit Arrangers ” means, collectively, Bank of America, JPMSL, WFS, STRH and BMOCM, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers.

Revolving Credit Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a) .

Revolving Credit Commitment ” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 (including loans made pursuant to any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment, loans made pursuant to any Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment and loans made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto or in any documentation executed by such Lender pursuant to Section 2.14 , Section 2.17 or Section 2.18 , as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

Revolving Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the aggregate principal amount at such time of its outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and such Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans at such time.

 

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Revolving Credit Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments (including any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments) at such time.

Revolving Credit Lender ” means, as of any date of determination, a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, a Lender with Revolving Credit Exposure.

Revolving Credit Loan ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01 .

Revolving Credit Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Revolving Credit Lender evidencing Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-1 .

Sale and Leaseback Permitted Amount ” means, on any date and without duplication, in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the net present value (discounted using (x) the cost of debt stated in the lease or (y) if no such cost is stated in the lease, the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate in effect on the date of such Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of the obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the then remaining term of any applicable lease.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any arrangement, directly or indirectly, whereby a seller or transferor shall sell or otherwise transfer any real or personal property and then or thereafter lease, or repurchase under an extended purchase contract, conditional sales or other title retention agreement, the same or similar property.

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by (a) the U.S. government, including those administered by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or (b) the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom.

Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country or territory which is itself the subject or target of any Sanctions (at the time of this Agreement, Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria).

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time, any person that is the target of Sanctions, including (a) any Person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated Persons maintained by OFAC or the U.S. Department of State, or by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or any EU member state, (b) any Person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country or (c) any Person owned or controlled by any such Person or Persons.

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Secured Net Leverage Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) secured Consolidated Funded Indebtedness as of such date minus the lesser of (i) all Unencumbered Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of

 

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such date with adjustments for international tax effects at an assumed withholding rate of 35% ( provided , however , that with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is organized under the laws of Canada or any province or territory of Canada that is eligible for benefits under the United States-Canada Income Tax Treaty, the assumed withholding rate shall be 5%) and (ii) $250,000,000 to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently ended on or prior to such date.

Secured Obligations ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Security Agreement.

Secured Parties ” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks, each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.05 , and other Persons the Obligations owing to which are or are purported to be secured by the Collateral under the terms of the Collateral Documents.

Securities Laws ” means the Securities Act of 1933, the Exchange Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the applicable accounting and auditing principles, rules, standards and practices promulgated, approved or incorporated by the SEC or the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, as each of the foregoing may be amended and in effect on any applicable date hereunder.

Security Agreement ” means, collectively, (a) the security agreement dated as of the Restatement Date given by the Loan Parties party thereto, as grantors, to the Administrative Agent to secure the Obligations substantially in the form of Exhibit I and (b) any other security agreement in favor of the Administrative Agent to secure all or some portion of the Obligations that may be given by any Person pursuant to the terms hereof.

Senior Notes ” means, collectively, (i) the 2022 Notes, (ii) the 2024 Notes and (iii) any additional amounts issued pursuant to a supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture after the Restatement Date to the extent such additional amounts are permitted to be incurred under this Agreement.

Solvent ” and “ Solvency ” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of debt and liabilities, including direct, subordinated or contingent liabilities or otherwise, of such Person, (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts and other liabilities, direct, senior, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, as they become absolute and matured, (c) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature, (d) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital, and (e) such Person is able to pay its debts and liabilities, direct, senior, subordinated, contingent or otherwise, and other commitments as they become absolute and mature. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

 

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SPC ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g) .

Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower created solely for the purpose of, and whose sole activity shall consist of, acquiring and financing accounts receivable of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Permitted Securitization Facility.

Specified Discovery Acquisition Agreement Representations ” means those representations and warranties made by the Discovery Seller and its Subsidiaries under the Discovery Acquisition Agreement material to the interests of the Tranche A-2 Term Lenders, to the extent the Borrower (or any of its Affiliates) has the right to terminate its obligations under the Discovery Acquisition Agreement or decline to consummate the Discovery Acquisition as a result of a breach of such representation and warranty.

Specified Discovery Representations ” means those representations and warranties made by the Borrower and the Guarantors, as applicable, in Section 5.01(a) (with respect to the organizational existence of the Loan Parties), Section 5.01(b)(ii) , Section 5.02(a) , Section 5.03 , Section 5.04 , Section 5.14 , Section 5.17 , Section 5.18 and Section 5.19 .

Specified Loan Party ” means any Loan Party that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 14 of the Guaranty.

Specified Secured Indebtedness ” means secured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred prior to the Collateral Release Date pursuant to Section 7.03(a) , (d) , (h) , (i) , (j)  and/or (k) .

Specified Secured Indebtedness Collateral Release Requirement ” means, at the time of the Collateral Release, any Specified Secured Indebtedness must either (a) be repaid in full or (b) become unsecured contemporaneously with such Collateral Release; provided that (x) secured Indebtedness under Section 7.03(d) and Section 7.03(k) may be incurred after the Collateral Release Date in an amount not to exceed, when taken together, 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; and (y) any unsecured Indebtedness proposed to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(j)(ii) shall only be permitted to be incurred to the extent the Borrower would be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio of 3.50:1.00 for the Test Period most recently ended for which there are Available Financial Statements at the time of such incurrence.

Spot Rate ” for Canadian Dollars means the rate determined by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer, as applicable, to be the rate quoted by the Person acting in such capacity as the spot rate for the purchase by such Person of Canadian Dollars with Dollars, or Dollars with Canadian Dollars, as applicable, through its principal foreign exchange trading office at approximately 11:00 a.m. on the date two Business Days prior to the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made; provided that the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer may obtain such spot rate from another financial institution designated by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer if the Person acting in such capacity does not have as of

 

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the date of determination a spot buying rate for Canadian Dollars or Dollars, as applicable; and provided further that such L/C Issuer may use such spot rate quoted on the date as of which the foreign exchange computation is made in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars.

STRH ” means SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and its successors.

Subsidiary ” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

Swap Contract ” means any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided , that any and all such transactions, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, the same master agreement, including any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other form of master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “ Master Agreement ”), shall be deemed to be a single Swap Contract to the extent such transactions and related confirmations are subject to legally enforceable netting agreements.

Swap Obligations ” means with respect to any Guarantor any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Swap Termination Value ” means, in respect of any Swap Contract, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contract, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contract has been closed out and termination value determined in accordance therewith, such termination value, and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a) , the amount determined as the mark-to-market value for such Swap Contract (or, if applicable, the net aggregate mark-to-market value of all transactions constituting such Swap Contract), as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such type of Swap Contract (which may include a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender).

 

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Swing Line ” means the revolving credit facility made available by the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04 .

Swing Line Borrowing ” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04 .

Swing Line Lender ” means Bank of America in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans, or any successor swing line lender hereunder.

Swing Line Loan ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a) .

Swing Line Loan Notice ” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b) , which, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B or such other form as approved by the Administrative Agent (including any form of an electronic platform or electronic transmission system as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent) appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

Swing Line Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $50,000,000 and (b) the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments.

Synthetic Lease Obligation ” means the monetary obligation of a Person under (a) a so-called synthetic, off-balance sheet or tax retention lease, or (b) an agreement for the use or possession of property creating obligations that do not appear on the balance sheet of such Person but which, upon the insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person, would be characterized as the indebtedness of such Person (without regard to accounting treatment).

Taxes ” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Term A Arrangers ” means, collectively, Bank of America and CoBank, in their capacities as joint lead arrangers.

Term A Commitment ” means as to each Lender, its obligation to make Term A Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(i) , in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01(b)(i) under the caption “Term A Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term A Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Term A Commitments of all of the Term A Lenders as in effect on the Restatement Date is $0.

Term A Facility ” means, at any time, (a) on or prior to the Original Closing Date, the aggregate amount of the Term A Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of the Term A Loans of all Term A Lenders outstanding at such time.

 

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Term A Lender ” means (a) at any time on or prior to the Original Closing Date, any Lender that has a Term A Commitment at such time and (b) at any time after the Original Closing Date, any Lender that holds Term A Loans at such time.

Term A Loan ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(i) .

Term Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders under the applicable Facility pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or 2.01(c) .

Term Lender ” means, as of any date of determination, a Term A Lender, a Tranche A-1 Term Lender, a Tranche A-2 Term Lender, an Extending Term Lender or a Lender holding an Incremental Term Commitment, Incremental Term Loans, or Refinanced Term Loans, as the context may require.

Term Loan ” means any Term A Loan, any Tranche A-1 Term Loan, any Tranche A-2 Term Loan, any Incremental Term Loan, any Refinanced Term Loan or any Extended Term Loan, as the context may require.

Term Loan Note ” means a promissory note made by the Borrower in favor of a Term Loan Lender evidencing Term Loans made by such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit C-2 .

Test Period ” means a period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Tranche A-1 Additional Credit Extension Amendment ” means the Additional Credit Extension Amendment dated as of July 29, 2014, among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and the Tranche A-1 Term Lenders.

Tranche A-1 Arrangers ” means, collectively, Bank of America, JPMSL, WFS, BMOCM, STRH and CoBank.

Tranche A-1 Facility ” means, at any time the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A-1 Term Loans of all Tranche A-1 Term Lenders outstanding at such time.

Tranche A-1 Incremental Effective Date ” means July 29, 2014, which was the Tranche A-1 Incremental Effective Date under (and as defined in) the Tranche A-1 Additional Credit Extension Amendment.

Tranche A-1 Term Lender ” means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche A-1 Term Loan.

Tranche A-1 Term Loans ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(ii) .

Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment ” means as to each Lender, its obligation to make Tranche A-1 Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to the Tranche A-1 Additional Credit Extension Amendment and Article II hereof, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time

 

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outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01(b)(ii) under the caption “Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Tranche A-1 Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitments of all of the Tranche A-1 Term Lenders as in effect on the Restatement Date is $0.

Tranche A-2 Arrangers ” means, collectively, Bank of America, JPMSL, WFS, BMOCM and STRH.

Tranche A-2 Facility ” means, at any time, (a) on or prior to the Restatement Date, the aggregate amount of the Term A-2 Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans of all Tranche A-2 Term Lenders outstanding at such time.

Tranche A-2 Term Lender ” means a Lender with an outstanding Tranche A-2 Term Loan.

Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitment ” means as to each Lender, its obligation to make Tranche A-2 Term Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(iii) , in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01(b)(iii) under the caption “Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitment” or opposite such caption in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Tranche A-2 Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitments of all of the Tranche A-2 Term Lenders as in effect on the Restatement Date is $1,025,000,000.

Tranche A-2 Term Loans ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b)(iii) .

Total Outstandings ” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

Total Pro Rata Outstandings ” means the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings and the Outstanding Amount of Term A Loans, Tranche A-1 Term Loans and Tranche A-2 Term Loans.

Total Revolving Credit Outstandings ” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations.

Transactions ” means: (a) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the funding of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans on the Restatement Date; (b) the issuance of the 2024 Notes on or prior to the Restatement Date; (c) the consummation of the Discovery Acquisition; and (d) the transactions related to the foregoing, including the payment of all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the transactions described in the foregoing provisions of this definition.

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Type ” means, with respect to any Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

UCP ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, International Chamber of Commerce (“ ICC ”) Publication No. 600 (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Unaudited Financial Statements ” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015 and September 30, 2015, together with the corresponding periods in the prior year.

Unencumbered Cash and Cash Equivalents ” means, with respect to any Person, the cash or Cash Equivalents owned by such Person (excluding assets of any retirement plan) which (a) are not the subject of any Lien or other arrangement with any creditor to have its claim satisfied out of such cash or Cash Equivalents prior to the general creditors of such Person (other than banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights or remedies as to deposit accounts or securities accounts in which such cash or Cash Equivalents are held), and (b) if not cash, may be converted to cash within thirty (30) days.

Unfunded Pension Liability ” means the excess of a Pension Plan’s benefit liabilities under Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA, over the current value of that Pension Plan’s assets, determined in accordance with the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code for the applicable plan year.

Unrestricted Subsidiaries ” means (a) as of the Restatement Date, the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01(A) , (b) each Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the Borrower as an “Unrestricted Subsidiary” pursuant to Section 6.15 and (c) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary (in each case, unless such Subsidiary is no longer a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is subsequently designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to this Agreement).

United States ” and “ U.S. ” mean the United States of America.

Unreimbursed Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(c)(i) .

Voting Participant ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(e) .

Voting Participant Notification ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(e) .

Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years (and/or portion thereof) obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

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Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, 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.

Other Interpretive Provisions . With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “ include ,” “ includes ” and “ including ” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “ will ” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “ shall .” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or in any other Loan Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “ herein ,” “ hereof ” and “ hereunder ,” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document, shall be construed to refer to such Loan Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in a Loan Document to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, the Loan Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “ asset ” and “ property ” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

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

(c) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Accounting Terms . (a) Generally . All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant) contained herein, Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

 

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(b) Changes in GAAP . If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial ratio or requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either the Borrower or the Required Lenders shall so request, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratio or requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, (i) such ratio or requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Borrower shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as reasonably requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes of this Agreement, in no event will any lease that would have been categorized as an operating lease as determined in accordance with GAAP as of the Restatement Date be considered a Capitalized Lease.

(c) Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities . All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Borrower is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity were a Subsidiary as defined herein.

Rounding . Any financial ratios required to be maintained by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

Times of Day; Rates . Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Central time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

The Administrative Agent does not warrant, nor accept responsibility, nor shall the Administrative Agent have any liability with respect to the administration, submission or any other matter related to the rates in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate” or with respect to any comparable or successor rate thereto.

Letter of Credit Amounts . Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided , however , that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

 

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[Reserved] .

Exchange Rates; Currency Equivalents .

(a) The Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as applicable, shall determine the Spot Rates as of each Revaluation Date to be used for calculating Dollar Equivalent amounts of L/C Credit Extensions and Outstanding Amounts with respect to L/C Obligations denominated in Canadian Dollars. Such Spot Rates shall become effective as of such Revaluation Date and shall be the Spot Rates employed in converting any amounts between the applicable currencies until the next Revaluation Date to occur. Except for purposes of financial statements delivered by Loan Parties hereunder or calculating financial covenants hereunder or except as otherwise provided herein, the applicable amount of any currency (other than Dollars) for purposes of the Loan Documents shall be such Dollar Equivalent amount as so determined by the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer, as applicable.

(b) Wherever in this Agreement in connection with the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit, an amount, such as a required minimum or multiple amount, is expressed in Dollars, but such Letter of Credit is denominated in Canadian Dollars, such amount shall be the relevant Canadian Dollar Equivalent of such Dollar amount (rounded to the nearest unit of Canadian Dollars, with 0.5 of a unit being rounded upward), as determined by the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be.

Limited Condition Transactions . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the terms of this Agreement require (i) compliance with any financial ratio or test (including any Secured Net Leverage Ratio test, any Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio test, the amount of Consolidated Tangible Assets or the amount of Consolidated EBITDA) or (ii) the absence of a Default (or any type of Default) as a condition to the making of any Limited Condition Transaction or incurrence of Indebtedness in the form of Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Debt in connection therewith, the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made, at the irrevocable election of the Borrower (such election, a “ Limited Condition Transaction Election ”), at the time of (and on the basis of Available Financial Statements) either (x) the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such Limited Condition Transaction or (y) the consummation of the Limited Condition Transaction and related incurrence of Indebtedness, in each case, after giving effect to the relevant Limited Condition Transaction and related incurrence of Indebtedness, on a Pro Forma Basis (such date, the “ Limited Condition Transaction Test Date ”); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, the absence of a Payment Default or Bankruptcy Default shall be a condition to the consummation of any such Limited Condition Transaction and incurrence of Indebtedness; provided further that any Limited Condition Transaction Election shall be made pursuant to a written notice from the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent (which the Administrative Agent may provide to the Lenders) at the time of the execution of the definitive agreements with respect to the Limited Condition Transaction; provided however , to the extent the Borrower has not delivered such written notice to the Administrative Agent by the time of execution of the definitive agreements with respect to such transaction, the relevant conditions required to be satisfied as a condition to consummating such transaction and/or incurring such Indebtedness will be tested at the time of consummation of such transaction and the related incurrence of Indebtedness in the form of Term Loans or Incremental Equivalent Debt in connection therewith. In addition, if the

 

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proceeds of an Incremental Facility are to be used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction, then at the option of the Borrower and subject to the agreement of the lenders providing such financing, the representations and warranties which constitute conditions to such financing may be limited to the representations and warranties under Sections 5.01(a) , 5.01(b)(ii) , 5.02(a) , 5.03 , 5.04 , 5.14 , 5.17 and 5.18 and such other representations and warranties under the relevant agreements relating to such Limited Condition Transaction as are material to the Lenders and only to the extent that the Borrower or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary has the right to terminate its obligations under such agreement as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties or the failure of those representations and warranties to be accurate.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, with respect to any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that does not require compliance with a financial ratio (any such amounts, the “ Fixed Amounts ”) substantially concurrently with any amounts incurred or transactions entered into (or consummated) in reliance on a provision of this Agreement that requires compliance with a financial ratio (including any Secured Net Leverage Ratio test and any Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio test) (any such amounts, the “ Incurrence-Based Amounts ”), it is understood and agreed that the Fixed Amounts shall be disregarded in the calculation of the financial ratio or test applicable to any substantially concurrent utilization of the Incurrence-Based Amounts.

For the avoidance of doubt, if the Borrower has made a Limited Condition Transaction Election and any of the ratios or baskets for which compliance was determined or tested as of the Limited Condition Transaction Test Date (including with respect to the incurrence of any Indebtedness) are exceeded as a result of fluctuations in any such ratio or basket (including due to fluctuations of the target of any Limited Condition Transaction) at or prior to the consummation of the relevant transaction or action, such baskets or ratios will not be deemed to have been exceeded as a result of such fluctuations. If the Borrower has made a Limited Condition Transaction Election for any Limited Condition Transaction, then in connection with any subsequent calculation of any ratio or basket on or following the relevant Limited Condition Transaction Test Date and prior to the earlier of (a) the date on which such Limited Condition Transaction is consummated or (b) 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 required to be satisfied (1) on a Pro Forma Basis assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith have been consummated and (2) assuming such Limited Condition Transaction and other transactions in connection therewith have not been consummated. The foregoing provisions shall apply with similar effect during the pendency of two Limited Condition Transactions such that each of the possible scenarios is separately tested. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall there be more than two Limited Condition Transactions at any time outstanding.

Effect of Restatement . This Agreement shall, except as otherwise expressly stated herein, supersede the Existing Credit Agreement from and after the Restatement Date with respect to the transactions hereunder and with respect to the Loans and Letters of Credit outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement as of the Restatement Date. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree, however, that (a) this Agreement and all other Loan Documents executed and delivered herewith do not constitute a novation, payment and reborrowing or

 

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termination of the Obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as in effect prior to the Restatement Date, (b) such Obligations are in all respects continuing with only the terms being modified as provided in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and (c) all references in the other Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer without further amendment to this Agreement. Each existing Lender party to the Existing Credit Agreement immediately prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement on the Restatement Date shall be bound by the terms hereof.

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Revolving Credit Loans and Term Loans .

(a) Revolving Credit Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make loans (each such loan, a “ Revolving Credit Loan ”) to the Borrower from time to time, on any Business Day during the Availability Period, in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided , however , that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, (i) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, and (ii) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.01 , prepay under Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this Section 2.01 . Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

(b) Term Loans .

(i) Term A Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term A Lender made a single term loan (each, a “ Term A Loan ”) to the Borrower on the Original Closing Date in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term A Commitment at such time. Such Term A Loans remain outstanding hereunder. The aggregate principal amount of Term A Loans made by a Term A Lender and outstanding as of the Restatement Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01(b)(i) hereto opposite such Lender’s name under the caption “Term A Loans”. Amounts borrowed as a Term A Loan under this Agreement and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term A Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as further provided herein.

(ii) Tranche A-1 Term Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions of the Tranche A-1 Additional Credit Extension Amendment, each Tranche A-1 Term Lender made a single term loan (each, a “ Tranche A-1 Term Loan ”) to the Borrower on the Tranche A-1 Incremental Effective Date in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitment at such time. Such Tranche A-1 Term Loans remain outstanding hereunder. The aggregate principal amount of Tranche A-1 Term Loans made by a Tranche A-1

 

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Term Lender and outstanding as of the Restatement Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01(b)(ii) hereto opposite such Lender’s name under the caption “Tranche A-1 Term Loans”. Amounts borrowed as a Tranche A-1 Term Loan under this Agreement and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Tranche A-1 Term Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as further provided herein.

(iii) Tranche A-2 Term Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Tranche A-2 Term Lender severally agrees to make a single term loan in Dollars (each, a “ Tranche A-2 Term Loan ”) to the Borrower on the Restatement Date in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(b)(iii) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Tranche A-2 Term Loans may consist of Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, or a combination thereof, as further provided herein.

(c) Incremental Term Loans . Subject to Section 2.14 , as set forth in any Increase Joinder or other Additional Credit Extension Amendment entered into pursuant to Section 2.14 , each Incremental Term Loan Lender party thereto severally agrees to make its portion of a term loan (each, an “ Incremental Term Loan ”) in a single advance (or, in the case of a delayed draw or multiple draw Incremental Term Loan, in the number of advances provided for in the applicable Increase Joinder or Additional Credit Extension Amendment) to the Borrower in the amount of its respective Incremental Term Loan Commitment as set forth in such Increase Joinder or such other Additional Credit Extension Amendment. Amounts repaid on any Incremental Term Loan may not be reborrowed. Each Incremental Term Loan may be a Base Rate Loan or Eurodollar Rate Loan, as further provided herein.

Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Committed Loans .

(a) Each Committed Borrowing, each conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) a Committed Loan Notice; provided that any telephone notice must be confirmed immediately by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a Committed Loan Notice. Each such Committed Loan Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (i) three Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or of any conversion of Eurodollar Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans, and (ii) on the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; provided , however , that if the Borrower wishes to request Eurodollar Rate Loans having an Interest Period other than one, two, three or six months in duration as provided in the definition of “Interest Period,” the applicable notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. four Business Days prior to the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, whereupon the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Appropriate Lenders of such request and determine whether the requested Interest Period is acceptable to all of them. Not later than 10:00 a.m., three Business Days before the requested date of such Borrowing, conversion or continuation, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower (which notice may be by telephone) whether or not the requested Interest Period has been

 

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consented to by all the Lenders. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.03(c) and 2.04(c) , each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Committed Borrowing a conversion of Committed Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Committed Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Committed Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Committed Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Committed Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or if the Borrower fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Committed Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one month. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swing Line Loan may not be converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan.

(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Applicable Percentage under the applicable Facility of the applicable Committed Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans described in the preceding subsection. In the case of a Committed Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Committed Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01 ), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of Bank of America with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower; provided , however , that if, on the date a Committed Loan Notice with respect to a Revolving Credit Borrowing is given by the Borrower, there are L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Borrowing, first , shall be applied to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowings, and second , shall be made available to the Borrower as provided above.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan. During the existence of any Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans with Interest Periods in excess of one month without the consent of the Required Lenders. During the existence of any Event of Default, no Loans may be requested as, converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans without the consent of the Required Lenders.

 

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(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Appropriate Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders of any change in Bank of America’s prime rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

(e) After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than seven Interest Periods in effect with respect to Term Loans. After giving effect to all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than ten Interest Periods in effect with respect Revolving Credit Loans.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Lender may exchange, continue or rollover all or any portion of its Loans in connection with any refinancing, extension, loan modification or similar transaction permitted by the terms of this Agreement, pursuant to a cashless settlement mechanism approved by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and such Lender.

Letters of Credit

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment .

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03 , (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Restatement Date until the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars or in Canadian Dollars for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and to amend or extend Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with subsection (b)  below, and (2) to honor drawings under the Letters of Credit; and (B) the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries and any drawings thereunder; provided that after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, (x) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, (y) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and (z) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations shall not exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that the L/C Credit Extension so requested complies with the conditions set forth in the proviso to the preceding sentence. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower’s ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly the Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed. All Existing Letters of Credit shall

 

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be deemed to have been issued pursuant hereto, and from and after the Restatement Date shall be subject to and governed by the terms and conditions hereof.

(ii) The applicable L/C Issuer shall not issue any Letter of Credit, if:

(A) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii) , the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have approved such expiry date; or

(B) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, (x) unless all the Revolving Credit Lenders and the L/C Issuer have approved such expiry date and (y) such Letter of Credit is Cash Collateralized on terms and pursuant to arrangements satisfactory to such L/C Issuer.

(iii) The applicable L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the L/C Issuer from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Original Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Original Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(C) except as otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer, such Letter of Credit is in an initial stated amount less than $100,000, in the case of a commercial Letter of Credit, or $500,000, in the case of a standby Letter of Credit;

 

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(D) such Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars or Canadian Dollars;

(E) such Letter of Credit provides for automatic reinstatement of the stated amount after any drawing thereunder; or

(F) any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with the Borrower or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) ) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either such Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion.

(iv) An L/C Issuer shall not amend any Letter of Credit if such L/C Issuer would not be permitted at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof.

(v) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

(vi) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by the L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to L/C Issuers.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit .

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Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Such Letter of Credit Application may be sent by facsimile, by United States mail, by overnight courier, by electronic transmission using the system provided by such L/C Issuer, by personal delivery or by any other means acceptable to such L/C Issuer. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. at least two Business Days (or such later date and time as the Administrative Agent and such L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in their sole discretion) prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer: (A) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (B) the amount and currency thereof; (C) the expiry date thereof; (D) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; (E) the documents to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (F) the full text of any certificate to be presented by such beneficiary in case of any drawing thereunder; (G) the purpose and nature of the requested Letter of Credit; and (H) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require. In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as such L/C Issuer may require. Additionally, the Borrower shall furnish to such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may require.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from the Borrower and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the applicable L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the Borrower (or the applicable Subsidiary) or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from such L/C Issuer a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

 

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(iii) If the Borrower so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the applicable L/C Issuer may, in its sole and absolute discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “ Auto-Extension Letter of Credit ”); provided that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit such L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve-month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “ Non-Extension Notice Date ”) in each such twelve-month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Unless otherwise directed by such L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall not be required to make a specific request to such L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Revolving Credit Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) such L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided , however , that such L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) such L/C Issuer has determined that it would not be permitted, or would have no obligation, at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its revised form (as extended) under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of clause (ii)  or (iii) of Section 2.03(a) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is seven Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date (1) from the Administrative Agent that the Required Revolving Credit Lenders have elected not to permit such extension or (2) from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, and in each such case directing such L/C Issuer not to permit such extension.

(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable L/C Issuer will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations .

(i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. In the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, the Borrower shall reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer in Canadian Dollars, unless (A) such L/C Issuer (at its option) shall have specified in such notice that it will require reimbursement in Dollars, or (B) in the absence of any such requirement for reimbursement in Dollars, the Borrower shall have notified such L/C Issuer promptly following receipt of the notice of drawing that the Borrower will reimburse such L/C Issuer in Dollars. In the case of any such reimbursement in Dollars of a drawing under a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars, the applicable L/C Issuer shall notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent

 

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of the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of the drawing promptly following the determination thereof. Not later than 10:00 a.m. on the date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit (each such date, an “ Honor Date ”), the Borrower shall reimburse such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing and in the applicable currency. If the Borrower fails to so reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer by such time, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (expressed in Dollars in the amount of the Dollar Equivalent thereof in the case of a Letter of Credit denominated in Canadian Dollars) (the “ Unreimbursed Amount ”), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof. In such event, the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by the applicable L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer, in Dollars, at the Administrative Agent’s Office for Dollar-denominated payments in an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Dollar Equivalent of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 12:00 noon on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii) , each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the applicable L/C Issuer in Dollars.

(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the applicable L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03 .

 

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(iv) Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse such L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such amount shall be solely for the account of such L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c) , shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against such L/C Issuer, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided , however , that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by the Borrower of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii) then, without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by such L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Revolving Credit Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of an L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (vi)  shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations .

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Section 2.03(c) , if the Administrative Agent receives for the account of the L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in Dollars and in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Obligations Absolute . The obligation of the Borrower to reimburse the applicable L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other Loan Document;

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that the Borrower or any Subsidiary may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), such L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

(iv) waiver by such L/C Issuer of any requirement that exists for the L/C Issuer’s protection and not the protection of the Borrower or any waiver by the L/C Issuer which does not in fact materially prejudice the Borrower;

 

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(v) honor of a demand for payment presented electronically even if such Letter of Credit requires that demand be in the form of a draft;

(vi) any payment made by such L/C Issuer in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC, the ISP or the UCP, as applicable;

(vii) any payment by such L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;

(viii) any adverse change in the relevant exchange rates or in the availability of Canadian Dollars to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or in the relevant currency markets generally; or

(ix) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any Subsidiary.

The Borrower shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with the Borrower’s instructions or other irregularity in the terms or form of such Letter of Credit or amendment, as the case may be, the Borrower will promptly notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrower shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against the applicable L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of L/C Issuers . Each Lender and the Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuers shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Revolving Credit Lenders or the Required Revolving Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Issuer Document. The Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of

 

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any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided , however , that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any of their respective Related Parties nor any correspondent, participant or assignee of the L/C Issuers shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i)  through (v)  of Section 2.03(e) ; provided , however , that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrower may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and an L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrower which the Borrower proves were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, an L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and such L/C Issuer shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. Each L/C Issuer may send a Letter of Credit or conduct any communication to or from the beneficiary via the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication message or overnight courier, or any other commercially reasonable means of communicating with a beneficiary.

(g) Applicability of ISP and UCP . Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and the Borrower when a Letter of Credit is issued (including any such agreement applicable to an Existing Letter of Credit), (i) the rules of the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit and (ii) the rules of the UCP shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to the Borrower for, and the applicable L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrower shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of such L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where such L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP or UCP, as applicable, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade – International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

(h) Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage a Letter of Credit fee (the “ Letter of Credit Fee ”) in Dollars for each Letter of Credit equal to the Applicable Rate times the Dollar Equivalent of the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit; provided , however , any Letter of Credit 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 L/C Issuer pursuant to this Section 2.03 shall be payable, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law, to the other Lenders in accordance with the upward adjustments in

 

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their respective Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages allocable to such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 2.16(a)(iv) , with the balance of such fee, if any, payable to such L/C Issuer for its own account. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06 . Letter of Credit Fees shall be (i) computed on a quarterly basis in arrears and (ii) due and payable on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, so long as any Payment Default exists, upon the request of the Required Revolving Lenders all Letter of Credit Fees will accrue at the Default Rate.

(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuer . The Borrower shall pay directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account, in Dollars, a fronting fee (i) with respect to each commercial Letter of Credit, at the rate separately agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer, computed on the amount of such Letter of Credit, and payable upon the issuance thereof, (ii) with respect to any amendment of a commercial Letter of Credit increasing the amount of such Letter of Credit, at a rate separately agreed between the Borrower and the applicable L/C Issuer, computed on the amount of such increase, and payable upon the effectiveness of such amendment, and (iii) with respect to each standby Letter of Credit, at the rate per annum in an amount separately agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer, computed on the daily amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and on a quarterly basis in arrears. Such fronting fee shall be due and payable on the tenth Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December in respect of the most recently-ended quarterly period (or portion thereof, in the case of the first payment), commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.06 . In addition, the Borrower shall pay directly to the applicable L/C Issuer for its own account the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable on demand and are nonrefundable.

(j) Conflict with Issuer Documents . In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(k) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries . Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse the L/C Issuer hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrower hereby acknowledges that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Subsidiaries inures to the benefit of the Borrower, and that the Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of such Subsidiaries.

 

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(l) Provisions Related to Letters of Credit in respect of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments . If the expiry date of any Letter of Credit occurs after the date that is seven days prior to the Maturity Date in respect of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day), then (i) if consented to by the applicable L/C Issuer, if another Class of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the Maturity Date shall not have so occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit for which consent has been obtained shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and (d) ) under (and ratably participated in by Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating Classes up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated); (ii) the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under the terminating Class to purchase participations in such Letters of Credit and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to Section 2.03(c) and (d)  shall terminate on the Maturity Date for such Class; and (iii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding subclause (i) , the Borrower shall Cash Collateralize any such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 2.15 . Upon the maturity date of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit may be reduced as agreed between the L/C Issuers and the Borrower, without the consent of any other Person.

Swing Line Loans .

(a) The Swing Line . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04 , may, in its sole discretion, make loans (each such loan, a “ Swing Line Loan ”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the Availability Period in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Revolving Credit Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided , however , that (i) after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (A) the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings shall not exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, and (B) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender (other than the Revolving Credit Lender acting as Swing Line Lender as described above) shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; (ii) the Borrower shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan; and (iii) the Swing Line Lender shall not be under any obligation to make any Swing Line Loan if it shall determine (which determination shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error) that it has, or by such Credit Extension may have, Fronting Exposure. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrower may borrow under this Section 2.04 , prepay under Section 2.05 , and reborrow under this Section 2.04 . Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

 

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(b) Borrowing Procedures . Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by (A) telephone or (B) by a Swing Line Loan Notice; provided that any telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a Swing Line Loan Notice. Each such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000, and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Promptly after receipt by the Swing Line Lender of any telephonic Swing Line Loan Notice, the Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to 1:00 p.m. on the date of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing the Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a) , or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Article IV is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender will, not later than 2:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower at its office by crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Swing Line Lender in immediately available funds.

(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans .

(i) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably authorizes the Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02 , without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 . The Swing Line Lender shall furnish the Borrower with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral available with respect to the applicable Swing Line Loan) for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 12:00 noon on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii) , each Revolving Credit Lender

 

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that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrower in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.04(c)(i) , the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by the Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

(iii) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.04(c) by the time specified in Section 2.04(c)(i) , the Swing Line Lender shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Swing Line Lender in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Swing Line Lender in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or funded participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan, as the case may be. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (iii)  shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iv) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided , however , that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 . No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrower to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

 

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(d) Repayment of Participations .

(i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Revolving Credit Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by the Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of the Swing Line Lender. The obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders under this clause shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender . The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrower for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender . The Borrower shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

Prepayments .

(a) Voluntary Prepayments of Loans .

(i) Revolving Credit Loans and Term Loans . The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Revolving Credit Loans or any Class of Term Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (i) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. (A) three Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (ii) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; and (iii) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess

 

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thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are to be prepaid, the Interest Period(s) of such Loans. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s ratable portion of such prepayment (based on such Lender’s Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility). If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest on the amount prepaid, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05 . Subject to Section 2.16 , each such prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans of any Class pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be applied to such Class as directed by the Borrower (and absent any such direction, in direct order of maturity of remaining amortization payments of such Class), and each prepayment of the outstanding Term Loans of any Class or the Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a) shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages in respect of each of the relevant Classes or Facilities, as applicable.

(ii) Swing Line Loans . The Borrower may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided that (A) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon on the date of the prepayment, and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments of Loans .

(i) Revolving Credit Commitments . If for any reason the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings at any time exceed the Aggregate Credit Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the Borrower shall immediately prepay Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and/or L/C Borrowings and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (other than L/C Borrowings) in an aggregate amount equal to such excess; provided , however , that the Borrower shall not be required to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) unless after the prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings exceed the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.

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are not applied to repair, replace or relocate damaged property or to purchase or acquire fixed or capital assets in replacement of the assets lost or destroyed within twelve (12) months of the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (or in the case of a binding commitment in respect of an application within such twelve (12) months, eighteen (18) months of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds), the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds by the fifth (5 th ) Business Day following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (such prepayment to be applied as set forth in clause (viii)  below); provided that if such Net Cash Proceeds have not been reinvested or committed to be reinvested within the time periods set forth above, the Borrower shall be required to prepay the Term Loans with such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that the Borrower may use a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds received from such Recovery Event to prepay or repurchase any other Indebtedness that is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations to the extent such other Indebtedness and the Liens securing the same are permitted hereunder and the documentation governing such other Indebtedness requires such a prepayment or repurchase thereof with the proceeds of such Recovery Event, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (1) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such other Indebtedness and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and such other Indebtedness; provided further that the Borrower shall not be permitted to reinvest any such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with this clause (ii)  to the extent the Borrower applies any such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or purchase such other Indebtedness, unless the Borrower applies the corresponding ratable portion of such Net Cash Proceeds (after giving effect to such reinvestment) to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with this clause (ii); provided further that the Borrower shall not be permitted to repay any such other Indebtedness unless it repays the Term Loans.

(iii) Dispositions . Subject to Section 2.05(b)(vi) below, the Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans on the fifth (5 th ) Business Day following receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from a Disposition in reliance on Section 7.05(n) in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds (such prepayment to be applied as set forth in clause (viii)  below) (any such transaction or series of related transactions resulting in Net Cash Proceeds being a “ Relevant Transaction ”); provided that (x) if (1) the Borrower shall deliver a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the Administrative Agent at the time of receipt thereof setting forth the Borrower’s intent to reinvest such proceeds in capital assets useful in the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary within twelve (12) months of the receipt of such proceeds and (2) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such certificate or at the proposed time of the application of such proceeds, such proceeds shall not be required to be applied to prepay the Term Loans except to the extent such proceeds are not so reinvested within such twelve (12) month period (or in the case of a binding commitment in respect of an application within such twelve (12) months, eighteen (18) months of receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds) and (y) no such prepayment

 

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shall be required to the extent that the aggregate amount of such proceeds that are not reinvested in accordance with clause (1) hereof does not exceed $25,000,000 in any fiscal year; and provided further , however , that any Net Cash Proceeds not subject to such binding commitment or so reinvested shall be immediately applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in this Section 2.05(b)(iii) ; provided that the Borrower may use a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds received from such Relevant Transaction to prepay or repurchase any other Indebtedness that is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with the Obligations to the extent such other Indebtedness and the Liens securing the same are permitted hereunder and the documentation governing such other Indebtedness requires such a prepayment or repurchase thereof with the proceeds of such Relevant Transaction, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (1) the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such other Indebtedness and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Loans and such other Indebtedness; provided further that the Borrower shall not be permitted to reinvest any such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with this clause (iii)  to the extent the Borrower applies any such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay or purchase such other Indebtedness unless the Borrower applies the corresponding ratable portion of such Net Cash Proceeds (after giving effect to such reinvestment) to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with this clause (iii); provided further that the Borrower shall not be permitted to repay any such other Indebtedness unless it repays the Term Loans.

(iv) Incurrence of Indebtedness . The Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans substantially concurrently following receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from any incurrence or issuance of Indebtedness (including, for purposes hereof, any debt instrument convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Equity Interests) by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Indebtedness expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.03 (other than any Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities and any Permitted External Refinancing Indebtedness) in an aggregate amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of such Net Cash Proceeds (such prepayment to be applied as set forth in clause (viii)  below).

(v) [Reserved].

(vi) Repatriation Considerations . Notwithstanding any other provisions of Sections 2.05(b)(ii) and 2.05(b)(iii) , (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition with respect to any property or assets of Foreign Subsidiaries giving rise to a mandatory prepayment pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) are prohibited, delayed or restricted by applicable local Law, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied to repay Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05(b) but may be retained by the applicable Restricted Subsidiary (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Restricted Subsidiary to promptly take commercially reasonable actions available under applicable local Law to permit

 

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such repatriation or a part thereof if full repatriation is not permitted) and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition with respect to any property or assets of Foreign Subsidiaries to the jurisdiction of organization of the Borrower would have a material adverse Tax consequence with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds, the Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied to repay the Term Loans at the times provided in this Section 2.05(b) but may be retained by the applicable Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, on or before the date on which such Net Cash Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments, as applicable, such Net Cash Proceeds shall, to the extent practicable, be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary.

(vii) [Reserved].

(viii) Application of a Mandatory Prepayments . All amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be applied as follows:

(A) With respect to all amounts prepaid pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(i) , first , ratably to the L/C Borrowings and the Swing Line Loans, second , to the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, and, third , to Cash Collateralize the remaining L/C Obligations; and

(B) With respect to all amounts prepaid pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(ii), (iii) , and (iv) , except as otherwise set forth therein, ratably to the Term Loans and to the principal repayment installments therefor as directed by the Borrower (and absent any such direction, in direct order of maturity of remaining amortization payments).

Within the parameters of the applications set forth above, prepayments shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans and then to LIBOR Rate Loans in direct order of Interest Period maturities. All prepayments under this Section 2.05(b) shall be subject to Section 3.05 , but otherwise without premium or penalty, and shall be accompanied by interest on the principal amount prepaid through the date of prepayment.

Termination or Reduction of Commitments .

(a) Optional . The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments of any Class or from time to time permanently reduce such Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 10:00 a.m. three Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $10,000,000 or any whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, (iii) the Borrower shall not terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Credit Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments

 

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hereunder, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C) the Swing Line Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans would exceed the Swing Line Sublimit.

(b) Mandatory .

(i) The aggregate Term A Commitments were reduced to zero upon the funding of the Term A Loans on the Original Closing Date.

(ii) The aggregate Tranche A-1 Term Loan Commitments were reduced to zero upon the funding of the Tranche A-1 Term Loans on the Tranche A-1 Incremental Effective Date.

(iii) The aggregate Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced to zero on the Restatement Date upon the Borrowing of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans on such date.

(iv) If after giving effect to any reduction or termination of Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section 2.06 , the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit exceeds the Revolving Credit Facility at such time, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, as the case may be, shall be automatically reduced by the amount of such excess.

(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees . The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the Letter of Credit Sublimit, Swing Line Sublimit or the Revolving Credit Commitment under this Section 2.06 . Upon any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Revolving Credit Commitment of each Revolving Credit Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage of such reduction amount. All fees in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Revolving Credit Facility shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

Repayment of Loans .

(a) Revolving Credit Loans . The Borrower shall repay to the Revolving Credit Lenders on the Maturity Date for each Revolving Credit Facility Class, the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans under such Revolving Credit Facility Class outstanding on such date.

(b) Swing Line Loans . The Borrower shall repay each Swing Line Loan on the earlier to occur of (i) the date ten (10) Business Days after such Swing Ling Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility in effect on the Restatement Date; provided with the written consent of the Swing Line Lender, the Maturity Date with respect to Swing Line Loans may be the then Latest Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility (although Swing Line Loans may thereafter be reborrowed, in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, if there are one or more Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments which remain in effect).

 

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(c) Term A Loans, Tranche A-1 Term Loans, Tranche A-2 Term Loans .

(i) Term A Loans . The Borrower shall repay to the Term A Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts set forth opposite such dates (as such installments may hereafter be adjusted as a result of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05 ), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 8.02 .

