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 31, 2017
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 1-36900 | No. 47-3373056 | ||
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
Two Penn Plaza New York, NY | 10121 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 465-6000
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
On January 31, 2017 (the Closing Date), The Madison Square Garden Company, through certain indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, MSG ), entered into a Transaction Agreement (the Transaction Agreement ) pursuant to which (subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein) it acquired a 62.5% common equity interest and an $8.7 million preferred equity interest in a holding company ( Tao Holdings ) which owns, directly or indirectly, all of the equity in the TAO Group (described below).
The TAO Group operates 19 restaurant, nightlife and hospitality venues in New York City, Las Vegas and Sydney, Australia; 17 of which are under its seven brands Tao, Marquee, Lavo, Avenue, The Stanton Social, Beauty & Essex and Vandal. The TAO Group also manages the food and beverage operations at the Dream Downtown and Dream Midtown hotels in New York City. In addition, the TAO Group is currently in contract to open five new venues in New York City and eight additional venues in new markets, including Los Angeles, Chicago and Singapore.
The upfront purchase price values TAO Group at $400 million (inclusive of the leverage used to finance the transaction), and the sellers have an opportunity to earn additional consideration upon TAO Groups achievement of certain performance targets. The key terms are summarized below:
| MSG paid approximately $181 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, to acquire a 62.5% common equity interest in Tao Holdings (taking into account a leveraged distribution immediately after MSGs acquisition), and $8.7 million to acquire preferred equity in Tao Holdings (with preferred terms as summarized below). |
| TAO Group founders, Marc Packer, Rich Wolf, Noah Tepperberg and Jason Strauss and other members of the TAO Group team, sold a portion of their pre-acquisition ownership interests in TAO Group but retain an aggregate 37.5% common equity interest post-acquisition (taking into account the leveraged distribution immediately after MSGs acquisition). The TAO Group founders and the rest of the TAO Group team continues to be responsible for the day-to-day management of TAO Groups operations, and the founders entered into five-year employment agreements with a subsidiary of Tao Holdings. |
| MSG and an entity owned by the TAO Group founders and other members of the TAO Group team hold a preferred equity interest in Tao Holdings, with MSG investing $8.7 million and the TAO Group teams entity investing $1.3 million. This equity will have a preferred return of 9% per annum (compounding quarterly but paid-in-kind, other than tax-distributions, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement (as defined below)), and will be redeemable by Tao Holdings at any time, or at the election of the preferred equityholders (respectively), beginning on July 31, 2022. |
| The Transaction Agreement also provides the sellers with the opportunity to earn up to an additional $25.5 million upon TAO Groups achievement of certain performance targets (the earn-out). The earn-out will be payable by MSG in up to three equal tranches of $8.5 million. Payment of each tranche will occur upon the achievement by TAO Group of certain trailing twelve month adjusted EBITDA targets. Such tranches must be earned in successive periods without any overlap. Any portion of the earn-out that is unearned as of January 1, 2022 will be forfeited by the sellers. Any earn-out may be paid, at MSGs option, in cash or MSG stock. |
| In accordance with a credit and guaranty agreement entered into on the Closing Date (the Credit Agreement ), a group of lenders led by Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P. provided to an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Tao Holdings ( Borrower ) a five-year term loan of $110 million (less fees and expenses) the net proceeds of which will finance a portion of the transaction consideration, and an undrawn revolving credit facility of $12 million. Borrowings under such term loan and revolving credit facility bear interest at a floating rate which at the option of Borrower may be either (a) a base rate (no less than 4.00%) plus a margin ranging from 6.50% to 7.00% or (b) LIBOR (no less than 1.00%) plus a margin ranging from 7.50% to 8.00%. Such term loan and revolving credit facility are provided without recourse to MSG or any of its affiliates (other than subsidiaries of Tao Holdings). |
| The amount funded by MSG, together with the proceeds of the term loan facility under the Credit Agreement and the preferred equity, less finance fees and transaction expenses, were paid to the sellers of equity interests in TAO Group pursuant to the Transaction Agreement (subject to the purchase price adjustments referred to above and indemnity obligations contemplated thereunder). |
| MSG will receive amortization deductions for U.S. federal income tax purposes based on the purchase price paid (including any earn-out) plus its allocable share of the term loan proceeds used to acquire existing equity investor interests, and such deductions will be primarily realized over fifteen years. |
The rights, privileges and obligations of the equityholders of Tao Holdings are governed by a Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Tao Holdings entered into on the Closing Date (the LLC Agreement ). Tao Holdings results will be consolidated in the financial results of The Madison Square Garden Company.
The key terms of the LLC Agreement of Tao Holdings are summarized below.
| MSG has the right to increase its equity interest in Tao Holdings through a call right on the equity of the other Tao Holdings equityholders after the fifth anniversary of the closing date, and prior to such date in connection with a termination of an equityholders employment, for the fair market value thereof (or in certain circumstances, subject to a discount). Consideration paid upon exercise of such call right shall be, at MSGs option, in cash, debt, or MSG stock, subject to certain limitations. |
| The other Tao Holdings equityholders have certain rights to put their equity interests in Tao Holdings: |
| to MSG for fair market value (or in certain circumstances, subject to a discount) upon termination of their employment without cause or for good reason or a change in control of MSG, in either case, prior to the fifth anniversary of the closing (or with respect to certain TAO Group founders, upon termination of their employment without good reason after the third anniversary of the closing). Consideration paid upon exercise of such put right shall be, at MSGs option, in cash, debt, or MSG stock, subject to certain limitations; and |
| to Tao Holdings for fair market value after the fifth anniversary of the closing. Consideration paid upon exercise of such put right shall be, at MSGs option, in cash, debt, or MSG stock, subject to certain limitations. Additionally, MSG may elect to satisfy this put obligation through a sale of Tao Holdings. |
| The TAO Group founders are subject to a worldwide non-competition restriction with negotiated exceptions for certain existing investments of such founders (and related add-on investments). |
| Tao Holdings is managed by a board, with MSG controlling five director votes and the four TAO Group founders holding directorships, subject to supermajority voting requirements with respect to certain actions by Tao Holdings or its subsidiaries. |
| Tao Holdings is required to pay an annual $5 million management fee to MSG to provide management and strategic services to Tao Holdings, and will purchase no less than $1 million per year of MSG inventory or services on fair market terms, with each of such amounts increasing by 5% annually beginning on January 1, 2018. For so long as it is required by the Credit Agreement, the management fee due to MSG will be paid in capital and will accrue interest at 9% per annum. At the Tao Group founders discretion, the $1 million inventory obligation may be reduced and such unused amount may instead be paid in capital to MSG as additional management fee. |
| The TAO Group founders and other members of the TAO Group team have the right to participate in a Tao Holdings bonus and incentive plan providing for (subject to certain terms and conditions, including adjusted EBITDA-based thresholds and targets): (a) aggregate annual bonuses for the first five years following the transaction the maximum bonus pool in 2017 is $4 million, and it grows by an additional $1 million each year through 2021 when it will be $8 million, and (b) an additional aggregate incentive bonus of up to $25 million with respect to the five-year period following the closing. |
| Direct or indirect transfers of equity in Tao Holdings are generally restricted (excluding certain permitted transfer rights), and the LLC Agreement provides for a right of first offer, tag along rights and drag along rights, in each case in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein. |
The above descriptions of the Transaction Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the LLC Agreement are qualified in their entirety by reference to those agreements which are attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 10.2 and Exhibit 10.3, respectively, and are incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits |
(d) | Exhibits |
10.1 | Transaction Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2017, between MSG TG, LLC, TG Merger Sub, LLC, TG Rollover Holdco LLC, Tao Group Holdings LLC, Tao Group Intermediate Holdings LLC, Tao Group Operating LLC, Tao Group Management LLC, TG Member Representative LLC, certain other parties thereto, and solely with respect to specific provisions MSG Entertainment Holdings, LLC and The Madison Square Garden Company. | |
10.2 | Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2017, among Tao Group Operating LLC, Tao Group Intermediate Holdings LLC, certain subsidiaries of Tao Group Operating LLC, the various lenders thereto, and Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P. | |
10.3 | Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Tao Group Holdings LLC, dated as of January 31, 2017. |
This Form 8-K may contain statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve risks and uncertainties, and that actual results, developments and events may differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors. MSG disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements in this Form 8-K.
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.
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY | ||||
(Registrant) | ||||
By: |
/s/ Lawrence J. Burian |
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Name: | Lawrence J. Burian | |||
Title: | EVP, General Counsel & Secretary |
Dated: February 1, 2017
Exhibit 10.1
TRANSACTION AGREEMENT
dated as of
January 31, 2017
among
MSG TG, LLC,
TG MERGER SUB, LLC,
the Persons identified on the signature pages hereto as MANAGEMENT SELLERS,
the Persons identified on the signature pages hereto as ROLLOVER HOLDCO MEMBERS,
the Persons identified on the signature pages hereto as DIRECT ROLLOVER MEMBERS,
the Persons identified on the signature pages hereto as GROUP ENTITIES,
TG ROLLOVER HOLDCO LLC,
TAO GROUP HOLDINGS LLC,
TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC,
TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC,
TAO GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC,
TG MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE LLC, as Member Representative,
solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv) and Article 14 (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15, and only insofar as Article 14 relates to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv)), MSG ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, LLC,
and
solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11 and Article 14 (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15, and only insofar as Article 14 relates to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11), THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01. |
Definitions |
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Section 1.02. |
Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions |
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ARTICLE 2 RESTRUCTURING AND CLOSING TRANSACTIONS |
26 | |||||
Section 2.01. |
Reserved |
26 | ||||
Section 2.02. |
Merger |
26 | ||||
Section 2.03. |
Purchase Price; Earn-Out |
26 | ||||
Section 2.04. |
Conversion of Interests; Distributions and Redemptions |
34 | ||||
Section 2.05. |
Purchase Price and Earn-Out Hypothetical Calculation |
36 | ||||
Section 2.06. |
No Parent or Parent-Affiliate Liability for Allocations |
36 | ||||
Section 2.07. |
Minimum Cash Amount; Aventine Payment and Escrow |
37 | ||||
Section 2.08. |
Calculation of Purchase Price |
37 | ||||
Section 2.09. |
The Closing |
37 | ||||
Section 2.10. |
Closing Deliverables |
38 | ||||
Section 2.11. |
Allocation of Purchase Price |
40 | ||||
Section 2.12. |
Withholding Rights |
40 | ||||
Section 2.13. |
Payment and Issuance Procedures |
41 | ||||
Section 2.14. |
Purchase Price Adjustment |
42 | ||||
Section 2.15. |
Escrow Funds |
45 | ||||
ARTICLE 3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ROLLOVER HOLDCO MEMBERS AND THE DIRECT ROLLOVER MEMBERS |
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Section 3.01. |
Existence and Power |
46 | ||||
Section 3.02. |
Authorization |
46 | ||||
Section 3.03. |
Governmental Authorization |
47 | ||||
Section 3.04. |
Non-contravention |
47 | ||||
Section 3.05. |
Existing Equity Interests |
48 | ||||
Section 3.06. |
Management Assets; Other Assets |
48 | ||||
Section 3.07. |
Litigation and Regulatory Actions |
48 | ||||
Section 3.08. |
Finders Fees |
49 | ||||
Section 3.09. |
Investment Purpose; Accredited Investor; No Public Market; No Reliance |
49 | ||||
Section 3.10. |
Restrictions |
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Section 3.11. |
Access to Information; No Reliance |
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Section 3.12. |
Rollover Holdco Representations and Warranties |
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Section 3.13. |
Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties |
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ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACQUIRED ENTITIES |
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Section 4.01. |
Existence and Power |
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Section 11.05. |
FIRPTA Certificate and W-9 |
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Section 11.06. |
754 Elections |
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Section 11.07. |
Tax Contests |
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Section 11.08. |
Refunds |
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ARTICLE 12 SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 12.01. |
Survival |
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Section 12.02. |
Indemnification |
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Section 12.03. |
Limitations on Indemnification |
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Section 12.04. |
Exclusive Remedy |
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Section 12.05. |
Indemnification Procedures for Non-Third Party Claims |
106 | ||||
Section 12.06. |
Indemnification Procedures for Third-Party Claims |
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Section 12.07. |
Calculation of Damages |
109 | ||||
Section 12.08. |
Member Representative |
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Section 12.09. |
Treatment of Adjustments |
110 | ||||
ARTICLE 13 [RESERVED] |
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Section 13.01. |
Reserved |
110 | ||||
ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS |
110 | |||||
Section 14.01. |
Notices |
110 | ||||
Section 14.02. |
Amendments and Waivers |
111 | ||||
Section 14.03. |
Expenses |
111 | ||||
Section 14.04. |
Disclosure Schedule |
112 | ||||
Section 14.05. |
Binding Effect; Benefit; Assignment |
112 | ||||
Section 14.06. |
Governing Law |
113 | ||||
Section 14.07. |
Jurisdiction |
113 | ||||
Section 14.08. |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
113 | ||||
Section 14.09. |
Counterparts; Effectiveness |
113 | ||||
Section 14.10. |
Entire Agreement |
113 | ||||
Section 14.11. |
Severability |
114 | ||||
Section 14.12. |
Specific Performance |
114 | ||||
Section 14.13. |
Waiver of Conflicts Regarding Representation |
114 | ||||
Section 14.14. |
Member Representative |
115 | ||||
Section 14.15. |
Releases |
117 |
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TRANSACTION AGREEMENT
TRANSACTION AGREEMENT (this Agreement ), dated as of January 31, 2017, by and among MSG TG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Parent ), TG MERGER SUB, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Parent Merger Sub ), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as Management Sellers (each, a Management Seller and, collectively, Management Sellers ), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as Rollover Holdco Members (together with the Management Sellers, each, a Rollover Holdco Member and, collectively, Rollover Holdco Members ), the persons identified on the signature pages hereto as Direct Rollover Members (each, a Direct Rollover Member and, collectively, Direct Rollover Members ), the persons identified on Annex A as Group Entities (each (including, from and after the consummation of the Restructuring, ManagementCo), a Group Entity and, collectively, the Group Entities ), TG ROLLOVER HOLDCO LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Rollover Holdco ), TAO GROUP HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Holdings ), TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Intermediate Holdings ), TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Borrower ), TAO GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( ManagementCo ), TG MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as representative for the Represented Parties (as defined below) (the Member Representative ), solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv) and Article 14 (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15, and only insofar as Article 14 relates to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv)), MSG ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Earn-Out Guarantor ), and solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11 and Article 14 (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15, and only insofar as Article 14 relates to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11), THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY, a Delaware corporation. Capitalized terms used but not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1.01 .
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, (i) as of immediately prior to the Restructuring, each of the Persons identified on Annex A as Managers (each, a Manager and, collectively, the Managers ) is a Manager with respect to each Acquired Entity set forth opposite such Managers name on Annex A (as such term is defined in such Acquired Entitys LLC Agreement), and each of the persons identified on Schedule 4.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule as Equityholders (each, an Equityholder and, collectively, the Equityholders ) owned the number and type of Equity Interests in each Acquired Entity set forth opposite such Equityholders name on Schedule 4.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule , and as of the date of this Agreement, each such Equityholder owns the percentage of Holdings Pre-Closing Interests set forth opposite such Equityholders name on Annex D , (ii) as of immediately prior to the Restructuring, the Managers are, in the aggregate, the only Managers of each of the Acquired Entities and the Equityholders are, in the aggregate, the only holders of Equity Interests in the Acquired Entities, and (iii) the Managers and Equityholders, as applicable, have approved by written consent and/or duly noticed and held meetings of the Managers and Equityholders of each Acquired Entity in compliance with the applicable Acquired Entity Member Approvals required for such Acquired Entity (the Deal Approval ) this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Restructuring (as defined below) (collectively, the Transactions );
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WHEREAS, in connection with the Deal Approval, Rollover Holdco and all of the Equityholders signed and delivered to the Member Representative (with copies to Parent for review purposes only) one or more Letters of Transmittal (as defined in Section 2.13(a) ) in respect of each of the Acquired Entities in which such Equityholder owns any Equity Interests (such Letters of Transmittal delivered by the Equityholders listed on Annex G , the Delivered Letters of Transmittal ) to be held in escrow by the Member Representative in accordance therewith and effective immediately prior to the consummation of the Restructuring;
WHEREAS, prior to the execution of this Agreement, the Management Sellers and the Acquired Entities entered into that certain Restructuring Agreement, attached hereto as Exhibit A (the Restructuring Agreement ), pursuant to which, prior to the execution of this Agreement, such parties effected the restructuring transactions expressly contemplated thereby (the Restructuring ) such that (i) Rollover Holdco and the Members of the Group Entities listed on Annex D (including the Direct Rollover Members) (each of Rollover Holdco and the Members (including the Direct Rollover Members), a Holdings Pre-Closing Member and collectively, the Holdings Pre-Closing Members ) own, collectively, all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings, (ii) Holdings owns all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings, (iii) Intermediate Holdings owns all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Borrower, (iv) Borrower owns all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (x) each of the Group Entities and (y) ManagementCo, (v) ManagementCo owns all of the Management Assets, and (vi) the Rollover Holdco Members, collectively, own all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco.
WHEREAS, contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, (i) certain of the Management Sellers are entering into employment agreements with certain of the Acquired Entities (with respect to such Management Seller, its Employment Agreement and, collectively, the Employment Agreements ) and (ii) the Rollover Holdco Members are entering into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rollover Holdco, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement );
WHEREAS, it is proposed that Parent shall acquire Equity Interests of Holdings by means of a merger of Parent Merger Sub with and into Holdings, on the terms set forth in this Agreement, with Holdings surviving as the surviving entity;
WHEREAS, at the Closing (immediately following the Effective Time), Parent, The Madison Square Garden Company (for the limited purposes set forth therein), Rollover Holdco, the Rollover Holdco Members, the Direct Rollover Members and Holdings shall enter into the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Holdings, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement );
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions . (a) As used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:
1933 Act means the Securities Act of 1933.
1934 Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Accounting Practices and Procedures means, with respect to the Acquired Entities, the accounting methods, policies, practices and procedures, including classification, valuation and estimation methodology, as applied by the Group Entities, in the preparation of the Group Audited Financial Statements, as modified solely to the extent set forth on Annex B . Except for the modifications set forth on Annex B , in the event of a conflict or inconsistency between GAAP and such methods, policies, practices and procedures, GAAP will prevail. In the event any item to be reflected in a calculation or statement required to be prepared in accordance with the Accounting Practices and Procedures was not reflected in the Group Audited Financial Statements or Annex B , such item shall be determined in accordance with GAAP.
Acquired Entities means, collectively, (i) the Group Entities and (ii) the New Entities, and the term Acquired Entity means any such Person in clause (i) or (ii).
Acquired Entity Business IP Rights means, collectively, all Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights and Acquired Entity Licensed IP Rights.
Acquired Entity Contract means any Contract to which an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is a party or by which any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity or any of their respective properties or assets is bound or otherwise subject.
Acquired Entity Licensed IP Rights means all IP Rights licensed by any Person to any of the Acquired Entities or any of its Subsidiaries.
Acquired Entity Member Approvals means, with respect to an Acquired Entity, the applicable Manager and Member approval requirement (if any) pursuant to such Acquired Entitys Organizational Documents.
Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights means all the IP Rights owned or purported to be owned, in whole or in part, by any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of any Acquired Entity.
Acquired Entity Return means, with respect to an Acquired Entity, any Tax Return filed by or with respect to such Acquired Entity or any of such Acquired Entitys Subsidiaries.
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Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with such first Person; provided , however , that Affiliates of MSG shall only include The Madison Square Garden Company and Persons majority-owned and directly or indirectly controlled by The Madison Square Garden Company.
Aggregate Class A Investment Amount means an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Adjusted Purchase Price minus (ii) the Aggregate Preferred Investment Amount minus (iii) the Net Debt Proceeds Amount.
Aggregate EMM/Vandal Notes Amount means the aggregate amount of principal and accrued interest outstanding under the EMM Note and the Vandal Notes as of the Closing.
Aggregate Preferred Investment Amount means $10,000,000.
Applicable Law means, with respect to any Person, any Law that is binding upon, applicable to or affecting such Person, as amended unless expressly specified otherwise.
Associate means, with respect to any Person: (a) any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other entity of which such Person is an officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, the beneficial owner of ten percent (10%) or more of: (i) any class or type of Equity Interests (including profits interests); or (ii) the combined voting power of interests ordinarily entitled to vote for management or otherwise; and (b) any trust or other estate in which such Person has a substantial beneficial interest or as to which such Person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity.
Aventine Escrow Agent means TMI Trust Company.
Aventine Escrow Letter means that certain letter agreement by and among Hollywood Cahuenga Restaurant, LLC, TSPW Managers LA, LLC and the Aventine Escrow Agent.
Balance Sheet Adjustment means, an amount (which may be either a positive or negative number) equal to (i) the Closing Net Working Capital Adjustment, minus (ii) the Closing Indebtedness (but excluding any Payoff Amount).
Balance Sheet Adjustment Allocation means, with respect to each Member, the allocable portion (which may be either a positive or negative number) of (i) any Balance Sheet Adjustment minus (ii) Transaction Expenses, which amount shall be allocated to each Member as determined by the Member Representative in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement.
Business Day means a day, other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by Applicable Law to close.
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Class A Holdings Interests means the Class A Units (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement).
Closing Cash means the combined cash and cash equivalents of the Acquired Entities and the Acquired Entities Subsidiaries (other than the New Venues), determined in accordance with the Accounting Practices and Procedures upon consummation of the Closing (but without giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur at or following the Closing). Closing Cash shall be calculated as a Current Asset as part of the Closing Net Working Capital calculations.
Closing Indebtedness means, with respect to the Acquired Entities, all Indebtedness of the Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries (other than the New Venues except with respect to the Aggregate EMM/Vandal Notes Amount), calculated in accordance with the Accounting Practices and Procedures upon consummation of the Closing (but without giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur at or following the Closing). For the avoidance of doubt, Closing Indebtedness shall (1) not include (A) any exceptions set forth in clauses (A)-(G) of the definition of Indebtedness, (B) any Indebtedness included in the calculation of Current Liabilities or (C) any Indebtedness incurred by Borrower at the Closing pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and (2) include all fees, costs and other expenses incurred in connection with the repayment at or upon (but not prior to) the consummation of the Closing of any obligations that constitute Closing Indebtedness pursuant to the prior sentence (as modified by clause (1) of this sentence).
Closing Merger Consideration means, with respect to each Holdings Pre-Closing Member, the aggregate amount payable to such Holdings Pre-Closing Member at the Closing, which shall be equal to the sum of (i) the product of (x) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members Holdings Pre-Closing Percentage multiplied by (y) the amount by which the Purchase Price exceeds the Expense Holdback Amount plus (ii) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members Balance Sheet Adjustment Allocation less (iii) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members Escrow Amount Allocation less (iv) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members share of the Payoff Amount (which foregoing amounts in clauses (ii)-(iv) shall be allocated by the Member Representative).
Closing Net Working Capital means Net Working Capital upon consummation of the Closing (but without giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur at or following the Closing).
Closing Net Working Capital Adjustment means (i) the Closing Net Working Capital minus (ii) the Net Working Capital Target.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Confidential IP Rights means all confidential, proprietary and/or sensitive Proprietary Information, including Personal Data, constituting Acquired Entity Business IP Rights.
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Contract means any contract, lease, deed, mortgage, license, instrument, note, commitment, undertaking, indenture, joint venture and any other agreement, binding arrangement or binding understanding, whether written or oral.
Control Notice means a written notice given by an Indemnitor (or, in the event the Indemnitor is a Member, the Member Representative) pursuant to Section 12.06 that:
(i) in the case of any Third Party Claim arising out of, relating to, resulting from, in connection with or otherwise in respect of any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty that is subject to the Business Cap pursuant to Section 12.03(a) , provided that Damages of the Indemnitees relating to such Third Party Claim are not reasonably likely to exceed one-hundred and sixty-two point five percent (162.5%) of the Business Cap then remaining (taking into account previously paid indemnification claims and the reasonably likely damages of pending indemnification claims, in each case, subject to the Business Cap), includes therein (A) confirmation of such Indemnitors responsibility to indemnify and hold harmless the Indemnitee in full (subject to the limitations set forth in Article 12 ) with respect to such Third Party Claim (provided that such confirmation shall not be deemed an admission of any further indemnification responsibility as to the underlying claims of such Third Party Claim to the extent such Indemnitor prevails (as finally determined) in its defense against such Third Party Claim on behalf of such Indemnitee), and (B) reasonably demonstrates that, as of such time, the Indemnitor has financial resources (taking into account the amount of the Indemnity Escrow Fund at the time and the value (determined in accordance with Section 12.03(d) ) of the Class A Holdings Interests and Preferred Holdings Interests held by the Indemnitor, in each case, if applicable) in order to indemnify for the reasonably likely amount of Damages that the Indemnitor would be responsible under this Agreement (subject to the limitations set forth in Article 12 ); or
(ii) in the case of any other Third Party Claim, provided that Damages of the Indemnitees relating to such Third Party Claim are not reasonably likely to exceed one-hundred and sixty-two point five percent (162.5%) of the Cap then remaining (taking into account previously paid indemnification claims and the reasonably likely damages of pending indemnification claims) (A) includes therein confirmation that such Indemnitor will pay the Indemnitees defense costs (limited to one counsel) and any other defense costs for which the Indemnitor is responsible pursuant to Section 12.06(c) in connection with such Third Party Claim, and (B) reasonably demonstrates that, as of such time, the Indemnitor has financial resources (taking into account the amount of the Indemnity Escrow Fund at the time and the value (determined in accordance with Section 12.03(d) ) of the Class A Holdings Interests and Preferred Holdings Interests held by the Indemnitor, in each case, if applicable) in order to indemnify for the reasonably likely amount of Damages that the Indemnitor would be responsible under this Agreement (subject to the limitations set forth in Article 12 ).
COTS License means any license for shrink-wrap, click-through or other off-the-shelf Software that is widely commercially available to the public generally with annual license, maintenance, support and other fees of less than $15,000 in the aggregate.
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Credit Agreement means the Credit and Guaranty Agreement among Borrower, Intermediate Holdings, certain Subsidiaries of Borrower, Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., and various lenders party thereto, dated as of the date of this Agreement.
Current Assets means the combined current assets of the Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries (other than the New Venues), determined in accordance with the Accounting Practices and Procedures upon consummation of the Closing (but without giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur at or following the Closing), provided, that Current Assets shall not include any Intercompany Accounts or accounts receivable related to management fees of Ninth Avenue Hospitality LLC, Roof Deck Entertainment, LLC, Roof Deck Australia, LLC or 55th Street Hospitality Holdings, LLC.
Current Liabilities means the combined current liabilities of the Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries (other than the New Venues), determined in accordance with the Accounting Practices and Procedures upon consummation of the Closing (but without giving effect to the Transactions contemplated to occur at or following the Closing and without duplication of any amounts included in the calculation of Closing Indebtedness or Transaction Expenses), provided, that Current Liabilities shall not include any Intercompany Accounts.
Damages means all damages, losses and expenses (including all reasonable expenses of investigation and reasonable attorneys fees and expenses in connection with any Proceeding, whether involving a Third Party Claim or a claim solely between any one or more of the parties hereto), including, any special, incidental, consequential, expectation or indirect damages or diminutions in value (including based on a multiple of profits or similar metrics) to the extent such Damages are reasonably foreseeable at the time of the breach; provided that Damages shall not include any exemplary or punitive Damages, except to the extent that any such Damages are required to be paid to a Third Party pursuant to a Third Party Claim.
Debt has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Indebtedness contained in this Section 1.01.
Debt Financing Expenses means (i) the aggregate fees, costs and expenses of the Debt Financing Sources and their respective counsel, financial advisors or other advisors payable or otherwise reimbursable by Holdings or its Subsidiaries at the Closing under the terms of the Credit Agreement, including any original issue discount or any upfront fees, ticking fees or similar fees and expenses payable thereunder, and (ii) any other fees, costs and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by Parent or the Management Sellers in connection with obtaining the term loan financing contemplated by the Credit Agreement.
Debt Financing Sources means, the Persons (other than the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates or controlling persons) named in the Credit Agreement, together with their Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives involved in the term loan financing contemplated by the Credit Agreement and their successors and assigns.
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Disclosure Schedule means the disclosure schedule dated the date of this Agreement regarding this Agreement that has been provided by the Acquired Entities and Management Sellers to Parent.
EMM Note means that certain promissory note issued by Bowery Hospitality Associates, LLC in favor of Bakers Dozen Associates LLC, dated April 18, 2016, in the principal sum of $500,000.
Environmental Laws means any and all Laws arising out of or relating to: (i) emissions, discharges, releases or threatened releases of any Hazardous Material into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, ground water, land surface or subsurface strata); (ii) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of any Hazardous Material; (iii) Liability for personal injury or property damage arising out of the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, handling, emission, discharge, release, threatened release, or presence of Hazardous Materials at real property (whether or not owned, leased or used by the Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries); (iv) remediation, reclamation or restoration of real property (whether or not owned, leased or used by Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries); and (v) workplace health and safety and protection of employees from workplace hazards as they relate to exposure to Hazardous Materials.
Equity Interests means, with respect to any Person, any (i) shares of capital stock, (ii) equity, ownership, voting, profit or participation interests, or (iii) similar rights or securities in such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any rights or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for, options or other rights to acquire from such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or obligation on the part of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any of the foregoing.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Escrow Agent means Citibank, N.A.
Escrow Agreement means the escrow agreement entered into among Parent, the Member Representative and the Escrow Agent on the Closing Date, in form attached as Exhibit E hereto.
Escrow Amount means the sum of (i) the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Amount plus (ii) the Indemnity Escrow Amount.
Escrow Amount Allocation means, with respect to each Member, the allocable portion of the Escrow Amount, which amount shall be allocated to each Member as determined by the Member Representative in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement.
Expense Holdback Amount means $5,000,000.
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Fundamental Representations means representations and warranties contained in Section 3.01 (Existence and Power), Section 3.02 (Authorization), Section 3.04(i) (Non-contravention), Section 3.05 (Existing Equity Interests), Section 3.08 (Finders Fees), Section 3.10(a) (Restrictions), Section 3.12(a)-(c) (Rollover Holdco Existence and Power), Section 3.12(d) (Rollover Holdco Authorization), the first sentence of Section 3.12(e) (Rollover Holdco Non-contravention), Section 3.12(f)-(i) (Rollover Holdco Capitalization; Ownership of Equity Interest), Section 3.12(k) (Rollover Holdco Finders Fees), Section 4.01 (Existence and Power), Section 4.02 (Authorization), Section 4.04(i) (Non-contravention), Section 4.05 (Capitalization; Ownership of Equity Interests), Section 4.20 (Finders Fees), Section 5.01 (Organization; Authorization), Section 5.02(i) (Non-contravention), Section 5.03 (Ownership), Section 6.01 (Existence and Power), Section 6.02 (Authorization), Section 6.04(i) (Non-contravention), Section 6.05 (Capitalization of Parent and Parent Merger Sub; Ownership of Interests ) and Section 6.07 (Finders Fees).
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied.
Governmental Authority means any transnational, domestic or foreign federal, state or local governmental, regulatory, legislative, executive, administrative, judicial or quasi-governmental authority, department, bureau, commission, court, agency or official, including any political subdivision thereof, and any entity (including a court or self-regulatory organization) exercising executive, legislative, judicial, Tax, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
Group Entity Interests means, with respect to a Group Entity, the Equity Interests of such Group Entity.
Group Material Adverse Effect means, with respect to the Acquired Entities, any change, effect, event, occurrence, development, condition, circumstance, matter or fact (each, an Effect ) that, individually or in the aggregate, together with all other Effects, (i) had or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, results of operations, assets or liabilities of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) is reasonably likely to prevent, delay in any material respect or impede in any material respect the performance by the Acquired Entities of their respective obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions by the Management Sellers, the Direct Rollover Members, other Rollover Holdco Members or the Acquired Entities; provided , however , that none of the following shall, either alone or in combination, constitute, and none of the following shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been or is reasonably likely to be a Group Material Adverse Effect: (1) Effects in the financial or securities markets or the economy; (2) Effects of global, national or regional political or business conditions (including the commencement, continuation or escalation of war, material armed hostilities or other material international or national calamity or acts of terrorism or earthquakes, hurricanes, other natural disasters or acts of God); (3) Effects in the industries in which such Person or its Subsidiaries operate; (4) Effects resulting from any change in Law, GAAP, or authoritative interpretations thereof after the date of this Agreement; (5) Effects resulting from the announcement of the execution of this Agreement but only to the extent
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relating to the identity of Parent or its Affiliates; (6) Effects (in and of themselves) resulting from any failure by such Person to meet any published or internally prepared estimates of revenues, earnings or other financial projections, performance measures or operating statistics for any period, provided that the exception in this clause (6) shall not prevent or otherwise affect a determination that an Effect underlying such failure has resulted in, or contributed to, a Group Material Adverse Effect; or (7) Effects resulting from any acts or omissions of Parent or Parent Merger Sub after the date of this Agreement (other than actions or omissions specifically contemplated by this Agreement); provided , further , however , that, with respect to clauses (1), (2), (3), and (4), any such Effect shall not be disregarded if it disproportionately impacts any of the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as compared to other similarly situated companies (by size or otherwise) operating in the principal industries and geographic areas in which the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries operate.
Hazardous Materials means any solid, liquid or gaseous material, alone or in combination, mixture or solution, which is now or hereafter defined, listed or identified as hazardous (including hazardous substances or hazardous wastes), toxic, a pollutant or a contaminant pursuant to any Law including asbestos, urea formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), radon, petroleum (including its derivatives, by-products or other hydrocarbons).
Holdings Allocation Percentage means, with respect to each Member, the percentage set forth opposite such Members name on Annex D .
Holdings Pre-Closing Interests means the limited liability company interests of Holdings issued to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members in connection with the Restructuring and owned thereby as of immediately prior to the Closing.
Holdings Pre-Closing Percentage means, with respect to each Holdings Pre-Closing Member, the percentage set forth opposite such Holdings Pre-Closing Members name on Annex D .
HSR Act means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) indebtedness for borrowed money or indebtedness issued or incurred in substitution or exchange for indebtedness for borrowed money (any such Indebtedness, Debt ), (ii) amounts owing as deferred purchase price for the acquisition of a business including all seller notes and earn-out payments, except trade accounts payable and accrued expenses arising in the Ordinary Course, (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted of such Person representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, including any obligations of such Person evidenced by any note, bond, debenture, mortgage or other similar instrument or debt security, (iv) obligations under any interest rate, currency or other hedging agreement, to the extent out of the money, (v) obligations under any performance bond, surety bond, letter of credit, bankers acceptance or similar instrument, but only to the extent drawn or called prior to the Closing, (vi) all lease obligations required to be capitalized under GAAP, (vii) all
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indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property) and (viii) guarantees with respect to any indebtedness of any other Person of a type described in clauses (i) through (vii) above and all obligations of others that are of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vii) secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not such obligation secured thereby has been assumed. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness shall not include (A) any intercompany Indebtedness of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, (B) any Indebtedness incurred by Parent and its Affiliates (and subsequently assumed by the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries) at the Closing, (C) any endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the Ordinary Course, (D) any Liabilities under any contract, agreement or other arrangement between the Group Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and Parent or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand, (E) any trade accounts payable, (F) any amounts included in the calculation of Transaction Expenses, and (G) any matter set forth on Schedule 1.01-A of the Disclosure Schedule.
Indemnity Escrow Amount means an amount equal to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000).
Indemnity Escrow Fund means the escrow fund established pursuant to the Escrow Agreement in respect of obligations of the Management Sellers and the Members pursuant to Section 12.02(a) and Section 12.02(b) , or, at the option of Parent, Section 2.14 , including any interest accrued thereon. The initial amount of the Indemnity Escrow Fund shall be the Indemnity Escrow Amount.
Intercompany Accounts means accounts which reflect transactions between two or more Acquired Entities to the extent such entities are included in the calculation of Net Working Capital.
IP Rights means all of the following as may exist, be created or recognized in any jurisdiction throughout the world: (i) trademarks and service marks, trade names, trade dress, brand names, logos, business names, fictitious names, corporate names, service names, look and feel, indicia of origin and identifiers of source, whether or not registered, including all goodwill associated therewith, and registrations and applications to register any of the foregoing; (ii) patents, patent applications, patent disclosures and inventions, utility models, utility model applications, petty patents, statutory invention registrations, certificates of invention, designs, design registrations and applications, and all other governmental grants for the protection of any inventions and industrial designs, including any continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, provisionals, non-provisionals, reexaminations, restorations, renewals and reissues for any of the foregoing; (iii) published and unpublished works of authorship, copyrightable subject matter and copyrights and all parts thereof, (in each case, whether registered or unregistered) including all rights of authorship, use, publication, reproduction, distribution, performance, moral rights, rights to create derivative works and rights of ownership of copyrightable works, and all rights to register any of the foregoing and to obtain renewals, extensions and revivals of any of the
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foregoing together with all registrations thereof; (iv) trade secrets and confidential and/or proprietary information, including inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), industrial designs, know-how, technical and business information, business methods, electronic databases, discoveries, research and development information, formulae, recipes, methods, formulations, drawings, specifications, designs, algorithms, plans, proposals, technical and business data, financial information, improvements, modifications, developments, processes, techniques, algorithms, manuals, instructions, blueprints, financial and marketing data, sales information, pricing and cost information, vendor lists, customer lists, distributor lists, supplier lists, data and information, prospect lists, Personal Data, work product, business and marketing plans, market surveys and studies, projections, operational data and quality control procedures(collectively, Proprietary Information ); (v) Software; (vi) URLS and domain names; (vii) mask works, mask work registrations and applications for mask work registrations; (viii) all other proprietary information and intellectual property in all forms and media, and all goodwill associated therewith, now known or hereafter recognized in any jurisdiction worldwide; (ix) all rights pertaining to the foregoing, including those arising under international treaties and convention rights; (x) copies and tangible embodiments of all of the foregoing (in whatever form or medium); and (xi) all administrative rights arising from the foregoing, including the right to prosecute applications and oppose, interfere with or challenge the applications of others, the rights to obtain renewals, continuations, divisions, and extensions of legal protection pertaining to any of the foregoing.
IT Systems means information technology systems and resources, including all Software, hardware, networks, computers, equipment and related systems.
Knowledge means (i) with respect to the Acquired Entities, the actual knowledge of the individuals listed on Schedule 1.01-B of the Disclosure Schedule (ii) with respect to a Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member, the actual knowledge of such Member, and (iii) with respect to Parent, the actual knowledge of the individuals listed on Schedule 1.01-B of the Parent Disclosure Schedule.
Law means any federal, state, local or foreign law (statutory, common or otherwise), statute, regulation, constitution, municipal by-law, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, Order or other requirement (and any interpretation of the foregoing) enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Authority.
Lease Guarantors means the persons set forth on Schedule 1.01-C of the Disclosure Schedule.
Lease Personal Guarantee means those certain personal guarantees set forth opposite each Lease Guarantors name on Schedule 1.01-C of the Disclosure Schedule.
Liability means any debt, liability, obligation and other commitment of any kind or nature, whether direct or indirect, unaccrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, known or unknown and whether or not determined or determinable or due or to become due, including those arising under any Applicable Law, Proceeding, Order or Contract.
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Lien means any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, claim, option, tenancy, license, right-of-way, easement or other encumbrance of any kind; provided , however , that, for the avoidance of doubt, the term Lien shall not include, in and of itself, any non-exclusive license of IP Rights.
LLC Agreement means, with respect to an Acquired Entity, the operating agreement of such Acquired Entity, as set forth opposite such Acquired Entitys name on Schedule 1.01-D of the Disclosure Schedule.
Management Assets means, with respect to each Management Seller, the assets set forth opposite such Management Sellers name on Annex E which for the avoidance of doubt shall not include the assets specifically identified as excluded from Management Assets as set forth on Schedule 3.06 of the Disclosure Schedule.
Material means material to the business, financial condition or operating results of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Member means with respect to each Acquired Entity, each Person who has been admitted to such Acquired Entity as a Member and remained a Member as of immediately prior to the Restructuring in accordance with the applicable LLC Agreement of such Acquired Entity, and each other Equityholder owning Equity Interests in such Acquired Entity as of immediately prior to the Restructuring. Unless otherwise noted, Members shall mean the Members of all of the Acquired Entities, and shall include all of the Equityholders included on Schedule 4.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule .
Minimum Cash Holdback Amount means, with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member and Direct Rollover Member (in his, her or its capacity as a Holdings Pre-Closing Member), the product obtained by multiplying (i) the Minimum Cash Holdback by (ii) the ratio of such Rollover Holdco Members Rollover Class A Allocated Investment Percentage divided by the Rollover Class A Investment Percentage.
Net Debt Proceeds Amount means One Hundred Ten Million Dollars ($110,000,000) minus the Debt Financing Expenses described in clause (i) of the definition of Debt Financing Expenses.
Net Working Capital means (i) Current Assets minus (ii) Current Liabilities.
Net Working Capital Target means negative $45,000.
New CapEx Venues means Bowery Hospitality Associates LLC, Guapo Bodega Las Vegas LLC and Dearborn Ventures LLC.
New Entities means Holdings, Intermediate Holdings, Borrower and ManagementCo.
New Venue Opening Amount means, with respect to the New CapEx Venues, an amount equal to the product of (i) eighty percent (80%) multiplied by (ii) the sum of (x) the
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aggregate capital, start-up, or other similar expenditures and Soft Costs under Contracts with (or for services rendered without a Contract by) contractors, professionals and other vendors, of such New CapEx Venues actually paid ( New Venue Opening Expenses ), less (y) the aggregate dividends or distributions or any other direct or indirect payment of any kind actually paid by New Venues with respect to their Equity Interests (or otherwise to any Equityholder of a New Venue, but for the avoidance of doubt not including (1) payments in the Ordinary Course of salary, bonuses or reimbursement of expenses to the Equityholders that are employees of a New Venue or (2) (aa) 100% of management fees payable to certain Equityholders with respect to the New Venues paid with respect to (and solely to the extent applicable to) periods prior to January 1, 2017, and (bb) 50% of management fees payable to certain Equityholders with respect to the New Venues paid with respect to (and solely to the extent applicable to) periods on or following January 1, 2017, in each case of clauses (1) and (2) as listed on Schedule 1.01-F of the Disclosure Schedule), in each case of subclauses (x) and (y), made prior to or concurrently with the consummation of the Closing (but without giving effect to the Transactions) determined in accordance with the Accounting Practices and Procedures; provided , that the aggregate New Venue Opening Expenses for the purposes of the calculation thereof shall not exceed Eighteen Million Dollars ($18,000,000) (the New Venue Opening Amount Cap ). As between the Members and the Member Representative, to the extent any New Venue Opening Expenses exceeds the New Venue Opening Amount, the New Venue Opening Amount shall be allocated to each applicable Group Entity as determined by the Member Representative proportionally based on the applicable expenditures thereof via the Balance Sheet Adjustment Allocation. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that the New Venue Opening Amount is $13,218,400 and such amount has been incorporated into the Purchase Price set forth in Section 2.03(a)(i).
New Venues means Bowery Hospitality Associates LLC, Guapo Bodega Las Vegas LLC, Dearborn Ventures LLC, ALA Hospitality LLC, Asia Los Angeles LLC, B&E Los Angeles LLC, TG Hospitality Group, LLC, 11th Street Hospitality LLC, Chelsea Hospitality Associates LLC, Lower East Side Hospitality LLC, Bayside Hospitality Group LLC and Seventh Avenue Hospitality LLC.
Order means any order, award, injunction (preliminary or permanent), judgment, decree, ruling or verdict, writ, stipulation, determination, settlement or other decision issued, promulgated or entered by or with a Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
Ordinary Course means, with respect to any Person, actions and operations that satisfy all of the following criteria: (i) are consistent with the past practices of such Person and (ii) are taken in the ordinary course of the normal, operations of such Person.
Organizational Documents means, with respect to any Person, the articles of organization, certificate of formation, certificate of incorporation, by-laws, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or any other similar organizational documents of such Person.
Parent Disclosure Schedule means the disclosure schedule dated the date of this Agreement regarding this Agreement that has been provided by Parent to the Group Entities.
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Payoff Debt means the estimated Debt (if any) included in the Pre-Closing Statement, including the Aggregate EMM/Vandal Notes Amount.
Payoff Letter means, with respect to any arrangements with respect to Payoff Debt, if any (whether pursuant to a credit facility, line of credit or other arrangement, and including all existing Debt of the Acquired Entities), from each holder or issuer of such Payoff Debt, wire instructions and a payoff letter duly executed by such holder or issuer stating the amount (including any outstanding interest thereunder and any prepayment penalties, fees, expenses, make-whole amounts and similar amounts related to such payment) required to discharge in full such Debt as of immediately prior to or upon the consummation of the Closing and providing for, among other things, the release of all Liens securing such Payoff Debt.
Per Class A Holdings Interest Value means (i) Aggregate Class A Investment Amount divided by (ii) the aggregate number of Class A Holdings Interests that will be issued and outstanding immediately following the Transactions (as set forth on Exhibit B to the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement).
Per Redeemable Holdings Interest Value means $1.10.
Permit means any license, approval, permit, Order, consent, franchise, qualification, registration, certification or other authorization issued, granted, given, or otherwise made available by or under the authority of any Governmental Authority or pursuant to any Law.
Permitted Liens means, (i) Liens disclosed in the December 27, 2015 combined balance sheets included in the Group Audited Financial Statements, (ii) Liens for Taxes, assessments and other government charges not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iii) mechanics, workmens, repairmens, warehousemens, carriers or other similar common law or statutory Liens arising in the Ordinary Course which are not due and payable and which may hereafter be paid without penalty, or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (iv) Liens relating to the transferability of securities under applicable securities Laws, (v) Liens securing rental payments under capitalized leases, (vi) Liens to which the fee simple interest (or any superior leasehold interest) in real property is subject, provided, that such Liens were not created by a Group Entity (unless such Liens would be Permitted Liens pursuant to a different clause in this definition, in which case this proviso shall not apply), (vii) Liens in favor of the lessors and licensors under leases and licenses, (viii) easements, rights-of-way, restrictive covenants, encroachments and other minor irregularities in title that do not in any material respect detract from the current use of the applicable asset or real property, (ix) zoning, entitlement, building, and other land use regulations and codes imposed by any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the real property, (x) non-exclusive licenses of IP Rights granted in the Ordinary Course, and (xi) the Liens set forth on Schedule 1.01-E of the Disclosure Schedule; provided , that with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) and (v) of this definition of Permitted Liens, such Liens shall be deemed Permitted Liens for purposes of this Agreement solely to the extent (A) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP with respect to the Liability to which such Lien relates, (B) with respect to a Liability that is not a Current Liability, such Liens or the Liability to which such Lien relates was described in the notes to the
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December 27, 2015 combined balance sheets included in the Group Audited Financial Statements, or reflected in the December 25, 2016 combined balance sheets included in the Group Interim Financial Statements, or (C) with respect to a Liability that is a Current Liability, such Liens or the Liability to which such Lien relates was otherwise included in the calculation of Closing Net Working Capital or Closing Indebtedness, in each case, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.14 .
Person means an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, trust or other entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.
Personal Data means any information (including a Persons name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number, tax identification number, drivers license number, passport number, payment card number, bank account information and other financial information, customer or account numbers, account access codes and passwords, Internet Protocol address, geographic location, family members, group memberships, internet browsing history, persistent identifier, order and purchase histories, amounts spent, platform behavior, conduct, preferences, demographic data and any other data and information) which, whether alone or in combination with other information, identifies or is associated with an identified natural Person.
Post-Closing New Venue Opening Expenses means, with respect to each New CapEx Venue, any capital, start-up or other similar expenditures and Soft Costs under Contracts with (or for services rendered without a Contract by) contractors, professionals and other vendors, of such New CapEx Venue (x)(i) in excess of $1,920,000 incurred with respect to goods or services to be rendered prior to the Closing, but not paid, at any time at or prior to the consummation of the Closing with respect to Dearborn Ventures LLC, or (ii) incurred or should have been incurred at any time at or prior to the respective venue opening dates of Bowery Hospitality Associates LLC and Guapo Bodega Las Vegas LLC (which, for purposes of this clause (x), shall include Liabilities solely to the extent arising out of, relating to, resulting from, in connection with or otherwise in respect of: (i) payment obligations with respect to products, services and related expenses under Contracts with contractors, professionals or other vendors or (ii) payment obligations with respect to products, services and related expenses to such types of third parties if they were not otherwise under contract (and shall not, for the avoidance of doubt for purposes of this clause (x), otherwise include any other types of Liabilities, including Liabilities arising out of torts or related indemnification Liabilities under such contractor, professional or vendor Contracts)).
Pre-Closing Taxes means any Tax imposed with respect to a Tax period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date. In the case of a taxable period beginning prior to and ending after the Closing Date, Pre-Closing Taxes shall be based upon an interim closing of the books, except that property, ad valorem and other periodic Taxes shall be allocated on a per diem basis.
Preferred Holdings Interests means Preferred Holdings Interests (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement).
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Preferred Investment Amount means (i) with respect to Rollover Holdco, $1,254,000 and (ii) with respect to Parent, $8,746,000.
Principals means the individuals listed on Schedule 1.01-G of the Disclosure Schedule.
Privacy Agreements means privacy and data related policies and other Contracts in effect between any of the Acquired Entities and any customers, clients, licensees, end users or other Third Parties that are applicable to the collection, protection, storage, processing, use and/or disclosure of Personal Data in connection with the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries respective businesses.
Proceeding means any complaint, action, suit (at law or in equity), claim, arbitration, hearing, audit, investigation or similar proceeding (whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative) pending, commenced, brought, conducted, or heard by or before, any Governmental Authority or arbitrator.
Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Amount means $4,000,000.
Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund means the escrow fund established pursuant to the Escrow Agreement in respect of obligations of the Members pursuant to Section 2.14 , including any interest accrued thereon. The initial amount of the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund shall be the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Amount.
Redeemable Holdings Interests means Redeemable Interests (as defined in the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Holdings, dated as of January 30, 2017).
Registered Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights means Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights issued by, registered, recorded or filed with, renewed by or the subject of a pending application before any Governmental Authority, Internet domain name registrar or other authority.
Regulatory Filing Fees means any filing fees in connection with all filings under the HSR Act.
Relative of a Person means such Persons spouse, such Persons parents, sisters, brothers, children and the spouses of the foregoing.
Representatives means, with respect to any Person, such Persons officers, directors, employees, investment bankers, attorneys, accountants, consultants or other agents or advisors.
Rollover Class A Allocated Investment Percentage means, with respect to each of the Direct Rollover Members and Rollover Holdco, the percentage of the Rollover Class A Investment Percentage allocated to such Holdings Pre-Closing Member and set forth opposite such Holdings Pre-Closing Members name on Annex D. For the avoidance of doubt, the
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combined percentage of all Rollover Class A Allocated Investment Percentages allocated to each of the Direct Rollover Members and Rollover Holdco shall at all times equal thirty-seven point-five percent (37.5%).
Rollover Class A Investment Amount means the product obtained by multiplying (i) the Aggregate Class A Investment Amount by (ii) the Rollover Class A Investment Percentage.
Rollover Class A Investment Percentage means thirty-seven point-five percent (37.5%), the percentage of Class A Holdings Interests that Rollover Holdco and the Direct Rollover Members shall collectively own in Holdings upon the consummation of the Closing.
Rollover Preferred Investment Amount means the Preferred Investment Amount with respect to Rollover Holdco, which is equal to $1,254,000.
Seller Side Letter means any Contract (other than any Side Letter) with one or more holders of Equity Interests or Managers (or persons in similar positions with different names) that amends, modifies or supplements the terms and conditions of any Organizational Documents (whether or not in accordance with such Organizational Documents), including Contracts that affect governance of any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary thereof, or the voting, transfer, ownership or control of Equity Interests of an Acquired Entity or Subsidiary thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, Seller Side Letters shall not include LLC Agreements or any Employee Plan.
Side Letter means any Contract with one or more holders of Equity Interests or Managers (or persons in similar positions with different names), to which an Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is a party that amends, modifies or supplements the terms and conditions of any Organizational Documents (whether or not in accordance with such Organizational Documents), including Contracts that affect governance of any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary thereof, or the voting, transfer, ownership or control of Equity Interests of an Acquired Entity or Subsidiary thereof.
Soft Costs means fees, costs and expenses related to legal services, travel and research, pre-opening rent, pre-opening utilities and occupancy, pre-opening payroll and purchases (including uniforms and general supplies) and limited liability company licenses.
Software means (i) all software, firmware, middleware, computer programs, applications, interfaces, tools, operating systems, software code of any nature, (including all object code, source code, interpreted code, data files, rules, definitions and methodology derived from the foregoing) and any derivations, updates, enhancements and customization of any of the foregoing, together with all processes, technical data, build scripts, test scripts, algorithms, APIs, subroutines, techniques, operating procedures, screens, user interfaces, report formats, development tools, templates, menus, buttons, icons and user interfaces, (ii) all electronic data, databases and data collections, and (iii) all documentation, including user manuals, technical manuals, training manuals, programming comments, descriptions, flow charts and other work products used to design, plan, organize and develop any of the foregoing.
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Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any entity of which securities or other ownership interests having majority voting power over such entity are at any time directly or indirectly owned by such Person.
Tax means any tax, charge, impost, levy, duty or other like assessment or charge of any kind whatsoever imposed by any Taxing Authority (including withholding on amounts paid to or by any Person), together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount; provided that the foregoing definition of Tax shall not include any liquor license fee or similar occupational or licensing fees imposed by any Governmental Authority that are not based on income, receipts or expenditures.
Tax Return means any Tax report, return, declaration or filing required to be supplied to any Taxing Authority with respect to Taxes.
Taxing Authority means any Governmental Authority (domestic or foreign) responsible for the imposition of any Tax.
Third Party means any Person, including as defined in Section 13(d) of the 1934 Act, other than Parent or any of its Affiliates.
Transaction Documents means this Agreement, the Employment Agreements, the Escrow Agreement, the Letters of Transmittal, the Credit Agreement, the Credit Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, the A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement, the Restructuring Agreement and any other agreements, certificates or other documents to be entered into in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions (including the Restructuring).
Transaction Expenses means, in each case, to the extent not paid prior to the Closing, (i) the aggregate outstanding fees and expenses of counsel, financial advisors or other advisors incurred prior to the Closing by the Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions (including the Advisor Amounts but excluding Debt Financing Expenses), (ii) all severance, change of control payments (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any payments triggered on a transfer of Equity Interests of the Acquired Entities), change of control bonuses (including the total payments described in Schedule 9.08-A of the Disclosure Schedule), transaction bonuses, deal bonuses, retention bonuses or any similar compensation paid or payable (including, without duplication, the employer portion of any payroll, social security, unemployment or similar Taxes incurred by any of the Acquired Entities or their Subsidiaries in connection therewith) by or on behalf of any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity pursuant to any plan, program, policy, agreement or arrangement that is adopted, approved, promised, agreed to, implemented or established by such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity prior to or at the Closing (in each case, to the extent triggered by the consummation of the Transactions, whether paid or payable prior to, at or after the consummation of the Closing) to current or former members, managers, officers, employees, directors, contractors or consultants of such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, in each case, in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions, except for any payments under the bonus and incentive arrangements set forth
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in Exhibit E to the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, (iii) any brokers, finders or similar fee or other commission or compensation, (iv) if a D&O Policy is purchased prior to the Closing, the D&O Premium, (v) any change of control or similar payment payable as a result of the consummation of the Transactions, including any payments, fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred in connection with obtaining consents from the parties to the Contracts listed on Schedules 3.04 and 4.04 of the Disclosure Schedule, (vi) 50% of actual Transfer Taxes paid or required to be paid in connection with the Transactions; provided , that if the total Transfer Taxes paid or required to be paid in connection with the Transactions is in excess of $400,000, in addition to the $200,000 of Transfer Taxes otherwise included hereunder as Transaction Expenses, the entire amount of such Transfer Taxes in excess of $400,0000 shall also be deemed Transaction Expenses, and (vii) 50% of any filing fees paid or required to be paid in connection with all amendments or filings for liquor licenses with respect to the Acquired Entities or their Subsidiaries in connection with the Merger. For the avoidance of doubt, Transaction Expenses shall not include any Debt Financing Expenses.
Transaction Percentage means, with respect to each Group Entity, the percentage set forth opposite such Group Entitys name on Annex A hereto.
Transaction Tax Deduction means to the extent deductible for applicable Income Tax purposes (taking into account the safe harbor in IRS Revenue Procedure 2011-29 to the extent applicable), as reasonably determined by the Member Representative, the amount of any Transaction Expenses and any other transaction costs incurred by an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with, or triggered by, the Transactions.
Transfer Tax means any transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, value added or other similar Tax (including any penalties and interest).
Vandal Notes means (i) that certain promissory note issued by Bowery Hospitality Associates LLC in favor of Marc Packer Revocable Trust and the Richard Wolf Revocable Trust, dated April 13, 2016, in the aggregate principal sum of $2,000,000 ($1,000,000 to each lender) and (ii) that certain loan made by Andrew Goldberg to Bowery Hospitality Associates in the principal amount of $20,000.
Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement means (a) the limited liability company agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (with changes for the name, location and similar changes not involving any Liabilities or restrictions or other material changes to the form) entered into by each Group Entity and Subsidiary of a Group Entity upon the consummation of the Restructuring or (b) any other operating agreement of a Subsidiary of a Group Entity substantially similar to the limited liability company agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any by-laws with similar rights and obligations to such form) which have been agreed upon by Parent and the Member Representative prior to the date of this Agreement, provided that such operating agreements (other than corporation by-laws and other than 632 N. Dearborn Operations, LLC and IP BISC LLC) described in this clause (b) are amended and restated no later than 45 days following the date hereof to reflect the terms of the form attached hereto as Exhibit B .
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(b) Each of the following terms is defined in the Section set forth opposite such term:
A&R Holdings LLC Agreement | Recitals | |
A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement | Recitals | |
Accounting Firm | 2.14(b) | |
Acquired Entity Released Claims | 14.15(b) | |
Acquired Entity Released Parties | 14.15(a) | |
Acquired Entity Releasor | 14.15(b) | |
Acquired Entity Representations | 3.13 | |
Acquired Entity Subsidiary Equity Interests | 4.06(b) | |
Adjusted EBITDA | 2.03(c)(i) | |
Adjusted Purchase Price | 2.03(a)(ii) | |
Advisor Amounts | 2.10(d)(iv) | |
Affiliate Contract | 4.21 | |
Affiliate Transaction | 4.21 | |
Agreement | Preamble | |
Attributable Class A Unit | 3.12(i) | |
Attributable Preferred Unit | 3.12(i) | |
Aventine Escrow Amount | 2.07 | |
Aventine Initial Payment Portion | 2.07 | |
Balance Sheet Date | 4.07(a) | |
Borrower | Preamble | |
Business Cap | 12.03(a) | |
Cap | 12.03(a) | |
Cash Purchase Price | 2.03(a)(ii) | |
Certificate of Merger | 2.02(b) | |
Closing | 2.09 | |
Closing Cash Consideration | 2.04(c)(ii) | |
Closing Cash Merger Consideration | 2.04(a)(i) | |
Closing Date | 2.09 | |
Closing Rollover Consideration | 2.04(a)(ii) | |
Confidentiality Agreements | 9.07 | |
D&O Policy | 7.06(a) | |
D&O Premium | 7.06(a) | |
De Minimis Breach | 12.03(b) | |
Deal Approval | Recitals | |
Debt | 1.01 | |
Debt Distribution Amount | 2.04(c)(ii) | |
Deductible | 12.03(b) | |
Delivered Letters of Transmittal | Recitals | |
Direct Rollover Member | Preamble | |
Direct Rollover Members | Preamble | |
Earn-Out Amount | 2.03(c)(v) | |
Earn-Out Amount Cap | 2.03(c)(vi) | |
Earn-Out Period | 2.03(c)(iii) |
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Earn-Out Qualification | 2.03(b)(i) | |
Earn-Out Threshold | 2.03(c)(iv) | |
EBITDA | 2.03(c)(ii) | |
Effect | 1.01 | |
Effective Time | 2.02(b) | |
Employee Plan | 4.16(a) | |
Employment Agreement | Recitals | |
Employment Agreements | Recitals | |
Enforceability Exceptions | 3.02 | |
Equityholder | Recitals | |
Equityholders | Recitals | |
Escrow Funds | 2.15 | |
Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price | 2.08 | |
Expiration Date | 12.01 | |
Final Adjusted Purchase Price | 2.14(c) | |
Group Audited Financial Statements | 4.07(a) | |
Group Balance Sheet | 4.07(a) | |
Group Breach | 12.02(a)(ii) | |
Group Entities | Preamble | |
Group Entity | Preamble | |
Group Entity Financial Statements | 4.07(a) | |
Group Interim Financial Statements | 4.07(a) | |
Group Warranty Breach | 12.02(a)(i) | |
Holdings | Preamble | |
Holdings Merger Subs | 4.06(c) | |
Holdings Pre-Closing Member | Recitals | |
Holdings Pre-Closing Members | Recitals | |
Indemnitee | 12.02(c) | |
Indemnitor | 12.05 | |
Indemnity Notice | 12.05 | |
Insurance Policies | 4.19 | |
Intermediate Holdings | Preamble | |
Leased Real Property | 4.10(a)(i) | |
Letter of Transmittal | 2.13(a) | |
Management Seller | Preamble | |
Management Sellers | Preamble | |
ManagementCo | Preamble | |
Manager | Recitals | |
Managers | Recitals | |
Material Contracts | 4.10(a) | |
Member Breach | 12.02(b)(ii) | |
Member Released Claims | 14.15(a) | |
Member Released Parties | 14.15(b) | |
Member Releasor | 14.15(a) | |
Member Representative | Preamble | |
Member Warranty Breach | 12.02(b)(i) |
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Members Counsel | 14.13 | |
Merger | 2.02(a) | |
Minimum Cash Holdback | 2.07 | |
MSG Company Successor | 2.03(c)(vii) | |
MSG LLC | 9.07 | |
MSG Stock | 2.03(c)(viii) | |
Multiemployer Plan | 4.16(b) | |
New Venue Opening Amount Cap | 1.01 | |
New Venue Opening Expenses | 1.01 | |
Notice of Disagreement | 2.14(b) | |
Parent | Preamble | |
Parent Breach | 12.02(c)(ii) | |
Parent De Minimis Breach | 12.03(c) | |
Parent Indemnitee | 12.02(a) | |
Parent Merger Sub | Preamble | |
Parent Minimum Cash Amount | 2.07 | |
Parent Warranty Breach | 12.02(c)(i) | |
Payoff Amount(s) | 2.10(d)(vi) | |
Post-Closing Statement | 2.14(a) | |
Pre-Closing Statement | 2.08 | |
Principal Amount | 12.03(e) | |
Proposal NDAs | 4.10(a)(vi) | |
Proprietary Information | 1.01 | |
Purchase Price | 2.03(a)(i) | |
Qualified MSG Stock | 2.03(c)(ix) | |
Qualified Successor Stock | 2.03(c)(x) | |
Real Property Lease | 4.10(a)(i) | |
Released Claims | 14.15(b) | |
Released Parties | 14.15(b) | |
Releasor | 14.15(b) | |
Releasors | 14.15(b) | |
Rep Letter | 9.10 | |
Represented Documents | 14.14(a) | |
Represented Party | 14.14(a) | |
Restructuring | Recitals | |
Restructuring Agreement | Recitals | |
Rollover Holdco | Preamble | |
Rollover Holdco Class A Units | 3.12(i) | |
Rollover Holdco Member | Preamble | |
Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor | 12.03(e) | |
Rollover Holdco Members | Preamble | |
Rollover Holdco Preferred Unit | 3.12(i) | |
Rollover Holdco Preferred Units | 3.12(i) | |
Seller Indemnitee | 12.02(c) | |
Special Representations | 12.01 | |
Straddle Period | 11.02 |
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Straddle Period Returns | 11.02 | |
Successor Stock | 2.03(c)(xi) | |
Surviving Entity | 2.02(a) | |
The Madison Square Garden Company | 2.03(c)(xii) | |
Third Party Claim | 12.06(a) | |
Transactions | Recitals | |
TTM Period | 2.03(c)(xiii) | |
Year 5 TTM Period | 2.03(c)(xiv) |
Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions . Unless the express context otherwise requires:
(a) the words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import, when used in this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement;
(b) the captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof;
(c) references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified;
(d) all Exhibits, Annexes and Schedules annexed hereto or referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement as if set forth in full herein;
(e) any capitalized terms used in any Exhibit, Annex or Schedule but not otherwise defined therein, shall have the meaning as defined in this Agreement;
(f) any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular;
(g) whenever the words include, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation, whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import;
(h) the word or is not exclusive;
(i) writing, written and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form;
(j) references to any statute shall be deemed to refer to such statute as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder;
(k) references to any Contract as of the date of this Agreement, shall be deemed to refer to that Contract as amended, modified or supplemented as of the date of this Agreement;
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(l) references to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person;
(m) references from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively;
(n) references to law, laws or to a particular statute or law shall be deemed also to include any Applicable Law;
(o) references to it or its and similar references, when applied to any individual, shall be deemed to refer to him or her, he or she, or his or hers, as applicable;
(p) any information or materials shall be deemed provided, made available or delivered to Parent if such information or materials have been delivered to Parent or uploaded to the electronic data room maintained by the Group Entities and their financial advisors for purposes of the Transactions at least two (2) days prior to the date of this Agreement;
(q) the parties hereto intend that each representation, warranty, covenant and agreement herein shall have independent significance, and if any party hereto has breached any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained herein, the fact that there exists another representation, warranty, covenant or agreement relating to the same subject matter (regardless of the relative levels of specificity) which such party has not breached shall not detract from or mitigate the fact that such party is in breach of the first representation, warranty, covenant or agreement, as the case may be;
(r) references (including, for example, references in Section 2.04) to a Holdings Pre-Closing Member relating to his, her or its rights in respect of consideration to be paid under this Agreement shall refer to such Person in his, her or its capacity as a direct holder of Equity Interests of Holdings, and any calculation or other determination with respect to such Person shall not take into account any Equity Interests of Holdings indirectly held by such Holdings Pre-Closing Member through Rollover Holdco; and
(s) the parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement; accordingly, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party hereto by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE 2
RESTRUCTURING AND CLOSING TRANSACTIONS
Section 2.01. Reserved . Reserved.
Section 2.02. Merger .
(a) At the Effective Time, Parent Merger Sub shall be merged with and into Holdings in accordance with the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the Merger ), and subject to the terms and provisions of this Agreement, whereupon the separate existence of Parent Merger Sub shall cease, and Holdings shall be the surviving entity in such merger (the Surviving Entity ).
(b) At the Closing, Parent Merger Sub and Holdings shall file a certificate of merger with the Delaware Secretary of State in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the Certificate of Merger ), and make all other filings or recordings required by the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act in connection with Merger. The Merger shall become effective at such time (the Effective Time ) as the Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Delaware Secretary of State (or at such later time as may be specified in the Certificate of Merger).
(c) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Entity shall possess all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises and be subject to all of the obligations, liabilities, restrictions and disabilities of Holdings and Parent Merger Sub, all as provided under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.
Section 2.03. Purchase Price; Earn-Out.
(a) Purchase Price .