Term A Loans

 

Date    Amount  

March 31, 2016

   $ 1,875,000   

June 30, 2016

   $ 1,875,000   

September 30, 2016

   $ 1,875,000   

December 31, 2016

   $ 1,875,000   

March 31, 2017

   $ 3,750,000   

June 30, 2017

   $ 3,750,000   

September 30, 2017

   $ 3,750,000   

December 31, 2017

   $ 3,750,000   

March 31, 2018

   $ 3,750,000   

June 30, 2018

   $ 3,750,000   

September 30, 2018

   $ 3,750,000   

December 31, 2018

   $ 3,750,000   

March 31, 2019

   $ 3,750,000   

June 30, 2019

   $ 3,750,000   

September 30, 2019

   $ 3,750,000   

December 31, 2019

   $ 3,750,000   

March 31, 2020

   $ 5,625,000   

June 30, 2020

   $ 5,625,000   

September 30, 2020

   $ 5,625,000   

December 31, 2020

   $ 5,625,000   

Maturity Date for the Tranche A Term Loans

    
 
 
Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Term A
Loans
  
  
  

provided , however , that the final principal repayment installment of the Term A Loans shall be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Term A Loans and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Term A Loans outstanding on such date.

 

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(ii) Tranche A-1 Term Loans . The Borrower shall repay to the Tranche A-1 Term Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Tranche A-1 Term Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts set forth opposite such dates (as such installments may hereafter be adjusted as a result of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05 ), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 8.02 .

Tranche A-1 Term Loans

 

Date    Amount  

March 31, 2016

   $ 2,500,000   

June 30, 2016

   $ 2,500,000   

September 30, 2016

   $ 2,500,000   

December 31, 2016

   $ 2,500,000   

March 31, 2017

   $ 2,500,000   

June 30, 2017

   $ 2,500,000   

September 30, 2017

   $ 2,500,000   

December 31, 2017

   $ 2,500,000   

March 31, 2018

   $ 2,500,000   

June 30, 2018

   $ 2,500,000   

September 30, 2018

   $ 3,750,000   

December 31, 2018

   $ 3,750,000   

March 31, 2019

   $ 3,750,000   

June 30, 2019

   $ 3,750,000   

September 30, 2019

   $ 3,750,000   

December 31, 2019

   $ 3,750,000   

March 31, 2020

   $ 3,750,000   

June 30, 2020

   $ 3,750,000   

September 30, 2020

   $ 3,750,000   

December 31, 2020

   $ 3,750,000   

Maturity Date for the Tranche A-1 Term Loans

    
 
 
Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Tranche
A-1 Term Loans
  
  
  

provided , however , that the final principal repayment installment of the Tranche A-1 Term Loans shall be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Tranche A-1 Term Loans and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Tranche A-1 Term Loans outstanding on such date.

 

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(iii) Tranche A-2 Term Loans . The Borrower shall repay to the Tranche A-2 Term Lenders the aggregate principal amount of all Tranche A-2 Term Loans outstanding on the following dates in the respective amounts set forth opposite such dates (as such installments may hereafter be adjusted as a result of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05 ), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 8.02 .

Tranche A-2 Term Loans

 

Date    Amount  

June 30, 2016

   $ 6,406,250   

September 30, 2016

   $ 6,406,250   

December 31, 2016

   $ 6,406,250   

March 31, 2017

   $ 6,406,250   

June 30, 2017

   $ 12,812,500   

September 30, 2017

   $ 12,812,500   

December 31, 2017

   $ 12,812,500   

March 31, 2018

   $ 12,812,500   

June 30, 2018

   $ 12,812,500   

September 30, 2018

   $ 12,812,500   

December 31, 2018

   $ 12,812,500   

March 31, 2019

   $ 12,812,500   

June 30, 2019

   $ 12,812,500   

September 30, 2019

   $ 12,812,500   

December 31, 2019

   $ 12,812,500   

March 31, 2020

   $ 12,812,500   

June 30, 2020

   $ 19,218,750   

September 30, 2020

   $ 19,218,750   

December 31, 2020

   $ 19,218,750   

Maturity Date for the Tranche A-2 Term Loans

    
 
 
Outstanding Principal
Balance of the Tranche
A-2 Term Loans
  
  
  

provided , however , that the final principal repayment installment of the Tranche A-2 Term Loans shall be repaid on the Maturity Date for the Tranche A-2 Term Loans and in any event shall be in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all Tranche A-2 Term Loans outstanding on such date.

(d) Other Term Loans . The Borrower shall repay the outstanding principal amount of each Class of Term Loans (other than the Term A Loans) in the installments on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the applicable Additional Credit Extension Amendment (as such installments may hereafter be adjusted as a result of prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.05 ), unless accelerated sooner pursuant to Section 8.02 .

Interest .

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b)  below, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate for such Facility; (ii) each Base Rate Loan under a Facility shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Base Rate Loans for such Facility; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

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(b) (i) If any Payment Default exists with respect to any amount of principal of any Loan, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(ii) If any Payment Default exists with respect to any other amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrower under any Loan Document, then upon the request of the Required Lenders, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(iii) So long as any Payment Default exists, upon the request of the Required Lenders the principal amount of all outstanding amounts constituting Obligations hereunder (excluding (x) Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements and Guaranteed Hedge Agreements and (y) other Obligations to the extent already subject to the Default Rate pursuant to clause (i)  or (ii)  above) shall bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(iv) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

Fees . In addition to certain fees described in subsections (i)  and (j) of Section 2.03 :

(a) Facility Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, a facility fee equal to the Applicable Fee Rate times the actual daily amount of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if the Aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated, on the Outstanding Amount of all Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and L/C Obligations), regardless of usage, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.16 . The facility fee shall accrue at all times during the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility (and thereafter so long as any Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans or L/C Obligations remain outstanding), including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Original Closing Date, and on the last day of the Availability Period for the Revolving Credit Facility (and, if applicable, thereafter on demand). The facility fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Fee Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Fee Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Fee Rate was in effect.

(b) Other Fees . (i) The Borrower shall pay to each Arranger and the Administrative Agent for their own respective accounts fees in the amounts and at the times specified in the BofA Fee Letter and/or the Discovery Fee Letters, as applicable. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

(ii) The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever.

 

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Computation of Interest and Fees . All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a) , bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Evidence of Debt .

(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in subsection (a) , each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

 

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Payments Generally; Administrative Agent’s Clawback .

(a) General . All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in immediately available funds not later than 1:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Applicable Percentage in respect of the relevant Facility (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 1:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue. If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be.

(b) (i) Funding by Lenders; Presumption by Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Committed Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of any Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, prior to 12:00 noon on the date of such Committed Borrowing) that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Committed Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 (or, in the case of a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, that such Lender has made such share available in accordance with and at the time required by Section 2.02 ) and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Committed Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to the relevant Loans (without duplication of any interest paid in accordance with Section 2.08 ). 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 Committed Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Committed Loan included in such Committed Borrowing. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(ii) Payments by Borrower; Presumptions by Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this subsection (b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(c) Failure to Satisfy Conditions Precedent . If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II , and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

(d) Obligations of Lenders Several . The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Committed Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Committed Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Committed Loan, to purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c) .

(e) Funding Source . Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

(f) Insufficient Funds . If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, L/C Borrowings, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, toward payment of interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, toward payment of principal and L/C Borrowings then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal and L/C Borrowings then due to such parties.

 

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Sharing of Payments by Lenders . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of the Committed Loans made by it, or the participations in L/C Obligations or in Swing Line Loans held by it resulting in such Lender’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of such Committed Loans or participations and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Committed Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Committed Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that:

(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section 2.13 shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrower pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (B) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.15 , or (C) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Committed Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

The Borrower consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Borrower rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

Increase in Commitments .

(a) Request for Increase . The Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent (which notice shall be provided at least ten (10) Business Days (or such shorter period as consented to by the Administrative Agent) prior to the effectiveness of any Incremental Commitment) elect to request (x) prior to the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, an increase to the existing Revolving Credit Commitments (each, an “ Incremental Revolving Credit Commitment ”) and/or (y) prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect, the establishment of one or more new term loan commitments for an additional Class of term loans

 

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or as an increase to an existing Class of Term Loans (each, an “ Incremental Term Commitment ”), by an aggregate amount, when taken together with all Incremental Equivalent Debt, not in excess of the Incremental Cap. Each such increase in existing commitments or establishment of new commitments constituting Incremental Commitments shall be in a minimum amount of $25,000,000. The Borrower may elect to seek Incremental Commitments from Lenders (provided no Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Commitment and any Lender may elect to provide or decline to provide any Incremental Commitment in its sole discretion) or other Eligible Assignees reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. In order to provide an Incremental Commitment, each party that provides an Incremental Commitment (which party must be consented to by the Borrower and to the extent such party is not then a Lender, the Administrative Agent) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel (the “ Increase Joinder ”). Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 10.01 , the Increase Joinder 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, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.14 .

(b) Effective Date and Allocations . If the Aggregate Commitments are increased in accordance with this Section, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall determine the effective date (the “ Increase Effective Date ”) and the final allocation of such increase. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the Increase Effective Date.

(c) Conditions to Effectiveness of Incremental Commitments . The Incremental Commitments shall become effective as of the Increase Effective Date; provided that the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of each Loan Party dated as of the Increase Effective Date (in sufficient copies for each Lender) signed by a Responsible Officer of such Loan Party (i) certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such Loan Party approving or consenting to such increase, and (ii) in the case of the Borrower, certifying that, before and after giving effect to such increase, (A) the requirements set forth in Section 2.14(e)(viii) and Section 2.14(e)(ix) have been satisfied and (B) the Borrower is in compliance with Section 7.12 on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments (giving effect to the full incurrence of Loans pursuant to all such Incremental Commitments and, to any Permitted Acquisition, other Investment, or any sale, transaction or other Disposition or any incurrence of Indebtedness or repayment of Indebtedness consummated concurrently therewith), as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which there are Available Financing Statements; provided that, for purposes of any Limited Condition Transaction, any Pro Forma Basis calculation and other conditions set forth in this clause (c)  shall be subject to Section 1.09 and in the event of any inconsistency between Section 1.09 and this clause (c) , Section 1.09 shall control. In addition, the effectiveness of any Increase Joinder or Additional Credit Extension Amendment shall be subject to, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements, including any supplements or amendments to the Collateral Documents, consistent in all material respects with those delivered on the Restatement Date under Section 4.01 and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(d) Adjustment of Revolving Credit Loans . To the extent the Commitments being increased on the relevant Increase Effective Date are Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, then, on such Increase Effective Date, (i) each relevant Revolving Credit Lender that is increasing its Revolving Credit Commitment shall make available to the Administrative Agent such amounts in immediately available funds as the Administrative Agent shall determine, for the benefit of the other relevant Revolving Credit Lenders, as being required in order to cause, after giving effect to such increase and the application of such amounts to make payments to such other relevant Revolving Credit Lenders, the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans (and risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure) to be held ratably by all Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective revised Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages, (ii) the Borrower shall be deemed to have prepaid and reborrowed the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans as of such Increase Effective Date to the extent necessary to keep the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ratable with any revised Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages arising from any nonratable increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section 2.14 , (iii) the Borrower shall pay to the relevant Revolving Credit Lenders the amounts, if any, required pursuant to Section 3.05 as a result of such prepayment and (iv) unfunded risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans and Letter of Credit Exposure (excluding risk participations that the applicable Lender failed to fund in accordance with this Agreement) shall be reallocated by the Administrative Agent to be held ratably by all Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their revised Applicable Revolving Credit Percentages.

(e) Terms of New Loans and Commitments . The terms and provisions of Loans made pursuant to Incremental Commitments shall be as follows:

(i) the terms and provisions of Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to new Commitments shall be identical to the Revolving Credit Loans;

(ii) the scheduled principal amortization payments under each Incremental Term Loan shall be as set forth in the related Increase Joinder; provided that the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Term Loan incurred after the Restatement Date shall be no shorter than the then longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then-existing Tranche A-2 Term Loans, calculated as of the date of making such Incremental Term Loan; provided further , in the event no Tranche A-2 Term Loans remain outstanding hereunder, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Incremental Term Loan incurred shall be no shorter than the then longest remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the then-existing Term Loans, calculated as of the date of making such Incremental Term Loan;

(iii) the maturity date of each Incremental Term Loan shall be as set forth in the Increase Joinder; provided that the maturity date of any Incremental Term Loan incurred after the Restatement Date shall be no shorter than the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date of Tranche A-2 Term Loans, as of the date of such Increase Joinder and calculated as of the date of making such Incremental Term Loan; provided further , in the event no Tranche A-2 Term

 

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Loans remain outstanding hereunder, the maturity date of any Incremental Term Loan shall be no shorter than the Latest Term Loan Maturity Date, as of the date of such Increase Joinder and calculated as of the date of making such Incremental Term Loan;

(iv) the fees and amortization schedule applicable to Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Lenders of the Incremental Term Loans and set forth in the related Increase Joinder;

(v) any Incremental Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or on a less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments hereunder (whether by acceleration or otherwise), as specified in the Increase Joinder;

(vi) such Incremental Facilities shall be secured on a pari passu basis with respect to the Loans outstanding as of (or made on) the Increase Effective Date;

(vii) all other terms of the Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the Incremental Term Lenders and set forth in the applicable Increase Joinder; provided that to the extent such terms and documentation are not the same as the Tranche A-2 Facility (other than, in each case, pricing, amortization, maturity, or participation in voluntary or mandatory prepayments), they shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and events of default applicable only to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time the applicable Increase Joinder is entered into);

(viii) it shall be a condition to such Incremental Commitments on the Increase Effective Date and on the date of Borrowing that no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist after giving effect to such Incremental Commitments or Borrowing, as applicable; provided that, in the event that the proceeds of Borrowings under such Incremental Commitments will be used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction and to the extent the Lenders providing such Incremental Commitments agree, this clause (viii)  may be limited to the absence of a Payment Default and the absence of a Bankruptcy Default except in the case of conditions to Borrowing a Revolving Credit Loan;

(ix) it shall be a condition to such Incremental Commitments that the representations and warranties set forth in Article V and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Increase Effective Date and on the date of such Borrowing (except, if a qualifier relating to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies to any such representation or warranty, such representation or warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all respects) on and as of such date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in

 

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which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (except, if a qualifier relating to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies to any such representation or warranty, such representation or warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.14 , the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a)  and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a)  and (b) , respectively, of Section 6.01 ( provided that, in the event that the proceeds of Borrowings under such Incremental Commitments will be used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction and to the extent the Lenders providing such Incremental Commitments agree, this clause (ix)  may be limited to Sections 5.01(a) , 5.01(b)(ii) , 5.02(a) , 5.03 , 5.04 , 5.14 , 5.17 (determined as of the Increase Effective Date and giving effect to the Incremental Commitments and use of proceeds thereof), and 5.18 and those representations included in the acquisition agreement related to such Limited Condition Transaction that are material to the interests of the Lenders and only to the extent that the Borrower or its applicable Subsidiary has the right to terminate its obligations under such acquisition agreement as a result of a breach of such representations or the failure of those representations to be accurate except in the case of conditions to Borrowing a Revolving Credit Loan);

(x) no Incremental Facility requested by the Borrower may have any mandatory prepayment provisions payable solely to the lenders thereunder, including, without limitation, a mandatory prepayment related to Excess Cash Flow; and

(xi) Schedule 2.01 shall be deemed revised to reflect the commitments and commitment percentages of the Incremental Term Loan Lenders as set forth in the Increase Joinder or other Additional Credit Extension Amendment.

(f) Equal and Ratable Benefit . The Loans and Commitments established pursuant to this paragraph shall constitute Loans and Commitments under, and shall be entitled to all the benefits afforded by, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and shall, without limiting the foregoing, benefit equally and ratably from the Guaranty and the Liens created by the Collateral Documents. The Loan Parties shall take any actions reasonably required by the Administrative Agent to ensure and/or demonstrate that (i) the Lien and security interests granted by the Collateral Documents continue to secure all Obligations and continue to be perfected under the UCC or otherwise after giving effect to the establishment of any Incremental Commitments or the funding of Loans thereunder and (ii) the Loans to be funded under any Incremental Commitments and any other Obligations related to any Incremental Commitments or Loans funded thereunder are subject to and benefit from the Guaranty.

(g) Conflicting Provisions . This Section shall supersede any provisions in Sections 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.

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(a) no Incremental Facilities may be incurred on a secured basis, (b) all outstanding Incremental Facilities that are secured must either (x) be repaid in full or (y) become unsecured contemporaneously with such release and (c) no Incremental Facilities may be incurred unless the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio less than or equal to 3.50:1.00 as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period for which there are Available Financial Statements.

Cash Collateral .

(a) Certain Credit Support Events . Upon the request of the Administrative Agent or the applicable L/C Issuer (i) if such L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing, (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any L/C Obligation for any reason remains outstanding, or (iii) if required pursuant to Section 2.03(l) , the Borrower shall, in each case, immediately Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations. At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, immediately upon the request of the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to cover all Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).

(b) Grant of Security Interest . All Cash Collateral (other than credit support not constituting funds subject to deposit) shall be maintained in blocked, non-interest bearing deposit accounts at Bank of America. The Borrower, and to the extent provided by any Lender, such Lender, hereby grants to (and subjects to the control of) the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer and the Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender), and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein, and all other property so provided as collateral pursuant hereto, and in all proceeds of the foregoing, all as security for the obligations to which such Cash Collateral may be applied pursuant to Section 2.15(c) . 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 applicable Fronting Exposure and other obligations secured thereby, 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) Application . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under any of this Section 2.15 or Sections 2.03 , 2.04 , 2.05 , 2.16 or 8.02 in respect of Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans shall be held and applied to the satisfaction of the specific L/C Obligations, Swing Line Loans, obligations to fund participations therein (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) and other obligations for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may be provided for herein.

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(i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure or other obligations giving rise thereto (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender (or, as appropriate, its assignee following compliance with Section 10.06(b)(iv) )) or (ii) the Administrative Agent’s good faith determination that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided , however , (x) that Cash Collateral furnished by or on behalf of a Loan Party shall not be released during the continuance of a Default (and following application as provided in this Section 2.15 may be otherwise applied in accordance with Section 8.03 ), and (y) the Person providing Cash Collateral and the applicable L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, may agree that Cash Collateral shall not be released but instead held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations.

Defaulting Lenders .

(a) Adjustments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as that Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable Law:

(i) Waivers and Amendments . 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 10.01 .

(ii) Reallocation of Payments . Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of that Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise, and including any amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by that Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 10.08 ), shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by that Defaulting Lender to the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; third , if so determined by the Administrative Agent or requested by the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, to be held as Cash Collateral for future funding obligations of that Defaulting Lender of any participation in any Swing Line Loan or Letter of Credit; fourth , as the Borrower may request (so long as no Default exists), to the funding of any Loan in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to be held in a non-interest bearing deposit account and released in order to satisfy obligations of that Defaulting Lender to fund Loans under this Agreement; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender against that Defaulting Lender as a result of that 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 that Defaulting Lender as a result of that Defaulting Lender’s

 

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breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to that Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Loans or L/C Borrowings in respect of which that Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share and (y) such Loans or L/C Borrowings were made at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Loans of, and L/C Obligations owed to, all non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Loans of, or L/C Obligations owed to, that 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 Section 2.16(a)(ii) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by that Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

(iii) Certain Fees . Such Defaulting Lender (x) shall be entitled to receive any facility fee pursuant to Section 2.10 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to extent allocable to the sum of (1) the Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans funded by it and (2) its Applicable Percentage of the stated amount of Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 2.03 , Section 2.04 , Section 2.15 , or Section 2.16(a)(ii) , as applicable (and the Borrower shall (A) be required to pay to each of the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, the amount of such fee allocable to its Fronting Exposure arising from that Defaulting Lender and (B) not be required to pay the remaining amount of such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender) and (y) shall be limited in its right to receive Letter of Credit Fees as provided in Section 2.03(h) .

(iv) Reallocation of Applicable Percentages to Reduce Fronting Exposure . During any period in which there is a Defaulting Lender, for purposes of computing the amount of the obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.04 , the “Applicable Percentage” of each non-Defaulting Lender shall be computed without giving effect to the Commitment of that Defaulting Lender; provided , that, (i) each such reallocation shall be given effect only if, at the date the applicable Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, no Default exists; and (ii) the aggregate obligation of each non-Defaulting Lender to acquire, refinance or fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Agreement shall not at any time exceed the positive difference, if any, of (1) the Commitment of that non-Defaulting Lender minus (2) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Committed Loans of that Lender. 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 that 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) Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and the L/C Issuer agree in writing that a Defaulting Lender no longer is a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase 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 Committed Loans and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans to be held on a pro rata basis by the Lenders in accordance with their Applicable Percentages (without giving effect to Section 2.16(a)(iv) ), together with any payments reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent to be necessary to compensate the non-Defaulting Lenders for any loss, cost or expense of the type described in Section 3.05 (all of which purchases are hereby consented to by the Borrower and each Lender) whereupon that Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrower while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments .

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “ Extension Offer ”) made from time to time by the Borrower to all Term Lenders of any Class of Term Loans or all Revolving Credit Lenders of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Borrower is hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lender’s Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments of the applicable Class and otherwise modify the terms of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including, without limitation, by changing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Term Loans) (each, an “ Extension ,” and each group of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, in each case as so extended, as well as the original Term Loans and the original Revolving Credit Commitments (in each case not so extended), being a separate Class of Term Loans from the Class of Term Loans from which they were converted, and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined below) shall constitute a separate Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from the Class of Revolving Credit Commitments from which they were converted, it being understood that an Extension may be in the form of an increase in the amount of any other then outstanding Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments otherwise satisfying the criteria set forth below), so long as the following terms are satisfied:

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immediately prior to or after giving effect to the effectiveness of any Extended Term Loans (as defined below) or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable;

(ii) except as to interest rates, fees and final maturity (which shall be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Credit Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Revolving Credit Commitment (an “ Extending Revolving Credit Lender ”) extended pursuant to an Extension (an “ Extended Revolving Credit Commitment ”), and the related Revolving Credit Exposure, shall be a Revolving Credit Commitment (or related Revolving Credit Exposure, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (and related Revolving Credit Exposure); provided that at no time shall there be Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder (including Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any original Revolving Credit Commitments) which have more than two different maturity dates;

(iii) after giving effect to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, all borrowings under the Revolving Credit Commitments, all participations in Letters of Credit and all borrowings under Swing Line Loans and all repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis among all Revolving Credit Commitments (including any such extended Revolving Credit Commitments); provided that (A) any payments of interest and fees may be at different rates applicable to such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) repayments may be made with respect to any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments on the applicable Maturity Date of such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, without making repayments of any later maturing Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, (C) if any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments has a Maturity Date in advance of all other Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments, such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments may be terminated in full, with all Loans thereunder being prepaid in a manner that is not pro rata with other Revolving Credit Commitments, (D) with the consent of the L/C Issuers, the Letter of Credit Expiration Date may be extended to a date no later than seven (7) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and (E) if any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments is terminated, participations in Letters of Credit which have not been drawn and in Swing Line Loans which are not then due shall be reallocated to the Lenders holding Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to procedures designated by the Administrative Agent and so long as after giving effect to such reallocation the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender does not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments;

(iv) except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, premium, required prepayment dates and participation in prepayments (which shall, subject to immediately succeeding clauses (iv) , (v)  and (vi) , be determined by the Borrower and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer),

 

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the Term Loans of any Lender (an “ Extending Term Lender ”) extended pursuant to any Extension (“ Extended Term Loans ”) shall have the same terms as the Class of Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer (except for covenants or other provisions contained therein applicable only to periods after the then Latest Term Maturity Date or, to the extent all other then outstanding Classes of Term Loans are later prepaid, the period after such prepayment);

(v) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the final maturity date of the Class of Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer and the amortization schedule applicable to Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.07 for periods prior to such final maturity date of the Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer may not be increased;

(vi) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans extended thereby;

(vii) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or on a less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory prepayments hereunder, as specified in the applicable Extension Offer;

(viii) if the aggregate principal amount of the Class of Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) or Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, in respect of which Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class, as the case may be, offered to be extended by the Borrower pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments of such Class, as the case may be, of such Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which such Term Lenders or Revolving Credit Lenders, as the case may be, have accepted such Extension Offer;

(ix) the establishment of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall replace the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders providing Extended Revolving Credit Commitments to the extent of such Extended Revolving Credit Commitments;

(x) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent with the foregoing and otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

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(b) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.17(a) , (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of Section 2.05 and (ii) there shall be not more than five (5) Classes of Extended Term Loans outstanding at any time. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this Section 2.17 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 2.05 , 2.12 and 2.13 ) or any other Loan Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section 2.17 .

(c) No consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (i) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to one or more of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (or a portion thereof) and (ii) with respect to any Extension of any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, the consent of the L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender (if such L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender is being requested to issue letters of credit or make swing line loans with respect to the Class of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments). The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into an Additional Credit Extension Amendment to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Borrower and the other applicable Loan Parties as may be necessary in order to establish new Classes in respect of Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Loans so extended and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent in connection with the establishment of such new Classes, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.17 .

(d) In connection with any Extension, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including, without limitation, regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.17 .

(e) This Section shall supersede any provisions in Sections 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary. Notwithstanding any language to the contrary, no Lender’s Commitments may be extended without such Lender’s consent and any such decision whether to extend its Term Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment shall be in such Lender’s sole and absolute discretion.

Refinancing Facilities

(a) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time, request (x) Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments to replace all or a portion of any existing Class of Revolving Credit Commitments (the “ Replaced Revolving Credit Commitments ”) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate amount of the Replaced Revolving Credit Commitments plus any accrued interest, fees, costs and expenses related thereto and (y) Refinancing Term Loans to refinance all or a portion of any existing Class of Term Loans (the “ Refinanced Term Loans ”; Refinanced Term Loans and Replaced Revolving

 

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Credit Commitments referred to collectively herein as “ Credit Agreement Refinanced Indebtedness ”) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the Refinanced Term Loans plus any accrued interest, fees, costs and expenses related thereto (including any original issue discount or upfront fees). Such notice shall set forth (i) the amount of the applicable Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility (which shall be in minimum increments of $1,000,000 and a minimum amount of $5,000,000 or, in each case, if less, the entire outstanding amount of the Class of Loans or Commitments being refinanced or replaced), (ii) the date on which the applicable Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility is to become effective (which shall not be less than ten (10) Business Days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of such notice (or such longer or shorter periods as the Administrative Agent shall agree)) and (iii) whether such Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities are Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments or Refinanced Term Loans. The Borrower may seek Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities from existing Lenders (each of which shall be entitled to agree or decline to participate in its sole discretion) or any Eligible Assignee.

(b) It shall be a condition precedent to the effectiveness of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility and the incurrence of any Refinanced Term Loans that (i) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to such Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility or the incurrence of such Refinanced Term Loans, as applicable, (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in Article V and in each other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects (except, if a qualifier relating to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies to any such representation or warranty, such representation or warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility becomes effective and the Refinanced Term Loans are made, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (except, if a qualifier relating to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies to any such representation or warranty, such representation or warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 2.18 , the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a)  and (b) of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a)  and (b) , respectively, of Section 6.01 ; (iii) the terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility shall comply with Section 2.18(c) ; and (iv) (x) substantially concurrently with the incurrence of any such Refinancing Term Loans, 100% of the proceeds thereof shall be applied to repay the Refinanced Term Loans (including accrued interest, fees and premiums (if any) payable in connection therewith) and (y) substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of such Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, all or an equivalent portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments in effect immediately prior to such effectiveness shall be terminated, and all or an equivalent portion of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, together with interest thereon and all other amounts accrued for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, shall be repaid.

(c) The terms of any Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility Lenders and set forth in an Additional Credit Extension Amendment; provided that (i) the final maturity date of any Refinancing Term Loans or Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments shall not be earlier than the Maturity Date for the refinanced Loans, (ii) (x) there shall be no scheduled

 

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amortization of the Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and (y) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinancing Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Refinanced Term Loans, (iii) the Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities will rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans and shall benefit from the Guaranty on the same basis as the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans, (iv) the interest rate margin, rate floors, fees, original issue discount and premiums applicable to the Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility Lenders, (iv) such Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities shall not be incurred or guaranteed by any Person other than the Borrower and the Guarantors, respectively, and (v) the other terms and conditions of such Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities (excluding any amortization, collateral, pricing, fees, rate floors, discounts, premiums and optional prepayment terms) are substantially similar to, or not materially more favorable to the Credit Agreement Refinancing Lenders than the terms and conditions, taken as a whole, applicable to the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (other than covenants or other provisions solely applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date then in effect for the Credit Agreement Refinanced Indebtedness).

(d) In connection with any Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility pursuant to this Section 2.18 , the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each applicable Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Additional Credit Extension Amendment and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence such Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities, including, without limitation, legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements, including any supplements or amendments to the Collateral Documents, consistent in all material respects with those delivered on the Restatement Date under Section 4.01 and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Additional Credit Extension Amendment. Notwithstanding Section 10.01 , any Additional Credit Extension Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lender, 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 2.18 , including any amendments necessary to establish the applicable Credit Agreement Refinancing Facility as a new Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) and such other 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 Classes (including to preserve the pro rata treatment of the refinanced and non-refinanced Classes and to provide for the reallocation of participation in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans upon the expiration or termination of the commitments under any Class), in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.18 . Upon effectiveness of any Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.18 , each Revolving Credit Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment immediately prior to such effectiveness will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Replacement Revolving Lender, and each such Replacement Revolving Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed, a portion of such existing Revolving Credit Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding participations hereunder in Letters

 

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of Credit and Swingline Loans held by each Revolving Credit Lender (including each such Replacement Revolving Lender) will equal its Aggregate Percentage of Revolving Credit Loans. If, on the date of such effectiveness, there are any Revolving Credit Loans outstanding, such Revolving Credit Loans shall upon the effectiveness of such Replacement Revolving Credit Commitment be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Credit Loans made hereunder so that Revolving Credit Loans are thereafter held by the Revolving Credit Lenders (including each Replacement Revolving Lender) according to their Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage, which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid and any costs incurred by any Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with Section 3.05 . The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

(e) After giving effect to any Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments, all borrowings under the Revolving Credit Commitments, all participations in Letters of Credit and all borrowings under Swing Line Loans and all repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis among all Revolving Credit Commitments (including any such Replaced Revolving Credit Commitments); provided that (A) any payments of interest and fees may be at different rates applicable to such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, (B) repayments may be made with respect to any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments on the applicable Maturity Date of such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, without making repayments of any later maturing Class of Revolving Credit Commitments, (C) if any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments has a Maturity Date in advance of all other Classes of Revolving Credit Commitments, such Class of Revolving Credit Commitments may be terminated in full, with all Loans thereunder being prepaid in a manner that is not pro rata with other Revolving Credit Commitments, (D) with the consent of the L/C Issuers, the Letter of Credit Expiration Date may be extended to a date no later than seven (7) Business Days prior to the Maturity Date of the Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments and (E) if any Class of Revolving Credit Commitments is terminated, participations in Letters of Credit which have not been drawn and in Swing Line Loans which are not then due, such participations may be reallocated to the Lenders holding Replacement Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to procedures designated by the Administrative Agent and so long as after giving effect to such reallocation the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Lender does not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments.

(f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, after the Borrower’s election to cause the liens on the Collateral to be released following the satisfaction of the Collateral Release Conditions, (i) no Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities may be incurred on a secured basis and (ii) all outstanding Credit Agreement Refinancing Facilities that are secured must either (x) be repaid in full or (y) become unsecured contemporaneously with such release.

 

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TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

Taxes .

(a) Payments Free of Taxes; Obligation to Withhold; Payments on Account of Taxes . (i) Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall to the extent permitted by applicable Laws be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes. If, however, applicable Laws require a Loan Party or the Administrative Agent to withhold or deduct any Tax, such Tax shall be withheld or deducted in accordance with such Laws as determined by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, upon the basis of the information and documentation to be delivered pursuant to subsection (e)  below.

(ii) If any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent shall be required by applicable Law to withhold or deduct any Taxes, including both United States Federal backup withholding and withholding Taxes, from any payment, then (A) the Administrative Agent shall withhold or make such deductions as are determined by the Administrative Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to subsection (e)  below, (B) the Administrative Agent shall timely pay the full amount withheld or deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with the Code, and (C) to the extent that the withholding or deduction is made on account of Indemnified Taxes, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after any required withholding or the making of all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the Administrative Agent, Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such withholding or deduction been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrower . Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a)  above, the Loan Parties shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws.

(c) Tax Indemnifications . (i) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a)  or (b)  above, each of the Loan Parties shall, and does hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent, each Lender and the L/C Issuers, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section) withheld or deducted by such Loan Party or the Administrative Agent or paid by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer, as the case may be, as a result of its Commitment, any Loans made by it hereunder, any Letter of Credit issued hereunder, any participation in any of the foregoing, or otherwise arising in any manner in connection with any Loan Document and any penalties, interest and 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. Each of the Loan Parties shall also, and does hereby, jointly and severally, indemnify the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, for any amount which a Lender or the applicable L/C Issuer for any reason fails to pay indefeasibly to the Administrative Agent as required by clause (ii)  of this subsection. A certificate as to the amount of any such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender or the L/C Issuer (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

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(ii) Without limiting the provisions of subsection (a)  or (b)  above, each Lender and each L/C Issuer shall, and does hereby, indemnify the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, against any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities, penalties, interest and expenses (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent by any Governmental Authority as a result of the failure by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to deliver, or as a result of the inaccuracy, inadequacy or deficiency of, any documentation required to be delivered by such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (e) . Each Lender and each L/C Issuer hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this clause (ii). The agreements in this clause (ii) shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender or the L/C Issuer, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations.

(d) Evidence of Payments . Upon request by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by the Borrower or by the Administrative Agent to a Governmental Authority as provided in this Section 3.01 , the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the Borrower, as the case may be, the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of any return required by Laws to report such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be.

(e) Status of Lenders; Tax Documentation . (i) Each Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and to the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by applicable Laws or when reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable Laws or by the taxing authorities of any jurisdiction and such other reasonably requested information as will permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine (A) whether or not payments made hereunder or under any other Loan Document are subject to Taxes, (B) if applicable, the required rate of withholding or deduction, and (C) such Lender’s entitlement to any available exemption from, or reduction of, applicable Taxes in respect of all payments to be made to such Lender by the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise to establish such Lender’s status for withholding tax purposes in the applicable jurisdiction.

 

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(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if the Borrower is resident for tax purposes in the United States,

(A) any Lender that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or such other documentation or information prescribed by applicable Laws or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements; and

(B) each Foreign Lender that is entitled under the Code or any applicable treaty to an exemption from or reduction of withholding tax with respect to payments hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number as shall be reasonably 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 request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, but only if such Foreign Lender is legally entitled to do so), whichever of the following is applicable:

(I) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, claiming eligibility for benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

(II) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI,

(III) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and all required supporting documentation,

(IV) 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 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (A) a “bank” within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (B) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or (C) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code and (y) executed originals of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E, as applicable, or

(V) executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in United States Federal withholding tax together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Laws to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made.

 

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(C) 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 (D) , “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(iii) Each Lender shall promptly (A) notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent of any change in circumstances which would modify or render invalid any claimed exemption or reduction, and (B) take such steps as shall not be materially disadvantageous to it, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, and as may be reasonably necessary (including the re-designation of its Lending Office) to avoid any requirement of applicable Laws of any jurisdiction that the Borrower or the Administrative Agent make any withholding or deduction for Taxes from amounts payable to such Lender.

(iv) For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA from and after the Restatement Date, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Loans as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

 

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(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds . Unless required by applicable Laws, at no time shall the Administrative Agent have any obligation to file for or otherwise pursue on behalf of a Lender or the L/C Issuer, or have any obligation to pay to any Lender or the L/C Issuer, any refund of Taxes withheld or deducted from funds paid for the account of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be. If the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Indemnified Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Loan Party or with respect to which any Loan Party has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to such Loan Party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Loan Party under this Section with respect to the Indemnified Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that such Loan Party, upon the request of the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer, agrees to repay the amount paid over to such Loan Party (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer in the event the Administrative Agent, such Lender or the L/C Issuer is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.

Illegality . If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to perform any of its obligations hereunder or make, maintain or fund or charge interest with respect to any Credit Extension or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, 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, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest with respect to any such Credit Extension or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrower shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such

 

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suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

Inability to Determine Rates . If in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof, (a) the Administrative Agent determines that (i) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, or (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan (in each case with respect to clause (a)(i) above, “ Impacted Loans ”), or (b) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders determine that for any reason the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent upon the instruction of the Required Lenders revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Administrative Agent has made the determination described in clause (a)(i) of this section, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Borrower and the affected Lenders, may establish an alternative interest rate for the Impacted Loans , in which case, such alternative rate of interest shall apply with respect to the Impacted Loans until (1) the Administrative Agent revokes the notice delivered with respect to the Impacted Loans under clause (a)  of the first sentence of this section, (2) the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that such alternative interest rate does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding the Impacted Loans, or (3) any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for such Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to such alternative rate of interest or to determine or charge interest rates based upon such rate or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to do any of the foregoing and provides the Administrative Agent and the Borrower written notice thereof.

 

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Increased Costs; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans .

(a) Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(e) ) or the applicable L/C Issuer;

(ii) subject any Lender, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender, such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent in respect thereof (except for Indemnified Taxes covered by Section 3.01 and the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any Excluded Tax payable by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent) (other than any Excluded Tax imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits taxes and, in each case, that arise from such Lender, such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, 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 Documents); or

(iii) impose on any Lender or the L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender 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 or the L/C Issuer 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 or the L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or the L/C Issuer, the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements . If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or such L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s

 

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policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy and liquidity), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement . A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in subsection (a)  or (b)  of this Section and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

(d) Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

(e) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans . The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “ Eurocurrency liabilities ”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan and each Base Rate Loan that bears interest at the rate set forth in clause (c)  of the definition thereof equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least 10 days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice 10 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable 10 days from receipt of such notice.

Compensation for Losses . Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise);

 

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(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower; or

(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.13 ;

including any loss of anticipated profits and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrower shall also pay any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05 , each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it at the Eurodollar Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurodollar Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office . Each Lender may make any Credit Extension to the Borrower through any Lending Office, provided that the exercise of this option shall not affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Credit Extension in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04 , or the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, any L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01 , or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02 , then at the request of the Borrower such Lender or the L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04 , as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02 , as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or any L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04 , or if the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 and in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different Lending Office in accordance with Section 3.06(a) , the Borrower may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13 .

 

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Survival . All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, and resignation of the Administrative Agent.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO CREDIT EXTENSIONS

Conditions of Initial Credit Extension . The effectiveness of the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth herein, the obligations of the Lenders having Tranche A-2 Term Loan Commitments to make Tranche A-2 Term Loans and the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans on the Restatement Date are each subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or telecopies (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated as of the Restatement Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Restatement Date) and each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders:

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders and each Tranche A-2 Term Lender;

(ii) executed counterparts of the Security Agreement, the Perfection Certificate, each Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and the Guaranty, together with: (A) certificates and instruments representing pledged certificated Equity Interests and pledged debt referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers or instruments of transfer executed in blank and (B) proper financing statements in form appropriate for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions that are necessary to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement, covering the Collateral described in the Security Agreement;

(iii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Tranche A-2 Term Lender requesting a Note;

(iv) such customary certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party;

(v) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require and as are customary for transactions of this type to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed, validly existing, and in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization;

 

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(vi) a favorable opinion of (A) Winston & Strawn LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, (B) Foley & Lardner LLP, Wisconsin counsel to the Loan Parties, (C) Fredrickson & Byron, P.A., Minnesota counsel to the Loan Parties, (D) Troutman Sanders LLP, Georgia counsel to the Loan Parties, and (E) Bryan Cave LLP, Missouri counsel to the Loan Parties, in each case, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, as to such matters concerning the Loan Parties and the Loan Documents as are customary for financings of this type;

(vii) an officer’s certificate prepared by the chief financial officer of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit J hereto certifying that the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, after giving effect to the Transactions, are Solvent;

(viii) an initial Request for Credit Extension with respect to the Credit Extensions to be made on the Restatement Date in accordance with the requirements hereof; and

(ix) the Global Intercompany Note, duly executed by the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary.

(b) The Discovery Acquisition shall have been consummated or shall be consummated substantially simultaneously with the initial borrowings under the Tranche A-2 Term Facility in accordance in all material respects with the Acquisition Agreement.

(c) All accrued costs, fees and expenses (including reasonable and documented legal fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of any other advisors) and other compensation payable to the Administrative Agent, the Tranche A-1 Arrangers or any Lender required to be paid on the Restatement Date pursuant to the Discovery Fee Letters and/or the Discovery Commitment Letter, in each case, to the extent invoiced at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Restatement Date (or such later date as the Borrower may reasonably agree), shall have been paid.

(d) The Specified Discovery Acquisition Agreement Representations and the Specified Discovery Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (other than any such representations and warranties that are qualified by materiality or “Material Adverse Effect”, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects).

(e) The Tranche A-2 Arrangers shall have received (i) the Audited Financial Statements, (ii) the Discovery Audited Financial Statements, (iii) the Unaudited Financial Statements, (iv) the Discovery Unaudited Financial Statements and (v) the Pro Forma Financial Statements.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received, at least five (5) days prior to the Restatement Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable “ know your customer ” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act, to the extent any such information or documentation was requested by the Tranche A-2 Lenders at least ten (10) days prior to the Restatement Date.

 

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(g) The Administrative Agent shall have received results of recent customary UCC lien searches with respect to the Borrower, Discovery and the other Loan Parties in their applicable jurisdictions of organization, and such searches shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of such parties except for Liens permitted by Section 7.01 or discharged on or prior to the Restatement Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(h) Since August 30, 2015, there has not occurred a “Material Adverse Effect” (as defined in the Discovery Acquisition Agreement as in effect on November 1, 2015).

(i) Solely with respect to the obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans on the Restatement Date, after giving effect to Borrowings on the Restatement Date, availability under the Revolving Credit Facility on the Restatement Date shall not be less than $250,000,000.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, it is understood that, other than with respect to any UCC Filing Collateral (as defined below) and, subject to Section 6.16 , Stock Certificates (as defined below), to the extent any Lien on any Collateral is not or cannot be provided and/or perfected on the Restatement Date (including, without limitation, any Stock Certificates of Discovery and its Subsidiaries to the extent not received by the Borrower from the Discovery Seller on or prior to the Restatement Date), after the Borrower’s use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so or without undue burden or expense, the delivery, the provision and/or perfection of a Lien on such Collateral shall not constitute a condition precedent for purposes of this Section 4.01 , but instead shall be required to be delivered after the Closing Date in accordance with Section 6.16 . For purposes of this paragraph, “ UCC Filing Collateral ” means Collateral, including Collateral constituting investment property, for which a security interest can be perfected solely by filing a UCC-1 financing statement. “ Stock Certificates ” means Collateral consisting of certificates representing Equity Interests of each wholly- owned Material Subsidiary subject to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement for which a security interest can be perfected by delivering such certificates, together with undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank for each such certificate.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 9.03 , for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01 , each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required hereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Restatement Date specifying its objection thereto.

 

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Conditions to all Credit Extensions . Subject to the limitations in Section 2.14 and the applicable Increase Joinder, the obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) after the Restatement Date is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (except, if a qualifier relating to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies to any representation or warranty, such representation or warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date of such Credit Extension, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (except, if a qualifier relating to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or a similar concept applies to any representation or warranty, such representation or warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all respects) as of such earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4.02 , the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a)  and (b)  of Section 5.05 shall be deemed to refer to the most recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a)  and (b) , respectively, of Section 6.01 .

(b) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds thereof.

(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Committed Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b)  have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws . Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof (a) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license, and (d) is in compliance with all Laws; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) , (c)  or (d) , to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents; (b) conflict with or result in any material breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than Liens permitted by clause (a)  of Section 7.01 ), or require any payment to be made under any material Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or its properties or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (c) violate any order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (d) violate any Law in any material respect. Each Loan Party and each Restricted Subsidiary thereof is in compliance with all Contractual Obligations referred to in clause (b) , except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Governmental Authorization; Other Consents . No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party except such approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions as have been made or obtained, as applicable, and are in full force and effect.

Binding Effect . This Agreement has been, and each other Loan Document, when delivered hereunder, will have been, duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document when so delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally or by general principles of equity.

Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect .

(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein.

(b) The Unaudited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein; and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein.

(c) Since the date of the Audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) The Pro Forma Financial Statements fairly present the consolidated pro forma financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the consolidated pro forma results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period ended as of the date set forth therein, in each case giving effect to the Transaction, all in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Litigation . There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower overtly threatened, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case in any material respect, or (b) either individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

No Default . Neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation that would, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Ownership of Property; Liens . Each of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, except for such defects in title as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The property of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01 .

Environmental Compliance . The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries conduct in the ordinary course of business a review of the effect of existing Environmental Laws and claims alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of any Environmental Law on their respective businesses, operations and properties, and as a result thereof the Borrower has reasonably concluded that such Environmental Laws and claims would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Insurance . The properties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where the Borrower or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary operates.

Taxes . The Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries have filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all Federal, state and other material taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that would, if made, have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Loan Party nor any Restricted Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement, other than tax sharing agreements among Borrower and its Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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ERISA Compliance .

(a) Each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS or an application for such a letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto or will be filed within the applicable remedial application period and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and each ERISA Affiliate have made all required contributions to each Plan subject to the Pension Funding Rules, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to the Pension Funding Rules has been made with respect to any Plan, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) There are no pending or, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) with respect to all Multiemployer Plans, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (ii) with respect to all Plans other than Multiemployer Plans, no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iii) no Pension Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (iv) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate reasonably expects to incur any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (v) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate reasonably expects to incur any liability (and, to the best knowledge of the Borrower, no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (vi) neither the Borrower nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.

Subsidiaries; Equity Interests . As of the Restatement Date, the Borrower has no Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 , and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Borrower in the amounts specified on Part (a) of Schedule 5.13 free and clear of all Liens (other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01 (other than clauses (o)  and (bb) thereof)). As of the Restatement Date, the Borrower has no other equity investments in any other corporation or entity other than those specifically disclosed in Part(b) of Schedule 5.13 and those permitted by Section 7.02(w) .

 

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Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act .

(a) The Borrower is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock.

(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower, or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Disclosure . The Borrower has disclosed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or orally) by or on behalf of any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.

Compliance with Laws . Each of the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (b) the failure to comply therewith, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Solvency . As of the Restatement Date, after giving effect to the Credit Extensions to be made on the Restatement Date, each Loan Party is, individually and together with its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Solvent.

Anti-Terrorism Laws .

(a) No Loan Party nor any Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party, nor any director or officer of any Loan Party, or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, any agent, employee, Affiliate of, or other Persons associated with or acting on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a Sanctioned Person. No Loan, nor the proceeds from any Loan or any other Credit Extension, has been used or will be used, directly or indirectly, to lend, contribute, provide or otherwise be made available to fund any activity or business of any Sanctioned Person, or in any other manner that will result in any violation by any Person (including any Lender, the Arrangers, the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender) of Sanctions.

 

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(b) None of the Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, any director, officer, agent, employee, Affiliate of, or other Person associated with or acting on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the FCPA or any other applicable Anti-Corruption Law; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(c) No part of the proceeds of the Credit Extensions will be used, directly or indirectly, (i) 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 the FCPA or any other applicable Anti-Corruption Law; or (ii) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, or in a country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country.

(d) To the extent applicable, each of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) Sanctions, (ii) the Patriot Act and (iii) Anti-Corruption Laws.

Security Agreement; Pledge Agreement .

(a) The Security Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the holders of the “secured obligations” identified therein, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral identified therein, except to the extent the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of law (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law) and, when UCC financing statements (or other appropriate notices) in appropriate form are duly filed at the locations identified in the Security Agreement, the Security Agreement shall create a fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the grantors thereunder in such Collateral (to the extent such Liens may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement or other appropriate notice), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Lien (other than Liens permitted under Section 7.01 ).

(b) The Pledge Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the holders of the “secured obligations” identified therein, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral identified therein, except to the extent the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by equitable principles of law (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law). The Pledge Agreement shall create a fully perfected first priority Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the pledgors thereunder in the Collateral identified therein, in each case prior and superior in right to any other Lien (other than Liens arising by operation of law and Liens permitted by Section 7.01(h) (i) with respect to any such Collateral that is a “security” (as such term is defined in the UCC) and is evidenced by a certificate, when such Collateral is delivered to the Administrative Agent

 

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with duly executed stock powers with respect thereto, (ii) with respect to any such Collateral that is a “security” (as such term is defined in the UCC) but is not evidenced by a certificate, when UCC financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the appropriate filing offices in the jurisdiction of organization of the pledgor, and (iii) with respect to any such Collateral that is not a “security” (as such term is defined in the UCC), when UCC financing statements in appropriate form are filed in the appropriate filing offices in the jurisdiction of organization of the pledgor.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (ii) Obligations under Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements or Guaranteed Hedge Agreements) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01 , 6.02 , and 6.03 ) cause each Restricted Subsidiary to:

Financial Statements . Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or if earlier within 15 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC (without giving effect to extensions)), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of a Registered Public Accounting Firm of nationally recognized standing reasonably acceptable (it being agreed that any “Big Four” accounting firm shall be deemed to be acceptable) to the Required Lenders (the “ Auditor ”), which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with audit standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and applicable Securities Laws and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (except for any such qualification pertaining to the maturity of any Facility or any Incremental Equivalent Debt occurring within twelve (12) months of the relevant audit or any breach or anticipated breach of the financial covenants in Section 7.12 ) or with respect to the absence of material misstatement;

(b) as soon as available, but in any event within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014) (or if earlier within 10 days after the date required to be filed with the SEC (without giving effect to extensions)), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Borrower’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of

 

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the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, such consolidated statements to be certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

(c) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) , an annual budget of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, including forecasts prepared by management of the Borrower of consolidated balance sheets and statements of income or operations and cash flows of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a monthly basis for such fiscal year.

As to any information contained in materials furnished pursuant to Section 6.02(c) , the Borrower shall not be separately required to furnish such information under clause (a)  or (b)  above, but the foregoing shall not be in derogation of the obligation of the Borrower to furnish the information and materials described in clauses (a)  and (b)  above at the times specified therein.

Certificates; Other Information . Deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in form and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) , a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (which delivery may, unless the Administrative Agent, or a Lender requests executed originals, be by electronic communication including fax or e-mail and shall be deemed to be an original authentic counterpart thereof for all purposes) (excluding the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015 for which no Compliance Certificate is required);

(b) promptly after any request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the board of directors (or the audit committee of the board of directors) of the Borrower by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;

(c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the stockholders of the Borrower, and copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto; and

(d) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

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be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02 ; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent or any Lender that requests the Borrower to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and (ii) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions ( i.e. , soft copies) of such documents. The Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The Borrower hereby acknowledges that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arrangers will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrower hereunder (collectively, “ Borrower Materials ”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks, SyndTrak, ClearPar or substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “ Platform ”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “ Public Lender ”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its Affiliates, or the respective securities of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Borrower hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC” which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC” shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC”, the Borrower shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws ( provided , however , that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.07 ); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC” are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information”; and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC” as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information”.

Notices . Promptly notify the Administrative Agent and each Lender:

(a) of the occurrence of any Default;

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(c) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event other than those disclosed on Schedule 6.03(c) ;

(d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

(e) of the (i) occurrence of any Disposition of property or assets for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii) , (ii) occurrence of any Disposition of Equity Interests for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iii) or (iii) incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness for which the Borrower is required to make a mandatory prepayment pursuant to Section 2.05(b)(iv) .

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 6.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Loan Document that have been breached.

Payment of Taxes . Pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable, all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary.

Preservation of Existence, Etc. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05 ; (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Maintenance of Properties . (a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted; and (b) make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof, in each case except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Maintenance of Insurance . Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Borrower, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons and all such insurance shall (i) provide for not less than 30 days’ prior notice to the Administrative Agent of termination, lapse or cancellation of such insurance, (ii) name the Administrative Agent as (x) additional insured on behalf of the Secured

 

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Parties (in the case of liability insurance) or (y) loss payee (in the case of property insurance), as applicable and (iii) if reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, include a breach of warranty clause; provided that upon the occurrence of the Collateral Release Date, the Administrative Agent shall be removed as a loss payee from such insurance policies.

Compliance with Laws . Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which (a) such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; or (b) the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Books and Records . Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.

Inspection Rights . Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided , however , that (i) so long as no Event of Default exists, inspections pursuant to this Section 6.10 shall be limited to no more than once per calendar year, and (ii) when an Event of Default exists the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at any time during normal business hours, as often as may be desired and without advance notice.

Use of Proceeds . Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions made (a) on the Restatement Date (i) to finance the Discovery Acquisition and (ii) to pay fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions; provided that after giving effect to Borrowings on the Restatement Date, availability under the Revolving Credit Facility on the Restatement Date shall not be less than $250,000,000; and (b) following the Restatement Date, for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not in contravention of any Law or of any Loan Document.

Anti-Corruption Laws and Sanctions . Each Loan Party will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, maintain in effect and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries and their respective directors, officers, employees and agents with Anti-Corruption Laws and applicable Sanctions.

Farm Credit Equities . (a) So long as a Farm Credit Lender is a Lender or Voting Participant hereunder, the Borrower will acquire equity in such Farm Credit Lender in such amounts and at such times as such Farm Credit Lender may require in accordance with such Farm Credit Lender’s bylaws and capital plan or similar documents (as each may be amended from time to time), except that the maximum amount of equity that the Borrower may be

 

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required to purchase in such Farm Credit Lender in connection with the portion of the Loans made by such Farm Credit Lender may not exceed the maximum amount permitted by the applicable bylaws, capital plan and related documents (x) at the time this Agreement is entered into or (y) in the case of a Farm Credit Lender that becomes a Lender or Voting Participant as a result of an assignment or sale of participation, at the time of the closing of the related assignment or sale of participation. The Borrower acknowledges receipt of documents from each Farm Credit Lender that describe the nature of the Borrower’s stock and other equities in such Farm Credit Lender acquired in connection with its patronage loan from such Farm Credit Lender (the “ Farm Credit Equities ”) as well as applicable capitalization requirements, and agrees to be bound by the terms thereof.

(b) Each party hereto acknowledges that each Farm Credit Lender’s bylaws, capital plan and similar documents (as each may be amended from time to time) shall govern (x) the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the Farm Credit Equities and any patronage refunds or other distributions made on account thereof or on account of the Borrower’s patronage with such Farm Credit Lender, (y) the Borrower’s eligibility for patronage distributions from such Farm Credit Lender (in the form of Farm Credit Equities and cash) and (z) patronage distributions, if any, in the event of a sale of a participation interest. Each Farm Credit Lender reserves the right to assign or sell participations in all or any part of its Commitments or outstanding Loans hereunder on a non-patronage basis (and/or to a Lender that pays no patronage or pays patronage that is lower than the patronage paid by the transferring Farm Credit Lender) in accordance with Section 10.06 .

(c) Each party hereto acknowledges that each Farm Credit Lender has a statutory first lien pursuant to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (as amended from time to time) on all Farm Credit Equities of such Farm Credit Lender that the Borrower may now own or hereafter acquire, which statutory lien shall be for such Farm Credit Lender’s sole and exclusive benefit. The Farm Credit Equities of a particular Farm Credit Lender shall not constitute security for the Obligations due to any other Lender. To the extent that any of the Loan Documents create a Lien on the Farm Credit Equities of a Farm Credit Lender or on patronage accrued by such Farm Credit Lender for the account of the Borrower (including, in each case, proceeds thereof), such Lien shall be for such Farm Credit Lender’s sole and exclusive benefit and shall not be subject to pro rata sharing hereunder. Neither the Farm Credit Equities nor any accrued patronage shall be offset against the obligations hereunder except that, in the event of an Event of Default, a Farm Credit Lender may elect, solely at its discretion, to apply the cash portion of any patronage distribution or retirement of equity, made with respect to the Farm Credit Equities of such Farm Credit Lender, to amounts due under this Agreement. The Borrower acknowledges that any corresponding tax liability associated with such application is the sole responsibility of the Borrower. No Farm Credit Lender shall have an obligation to retire the Farm Credit Equities of such Farm Credit Lender upon any Default, either for application to the Obligations or otherwise.

 

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Collateral Matters; Guaranty . Subject to the terms of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and any applicable limitation in any Collateral Document, the Borrower will, and will cause each Loan Party to, take all action necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement continues to be satisfied, including:

(a) Upon (i) the formation or acquisition after the Restatement Date of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary, (ii) the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Material Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) any Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Immaterial Subsidiary or (iv) any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary ceasing to be an Excluded Subsidiary, on or before the date that is thirty (30) days after the relevant formation, acquisition, designation or cessation occurred (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree in its sole discretion), the Borrower shall (A) cause such Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) to comply with the applicable requirements set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” and (B) upon the reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, cause the relevant Restricted Subsidiary to deliver to the Administrative Agent a customary opinion of counsel for such Restricted Subsidiary, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Loan Document, it is understood and agreed that:

(i) no Loan Party shall be required to seek any landlord waiver, bailee letter, estoppel, warehouseman waiver or other collateral access, lien waiver or similar letter or agreement;

(ii) no action shall be required to perfect any Lien with respect to any Excluded Asset;

(iii) no Loan Party shall be required to perfect a security interest in any asset to the extent perfection of a security interest in such asset would be prohibited under any applicable Law;

(iv) any joinder or supplement to any Collateral Document or any other Loan Document executed by any Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Loan Party pursuant to Section 6.14(a) above may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), include such schedules (or updates to schedules) as may be necessary to qualify any representation or warranty with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary set forth in any Loan Document to the extent necessary to ensure that such representation or warranty is true and correct to the extent required thereby or by the terms of any other Loan Document; and

(v) the Administrative Agent shall not require the taking of a Lien on, or require the perfection of any Lien granted in, those assets as to which the cost of obtaining or perfecting such Lien (including any mortgage, stamp, intangibles or other Tax or expenses relating to such Lien) is excessive in relation to the benefit to the Lenders of the security afforded thereby as reasonably determined by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

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Loan Document and (b) to the extent any such Restricted Subsidiary is an Excluded Subsidiary, such Restricted Subsidiary shall no longer be an Excluded Subsidiary from and after the date such Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor. Upon any such election, such Restricted Subsidiary shall only become a Guarantor hereunder upon execution and delivery of a Guaranty Joinder Agreement and upon satisfaction of all other applicable terms and conditions set forth in the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.

Designation of Subsidiaries . The Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) immediately before and after such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) such Subsidiary also shall have been or will promptly be designated an “unrestricted subsidiary” (or otherwise not be subject to the covenants) under the Senior Notes, any Incremental Equivalent Debt, Permitted External Refinancing Indebtedness, any Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and any Permitted Refinancing of any of the foregoing (and successive Permitted Refinancing thereof). The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary on or after the Restatement Date shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal the fair market value of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment therein (including the aggregate (undiscounted) principal amount of any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to any Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such designation). The Investment resulting from such designation must otherwise be in compliance with Section 7.02 . The Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary at any time by written notice to the Administrative Agent if after giving effect to such designation, no Default Event of Default exists or would otherwise result therefrom and the Borrower complies with the obligations under clause (a)  of Section 6.14 . The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute (i) the incurrence by the Borrower at the time of designation of any Investment, Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time and (ii) a return on any Investment by the Borrower in any Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to the above in an amount equal to the fair market value at the date of such designation of the Borrower’s or its Subsidiary’s (as applicable) Investment in such Subsidiary (without giving effect to any write downs or write offs thereof). All designations and revocations occurring after the Restatement Date must be evidenced by an officer’s certificate of Borrower delivered to Administrative Agent with the Responsible Officer so executing such certificate certifying compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.15 .

Further Assurances and Post-Closing Covenant . At any time or from time to time upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each Loan Party will, at its expense:

(a) promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Loan Documents;

(b) (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts (including

 

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notices to third parties), deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents; and

(c) as promptly as practicable, and in any event within the time periods after the Closing Date specified on Schedule 6.16 or such later date as the Administrative Agent reasonably agrees in writing in its sole discretion, deliver the documents or take the actions specified on Schedule 6.16 , in each case, except to the extent otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder (other than (i) contingent indemnification obligations as to which no claim has been asserted and (ii) Obligations under Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements or Guaranteed Hedge Agreements) shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

Liens . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Liens existing on the Restatement Date and listed on Schedule 7.01 and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that such renewal or extension satisfies the applicable requirements of a Permitted Refinancing;

(c) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(d) liens of landlords (or mortgages of landlords) and carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person;

(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security or similar legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(f) pledges or deposits to secure obligations with respect to, or the performance of, tenders, bids, governmental contracts, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and return of money bonds, liability to insurance carriers (including any Captive Insurance Subsidiary), and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(g) survey exceptions, (including any title exceptions listed on a title policy), easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which, in each case, do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person;

(h) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h) ;

(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(c) ; provided that (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness (and improvements and attachments thereto) and (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed the cost or fair market value, whichever is lower, of the property being acquired on the date of acquisition;

(j) Liens securing Acquired Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(d) ; provided that such Liens do not (i) at any time encumber any property other than property acquired in such Permitted Acquisition (and improvements and attachments thereto), or (ii) secure any Indebtedness other than Acquired Indebtedness existing immediately prior to the time of acquisition of such property;

(k) Liens on accounts receivable (and related supporting obligations and books and records) subject to any Permitted Securitization Facility;

(l) other Liens incidental to the conduct of the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries businesses (including (1) Liens on goods securing trade letters of credit issued in respect of the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business, or the ownership of any of the Borrower’s or any Subsidiary’s property or assets, (2) any customary interest or title of a third-party lessor or sublessor or third-party licensor or sublicensor under any lease or sublease or license or sublicense (including with respect to intellectual property) entered into in the ordinary course of business and not prohibited by this Agreement, (3) Liens arising from the filing of precautionary uniform commercial code financing statements with respect to any lease permitted by this Agreement or any consignment of goods) which, in each case, (x) are not incurred in connection with Indebtedness, and (y) do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the Borrower’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the Borrower’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses;

(m) customary rights of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback under deposit agreements, or banker’s or similar Liens arising under the UCC (including Liens in favor of collecting banks), of banks or other financial institutions where the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries maintains deposit accounts in the ordinary course of business in accordance with this Agreement;

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(o) statutory Liens on the Farm Credit Equities of any Farm Credit Lender that the Borrower has acquired pursuant to Section 6.13 ;

(p) at any time prior to the Collateral Release Date, Liens on the Collateral securing Incremental Equivalent Debt, and Permitted Refinancings thereof, in each case, permitted under Section 7.03(h) and subject to a Market Intercreditor Agreement;

(q) at any time prior to the Collateral Release Date, Liens on the Collateral securing Permitted External Refinancing Debt, and Permitted Refinancings thereof, in each case, permitted under Section 7.03(i) and subject to a Market Intercreditor Agreement;

(r) at any time prior to the Collateral Release Date, Liens on the Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(j) or Section 7.03(k) , and, in each case, subject to a Market Intercreditor Agreement;

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

(t) zoning, building codes and other land use laws regulating the use or occupancy of such real estate or the activities conducted thereon which are imposed by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such real estate which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of such real estate or the operation of the business of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, except for such violations that would not materially affect the business of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(u) to the extent constituting a Lien, negative pledges on property and assets, and only such property and assets, which are the subject of an unconsummated asset purchase agreement in connection with a Disposition permitted hereunder, which Liens secure the obligation of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under such agreement;

(v) Liens consisting of prepayments and security deposits in connection with leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses, use and occupancy agreements, utility services and similar transactions entered into by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and not required as a result of any breach of any agreement or default in payment of any obligation;

(w) Liens on assets of Foreign Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness and other obligations of Foreign Subsidiaries permitted hereunder; provided that any such Liens and related Indebtedness are non-recourse as to any Loan Party and/or assets of any Loan Party;

(x) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(m) (i), which such Liens attach solely to the insurance policies financed in connection with such Indebtedness and the proceeds thereof;

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(z) Liens on the Equity Interests of any joint venture entity in the form of a transfer restriction, purchase option, call or similar right in connection with a joint venture;

(aa) deposits of cash in connection with a prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other satisfaction of any Junior Financing permitted pursuant to Section 7.07(a) ;

(bb) Liens in favor of Loan Parties to the extent not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement;

(cc) pledges of cash and Cash Equivalents securing Swap Contracts permitted under the terms of this Agreement; and

(dd) other Liens on property of any Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness (and other obligations in respect of such Indebtedness) of such Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 7.03 to the extent such Liens do not secure Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount exceeding the greater of $160,000,000 and 4.50% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at the time of incurrence less the aggregate outstanding Sale and Leaseback Permitted Amount from Sale and Leaseback Transactions consummated in accordance with Section 7.13 .