(i) Subject to the adjustments set forth in Section 2.14 , the purchase price payable in respect of Holdings shall be an amount (such amount, the Purchase Price ) equal to Four Hundred Million Dollars ($400,000,000). In addition to their allocable portions of the Purchase Price in accordance with the other terms of this Agreement, the Holdings Pre-Closing Members shall have the right to receive up to three Earn-Out Amounts (in the aggregate) if and to the extent payable in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and Section 2.04(a)(v).
(ii) The portion of the Purchase Price payable in cash at the Closing to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members shall be an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Purchase Price plus (ii) the estimated Balance Sheet Adjustment included in the Pre-Closing Statement (which may be either a positive or negative number) (the sum of clauses (i)-(ii) the Adjusted Purchase Price ) minus (iii) the estimated Transaction Expenses included in the Pre-Closing Statement minus (iv) the Payoff Amount minus (v) the Rollover Class A Investment Amount minus (vi) the Rollover Preferred Investment Amount (if any) minus (vii) the Escrow Amount minus (viii) the Expense Holdback Amount (the sum of clauses (i)-(viii) the Cash Purchase Price ).
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(b) Earn-Out .
(i) Earn-Out Qualification . If Adjusted EBITDA is equal to or in excess of an applicable Earn-Out Threshold in any TTM Period during the Earn-Out Period (such achieved applicable Adjusted EBITDA level required pursuant to Section 2.03(c), an Earn-Out Qualification ) (evidenced by the audited consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries delivered in accordance with Section 3.5(d) of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, or in the case of any TTM Period that is not a Company Fiscal Year (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement), evidenced by the applicable four quarterly consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries certified by the chief financial officer of Holdings and delivered to the Administrative Agent and Lenders (each as defined in the Credit Agreement) in accordance with the Credit Agreement (or any replacement thereof) or if the Credit Agreement (or replacement thereof) is not in effect, then evidenced by the applicable four quarterly consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries substantially in the form previously required under such Credit Agreement or replacement thereof), no later than the 30th day following delivery to Parent of the applicable consolidated financial statements of Holdings and its Subsidiaries evidencing such Earn-Out Qualification, Parent shall pay the applicable Earn-Out Amount in respect of such Earn-Out Qualification, at its option, (x) in cash to the Member Representative (to be paid to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members (other than to Rollover Holdco) by the Member Representative in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement), (y) in a number of shares of (A) Qualified MSG Stock or, (B) unless, and to the extent, such issuance would violate securities laws, Qualified Successor Stock (issued in accordance with this Section 2.03(b) ), as applicable, in either case of clauses (A) or (B), valued at the volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg) over the ten trading days prior to the date of issuance, issued to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members in accordance with allocation instructions provided by the Member Representative (in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement), or (z) in any combination of the foregoing; provided, that if the issuance of MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock violates applicable securities laws, then such amounts shall be paid in cash; provided , further , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event shall Earn-Out Amounts in excess of the Earn-Out Amount Cap be paid (or payable) under this Agreement. The parties hereto further agree that, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the payments received by the Members pursuant to this Section 2.03(b)(i) are intended to constitute installment payments from an installment sale described in Section 453 of the Code, a portion of which may be treated as imputed interest under the Code, unless the Members make an election pursuant to Section 453(d) of the Code, and the parties hereto shall report consistently with such treatment, as applicable.
(ii) In the event Qualified Successor Stock is to be issued to pay all or a portion of an Earn-Out Amount, the MSG Company Successor shall have agreed to be bound by the requirements with respect to Qualified Successor Stock under this Section 2.03(b) and Section 9.10, including the following requirements: (1) the MSG Company Successor shall effect the registration of Qualified Successor Stock to allow all such Persons receiving Qualified Successor Stock two periods of 30 consecutive days to
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trade such Qualified Successor Stock within the first 180 days of issuance (so long as one of such 30-day periods falls within the first 120 days of issuance); and (2) such issuance to such Persons will not cause such Persons, individually or in the aggregate, to be considered an affiliate for the purpose of Rule 144A (without taking into account any stock or other securities of the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates owned or acquired by such Person or any directorship in the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates held by such Person).
(iii) Legends . Each Management Seller, the Rollover Holdco Member, Rollover Holdco, the Direct Rollover Member, each of the other Holdings Pre-Closing Members and the Member Representative acknowledges and agrees that the certificates evidencing the Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock (if any) issued in connection with an Earn-Out Qualification pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i) or Put or Call (as such terms are defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) in accordance with the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement shall bear the following legend (subject to the covenant set forth in Section 9.10):
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN EXEMPTION TO SUCH REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED.
(iv) Guaranty .
(A) Subject to the other terms of this Section 2.03(b)(iv), the Earn-Out Guarantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to the Member Representative and the Holdings Pre-Closing Members, as applicable, the due and punctual payment in full of each Earn-Out Amount when the same shall become due and payable pursuant to the terms (including for the avoidance of doubt the right to cause payment in cash or Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock or in any combination thereof in accordance with subclauses (x), (y) and (z) of Section 2.03(b)(i)) of this Agreement (including amounts that would become due and payable but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the Guaranteed Obligations ). The Earn-Out Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and, except with respect to the termination of its obligations in accordance with Section 2.03(b)(iv)(D)(4), shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; provided , that the Member Representative hereby agrees that the Earn-Out Guarantor may assert, as a defense to any payment or performance by it under this Section 2.03(b)(iv), any defense (other than any defense by operation of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar Law) that Parent could assert against the Member Representative solely as to whether the Guaranteed
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Obligations are then due and payable under the terms of this Agreement except to the extent such defense has been raised by Parent and rejected by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment.
(B) The Earn-Out Guarantors guaranty under Section 2.03(b)(iv)(A) is a guaranty of payment when due and payable and not of collectability. Such guaranty is a primary obligation and not merely a contract of surety. The Member Representative may only enforce this guaranty against the Earn-Out Guarantor following the Parents failure to pay any Earn-Out Amount when due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement but only on (or after) the tenth day following the date on which the Member Representative delivered written notice to the Earn-Out Guarantor of Parents failure to pay any such Earn-Out Amount when due and payable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The obligations of the Earn-Out Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of the Parent in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations and the obligations of any other guarantor (if any) of the obligations of the Parent, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Earn-Out Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against the Parent or any such guarantor (if any) and whether or not the Parent or any such guarantor (if any) is joined in any such action or actions (but in any event, subject to the other terms of this Section 2.03(b)(iv) including the proviso to the last sentence of Section 2.03(b)(iv)(A) and the conditions precedent set forth in the third sentence of this clause (B)).
(C) The Earn-Out Guarantor shall not consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any other Person or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person unless the Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Earn-Out Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, conveyance or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Earn-Out Guarantor (aa) shall be a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, a State thereof or the District of Columbia, (bb) shall expressly assume the performance and observance of and agree to be bound by this Section 2.03(b)(iv) and Sections 14.01, 14.02, 14.05, 14.06, 14.07, 14.08, 14.09, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13 or 14.14 as the Earn-Out Guarantor hereunder, and (cc) shall expressly make the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 2.03(b)(iv), applied mutatis mutandis to such Person. Upon any consolidation or amalgamation of the Earn-Out Guarantor with, or merger of the Earn-Out Guarantor into, any other Person or any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Earn-Out Guarantor in accordance with this Section 2.03(b)(iv)(C), the successor or resulting Person formed by or resulting upon such consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Earn-Out Guarantor is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Earn-Out Guarantor under this Agreement with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Earn-Out Guarantor herein, and thereafter the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Agreement and may liquidate and dissolve.
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(D) Other Guaranty Terms.
(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in no event shall any Person be entitled to any amounts under or in respect of this Section 2.03(b) other than (aa) the applicable Earn-Out Amount(s) payable in accordance with the definition of Earn-Out Amount under Section 2.03(c)(v) and (bb) reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses incurred by the applicable prevailing party(ies) hereto in connection with any Proceeding with respect to a dispute under this Section 2.03(b) determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in favor of such prevailing party(ies) in a final and non-appealable judgment (with such reasonable and documented fees, costs and expenses to be paid by the non-prevailing party(ies) hereto).
(2) The Earn-out Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to the Member Representative that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (ii) it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted; (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Earn-Out Guarantor and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, the Earn-Out Guarantors obligations hereunder constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Earn-Out Guarantor, enforceable against the Earn-Out Guarantor in accordance with its terms except for Enforceability Exceptions; and (iv) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance of its obligations under this Agreement by the Earn-Out Guarantor does not and will not violate, result in a breach (with or without the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both) of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or require the consent or approval of any person or entity under any Contract, Law or Order that would have a material effect on the ability of the Earn-Out Guarantor to fulfill its obligations hereunder, in each case to which the Earn-Out Guarantor is a party or by which the Earn-Out Guarantor is bound or to which its assets or properties are subject and which has not been obtained prior to the date hereof.
(3) At the Closing, the Earn-Out Guarantor shall deliver to the Member Representative a certificate executed on behalf of the Earn-Out Guarantor by an executive officer of the Earn-Out Guarantor certifying that the representations and warranties of the Earn-Out Guarantor in Section 2.03(b)(iv)(D)(2) are true and correct as of the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties that by their terms address matters only as of another specified time, which shall be true and correct only as of such time).
(4) Notwithstanding anything in Section 12.01 to the contrary, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Section 2.03(b)(iv) or in any certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(iv)(D)(3), and the covenants and agreements of the Earn-Out Guarantor under Sections 14.01, 14.02, 14.05, 14.06, 14.07, 14.08, 14.09, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13 or 14.14 (in each
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case, only insofar as they relate to its obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv)), shall survive the consummation of the Closing but shall terminate automatically (and without any recourse thereafter to the Earn-Out Guarantor) upon the Guaranty Termination Date; provided, that such representations, warranties, covenants and agreements shall not terminate for so long as there remains outstanding any unresolved claim(s) with respect to any such representations, warranties, covenants or agreements (as applicable) if set forth in a reasonably detailed written notice (specifying the circumstances giving rise to such claim, the estimated amount of damages sought thereunder to the extent then reasonably ascertainable and the inaccuracy or breach giving rise to such claim or, to the extent the specification of such inaccuracy or breach is not reasonably practicable as of such date, a reasonably detailed specification of the potential inaccuracy or breach based on the facts available at the time of such notice) delivered to the Earn-Out Guarantor prior to the Guaranty Termination Date.
(5) Notwithstanding anything in Article 12 to the contrary, the Member Representative (and no other party) shall be permitted to commence any Proceeding with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise with respect to this Section 2.03(b)(iv), and such Proceeding shall not be addressed by, or subject to, Article 12. In the event such a Proceeding is commenced, Section 14.01, Section 14.06, Section 14.07, Section 14.08, Section 14.12 and Section 14.13 shall apply. For the avoidance of doubt, any claims with respect to the Earn-Out Guarantor under this Agreement shall be limited to claims of a breach of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Section 2.03(b)(iv) or the covenants and agreements of the Earn-Out Guarantor under Sections 14.01, 14.02, 14.05, 14.06, 14.07, 14.08, 14.09, 14.10, 14.11, 14.12, 14.13 or 14.14 (in each case, only insofar as they relate to its obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv)).
(6) Guaranty Termination Date means the earlier of: (aa) if Earn-Out Amount payments equal, in the aggregate, to the Earn-Out Amount Cap have been made in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c), the date of the last such payment (including by the issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, if applicable), (bb) the 30th day following delivery to Parent of the applicable consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the Year 5 TTM Period if an Earn-Out Qualification has not been achieved in respect of any prior TTM Period in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c), or (cc) if an Earn-Out Qualification has been achieved in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c) but not paid prior to the date referred to in clause (bb) above, the date the applicable Earn-Out Amount payable in respect of such Earn-Out Qualification in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c) is paid in full in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c) (including by payment of the Earn-Out Guarantor or issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, if applicable).
(c) Certain Definitions : Capitalized terms used in Section 2.03(b) or Section 2.03(c) but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D).
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(i) Adjusted EBITDA means, with respect to any TTM Period, (a) EBITDA for such period plus (b) any expenses of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to (x) salaries, bonuses or other compensation (other than distributions in respect of Units) required to be paid to the Principals during such period pursuant to (A) such Principals Employment Agreements and the bonus and incentive arrangements set forth on Exhibit E to the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement (it is understood that any amounts that are paid to the Principals even though there is no contractual obligation to do so will not be added to EBITDA for purposes of this definition), or (B) during the period beginning on December 26, 2016 through the Closing, pursuant to management fee obligations to such Principals required to be paid with respect to such period pursuant to the written Contracts provided to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement and (y) to the extent recorded as an expense by Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such period, any MSG Payments (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) (including any interest accrued thereon during such period) so recorded.
(ii) EBITDA means, with respect to any TTM Period, the sum of the amounts for such period of (a) the consolidated net income of Holdings and its Subsidiaries during such TTM Period, plus (b) interest expense which has been deducted in the determination of such net income, plus (c) U.S. federal, state and local income and non-U.S. income taxes which have been deducted in determining such net income, plus (d) depreciation and amortization expenses which have been deducted in determining such net income. The foregoing components of EBITDA will be determined in accordance with GAAP.
(iii) Earn-Out Period means the period beginning on December 26, 2016 and ending on or prior to December 31, 2021 (such specified end date to be determined in accordance with the definition of Year 5 TTM Period).
(iv) Earn-Out Threshold has the meaning set forth on Annex C hereto.
(v) Earn-Out Amount means, upon the occurrence of an Earn-Out Qualification in connection with the achievement of Adjusted EBITDA equal to or in excess of the amount required pursuant to clauses (W), (X), or (Y) of the definition of Earn-Out Threshold, an aggregate amount equal to $8,487,166.67; provided , however , that Parent and its Affiliates shall have no liability or obligation with respect to Earn-Out Amounts to the extent in excess of the Earn-Out Amount Cap.
(vi) Earn-Out Amount Cap means $25,461,500.
(vii) MSG Company Successor means the parent corporation, limited liability company or partnership (other than The Madison Square Garden Company) that holds (or upon consummation of a Permitted Transfer or MSG Change of Control (each as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) (or other Transfer or transaction permitted in accordance with Article VI) will hold) more than 50% of the Interests of MSG. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event a corporations, limited liability companys or partnerships (other than The Madison Square Garden Company)
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common stock is listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange and such entity directly or indirectly holds (or upon consummation of a Permitted Transfer or MSG Change of Control (or other Transfer or transaction permitted in accordance with Article VI of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) will hold) more than 50% of the Interests of MSG, such entity shall be the MSG Company Successor.
(viii) MSG Stock means shares of unregistered Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (or another class of voting common stock that replaces such Class A Common Stock) that are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, of The Madison Square Garden Company.
(ix) Qualified MSG Stock means MSG Stock that is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights, issued free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens under applicable securities laws and this Agreement) and issued subject to compliance by the recipient with applicable securities laws (e.g., six-month holding period).
(x) Qualified Successor Stock means Successor Stock that is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights and issued free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens under applicable securities laws and this Agreement).
(xi) Successor Stock means the common stock of a MSG Company Successor listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange; provided, that, in order to constitute Successor Stock, such MSG Company Successor shall (i) have an average market capitalization of at least $1 billion in the 90 days immediately preceding the issuance of Successor Stock to a Principal or Rollover Holdco Member under the Agreement, and (ii) if such MSG Company Successor is a foreign issuer, the Successor Stock listed on such exchange shall have an average float and trading volume that is at least 90% of the average float and average daily trading volume of MSG in the 90 days immediately preceding the issuance and shall not consist of American Depositary Receipts or similar instruments.
(xii) The Madison Square Garden Company means The Madison Square Garden Company, a Delaware corporation; provided , however , that if pursuant to any Transfer permitted pursuant to the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, The Madison Square Garden Company no longer directly or indirectly holds any of the Interests held by MSG and in connection with such Transfer or transaction there is an MSG Company Successor, all references to The Madison Square Garden Company in the Agreement shall be deemed to refer to such MSG Company Successor (except as used in the definition of MSG Stock or in Section 9.11).
(xiii) TTM Period means any complete trailing twelve-month fiscal period ending on the last day of the most recently completed Holdings fiscal quarter (in accordance with the Company Fiscal Year with appropriate adjustments for any Subsidiaries of Holdings that follow a calendar year fiscal year for financial reporting purposes in accordance with the proviso to Section 3.3 of the A&R Holdings LLC
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Agreement); provided , however , that in no event shall any month included in a TTM Period in which an Earn-Out Qualification occurs be included in another TTM Period for purposes of a subsequent Earn-Out Qualification.
(xiv) Year 5 TTM Period means the latest complete trailing twelve-month fiscal period ending on or prior to December 31, 2021 (provided that for purposes of calculating the last day of such period, such calculation shall be made in accordance with the Company Fiscal Year (and as of the date of this Agreement, such date would be December 26, 2021), with appropriate adjustments for any Subsidiaries of Holdings that follow a calendar year fiscal year for financial reporting purposes in accordance with the proviso to Section 3.3 of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement).
(d) No Limitation on Decision-Making . Each of the Management Sellers, the other Holdings Pre-Closing Members (other than Rollover Holdco) and the Member Representative acknowledge the absolute right of Holdings and its Subsidiaries (and to the extent of Parents, the Principals and their respective designees rights under the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement and the limited liability company agreements of Holdings Subsidiaries (as in effect from time to time), Parents, the Principals and their respective designees decisions and actions with respect to Holdings and its Subsidiaries in accordance therewith) to operate, manage and invest in its businesses in the exercise of its sole discretion, and agree that the Board and Directors (each as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) set forth in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement), the Principals, Parent, any Affiliates of Parent, Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall have no liability or obligation to any of the Management Sellers, the other Holdings Pre-Closing Members or the Member Representative with respect to any Earn-Out Amount (or any portion thereof) under this Agreement or any bonus or other incentive amounts under Exhibit E to the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement in connection with their operation of the businesses of Holdings and its Subsidiaries from and after the consummation of the Closing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Parent and the Principals presently intend to base their decisions regarding operations of the businesses of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including the investment and allocation of resources, on the basis of the strategic objectives of the Principals, Parent and any Affiliates of Parent. Each of the Management Sellers, the Rollover Holdco Members, Rollover Holdco, the Direct Rollover Members, the other Holdings Pre-Closing Members and the Member Representative acknowledge that certain situations could arise where such decisions may adversely affect the Adjusted EBITDA of Holdings and its Subsidiaries.
Section 2.04. Conversion of Interests ; Distributions and Redemptions .
(a) As of the Effective Time, all Holdings Pre-Closing Interests outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall no longer be outstanding and shall be converted into and thereafter represent only the right to receive with respect to each Holdings Pre-Closing Member (subject to Section 2.14, Article 12 (including the last sentence of Section 12.03(a)), and such Holdings Pre-Closing Members compliance with Section 2.13 ), in each case, without interest:
(i) other than to Rollover Holdco, a cash payment (the Closing Cash Merger Consideration ) in an amount equal to the excess of (x) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members Closing Merger Consideration less (y) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members Minimum Cash Holdback Amount (if any) less (z) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members Debt Distribution Amount (if any);
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(ii) in the case of Rollover Holdco and the Direct Rollover Members only, (A) a number of Class A Holdings Interests equal to (x) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members Rollover Class A Allocated Investment Percentage multiplied by (y) the aggregate number of Class A Holdings Interests that will be issued and outstanding immediately following the Transactions and (B) with respect to Rollover Holdco only, a number of Preferred Holdings Interests having an aggregate initial liquidation preference equal to the Rollover Preferred Investment Amount (such Class A Holdings Interests and Preferred Holdings Interests, the Closing Rollover Consideration );
(iii) a number of Redeemable Holdings Interests equal to the result of (x) such Holdings Pre-Closing Members Debt Distribution Amount divided by (y) the Per Redeemable Holdings Interest Value;
(iv) following the Closing, any amounts payable by the Acquired Entities as allocated by the Member Representative in accordance with Section 2.14(c) ; and
(v) following the Closing, his, her or its share of any distributions to be made to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members except Rollover Holdco from the Indemnity Escrow Fund, Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund and Expense Holdback Amount, and any Earn-Out Amount(s), in each case, if any, as allocated by the Member Representative in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement.
(b) As of the Effective Time, all Equity Interests of Parent Merger Sub outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall as of the Effective Time be converted into and become (i) sixty-two million five hundred thousand (62,500,000) Class A Holdings Interests and (ii) eight million seven-hundred and forty-six thousand (8,746,000) Preferred Holdings Interests.
(c) Substantially immediately following (but in any event on the same day as) the transactions contemplated by Section 2.04(a) and Section 2.04(b) :
(i) (x) Parent shall cause Borrower to cause the Debt Financing Sources to fund, and Borrower shall receive, the Net Debt Proceeds Amount, (y) Borrower shall distribute the Net Debt Proceeds Amount to Intermediate Holdings and (z) Intermediate Holdings shall distribute the Net Debt Proceeds Amount to Holdings; and
(ii) (x) Holdings shall pay the Net Debt Proceeds Amount to the Member Representative for further payment to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members in full redemption of the Redeemable Holdings Interests in amounts determined by the Member Representative in proportion to the Redeemable Holdings Interests held by such Holdings Pre-Closing Members (any amounts received by a Holdings Pre-Closing Member pursuant to clause (x) or clause (y), his, her or its Debt Distribution Amount ) and (y)
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Rollover Holdco shall distribute the portion of the Net Debt Proceeds Amount received by Rollover Holdco as a Holdings Pre-Closing Member to the Rollover Holdco Members in amounts based on the same proportion that the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Units held by such Rollover Holdco Members as of immediately following the consummation of the Closing bears to the total number of Rollover Holdco Class A Units held by all Rollover Holdco Members as of immediately following the consummation of the Closing (such amount with respect to any Member, together with his, her or its Debt Distribution Amount and its Closing Cash Merger Consideration, his, her or its Closing Cash Consideration ).
Section 2.05. Purchase Price and Earn-Out Hypothetical Calculation . For illustration purposes only, Annex F hereto sets forth a hypothetical calculation of the Purchase Price, the allocation of the Closing Cash Consideration and the Closing Rollover Consideration and an Earn-Out Amount to each Member, in each case, based on the assumptions outlined therein.
Section 2.06. No Parent or Parent-Affiliate Liability for Allocations . No Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, nor Rollover Holdco, Parent nor Parent Merger Sub, nor any of the respective Affiliates of the foregoing (other than the Holdings Pre-Closing Members), shall have any Liability to any Member (x) to the extent relating to any error in the Member Allocation Schedule attached hereto as Annex D (whether in respect of such Members Holdings Pre-Closing Percentage, Rollover Class A Investment Percentage, Rollover Class A Allocated Investment Percentage, Holdings Allocation Percentage or otherwise), (y) in the event of any error by the Member Representative in the calculation of amounts due to such Member or payable by such Member hereunder, or otherwise in respect of any decision, allocation or determination by the Member Representative (whether on behalf of itself, the Members, the Management Sellers, Rollover Holdco or the Acquired Entities with respect to payments, Liabilities or otherwise) or (z) with respect to Parents delivery of any consideration hereunder to the Member Representative in accordance with instructions by the Member Representative or the Members or Managers, or the allocation of payments in accordance with Annex D , or the allocation of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock to Equityholders in accordance with instructions by the Member Representative. For the avoidance of doubt, payment to the Member Representative of any amount payable to it in accordance with the terms of (including the terms with respect to timing of payments under) this Agreement, payments made to any Member or the Member Representative in accordance with account wiring instructions delivered by the Member Representative or any Member, and the allocation of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock to Equityholders in accordance with instructions by the Member Representative, shall be deemed to satisfy all obligations of Parent to make any part of such payment to any particular Member (or the Member Representative, as applicable). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the allocations and determinations by the Member Representative required to be made amongst the Members pursuant to this Agreement shall be made in the Member Representatives sole discretion (without input from or Liability to Parent or any of its Affiliates, including from and after the consummation of the Closing, Rollover Holdco, any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity), and all such allocations or determinations shall be made with respect to 100% of the applicable amount to be allocated or determined, as applicable.
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Section 2.07. Minimum Cash Amount ; Aventine Payment and Escrow . The Acquired Entities shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to distribute all cash and cash equivalents of the Acquired Entities prior to the Closing such that Closing Cash shall be no more than $1,000,000, provided that any failure to distribute such cash and cash equivalents shall not affect the amount of cash and cash equivalents included in the calculation of the Closing Net Working Capital Adjustment. Immediately after the consummation of the Closing (in accordance with Section 2.10(d)(vii), and without duplication), Parent shall (a) make a capital contribution to Holdings in an amount equal to (w) sixty-two and one-half percent (62.5%) multiplied by (x) the difference between Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and the amount of cash on the balance sheet of Bowery Hospitality Associates LLC and Guapo Bodega Las Vegas LLC at the Closing (such amount contributed by Parent in clause (a), the Parent Minimum Cash Amount ), (b) withhold from the Closing Cash Merger Consideration payable to (1) the applicable Rollover Holdco Members in their respective capacities as Holdings Pre-Closing Members (in accordance with Section 2.04(a)(i) and Section 2.10(d)(ii) and in the same proportion that the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Units held by such Rollover Holdco Member as of immediately following the consummation of the Closing bears to the total number of Rollover Holdco Class A Units held by all Rollover Holdco Members as of immediately following the consummation of the Closing), and (2) the Direct Rollover Members, an aggregate amount equal to (y) thirty-seven and one-half percent (37.5%) multiplied by (z) the difference between Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000) and the cash on the balance sheet of Bowery Hospitality Associates LLC and Guapo Bodega Las Vegas LLC at the Closing (such amount contributed by Parent in clause (b), the Minimum Cash Holdback ), (c) make a capital contribution in such amount to Holdings on behalf of Rollover Holdco (which amount shall be treated as having first been contributed to Rollover Holdco on behalf of the Rollover Holdco Members), (d) pay or cause to be paid an amount equal to $125,000 to the Principals (such amount, in the aggregate, the Aventine Initial Payment Portion ), and (e) pay or cause to be paid an amount equal to $500,000 (the Aventine Escrow Amount ) to the Aventine Escrow Agent, to be held and disposed of in accordance with the Aventine Escrow Letter (with any amount remaining thereunder to be returned to Parent and the Rollover Holdco Members in accordance with the Aventine Escrow Letter and the Restructuring Agreement, and for the avoidance of doubt, with no right of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to all or any portion of the Aventine Escrow Amount (or any portion of gross sales required to be returned to Parent and the Rollover Holdco Members in accordance with the Aventine Escrow Letter and the Restructuring Agreement)).
Section 2.08. Calculation of Purchase Price . Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Member Representative has delivered to Parent a statement (the Pre-Closing Statement ) of Holdings estimate (which shall have been made in good faith by the Member Representative) of the following: (a) Closing Net Working Capital (b) Closing Indebtedness (which shall include the amount of any Payoff Debt), (c) the Balance Sheet Adjustment, (d) Transaction Expenses, (e) the Adjusted Purchase Price (the Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price ), and (f) the Cash Purchase Price.
Section 2.09. The Closing . The closing of the Merger (the Closing ) shall take place (a) at the offices of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019-6064 at noon New York time on the date
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of this Agreement or (b) at such other place, at such other time or on such other date as Parent and the Member Representative may mutually agree. The date of the Closing is referred to herein as the Closing Date .
Section 2.10. Closing Deliverables . At the Closing, the following transactions shall be effected by the parties:
(a) Each Acquired Entity and the Member Representative shall deliver to Parent, or cause to be delivered to Parent, a certificate (x) executed on behalf of each Acquired Entity by an executive officer of such Acquired Entity, (y) executed on behalf of the Member Representative by an executive officer of the Member Representative, and (z) each Rollover Holdco Member and Direct Rollover Member certifying that: (i) the Fundamental Representations in Article 3 , Article 4 and Article 5 , and the representations and warranties in Section 4.08(a) and Section 4.08(b) , are true and correct as of the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties that by their terms address matters only as of another specified time, which shall be true and correct only as of such time) and (ii) the other representations and warranties in Article 3, Article 4 and Article 5 (disregarding all materiality, Material or a Group Material Adverse Effect and similar qualifications contained therein, other than such qualifications in Section 4.04(iv), Section 4.16(a), the definition of (except as provided in subclause (iv) thereof) and references to Material Contracts and for the avoidance of doubt, any dollar thresholds in Section 4.09 or Section 4.10(a)), are true and correct as of the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties that by their terms address matters only as of another specified time, which shall be true and correct only as of such time), with only such exceptions as have not had and are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Group Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Reserved .
(c) The Member Representative and Rollover Holdco, and each Acquired Entity, Management Seller and other Rollover Holdco Member shall deliver to Parent, or cause to be delivered to Parent, each of the other Transaction Documents to which such Person (as applicable) is a party to be executed at the Closing, in each case duly executed by each such Person (as applicable).
(d) Parent shall:
(i) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Member Representative a certificate executed on behalf of Parent by an executive officer of Parent certifying that: (x) the Fundamental Representations of Parent in Article 6 are true and correct as of the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties that by their terms address matters only as of another specified time, which shall be true and correct only as of such time) and (y) the other representations and warranties of Parent in Article 6 (other than any Fundamental Representations) (disregarding all materiality and similar qualifications contained therein other than such qualifications in Section 6.04(iv) ) are true and correct when made and as of the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties that by their terms address matters only as of another specified time, which shall be true and
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correct only as of such time), with only such exceptions as have not had and are not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the ability of Parent or Parent Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions;
(ii) pay, or cause to be paid, to the Member Representative for the benefit of and distribution to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members pursuant to Section 2.13(b) , by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated in writing by the Member Representative at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing, an amount equal to the Cash Purchase Price minus (A) the Net Debt Proceeds Amount and minus (B) the Minimum Cash Holdback;
(iii) pay, or cause to be paid, to the Escrow Agent, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account previously designated in writing by the Escrow Agent at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing, an amount equal to the Escrow Amount;
(iv) pay, or cause to be paid, the estimated Transaction Expenses set forth on the Pre-Closing Statement (including any unpaid amounts set forth in the payoff letters or invoices of Moelis & Company and Houlihan Lokey (the Advisor Amounts )), by wire transfer of immediately available funds or as otherwise directed by the Member Representative, in each case as designated in writing by the Member Representative at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing;
(v) pay, or cause to be paid, the Expense Holdback Amount to the Member Representative by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account previously designated in writing by the Member Representative at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing;
(vi) pay, or cause to be paid, in the event that all Debt has not been repaid prior to the consummation of the Closing, to the holder(s) of Payoff Debt set forth in the Payoff Letter(s), the amount(s) set forth therein (the Payoff Amount(s) );
(vii) immediately following the consummation of the Closing, (A) make a capital contribution in the amount of the Parent Minimum Cash Amount to Holdings, (B) make a capital contribution in the amount of the Minimum Cash Holdback to Holdings on behalf of Rollover Holdco, (C) pay or cause to be paid to the Principals the Aventine Initial Payment Portion, and (D) pay or cause to be paid to the Aventine Escrow Agent the Aventine Escrow Amount, in each case of clauses (A)-(D), in accordance with Section 2.07 ; and
(viii) deliver to the Member Representative each of the Transaction Documents to which Parent and Parent Merger Sub is a party to be executed at the Closing, in each case duly executed by Parent.
(e) The Member Representative shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) to Parent, and the Principals shall cause the Member Representative to deliver to Parent, each of the Delivered Letters of Transmittal.
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(f) In accordance with Section 2.04(c):
(i) (x) Borrower shall receive the Net Debt Proceeds Amount, (y) Borrower shall distribute the Net Debt Proceeds Amount to Intermediate Holdings and (z) Intermediate Holdings shall distribute the Net Debt Proceeds Amount to Holdings; and
(ii) (x) Holdings shall pay the Net Debt Proceeds Amount to the Member Representative for further payment to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members in full redemption of the Redeemable Holdings Interests in amounts determined by the Member Representative (in proportion to the Redeemable Holdings Interests held by such Holdings Pre-Closing Members) in accordance with the Member Allocation Schedule on Annex D and (y) Rollover Holdco shall distribute the portion of the Net Debt Proceeds Amount received by it from the Member Representative to the Rollover Holdco Members in amounts determined by the Member Representative (based on the same proportion that the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Units held by such Rollover Holdco Member as of immediately following the consummation of the Closing bears to the total number of Rollover Holdco Class A Units held by all Rollover Holdco Members as of immediately following the consummation of the Closing).
(g) The Member Representative shall deliver to Parent a certificate executed on behalf of the Member Representative by an executive officer of the Member Representative certifying that the Restructuring has been consummated in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement.
Section 2.11. Allocation of Purchase Price . The parties hereto agree to allocate the Closing Merger Consideration and any other amounts payable to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members pursuant to this Agreement (including any Earn-out Amount(s)) among the assets and liabilities of the Group Entities in a manner reasonably determined by the Member Representative in accordance with Sections 734, 743, 751 and 755 of the Code, and the regulations thereunder; provided, that (i) the Member Representative shall allocate no less than the GAAP book value shown on the Group Balance Sheet to any assets classified as property, plant, and equipment in accordance with GAAP and shall allocate no less than the value taken into account pursuant to Section 2.14(c) to any balance sheet items taken into account in the Final Adjusted Purchase Price, (ii) the Member Representative shall consider in good faith any reasonable comments of Parent to such allocation, and (iii) if Parent believes that such allocation is unreasonable and Parent and the Member Representative are unable to agree, the allocation shall be submitted to the Accounting Firm for resolution; provided, that the Accounting Firm may only revise the allocation if it concludes that the allocation is unreasonable and may only make such changes to the allocation as it determines are necessary to render the allocation reasonable. The determination and allocation of the Closing Merger Consideration and other amounts derived pursuant to this Section 2.11 shall be binding on the parties hereto for all Tax reporting purposes.
Section 2.12. Withholding Rights . Notwithstanding any provision contained herein to the contrary, each Acquired Entity, Parent and their respective agents shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable to any Person pursuant
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to this Agreement such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment pursuant to any provision of federal, state, local or foreign tax law. If any Acquired Entity, Parent or one of their respective agents, as the case may be, so withholds amounts and pays such amounts to the applicable Taxing Authority, such amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the holder of the Holdings Pre-Closing Interests in respect of which the applicable Acquired Entity, Parent or the agent, as the case may be, made such deduction and withholding. Each of the Acquired Entity, Parent and their respective agents, as appropriate, shall, within a reasonable time prior to any such deduction and withholding, notify the Person of its intention to withhold and furnish all information reasonably required by such Person to ascertain how such withholding may be mitigated and, if necessary, to contest such withholding.
Section 2.13. Payment and Issuance Procedures .
(a) Member Documents . The Member Representative has, prior to the date hereof, delivered to Rollover Holdco and each Member a letter of transmittal and general release in substantially the form set forth on Exhibit G ( Letter of Transmittal ).
(b) Payment of Merger Consideration . If the Closing is consummated and a Letter of Transmittal, duly completed and validly executed by Rollover Holdco or a Member (including each Direct Rollover Member) in accordance with the instructions (together with such other customary documents as are specified in the Letter of Transmittal) has been received by the Member Representative, such Person shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the consideration set forth in Section 2.04(a) and Section 2.04(c) with respect to all Holdings Pre-Closing Interests issuable thereto in connection with the Restructuring and surrendered pursuant to such Letter of Transmittal, and the Holdings Pre-Closing Interests so surrendered shall forthwith be canceled. If the Closing is consummated, all Holdings Pre-Closing Interests issuable to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members in connection with the Restructuring shall be deemed at any time after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive the consideration set forth in Section 2.04(a) and Section 2.04(c) . If a Letter of Transmittal (duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions (together with such other customary documents as are specified in the Letter of Transmittal)) is properly delivered by Rollover Holdco or a Member to the Member Representative not later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or less if such payment is agreed to by prior written consent of Parent), then (A) the Member Representative will pay such Members Closing Cash Consideration (if any) in immediately available funds as promptly as practicable after receipt of the Closing Cash Consideration by the Member Representative at the Closing and (B) upon the consummation of the Closing, with respect to Rollover Holdco and the Direct Rollover Members, Rollover Holdco and the Direct Rollover Members shall become the record owners of Class A Holdings Interests representing the Closing Rollover Consideration to be issued to Rollover Holdco and the Direct Rollover Members upon the consummation of the Closing. If a Letter of Transmittal is properly delivered by a Member to the Member Representative less than three Business Days prior to the Closing or following the Closing Date, then the Member Representative will pay to such Member such Members Closing Cash Consideration (if any) in immediately available funds no later than five (5) Business Days following such delivery. The Member Representative has provided Parent with all Letters of Transmittal received by the
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Member Representative as of three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, and the Member Representative shall promptly provide Parent with any additional Letters of Transmittal received by the Member Representative at least three (3) Business Days prior (or less if such earlier payment is agreed to by prior written consent of Parent) to the Member Representative making any payment with respect to such Letters of Transmittal. For the avoidance of doubt, upon satisfaction of its obligations under Section 2.10(d)(i), Parent shall not be responsible for payment with respect to any individual Letter of Transmittal (other than any payment obligations to the Member Representative (for example purposes only, any payment required to be made by Parent to the Member Representative under Section 2.14(c)(i)), if any, required to occur following the Closing as set forth in this Agreement).
Section 2.14. Purchase Price Adjustment .
(a) Within ninety (90) calendar days after the Closing Date, Parent shall deliver to the Member Representative a statement (the Post-Closing Statement ) of its good faith determination of the following: (i) Closing Net Working Capital, (ii) Closing Indebtedness (which shall include the amount of any Payoff Debt), (iii) the Balance Sheet Adjustment, (iv) Transaction Expenses, (v) the Adjusted Purchase Price, and (vi) the Cash Purchase Price. In connection with Parents preparation of the Post-Closing Statement, Holdings, the Management Sellers and Member Representative shall afford, and shall cause each Acquired Entity and its Subsidiaries to afford, to Parent and any Representatives retained by Parent in connection with the preparation of the Post-Closing Statement in accordance with this Section 2.14, full access during normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice to all the properties, books, contracts, personnel, Representatives (including the accountants of the Acquired Entities) and records of the Acquired Entities, each Subsidiary of the Acquired Entities and such Representatives (including, in the event Parent and its applicable Representatives shall sign a release and non-reliance letter in a form customarily requested by the accountants of the Acquired Entities, the work papers of the accountants of the Acquired Entities) relevant to the preparation of the Post-Closing Statement and calculation of the Final Adjusted Purchase Price in accordance with this Section 2.14. For the avoidance of doubt, the Management Sellers shall cooperate with Parent and its Representatives in connection with any reasonable requests by Parent or its Representatives in connection with Parents preparation of the Post-Closing Statement and calculation of the Final Adjusted Purchase Price in accordance with this Section 2.14.
(b) The Post-Closing Statement shall become final and binding upon the parties on the thirtieth (30 th ) day following the date on which the Post-Closing Statement was delivered to the Member Representative, unless the Member Representative delivers written notice of its disagreement with the Post-Closing Statement (a Notice of Disagreement ) to Parent prior to such date. Any Notice of Disagreement shall (i) specify in reasonable detail the nature and amount of any disagreement so asserted and (ii) only include good faith disagreements based on the components of the Post-Closing Statement not being mathematically correct or prepared in accordance with this Section 2.14 and the definitions of Closing Net Working Capital, Closing Indebtedness (which shall include the amount of any Payoff Debt), Balance Sheet Adjustment, Transaction Expenses, Adjusted Purchase Price and Cash Purchase Price (and the definitions in such definitions). If a Notice of Disagreement is received by Parent in a timely manner, then the Post-Closing Statement (as revised in accordance with this sentence)
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shall become final and binding upon the Members and Parent on the earlier of (i) the date the Member Representative and Parent resolve in writing any differences they have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement and (ii) the date any disputed matters are finally resolved in writing by the Accounting Firm pursuant to this Section 2.14(b) . During the thirty (30)-day period following the delivery of a Notice of Disagreement, the Member Representative and Parent shall seek in good faith to resolve in writing any differences that they may have with respect to the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement. If at the end of such thirty (30)-day period the Member Representative and Parent have not resolved in writing the matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement, the Member Representative and Parent shall submit to an independent accounting firm (the Accounting Firm ) for arbitration, in accordance with the standards set forth in this Section 2.14(b) , only such matters specified in the Notice of Disagreement that remain in dispute. The Accounting Firm shall be Ernst & Young LLP or, if such firm is unable or unwilling to act, such other nationally recognized independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed upon by the Member Representative and Parent in writing. The Member Representative and Parent shall use reasonable efforts to cause the Accounting Firm to render a written decision resolving the matters submitted to the Accounting Firm within thirty (30) calendar days of the receipt of such submission. The scope of the disputes to be resolved by the Accounting Firm shall be limited to fixing mathematical errors and determining whether the items in dispute were determined in accordance with this Section 2.14 and the definitions of Closing Net Working Capital, Closing Indebtedness (which shall include the amount of any Payoff Debt), Balance Sheet Adjustment, Transaction Expenses, Adjusted Purchase Price and Cash Purchase Price (and the definitions in such definitions), and the Accounting Firm is not to make any other determination not disputed in such Notice of Disagreement. The Accounting Firms decision shall be based solely on written submissions by the Member Representative and Parent and their respective representatives and not by independent review and shall be final and binding on all of the parties hereto. The Accounting Firm may not assign a value greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or smaller than the smallest value for such item claimed by either party. Judgment may be entered upon the determination of the Accounting Firm in any court having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination is to be enforced. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm incurred pursuant to this Section 2.14(b) shall be borne by the Members (payable first out of the Expense Holdback Amount), on the one hand, and Parent, on the other hand, in proportion to the final allocation made by such Accounting Firm of the disputed items weighted in relation to the claims made by the Member Representative and Parent, such that the prevailing party pays the lesser proportion of such fees, costs and expenses. For example, if Parent claims that the appropriate adjustments are, in the aggregate, $1,000 greater than the amount determined by the Members and if the Accounting Firm ultimately resolves the dispute by awarding to Parent an aggregate of $300 of the $1,000 contested, then the fees, costs and expenses of the Accounting Firm will be allocated 30% ( i.e. , 300 ÷ 1,000) to the Members and 70% ( i.e. , 700 ÷ 1,000) to Parent.
(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, Final Adjusted Purchase Price means the Adjusted Purchase Price as finally agreed or determined in accordance with Section 2.14(a) or (b) .
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(i) If the Final Adjusted Purchase Price exceeds the Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price, within five (5) Business Days after such Final Adjusted Purchase Price is finally determined, (x) Parent shall pay by wire transfer of immediately available funds equal to sixty two and one-half percent (62.5%) of the amount of such excess to the Member Representative for the benefit of and distribution to the Members, and (y) Parent and the Member Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, a wire transfer in an amount equal to the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund to the Member Representative for the benefit of and distribution to the Members, which amounts (in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y)) shall be allocated by the Member Representative in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement based on the Balance Sheet Adjustment Allocation with respect to each Member (as the same shall be adjusted to give effect to the Final Adjusted Purchase Price).
(ii) If the Estimated Adjusted Purchase Price exceeds the Final Adjusted Purchase Price, Parent and the Member Representative shall, within five (5) Business Days after such Final Adjusted Purchase Price is determined, deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release, in accordance with the terms of the Escrow Agreement, (x) a wire transfer of immediately available funds to Parent or another Person designated by Parent from the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) sixty two and one-half percent (62.5%) of such excess and the (B) the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund, and in the event the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund is less than such excess amount, Parent may also proceed (aa) first, against the Indemnity Escrow Fund for the amount of such shortfall (and Parent and the Member Representative shall deliver joint written instructions to the Escrow Agent to release such amount), and (bb) then, in the event the Indemnity Escrow Fund is less than such remaining excess amount, against the Members, severally and not jointly (in accordance with the Holdings Allocation Percentage of each such Member) in order to recover the amount by which the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund and the Indemnity Escrow Fund, if applicable, is less than such excess, and (y) a wire transfer in an amount equal to any remaining portion of the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund (if any) to the Member Representative for the benefit of and distribution to the Members, which amount shall be allocated by the Member Representative in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement based on the Balance Sheet Adjustment Allocation with respect to each Member (as the same shall be adjusted to give effect to the Final Adjusted Purchase Price).
(d) During the period of time from and after the Closing Date through the final determination and payment of the Final Adjusted Purchase Price with respect to any such Acquired Entity in accordance with this Section 2.14 , Holdings shall afford, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to afford, the Member Representative and any Representatives retained by the Member Representative in connection with the review of the Final Adjusted Purchase Price in accordance with this Section 2.14 , full access during normal business hours upon reasonable advance notice to all the properties, books, contracts, personnel, Representatives (including the accountants of the Acquired Entities) and records of the Acquired Entities, each Subsidiary of the Acquired Entities and such Representatives (including, in the event the Member
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Representatives and its Representatives shall sign a release and non-reliance letter in a form customarily requested by the accountants of the Acquired Entities, the work papers of the accountants of the Acquired Entities) relevant to the review of the Post-Closing Statement and Parents determination of the Final Adjusted Purchase Price in accordance with this Section 2.14 . Each of Parent, the Management Sellers, the other Rollover Holdco Members and the Member Representative agree that they will not take any action that impedes Holdings from fulfilling its obligations under this Section 2.14.
Section 2.15. Escrow Funds . The Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund shall be used solely for the purposes set forth in Section 2.14(c)( i ) or 2.14(c)(ii) . The Indemnity Escrow Fund (collectively with the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund, the Escrow Funds ) shall (i) be used solely for the same purposes as the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund and to satisfy any claims of a Parent Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 12.02(a) or Section 12.02(b) made from and after Closing but on or before the Expiration Date and (ii) terminate at 11:59 p.m. (Eastern time) on the Expiration Date (other than with respect to claims made on or before the Expiration Date). Any amounts in the Indemnity Escrow Fund not so used (other than amounts reserved subject to pending claims made on or before the Expiration Date and not then finally resolved in accordance with the Escrow Agreement) shall be distributed to the Member Representative for the benefit of and distribution to the Members as allocated at the direction of the Member Representative (in accordance with Annex D) on the next Business Day after the Expiration Date or as otherwise determined by the Member Representative in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement. The Indemnity Escrow Fund shall be held and disbursed solely for the respective purposes and in accordance with the terms hereof and the Escrow Agreement. The parties hereto agree that, for Tax reporting purposes, Parent shall be deemed to be the owner of the Escrow Funds, as reduced from time to time by the amount of monies distributed from such Escrow Fund in accordance with this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement, and that all interest on or other taxable income, if any, earned from the investment of the Escrow Amount shall be treated for Tax purposes as earned by Parent until the Escrow Amount is distributed in accordance with this Agreement and the Escrow Agreement. The parties hereto further agree that, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the payments received by the Members from the Escrow Funds are intended to constitute installment payments from an installment sale described in Section 453 of the Code, a portion of which may be treated as imputed interest under the Code, unless the Members make an election pursuant to Section 453(d) of the Code, and the parties hereto shall report consistently with such treatment, as applicable.
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ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ROLLOVER HOLDCO MEMBERS AND THE DIRECT ROLLOVER MEMBERS
Subject to Section 14.04 , each Management Seller, Direct Rollover Member and other Rollover Holdco Member hereby represents and warrants, severally and not jointly (subject to the last sentence of Section 12.03(e)), to Parent and Parent Merger Sub, solely with respect to itself only (other than (x) the representations and warranties in Section 3.12, and (y) the representations and warranties in Section 3.09 solely with respect to Rollover Holdco), that:
Section 3.01. Existence and Power .
(a) With respect to each Rollover Holdco Member that is not an individual, (i) such Rollover Holdco Member is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and has all requisite power and authority required to carry on its business as now conducted, (ii) such Rollover Holdco Member is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company or other business entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to (x) have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), of such Rollover Holdco Member and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (y) impair or delay in any material respect such Rollover Holdco Members ability to consummate the Transactions.
(b) With respect to each Rollover Holdco Member that is not an individual, such Rollover Holdco Member has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which such Rollover Holdco Member is or will be a party, to perform such Rollover Holdco Members obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the Transactions.
(c) With respect to each Rollover Holdco Member and Direct Rollover Member who is an individual, such Member is a natural Person and has the legal capacity to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which such Member is or will be a party, to perform such Members obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the Transactions.
(d) With respect to each Rollover Holdco Member and Direct Rollover Member, such Member has prior to the date of this Agreement furnished to Parent a true, complete and correct copy of any Seller Side Letter(s) to which such Member is a party, and such Seller Side Letter(s) are in full force and effect.
Section 3.02. Authorization . With respect to a Rollover Holdco Member that is not an individual, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Rollover Holdco Member is or will be a party by such Rollover Holdco Member and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other) action on the part of such Rollover Holdco Member, and no other corporate (or other) proceedings on the part of such Rollover Holdco Member or any holder of its equity, are required to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Rollover Holdco Member is or will be a party or for such Rollover Holdco Member to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member is a party have been (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by such Member after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by such Member, have been), duly and validly executed and delivered by such Member. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member is a party constitute (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by such Member after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction
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Documents will, when executed and delivered by such Member, constitute) the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Member, enforceable against such Member in accordance with their respective terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally and by general principles of equity ( Enforceability Exceptions ).
Section 3.03. Governmental Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and the consummation by such Member of the Transactions requires no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than: (i) (a) the filing of a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and (b) the filing of certificates of merger of certain of the Acquired Entities in connection with the Restructuring with the Delaware Secretary of State, New York Secretary of State or California Secretary of State, as applicable (which such filings were made in connection with the Restructuring); (ii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act (which such requirements have been fulfilled as of the date hereof); and (iii) any actions or filings the absence of which, individually or in the aggregate, do not and are not reasonably likely to impair or delay in any material respect such Members ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions.
Section 3.04. Non-contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and the consummation by such Member of the Transactions do not and will not (i) with respect to each Rollover Holdco Member that is not an individual, contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision of such Rollover Holdco Members Organizational Documents, (ii) other than with respect to compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act (which such requirements have been fulfilled as of the date hereof) and any liquor licenses set forth on Schedule 4.22 of the Disclosure Schedule, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any provision of, or give any Governmental Authority or other Person the right to exercise any remedy or obtain relief under, any Applicable Law or Order to which such Member, or any of the properties or assets owned or used by such Member (other than any Acquired Entity Contracts), is subject, (iii) contravene, conflict with, violate or result in the loss of any benefit to which such Member is entitled under, or give any Governmental Authority the right to revoke, suspend, cancel, terminate, or modify, any Permit or liquor license held by such Member, (iv) require any consent, waiver, notice or other action by any Person under, constitute a default under, conflict with, result in a breach of, or cause or permit the termination, modification, amendment, revocation, cancellation, or acceleration of, or result in any other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which such Member is entitled under, any provision of any Contract or other instrument binding upon such Member or any of its assets (in each case, other than any Acquired Entity Contracts (without limiting the requirement to disclose any such Contracts on Schedule 4.04 of the Disclosure Schedule)), (v) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of such Member or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) with the passage of time, the giving of notice or the taking of any action by another Person, have any of the effects described in clauses (i) through (v) of this Section 3.04 , with only such
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exceptions in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) as, individually or in the aggregate, do not and are not reasonably likely to impair or delay in any material respect the ability of such Member to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions.
Section 3.05. Existing Equity Interests . As of immediately prior to the Restructuring, Schedule 3.05 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a complete and accurate statement of such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Members beneficial and record ownership of Group Entity Interests and Equity Interests in Holdings (if any). As of immediately prior to the Restructuring, such Member was the beneficial owner of, and had good, valid and marketable title to, such Group Entity Interests (and Equity Interests in Holdings, as applicable), free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer arising under applicable securities laws or the LLC Agreement with respect to such Acquired Entity).
Section 3.06. Management Assets; Other Assets . As of immediately prior to the Restructuring, such Management Seller held good, valid and marketable title to the Management Assets, free and clear of all Liens (other than with respect to Management Assets that are or relate to Equity Interests, restrictions on transfer of such Equity Interests arising under applicable securities laws or the LLC Agreement with respect to such Group Entity (as applicable)) (it being understood that any Management Assets that are Acquired Entity Business IP Rights are subject to the representations and warranties in Section 4.14). Except for such Management Assets (if any) contributed to Rollover Holdco in connection with the Restructuring or as set forth on Schedule 3.06 of the Disclosure Schedule, neither such Management Seller (nor, in the case of any Management Seller that is an individual, any member of the immediate family of such Management Seller) nor any Affiliate of such Management Seller (nor, in the case of any Affiliate of a Management Seller that is an individual, any member of the immediate family of such Affiliate) owns (or as of immediately prior to the Restructuring, owned) any material assets that are owned, used or held for use by any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of any Acquired Entity. Neither such Management Seller (nor, in the case of any Management Seller that is an individual, any member of the immediate family of such Management Seller) nor any Affiliate of such Management Seller (nor, in the case of any Affiliate of a Management Seller that is an individual, any member of the immediate family of such Affiliate) is (or as of immediately prior to the Restructuring, was) party to any Contract with any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, other than the LLC Agreements and Side Letters listed on Section 4.10 of Disclosure Schedule or as set forth on Schedule 3.06 to the Disclosure Schedule.
Section 3.07. Litigation and Regulatory Actions . Other than any Proceeding set forth on Schedule 4.12 of the Disclosure Schedule against, otherwise affecting or relating to such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member, there is no (i) Proceeding pending against, or, to the Knowledge of such Member, threatened against or affecting, such Member before (or, in the case of threatened Proceedings, would be before) or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, and (ii) Order relating to such Member, that in either case, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to impair or delay in any material respect such Members ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions. Such Member has not, and none of its Affiliates have, made an assignment or transfer of any of the Released Claims.
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Section 3.08. Finders Fees . Except for Moelis & Company and Houlihan Lokey, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member that is entitled to any fee or commission from any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of such Member (any amounts due to Moelis & Company or Houlihan Lokey in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions will be Transaction Expenses (to the extent not paid prior to the Closing) and will be paid off at or prior to the Closing).
Section 3.09. Investment Purpose; Accredited Investor; No Public Market; No Reliance .
(a) Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member is acquiring the Rollover Holdco Class A Units (if any), Rollover Holdco Preferred Units (if any), Class A Holdings Interests, the Redeemable Holdings Interests, the Preferred Holdings Interests (if any) and shares of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock (if any) allocable to Rollover Holdco and such Member hereunder for investment and not with a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof, nor with any present intention of distributing or selling such Class A Holdings Interests, Redeemable Holdings Interests, Preferred Holdings Interests (if any) and shares of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock (if any).
(b) Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member acknowledges and agrees (i) that the Rollover Holdco Class A Units (if any), Rollover Holdco Preferred Units (if any), Class A Holdings Interests, the Redeemable Holdings Interests, the Preferred Holdings Interests (if any) and shares of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock (if any) allocable to Rollover Holdco and such Member hereunder have not been, and will not be, registered under the 1933 Act, by reason of specific exemptions from the registration provisions of the 1933 Act which depend upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the representations as expressed in this Section 3.09, are restricted securities under applicable U.S. federal and state securities Laws and that, pursuant to these laws, may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of without registration under the 1933 Act and any applicable state or foreign securities Laws, except pursuant to an exemption from such registration under the 1933 Act and such other Laws, (ii) that (except to the extent provided under Section 2.03(b)(ii) with respect to Qualified Successor Stock (if any)) there is no obligation to register or qualify the foregoing for resale, and (iii) that if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the foregoing and requirements that are outside of a holders control, and, except as set forth in Section 2.03(b)(ii) with respect to the registration of Qualified Successor Stock (in accordance with and subject to the terms provided therein), as to which no party is under any obligation to satisfy and which may not be satisfied or able to be satisfied.
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(c) Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member understands that no public market now exists for the Rollover Holdco Class A Units, Rollover Holdco Preferred Units, Class A Holdings Interests, Redeemable Holdings Interests or the Preferred Holdings Interests, and that neither Parent nor Parent Merger Sub nor any Person on their behalf has made any assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Rollover Holdco Class A Units, Rollover Holdco Preferred Units, Class A Holdings Interests, Redeemable Holdings Interests or Preferred Holdings Interests.
(d) Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act.
(e) Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member acknowledges and agrees that it (i) has had an opportunity to discuss the business of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries with the management of the Acquired Entities, (ii) has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Acquired Entities, (iii) has conducted its own independent investigation of the Acquired Entities, their respective Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the Transactions, and (iv) has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risk of the investment in Rollover Holdco Class A Units (if any), Rollover Holdco Preferred Units (if any), Class A Holdings Interests, the Redeemable Holdings Interests, the Preferred Holdings Interests (if any) and shares of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock (if any).
(f) Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member acknowledges and agrees that none of the Acquired Entities, the Member Representative nor any other Person makes any representation or warranty with respect to any projections, forecasts or other estimates, plans or budgets of future revenues, expenses or expenditures, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows (or any component thereof) or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of any Acquired Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the future business, operations or affairs of any Acquired Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries heretofore or hereafter delivered to or made available to Rollover Holdco or such Member or their respective Representatives or Affiliates.
Section 3.10. Restrictions .
(a) Except as set forth on Section 3.10(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, such Principal is not party to any Contract that restricts such Principal or any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, or any of the properties or assets of any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, from investing in, opening or operating any type of restaurant, bar or nightlife venue in any location, of any theme or at any time (or with respect to properties or assets, from being used in connection with the opening or operation of such a venue of the applicable Acquired Entity or Subsidiary thereof), or requiring any such opportunity to first be provided to any third party.
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(b) Except as set forth on Section 3.10(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, such other Rollover Holdco Member is not party to any Contract that restricts such other Rollover Holdco Member or any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, or any of the properties or assets of any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, from investing in, opening or operating any type of restaurant, bar or nightlife venue in any location, of any theme or at any time (or with respect to properties or assets, from being used in connection with the opening or operation of such a venue of the applicable Acquired Entity or Subsidiary thereof), or requiring any such opportunity to first be provided to any third party.
Section 3.11. Access to Information; No Reliance .
(a) Such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member acknowledges and agrees that it (i) has had an opportunity to discuss the business of Parent, Parent Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates with the management of Parent, (ii) has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from Parent, Parent Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates and (iv) has conducted its own independent investigation of Parent, Parent Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, their respective businesses and the Transactions. Such Member further acknowledges and agrees that, except in respect of any fraud, it has not relied on any representation, warranty or other statement by Parent, Parent Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates, other than representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iv) , Article 6 and Section 9.11 (each, as qualified by Disclosure Schedule), and, except in respect of any fraud, that all other representations and warranties of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to any of Parent, Parent Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, or their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, are specifically disclaimed.
(b) Except for the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iv) , Article 6 and Section 9.11 (each, as qualified by Disclosure Schedule), with the exception of fraud, such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member acknowledges and agrees that none of Parent, Parent Merger Sub, their respective Affiliates nor any other Person makes any representation or warranty with respect to any projections, forecasts or other estimates, plans or budgets of future revenues, expenses or expenditures, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows (or any component thereof) or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of Parent, Parent Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates nor the future business, operations or affairs of Parent, Parent Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates heretofore or hereafter delivered to or made available to any Acquired Entity, Management Seller, Rollover Holdco Member or Member, or their respective Representatives or Affiliates.
Section 3.12. Rollover Holdco Representations and Warranties . The Rollover Holdco Members, severally and not jointly (subject to the last sentence of Section 12.03(e)), represent and warrant to Parent and Parent Merger Sub, that:
(a) (i) Rollover Holdco is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and has all limited liability company power and authority required to carry on its business as now conducted, and to own, lease and use its properties and assets, and to perform all its obligations under any Contract to which it is a party
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or by which it, or any of the assets or properties owned or used by it, is or could become bound, and (ii) Rollover Holdco is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified, individually or in the aggregate, (x) has not had and is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, results of operations, assets or liabilities of Rollover Holdco, or (y) is reasonably likely to prevent, delay in any material respect or impede in any material respect the performance by Rollover Holdco of its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions. The Rollover Holdco Members have prior to the date of this Agreement furnished to Parent a true, complete and correct copy of the certificate of formation and the initial limited liability company agreement of Rollover Holdco (and any other Organizational Documents with different names, if applicable). The certificate of formation and the initial limited liability company agreement of Rollover Holdco (and any other Organizational Documents with different names, if applicable) referred to in the foregoing sentence are in full force and effect.
(b) Rollover Holdco has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which Rollover Holdco is or will be a party, to perform Rollover Holdcos obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the Transactions.
(c) Rollover Holdco was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Restructuring and the Transactions, has not engaged in any other business activities other than in connection with its formation, the Restructuring or the other Transactions, does not have any assets other than the Management Assets addressed by the Restructuring Agreement, the Holdings Pre-Closing Interests, the Class A Holdings Interests, the Preferred Holdings Interests and Redeemable Holdings Interests (in each case from time to time in accordance with the transactions contemplated by the Restructuring Agreement and this Agreement), has not entered into any Contract other than the Transaction Documents to which Rollover Holdco is a party, and does not have any Liabilities (other than de minimis Liabilities incident to its formation, or in the case of Holdings, Liabilities under the Transaction Documents (but not (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) from any breach or default under the Transaction Documents).
(d) The execution, delivery and performance by Rollover Holdco of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Rollover Holdco is or will be a party and the consummation of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other) action on the part of Rollover Holdco, and no other limited liability company (or other) proceedings on the part of Rollover Holdco or any holder of its Equity Interests, are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by Rollover Holdco of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Rollover Holdco is or will be a party or for Rollover Holdco to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Rollover Holdco is a party have been (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by Rollover Holdco after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by Rollover Holdco, have been), duly and validly executed and delivered by Rollover Holdco. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Rollover Holdco is a party constitute (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by Rollover
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Holdco after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by Rollover Holdco, constitute) the legal, valid and binding obligation of Rollover Holdco, enforceable against Rollover Holdco in accordance with their respective terms, except for Enforceability Exceptions.
(e) The execution, delivery and performance by Rollover Holdco of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and the consummation by Rollover Holdco of the Transactions do not and will not contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision of Rollover Holdcos Organizational Documents. The execution, delivery and performance by Rollover Holdco of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and the consummation by Rollover Holdco of the Transactions requires no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than: (i) (a) the filing of a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and (b) the filing of certificates of merger of certain of the Acquired Entities in connection with the Restructuring with the Delaware Secretary of State, New York Secretary of State or California Secretary of State, as applicable (which such filings were made in connection with the Restructuring); (ii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act (which such requirements have been fulfilled as of the date hereof); and (iii) any actions or filings the absence of which, individually or in the aggregate, (x) has not had and is not reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), business, results of operations, assets or liabilities of Rollover Holdco, or (y) is reasonably likely to prevent, delay in any material respect or impede in any material respect the performance by Rollover Holdco of its obligations under this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions.
(f) As of immediately prior to the Restructuring, (i) all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco are owned, of record and beneficially, by Member Representative, and Rollover Holdco does not have any other authorized, designated, issued or outstanding Equity Interests, or other than as set forth in the Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rollover Holdco dated as of September 23, 2016 (the Initial Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement ), any outstanding or authorized options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, Contracts, subscriptions, rights, calls, commitments, agreements or understandings of any character whatsoever, fixed or contingent, to which Rollover Holdco, any Management Seller, Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries are a party that directly or indirectly (1) require or call for the issuance, redemption, delivery, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco, or any securities convertible into, or other rights to acquire, any Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco, (2) obligate Rollover Holdco to grant, offer or enter into any of the foregoing, or (3) relate to the voting, transfer, ownership or control of the Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco, (ii) all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco are duly authorized and validly issued and fully-paid and non-assessable with no Liability attaching to the ownership thereof (other than as expressly provided in the Initial Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement), and have not been issued in violation of any federal or state securities Laws or any other Applicable Law, (iii) there are no outstanding obligations of Rollover Holdco to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco or to vote or dispose of such Equity Interests (iv) none of the Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco have been issued in violation of, and none are subject to, any purchase option,
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call, right of first refusal, preemptive, subscription, or other similar right, and (v) there are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends or distributions with respect to the Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco.
(g) Other than as set forth on Schedule 3.12(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, Rollover Holdco has not created any phantom units, unit appreciation rights or other similar rights, the value of which is related to or based upon the price or value of any Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco.
(h) Other than as expressly provided in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement and the A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement, Rollover Holdco has not granted to any Person the right to demand or request that Rollover Holdco effect a registration under the 1933 Act, of any securities held by such Person or to include any securities of such Person in any such registration by Rollover Holdco, and there are otherwise no Contracts, voting trusts or proxies with respect to the voting or registration under the 1933 Act or any analogous Applicable Law, relating to any Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco.
(i) As of the date hereof, (i) the Rollover Holdco Members are the sole owners of record of the common units of Rollover Holdco (the Rollover Holdco Class A Units ) and preferred units of Rollover Holdco (the Rollover Holdco Preferred Units ) as determined in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement and the A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement, (ii) each Rollover Holdco Class A Unit held by each such Rollover Holdco Member corresponds to a Class A Holdings Interest (with respect to such Rollover Holdco Class A Unit, its Attributable Class A Common Unit ) and each Rollover Holdco Preferred Unit held by each such Rollover Holdco Member corresponds to a Preferred Unit (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) (with respect to such Rollover Holdco Preferred Unit, its Attributable Preferred Unit ), in each case, in accordance with the A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement and the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, (iii) all of the Rollover Holdco Class A Units and the Rollover Holdco Preferred Units have been duly authorized and validly issued and will be fully-paid and non-assessable with no Liability attaching to the ownership thereof (other than as expressly provided in A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement), and have not been issued in violation of any federal or state securities Laws or any other Applicable Law, (iv) except as set forth in the A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement or the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, (x) there are no obligations (contingent or otherwise) of Rollover Holdco to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire the Rollover Holdco Class A Units and the Rollover Holdco Preferred Units or other Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco, or to vote or dispose of such Equity Interests of Rollover Holdco and (y) none of the Rollover Holdco Class A Units and the Rollover Holdco Preferred Units have been issued in violation of, and none are subject to, any purchase option, call, right of first refusal, preemptive, subscription, or other similar right, and (v) there are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends or distributions with respect to the Rollover Holdco Class A Units and the Rollover Holdco Preferred Units.
(j) There is no (i) Proceeding pending against, or, to the Knowledge of Rollover Holdco, threatened against or affecting, Rollover Holdco before (or, in the case of threatened Proceedings, would be before) or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, and (ii) Order relating to Rollover Holdco, that in either case, individually or in the aggregate, is reasonably likely to impair or delay in any material respect Rollover Holdcos ability to perform
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its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions. Rollover Holdco has not, and none of its Affiliates have, made an assignment or transfer of any of the Released Claims.
(k) Except for Moelis & Company and Houlihan Lokey, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Rollover Holdco that is entitled to any fee or commission from Rollover Holdco, any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Rollover Holdco (any amounts due to Moelis & Company or Houlihan Lokey in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions will be Transaction Expenses (to the extent not paid prior to the Closing) and will be paid off at or prior to the Closing).
Section 3.13. Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties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ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AS TO THE ACQUIRED ENTITIES
Except as set forth in the Disclosure Schedule (in accordance with Section 14.04 ), the Group Entities, jointly and severally and the Members, severally and not jointly (subject to the last sentence of Section 12.03(e)), represent and warrant to Parent and Parent Merger Sub, that:
Section 4.01. Existence and Power .