Notwithstanding the foregoing, on and after the Collateral Release Date, Liens shall no longer be permitted hereunder with respect to Specified Secured Indebtedness except to the extent expressly set forth under the Specified Secured Indebtedness Collateral Release Requirement.

Investments . Make any Investments, except:

(a) Investments held by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including Investments consisting of deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand);

(b) Investments (i) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Loan Party; (ii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party in any other Restricted Subsidiary that is also not a Loan Party; (iii) by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of such Investments made by Loan Parties in Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties in reliance on this clause (iii), shall not exceed the greater of $105,000,000 and 3.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; and (iv) Investments by the Borrower or any Guarantor in any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor consisting solely of (x) the contribution of Equity Interests of any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor held directly by the Borrower or such Guarantor in exchange for Equity Interests (or additional share premium or paid in capital in respect of Equity Interests) of the Restricted Subsidiary to which such contribution is made, in each case, to the extent the ownership of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary which are contributed are not diluted; provided , that immediately following the consummation of an Investment pursuant to the preceding clause (x), the Restricted Subsidiary whose Equity Interests are the subject of such Investment remains a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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(c) (i) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, (ii) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business or received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment and (iii) Investments in the ordinary course of business in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and worker’s compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties;

(d) Guarantees permitted by Section 7.03 ;

(e) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Acquisitions, pursuant to a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or otherwise (including with respect to an Investment in a Restricted Subsidiary that serves to increase the Borrower’s or its Restricted Subsidiaries’ respective ownership of Equity Interests therein) if, with respect to each such Acquisition:

(i) Event of Default. Subject to Section 1.09 for any such Acquisition that is a Limited Condition Transaction, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom on the date the definitive agreement for the Permitted Acquisition is entered into by the Borrower and/or the Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;

(ii) Similar Business. The line or lines of business of the Person to be acquired are Permitted Lines of Business;

(iii) Delivery and Notice Requirements. The Borrower shall provide to Administrative Agent, prior to the consummation of the Permitted Acquisition, the following: (A) notice of the Permitted Acquisition and (B) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying as to compliance with clauses (i) and (ii) above; and

(iv) Collateral and Guarantee Requirement. The Borrower shall comply with the applicable provisions of Section 6.14 , within the times specified therein; provided that, (x) such provisions relating to the granting of Liens shall cease to apply if the Collateral Release Date has occurred and (y) the occurrence of the Collateral Release Date will not affect the obligation of any Loan Party to comply with the guarantee requirements set forth in clause (b) of the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;

; provided that in respect to Acquisitions of assets that are not held by a Loan Party and/or Acquisitions of Equity Interests of Persons that do not become Guarantors in accordance with Section 6.14 (other than as a result of the acquired Person being an Immaterial Subsidiary), the aggregate consideration in connection with all such Permitted Acquisitions shall not exceed the greater of $105,000,000 and 3.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

 

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(f) Investments of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in, and the creation of, any Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary;

(g) the Discovery Acquisition;

(h) the Farm Credit Equities and any other stock or securities of, or Investments in, Farm Credit Lenders or their investment services or programs;

(i) to the extent constituting Investments, Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05(d) , Restricted Payments permitted by Section 7.06(a) and transactions permitted by Section 7.04 ;

(j) prior to the Collateral Release Date, any other Investment that, if such Investment were a Restricted Payment, would be permitted under Section 7.06(g) or Section 7.06(h) , in each case, made in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable thereto; provided that in the case of Investments made pursuant to this clause (j) in reliance on (x)  Section 7.06(g) , the aggregate amount of all such Investments shall not exceed, when taken together with all Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(g) , $250,000,000 during the term of this Agreement after the Restatement Date and (y)  Section 7.06(h) , such Investment shall be permitted solely to the extent the Borrower is in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio not to exceed 3.50:1.00 as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period for which there are Available Financial Statements after giving effect to such Investment;

(k) Asset Swaps consummated in compliance with Section 7.05(g) ;

(l) Investments in Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business for bona fide hedging purposes and not for speculation;

(m) contingent obligations arising under indemnity agreements to title insurers to cause such title insurers to issue title insurance policies;

(n) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit;

(o) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of the non-exclusive licensing of intellectual property pursuant to development, marketing or manufacturing agreements or arrangements or similar agreements or arrangements with other Persons, which are not prohibited by this Agreement and do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of the Borrower’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ property or assets, materially interfere with the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or materially impair the use of such intellectual property in the operation of the Borrower’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ businesses;

 

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(p) loans or advances to officers, directors, consultants and employees of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for reasonable and customary business related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes and in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Borrower;

(q) advances of payroll payments, fees or other compensation to officers, directors, consultants or employees, in the ordinary course of business;

(r) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Restatement Date or of a Person merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with any Restricted Subsidiary after the Restatement Date that were not made in contemplation of such Acquisition, merger or consolidation;

(s) Investments in the Borrower or any Subsidiary deemed to result from the reclassification or conversion of any existing Investments to debt or equity or any combination thereof, to the extent such existing Investment was permitted under this Section 7.02 at the time made;

(t) Investments by any joint venture; provided that the aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to this clause  (t) during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $50,000,000;

(u) Investments received as the non-cash portion of consideration received in connection with transactions permitted pursuant to Section 7.05(n) ;

(v) contingent obligations arising with respect to customary indemnification obligations in favor of (i) sellers in connection with Acquisitions permitted hereunder (including the Discovery Acquisition) and (ii) purchasers in connection with Dispositions permitted under Section 7.05(n) ;

(w) Investments existing or contemplated on the Restatement Date and, to the extent in excess of $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate, set forth on Schedule 7.02(w) and any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension thereof; provided that the amount of the original Investment is not increased except by the terms of such Investment to the extent set forth on Schedule 7.02(w) or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.02 ;

(x) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Equity Interests of the Borrower;

(y) prior to Collateral Release Date, other Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount; provided that as of the date of any such Investment and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom; and

(z) following the Collateral Release Date, additional Investments so long as, at the time of each such Investment, (i) no Default shall exist or would result therefrom, (ii) the Borrower is in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with Section 7.12 after giving effect to such Investment, (iii) there shall be at least $50,000,000 of Available Liquidity, both

 

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immediately prior to and immediately after making such Investment, and (iv) with respect to any Investment the amount of which, when added to the amount of all other Investments pursuant to this clause (z), all Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06(k) and all payments under Section 7.07(a)(v) in the immediately preceding twelve months, is in excess of $50,000,000, the Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate prepared on a Pro Forma Basis which Compliance Certificate shall demonstrate that, on a Pro Forma Basis as of the date thereof, no Default (including under Section 7.12 ) would be deemed to have occurred at such time.

Indebtedness . Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) (i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents or, with respect to any Loan Party, under Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement or Guaranteed Hedge Agreement, and (ii) Indebtedness of the Loan Parties under the Senior Notes, and any Permitted Refinancings thereof;

(b) Indebtedness outstanding on the Restatement Date that (i) is less than $5,000,000 individually or $10,000,000 in the aggregate or (ii) listed on Schedule 7.03 and any Permitted Refinancings thereof;

(c) Indebtedness in respect of Capitalized Leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets within the limitations set forth in Section 7.01(i) ; provided , however , that the aggregate amount of all such Indebtedness at any one time outstanding pursuant to this clause (c) , shall not exceed the greater of $175,000,000 and 5.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

(d) Acquired Indebtedness; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition or assumption on a Pro Forma Basis (giving effect to any other Investment, or any sale, transaction or other Disposition or any incurrence of Indebtedness or repayment of Indebtedness consummated concurrently therewith), (w) (i) in the case of secured Indebtedness incurred prior to the Collateral Release Date, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than 3.50:1.00, and (ii) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than (A) prior to the Collateral Release Date, 5.00:1.00 and (B) after the Collateral Release Date, the Leverage Maintenance Covenant, in each case, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which there are Available Financial Statements; (x) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness only, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio after giving effect to the assumption of such Acquired Indebtedness shall be no worse than the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to the assumption of such debt; (y) any Indebtedness assumed by non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiaries and outstanding under this clause (d) , when taken together with any Indebtedness incurred by non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiaries and outstanding pursuant to Section 7.03(k) , shall not at any time exceed the greater of (1) $105,000,000 and (2) 3.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets and (z) following the Collateral Release Date, the aggregate amount of secured Acquired Indebtedness that is outstanding pursuant to this Section 7.03(d) at any time shall not exceed, when taken together with any secured Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to Section 7.03(k) , 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

 

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(e) unsecured intercompany Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(b) ; provided , that any such Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor that is not owed to the Borrower or another Guarantor shall be subordinated to the payment in full in cash of the Obligations on terms and conditions acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and all such Indebtedness shall be subject to the Global Intercompany Note;

(f) Indebtedness pursuant to any Permitted Securitization Facility;

(g) [Reserved];

(h) Indebtedness in respect of (i) one or more series of senior or subordinated notes issued by the Borrower that are either, at the option of the Borrower, (x) unsecured or (y) secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking junior to or pari passu with the Liens securing the Obligations, and (ii) senior or subordinated loans made to the Borrower that are either (x) unsecured or (y) secured by Liens on Collateral ranking junior to or pari passu to the Liens securing the Obligations (any such Indebtedness, “ Incremental Equivalent Debt ”) and any Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided that (1) (A) any Incremental Equivalent Debt, when taken together with any Incremental Facilities, shall not exceed the Incremental Cap at the time of incurrence thereof and (B) such Indebtedness satisfies the applicable requirements set forth in the definition of Incremental Cap; (2) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to such incurrence or issuance of Incremental Equivalent Debt; provided that in the event the proceeds of such Incremental Equivalent Debt will be used to finance a Limited Condition Transaction and to the extent the investors or holders thereof agree, this clause (2) may be limited to the absence of a Payment Default and the absence of a Bankruptcy Default; (3) the Borrower shall be in compliance with Section 7.12 on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such Incremental Equivalent Debt (giving effect to the full incurrence of such Incremental Equivalent Debt and to any Permitted Acquisition, other Investment, or any sale, transaction or other Disposition or any incurrence of Indebtedness or repayment of Indebtedness consummated concurrently therewith), as of the end of the most recently ended Test Period; (4) any Incremental Equivalent Debt shall not have a maturity earlier than the Latest Maturity Date then in effect or a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is shorter than any of the Term Loans then in effect (other than customary bridge loans with a maturity date of no longer than one year that are required to be converted or exchanged on customary terms into other instruments, provided that the long-term Indebtedness that such bridge loan is to be converted into satisfies the maturity, amortization, and prepayment restrictions of this clause (h) ); (5) any such Incremental Equivalent Debt shall be established pursuant to a separate loan agreement, indenture, note purchase agreement or other such facilities, (6) all terms of such Indebtedness not covered in this clause (h)  shall be determined by the Borrower and the investors or lenders of such Incremental Equivalent Debt and to the extent such Incremental Equivalent Debt takes the form of loans and the terms and documentation for such loans are not the same as the Term Loans (other than, in each case, pricing, amortization, maturity, or participation in voluntary or mandatory prepayments) (as determined by the Borrower in good faith), such loans shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (except for covenants and events of default applicable to periods after the Latest Maturity Date in effect at the time such Incremental Equivalent Debt is entered into); provided further , if such Incremental Equivalent Debt (x) is secured (1) such facility shall not be incurred by or subject to any Guarantee by any Person other than the Borrower and a Guarantor, respectively, and shall not be secured by any property or

 

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assets of any Loan Party other than Collateral, (2) the holders of such Indebtedness or a representative thereof will enter into a Market Intercreditor Agreement that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and (3) on a pari passu basis with the Loans, such Indebtedness may participate on a pro rata basis or on a less than pro rata basis (but not on a greater than pro rata basis) in any mandatory prepayments hereunder and (y) is subordinated in rights of security or are unsecured, (1) the holders of such indebtedness or a representative thereof will enter into a Market Intercreditor Agreement that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent with the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent evidencing such subordination and (2) such Indebtedness shall not have any scheduled principal prepayments or be subject to any mandatory redemption or prepayment provisions (except for customary change of control provisions and customary asset sale provisions that permit application of the applicable proceeds to the payment of the obligations prior to application to such Junior Financing) due prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Latest Maturity Date then in effect hereunder; provided that, for purposes of any Limited Condition Transaction, any Pro Forma Basis calculation and other conditions set forth in this clause (c) shall be subject to Section 1.09 , and in the event of any inconsistency between Section 1.09 and this clause (c), Section 1.09 shall control;

(i) Permitted External Refinancing Debt and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(j) other Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness (giving effect to any Permitted Acquisition, other Investment, or any sale, transaction or other Disposition or any incurrence of Indebtedness or repayment of Indebtedness consummated concurrently therewith), (i) prior to the Collateral Release Date, in the case of secured Indebtedness, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than 3.50:1.00, and (ii) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than (x) prior to the Collateral Release Date, 5.00:1.00 and (y) after the Collateral Release Date, the Leverage Maintenance Covenant, in each case, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which there are Available Financial Statements; provided that any Indebtedness pursuant to clause (i) above (1) if secured, shall be subject to a Market Intercreditor Agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (2) shall not mature prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect, or have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any of the Term Loans then in effect (other than customary bridge loans with a maturity date of no longer than one year that are required to be converted or exchanged on customary terms into other instruments, provided that the long-term Indebtedness that such bridge loan is to be converted into satisfies the maturity and amortization restrictions of this clause (j) ); provided further , that any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause (j)  incurred by a non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary under sub-clause (i) above, shall not exceed at any time the greater of (1) $105,000,000 and (2) 3.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

(k) Indebtedness incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition on a Pro Forma Basis (giving effect to any other Investment, or any sale, transaction or other Disposition or any incurrence of Indebtedness or repayment of Indebtedness consummated concurrently therewith), (w) (i) in the case of

 

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secured Indebtedness incurred prior to the Collateral Release Date, the Secured Net Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than 3.50:1.00, and (ii) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio shall be equal to or less than (x) prior to the Collateral Release Date, 5.00:1.00, and (y) after the Collateral Release Date, the Leverage Maintenance Covenant, in each case, as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which there are Available Financial Statements; or (z) in the case of unsecured Indebtedness only, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness shall be no worse than the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness; provided that any Indebtedness pursuant to this clause (k)  (1) if secured, shall be subject to a Market Intercreditor Agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower and (2) shall not mature prior to the Latest Maturity Date then in effect, or have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans then in effect (other than customary bridge loans with a maturity date of no longer than one year that are required to be converted or exchanged on customary terms into other instruments, provided that the long-term Indebtedness that such bridge loan is to be converted into satisfies the maturity and amortization restrictions of this clause (k) ); provided further that (y) any Indebtedness incurred by non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiaries and outstanding under this clause (k) , when taken together with any Indebtedness assumed by non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiaries and outstanding pursuant to Section 7.03(d) , shall not at any time exceed the greater of (1) $105,000,000 and (2) 3.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets and (z) following the Collateral Release Date, the aggregate amount of secured Acquired Indebtedness that is outstanding pursuant to this Section 7.03(k) at any time shall not exceed, when taken together with any secured Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to Section 7.03(d) , 10% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

(l) Indebtedness in respect of (i) netting services, (ii) ACH arrangements, or (iii) bank overdrafts or returned items incurred in the ordinary course of business that are repaid promptly and in any event within ten (10) Business Days (or such longer period not to exceed an additional five (5) Business Days as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree);

(m) Indebtedness consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(n) unsecured Indebtedness owing to banks or other financial institutions under credit cards issued to officers and employees for, and constituting, business-related expenses in the ordinary course of business; provided , such Indebtedness is extinguished within ninety (90) days after the incurrence thereof;

(o) Indebtedness which may exist or be deemed to exist in connection with customary agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business providing for indemnification, purchase price adjustments, and similar obligations in connection with Investments, Permitted Acquisitions or Dispositions permitted hereunder;

(p) Indebtedness which may exist or be deemed to exist with respect to surety and appeals bonds, performance and bid bonds and other similar obligations, in each case, in the ordinary course of business, provided that the underlying obligation is an obligation of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and is not in respect of borrowed money;

 

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(q) to the extent constituting Indebtedness, deferred compensation and similar obligations to current and former employees, officers and directors/managers of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;

(r) unsecured Indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to current or former officers, directors and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Borrower permitted by Section 7.06 ;

(s) Indebtedness which may exist or be deemed to existing in connection with Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.02(l) ;

(t) Guarantees (i) by the Borrower or any Guarantor of any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under this Agreement, (ii) by the Borrower or any Guarantor of Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to the extent such Guarantees are unsecured and are permitted by Section 7.02 and the Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor is permitted to be incurred under this Section 7.03 , (iii) by any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor of Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor so long as such Restricted Subsidiary incurred such Indebtedness in compliance with this Agreement; provided , that, in each case, to the extent such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee is subordinated to the same extent as the Indebtedness being Guaranteed; and

(u) other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $210,000,000 and 6.00% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at any time outstanding less the aggregate outstanding Sale and Leaseback Permitted Amount from Sale and Leaseback Transactions consummated in accordance with Section 7.13 .

Notwithstanding the foregoing, on and after the Collateral Release Date, Specified Secured Indebtedness shall no longer be permitted hereunder except to the extent expressly set forth under the Specified Secured Indebtedness Collateral Release Requirement.

Fundamental Changes . Merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that, so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom:

(a) any Subsidiary may merge with (i) the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or (ii) any one or more other Subsidiaries, provided that (x) when any wholly-owned Subsidiary is merging with another Subsidiary, the continuing or surviving Person is, or becomes, a wholly-owned Subsidiary and (y) when any Guarantor is merging with another Subsidiary, the continuing or surviving Person is such Guarantor or becomes a Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.14 ;

 

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(b) any Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or to another Subsidiary; provided that (x) if the transferor in such a transaction is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, a wholly-owned Subsidiary or become a wholly-owned Subsidiary, (y) if the transferor in such a transaction is a Guarantor, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, a Guarantor or become a Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.14 and (z) if the transferor in such transaction is a Restricted Subsidiary, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or become a Restricted Subsidiary;

(c) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may Dispose of any Equity Interests to another Subsidiary or to the Borrower; provided , that (x) if the transferor in such transaction is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, a wholly-owned Subsidiary or become a wholly-owned Subsidiary, (y) if the transferor in such transaction is a Guarantor, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, another Guarantor, or become a Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.14 and (z) if the transferor in such transaction is a Restricted Subsidiary, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or become a Restricted Subsidiary;

(d) any Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with, or Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, another Person in order to consummate (i) a Disposition permitted by Section 7.05(n) , (ii) an Investment permitted by Section 7.02 or (iii) a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 7.06 , in each case, made in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable thereto;

(e) the Borrower or any Subsidiary may engage in Permitted Acquisitions pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and (i) any Person may merge into or consolidate with the Borrower or any Subsidiary and (ii) any Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with another Person, in each case, in connection with a Permitted Acquisition so long as, in the case of any merger involving (x) the Borrower, the continuing or surviving Person is the Borrower, (y) a Guarantor, the continuing or surviving Person is a Guarantor or becomes a Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.14 , and (z) a Restricted Subsidiary, the continuing or surviving Person is, or becomes, a Restricted Subsidiary;

(f) the Borrower may be consolidated with or merged into any newly formed corporation organized under the laws of the United States or any State thereof solely for changing its jurisdiction of incorporation; provided that simultaneously with such transaction, (x) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged shall expressly assume all obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents, (y) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Borrower is merged shall take all actions as may be required to preserve the enforceability of (1) the Loan Documents and (2) prior to the occurrence of the Collateral Release Date, validity and perfection of the Liens of the Collateral Documents and (z) such Person shall deliver or cause to be delivered legal opinions, board resolutions, officers’ certificates and/or reaffirmation agreements, including any supplements or amendments to the applicable Collateral Documents, consistent in all material respects with those delivered on the Restatement Date under Section 4.01 and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and

(g) any Restricted Subsidiary which has Disposed of all of its assets as permitted under this Section 7.04 or Section 7.05 or otherwise has no assets may be dissolved, liquidated or otherwise have their existence terminated.