(a) Each Acquired Entity (a) identified on Schedule 4.01(a) of the Disclosure Schedule is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b) identified on Schedule 4.01(b) of the Disclosure Schedule is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, (c) identified on Schedule 4.01(c) of the Disclosure Schedule is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California, and (d) has all limited liability company power and authority required to carry on its business as now conducted, and to own, lease and use its properties and assets, and to perform all its obligations under any Contract to which it is a party or by which it, or any of the assets or properties owned or used by it, is or could become bound. Each Acquired Entity is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company and in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on Schedule 4.01(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, which jurisdictions are the only jurisdictions where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified has not had and is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Group Material Adverse Effect. Each of the New Entities was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Restructuring and the Transactions, has not engaged in any other business activities other than in connection with its formation, the Restructuring or the other Transactions, and does not have any Liabilities (other than de minimis Liabilities incident to its formation, or in the case of Holdings, Liabilities under the Transaction Documents). Each Acquired Entity has prior to the date of this Agreement furnished to Parent a true, complete and correct copy of (x) the LLC Agreement (and any other Organizational Documents with different names, if applicable), (y) any Side Letters, and (z) the Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement, in each case of clauses (x), (y) and (z), for each Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity. The Wholly-Owned Operating Agreements are in full force and effect.
(b) Each Acquired Entity has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement (if such Acquired Entity is a party to this Agreement) and the other Transaction Documents to which such Acquired Entity is or will be a party, to perform such Acquired Entitys obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the Transactions.
Section 4.02. Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by each Acquired Entity of this Agreement (if such Acquired Entity is a party to this Agreement)
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and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party, and the consummation by such Acquired Entity of the Transactions, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of such Acquired Entity (including the Acquired Entity Member Approvals), and no other limited liability company proceedings on the part of such Acquired Entity or any holder of its Equity Interests are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by such Acquired Entity of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which such Acquired Entity is or will be a party or for such Acquired Entity to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement (if such Acquired Entity is a party to this Agreement) and the other Transaction Documents to which such Acquired Entity is a party have been (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by such Acquired Entity after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by such Acquired Entity, have been), duly and validly executed and delivered by each Acquired Entity. This Agreement (if such Acquired Entity is a party to this Agreement) and the other Transaction Documents to which such Acquired Entity is a party constitute (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by such Acquired Entity after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by such Acquired Entity, constitute) the legal, valid and binding agreement of each Acquired Entity, enforceable against it in accordance with their respective terms, except for Enforceability Exceptions.
Section 4.03. Governmental Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by each Acquired Entity of this Agreement (if such Acquired Entity is a party to this Agreement) and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party, and the consummation by each Acquired Entity of the Transactions, requires no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority other than (i)(a) the filing of a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and (b) the filings of certificates of merger of certain of the Acquired Entities in connection with the Restructuring with the Delaware Secretary of State, New York Secretary of State or California Secretary of State, as applicable (which such filings were made in connection with the Restructuring); (ii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act (which such requirements have been fulfilled as of the date hereof); and (iii) any actions or filings the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, (x) reasonably be expected to impair or delay in any material respect such Acquired Entitys ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions or (y) be Material.
Section 4.04. Non-contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by each Acquired Entity and each Management Seller of this Agreement (if such Acquired Entity is a party to this Agreement) and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party and the consummation of the Transactions do not and will not (i) contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision of any Organizational Documents of any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) other than with respect to compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act (which such requirements have been fulfilled as of the date hereof) and any liquor licenses set forth on Schedule 4.22 of the Disclosure Schedule, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or give any Governmental Authority or other Person the right to exercise any remedy or obtain relief under,
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any provision of any Applicable Law or Order to which any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, or any of the properties or assets owned or used by any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, is subject, (iii) contravene, conflict with, violate or result in the loss of any benefit to which any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled under, or give any Governmental Authority the right to revoke, suspend, cancel, terminate, or modify, any Permit or liquor license held by any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) require any consent, waiver, notice or other action by any Person under, constitute a default under, conflict with, result in a breach of, or cause or permit the termination, modification, revocation, cancellation, or acceleration of, or result in any other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries is entitled under, any provision of any Material Contract binding upon any of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries or any of their assets, (v) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, or (vi) with the passage of time, the giving of notice or the taking of any action by another Person, have any of the effects described in clauses (i) through (v) of this Section 4.04, with only such exceptions in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) as, individually or in the aggregate, (x) do not and are not reasonably likely to impair or delay in any material respect the ability of such Acquired Entity to perform its obligations under this Agreement (if such Acquired Entity is a party to this Agreement) and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions or (y) that are otherwise not Material.
Section 4.05. Capitalization; Ownership of Equity Interests .
(a) Prior to the date of this Agreement, the Restructuring was effected in accordance with the Restructuring Agreement. As of immediately prior to the Restructuring, (i) the issued and outstanding Group Entity Interests with respect to each Group Entity and its owners of record were as set forth on Schedule 4.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule (other than such failures to be true and correct that, individually or in the aggregate, are de minimis in nature) and (ii) except as set forth on Schedule 4.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Group Entity held any authorized, designated, issued or outstanding Equity Interests, and other than as expressly provided in the applicable LLC Agreement or Side Letter of such Group Entity referenced in Schedule 4.05(a) of the Disclosure Schedule (each of which were extinguished upon the consummation of the Restructuring and replaced with a Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement) or the replacement Wholly-Owned Operating Agreements entered into in connection with the Restructuring (with true, complete and correct copies of the forms of such Organizational Documents having been furnished to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement), there are no outstanding or authorized options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, Contracts, subscriptions, rights, calls, commitments, agreements or understandings of any character whatsoever, fixed or contingent, to which any Group Entity or any of its Subsidiaries are a party that directly or indirectly (1) require or call for the issuance, redemption, delivery, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any Group Entity, or any securities convertible into, or other rights to acquire, any Equity Interests of any Group Entity, (2) obligate any Group Entity to grant, offer or enter into any of the foregoing, or (3) relate to the voting, transfer, ownership or control of the Equity Interests of any Group Entity.
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(b) All of the Group Entity Interests of each Group Entity have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully-paid and non-assessable with no Liability attaching to the ownership thereof (other than (i) as expressly provided in the applicable LLC Agreement or Side Letter of such Group Entity referenced in Schedule 4.05(b) of the Disclosure Schedule (each of which were extinguished upon the consummation of the Restructuring and replaced with a Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement) or (ii) to the extent such Liabilities are solely owed by Members and not owed (directly or indirectly, including by contribution claim) by any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity upon, at or after the consummation of the Closing) and have not been issued in violation of any federal or state securities Laws or any other Applicable Law. Other than as set forth in the applicable LLC Agreement or Side Letter of such Group Entity referenced in Schedule 4.05(b) of the Disclosure Schedule (each of which were extinguished upon the consummation of the Restructuring and replaced with a Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement), there are no obligations (contingent or otherwise) of any Group Entity or any Subsidiary of such Group Entity to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Group Entity Interests of such Group Entity or any such Subsidiary, or to vote or dispose of such Group Entity Interests or the Equity Interests of any such Group Entity. Other than as expressly provided in the applicable LLC Agreement or Side Letter of such Group Entity referenced in Schedule 4.05(b) of the Disclosure Schedule (each of which were extinguished upon the consummation of the Restructuring and replaced with a Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement), none of the Group Entity Interests of any Group Entity or any Equity Interests of a Subsidiary of a Group Entity were issued in violation of, and none are subject to, any purchase option, call, right of first refusal, preemptive, subscription, or other similar right. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.05(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends or distributions with respect to the Group Entity Interests or the Equity Interests of any such Group Entity.
(c) Other than as set forth on Schedule 4.05(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity has created any phantom units, unit appreciation rights or other similar rights, the value of which is related to or based upon the price or value of any Equity Interests of the Group Entities or any of their Subsidiaries.
(d) Other than as expressly provided in the applicable LLC Agreement or Side Letter of such Group Entity referenced in Schedule 4.05(d) of the Disclosure Schedule (each of which rights, Contracts, voting trusts or proxies were extinguished upon the consummation of the Restructuring and replaced with a Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement), no Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity has granted to any Person the right to demand or request that such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary effect a registration under the 1933 Act, of any securities held by such Person or to include any securities of such Person in any such registration by such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary, and there are otherwise no Contracts, voting trusts or proxies with respect to the voting or registration under the 1933 Act or any analogous Applicable Law, relating to any Equity Interests of any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of a Group Entity.
(e) (i) Prior to the Restructuring, all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings were owned, of record and beneficially, by the Member Representative, (ii) as of the date hereof, all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Holdings are owned, of record and beneficially, by the Equityholders, in such amounts as set forth opposite such Equityholders names on Annex D, and Holdings does not have any other authorized, designated,
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issued or outstanding Equity Interests, or other than as set forth in the LLC Agreement of Holdings, any outstanding or authorized options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, Contracts, subscriptions, rights, calls, commitments, agreements or understandings of any character whatsoever, fixed or contingent, to which any Management Seller, Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries are a party that directly or indirectly (1) require or call for the issuance, redemption, delivery, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Equity Interests of Holdings, or any securities convertible into, or other rights to acquire, any Equity Interests of Holdings, (2) obligate Holdings to grant, offer or enter into any of the foregoing, or (3) relate to the voting, transfer, ownership or control of the Equity Interests of Holdings, (iii) all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings are owned, of record and beneficially, by Holdings, and Intermediate Holdings does not have any other authorized, designated, issued or outstanding Equity Interests, or any outstanding or authorized options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, Contracts, subscriptions, rights, calls, commitments, agreements or understandings of any character whatsoever, fixed or contingent, that directly or indirectly (1) require or call for the issuance, redemption, delivery, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings, or any securities convertible into, or other rights to acquire, any Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings, (2) obligate Intermediate Holdings to grant, offer or enter into any of the foregoing, or (3) relate to the voting, transfer, ownership or control of the Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings, (iv) after giving effect to the Restructuring but immediately prior to the consummation of the Closing, all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of ManagementCo are owned, of record and beneficially, by Intermediate Holdings, and ManagementCo does not have any other authorized, designated, issued or outstanding Equity Interests, or other than as set forth in the LLC Agreement of ManagementCo, any outstanding or authorized options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, Contracts, subscriptions, rights, calls, commitments, agreements or understandings of any character whatsoever, fixed or contingent, to which any Management Seller, Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries are a party that directly or indirectly (1) require or call for the issuance, redemption, delivery, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Equity Interests of ManagementCo, or any securities convertible into, or other rights to acquire, any Equity Interests of ManagementCo, (2) obligate ManagementCo to grant, offer or enter into any of the foregoing, or (3) relate to the voting, transfer, ownership or control of the Equity Interests of ManagementCo, and (v) as of the date hereof, (x) all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Group Entity (including ManagementCo) are owned, of record and beneficially, by Borrower, (y) no such Group Entity has any other authorized, designated, issued or outstanding Equity Interests and (z) the Group Entity Interests with respect to each Group Entity and its beneficial owners and owners of record outstanding immediately prior to the Restructuring are no longer outstanding and were converted into Holdings Pre-Closing Interests, and all other rights with respect to the Group Entity Interests (including profits interests or other rights under the applicable LLC Agreements or Side Letters) have all been extinguished without any further force or effect or any Liability of any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof with respect thereto.
(f) (i) all of the Equity Interests of each of the New Entities are (and all of the Class A Holdings Interests and Redeemable Holdings Interests issued as of the Effective Time will be) duly authorized and validly issued and fully-paid and non-assessable with no Liability attaching to the ownership thereof (other than as expressly provided in the LLC Agreement of such New Entity), and have not (and all of the Class A Holdings Interests and Redeemable
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Holdings Interests issued as of the Effective Time will not have) been issued in violation of any federal or state securities Laws or any other Applicable Law, (ii) there are no outstanding obligations of any New Entity to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of such New Entity or to vote or dispose of such Equity Interests of such New Entity, (iii) none of the Equity Interests of a New Entity have been (and all of the Class A Holdings Interests and Redeemable Holdings Interests issued as of the Effective Time will not be) issued in violation of, and none are subject to, any purchase option, call, right of first refusal, preemptive, subscription, or other similar right, and (iv) except as set forth on Schedule 4.05(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends or distributions with respect to the Equity Interests of a New Entity.
(g) As of the date hereof, (i) all of the Equity Interests of the New Entities are duly authorized and validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable with no Liability attaching to the ownership thereof (other than as expressly provided in the LLC Agreement of such New Entity), and have not been issued in violation of any federal or state securities Laws or any other Applicable Law, (ii) there are no outstanding obligations of any New Entity to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of such New Entity or to vote or dispose of such Equity Interests of such New Entity, (iii) none of the Equity Interests of a New Entity have been issued in violation of, and none are subject to, any purchase option, call, right of first refusal, preemptive, subscription, or other similar right, and (iv) except as set forth on Schedule 4.05(g) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends or distributions with respect to the Equity Interests of a New Entity.
Section 4.06. Subsidiaries .
(a) Schedule 4.06(a)-1 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to each Subsidiary of a Group Entity, (i) the name and jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) the number of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary which are authorized, issued and outstanding, and (iii) the identity of each owner (of record and beneficially) of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary and the number of Equity Interests held by each holder, and Schedule 4.06(a)-2 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth, with respect to each Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity as of the date hereof, (i) the name and jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary, (ii) the number of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary which are authorized, issued and outstanding, and (iii) the identity of each owner (of record and beneficially) of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary and the number of Equity Interests held by each holder. Each such Subsidiary has been duly organized, is validly existing and (where applicable) is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, has all limited liability company power and authority and all Permits required to carry on its business as now conducted, and to own, lease and use its properties and assets, and to perform all its obligations under any Contract to which it is a party or by which it, or any of the assets or properties owned or used by it, is bound. Each such Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except for those jurisdictions where failure to be so qualified has not had and is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Group Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, all of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Subsidiaries of each Acquired Entity (with respect to each
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Acquired Entity, the Acquired Entity Subsidiary Equity Interests ) are directly or indirectly owned by such Acquired Entity, free and clear of any Lien and free of any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other ownership interests). Other than as expressly provided in the applicable LLC Agreement or Side Letter of such Acquired Entity referenced in Schedule 4.06(b) of the Disclosure Schedule (each of which obligations were extinguished upon the consummation of the Restructuring and replaced with a Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement), there are no outstanding obligations of such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Person to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Acquired Entity Subsidiary Equity Interests. (i) All of the Acquired Entity Subsidiary Equity Interests have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable with no Liability attaching to the ownership thereof and have not been issued in violation of any federal or state securities Laws or any other Applicable Law or any preemptive or similar right, (ii) there are no outstanding obligations of a Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Acquired Entity Subsidiary Equity Interests or to vote or dispose of such Acquired Entity Subsidiary Equity Interests, (iii) none of the Acquired Entity Subsidiary Equity Interests have been issued in violation of, and none are subject to, any purchase option, call, right of first refusal, preemptive, subscription, or other similar right, and (iv) except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(b) of the Disclosure Schedule, there are no declared or accrued but unpaid dividends or distributions with respect to the Acquired Entity Subsidiary Equity Interests.
(c) Prior to the consummation of the Restructuring, (x) Holdings did not have any Subsidiaries except for Intermediate Holdings, Borrower, ManagementCo and certain limited liability companies to be merged with and into the Group Entities in connection with the Restructuring ( Holdings Merger Subs ) and (y) Intermediate Holdings did not have any Subsidiaries except for Borrower, ManagementCo and the Holdings Merger Subs. As of the date hereof, (i) Holdings does not have any Subsidiaries except for Intermediate Holdings, Borrower, the Group Entities, ManagementCo and the entities set forth on Schedule 4.06(a)-1 , (ii) Intermediate Holdings does not have any Subsidiaries except for Borrower, the Group Entities, ManagementCo and the entities set forth on Schedule 4.06(a)-1 , and (iii) ManagementCo does not have any Subsidiaries other than the ownership of any Equity Interests included in Management Assets.
(d) Other than (x) payments in the Ordinary Course of salary, bonuses or reimbursement of expenses to the Equityholders that are employees of a New Venue or (y) (A) management fees paid to certain Equityholders with respect to the New Venues paid with respect to (and solely to the extent applicable to) periods prior to January 1, 2017, and (B) management fees paid to certain Equityholders with respect to the New Venues paid with respect to (and solely to the extent applicable to) periods on or following January 1, 2017, in each case of clauses (x) and (y) as listed on Schedule 1.01-F of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) no New Venue has declared or paid any dividends or distributions or any other direct or indirect payment of any kind with respect to the Equity Interests of any such New Venue (or otherwise to any Equityholder of a New Venue), and (ii) as of the date of this Agreement, no New Venue is required to declare or pay any such dividends, distributions or other payments to any Equityholder (except for the Vandal Note).
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Section 4.07. Financial Statements .
(a) The Management Sellers have made available to Parent (i) the audited combined balance sheets of the Group Entities and their Subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 4.07( i ) of the Disclosure Schedule for the fiscal years ended December 28, 2014 and December 27, 2015, and the related audited combined statements of income, members equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, together with the notes thereto, in each case examined by and accompanied by the report of EisnerAmper, independent certified public accountants (the Group Audited Financial Statements ), and (ii) the unaudited combined balance sheet of the Group Entities and their Subsidiaries (the Group Balance Sheet ) set forth on Schedule 4.07(ii) of the Disclosure Schedule as of December 25, 2016 (the Balance Sheet Date ), and the related unaudited combined statements of income, members equity and cash flows of the Group Entities and their Subsidiaries for the twelve-month period ended on such date (the Group Interim Financial Statements and, together with the Group Audited Financial Statements, the Group Entity Financial Statements ). The Group Audited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP consistently applied during such periods (except as set forth in the notes thereto), the combined financial position of the Group Entities set forth on Schedule 4.07( i ) of the Disclosure Schedule and their combined Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their combined results of operations, members equity and cash flows for the periods then ended. The Group Audited Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2015 were prepared in compliance with the applicable requirements of Regulation S-X of the 1933 Act. The Group Interim Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects, in conformity with GAAP, the combined financial position of the Group Entities and their Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their combined results of operations, members equity and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject to the absence of footnotes and normal and recurring year-end audit adjustments that would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the business, financial condition or operating results of the Group Entities and their Subsidiaries). No financial statements of any Person other than the Group Entities are required by GAAP to be included or reflected in the Group Entity Financial Statements. The Group Entity Financial Statements are derived from the books and records of the Group Entities and their Subsidiaries in all material respects. The Group Entities have delivered to Parent copies of all letters from the auditors of the Group Entities to the boards of managers thereof since December 31, 2014, together with copies of all responses thereto.
(b) Each Group Entity and its Subsidiaries maintains, to the Acquired Entities Knowledge, a system of internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.
(c) No Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, any director, manager, officer, employee, auditor, accountant or representative thereof, has received or otherwise had or obtained Knowledge of any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether written or oral, regarding improper accounting or auditing
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practices, procedures, methodologies or methods, or improper internal accounting controls, of such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, including any complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices or fraud. To the Acquired Entities Knowledge, no attorney representing any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, whether or not employed by such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, has reported a violation of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries or any of the officers, directors, managers, employees or agents to the board of managers of such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries or any committee of the foregoing. To the Acquired Entities Knowledge, no manager, director or officer, including the chief financial officer (or another officer acting in a similar capacity) of an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity has been involved in or accused of fraud involving the business of an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity regardless of materiality.
(d) No Acquired Entity is subject to any off-balance sheet arrangement (as defined in Item 303(a)(4)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the 1933 Act).
Section 4.08. Absence of Certain Changes . Since the Balance Sheet Date, the business of each Acquired Entity and its respective Subsidiaries has been conducted in the Ordinary Course and there has not been:
(a) any event, occurrence, development, or state of circumstance or facts which has had or is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Group Material Adverse Effect;
(b) any damage, destruction or loss (whether or not covered by insurance) affecting the business or assets of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries which has had or is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Group Material Adverse Effect;
(c) any acquisition (by merger, consolidation, acquisition of stock or assets or otherwise), directly or indirectly, of any material amount of assets, securities, properties, interests or businesses, other than pursuant to (i) existing Contracts, including regarding the development of new venues, in each case as set forth on Schedule 4.08(c) of the Disclosure Schedule or (ii) purchases of inventory or supplies in the Ordinary Course;
(d) any sale, transfer, license or exploitation, or other disposition of, or permitting of the incurrence of, any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any of its material assets, securities (including Equity Interests), properties (including any restaurant brand or any other material Intellectual Property), interests or businesses, other than (i) pursuant to existing Contracts set forth on Schedule 4.08(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, (ii) sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course, or (iii) non-exclusive licenses or licenses solely between Acquired Entities and/or their Subsidiaries of Acquired Entity Business IP Rights in the Ordinary Course;
(e) other than in connection with actions permitted by Section 4.08(c) , any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (other than such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries), except advances for travel and other normal business expenses to officers, employees and managers in the Ordinary Course that do not individually or in the aggregate exceed $200,000;
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(f) any (i) increase in the rate or terms of compensation or benefits of any of its employees, directors, officers, managers or members, (ii) payment or agreement to pay any new pension, retirement allowance or other employee benefit to any director, officer, employee, manager or member whether past or present or (iii) entrance into, adoption or amendment in any material respect any employment, bonus, severance or retirement contract or adopt any employee benefit plan, except, in the case of each of clauses (i) through (iii), (A) in the Ordinary Course (including in connection with new hires, promotions or other changes in job status in the Ordinary Course), (B) as pursuant to any existing Employee Plan, (C) to avoid the imposition of any Tax or to comply with any Tax-qualification requirements or (D) for immaterial changes to Employee Plans available to all employees generally;
(g) any (i) change in any material respect in any Acquired Entitys or any of its Subsidiaries methods of accounting or accounting practice or (ii) making or changing of any material Tax elections except for any such change required by reason of a change in GAAP or Applicable Law;
(h) any (i) settlement, or offer or proposal to settle, (x) any Proceeding (including any Proceedings referred to in Section 4.10(a)(xv)) subjecting any of the Acquired Entities or their Subsidiaries to injunctive or other equitable relief, or claims involving or against such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries or involving more than $100,000 in the aggregate, or (y) any Proceeding or dispute that relates to the Transactions, or (ii) release, waiver or compromise of any Proceedings against any Third Party involving more than $100,000 in the aggregate;
(i) any incurrence of any Indebtedness (including any assumption or guarantee thereof) other than Indebtedness for borrowed money that was incurred under an instrument that was required to be, and was (or is concurrently herewith), repaid in full at or prior to the consummation of the Closing;
(j) any making or authorization of, or other commitment to, any capital expenditure not reflected on Schedule 4.08(j) of the Disclosure Schedule;
(k) any adoption or effecting of any plan or agreement of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, consolidation, merger, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization, or other liquidation, wind up or dissolution, except pursuant to the Restructuring; or
(l) agreement, resolution or commitment (by Contract or otherwise) to do any of the foregoing.
Section 4.09. No Undisclosed Liabilities . There are no liabilities or obligations of, and there is no existing condition, situation or set of circumstances which is reasonably likely to result in any liabilities or obligations of any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, other than: (a) liabilities or obligations reflected in the Group
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Balance Sheet or in the notes thereto; (b) current liabilities incurred in the Ordinary Course since the Balance Sheet Date; (c) liabilities or obligations arising under the terms of (but not (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) from any breach or default under) the Material Contracts; (d) liabilities or obligations incurred in connection with the Transactions pursuant to the terms of (but not (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) from any breach or default under) the Transaction Documents; (e) liabilities or obligations specified in Schedule 4.09 of the Disclosure Schedule; and (f) other liabilities or obligations of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries that in the aggregate do not exceed $350,000.
Section 4.10. Material Contracts .
(a) Schedule 4.10 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of each Material Contract that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Prior to the date of this Agreement, Group Entities have furnished to Parent a true, complete and correct copy of all written Material Contracts (and all prior versions of any privacy policies of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries), together with all amendments, waivers or other changes thereto, and correct and complete written summaries of all Material Contracts that are unwritten. For purposes of this Agreement, Material Contract s means any of the following Acquired Entity Contracts:
(i) (x) any lease for personal property providing for annual rentals of $75,000 or more; and (y) any lease, sublease, license, ground lease or other occupancy arrangement, (each, a Real Property Lease ) under which an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries leases, subleases, licenses or occupies any real property (the Leased Real Property ) together with any subleases, guaranties, related Acquired Entity Contracts and assignments thereof;
(ii) any Contract or group of related Contracts for the purchase of materials, supplies, goods, services, equipment or other assets or properties providing for either (x) annual payments by an Acquired Entity and the Subsidiaries of such Acquired Entity of $150,000 or more or (y) aggregate payments by an Acquired Entity and the Subsidiaries of such Acquired Entity of $200,000 or more, in each case that cannot be terminated by such Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity on 90 days (or less) notice without (A) payment of any penalty (or withholding of any payment that would otherwise be due to an Acquired Entity or a Subsidiary thereof), (B) incurrence of other Liability (in the case of clauses (A) and (B), other than penalties or Liabilities that are, individually and in the aggregate, de minimis), or (C) a material adverse impact on the business of such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity taking into account the ability of such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity to enter into a comparable replacement contract;
(iii) any Contract or group of related Contracts for the sale, license or lease (as lessor) by an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries of services, materials, products, supplies or other assets or properties (including Equity Interests) owned, licensed or leased by such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, that provides for (x) aggregate annual payments to such Acquired Entity and the Subsidiaries of such Acquired Entity for $150,000 or more or (y) aggregate payments to such Acquired Entity
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and the Subsidiaries of such Acquired Entity of $200,000 or more, in each case that cannot be terminated by such Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity on 90 days (or less) notice without (A) payment of any penalty (or withholding of any payment that would otherwise be due to an Acquired Entity or a Subsidiary thereof), (B) obligation of performance or incurrence of other Liability (in the case of clauses (A) and (B), other than penalties or Liabilities that are, individually and in the aggregate, de minimis), or (C) a material adverse impact on the business of such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity taking into account the ability of such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity to enter into a comparable replacement contract;
(iv) (x) any Contract to which any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is a party and pursuant to which any Third Party is (A) granted any right to use any Acquired Entity Owned IP Right in any material respect or (B) authorized to use any Acquired Entity Owned IP Right exclusively, (y) any Contract to which any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is a party and pursuant to which such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity is (A) authorized to use any material Acquired Entity Licensed IP Rights (other than any COTS License) or (B) authorized to use any Acquired Entity Licensed IP Rights exclusively; and (z) any Contract to which any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is a party and pursuant to which such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity (A) licenses or otherwise provides any of its material Acquired Entity Business IP Rights to any other Acquired Entity, any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity or any of their Affiliates or (B) licenses or otherwise provides any of its Acquired Entity Business IP Rights on an exclusive basis to any other Acquired Entity, any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity or any of their Affiliates;
(v) any partnership, joint venture or other similar Contract, or any Contract that relates to the ownership of, investment in or loans and advances to any Person (other than advances to employees in the Ordinary Course), including minority equity investments but for the avoidance of doubt excluding commercial partnerships that do not involve equity;
(vi) (x) any Contract relating to the acquisition or disposition of any business, directly or indirectly (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise), (A) for consideration in excess of $75,000, or (B) with respect to the proposed venues listed on Schedule 4.08(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, (y) any Contract (other than Contracts that have been fully performed) related to the construction and/or renovation of any new or existing venue in excess of $75,000, or (z) any confidentiality or non-disclosure Contracts entered into in connection with the proposed sale of some or all the Acquired Entities (other than with Parent or any Affiliate of Parent) ( Proposal NDAs ); provided that the Acquired Entities may redact information with respect to the counterparty to a Proposal NDA (and not provide the name of the counterparty in the Disclosure Schedule) to the extent required by the terms of such Proposal NDA, with unredacted copies to be provided at Closing;
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(vii) any Contract with an (x) advertiser or sponsor (or similar party) or (y) promoter, in either case, reasonably anticipated to involve annual payments in excess of $75,000 for any such Contract or $100,000 for any group of related Contracts, in each case of clauses (x) and (y) that cannot be terminated by such Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity on 90 days (or less) notice without (A) payment of any penalty (or withholding of any payment that would otherwise be due to an Acquired Entity or a Subsidiary thereof), (B) incurrence of other Liability (in the case of clauses (A) and (B), other than penalties or Liabilities that are, individually and in the aggregate, de minimis), or (C) a material adverse impact on the business of such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity taking into account the ability of such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity to enter into a comparable replacement contract;
(viii) any Contract relating to Indebtedness;
(ix) any Contract (A) containing non-competition, non-solicitation (other than in the Ordinary Course non-solicitation obligations that would not be binding on Parent or any of its Affiliates (other than Holdings or its Subsidiaries)) or other limitations restricting any Acquired Entity or any of their Subsidiaries (or, after the Closing, Parent or any of its Affiliates) or any of their respective properties or assets, from conducting any business (including investing in, opening or operating any type of restaurant, bar or nightlife venue in any location, of any theme or at any time (or with respect to properties or assets, from being used in connection with the opening or operation of such a venue of the applicable Acquired Entity or Subsidiary thereof) or requiring any such opportunity to first be provided to any third party), or that limits the freedom of an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity, or any Management Seller (or, after the Closing, Parent or any of its Affiliates), to compete at any time and in any manner in any line of business, or with any Person, in any area in the world, (B) that grants to the other party or any third party most favored nation status, has terms that extend for more than two (2) years after Closing and cannot be terminated by such Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity on 90 days (or less) notice without (I) payment of any penalty (or withholding of any payment that would otherwise be due to an Acquired Entity or a Subsidiary thereof), or (II) incurrence of other Liability (in the case of clauses (I) and (II), other than penalties or Liabilities that are, individually and in the aggregate, de minimis), or (C) that grants to the other party or any Third Party any exclusive right or rights (including any requirements or exclusive purchasing Contract) or in which any third party grants any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries any exclusive right or rights, has terms that extend for more than two (2) years after Closing and cannot be terminated by such Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity on 90 days (or less) notice without (1) payment of any penalty (or withholding of any payment that would otherwise be due to an Acquired Entity or a Subsidiary thereof), or (2) incurrence of other Liability (in the case of clauses (1) and (2), other than penalties or Liabilities that are, individually and in the aggregate, de minimis);
(x) any Affiliate Contract (including each employment or independent contractor agreement that is an Affiliate Contract) or other Contract with or among the Members of an Acquired Entity or its Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates,
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including any Contract that provides for preemptive rights or imposes any limitation or restriction on the Equity Interests with respect to such Acquired Entity, including to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, any restriction on the right of a Member of such Acquired Entity (or Subsidiary thereof) to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such Equity Interests including, for the avoidance of doubt, the LLC Agreement and any Side Letters of such Acquired Entity (or Subsidiary thereof);
(xi) other than the LLC Agreements or any Side Letters listed under clause (x) above, any Contract that grants a right of first refusal, right of first negotiation or similar rights to any Person with respect to the sale of the Equity Interests or assets of any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity;
(xii) any Contract granting any Person a material Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any of the properties or assets of any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, tangible or intangible;
(xiii) any collective bargaining agreement or similar Contract with any unions, guilds, shop committees or other collective bargaining groups;
(xiv) any Contract to which any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is a party that involves (A) the development, creation or modification of any material Acquired Entity Business IP Rights or (B) the administration, hosting, processing or storage of Acquired Entity Business IP Rights consisting of Personal Data in any material respect;
(xv) any Contract that relates to the settlement of any Proceeding involving any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries (A) that obligates any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries to pay an amount in excess of $75,000 (including amounts paid prior to the date hereof), (B) that does or will materially restrict the operations of any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, or (C) that involves any injunction or equitable relief affecting any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries or the assets and properties of the foregoing, or with respect to which the conditions precedent to the settlement thereof have not been satisfied;
(xvi) any Contract with any Governmental Authority that involves a dollar amount in excess of $75,000; or
(xvii) other than the LLC Agreements or any Side Letters listed under clause (x) above, any Contract granting any power of attorney with respect to the affairs of any Acquired Entity.
(b) With such exceptions as, individually and in the aggregate, have not had and are not reasonably likely to have, a Group Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Acquired Entity Contract to which an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is a party is a valid and binding agreement of an Acquired Entity or a Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, as the case may be, and is in full force and effect and is valid and binding on and enforceable against an Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity, as the case may be, in accordance with
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their terms and, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, binding on and enforceable against the other parties thereto in accordance with their terms, (ii) neither any Acquired Entity, nor any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity or, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, no other party thereto is in default or breach under the terms of any Acquired Entity Contract, (iii) no event has occurred that, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a breach of, or default under, any Acquired Entity Contract, and (iv) to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, as of the date hereof, there are no unresolved disputes under any Acquired Entity Contracts other than disputes in the Ordinary Course which, individually, are de minimis.
(c) The Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries or their Representatives have sent requests in writing (email to suffice) to their respective counterparties to the Proposal NDAs in accordance with the Proposal NDAs to return or destroy all confidential information provided under such Proposal NDAs (as applicable).
Section 4.11. Compliance with Laws and Court Orders . Each Acquired Entity and each of its respective Subsidiaries is, and since December 31, 2013 (or, if later, the date such Acquired Entity or its Subsidiaries began conducting its business) has been, in compliance with all Applicable Laws, except for failures to comply or violations that would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material.
Section 4.12. Litigation and Regulatory Actions . Except for normal restaurant or nightclub inspections conducted by a Governmental Authority in the Ordinary Course and the Proceedings set forth on Schedule 4.12 of the Disclosure Schedule, there is not, and since December 31, 2013 there has not been, any Proceeding pending against, or, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, threatened against or affecting, such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries before (or, in the case of threatened Proceedings, would be before) or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator that would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material. Except for normal restaurant or nightclub inspections conducted by a Governmental Authority in the Ordinary Course and the Proceedings set forth on Schedule 4.12 of the Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired Entity and none of its Subsidiaries has received since December 31, 2013 any notice, Order, complaint or other written communication from any Governmental Authority that it is not in compliance with any Applicable Law, or that it is subject to any obligation to undertake, or to bear all or any portion of the cost of, any corrective or response action that would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material. Neither any Acquired Entity nor any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity is, or since December 31, 2013 has been, operating under or subject to any Order that would reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material.
Section 4.13. Properties .
(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material, each Acquired Entity and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of the assets that it purports to own, lease or license (including all material, tangible property and assets reflected on the Group Balance Sheet or acquired after the Balance Sheet Date), free and clear of all Liens (except for (i) Permitted Liens, or (ii) assets that have been disposed of since the Balance Sheet Date in the Ordinary Course.
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(b) To the Acquired Entities Knowledge, all of the tangible assets of any kind or description owned or leased by each Acquired Entity and each of its Subsidiaries, and all of the buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures, building systems and equipment, and all components thereof, included in each of the Leased Real Properties, are in operating condition (Ordinary Course wear and tear and latent defects excepted).
(c) The assets owned or leased by each Acquired Entity and each of its Subsidiaries constitute all the assets used in connection with the business of such Acquired Entity and each of its Subsidiaries, except as would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material. Such assets constitute all the assets necessary for each Acquired Entity and each of its Subsidiaries to continue to conduct its business following the Closing as it is currently being conducted, except as would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material.
(d) Neither the Acquired Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries owns or has ever owned (including any predecessor entities of the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries) any fee interest in real property.
(e) With respect to the Leased Real Property: (i) Schedule 4.13(e) of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a description of each parcel of Leased Real Property (including the Real Property Lease to which it relates), identifying the lessor and lessee thereof and the street address of such Leased Real Property; and (ii) except for Permitted Liens, no Person other than an Acquired Entity or its Subsidiary has the right to use any of the Leased Real Properties and except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(e) of the Disclosure Schedule there are no shared facilities or services at any of the Leased Real Properties (other than shared facilities or services provided by a landlord at the Leased Real Properties).
(f) Since January 1, 2015, no landlord of a Leased Real Property has provided written notice, nor to the Acquired Entities Knowledge, provided oral notice, that (i) it shall terminate, materially change the terms (whether related to term, payment, price, discounts or otherwise) with respect to, or otherwise take or not take any action that is reasonably likely to materially decrease the value of the applicable Real Property Lease to the applicable Acquired Entity, (ii) any condemnation, eminent domain or any other taking by a Governmental Authority with or without payment of consideration therefor affecting any of the Leased Real Properties is pending or is reasonably likely to occur, or (iii) any zoning, building code, or other moratorium Proceeding, or similar matters which are reasonably likely to materially adversely affect the ability to operate any of the Leased Real Properties as currently operated by an Acquired Entity (or a Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity), has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur.
Section 4.14. Intellectual Property .
(a) Schedule 4.14(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains an accurate and complete list of all Registered Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights. All assignments of the Registered Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights to each Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity have been properly executed and recorded. All issuance, renewal, maintenance and other filings and payments that are or have become due with respect to the Registered Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights have been timely made and paid by or on behalf of each Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity.
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(b) The Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries (i) are the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to all Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens and (ii) possess a valid and enforceable license or other right to use all other IP Rights used in connection with the operation of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries respective businesses. None of the Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights are subject to any claims of joint ownership and all actions necessary to maintain and protect (x) the Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights (except as it pertains to Registered Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights that any Acquired Entity or any of Subsidiaries, in their reasonable business judgment, decided to permit to lapse, be cancelled, or abandoned) and (y) the Acquired Entities rights in respect of the Acquired Entity Licensed IP Rights, have been taken, including payment of all applicable royalty, license, service and maintenance fees or other applicable consideration.
(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) none of the Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights are or have been the subject of, any written challenge, claim or counterclaim of invalidity or unenforceability, opposition, cancellation, interference or other Proceeding determining, challenging or contesting the ownership thereof, nor has any such Proceeding been threatened in writing, or to the Acquired Entities Knowledge, orally, and (ii) none of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries have taken or failed to take any action that has resulted in, or is reasonably likely to result in, the abandonment or loss of any of the Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights (including a failure to exercise adequate quality controls and an assignment in gross without the accompanying goodwill).
(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(d) of the Disclosure Schedule, (i) none of the Acquired Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any Contract that limits, restricts or impairs its ability to use, sell, transfer, assign, license or convey, or that otherwise adversely affects, any of the Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights and (ii) none of the Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights are subject to, or have been the subject of, any Order or agreement restricting the use thereof by the applicable Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary or restricting the licensing thereof by such Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of such Acquired Entity to any Person.
(e) Neither the Acquired Entity Business IP Rights (other than Personal Data) nor the conduct of the Acquired Entities respective businesses (including the collection, protection, storage, processing, use and/or disclosure of Personal Data in their respective businesses) infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates (or has in the past infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated) the IP Rights, proprietary rights, rights of privacy, publicity rights or similar rights of any Person. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(e) of the Disclosure Schedule, there is no Proceeding pending against, or written complaint, claim or written notice or threat against, or to the Acquired Entities Knowledge, orally threatened against, any Acquired Entity, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective officers, directors or employees (x) based upon, or challenging or seeking to deny or restrict, any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries rights in and to the Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights, (y) alleging that the use of the Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights conflicts with, misappropriates, infringes or otherwise violates any IP Right of any Person, or (z) concerning the ownership, validity, registerability, enforceability or use of, or right to use, any Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights.
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(f) To the Acquired Entities Knowledge, no Person (including any current or former employee or consultant of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries) is currently infringing, violating or misappropriating (or has in the past infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated) any Acquired Entity Business IP Rights in any material respect.
(g) (i) The Acquired Entities have taken reasonable measures and implemented reasonable procedures consistent with industry standards to maintain in confidence all Confidential IP Rights; (ii) none of the Confidential IP Rights have been disclosed other than to employees, representatives and agents of the Acquired Entities all of whom are bound by written confidentiality and assignment of IP Rights agreements, and (iii) there has not been, since December 31, 2013 and, to the Acquired Entities Knowledge, during any time prior thereto: (x) an unauthorized disclosure of any Proprietary Information in the possession, custody or control of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (y) a breach of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries IT Systems whereby any Proprietary Information constituting Acquired Entity Business IP Rights has been accessed by or disclosed in an unauthorized manner to any Third Party. There is no Proceeding relating to an improper use or disclosure of, or a breach in the security of, any Proprietary Information in the possession, custody or control of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries pending against, or written complaint, claim or written notice or threat against, or to the Acquired Entities Knowledge, orally threatened against, any Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
(h) Each current and former employee of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries who works or worked in connection with the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries respective businesses and each current and former independent contractor of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries who provides or provided services to the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries respective businesses, in each instance, that was or is involved in the invention, creation, development, design or modification of any material IP Rights has executed a valid and binding written agreement expressly assigning to the applicable Acquired Entity(ies) (or the applicable Subsidiary(ies) thereof) all right, title and interest in and to all IP Rights invented, created, developed, modified, conceived and/or reduced to practice during the term of such employees employment or such independent contractors work for the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and has waived all moral rights therein to the extent legally permissible. All invention, creation, development, design and modification of any material Acquired Entity Owned IP Rights was undertaken by either current or former employees of the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries who work or worked in the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries respective businesses within the scope of their employment or current or former independent contractors of the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries who provide or provided services to the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries within the scope of their engagement.
(i) The IT Systems owned or used by the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries in the conduct of Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries
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respective businesses (i) are sufficient in all material respects for the current operations and currently contemplated operations of the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries respective businesses; (ii) operate properly without any material defect, malfunction, unavailability or error; and (iii) are reasonably secure against unauthorized access, intrusion, tampering, impairment, disruption, computer virus or malfunction.
(j) The Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries have at all times complied with (i) card industry regulations and contractual requirements applicable to their collection, protection, storage, processing, use and/or disclosure of Personal Data, including (x) the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) together with any related mandates, policies, standards and guidelines applicable thereto, and (y) any similar certification programs implemented by the major credit card companies governing the use, disclosure, storage, transmission, privacy and/or security of Personal Data, and (ii) all Privacy Agreements. Upon the consummation of the Closing, the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries will continue to have the right to use the Personal Data collected or obtained by such the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries on substantially the same terms and conditions as they enjoyed immediately prior to consummation of the Closing.
Section 4.15. Taxes .
(a) For U.S. federal income tax purposes, at all times since its respective formation, each Acquired Entity and its Subsidiaries have been continuously classified as a partnership or a disregarded entity.
(b) (i) All income and other material Acquired Entity Returns of each Acquired Entity have been filed when due in accordance with Applicable Law (taking into account all available extensions); (ii) all Acquired Entity Returns of such Acquired Entity that have been filed were true, complete and correct; and (iii) all Taxes shown as due and payable on any Acquired Entity Return or otherwise any material amount of Taxes due from or owing by any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries have been timely paid, or timely withheld and remitted, to the appropriate Taxing Authority.
(c) (i) There is no Proceeding now pending or threatened in writing against any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any material amount of Tax; and (ii) there are no pending requests for rulings or determinations or closing agreements pending or in effect in respect of any Tax between any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries and any Taxing Authority.
(d) There are no Liens for Taxes upon any assets of any Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, other than Permitted Liens.
(e) No Acquired Entity nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to any Tax allocation or sharing agreement or arrangement.
(f) Schedule 4.15(f) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a list of all jurisdictions (whether foreign or domestic) in which each Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries currently files or has ever filed income, franchise and similar Tax Returns.
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(g) Each Acquired Entity and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes and reporting of information (including any laws, rules and regulations relating to amounts paid or owing to any stockholder, member, owner, employee, creditor, independent contractor or other third party), and have, within the time and in the manner prescribed by Applicable Law, withheld and paid over to the proper Taxing Authorities all material amounts required to be so withheld and paid over under Applicable Law.
(h) No Acquired Entity nor any of its Subsidiaries has participated (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(c)(3)) in any listed transaction within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b) (or any predecessor regulation).
(i) Neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include in a taxable period ending after the Closing Date any material amount of taxable income as a result of any (i) adjustment under Section 481 of the Code resulting from a change in method of accounting for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date; (ii) installment sale or open transaction disposition made on or prior to the Closing Date; (iii) election made pursuant to Section 108(i) of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law) on or prior to the Closing Date; or (iv) deferred revenue received prior to the Closing Date.
(j) The Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries have no material unpaid Liabilities due and owing pursuant to any unclaimed property and escheat Laws.
(k) This Section 4.15 , and Sections 4.08, 4.16 and 4.17 constitute the exclusive representations and warranties of the Group Entities with respect to Taxes. No representation or warranty contained in this Section 4.15 (other than Sections 4.15(a), (c) and (i)) shall be deemed to apply directly or indirectly with respect to any taxable period (or portion thereof) after the Closing.
Section 4.16. Employee Benefit Plans .
(a) Schedule 4.16(a) of the Disclosure Schedule contains a true, complete and correct list, separately by employing entity, of each material Employee Plan. Employee Plan means each employee benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA); each equity or equity-based compensation (e.g., stock or unit purchase or option), severance, employment, retention, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, profit sharing, pension, retirement, group health, cafeteria, flexible spending, dependent care, life insurance, disability, sick pay, vacation pay, holiday pay, employee loan plan, agreement, program, policy or other arrangement; and all other employee benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, in each case, whether or not subject to ERISA, under which any present or former employee, director, manager or member of an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries has any present or future right to benefits from an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or under which an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries has any present or future Liability. No Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates has formally adopted or authorized, nor to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, communicated to present or former employees, any additional Employee Plan or any material change (including termination) of any material existing Employee Plan. No Employee Plan covers employees other than employees of an Acquired Entity or one of its Subsidiaries.
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(b) With respect to each Employee Plan (other than any multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA (a Multiemployer Plan )), the Management Sellers have made available to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement a true, complete and correct current copy (including all amendments) of the plan document (or, to the extent no such copy exists, a description of the plan) and, to the extent applicable: (i) any related trust agreement, insurance contract or other funding vehicle; (ii) all third party administrative services agreements; (iii) the most recent IRS determination letter; (iv) the most recent summary plan description; and (v) for the two most recent plan years (A) the Form 5500 and attached schedules and (B) audited financial statements. The Management Sellers have made available to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement a true, complete and correct current copy (including all amendments) of each employee handbook applicable to employees of an Acquired Entity or one of its Subsidiaries. Schedule 4.16(b) of the Disclosure Schedule identifies any Employee Plans which are Multiemployer Plans.
(c) None of the Acquired Entities nor any of their Subsidiaries sponsors, maintains, or contributes to, or has in the last six years sponsored, maintained, or contributed to, any and no Employee Plan is an employee pension benefit plan or pension plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA. For each Employee Plan that is a welfare plan within the meaning of ERISA Section 3(1), and except as set forth in Schedule 4.16(c) of the Disclosure Schedule, no Acquired Entity nor any of its Subsidiaries has any Liability under any plan which provides medical or death benefits with respect to current or former employees or members of such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries beyond their termination of employment (other than coverage mandated by Code Section 4980B or ERISA Sections 601- 608 or any similar state Law).
(d) (i) Each Employee Plan (other than any Multiemployer Plan) has been established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Applicable Law, rules and regulations; and (ii) each Employee Plan which is intended to be qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) has received a current favorable determination letter from the IRS as to its qualification, and to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, nothing has occurred that could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such qualification. Except as would not be material, all benefits, contributions and premiums required by and due under the terms of each Employee Plan or Applicable Law have been timely paid in accordance with the terms of such Employee Plan and Applicable Law or have been properly accrued as liabilities and reflected in the financial statements of each Acquired Entity in accordance with the terms of such Employee Plan and Applicable Law. None of the Acquired Entities nor any of their Subsidiaries has any Liability under Code Section 4980B with respect to any group health plan currently or previously maintained or contributed to by any Person (other than an Acquired Entity or a Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity) treated as a single employer with an Acquired Entity or a Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity under Code Section 414(b), (c) or (m).
(e) With respect to any Employee Plan, (i) no Proceedings (other than routine claims for benefits in the ordinary course) are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Acquired
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Entities, threatened and (ii) to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, no facts or circumstances exist that are reasonably likely to give rise to any such actions, suits or claims, except, in each case, as are not, and are not reasonably likely to be, individually or in the aggregate, material.
(f) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.16(f) of the Disclosure Schedule, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will (either alone or in combination with another event) (i) result in any payment from any of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries becoming due, or increase the amount of any compensation due, in each case to any current or former employee, director, manager or member of any of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries, (ii) increase any benefits otherwise due under any Employee Plan, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, exercisability, funding or vesting of any compensation or benefits from any of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries to any current or former employee, director, manager or member of any of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries or (iv) result in an excess parachute payment within the meaning of Section 280G(b) of the Code.
(g) None of the Acquired Entities nor any of their Subsidiaries has an obligation to gross up, indemnify or otherwise reimburse any present or former employee, officer, director, manager, member or contractor for amounts relating to the Tax differential between ordinary income Tax rates and capital gains Tax rates or for any Taxes imposed under Section 409A or 4999 of the Code.
Section 4.17. Employee and Labor Matters .
(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.17(a) of the Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 2012, (i) there has not been nor is there pending, or the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, threatened, any labor strike, walk-out, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or other material labor dispute involving employees of an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) no Acquired Entity nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any unfair labor practice charges against such Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries that are pending before the National Labor Relations Board or any similar state, local or foreign Governmental Authority, and (iii) no Acquired Entity nor any of its Subsidiaries has received written notice of any pending or in progress and, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, threatened, suits, actions or other proceedings in connection with an Acquired Entity or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any similar state, local or foreign Governmental Authority responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices, except, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such matters that would not reasonably be expected to be Material.
(b) None of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries is, or has since December 31, 2012 been, a party or bound to any collective bargaining agreement. To the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, no union organizing efforts are currently being, or since December 31, 2012 been, conducted with respect to any employees of an Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity.
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with all Applicable Laws respecting employment practices, including provisions thereof relating to terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours (including the classification of persons as employees or independent contractors or exempt or non-exempt under Applicable Law).
Section 4.18. Environmental Matters .
(a) Each Acquired Entity and each of its Subsidiaries have all environmental Permits required for their operations to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws, such Permits are in full force and effect and each Acquired Entity and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such Permits.
(b) The Leased Real Property and the operations of each Acquired Entity and each of their Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws.
(c) No written notice, claim, inquiry, order or request for information has been made, and there is no action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, threatened, which: (i) alleges the actual or potential violation of or noncompliance with any Environmental Law or any Permit required by any applicable Environmental Law, or alleges any potential Liability cost or damage arising under or relating to any Environmental Law, or seeks to revoke, amend, modify or terminate any Permit required by any applicable Environmental Law, (ii) relates to the operations of each Acquired Entity and their Subsidiaries or the Leased Real Property, and (iii) has not been settled, dismissed, paid or otherwise resolved without ongoing obligations or costs prior to the date of this Agreement.
(d) Copies of all Phase I or Phase II-type environmental investigative reports, studies, assessments or other similar documents relating to the Leased Real Property in the possession or control of the Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries are identified on Schedule 4.18 of the Disclosure Schedule and have been provided to Parent prior to the date of this Agreement.
Section 4.19. Insurance . Schedule 4.19 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, correct and complete list and description of the Insurance Policies as of the date of this Agreement, including the name of the insurer, type of policy, description of coverage, limits of coverage, retention or deductible amounts, amount of annual premium, date of expiration and policy number. The Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries currently maintain, and have since December 31, 2013 (or, if later, the date such Acquired Entity or its Subsidiaries began conducting its business) maintained, insurance required by Applicable Law or any Contract to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound. All insurance policies (the Insurance Policies ) with respect to the properties, assets, or business of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries are in full force and effect and all premiums due and payable thereon have been paid in full, and no Acquired Entity nor any Subsidiary thereof is in default in any material respect regarding their obligations under any such policies. No Acquired Entity nor any Subsidiary thereof has received a written notice of cancellation, reduction in coverage or non-renewal of any Insurance Policy.
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Section 4.20. Finders Fees . Except for Moelis & Company and Houlihan Lokey, there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that is entitled to any fee or commission or other similar payment, and (other than for potential indemnification obligations under the applicable engagement letters with respect to which the Acquired Entities have no Knowledge that any outstanding indemnification claim exists) there is otherwise no Liability for which any Acquired Entity or any of its Affiliates is responsible in connection with this Agreement or the Transactions (other than amounts due to Moelis & Company or Houlihan Lokey in connection with the Transactions which will be Transaction Expenses (to the extent not paid prior to the Closing) and will be paid off at or prior to the Closing).
Section 4.21. Related Party Transactions . Other than the LLC Agreements and Side Letters (each of which were extinguished upon the consummation of the Restructuring and replaced with a Wholly-Owned Operating Agreement), any Management Assets and any Employee Plans, none of the Management Sellers, Managers, other Members or Rollover Holdco, nor any of their respective Relatives, Associates or (in the case of an entity) officers, directors, managers or Affiliates (other than any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary): (i) is a party to any Contract with any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity (an Affiliate Contract ) or other business transaction (including any payments, but excluding Ordinary Course comps (i.e. free food and drinks) to such Persons) with any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity (an Affiliate Transaction ), (ii) has any right in or to any of the assets or properties which are owned, used or held for use in the conduct by any Acquired Entity or any of their Subsidiaries of its business as conducted, or (iii) has received any funds from or on behalf of any Acquired Entity or any of their Subsidiaries other than compensation or reimbursement of expenses paid to Management Sellers, Managers or Members in their capacity as employees, officers, directors or managers, or distributions to Management Sellers, Managers or Members, in each case, in the Ordinary Course.
Section 4.22. Permits; Liquor Licenses .
(a) Schedule 4.22 of the Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of each material Permit and each liquor license held by an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity. Except as would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material, (i) each Acquired Entity and each of its Subsidiaries is in possession of all Permits and liquor licenses necessary for it to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as conducted, (ii) such Permits and liquor licenses are valid and in full force and effect, (iii) no Acquired Entity and none of its Subsidiaries is in default under, and no condition exists that with notice or lapse of time or both could permit any revocation, non-renewal or termination, or other adverse modification, of any Permit or liquor license, or constitute a default under, the Permits or liquor licenses, and there are no Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, threatened before any Governmental Authority that seek the revocation, termination, cancellation, suspension or adverse modification thereof, and (iv) no Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity has a pending application for registration to sell franchises for a restaurant, or for an exemption under any jurisdictions franchise Laws.
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(b) Except as have not and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, a Group Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Acquired Entities have no Knowledge that any currently pending application for a material Permit or any liquor license, or amendment or modification of a material Permit or liquor license required in connection with the Transactions will be ultimately denied, and (ii) there are no pending disciplinary actions, unresolved citations or unsatisfied penalties relating to Permits or liquor licenses that is reasonably likely to have or result in a material adverse impact on any Acquired Entity or the ability to maintain or renew any Permit or liquor license; provided , that no representation or warranty is made with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 4.22 insofar as they relate to Parent or any of its Affiliates. Each Acquired Entity and each of its respective Subsidiaries is and since December 31, 2013 (or, if later, the date such Acquired Entity or its Subsidiaries began conducting its business) has been, in compliance in all material respects with any policy of any Governmental Authority relating to liquor licenses, except as would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, Material.
Section 4.23. Corruption Laws .
(a) Since December 31, 2013, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be Material, (x) the Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries have been and are in compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-money laundering Laws and (y) neither any Acquired Entity nor any of their Subsidiaries, nor, to the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, any officer, director, employee, reseller, distributor or agent acting on behalf of any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of an Acquired Entity has provided, offered, gifted or promised, directly or indirectly, anything of value to any government official, political party or candidate for government office, nor provided or promised anything of value to any other person while knowing that all or a portion of that thing of value would or will be offered, given, or promised, directly or indirectly, to any government official, political party or candidate for government office, in either case, for the purpose of:
(i) influencing any act or decision of such official, party or candidate in his or her official capacity, inducing such official, party or candidate to do or omit to do any act in violation of their lawful duty, or securing any improper advantage for the benefit of any Acquired Entity or any of their Subsidiaries; or
(ii) inducing such Government Official, political party or candidate to use his or her influence with his or her government or instrumentality to affect or influence any act or decision of such government or instrumentality, in order to assist any Acquired Entity or any of their Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for or with, or directing business to, any Person.
Section 4.24. Quality and Safety of Food & Beverage Products . To the Knowledge of the Acquired Entities, the storage practices, preparation, ingredients, and composition for each of the food or beverage products of each of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries (i) are in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws, including Laws relating to food and beverage storage and preparation, and (ii) are in compliance in all material respects with all internal quality management policies and procedures of the Acquired Entities. The Group Entities have furnished to Parent prior to the date of this
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Agreement true, correct and complete copies of all reports resulting from any material audits and inspections of the quality or safety management practices by any Governmental Authority conducted since December 31, 2013 and until the date of this Agreement by the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, or by any other Person, with respect to the venues managed or operated by the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries.
Section 4.25. Access to Information; No Reliance .
(a) Each Acquired Entity acknowledges and agrees that it (i) has had an opportunity to discuss the business of Parent, Parent Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates with the management of Parent, (ii) has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from Parent, Parent Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates and (iii) has conducted its own independent investigation of Parent, Parent Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, their respective businesses and the Transactions. Each Acquired Entity further acknowledges and agrees that, except in respect of any fraud, it has not relied on any representation, warranty or other statement by Parent, Parent Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates, other than representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iv) , Article 6 and Section 9.11 (each, as qualified by Disclosure Schedule), and that, except in respect of any fraud, all other representations and warranties of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to any of Parent, Parent Merger Sub and their respective Affiliates, or their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, are specifically disclaimed.
(b) Except for the representations and warranties set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iv) , Article 6 and Section 9.11 (each, as qualified by the Disclosure Schedule), and with the exception of fraud, each Acquired Entity acknowledges and agrees that none of Parent, Parent Merger Sub, their respective Affiliates nor any other Person makes any representation or warranty with respect to any projections, forecasts or other estimates, plans or budgets of future revenues, expenses or expenditures, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows (or any component thereof) or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of Parent, Parent Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates nor the future business, operations or affairs of Parent, Parent Merger Sub or their respective Affiliates heretofore or hereafter delivered to or made available to any Acquired Entity, Management Seller, Rollover Holdco Member or Member, or their respective Representatives or Affiliates.
Section 4.26. Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties . EXCEPT FOR THE ACQUIRED ENTITY REPRESENTATIONS, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRAUD, NONE OF THE ACQUIRED ENTITIES, ANY MANAGEMENT SELLER, ANY MEMBER, ANY MANAGER NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY (INCLUDING (X) AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM, DOCUMENTS, PROJECTIONS, MATERIALS OR OTHER INFORMATION (FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE) REGARDING ANY ACQUIRED ENTITY OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES FURNISHED TO PARENT OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES OR MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENT OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES IN ANY DATA ROOMS,
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VIRTUAL DATA ROOMS, MANAGEMENT PRESENTATIONS OR IN ANY OTHER FORM IN EXPECTATION OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE TRANSACTIONS OR (Y) WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ANY ASSETS, THE NATURE OR EXTENT OF ANY LIABILITIES, THE PROSPECTS OF ANY OF THE ACQUIRED ENTITIES, THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSINESSES, OR THE EFFECTIVENESS OR SUCCESS OF ANY OF THEIR OPERATIONS). EXCEPT FOR THE ACQUIRED ENTITY REPRESENTATIONS, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRAUD, EACH ACQUIRED ENTITY HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PROJECTIONS, FORECASTS OR OTHER ESTIMATES, PLANS OR BUDGETS OF FUTURE REVENUES, EXPENSES OR EXPENDITURES, FUTURE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF), FUTURE CASH FLOWS (OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF) OR FUTURE FINANCIAL CONDITION (OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF) OF ANY ACQUIRED ENTITY OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES OR THE FUTURE BUSINESS, OPERATIONS OR AFFAIRS OF ANY ACQUIRED ENTITY OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER DELIVERED TO OR MADE AVAILABLE TO PARENT, PARENT MERGER SUB OR THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OR AFFILIATES.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE
Member Representative represents and warrants to Parent and Parent Merger Sub, that:
Section 5.01. Organization; Authorization .
(a) Member Representative is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.
(b) Member Representative has the requisite limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Member Representative is or will be a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance by Member Representative of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Member Representative is or will be a party, and the consummation by Member Representative of the Transactions, have been (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by Member Representative after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by Member Representative, have been) duly authorized by all requisite limited liability company action on the part of Member Representative, and no other limited liability company action on the part of Member Representative or its members is necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Member Representative is or will be a party and the consummation by Member Representative of the Transactions. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Member Representative is a party constitute (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by
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Member Representative after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by Member Representative, constitute) the legal, valid and binding obligations of Member Representative, enforceable against Member Representative in accordance with their respective terms, except for Enforceability Exceptions.
Section 5.02. Non-contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by Member Representative of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party, and the consummation by Member Representative of the Transactions, do not and will not: (i) contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision of any Organizational Documents of Member Representative, (ii) other than with respect to compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act (which such requirements have been fulfilled as of the date hereof) and any liquor licenses set forth on Schedule 4.22 of the Disclosure Schedule, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of, or give any Governmental Authority or other Person the right to exercise any remedy or obtain relief under, any provision of any Applicable Law or Order to which Member Representative, or any of the properties or assets owned or used by Member Representative, is subject, (iii) contravene, conflict with, violate or result in the loss of any benefit to which Member Representative is entitled under, or give any Governmental Authority the right to revoke, suspend, cancel, terminate, or modify, any Permit held by Member Representative, (iv) require any consent, waiver, notice or other action by any Person under, constitute a default under, conflict with, result in a breach of, or cause or permit the termination, modification, revocation, cancellation, or acceleration of, or result in any other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which Member Representative is entitled under, any provision of any Contract or other instrument binding upon Member Representative or any of its assets, (v) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Member Representative, or (vi) with the passage of time, the giving of notice or the taking of any action by another Person, have any of the effects described in clauses (i) through (v) of this Section 5.02, with only such exceptions in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) as, do not and would not reasonably be expected to impair or delay, in any material respect, the ability of Member Representative to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions.
Section 5.03. Ownership . All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Member Representative are owned, beneficially and of record, collectively, by the Management Sellers as set forth on Schedule 5.03 of the Disclosure Schedule, and except as set forth on Schedule 5.03 of the Disclosure Schedule, Member Representative does not have any other authorized, designated, issued or outstanding Equity Interests, or any outstanding or authorized options, warrants, convertible or exchangeable securities, Contracts, subscriptions, rights, calls, commitments, agreements or understandings of any character whatsoever, fixed or contingent, that directly or indirectly (i) require or call for the issuance, redemption, delivery, sale, pledge or other disposition of any Equity Interests of Member Representative, or any securities convertible into, or other rights to acquire, any Equity Interests of Member Representative, (ii) obligate Member Representative to grant, offer or enter into any of the foregoing, or (iii) relate to the voting, transfer, ownership or control of the Equity Interests of Member Representative.
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ARTICLE 6
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT
Subject to Section 14.04 , except as set forth in the Parent Disclosure Schedule, Parent represents and warrants that:
Section 6.01. Existence and Power .
(a) Each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all limited liability company power and authority required to carry on its business as now conducted. Parent Merger Sub has been formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Transactions, and since the date of its organization, Parent Merger Sub has not engaged in any activities other than in connection with or as contemplated by this Agreement, and does not have any Liabilities (other than de minimis Liabilities incident to its formation or Liabilities under the Transaction Documents).
(b) Each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable, is or will be a party, to perform Parents or Parent Merger Subs, as applicable, obligations hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the Transactions.
Section 6.02. Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable, is or will be a party, and the consummation by Parent and Parent Merger Sub of the Transactions, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action, and no other limited liability company proceedings on the part of any of Parent or Parent Merger Sub or any holder of Parents or Parent Merger Subs Equity Interests are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable, is or will be a party or for Parent and Parent Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which each of Parent or Parent Merger Sub is a party have been (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by Parent or Parent Merger Sub after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable, have been), duly and validly executed by Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which each of Parent or Parent Merger Sub is a party constitute (or, in the case of other Transaction Documents that will be executed and delivered by Parent or Parent Merger Sub after the date of this Agreement, such other Transaction Documents will, when executed and delivered by Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable, constitute) the legal, valid and binding obligation of Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable, enforceable against Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable, in accordance with their respective terms, except for Enforceability Exceptions.
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Section 6.03. Governmental Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance by each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which Parent or Parent Merger Sub, as applicable, is or will be a party, and the consummation by Parent and Parent Merger Sub of the Transactions, require no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority, other than (i) the filing of a certificate of merger with respect to the Merger with the Delaware Secretary of State and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other states in which Parent is qualified to do business, (ii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act (which such requirements have been fulfilled as of the date hereof), (iii) compliance with any applicable requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1934 Act and any other state or federal securities Laws and (iv) any actions or filings the absence of which, individually or in the aggregate, do not and are not reasonably likely to impair or delay in any material respect Parent and Parent Merger Subs ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions.
Section 6.04. Non-contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation by each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub of the Transactions do not and will not (i) contravene, conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of any provision of the Organizational Documents of any of Parent or Parent Merger Sub, (ii) other than with respect to compliance with any applicable requirements of the HSR Act (which such requirements have been fulfilled as of the date hereof) and any liquor licenses set forth on Schedule 4.22 of the Disclosure Schedule, contravene, conflict with or result in a violation or breach of any provision of, or give any Governmental Authority or other Person the right to exercise any remedy or obtain relief under, any Applicable Law or Order to which Parent or Parent Merger Sub, or any of the properties or assets owned or used by Parent or Parent Merger Sub, is subject, (iii) contravene, conflict with, violate or result in the loss of any benefit to which Parent or Parent Merger Sub is entitled under, or give any Governmental Authority the right to revoke, suspend, cancel, terminate, or modify, any Permit held by Parent or Parent Merger Sub, (iv) require any consent, waiver, notice or other action by any Person under, constitute a default under, conflict with, result in a breach of, or cause or permit the termination, modification, revocation, cancellation, or acceleration of, or result in any other change of any right or obligation or the loss of any benefit to which Parent or Parent Merger Sub is entitled under, any provision of any material Contract binding upon Parent or Parent Merger Sub or any of the assets of Parent or Parent Merger Sub, (v) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of Parent or Parent Merger Sub, or (vi) with the passage of time, the giving of notice or the taking of any action by another Person, have any of the effects described in clauses (i) through (v) of this Section 6.04, with only such exceptions in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) as, individually or in the aggregate, do not and are not reasonably likely to impair or delay, in any material respect, the ability of any of Parent or Parent Merger Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions.
Section 6.05. Capitalization of Parent and Parent Merger Sub; Ownership of Interests . All issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Parent are owned, directly or indirectly, free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer arising under applicable
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securities laws), by The Madison Square Garden Company, and no other Person has any right to acquire any Equity Interests in Parent. There are no outstanding obligations of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent or any other Person to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Equity Interests of Parent. All of the Equity Interests of Parent have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and have not been issued in violation of any federal or state securities Laws or any other Applicable Law. All issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Parent Merger Sub are owned of record by Parent, and no other Person has any right to acquire any Equity Interests in Parent Merger Sub. There are no outstanding obligations of Parent Merger Sub or any Subsidiary of Parent Merger Sub or any other Person to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of the Equity Interests of Parent Merger Sub. All of the Equity Interests of Parent Merger Sub have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and have not been issued in violation of any federal or state securities Laws or any other Applicable Law.
Section 6.06. Litigation and Regulatory Actions . There is no (i) Proceeding pending against, or, to the Knowledge of Parent, threatened against or affecting, Parent or any of its Affiliates before (or, in the case of threatened Proceedings, would be before) or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator and (ii) Order relating to Parent, that in either case, is reasonably likely to impair or delay, in any material respect, Parents ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is or will be a party or to consummate the Transactions.
Section 6.07. Finders Fees . Except for Goldman Sachs & Co. (whose fees, other than to the extent Debt Financing Expenses, will be paid by Parent without any Liability following the Closing to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries), there is no investment banker, broker, finder or other intermediary that has been retained by or is authorized to act on behalf of Parent who might be entitled to any fee or commission from any Acquired Entity, the Members, Management Sellers or the Managers or any of their respective Affiliates upon consummation of the Transactions.
Section 6.08. Reserved .
Section 6.09. Access to Information; No Reliance .