 

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Dispositions . Make any Disposition, except:

(a) Dispositions (i) of obsolete or worn out property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired in the ordinary course of business and (ii) consisting of the abandonment, lapse or other disposition of intellectual property that is not material or useful to the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or otherwise of material value to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole);

(b) Dispositions of inventory, cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business;

(c) Dispositions of equipment or real property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are reasonably promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;

(d) Dispositions of property by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Borrower or to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (x) if the transferor in such a transaction is a wholly-owned Subsidiary, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, a wholly-owned Subsidiary or become a wholly-owned Subsidiary, (y) if the transferor in such a transaction is a Guarantor, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, a Guarantor or become a Guarantor in accordance with Section 6.14 and (z) if the transferor in such transaction is a Restricted Subsidiary, then the transferee must either be the Borrower, a Restricted Subsidiary or become a Restricted Subsidiary;

(e) Dispositions (i) permitted by Section 7.04(a) , Section 7.04(b) or Section 7.04(c) , (ii) constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02 , (iii) constituting a Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 7.06 or (iv) constituting the grant of Liens (or foreclosure thereon) permitted by Section 7.01 , in each case, made in accordance with the terms and conditions applicable thereto;

(f) Dispositions of accounts receivable (and related supporting obligations and books and records) subject to any Permitted Securitization Facility;

(g) Asset Swaps; provided that to the extent any asset sold or exchanged is Collateral, the purchased Related Business Asset shall become Collateral and the relevant Loan Party shall execute any necessary Collateral Documents to effectuate such security interest;

(h) non-exclusive licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases (including any non-exclusive license or sublicense of intellectual property) granted to third parties in the ordinary course of business not interfering in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(i) sales or discounting or forgiveness, on a non-recourse basis and in the ordinary course of business, of past due accounts in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;

(j) the sale or transfer of accounts receivable (and related supporting obligations and books and records) subject to any Permitted Securitization Facility;

(k) Dispositions resulting from any casualty or other insured damage to, or any taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any property or asset of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided the proceeds of any such Disposition are applied in accordance with Section 2.05(b)(iii) if and to the extent required thereby;

(l) the unwinding of any Swap Contract pursuant to its terms;

(m) Dispositions resulting from (i) conversion of any intercompany Indebtedness to Equity Interests and (ii) settlement, discounting, writing off, forgiveness, cancelation, surrender, waiver or release of any intercompany Indebtedness or other obligation owing to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

(n) other Dispositions by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that (i) at the time of such Disposition, no Default shall exist or would result therefrom, (ii) the consideration for any such Disposition shall be at least 70% cash or Cash Equivalents (the “ Cash Consideration Requirement ”); provided that the following shall be deemed cash for purposes of the Cash Consideration Requirement: (A) 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 the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the Borrower or any applicable Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on such Person’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are (x) assumed by the transferee of any such assets or (y) otherwise cancelled or terminated in connection with the transaction with such transferee and, in each case, for which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (to the extent previously liable thereunder) shall have been validly released by all relevant creditors in writing, (B) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Person into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within one hundred eighty (180) days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of $50,000,000 (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), (iii) such disposition shall be for at least the fair market value (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) of the assets or property subject to such Disposition, and (iv) the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from Dispositions pursuant to this clause (n)  shall be applied to prepay the Loans to the extent required by Section 2.05(b)(iii) .

 

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To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person (other than a Loan Party), such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, and, if requested of the Administrative Agent, upon the certification by the Borrower that such Disposition is permitted by this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing in accordance with Section 9.10 .

Restricted Payments . Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except:

(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower, the Guarantors and any other Person that owns an Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, ratably according to their respective holdings of the type of Equity Interest in respect of which such Restricted Payment is being made;

(b) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the common stock or other common Equity Interests of such Person;

(c) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire Equity Interests issued by it with the proceeds received from the substantially concurrent issue of new shares of its common stock or other common Equity Interests;

(d) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Borrower held by any member of the Borrower’s (or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’) management pursuant to any management equity subscription agreement, stock option agreement, employment agreement, severance agreement or other executive compensation arrangement; provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests shall not exceed $10,000,000 in any twelve-month period (provided that the Borrower may carry over and make in a subsequent calendar year, commencing with the 2017 calendar year, in addition to the amounts permitted for such calendar year, up to $10,000,000 of unutilized capacity under this clause (d) attributable to the immediately preceding calendar year;

(e) prior to the Collateral Release Date, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount; provided that (i) at the time such Restricted Payment is made or consummated, no Event of Default shall exist, or result therefrom, and (b) the Borrower shall be in compliance with a Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio not to exceed 4.00:1.00 as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period for which there are Available Financial Statements after giving effect to the making or consummation, as applicable, of such Restricted Payment;

(f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may pay cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with (i) any dividend, split or combination of Equity Interests or any Permitted Acquisition (or similar Investment) or (ii) the exercise of warrants, options or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(g) prior to the Collateral Release Date, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed, when taken together with any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(j) , $250,000,000 during the term of this Agreement after the Restatement Date, if immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

(h) prior to the Collateral Release Date, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make other Restricted Payments if immediately after giving effect to such Restricted Payment (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Borrower shall be in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with a Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio not to exceed 3.50:1.00 as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period for which there are Available Financial Statements as though such Restricted Payment had occurred on the first day of such period;

(i) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur (i) upon the exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options or (ii) for purposes of satisfying any required tax withholding obligation upon the exercise of a grant or award that was granted or awarded to an employee;

(j) the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement for a nominal value per right of any rights granted to all the holders of common stock of the Borrower pursuant to any shareholders’ rights plan adopted for the purpose of protecting shareholders from unfair takeover tactics; provided that any such purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement of such rights is not for the purpose of evading the limitations of this covenant (all as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower); and

(k) following the Collateral Release Date, the Borrower may declare or pay cash dividends to its stockholders and purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire for cash Equity Interests issued by it; provided that at the time of such declaration, payment, purchase, redemption or acquisition, as the case may be, (i) the Borrower is in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with Section 7.12 after giving effect to such action, (ii) no Default shall exist or would result therefrom, (iii) there shall be at least $50,000,000 of Available Liquidity, both immediately prior to declaration and immediately after payment of such cash dividend or purchase or redemption price, and (iv) with respect to any Restricted Payment the amount of which, when added to the amount of all other Restricted Payments pursuant to this clause (k)  in the immediately preceding twelve months, is in excess of $50,000,000, the Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate prepared on a Pro Forma Basis as of the most recently ended date for which there are Available Financial Statements, which Compliance Certificate shall demonstrate that, on a Pro Forma Basis as of the date thereof, no Default (including under Section 7.12) would be deemed to have occurred at such time.

 

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Prepayments etc. of Indebtedness .

(a) Prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner (1) the Senior Notes (if any), any Incremental Equivalent Debt, any Permitted External Refinancing Debt, any Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.03(j) (ii), any other Indebtedness, in each case, that is secured on a junior priority basis relative to the Facilities by some or all of the Collateral or other unsecured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Agreement or (2) any other Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Obligations expressly by its terms (other than Indebtedness among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) at any time during the term of this Agreement (all such Indebtedness referred to in the preceding clause (1) and this clause (2), collectively, the “ Junior Financing ”), except (i) any Permitted Refinancing thereof, (ii) the conversion of any such Junior Financing to Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower from the substantially concurrent issuance of new shares of its common stock or other common equity interests, (iii) with respect to subordinated debt, to the extent permitted by any applicable subordination provisions, (iv) prior to the Collateral Release Date, other prepayments redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other repayments in respect of Junior Financings in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount, and (v) following the Collateral Release Date, the Borrower may prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof any Junior Financing; provided that at the time thereof (i) the Borrower is in compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with Section 7.12 after giving effect to such action, (ii) there shall be at least $50,000,000 of Available Liquidity, both immediately prior to and after such action, and (iii) with respect to any such action, the amount of which, when added to the amount of all other such actions under this clause (v), Investments under Section 7.02(z) and Restricted Payments pursuant to Section 7.06 (k)  in the immediately preceding twelve months, is in excess of $50,000,000, the Borrower shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate prepared on a Pro Forma Basis, which Compliance Certificate shall demonstrate that, on a Pro Forma Basis as of the date thereof, no Default (including under Section 7.12 ) would be deemed to have occurred at such time; provided that , (x) in each case, no Default shall exist immediately before or immediately after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis and (y) solely with respect to clause (iv) above, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as determined on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of most recently ended Test Period for which there are Available Financial Statements is less than 4.00:1.00.

(b) Amend, modify or change any term or condition of any documentation governing any Junior Financing in a manner that would (i) permit a payment not otherwise permitted by Section 7.07(a) , (ii) contravene any subordination or intercreditor provisions then in effect or (iii) otherwise be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

Change in Nature of Business; Fiscal Year .

(a) Engage in any material line of business other than Permitted Lines of Business.

(b) Neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall change the manner in which either the last day of its fiscal year or the last day of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of its fiscal year is calculated; provided that any Restricted Subsidiary acquired or formed, or Person designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case, after the Restatement Date, may change its fiscal year to match the fiscal year of the Borrower.

 

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Transactions with Affiliates . Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower other than (a) transactions which are on fair and reasonable terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate (or, if the nature of such transaction is such that it is not available on an arm’s-length basis, on terms and conditions that are fair and reasonable), (b) transactions among Loan Parties and (c) transactions between the Borrower and wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries or among wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that this Section 7.09 shall not (i) prohibit any transaction permitted by Section 7.02(b) , Section 7.02(f) , Section 7.02(p) , Section 7.02(q) , Section 7.02(s) , Section 7.03(e) or Section 7.03(f) , (ii) apply to reasonable compensation (including amounts paid pursuant to Plans) and indemnification paid or made available to an officer, director or employee of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries for services rendered in that Person’s capacity as an officer, director or employee or the making of any Restricted Payment otherwise permitted by this Agreement, in each case to the extent any such payments are made in accordance with applicable Laws or (iii) apply to the issuance of Equity Interests otherwise permitted under the terms of this Agreement.

Burdensome Agreements . Enter into any Contractual Obligation (other than this Agreement or any other Loan Document) that (a) limits the ability of any Subsidiary (other than a Special Purpose Finance Subsidiary) to make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Guarantor or to otherwise transfer property to the Borrower or any Guarantor, in each case other than (i) any limitation consisting of customary non-assignment provisions in Contractual Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer or assignment of such agreement, (ii) any limitation pursuant to a Lien permitted under clause (i)  or (j)  of Section 7.01 to the extent such provisions restrict the transfer of the property subject to such agreements, (iii) customary limitations on the Disposition of an asset pursuant to an agreement with a Person that is not an Affiliate to Dispose of such asset to such Person to the extent such Disposition is permitted by Section 7.05 , (iv) customary limitations on the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries party to a Permitted Securitization Facility that restrict the transfer of the Borrower’s or any such Subsidiary’s interest in accounts receivable (and related supporting obligations and books and records) subject to such Permitted Securitization Facility, and (v) limitations set forth in documents governing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(d) so long as such limitations are not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person(s), or the property or assets of the Person(s), that are the subject of the applicable Acquisition, or (b) at any time prior to the Collateral Release Date, prohibits, restricts, or imposes any condition upon the ability of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property or assets (other than any Excluded Assets) in favor of the Administrative Agent (or its agent or designee) for the benefit of the Secured Parties securing any of the Obligations other than prohibitions, restrictions or conditions (i) contained in any Loan Document, the Senior Notes, or any document governing any Incremental Equivalent Debt, Permitted External Refinancing Debt, Specified Secured Indebtedness or any Permitted Refinancing in respect thereof; (ii) in licenses, leases and other contracts restricting the assignment, subletting or other transfer thereof (including the granting of any Lien); provided that such restriction or limitation is limited to the assets subject to such license, lease or contract; (iii) customary limitations contained in any agreement with respect to a Disposition permitted under Section 7.05 , (iv) contained in Acquired Indebtedness and Permitted Refinancings thereof; provided that the restrictive provisions in such Permitted Refinancing are

 

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not materially more restrictive than the restrictive provisions in the Acquired Indebtedness being refinanced and such restrictions are limited to the Persons or assets being acquired or the Subsidiaries of such Persons and their assets; (v) customary restrictions in joint venture arrangements or management contracts; provided that such restrictions are limited to assets of such joint venture and the Equity Interests of the Persons party to such arrangement or contract; (vi) contained in the Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to Section 7.03 and Permitted Refinancings thereof; provided that such restrictions only apply to the Foreign Subsidiaries incurring such Indebtedness and their Subsidiaries (and the assets thereof); and (vii) contained in Indebtedness used to finance, or incurred for the purpose of financing, purchase money obligations for fixed or capital assets; provided that such restrictions apply only to the asset (or the Person owning such asset) being financed pursuant to such Indebtedness. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is acknowledged and agreed that subsection (a) of the preceding sentence shall not prohibit contractual obligations limiting Restricted Payments to the extent such limitations are no more restrictive or onerous than the provisions of Section 7.06 .

Use of Proceeds .

(a) Use the proceeds of any Credit Extension, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose.

(b) The Borrower will not request any Borrowing, and the Borrower shall not use, and shall procure that the Loan Parties and the Borrower’s or Loan Party’s respective directors, officers, employees and agents shall not use, the proceeds of any Credit Extension (i) in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment or giving of money, or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Corruption Laws, (ii) for the purpose of funding, financing or facilitating any activities, business or transaction of or with any Sanctioned Person, or in any Sanctioned Country, or (iii) in any manner that would result in the violation of any Sanctions applicable to any party hereto (including any Person participating in the transaction, whether as Lender, Arranger, Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer, Swing Line Lender, or otherwise).

Financial Covenants .

(a) Consolidated Cash Interest Coverage Ratio . Following the Restatement Date, permit the Consolidated Cash Interest Coverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.

(b) Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio . Permit the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower ending during any period set forth below to be greater than the ratio set forth below for such fiscal quarter (the “ Leverage Maintenance Covenant ”):

 

Fiscal Quarter

   Maximum Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio  

Restatement Date through September 30, 2017

     5.50:1.00   

Thereafter

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio as of the last day of the first fiscal quarter ending after the Collateral Release Date shall not be greater than 3.50:1.00; provided that if, at the end of any subsequent fiscal quarter, the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.50:1.00 and the Borrower has entered into a Permitted Acquisition within such fiscal quarter (a fiscal quarter in which such conditions are satisfied, a “ Trigger Quarter ”), then the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio may be greater than 3.50 to 1.00 but shall not be greater than 4.00:1.00 for such Trigger Quarter and the next succeeding three fiscal quarters (such period, the “ Acquisition Compliance Period ”); provided , further , that, following the occurrence of a Trigger Quarter, no subsequent Trigger Quarter shall be deemed to have occurred or to exist for any reason unless and until the Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50:1.00 as of the end of any fiscal quarter following the occurrence of such initial Trigger Quarter.

7.12 Sale and Leaseback Transactions . Enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, except to the extent (x) permitted by Section 7.05(n) and (y) at the time such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is entered into, and after giving effect thereto, the Borrower may incur at least $1 of additional Indebtedness under Section 7.03(u) .

Organizational Documents . Amend, modify or change in any matter materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders its Organization Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, changes to Organization Documents necessary to permit transactions permitted by, and consummated in accordance with the terms of, Section 7.04 shall be deemed not to be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Events of Default . Any of the following shall constitute an Event of Default:

(a) Non-Payment . The Borrower or any other Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or any L/C Obligation, or (ii) within three Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or on any L/C Obligation, or any fee due hereunder, or (iii) within five Business Days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

(b) Specific Covenants . The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Section 6.03 , 6.05 (in the case of any Loan Party), 6.10 , 6.11 , 6.14 or Article VII , or any Guarantor fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in the Guaranty; or

 

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(c) Other Defaults . Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a)  or (b)  above) contained in any Loan Document or any Discovery Fee Letter (unless such Default is waived by the parties to the applicable Discovery Fee Letter) on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for 30 days after written notice thereof to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or any Lender; or

(d) Representations and Warranties . Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Loan Party herein, or in any other Loan Document or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading when made or deemed made; or

(e) Cross-Default . (i) The Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than $75,000,000, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; provided that this clause (e)(i) shall not apply to Indebtedness secured by any Lien permitted under clause (i)  or (j)  of Section 7.01 to the extent such Indebtedness becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets secured by such Lien, or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any Event of Default (as defined in such Swap Contract) as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than $75,000,000; or

(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for 60 calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person

 

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or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for 60 calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment . (i) The Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within 30 days after its issue or levy; or

(h) Judgments . There is entered against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding $75,000,000 (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage), or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (A) any seizure, sale or similar enforcement proceeding is commenced by any creditor upon any assets of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such judgment or order, or (B) there is a period of 60 consecutive days during which such judgments or orders shall not have been paid, vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal; or

(i) ERISA . (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower under Title IV of ERISA to the Pension Plan or the PBGC in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000, or (ii) the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of $50,000,000; or

(j) Invalidity of Loan Documents . Any material provision of any Loan Document or any Discovery Fee Letter, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder or satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document or any Discovery Fee Letter; or any Loan Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document or any Discovery Fee Letter; or

(k) Change of Control . There occurs any Change of Control;

(l) Collateral . Prior to the Collateral Release Date, other than with respect to items constituting an immaterial portion of the Collateral, any Lien purported to be created under any Collateral Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted in writing by any Loan Party not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any Collateral, except (i) to the extent that perfection or priority is not required pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement or the Security Agreement or (ii) in connection with a release of such Collateral in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (iii) as a result of the (A) Administrative Agent’s failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under

 

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the Collateral Documents or (B) file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or (iv) if such loss of enforceable or perfected, as applicable, security interest may be remedied by the filing of appropriate documentation without the loss of priority.

Remedies Upon Event of Default . If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Lenders (or with respect to the proviso in clause (a) and clause (c)  below, the Required Revolving Lenders), take any or all of the following actions:

(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated; provided that the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Revolving Lenders, terminate any undrawn Revolving Credit Commitments.

(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

(c) require that the Borrower Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); provided that the Administrative Agent shall, at the request of, or may, with the consent of, the Required Revolving Lenders, require the Borrower to Cash Collateralize L/C Obligations; and

(d) exercise on behalf of itself, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer all rights and remedies available to it, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under the Loan Documents;

provided , however , that upon the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuer to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, and the obligation of the Borrower to Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Application of Funds . After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02 ), any amounts received under the Loan Documents, subject to the provisions of Sections 2.15 and 2.16 , be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order:

First , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent and amounts payable under Article III ) payable to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;

 

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Second , to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees and amounts payable in respect of Guaranteed Hedge Agreements and Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements) payable to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Lenders and the L/C Issuer and amounts payable under Article III ), 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 Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Obligations, ratably among the Lenders and the L/C Issuer 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, L/C Borrowings and Obligations then owing under Guaranteed Hedge Agreements and Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements, ratably among the Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks and the Cash Management Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

Fifth , to the Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprising the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent not otherwise Cash Collateralized by the Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.03 and 2.15 ; and

Last , the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Sections 2.03(c) and 2.15 , amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations arising under Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements and Guaranteed Hedge Agreements shall be excluded from the application described above if the Administrative Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be. Each Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank not a party to this Agreement that has given the notice contemplated by the preceding sentence shall, by such notice, be deemed to have acknowledged and accepted the appointment of the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of Article IX for itself and its Affiliates as if a “ Lender ” party hereto.

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Appointment and Authority .

(a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints Bank of America to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, with respect to any Market Intercreditor Agreement required to be entered into pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) 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 Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, 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 the Administrative 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 contracting parties.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “ collateral agent ” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (including in its capacities as a potential Hedge Bank and a potential Cash Management Bank) and the L/C Issuer hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and the L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.04(c) , as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

Rights as a Lender . The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder 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 the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative 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 Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

Exculpatory Provisions . The Administrative Agent shall not 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, the Administrative Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

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(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other 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

(c) shall not, 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 Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

The Administrative Agent shall not be 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 Sections 10.01 and 8.02 ) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the L/C Issuer.

The Administrative Agent shall not 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 the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien intended or purported to be created by the Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (vi) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

Reliance by Administrative Agent . The Administrative 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. The Administrative 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 the making of a Loan, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a

 

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Lender or an L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or such L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. 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.

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 Article 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 credit facilities provided for herein 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 nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

Resignation of Administrative Agent . (a) The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Resignation Effective Date ”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date.

(b) With effect from the Resignation Effective Date (1) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and (2) except for any indemnity payments or other amounts then owed to the retiring Administrative Agent, 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 the L/C Issuer directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. 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 (or retired) Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments or other amounts owed to the retiring Administrative Agent as of the Resignation Effective Date and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or

 

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under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section 9.06 ). 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 Article and Section 10.04 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.

(c) Any resignation by Bank of America as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. If Bank of America resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c) . If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c) . Upon the appointment by the Borrower of a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder (which successor shall in all cases be a Lender other than a Defaulting Lender), (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as applicable, (b) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (c) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender and the L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

No Other Duties, Etc. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunners, Arrangers, the Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agents listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the L/C Issuer hereunder.

 

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Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim; Credit Bidding . In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, 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, 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, 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 L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h) and (i) , 2.09 and 10.04 ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and the L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer, 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 2.09 and 10.04 .

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or the L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or the L/C Issuer or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or the L/C Issuer in any such proceeding.

The Secured Parties hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at the direction of the Required Lenders, to credit bid all or any portion of the Obligations (including accepting some or all of the Collateral in satisfaction of some or all of the Secured Obligations pursuant to a deed in lieu of foreclosure or otherwise) and in such manner purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral (a) at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, including under Sections 363, 1123 or 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, or any similar Laws in any other jurisdictions to which a Loan Party is subject, (b) at any other sale or foreclosure or acceptance of Collateral in lieu of debt conducted by (or with the consent or at the direction of) the Administrative Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with any applicable Law. In connection with any such credit bid and purchase, the Secured Obligations owed to the Secured Parties shall be entitled to be, and shall be, credit bid on a ratable basis (with Secured Obligations with respect to contingent or unliquidated claims

 

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receiving contingent interests in the acquired assets on a ratable basis that would vest upon the liquidation of such claims in an amount proportional to the liquidated portion of the contingent claim amount used in allocating the contingent interests) in the asset or assets so purchased (or in the Equity Interests or debt instruments of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles that are used to consummate such purchase). In connection with any such bid (i) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to form one or more acquisition vehicles to make a bid, (ii) to adopt documents providing for the governance of the acquisition vehicle or vehicles (provided that any actions by the Administrative Agent with respect to such acquisition vehicle or vehicles, including any disposition of the assets or Equity Interests thereof shall be governed, directly or indirectly, by the vote of the Required Lenders, irrespective of the termination of this Agreement and without giving effect to the limitations on actions by the Required Lenders contained in clauses (a) through (i) of Section 10.01 of this Agreement, (iii) the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to assign the relevant Obligations to any such acquisition vehicle pro rata by the Secured Parties, as a result of which each of the Secured Parties shall be deemed to have received a pro rata portion of any Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by such an acquisition vehicle on account of the assignment of the Secured Obligations to be credit bid, all without the need for any Secured Party or acquisition vehicle to take any further action, and (iv) to the extent that Secured Obligations that are assigned to an acquisition vehicle are not used to acquire Collateral for any reason (as a result of another bid being higher or better, because the amount of Secured Obligations assigned to the acquisition vehicle exceeds the amount of debt credit bid by the acquisition vehicle or otherwise), such Secured Obligations shall automatically be reassigned to the Secured Parties pro rata and the Equity Interests and/or debt instruments issued by any acquisition vehicle on account of the Secured Obligations that had been assigned to the acquisition vehicle shall automatically be cancelled, without the need for any Secured Party or any acquisition vehicle to take any further action.