(a) Each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees that it (i) has had an opportunity to discuss the business of the Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries with the management of the Acquired Entities, (ii) has had reasonable access to (x) the books and records of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries and (y) the electronic dataroom maintained by the Acquired Entities for purposes of the Transactions, (iii) has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Acquired Entities and (iv) has conducted its own independent investigation of the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, their respective businesses and the Transactions. Each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub further acknowledges and agrees that, except in respect of any fraud, it has not relied on any representation, warranty or other statement by any Person on behalf of any Acquired Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries, any Member, any Management Seller, any Manager or any of their respective Affiliates, other than the Acquired Entity
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Representations, and that, except in respect of any fraud, all other representations and warranties of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to any of the Acquired Entities, their respective Subsidiaries or their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects, are specifically disclaimed.
(b) Except for the Acquired Entity Representations, and with the exception of fraud, each of Parent and Parent Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees that none of the Acquired Entities, the Member Representative nor any other Person makes any representation or warranty with respect to any projections, forecasts or other estimates, plans or budgets of future revenues, expenses or expenditures, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future cash flows (or any component thereof) or future financial condition (or any component thereof) of any Acquired Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries or the future business, operations or affairs of any Acquired Entity or any of their respective Subsidiaries heretofore or hereafter delivered to or made available to Parent, Parent Merger Sub or their respective Representatives or Affiliates.
Section 6.10. Investment Purpose; Accredited Investor; No Public Market; No Reliance .
(a) Parent is acquiring the Class A Holdings Interests and the Preferred Holdings Interests for investment and not with a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any distribution thereof, nor with any present intention of distributing or selling such Class A Holdings Interests or Preferred Holdings Interests.
(b) Parent acknowledges and agrees that (i) the Class A Holdings Interests and the Preferred Holdings Interests have not been, and will not be, registered under the 1933 Act, by reason of specific exemptions from the registration provisions of the 1933 Act which depend upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the representations as expressed in this Section 6.10, are restricted securities under applicable U.S. federal and state securities Laws and that, pursuant to these laws, may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of without registration under the 1933 Act and any applicable state or foreign securities Laws, except pursuant to an exemption from such registration under the 1933 Act and such other Laws, (ii) that there is no obligation to register or qualify the foregoing for resale, and (iii) that if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including, but not limited to, the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the foregoing and requirements that are outside of a holders control, and as to which no party is under any obligation to satisfy and which may not be satisfied or able to be satisfied.
(c) Parent understands that no public market now exists for the Class A Holdings Interests or Preferred Holdings Interests, and that neither the Acquired Entities, the Member Representative nor any other Person on their behalf has made any assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Class A Holdings Interests or Preferred Holdings Interests.
(d) Parent is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the 1933 Act.
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Section 6.11. Exclusivity of Representations and Warranties . EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS Article 6, Section 9.11, Section 2.03(b)(iv) AND THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OTHERWISE MADE IN THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRAUD, NEITHER PARENT NOR PARENT MERGER SUB NOR ANY OTHER PERSON MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY (INCLUDING (X) AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM, DOCUMENTS, PROJECTIONS, MATERIALS OR OTHER INFORMATION (FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE) REGARDING PARENT, PARENT MERGER SUB, OR THEIR AFFILIATES PROVIDED TO ANY ACQUIRED ENTITY, ANY MANAGEMENT SELLER, ANY MEMBER, ANY MANAGER, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OR AFFILIATES IN ANY FORM IN EXPECTATION OF, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE TRANSACTIONS OR (Y) WITH RESPECT TO THE MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF ANY ASSETS, THE NATURE OR EXTENT OF ANY LIABILITIES, THE PROSPECTS OF PARENT, PARENT MERGER SUB, THEIR AFFILIATES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSINESSES, OR THE EFFECTIVENESS OR SUCCESS OF ANY OF THEIR OPERATIONS). EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH IN THIS ARTICLE 6, SECTION 9.11, SECTION 2.03(B)(IV) AND THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OTHERWISE MADE IN THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS, AND WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FRAUD, EACH OF PARENT AND PARENT MERGER SUB HEREBY DISCLAIMS ALL LIABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PROJECTIONS, FORECASTS OR OTHER ESTIMATES, PLANS OR BUDGETS OF FUTURE REVENUES, EXPENSES OR EXPENDITURES, FUTURE RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF), FUTURE CASH FLOWS (OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF) OR FUTURE FINANCIAL CONDITION (OR ANY COMPONENT THEREOF) OF PARENT, PARENT MERGER SUB, OR THEIR AFFILIATES OR THE FUTURE BUSINESS, OPERATIONS OR AFFAIRS OF PARENT, PARENT MERGER SUB, OR THEIR AFFILIATES HERETOFORE OR HEREAFTER DELIVERED TO OR MADE AVAILABLE TO ANY ACQUIRED ENTITY, ANY MANAGEMENT SELLER, ANY MEMBER, ANY MANAGER, OR THEIR RESPECTIVE REPRESENTATIVES OR AFFILIATES.
ARTICLE 7
COVENANTS OF THE ACQUIRED ENTITIES, DIRECT ROLLOVER MEMBERS AND ROLLOVER HOLDCO MEMBERS
Section 7.01. Reserved .
Section 7.02. Reserved .
Section 7.03. Reserved .
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Section 7.04. Restrictive Covenants . In exchange for the consideration provided to the Principals pursuant to this Agreement (including the portion of the Final Adjusted Purchase Price allocable to such Persons) and the other Transaction Documents, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Principals agree to, among other things, comply with the covenants and agreements in Section 4.6 of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement from and after the date of this Agreement in accordance therewith. Each Principal acknowledges and agrees that the content and scope (including, without limitation, the worldwide scope) of the restrictions under Section 4.6 of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement are reasonable, and that compliance with such covenants and agreements is necessary to protect the business and goodwill of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and are an integral factor in Parents determination to make the investment contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 7.05. Reserved .
Section 7.06. D&O Policy .
(a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Group Entities and Members have obtained an insurance policy to be effective as of the Closing (the D&O Policy ). The cost of such D&O Policy is a one-time premium (the D&O Premium ), and to the extent that the D&O Premium was not fully paid prior to the Closing, it shall constitute a Transaction Expense payable in accordance with Section 2.10 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, to the extent not paid at Closing, subject to indemnification under Section 12.02(a)(iii)).
(b) For the period of coverage provided by the D&O Policy, Holdings shall cause to be maintained in effect provisions in the Organizational Documents of each Acquired Entity (or in the Organizational Documents of any successor to the business of any Acquired Entity) and each of their respective Subsidiaries regarding exculpation and indemnification (and advancement of expenses, if any) to the extent required in order to allow for coverage under the D&O Policy to the beneficiaries of such D&O Policy with all claims under any such Organizational Documents to be paid solely by the insurer under such D&O Policy in accordance with the D&O Policy; provided that such indemnification (and advancement of expenses, if any) shall be fully covered by the D&O Policy and paid by the D&O Policy insurer with no Liability (including any premium or deductible) to Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries, Parent or any of their respective Affiliates, other than claims (i) excluded from coverage under the D&O Policy and agreed to in writing between Parent and the Member Representative prior to Closing or (ii) with respect to Members, officers, managers, directors and employees of each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Principals or their Affiliates (for purposes of this exception to clause (ii), Affiliates of the Principals shall exclude any Acquired Entity or Subsidiary of any Acquired Entity)).
Section 7.07. Lease Guarantees . Holdings shall, with the cooperation of the Lease Guarantors, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Lease Guarantors to be fully, finally and unconditionally released in form and substance acceptable to the Member Representative from any Damages in respect of the Real Property Leases, including any Lease Personal Guarantee; provided , that, notwithstanding such commercially reasonable efforts, if Holdings is unable to obtain such releases, Holdings will indemnify and hold harmless the Lease Guarantors for any Damages in respect of the Real Property Leases, including any Lease Personal Guarantee.
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ARTICLE 8
[Reserved]
Section 8.01. Reserved .
Section 8.02. Reserved .
ARTICLE 9
COVENANTS OF PARENT AND THE ACQUIRED ENTITIES
Section 9.01. Reserved .
Section 9.02. Reserved .
Section 9.03. Reserved .
Section 9.04. Further Assurances . Except as set forth on Schedule 9.04 or Schedule 3.06 of the Disclosure Schedule, each Management Seller hereby agrees that to the extent any assets relating to or used in connection with any business of any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary of any Acquired Entity prior to the Closing are owned or held by such Management Seller or its Affiliates (other than the Acquired Entities or their Subsidiaries) but were not included in the Management Assets contributed in connection with the Restructuring, such Management Seller, or the Member Representative on behalf of such Management Seller, shall promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) days of such Management Seller becoming aware of such assets that should have been included in the Management Assets contributed in connection with the Restructuring) provide written notice to Parent of such assets and within such thirty (30) day period take all actions as may be reasonably required to transfer such assets to such Acquired Entity or Subsidiary, as applicable (with the costs or expenses of such transfer to be borne by such Management Seller).
Section 9.05. Holdings . From and after the Effective Time, until amended in accordance with the terms thereof and Applicable Law, the limited liability company agreement of Holdings shall be the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement.
Section 9.06. Rollover Holdco . From and after the Effective Time, until amended in accordance with the terms thereof, the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement and Applicable Law, the limited liability company agreement of Rollover Holdco shall be the A&R Rollover Holdco LLC Agreement.
Section 9.07. Confidentiality . The parties acknowledge that each of MSG Sports & Entertainment LLC ( MSG LLC ) and the TAO Group (which is comprised of the Group Entities) previously executed those certain non-disclosure letter agreements, each
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dated December 22, 2015 (as amended, collectively, the Confidentiality Agreements ), which Confidentiality Agreements will continue in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms; provided , however , that the Confidentiality Agreement by MSG LLC in favor of the TAO Group shall automatically terminate upon consummation of the Closing and be superseded by Parents confidentiality obligations pursuant to the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement.
Section 9.08. Change of Control Bonus Payment . Following the third anniversary of the Closing Date, in the event that the payment described on Schedule 9.08-B of the Disclosure Schedule is not due and owing and such payee has not provided notice or instituted any Proceeding with respect to such payment that has been resolved prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date, Parent shall pay the Member Representative 62.5% of such amount within (5) Business Days of the third anniversary of the Closing Date, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated in writing by the Member Representative, and such amount shall be allocated by the Member Representative pursuant to the Restructuring Agreement.
Section 9.09. Allocation of Management Fees . Promptly following the receipt by any Acquired Entity of payment in consideration for management fees of Ninth Avenue Hospitality LLC, Roof Deck Entertainment, LLC, Roof Deck Australia, LLC or 55th Street Hospitality Holdings, LLC which includes management fees relating to the period prior to the consummation of the Closing, such Acquired Entity shall pay, in immediately available funds, the portion of the amount of such payment actually received that solely relates to the period prior to the consummation of the Closing to the Persons entitled to such payment had the payment been received prior to the consummation of the Closing.
Section 9.10. Removal of Legends . With respect to the certificates (or book entries) evidencing Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock (if any) issued to a Management Seller or other Holdings Pre-Closing Member in connection with (x) an Earn-Out Qualification pursuant to Section 2.03(b)(i) or (y) a Put or Call (as such terms are defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) in accordance with the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, upon the request of any Management Seller or other Holdings Pre-Closing Member in connection with the proposed permitted transfer of such securities, Parent or the MSG Company Successor (as applicable) shall cause the removal of the legend described in Section 2.03(b)(iii) from such certificate(s) (or book entries, as applicable) representing all or a portion of such shares as promptly as practicable following the receipt of such request (and such certificate(s), if applicable) during (a) the effectiveness of a registration statement or (b) the period of eligibility for the transfer of such Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock (or the applicable portion of such securities evidenced by such certificate(s) or book entry(ies), in the case of clause (a) above, upon receipt of a representation that such shares have been sold pursuant to such registration statement and in the case of clause (b) above, upon receipt of a representation letter in the form attached as Exhibit H (a Rep Letter ) duly executed by the Management Seller or other Holdings Pre-Closing Member holding such Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock and delivered to the applicable issuer (or with respect to another exemption to such registration under the 1933 Act, subject to the provision of a legal opinion in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent or such MSG Company Successor (as applicable) with respect to
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such exemption). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the delegending of any volume-limited portions of the applicable securities shall not be required in respect of clause (b) of the immediately preceding sentence to the extent such volume limitation is materially affected by any stock or other securities (other than any Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock issued in connection with an Earn-Out Qualification or Put or Call) of The Madison Square Garden Company or the MSG Company Successor or any of their Affiliates owned or acquired by any Management Seller or Other Holdings Pre-Closing Member or (i) such Management Sellers or other Holdings Pre-Closing Members spouse or relative (including a relative of such spouse) living in the same household, (ii) a trust or estate in which such Management Seller or other Holdings Pre-Closing Member or any Persons referred to in clause (i), (A) collectively owns 10% or more of the total beneficial interest, or (B) serves as trustee, executor or in a similar capacity, or (iii) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity (other than The Madison Square Garden Company or the MSG Company Successor (as applicable)) in which such Management Seller or other Holdings Pre-Closing Member or any Persons referred to in clause (i) collectively beneficially own 10% or more of any class of Equity Interests.
Section 9.11. Representations and Covenants of The Madison Square Garden Company .
(a) The Madison Square Garden Company hereby represents and warrants to the Qualified Principals that (i) from the date of Parents formation through the date of this Agreement, Parent has not engaged in any business activities other than in connection with (x) its formation, (y) the formation of and ownership of Parent Merger Sub until the Effective Time, and (z) the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (ii) as of immediately prior to the Closing, Parent does not have any assets other than the Equity Interests of Parent Merger Sub and other assets which do not, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in Liabilities which would breach clause (iv) below, (iii) from the date of Parents formation through the date of this Agreement, Parent has not entered into any Contract other than its limited liability company agreement, the Contracts with its registered agent(s) and similar representatives for purposes incident to Parents formation and continued company existence, the Transaction Documents to which Parent is a party and other Contracts which do not, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, result in Liabilities which would breach clause (iv) below, and (iv) Parent does not have any Liabilities or Liens (other than de minimis Liabilities or Liens incident to its formation and continued company existence, Liabilities or Liens with respect to its ownership of its Interest under the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement or pursuant to the Transaction Documents, or Liens under applicable securities laws).
(b) From the date of this Agreement and until the MSG Company Termination Date, except as consented to in writing by all of the Qualified Principals (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement), The Madison Square Garden Company shall not permit Parent or any Parent Successor (or, in the event there is an MSG Company Successor, the MSG Company Successor shall not permit Parent or any Parent Successor) to: (i) conduct any business or operations or enter into any Contracts (other than Contracts that would have been permitted under clause (iii) of Section 9.11(a) if entered into prior to the date of this Agreement) except as contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as amended, modified or supplemented) in
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connection with Parents (or a Parent Successors) ownership of its Interest (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement (other than any actions taken in connection with a Cash Flow Deficiency or Credit Agreement Default)), or its receipt and distribution of distributions made in respect of the Interest, (ii) own any assets other than Parents (or a Parent Successors) Interest, any distributions made in respect of the Interest, and other assets the ownership of which would not breach clause (iii) below, (iii) incur any Liabilities, or incur or suffer to exist any Liens on its assets, (in each case of this clause (iii), other than (A) de minimis Liabilities or Liens incident to its formation and continued company existence, (B) Liabilities or Liens with respect to its ownership of its Interest under the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented) (excluding any actions taken in connection with a Cash Flow Deficiency or Credit Agreement Default under the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) or the Transaction Documents (as amended, modified or supplemented), (C) Liens for Taxes, assessments and other government charges not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and (D) Liens under applicable securities laws), (iv) transfer its Interest to another Person, unless such Person is (x) a Parent Successor that is wholly-owned (directly or indirectly) by The Madison Square Garden Company and The Madison Square Garden Company agrees in writing to the same covenants and agreements provided in this Section 9.11 with respect to such Parent Successor, or (y) such Parent Successor is wholly-owned (directly or indirectly) by an MSG Company Successor that has a class of shares that could constitute Successor Stock in accordance with the such terms definition, and such MSG Company Successor agrees in writing to the same covenants and agreements provided in this Section 9.11(b) with respect to such Parent Successor, (v) consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to, any Person (other than with respect to transfers of its Interest permitted in clause (iv)), (vi) create or acquire any Person or own any Equity Interest in any Person other than Holdings, (vii) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons or (viii) employ any Person as an employee. In the event there is an MSG Company Successor, The Madison Square Garden Company shall cause such MSG Company Successor to agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.11(b) and to make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 9.11(f), applied mutatis mutandis (and upon such agreement and making of such representations by the MSG Company Successor, The Madison Square Garden Company shall have no further liability or obligation hereunder).
(c) At the Closing, The Madison Square Garden Company shall deliver to the Member Representative a certificate executed on behalf of The Madison Square Garden Company by an executive officer of The Madison Square Garden Company certifying that the representations and warranties of The Madison Square Garden Company in Section 9.11(a) and Section 9.11(f) are true and correct as of the Effective Time as if made at and as of such time (other than representations and warranties that by their terms address matters only as of another specified time, which shall be true and correct only as of such time).
(d) Notwithstanding anything in Section 12.01 to the contrary, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Section 9.11 or in any certificate delivered pursuant to Section 9.11(c), and the covenants and agreements of The Madison Square Garden Company (or MSG Company Successor, as applicable) under Article 14 (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15, and only insofar as Article 14 relates to its rights
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and obligations under Section 9.11), shall survive the consummation of the Closing but shall terminate automatically (and without any recourse thereafter to The Madison Square Garden Company (or MSG Company Successor, as applicable)) upon the MSG Company Termination Date; provided , that such representations, warranties, covenants and agreements shall not terminate for so long as there remains outstanding any unresolved claims or disputes (whether or not fixed as to liability or liquidated as to amount, if set forth in a reasonably detailed written notice (specifying the circumstances giving rise to such claim, the estimated amount of damages sought thereunder to the extent then reasonably ascertainable and the inaccuracy or breach giving rise to such claim or, to the extent the specification of such inaccuracy or breach is not reasonably practicable as of such date, a reasonably detailed specification of the potential inaccuracy or breach based on the facts available at the time of such notice) delivered to The Madison Square Garden Company (or MSG Company Successor, as applicable) prior to the expiration of the MSG Company Termination Date) with respect to any such representations, warranties, covenants or agreements (as applicable) initiated prior to the MSG Company Termination Date. Notwithstanding anything in Article 12 to the contrary, the Member Representative (and no other party other than the Member Representative) shall be permitted to commence any Proceeding with respect to this Section 9.11, and such Proceeding shall not be addressed by, or subject to, Article 12. In the event such a Proceeding is commenced, Section 14.01, Section 14.06, Section 14.07, Section 14.08, Section 14.12 and Section 14.13 shall apply. For the avoidance of doubt, other than for fraud with respect to the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 9.11, any claims with respect to The Madison Square Garden Company (or MSG Company Successor, as applicable) under this Agreement shall be limited to claims of a breach of the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Section 9.11 or the covenants and agreements of The Madison Square Garden Company (or MSG Company Successor, as applicable) under Article 14 (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15, and only insofar as Article 14 relates to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11).
(e) Certain Definitions : Capitalized terms used in this Section 9.11 but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to them in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement (in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D).
(i) MSG Company Termination Date means the later of: (i) the later of (A) the date of payment in full of all amounts payable (including by issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, if applicable) with respect to any Principal Good Leaver Put(s), Principal Early Leaver Put(s) or Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put exercised prior to the applicable date required by the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement (if any), or (B) if no such Put is made in accordance with the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, the latest date on which a Principal is permitted to exercise a Principal Good Leaver Put, Principal Early Leaver Put or Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put under the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, and (ii) the earlier of: (x) if one or more Earn-Out Amount payments equal to the Earn-Out Amount Cap have been made in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c), the date of the last such payment (including by the issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock if applicable), (y) if an Earn-Out Qualification has not been achieved in respect of any TTM Period in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c), the 30th day following delivery to Parent of the applicable consolidated financial
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statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the Year 5 TTM Period or (z) if an Earn-Out Qualification has been achieved in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c) but not paid prior to the date referred to in clause (y), the date the applicable Earn-Out Amount payable in respect of such Earn-Out Qualification in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c) is paid in full in accordance with Section 2.03(b) and (c) (including by issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, if applicable).
(ii) Parent Successor means a recipient of all or a portion of the Interest of Parent in accordance with the terms of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement; provided , that The Madison Square Garden Company (or an MSG Company Successor, if applicable) shall not permit Parent (or a Parent Successor, if applicable) to transfer all or a portion of the Interest of Parent (or a Parent Successor, if applicable) unless the recipient (A) agrees to be bound by the requirements of this Section 9.11 and (B) makes the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 9.11 with respect to Parent, applied mutatis mutandis to such recipient.
(f) The Madison Square Garden Company hereby represents and warrants to the Member Representative that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder; (ii) it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite power and authority to conduct its business as now conducted; (iii) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by The Madison Square Garden Company and, assuming the due execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, The Madison Square Garden Companys obligations hereunder constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of The Madison Square Garden Company, enforceable against The Madison Square Garden Company in accordance with its terms except for Enforceability Exceptions; and (iv) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance of its obligations under this Agreement by The Madison Square Garden Company does not and will not violate, result in a breach (with or without the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both) of, or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) under, or require the consent or approval of any person or entity under any Contract, Law or Order that would have a material effect on the ability of The Madison Square Garden Company to fulfill its obligations hereunder, in each case to which The Madison Square Garden Company is a party or by which The Madison Square Garden Company is bound or to which its assets or properties are subject and which has not been obtained prior to the date hereof.
ARTICLE 10
[Reserved]
Section 10.01. Reserved .
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ARTICLE 11
TAX MATTERS
Section 11.01. Tax Treatment . For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the parties hereto agree to treat the Merger and the Transactions, with respect to the Members, as a sale to Parent of Holdings Pre-Closing Interests for cash to the extent of the cash consideration received by the Members hereunder followed by a redemption of the Redeemable Holdings Interests. Parent shall cause Holdings to allocate all items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit attributable to the taxable period of Holdings in which the Closing occurs based on a closing of Holdings books as of the end of the Closing Date. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, any Transaction Tax Deductions shall be treated as accruing on or prior to the Closing Date and shall be allocated to the taxable period of the Holdings that ends or is deemed to end on the Closing Date, and Parent shall not be allocated and shall not claim any such Transaction Tax Deductions. No party shall take a position on any Tax Return, before any Governmental Authority or in any proceeding, that is in any manner inconsistent with the Tax treatment described in this paragraph without the prior written consent of all of the other parties or unless specifically required pursuant to a determination by an applicable Governmental Authority.
Section 11.02. Tax Returns . All Acquired Entity Returns that relate to any Tax period that ends on or before the Closing Date shall be prepared and filed by Holdings in a manner reasonably determined by the Member Representative and consistent with each Acquired Entitys and each of its Subsidiarys past practice except as otherwise required by the provisions of this Agreement or as otherwise required by a change in Applicable Law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Transactions result in a deemed partnership termination pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code, an election under Section 754 of the Code shall be made with respect to the predecessor partnership. Except as provided in this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the Member Representative, Parent shall not file any amended Acquired Entity Return or make any Tax election with respect to any Tax period that ends on or before the Closing Date unless otherwise required by Applicable Law. Acquired Entity Returns that relate to any Tax period that begins before and ends after the Closing Date (such period, a Straddle Period , and such Acquired Entity Returns, Straddle Period Returns ) shall be prepared and filed by Holdings (A) in a manner reasonably determined by the Member Representative with respect to the pre-Closing portion of such Straddle Period Return to the extent that items in the post-Closing portion of the Straddle Period or subsequent periods are not affected and (B) in all cases, consistent with each Acquired Entitys and each Subsidiary of an Acquired Entitys past practice except as otherwise required by the provisions of this Agreement or A&R Holdings LLC Agreement or as otherwise required by a change in Applicable Law.
Section 11.03. Transfer Taxes . 50% of actual Transfer Taxes paid or required to be paid in connection with the Transactions (including any real property transfer Tax and any similar Tax) shall be deemed Transaction Expenses in accordance with the definition thereof, and the remaining 50% shall be borne by Parent; provided, however, that Parents liability to pay Transfer Taxes hereunder shall in no event exceed $200,000, and the entire amount of Transfer Taxes in excess of $400,000 shall be deemed Transaction Expenses. Parent will file, or cause to be filed, all necessary Tax Returns with respect to all such Transfer Taxes and will pay or cause to be paid all such Transfer Taxes.
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Section 11.04. Cooperation on Tax Matters . Parent and the Holdings Pre-Closing Members shall cooperate fully, as and to the extent reasonably requested by the other party, in connection with the preparation and filing of any Tax Return, any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the other partys request) the provision of records and information that are reasonably relevant to any such audit, litigation or other proceeding and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Holdings shall (i) retain all books and records with respect to Tax matters pertinent to the Acquired Entities and the Subsidiaries relating to pre-closing periods until the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations, and to abide by all record retention agreements entered into with any Taxing Authority for all periods required by such Taxing Authority, and (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to provide the Members with at least thirty (30) days prior written notice before destroying any such books and records, during which period any Member that so requests can elect to take possession, at their own expense, of a copy of such books and records.
Section 11.05. FIRPTA Certificate and W-9 . On or prior to the Closing Date, the Holdings Pre-Closing Members or the Acquired Entities, as applicable, shall deliver to Parent IRS Forms W-9 and certificates in compliance with Treasury Regulation Sections 1.1445-2 or 1.1445-11T(d)(2), as applicable, certifying that the Transactions are exempt from withholding under Section 1445 of the Code; provided , that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Parents sole right if the Members or the Acquired Entities, as applicable, fail to provide such certificates shall be to make an appropriate withholding of Tax. Parent agrees that, if on or before the Closing Date it receives the statements described in this Section 11.05, no withholding under Section 1445 of the Code is required in connection with the transactions described in Article 2.
Section 11.06. 754 Elections . The Holdings Pre-Closing Members and Parent shall cause Holdings (i) to make valid elections under Section 754 of the Code, effective for the taxable years of Holdings and 632 N. Dearborn Operations, LLC including the Closing Date and (ii) to use commercially reasonable efforts to make a valid election under Section 754 of the Code, effective for the taxable year of IP BISC LLC including the Closing Date.
Section 11.07. Tax Contests . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Member Representative shall control the conduct, through counsel of its own choosing and at the expense of the Holdings Pre-Closing Members, of any Proceeding with respect to Taxes of an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof, in each case, relating to any Tax period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date; provided, however, that (i) the Member Representative shall not settle or compromise any such Proceeding in a manner that would adversely affect the Tax Liability of any Acquired Entity or Parent or any of its Affiliates for any Tax period (or portion thereof) following the Closing without the consent of Parent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and (ii) with respect to any such Proceeding that relates to a Tax period beginning before and ending after the Closing
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Date, (A) the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement shall govern the conduct of such Proceeding and (B) the Member Representative and Parent shall reasonably cooperate to sever the pre-Closing and post-Closing portions of any such Proceeding, if possible, or to treat such Proceeding as severed for purposes of exercising their rights under this Section 11.07.
Section 11.08. Refunds . Holdings shall, within ten (10) days after the receipt thereof, pay to the Member Representative for the benefit of and distribution to the Members as allocated at the direction of the Member Representative any net refunds or credits of Taxes attributable to any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof that relate to a Tax period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date (determined in a manner consistent with the definition of Pre-Closing Taxes) in each case if actually received, applied against, credited to, or used to offset Taxes; provided, that, in each case, this sentence shall not apply to (a) any refund or credit included in the calculation of Final Adjusted Purchase Price, and (b) any refund or credit attributable to any Tax item or attribute arising in a Tax period (or portion thereof) beginning after the Closing Date. Parent will cooperate, and will cause each Acquired Entity and any Subsidiary thereof to cooperate in using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any Tax refund that the Member Representative reasonably requests Holdings to obtain, including through filing appropriate forms with the applicable Taxing Authority.
ARTICLE 12
SURVIVAL; INDEMNIFICATION
Section 12.01. Survival . All of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the parties (including the Holdings Pre-Closing Members pursuant to the Letters of Transmittal) contained in this Agreement, the Letters of Transmittal or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive (and not be affected in any respect by) the consummation of the Closing indefinitely and any investigation conducted by any party hereto and any information or knowledge which any party may have or receive. Notwithstanding the foregoing, other than for fraud: (i) the representations and warranties of the parties hereto contained in this Agreement (other than any Fundamental Representations and the representations and warranties in Section 4.15 (Taxes), Section 4.16(c) , the first sentence of Section 4.16(d) insofar as it relates to Taxes, the last sentence of Section 4.16(d) and Section 4.16(g) (Employee Benefit Plans) (the representations and warranties referred to in this clause (i) other than the Fundamental Representations, collectively, the Special Representations )) or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the consummation of the Closing until the first anniversary of the Closing Date (the Expiration Date ); (ii) the Fundamental Representations and the representations and warranties contained in the Letters of Transmittal shall survive the consummation of the Closing until the later of six years following the Closing Date and 60 days after the expiration of the applicable latest possible statutes of limitations of the underlying subject matter of such representations and warranties, determined on an individual representation and warranty basis; (iii) the Special Representations and the indemnification of Pre-Closing Taxes set forth in Section 12.02(a)(iii) shall survive the consummation of the Closing until the later of six years following the Closing Date and 60 days after the expiration of the applicable latest possible statutes of limitations of the underlying subject matter of such representations and
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warranties (or liability for such Pre-Closing Taxes), determined on an individual representation and warranty basis; and (iv) all covenants and agreements of the parties hereto parties (including the Holdings Pre-Closing Members pursuant to the Letters of Transmittal) contained in this Agreement, the Letters of Transmittal or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the consummation of the Closing indefinitely or for the shorter period explicitly specified therein. The representations and warranties, covenants and agreements of the parties contained in this Agreement or in any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith, and the applicable indemnity obligations for the inaccuracy or breach thereof that terminate pursuant to this Section 12.01 , and the liability of any party to this Agreement with respect thereto pursuant to this Article 12 , shall not terminate with respect to any claim, whether or not fixed as to liability or liquidated as to amount, if set forth in a reasonably detailed written notice (specifying the circumstances giving rise to such claim, the estimated amount of Damages sought thereunder to the extent then reasonably ascertainable and the inaccuracy or breach giving rise to such claim or, to the extent the specification of such inaccuracy or breach is not reasonably practicable as of such date, a reasonably detailed specification of the potential inaccuracy or breach based on the facts available at the time of such notice) delivered to the applicable Indemnitor (or the Member Representative if a Member is the Indemnitor) prior to the expiration of the applicable survival period provided above.
Section 12.02. Indemnification .
(a) Indemnification by the Members . Effective at and after the consummation of the Closing and subject to Section 12.03 , the Members shall, severally ( pro rata based on such Members Holdings Allocation Percentage, or otherwise as determined by the Member Representative upon written notice to Parent), but not jointly (subject to the last sentence of Section 12.03(e) ), indemnify Parent and its Affiliates and Representatives (excluding Holdings and its Subsidiaries, provided that for purposes of determining a De Minimis Breach pursuant to Section 12.03(b), the Damages of Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall be taken into account) (each, a Parent Indemnitee ) against and hold each of them harmless from any and all Damages incurred by a Parent Indemnitee arising out of, relating to, resulting from, in connection with or otherwise in respect of:
(i) any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty set forth in Article 4 or Article 5 as of the Closing (other than any representation or warranty made as of a certain date, in which case, as of such date), or in the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(a) (with respect to such representations and warranties) or Section 2.10(g) (each such breach of a representation or warranty, a Group Warranty Breach );
(ii) any breach of a covenant or agreement pursuant to this Agreement, the Restructuring Agreement or the Escrow Agreement made or to be performed by (x) an Acquired Entity prior to the consummation of the Closing or (y) the Member Representative, at any time (each such breach of a covenant or agreement, together with any Group Warranty Breach, a Group Breach );
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(iii) (w) Pre-Closing Taxes of any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof, (x) obligations of any Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof under unclaimed property and escheat Laws, to the extent actually paid to a Governmental Authority, arising out of gift cards issued prior to the Closing Date, (y) Transaction Expenses, to the extent not paid in connection with the Closing or pursuant to Section 2.12, including the matters set forth on Schedule 12.02(a)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, and (z) the portion of any Post-Closing New Venue Opening Expenses indirectly borne by Parent after the Closing (based on Parents Percentage Share (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement)) that would not have been borne by Parent in accordance with the definition of New Venue Opening Amount had such Post-Closing New Venue Opening Expenses been paid prior to the Closing and incorporated in the calculation of the New Venue Opening Amount ( i.e. , because, based on the definition of New Venue Opening Amount, Parent (A) bears only fifty percent (50%) of any New Venue Opening Expenses and (B) is not obligated to bear any portion of New Venue Opening Expenses in excess of the New Venue Opening Amount Cap); or
(iv) (x) any error or inaccuracy in the Member Allocation Schedule attached as Annex D (including with respect to the Holdings Pre-Closing Percentages, Holdings Allocation Percentage, Rollover Class A Allocated Investment Percentages, or Rollover Class A Investment Percentage), in any allocation or apportionment of consideration or Liability by the Member Representative or any Liability under the Restructuring Agreement except to the extent resulting from any action taken by Parent in breach of the Transaction Documents, or in account wiring instructions delivered by the Member Representative or any Member; (y) any Liability (including any Proceeding with respect thereto) with respect to any Member or other holder of Equity Interests in an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof, with respect to such Member or holders capacity as a Member or holder of Equity Interests or otherwise relating to his, her or its relationship and rights as a Member or holder of Equity Interests (whether pursuant to an LLC Agreement, Side Letter or other Contract in respect of any Acquired Entity, such Members Letter of Transmittal, or any Liability with respect to Rollover Holdco in connection with the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Restructuring Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to the extent such claim is brought by a Member except to the extent resulting from any action taken by Parent in breach of the Transaction Documents) in an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof, whether such Liability (or Proceeding) involves Parent or an Affiliate of Parent, Rollover Holdco or an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof (or any manager, director, officer or employee of an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof) including, without limitation, any Proceeding brought by or against such Person or his, her or its heirs, successors or assigns, or other Persons on behalf of such Persons with respect to the consummation of the Closing or the other Transactions (including the Restructuring or Deal Approval, and including the adequacy or allocation of any consideration hereunder with respect to the Transactions or the obligations on any Member or holder of Equity Interests in an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof under the Letter of Transmittal, including any release thereunder or appointment of Member Representative as a representative), or this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any indemnification claim against Parent to the extent duly made pursuant to Section 12.02(c) ); or (z) any Member Released Claim.