Guaranty Matters; Collateral Matters . The Lenders (including each in its capacities as a potential Cash Management Bank and a potential Hedge Bank) and the L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion:

(a) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder (unless such Person continues to guarantee the Senior Notes);

(b) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (A) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (x) contingent indemnification obligations, (y) obligations under any Guaranteed Cash Management Agreement and (z) obligations under any Guaranteed Hedge Agreement) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Issuer shall have been made), (B) that is sold or otherwise Disposed of or to be sold or otherwise Disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other Disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document, (C) upon the effectiveness of the Collateral Release Conditions or (D) subject to Section 10.01 , if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders; and

(c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(i) , Section 7.01(j) or Section 7.01(o) .

 

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In addition, immediately upon the Collateral Release Date and without further action of any Person, the security interests of the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties in the Collateral shall be terminated and released; provided that the Guarantee of each Loan Party of the Obligations pursuant to the Loan Documents shall remain in effect. The Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver, at the Borrower’s expense, all documents or other instruments that the Borrower shall reasonably request to evidence the termination and release of such security interests and shall return all such Collateral in their possession to the Borrower.

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the authority of the Administrative Agent to release or subordinate its interest in particular property and of the Administrative Agent to release any Guarantor from its obligations hereunder pursuant to this Section 9.10 . In each case as specified in this Section 9.10 , the Administrative Agent will, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.10 .

The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements and Guaranteed Hedge Agreements . No Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank that obtains the benefit of the provisions of Section 8.03 or the Guaranty by virtue of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (or to notice of or to consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Guaranteed Cash Management Agreements and Guaranteed Hedge Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank or Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

 

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MISCELLANEOUS

Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement (including without limitation in Section 2.15 and Section 2.16 ), no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and acknowledged by the Administrative Agent, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided , however , that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.01 (except as expressly provided therein) without the written consent of each Lender;

(b) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender (or reinstate any Commitment terminated pursuant to Section 8.02 ) without the written consent of such Lender;

(c) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Loan Document for any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts due to the Lenders (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(d) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (v) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01 ) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided , however , that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary (i) to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest or Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate or (ii) to amend any financial covenant hereunder (or any defined term used therein) even if the effect of such amendment would be to reduce the rate of interest on any Loan or L/C Borrowing or to reduce any fee payable hereunder;

(e) change Section 8.03 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Lender;

(f) change (i) any provision of this Section 10.01 or the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to amend, waive or otherwise modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder (other than the definitions specified in clause (ii)  of this Section 10.01(f) ), without the written consent of each Lender or (ii) the definition of “Required Revolving Lenders” or “Required Term Loan Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender under the applicable Facility; or

(g) release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty without the written consent of each Lender, except to the extent the release of any Subsidiary from the Guaranty is permitted pursuant to Section 9.10 (in which case such release may be made by the Administrative Agent acting alone); or

 

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(h) impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under a Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the written consent of (i) if such Facility is any Class of Term Loans, the Required Term Loan Lenders with respect to such Class of Term Loans and (ii) if such Facility is the Revolving Credit Facility, the Required Revolving Lenders;

(i) (i) waive any condition set forth in Section 4.02 as to any Credit Extension under the Revolving Credit Facilities or (ii) amend, waive or otherwise modify any term or provision which directly affects Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility and does not directly affect Lenders under any other Facility, in each case, without the written consent of the Required Revolving Lenders;

and, provided further , that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Issuer Document relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv)  Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; (iv) the BofA Fee Letter may be amended, or rights or privileges thereunder waived, in a writing executed only by the parties thereto; and (v) any amendment or waiver that by its terms affects the rights or duties of Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of a particular Class (but not the Lenders holding Loans or Commitments of any other Class) will require only the requisite percentage in interest of the affected Class of Lenders that would be required to consent thereto if such Class of Lenders were the only Class of Lenders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender more adversely than other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender.

Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication .

(a) Notices Generally . Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (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 facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 ; and

(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).

 

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Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications 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 and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b) .

(b) Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuer hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or the L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Borrower may each, 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.

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) , if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.

(c) The Platform . THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY

 

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OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided , however , that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, the L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each other Lender may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, facsimile number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to the Borrower or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.

(e) Reliance by Administrative Agent, L/C Issuer and Lenders . The Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic or electronic Committed Loan Notices, Letter of Credit Applications and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

 

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No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement . No failure by any Lender, the L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document 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, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuer; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13 ), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided , further , that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b) , (c)  and (d)  of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13 , any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver .

(a) Costs and Expenses . The Borrower shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration, as applicable, of the Discovery Commitment Letter, the Discovery Fee Letters, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (and a single firm of local counsel for the Administrative Agent in each appropriate jurisdiction) or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, (ii) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the L/C Issuer (including the fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, taken as a whole, and, if reasonably necessary, of a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction and in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, a single firm of counsel in each

 

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applicable jurisdiction for such affected person), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, disbursements and other charges of a single firm of counsel to the Indemnified Parties, taken as a whole, and a single firm of local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction to all such Indemnified Parties, taken as a whole, and, solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, a single firm of counsel in each applicable jurisdiction for such affected Indemnified Parties, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the execution or delivery of the Discovery Commitment Letter, the Discovery Fee Letters, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including in respect of any matters addressed in Section 3.01 ), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, (y) result from any material breach of such Indemnitee’s obligations under the Discovery Commitment Letter, hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) arise from disputes solely among Indemnitees, and in any event, solely to the extent that the underlying dispute does not (1) arise as a result of an action, inaction or representation of, or information provided by or on behalf of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or (2) relate to any action of such Indemnitee in its capacity as Administrative Agent or Arranger.

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders . To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b)  of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the L/C Issuer, the Swing

 

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Line Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the L/C Issuer, the Swing Line Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this subsection (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(d) .

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in subsection (b)  above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, other than for direct or actual damages resulting from such Indemnitee’s gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Payments . All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor.

(f) Survival . The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provision of Section 10.02(e) shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

Payments Set Aside . To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender, or the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender and the L/C Issuer severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share (without duplication) of any amount so recovered from or repaid by the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders and the L/C Issuer under clause (b)  of the preceding sentence shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

 

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Successors and Assigns .

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that other than pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.04(f) , the Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this Section, (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of subsection (f) of this Section, or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of subsection (h) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (d)  of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuer and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders . Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment(s) and the Loans (including for purposes of this subsection (b) , participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts .

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment under any Facility and the Loans at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any Facility) or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in Section 10.06(b)(i)(B) in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

(B) in any case not described in Section 10.06(b)(i)(A) , the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the

 

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Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided , however , that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met.

(ii) Proportionate Amounts . Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loans or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans.

(iii) [ Reserved ].

(iv) Assignment and Assumption . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a $3,500 processing and recordation fee; provided , however , that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The Eligible Assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v) Certain Additional Payments . 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 subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee 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, the L/C Issuer or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

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(vi) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement 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 3.01 , 3.04 , 3.05 , and 10.04 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Upon request, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this subsection 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 subsection (d) of this Section.

(vii) 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 hereof relating to Disqualified Institutions. 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 (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.

(c) Register . The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower (and such agency being solely for tax purposes), shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it (or the equivalent thereof in electronic form) and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. In addition, the Administrative Agent shall maintain on the Register information regarding the designation, and revocation of designation, of any Lender as a Defaulting Lender. The Register shall be available for inspection

 

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by each of the Borrower and the L/C Issuer at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. In addition, at any time that a request for a consent for a material or substantive change to the Loan Documents is pending, any Lender may request and receive from the Administrative Agent a copy of the Register.

(d) Participations . Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person, a Defaulting Lender or the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuer shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 10.04(c) without regard to the existence of any participation.

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 , 3.04 and 3.05 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(e) shall be delivered to the Lender who sells the participation) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Sections 3.06 and 10.13 as if it were an assignee under subsection (b) of this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 3.01 or 3.04 , with respect to any participation, than the Lender from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrower’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 3.06 with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender. 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,

 

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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.

(e) Voting Participants . Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.06 to the contrary, any Farm Credit Lender that (i) has purchased a participation in the minimum amount of $5,000,000 on or after the Original Closing Date, (ii) is, by written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (a “ Voting Participant Notification ”), designated by the selling Lender (including any existing Voting Participant) as being entitled to be accorded the rights of a voting participant hereunder (any Farm Credit Lender so designated being called a “ Voting Participant ”) and (iii) receives the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (such consent by the Borrower not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to become a Voting Participant (only to the extent and under such circumstances that such consent would be required if such Voting Participant were to become a Lender pursuant to an assignment in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section, and such consent is not required for an assignment to an existing Voting Participant), shall be entitled to vote (and the voting rights of the selling Lender shall be correspondingly reduced), on a dollar for dollar basis, as if such Voting Participant were a Lender, on any matter requiring or allowing a Lender to provide or withhold its consent, or to otherwise vote on any proposed action, in each case, in lieu of the vote of the selling Lender; provided , however , that if such Voting Participant has at any time failed to fund any portion of its participation when required to do so and notice of such failure has been delivered by the selling Lender to the Administrative Agent, then until such time as all amounts of its participation required to have been funded have been funded and notice of such funding has been delivered by the selling Lender to the Administrative Agent, such Voting Participant shall not be entitled to exercise its voting rights pursuant to the terms of this clause (e) , and the voting rights of the selling Lender shall not be correspondingly reduced by the amount for such Voting Participant’s participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Farm Credit Lender designated as a Voting Participant on Schedule 10.06(e) shall be a Voting Participant without delivery of a Voting Participant Notification and without the prior written consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. To be effective, each Voting Participant Notification shall, with respect to any Voting Participant, (A) state the full name of such Voting Participant, as well as all contact information required of an assignee as set forth in the Administrative Questionnaire, (B) state the dollar amount of the participation purchased and (C) include such other information as may be required by the Administrative Agent. The selling Lender (including any existing Voting Participant) and the Voting Participant shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Borrower within three Business Days of any termination of, or reduction or increase in the amount of, such participation and shall promptly upon request of the Administrative Agent update or confirm there has been no change in the information set forth in Schedule 10.06(e) or delivered in connection with any Voting Participant Notification. The Borrower and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to conclusively rely on information provided by a Lender identifying itself or its participant as a Farm Credit Bank without verification thereof and may also conclusively rely on the information set forth in Schedule 10.06(e) , delivered in connection with any Voting Participant Notification or otherwise furnished pursuant to this clause (e) and, unless

 

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and until notified thereof in writing by the selling Lender, may assume that there have been no changes in the identity of Voting Participants, the dollar amount of participations, the contact information of the participants or any other information furnished to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent pursuant to this clause (e) . The voting rights hereunder are solely for the benefit of the Voting Participants and shall not inure to any assignee or participant of a Voting Participant that is not a Farm Credit Lender.

(f) Certain Pledges . Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) Special Purpose Funding Vehicles . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “ Granting Lender ”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “ SPC ”) the option to provide all or any part of any Committed Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Committed Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Committed Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Committed Loan pursuant to the terms hereof or, if it fails to do so, to make such payment to the Administrative Agent as is required under Section 2.12(b)(ii) . Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.04 ), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Committed Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Committed Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee in the amount of $3,500 (which processing fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Committed Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Committed Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

 

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(h) Resignation as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender after Assignment . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Bank of America assigns all of its Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to subsection (b) above, Bank of America may, (i) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower and the Lenders, resign as an L/C Issuer and/or (ii) upon 30 days’ notice to the Borrower, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as an L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, the Borrower shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided , however , that no failure by the Borrower to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Bank of America as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be. If Bank of America resigns as an L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of an L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c) ). If Bank of America resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c) . Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer and/or Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be, and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to Bank of America to effectively assume the obligations of Bank of America with respect to such Letters of Credit.

Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and each L/C Issuer agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or any Eligible Assignee invited to be a Lender pursuant to Section 2.14 or Section 2.18 or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or the credit facilities provided hereunder or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers of other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder, (h) with the consent of the Borrower or (i) to the extent such Information (x)

 

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becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower.

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary relating to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrower or any Subsidiary after the Original Closing Date, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning the Borrower or a Subsidiary, 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 Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws.

Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each L/C Issuer and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Borrower or any of the Loan Parties against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office or Affiliate of such Lender or such L/C Issuer different from the branch or office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided , that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.16 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, each L/C Issuer and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such L/C Issuer or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

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Interest Rate Limitation . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “ Maximum Rate ”). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent or any L/C Issuer, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 4.01 , this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic imaging means (e.g. “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Survival of Representations and Warranties . All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

Severability . If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.12 , if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting

 

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Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

Replacement of Lenders . If the Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01 , or if any Lender (w) requests compensation under Section 3.04 , (x) is a Defaulting Lender, (y) elects not to participate in an Extension Offer if the Required Lenders under the relevant Facility elect to participate in such Extension Offer, or (z) refuses to consent to any waiver, consent or amendment requested by the Borrower pursuant to Section 10.01 that has received the written approval of the Required Lenders (or, in the case of a consent, waiver or amendment involving all affected Lenders of a certain Class, the Required Revolving Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders of such Class, as applicable), but also requires the approval of such Lender, then in any such case the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.06 ), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that:

(a) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b) ;

(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 3.05 ) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);

(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01 , such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;

(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws; and

(e) in the case of any required assignment pursuant to clause (z) , the assignee shall consent to the waiver, consent or amendment described in such clause (z) .

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or 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.

Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

(a) GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN

 

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DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION . THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER, ANY L/C ISSUER, OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN NEW YORK COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. 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, ANY LENDER OR ANY L/C ISSUER 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.

(c) WAIVER OF VENUE . THE BORROWER IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY 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 PARAGRAPH (b) 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.

(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS . EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 10.02 . NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

 

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Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

USA PATRIOT Act Notice . Each Lender that is subject to the Patriot Act (as hereinafter defined) and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrower in accordance with the Patriot Act. The Borrower shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.

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: (i)(A) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower and its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (B) the Borrower has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (C) the Borrower is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (ii) (A) each of the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrower or any of its Affiliates, or any other Person and (B) none of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (iii) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Borrower and its Affiliates, and none of the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender has any obligation to disclose any of such

 

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interests to the Borrower or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Borrower hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents . The words “execution,” “execute”, “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in or related to any document to be signed in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including without limitation Assignment and Assumptions, amendments or other Committed Loan Notices, Swing Line Loan Notices, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, the electronic matching of assignment terms and contract formations on electronic platforms approved by the Administrative Agent, or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary the Administrative Agent is under no obligation to agree to accept electronic signatures in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Administrative Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it.

Judgment Currency . If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law).

 

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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 duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

TREEHOUSE FOODS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Dennis F. Riordan

Name:  

Dennis F. Riordan

Title:  

Executive Vice President

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent
By:  

/s/ Bridgett J. Manduk Mowry

Name:  

Bridgett J. Manduk Mowry

Title:  

Vice President

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender
By:  

/s/ Dave Strickert

Name:  

Dave Strickert

Title:  

Managing Director

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Brendan Korb

Name:  

Brendan Korb

Title:  

Vice President

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Daniel Van Aken

Name:  

Daniel Van Aken

Title:  

Director


BMO Harris Financing, Inc. as a Revolving Credit Lender and Tranche A-1 Term Loan Lender
By:  

/s/ Paul Harris

Name:  

Paul Harris

Title:  

Managing Director

BMO Harris Bank N.A., as a Tranche A-2 Term Loan Lender
By:  

/s/ Paul Harris

Name:  

Paul Harris

Title:  

Managing Director

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ J. Haynes Gentry III

Name:  

J. Haynes Gentry III

Title:  

Director

COOPERATIVE RABOBANK U.A., NEW YORK BRANCH as a Lender
By:  

/s/ James Purky

Name:  

James Purky

Title:  

Managing Director

By:  

/s/ Peter Duncan

Name:  

Peter Duncan

Title:  

Managing Director

KeyBank National Association, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Marianne T. Meil

Name:  

Marianne T. Meil

Title:  

Senior Vice President


Barclays Bank PLC, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Ronnie Glenn

Name:  

Ronnie Glenn

Title:  

Vice President

THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY
By:  

/s/ M. Scott Randall

Name:  

M. Scott Randall

Title:  

Second Vice President

Branch Banking Trust Company, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Shane Koonce

Name:  

Shane Koonce

Title:  

Vice President

PNC Bank, National Association, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Michael Leong

Name:  

Michael Leong

Title:  

Vice President

ASSOCIATED BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Shilpa Hingwe

Name:  

Shilpa Hingwe

Title:  

Vice President

COBANK, ACB, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Kevin A. Benson

Name:  

Kevin A. Benson

Title:  

Director


COBANK FCB, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Kevin A. Benson

Name:  

Kevin A. Benson

Title:  

Director

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ John Weathers

Name:  

John Weathers

Title:  

Assistant Vice President

FARM CREDIT BANK OF TEXAS, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ Chris M. Levine

Name:  

Chris M. Levine

Title:  

Vice President

1 st Farm Credit Services, PCA, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ Corey J. Waldinger

Name:  

Corey J. Waldinger

Title:  

Vice President, Capital Markets Group

United FCS, FLCA dba FCS Commercial Finance Group, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ Daniel J. Best

Name:  

Daniel J. Best

Title:  

Vice President

Farm Credit Mid-America, FLCA, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ Ralph M. Bowman

Name:  

Ralph M. Bowman

Title:  

Vice President


NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVICES, FLCA, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ Casey Kinzer

Name:  

Casey Kinzer

Title:  

Vice President

American AgCredit, FLCA, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ James Thede

Name:  

James Thede

Title:  

Vice President

GreenStone Farm Credit Services, FLCA, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ Randy Stec

Name:  

Randy Stec

Title:  

EVP, Chief of Sales and Marketing Officer

Farm Credit West, FLCA, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ Robert S Tornetta

Name:  

Robert S Tornetta

Title:  

Vice President

AgStar Financial Services, FLCA, as a Voting Participant
By:  

/s/ Graham J. Dee

Name:  

Graham J. Dee

Title:  

AVP Capital Markets

Farm Credit East, ACA, as a Voting Participant
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Exhibit 99.1

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TreeHouse Foods Completes the Acquisition of ConAgra’s Private Brands Business

OAK BROOK, Ill. (February 1, 2016) — TreeHouse Foods (NYSE: THS) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of ConAgra Foods’ (NYSE: CAG) private brands operations. TreeHouse paid $2.7 billion in cash plus transaction expenses for the business and financed the transaction through the closing of its previously announced offerings of $775 million in aggregate principal senior notes due 2024 with a 6.0% annual interest rate and common stock issuance of 13.3 million shares at a price of $65 per share (which includes the exercise, in full, of the overallotment option), aggregating $862.5 million in gross proceeds. The remainder of the purchase price was financed under the Company’s revolving credit facility.

“We are pleased to have closed the acquisition, and will continue to focus on driving shareholder value and offering our customers value without compromise through economies of scale, quality products and superior customer service,” said Sam K. Reed, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of TreeHouse Foods.

“The Private Brands acquisition broadens our portfolio of offerings for our customers. We remain unwaveringly committed to supporting our customers’ efforts to build their corporate brands and offer consumers the best combination of choice and value,” Mr. Reed continued. “We are looking forward to working as one go-to-market team to achieve success and will work tirelessly to develop the systems and infrastructure to deliver a seamless integration.”

The acquisition of ConAgra’s private brands operations meaningfully expands TreeHouse’s presence in private label dry and refrigerated grocery, and will be called TreeHouse Private Brands. Bay Valley Foods (with Flagstone Foods) and TreeHouse Private Brands will be the operating platforms of TreeHouse Foods, Inc. Following the Private Brands acquisition, TreeHouse Foods, Inc. has pro forma sales of approximately $7 billion for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015, more than 50 manufacturing facilities and over 16,000 employees.

ABOUT TREEHOUSE FOODS

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. is a manufacturer of packaged foods and beverages with more than 50 manufacturing facilities across the United States, Canada and Italy that focuses primarily on private label products for both retail grocery and food away from home customers. We manufacture shelf stable, refrigerated, frozen and fresh products, including beverages and beverage enhancers (single serve beverages, coffees, teas, creamers, powdered beverages and smoothies); meals (cereal, pasta, macaroni and cheese and side dishes); retail bakery (refrigerated and frozen dough); condiments (pourable and spoonable dressing, dips, pickles, soups and sauces) and healthy snacks (nuts, trail mix, bars, dried fruits and vegetables). We have a comprehensive offering of packaging formats and flavor profiles, and we also offer natural, organic and preservative free ingredients in many categories. Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality and cost to our customers.


Additional information, including TreeHouse’s most recent statements on Forms 10-Q and 10-K, may be found at TreeHouse’s website, http://www.treehousefoods.com.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not relate solely to historical or current facts, and can generally be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “expects,” “seek to,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “intends,” “predicts,” “projects,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of such terms and other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause TreeHouse or its industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. TreeHouse’s Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, and other filings with the SEC, discuss some of the factors that could contribute to these differences. You are cautioned not to unduly rely on such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made, when evaluating the information presented in this press release. TreeHouse expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein, to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto, or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

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