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(b) Additional Indemnification by the Members . Effective at and after the consummation of the Closing and subject to Section 12.03 , each Member shall, severally but not jointly (subject to the last sentence of Section 12.03(e) ), indemnify Parent Indemnitees against and hold each of them harmless from any and all Damages incurred by a Parent Indemnitee arising out of, relating to, resulting from, in connection with or otherwise in respect of:
(i) (x) any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of such Member set forth in Article 3 (other than Section 3.12) as of the Closing (other than any representation or warranty made as of a certain date, in which case, as of such date), a Letter of Transmittal or in the certificates delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(a) with respect to such representations and warranties, and (y) with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member, any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty with respect to Rollover Holdco set forth in Section 3.12 (each such breach of a representation or warranty, a Member Warranty Breach );
(ii) any breach of a covenant or agreement made or to be performed by such Member pursuant to this Agreement (other than a Group Breach), the Restructuring Agreement or a Letter of Transmittal (each such breach of a covenant or agreement, together with any Member Warranty Breach, a Member Breach ); or
(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, effective at and after the consummation of the Closing and subject to Section 12.03 , with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member that is not an individual, the individual(s) listed opposite such Rollover Holdco Members or Direct Rollover Members name as set forth on Schedule 12.02(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule, shall be jointly and severally liable with such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Holdco Member (subject to the last sentence of Section 12.03(e) ) for any Damages of Parent Indemnitees to the extent that, and only with respect to such Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member is liable hereunder (subject to the limitations hereunder), pro rata based on the percentage set forth opposite such Rollover Holdco Members or Direct Rollover Members name on Schedule 12.02(b)(iii) of the Disclosure Schedule.
(c) Indemnification by Parent . Effective at and after the consummation of the Closing and subject to Section 12.03 , Parent shall indemnify the Members, the Management Sellers, the Managers and their respective Affiliates and Representatives (excluding Holdings and its Subsidiaries) (each a Seller Indemnitee and, together with any Parent Indemnitee, each an Indemnitee )) against and hold each of them harmless from any and all Damages incurred by a Seller Indemnitee arising out of, relating to, resulting from, in connection with or otherwise in respect of:
(i) any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty of Parent and set forth in Article 6 as of the Closing (other than any representation or warranty made as of a certain date, in which case, as of such date) or in the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.10(d)(i) with respect to such representations and warranties (each such breach of a representation or warranty, a Parent Warranty Breach ); or
(ii) any breach of a covenant or agreement made or to be performed by Parent or Parent Merger Sub pursuant to this Agreement or the Escrow Agreement (each such breach of a covenant or agreement, together with any Parent Warranty Breach, a Parent Breach ).
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It is understood and agreed that any claim for indemnification against Parent pursuant to this Section 12.02(c) shall only be enforceable by the Member Representative on behalf of the Seller Indemnitees in its sole and absolute discretion, provided , that a Seller Indemnitee shall be permitted to enforce this Section 12.02(c) directly in the case of defenses or counterclaims in connection with any claim brought by Parent against such Seller Indemnitee directly.
Section 12.03. Limitations on Indemnification .
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, other than for fraud, and subject to this Section 12.03 (including Section 12.03(e) ) and Section 12.04) , (i) in no event shall the cumulative indemnification obligations of the Members for all Group Warranty Breaches and Member Warranty Breaches (except for any inaccuracy or breach of the Fundamental Representations included in Article 4 , the Special Representations or the representations and warranties in Section 4.06(d)), in the aggregate, exceed $15,000,000 (the Business Cap ), (ii) in no event shall the cumulative indemnification obligations of the Members pursuant to Section 12.02(a)( i ), (ii) and (iii)(z) and Section 12.02(b) , except for any inaccuracy or breach of the representations and warranties in Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.15 (Taxes) with respect to federal, state and local income Taxes, in the aggregate, exceed $190,000,000 (the Cap ), (iii) except with respect to breaches of the covenants and agreements made or to be performed pursuant to Section 7.04 (which shall only be paid directly by the applicable Principal(s)), in no event shall the indemnification obligations of the Members pursuant to Section 12.02(a) and Section 12.02(b) , (x) in the aggregate, exceed the aggregate Closing Cash Consideration (including any adjustments pursuant to Section 2.12 ), plus any Earn-Out Amount(s) actually paid in accordance with Section 2.03(b) (including by issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock in accordance with Section 2.03(b)), plus any distributions from the Purchase Price Adjustment Escrow Fund received by the Members (or the Member Representative on behalf of the Members) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, or, (y) with respect to any individual Member, exceed an amount equal to (A) the Purchase Price plus any Earn-Out Amount(s) actually paid in accordance with Section 2.03(b) (including by issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock in accordance with Section 2.03(b)), multiplied by (B) such Members Holdings Allocation Percentage. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to the foregoing clause (iii)(y), irrespective of whether a Member delivers a Letter of Transmittal to the Member Representative, the limitation on indemnification of a Parent Indemnitee with respect to the Members shall be calculated as if such Member had submitted a Letter of Transmittal and such Member had received its allocable portion of the Purchase Price (and any Earn-Out Amount(s) actually paid in accordance with Section 2.03(b) (including by issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock in accordance with Section 2.03(b)) multiplied by such Members Holdings Allocation Percentage), and in the event of an indemnification obligation of such Member, the Member Representative
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shall pay the applicable amount out of the proceeds with respect to such Member held by the Member Representative to the applicable Parent Indemnitee notwithstanding the failure to receive such Letter of Transmittal but otherwise subject to the limitations on indemnification set forth in this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to this Section 12.03 , the value of the Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock will be equal to the value attributed at the time of issuance pursuant to Section 2.03(b).
(b) With respect to indemnification of Parent Indemnitees by the Members for Group Warranty Breaches and Member Warranty Breaches pursuant to Section 12.02(a)( i ) and Section 12.02(b)( i ) , other than for fraud or for the inaccuracy or breach of the Fundamental Representations, the Special Representations or the representations and warranties in Section 4.06(d), the Members shall not be liable (i) for any Group Warranty Breaches or Member Warranty Breaches with respect to which the aggregate Damages incurred by the Acquired Entities and their Subsidiaries, collectively, when taken together with their aggregate Damages with respect to any related Group Warranty Breach(es) or Member Warranty Breach(es), do not amount to more than $35,000 (such related Group Warranty Breach(es) or Member Warranty Breach(es) that do not exceed in the aggregate $35,000, a De Minimis Breach ) (for the avoidance of doubt, solely for purposes of determining whether Damages exceed $35,000 for determining a De Minimis Breach, and without taking into consideration the fact that the Damages incurred by the Parent Indemnitees may have been less in respect of any such Group Warranty Breaches or Member Warranty Breaches) or (ii) unless the aggregate amount of Damages of Parent Indemnitees with respect to all Group Warranty Breaches or Member Warranty Breaches, other than De Minimis Breaches, exceeds $1,000,000 (the Deductible ) and then only for amounts of Damages in excess of the Deductible.
(c) With respect to indemnification by Parent for Parent Breaches pursuant to Section 12.02(c)( i ) , other than for fraud or for the inaccuracy or breach of the Fundamental Representations (i) Parent shall not be liable (A) for any Parent Warranty Breaches for which the Damages with respect thereto, when taken together with the Damages with respect to any related Parent Warranty Breaches, do not amount to more than $35,000 (such Parent Warranty Breaches that do not exceed $35,000, a Parent De Minimis Breach ) or (B) unless the aggregate amount of Damages with respect to all Parent Warranty Breaches, other than Parent De Minimis Breaches, exceeds the Deductible, and then only for amounts of Damages in excess of the Deductible, and (y) the maximum liability for all Parent Warranty Breaches (except for any inaccuracy in or breach of the Fundamental Representations) shall not exceed the Business Cap and (z) the maximum liability for all Parent Breaches shall not exceed the Cap.
(d) For purposes of indemnification under this Article 12 , (i) each of the representations and warranties that contain any qualifications as to materiality, material or Group Material Adverse Effect (or any correlative terms) (other than such qualifications in Section 4.04(iv) , Section 4.07(a) , Section 4.08(a) , Section 4.08(b) , Section 4.16(a) , the last sentence of Section 4.24 , Section 6.04(iv) , the definition of (except as provided in subclause (iv) thereof) and references to Material Contracts and for the avoidance of doubt, any dollar thresholds in Section 4.09 or Section 4.10(a)) , each of which shall not be disregarded) and (ii) the representation and warranty in Section 4.05(a)(i) that contains qualification as to de minimis failures, shall be deemed to have been given as though there were no such qualifications in determining the Damages attributable to any such breach or inaccuracy and in determining whether there has been any breach of, or inaccuracy in, any representations or warranties hereunder.
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(e) If a Parent Indemnitee becomes entitled to indemnification pursuant to Sections 12.02(a) or 12.02(b) , except with respect to breaches of the covenants and agreements made or to be performed pursuant to Section 7.04 (which shall only be paid directly by the applicable Principal(s)), such indemnification payment will be made first out of the Indemnity Escrow Fund and, in the event the amount of the Indemnity Escrow Fund is not sufficient to satisfy such entitlement in full, in cash by the Indemnitor (subject to the other terms of this Article 12 )); provided , solely in the event the amount of the Indemnity Escrow Fund is not sufficient to satisfy such entitlement in full, that in the case of an Indemnitor that is a Rollover Holdco Member (a Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor ), at such Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitors option (upon written notice to the Parent Indemnitee of the specifics of such election (including whether to transfer Class A Holdings Interests and/or Preferred Holdings Interests or a combination thereof, pursuant to clauses (ii) and (iii) below) no later than ten (10) days after incurrence of such indemnification obligation is finally determined to be due and owing, or if such election is not made within such period, upon Parents option), such indemnification obligation shall be payable in full pursuant to one or more of the following payment methods (subject to the terms herein): (i) payment of cash to the Parent Indemnitee by such Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor, (ii) Rollover Holdco shall (x) Transfer (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) to Parent Class A Holdings Interests (valued at the Per Class A Holdings Interest Value in respect of such indemnification obligation) and/or Preferred Holdings Interests (valued at the Stated Early Put Value (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement)) or a combination thereof, free and clear of all Liens in accordance with the terms of Article VI of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement applicable to such Transfer, and (y) cancel for no consideration the Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units or Rollover Holdco Preferred Units (as applicable) corresponding to such Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable) of such Rollover Holdco Member, (iii) (x) Rollover Holdco shall distribute a number of Class A Holdings Interests (valued at the Per Class A Holdings Interest Value in respect of such indemnification obligation) and/or Preferred Holdings Interests (valued at the Stated Early Put Value (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement)) or a combination thereof to such Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor in full redemption of an equivalent number of Rollover Holdco Class A Units or Rollover Holdco Preferred Units (as applicable) held by such Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor and concurrently (y) such Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor shall Transfer such Class A Holdings Interests or Preferred Holdings Interests (as applicable), free and clear of all Liens, to Parent in accordance with the terms of Article VI of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement applicable to such Transfer, (iv) with respect to a Direct Rollover Member, such Direct Rollover Member shall Transfer to Parent Class A Holdings Interests (valued at the Per Class A Holdings Interest Value in respect of such indemnification obligation), free and clear of all Liens in accordance with the terms of Article VI of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement applicable to such Transfer, and/or (v) assignment of amounts distributable to such Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor under the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement (including under Section 2.1 therein) to such Parent Indemnitee (such principal amount of indemnification payable by assignment of distributions, the Principal Amount ), with interest accruing on such Principal Amount at a rate of five percent (5%) per annum, compounded semiannually from the date such indemnification obligation is finally determined to
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be due and payable; provided , further , that if the entire Principal Amount is not paid prior to the earlier of (x) the second anniversary of the date such indemnification obligation is finally determined to be due and payable, and (y) in the case of a finally determined indemnification obligation, the date such Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor Transfers (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement) any of his, her or its Class A Holdings Interests, the entire amount of such obligation, including the Principal Amount (to the extent unpaid) and any interest accrued as of such date, shall be due and payable by the Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor by either of the methods set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above (such payment to be made in the sole discretion of the Parent Indemnitee), and/or the Parent Indemnitee shall be entitled to set off and withhold any amounts owed or payable to such Rollover Holdco Member Indemnitor (whether under this Agreement or another Transaction Document, other than an Employment Agreement) in respect of such outstanding amount. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, with respect to any claim under Section 12.02(a) or 12.02(b) other than breaches of the covenants and agreements made or to be performed pursuant to Section 7.04 (which shall only be paid directly by the applicable Principal(s)), the Parent Indemnitee shall be entitled to collect the entire amount of his, her or its Damages from the Indemnity Escrow Fund without regard to the Members pro rata share of the Indemnity Escrow Fund (based on such Members Holdings Allocation Percentage or otherwise).
(f) No Acquired Entity or Parent Contribution . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (but for the avoidance of doubt, without limiting Parents specified indemnification obligations under Section 12.02(c) ) or any rights of any Member, officers, managers, directors and employees of each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 7.06 ): (i) each of the Members, Management Sellers, Rollover Holdco, Rollover Holdco Members, Direct Rollover Members, Member Representative and Acquired Entities acknowledges and agrees that he, she or it does not have any right of indemnification, contribution or reimbursement from or remedy against Parent, Parent Merger Sub, or their respective Affiliates, or the Acquired Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as a result of any indemnification he, she or it is required to make under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, arising out of, based upon or resulting from the breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or other obligation of the Members, Management Sellers, Rollover Holdco, Rollover Holdco Member, Direct Rollover Member or, prior to the Closing, any Acquired Entity contained in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents, or in any certificate, document or other instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith, including any representation or warranty by or with respect to (A) (x) the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries contained in Article 4 of this Agreement or in any of the other Transaction Documents, (y) Rollover Holdco contained in Article 3 of this Agreement or in any of the other Transaction Documents, or (z) the Member Representative contained in Article 5 of this Agreement or in any of the other Transaction Documents, or (B) any covenant, agreement or other obligation by or with respect to the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries, Rollover Holdco or the Member Representative that is required to be performed at or prior to the consummation of the Closing, and (ii) each of the Members, Management Sellers, Rollover Holdco, Rollover Holdco Members, Direct Rollover Members, Member Representative and Acquired Entities hereby releases, waives and forever discharges any right to indemnification, contribution or reimbursement that he, she or it may have at any time against Parent, Parent Merger Sub, or their respective Affiliates, or the
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Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries, under or arising out of the breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or other obligation of any Member, Management Seller, Rollover Holdco, Rollover Holdco Member, Direct Rollover Member, the Member Representative or Acquired Entity contained in this Agreement, or the other Transaction Documents, arising out of, based upon or resulting from the breach or inaccuracy of any representation, warranty, covenant, agreement or other obligation of the Members, Management Sellers, Rollover Holdco, Rollover Holdco Members, Direct Rollover Member or any Acquired Entity contained in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents, or in any certificate, document or other instrument delivered in connection herewith or therewith, including any representation or warranty by or with respect to (1) (aa) the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries contained in Article 4 of this Agreement or in any of the other Transaction Documents, (bb) Rollover Holdco contained in Article 3 of this Agreement or in any of the other Transaction Documents, or (cc) the Member Representative contained in Article 5 of this Agreement or in any of the other Transaction Documents, or (2) any covenant, agreement or other obligation by or with respect to the Acquired Entities or their respective Subsidiaries, Rollover Holdco or the Member Representative that is required to be performed at or prior to the consummation of the Closing.
Section 12.04. Exclusive Remedy . Without limiting the effect of any other limitation set forth in this Agreement, other than for fraud or with respect to any claims under Section 9.11 (which claims may only be brought in accordance with Section 9.11(d) and with respect to breaches of Section 9.11) or with respect to any claims under Section 2.03(b)(iv) (which claims may only be brought in accordance with Section 2.03(b)(iv) and with respect to breaches of Section 2.03(b)(iv)), from and after the consummation of the Closing, the indemnification provisions of Section 12.02 (together with the related provisions of the Escrow Agreement) shall, except with respect to Section 2.11 or Section 2.14 , be the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of the parties following the consummation of the Closing for any and all inaccuracies or breaches or alleged inaccuracies or breaches of any representations or warranties or breaches or alleged breaches of any covenants or agreements of the parties in this Agreement, the Restructuring Agreement, the Letters of Transmittal, the officer certificates delivered pursuant to Section 2.10 or the Transactions (other than the Employment Agreements and the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement).
Section 12.05. Indemnification Procedures for Non-Third Party Claims . Prior to any applicable expiration date under Section 12.01, if an Indemnitee has incurred Damages, other than in connection with a Third Party Claim (as defined below), such Indemnitee shall promptly deliver to the applicable Member(s) or Parent subject to an indemnity obligation to such Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12.02 (an Indemnitor ) or, in the event the Indemnitor is a Member, the Member Representative a notice signed by any officer thereof (or in the event the Indemnitee is not an entity, signed by the Indemnitee) (an Indemnity Notice ) (i) stating that such Indemnitee has incurred Damages and (ii) specifying in reasonable detail (to the extent available) the individual items of Damages included in the amount so stated and the nature of the breach of warranty or covenant to which such item is related. After the giving of any Indemnity Notice, the amount of Damages to which the Indemnitee shall be entitled in respect thereof shall be determined: (x) by a written agreement between the Indemnitor and Indemnitee expressly stating that it is an agreement made pursuant to this Section 12.05 or (y) by a final judgment or
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decree of any court having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination is to be enforced; provided , however , that the failure by an Indemnitee to deliver an Indemnity Notice promptly shall not prevent any Indemnitee from being indemnified hereunder for any Damages, except to the extent that the failure to so promptly notify the Indemnitor materially prejudices the Indemnitor.
Section 12.06. Indemnification Procedures for Third-Party Claims .
(a) An Indemnitee shall give prompt notice in writing to the Indemnitor (or, in the event the Indemnitor is a Member, to the Member Representative) of the assertion of any claim or the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding by any Third Party ( Third Party Claim ) in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to Section 12.02. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail such Third Party Claim and the basis for indemnification (taking into account the information then available to the Indemnitee). The failure to so notify any Indemnitor (or, in the event the Indemnitor is a Member, the Member Representative) shall not relieve any Indemnitor of its obligations hereunder, except to the extent such failure shall have materially prejudiced the Indemnitor.
(b) The Indemnitor shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim, and if the Indemnitor (or, in the event the Indemnitor is a Member, the Member Representative), elects to do so by giving the Indemnitee a Control Notice (if permitted to make such election in accordance with the definition of such term or by Parents prior written consent) within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice of such Third Party Claim (and the other information required pursuant to Section 12.06(a)), then, subject to the other limitations set forth in this Section 12.06, such Indemnitor shall be entitled to control and appoint lead counsel for such defense, in each case at its own expense (in each case, subject to Section 12.06(d)).
(c) If the Indemnitor shall assume the control of the defense of any Third Party Claim in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.06(b) , (x) the Indemnitor shall obtain the prior written consent of the Indemnitee (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) before entering into any settlement of such Third Party Claim, if such settlement does not release the Indemnitee and its Affiliates from all Liabilities with respect to such Third Party Claim or the settlement requires an admission of fault or imposes injunctive or other equitable relief against the Indemnitee or any of its Affiliates, (y) the Indemnitee shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any Third Party Claim and to employ separate counsel of its choice for such purpose (the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Indemnitee unless (A) such Third Party Claim seeks an order, injunction or other equitable relief against any Indemnitee or any of its Affiliates (other than Holdings or its Subsidiaries), (B) the Indemnitee is named as a defendant in such Third Party Claim, or (C) the Indemnitee determines with advice of counsel that there may be one or more legal defenses available to Indemnitee that are different from or additional to those available to the Indemnitor or, in the case named as defendants, Holdings or its Subsidiaries, or that a conflict of interest among any of such parties may exist in respect of such Third Party Claim, in which case of clauses (A), (B) or (C), the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Indemnitor)), and (z) the Indemnitor (or, in the event the Indemnitor is a Member, the Member Representative) shall keep the Indemnitee reasonably apprised (including by reasonably prompt delivery of copies of all filed documentation and reasonable consultation rights) of all material events with respect to such
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Third Party Claim. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article 12 or in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement, Section 11.07 shall govern the conduct of any Proceeding with respect to Taxes of an Acquired Entity or any Subsidiary thereof to the extent provided therein and the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement shall govern the conduct of any Proceeding if and to the extent so provided in Section 11.07 or if such Proceeding is not otherwise addressed by Section 11.07 .
(d) If the Indemnitor (or in the event the Indemnitor is a Member, the Member Representative) elects not to assume the defense, settlement, adjustment or compromise of an asserted Liability, fails to timely and properly notify the Indemnitee of his, her or its election as herein provided (including the information required pursuant to Section 12.06) and fails to cure such failure within five (5) days following written notice to such Indemnitor of such failure, or, at any time after assuming such defense, fails to diligently defend against such Third Party Claim in good faith (and fails to cure such failure within twenty (20) days following written notice to such Indemnitor of such failure), fails to reasonably demonstrate that such Indemnitee has access to sufficient resources to pay the amount of any Damages of the Indemnitee in connection with such Third Party Claim (as required pursuant to clauses (i)(B) and (ii)(B) respectively of the definition of Control Notice herein) or if the Indemnitee is otherwise entitled pursuant to this Agreement to have control over the defense, settlement or compromise of such Third Party Claim, then (i) Holdings shall, in the case of any Third Party Claim arising out of, relating to, resulting from, in connection with or otherwise in respect of any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty that is subject to the Business Cap pursuant to Section 12.03(a), at Holdings expense, pay, defend, settle, adjust or compromise such Third Party Claim and such expenses of Holdings shall be included in the calculation of the Indemnitees Damages (as determined in accordance with Section 12.07(c)) in the event such inaccuracy and/or breach has occurred, and (ii) in the case of any other Third Party Claim, Indemnitee may pay, defend, settle, adjust or compromise such Third Party Claim (subject to the prior written consent of the Indemnitor (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) before entering into any settlement of such Third Party Claim) and such expenses of Indemnitee shall be included in the calculation of the Indemnitees Damages payable to the Indemnitee hereunder in the event such inaccuracy, breach and/or other indemnifiable event pursuant Section 12.02 has occurred. If Holdings has assumed the defense of a Third Party Claim in accordance with this Section 12.06(d), then the parties agree that the defense of such claim by Holdings, including all decisions as to the manner in which such Third Party Claim is defended, shall be directed by Indemnitee subject only to (x) the approval of the settlement of such Third Party Claim by Indemnitor in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 12.06(d) and (y) any approval rights with respect to such settlement pursuant to Section 4.1(g)(i)(C)(III) of the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement.
(e) Each party shall cooperate, and cause their respective affiliates to cooperate, in the defense or prosecution of any Third Party Claim and shall furnish or cause to be furnished such records, information and testimony, and attend such conferences, discovery proceedings, hearings, trials or appeals, as may be reasonably requested in connection therewith. In addition, the party controlling the defense of any Third Party Claim shall make reasonably available its employees involved in the defense of such third Party Claims on a mutually convenient basis (at reasonable regular intervals) for providing additional information and explanation of any issues, material defense decisions and/or strategies, and reasonably timely updates on the status of any such Proceedings.
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Section 12.07. Calculation of Damages .
(a) No Indemnitee shall be required to mitigate any Damages for which such Indemnitee seeks indemnification under this Agreement. The amount of any Damages payable under Section 12.02 shall be net of any amounts actually recovered by the Indemnitee under applicable insurance policies or other Contracts or from any other Person (net of any applicable deductible or increase in insurance premiums (including retro-premium adjustments); provided that the Indemnitee shall have no obligation to pursue or continue the pursuit of any such recovery. If the Indemnitee receives any amounts under applicable insurance policies or from any other Person responsible for any Damages subsequent to receipt of funds from the Indemnitors, then such Indemnitee shall promptly reimburse the Indemnitors for any funds delivered or expense incurred by the Indemnitors in connection with the delivery of such funds up to the amount received by the Indemnitee, net of any expenses (including any increase in insurance premiums (including retro-premium adjustments)) incurred by such Indemnitee (or its Affiliates) in collecting such amount.
(b) Neither the Members nor Parent shall be liable under Section 12.02 for any Damages (x) to the extent that there is a specific liability or reserve relating to such matter that is included (A) in the Group Balance Sheet (solely in respect of litigation-related, bad debt or customer deposit reserves made in accordance with GAAP and specifically attributed to the applicable litigation, account receivable or customer deposit that is the subject of such indemnification claim under Section 12.02(a)(i) ) or (B) in the calculation of Closing Indebtedness or Closing Net Working Capital, in each case, as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.14, or (y) to the extent such Damages are otherwise taken into account in the calculations of the amount of the Final Adjusted Purchase Price.
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the determination of De Minimis Breaches set forth in Section 12.03, the amount of any Damages incurred by a Parent Indemnitee arising out of, relating to, resulting from, in connection with or otherwise in respect of any Damages incurred by Holdings or its Subsidiaries shall be deemed for all purposes herein, to the extent that any Parent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification in accordance with this Article 12, to be the proportionate amount of such Damages sustained by any Acquired Entities or any of their Subsidiaries (i.e., based on Parents Percentage Share (as defined in the A&R Holdings LLC Agreement)) as of immediately following the consummation of the Closing.
Section 12.08. Member Representative . With respect to the matters for which the Members are obligated to provide or are entitled to indemnification pursuant to Section 12.02(a) or 12.02(b) , notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Member Representative shall make or receive all notices, waivers and consents applicable to the Members on behalf thereof and Parent shall be obligated only to provide written notice to the Member Representative (who shall be deemed the Indemnitor or Indemnitee, as the case may be, which respect to all notices, waivers and consents applicable to the Member under Article 12 ).
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Section 12.09. Treatment of Adjustments . Unless otherwise required by Applicable Law, any amount paid by the Members or Parent under Section 12.02 will be treated as an adjustment to the Adjusted Purchase Price for all federal, state, local and foreign Tax purposes, and the parties shall file their Tax Returns accordingly unless otherwise required by Applicable Law.
ARTICLE 13
[Reserved]
Section 13.01. Reserved .
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 14.01. Notices . All notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and given by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, nationally recognized overnight delivery service, such as Federal Express or personal delivery against receipt to the party to whom it is given, in each case, at such partys following address or such other address as such party may hereafter specify by notice to the other parties hereto given in accordance herewith:
if to Parent, Parent Merger Sub, The Madison Square Garden Company, the Earn-Out Guarantor or, following the Closing, any Acquired Entity, to:
The Madison Square Garden Company
Two Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, New York 10121
Attention: | President | |
General Counsel |
with copies, which shall not constitute notice, to:
The Madison Square Garden Company
Two Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, New York 10121
Attention: General Counsel
and
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Attention: Kenneth A. Lefkowitz
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if to the Member Representative, any Member, Management Seller, Rollover Holdco Member, Rollover Holdco or, prior to the Closing, any Acquired Entity to:
TAO Group
1350 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 710
New York, NY 10019
Attention: | Marc Packer | |
Richard Wolf | ||
Noah Tepperberg | ||
Jason Strauss |
with copies, which shall not constitute notice, to:
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019-6064
Attention: | Ariel J. Deckelbaum | |
Robert B. Schumer |
Any such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been given as of the date so personally delivered (or, if delivered after normal business hours, on the next business day), on the next business day when sent by overnight delivery services or five days after the date so mailed if by certified or registered mail.
Section 14.02. Amendments and Waivers .
(a) Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, but only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and is signed, in the case of an amendment, by Parent and the Member Representative (subject to (x) clause (i) of Section 14.14(a) , and (y) with respect to Section 9.11 or Section 2.03(b)(iv) or any addition to the scope of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements provided by The Madison Square Garden Company or the Earn-Out Guarantor respectively under this Agreement as of the date of this Agreement, the written consent of The Madison Square Garden Company or the Earn-Out Guarantor, as applicable) or, in the case of a waiver, by Parent (in the case of any waiver against Parent or Parent Merger Sub) or by the Member Representative (in the case of any waiver against any Management Seller, Rollover Holdco, other Rollover Holdco Member, Direct Rollover Member or Acquired Entity (subject to clause (i) of Section 14.14(a) ).
(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Applicable Law.
Section 14.03. Expenses . Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such cost or expense; provided , that (x) the Transaction Expenses of each Acquired Entity shall
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be borne by the Members pursuant to the deduction thereof in the definitions of Cash Purchase Price, or if not paid in connection with the Closing or pursuant to Section 2.12, to be paid in accordance with Article 12; and (y) the Debt Financing Expenses shall be borne entirely by Holdings, and promptly after the consummation of the Closing, Holdings shall reimburse Parent and the Management Sellers, Direct Rollover Members and other Rollover Holdco Members and their respective Affiliates in respect of any Debt Financing Expenses incurred by them.
Section 14.04. Disclosure Schedule . The parties hereto agree that any reference in a particular Schedule of the Disclosure Schedule shall only be deemed to be an exception to (or, as applicable, a disclosure for purposes of) (a) the representations and warranties (or covenants, as applicable) that are contained in the corresponding Section of this Agreement and (b) any other representations and warranties that are contained in this Agreement, but only if the relevance of that reference as an exception to (or a disclosure for purposes of) such representations and warranties is readily apparent on the face of such disclosure. The mere inclusion of an item in the Disclosure Schedule as an exception to a representation or warranty shall not be deemed an admission that such item represents a material exception or material fact, event or circumstance or that such item is reasonably likely to be material or have a Group Material Adverse Effect.
Section 14.05. Binding Effect; Benefit; Assignment .
(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, the respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto. No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer any rights, benefits, remedies, obligations or liabilities hereunder upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, except as otherwise provided in Section 14.02(a) and the proviso to Section 14.02(a) (which are intended to be for the benefit of the Persons identified therein). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the indemnified Persons (in accordance with Section 7.06) shall be third party beneficiaries to the covenants and obligations set forth in Section 7.06; and (ii) the Members, Management Sellers and their Affiliates, and Members Counsel (including their partners and employees) shall be third party beneficiaries of Section 14.13 . Any assignment in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio.
(b) No party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement (including any rights with respect to all or any portion of an Earn-Out Amount) without the consent of each other party hereto, provided that (i) Parent and Parent Merger Sub may assign any or all of their respective rights, interests and obligations hereunder to one or more wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiaries of The Madison Square Garden Company (provided that such assignment shall not relieve Parent of its obligations hereunder) and (ii) each Member may assign any or all of his, her or its respective rights with respect to all or any portion of the Earn-Out Amounts due and payable to such Member (A) with respect to any Member that is an individual: (1) to a trust solely for the benefit of such individual or the members of such individuals immediate family with such individual acting as trustee of such trust and retaining control thereunder for so long as such individual is physically able; or (2) to an entity that is owned solely by such individual and the members of such individuals
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immediate family with such individual retaining authority to appoint all of the directors (or persons serving in a similar capacity) for so long as such individual is physically able or (B) to any wholly-owned Affiliate.
Section 14.06. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the conflicts of law rules of such state.
Section 14.07. Jurisdiction . The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the Transactions (whether brought by any party or any of its Affiliates or against any party or any of its Affiliates, but excluding matters determined by the Accounting Firm pursuant to Section 2.11 or Section 2.14 ) shall be brought in the Delaware Chancery Court or, if such court shall not have jurisdiction, any federal court located in the State of Delaware or other Delaware state court, and each of the parties hereby irrevocably consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding may be served on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court. Without limiting the foregoing, each party agrees that service of process on such party as provided in Section 14.01 shall be deemed effective service of process on such party.
Section 14.08. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 14.09. Counterparts; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. This Agreement shall become effective when each party hereto shall have received a counterpart hereof signed by all of the other parties hereto. Until and unless each party has received a counterpart hereof signed by the other party hereto, this Agreement shall have no effect and no party shall have any right or obligation hereunder (whether by virtue of any other oral or written agreement or other communication).
Section 14.10. Entire Agreement . This Agreement, the Transaction Documents and the Confidentiality Agreement embody the entire agreement and understanding of the parties and their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions and merges in, supersedes and cancels all prior written or oral commitments, arrangements or understandings with respect thereto.
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Section 14.11. Severability . If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated so long as the economic or legal substance of the Transactions is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such a determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the Transactions are consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.
Section 14.12. Specific Performance . The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur if any provision of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof. Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that there is adequate remedy at law. Any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.
Section 14.13. Waiver of Conflicts Regarding Representation . Recognizing that Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Stern Tannenbaum & Bell LLP, Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP, Jackson Lewis P.C., Grubman Shire & Meiselas, P.C. and Fishman & Decea, LLP ( Members Counsel ) have acted as legal counsel to the Members, the Management Sellers, the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries prior to the Closing, and that Members Counsel may act as legal counsel to the Members, the Management Sellers and/or their Affiliates after the Closing, (i) each of Parent and each Acquired Entity hereby waives, on its own behalf and agrees to cause its respective Affiliates to waive, any conflicts that may arise in connection with any of Members Counsel representing the Members, the Management Sellers and/or their Affiliates after the Closing relating to Members Counsels representation prior to the Closing, and (ii) each of Parent, each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries hereby agrees that, in the event that a dispute arises between or among any of Parent or any of their respective Affiliates (including, after the Closing, each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries), on the one hand, and any Member, Management Seller and/or their Affiliates (including, prior to the Closing, each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries), on the other hand, each of the parties hereto agree that any of Members Counsel may, to the extent permitted by applicable ethics rules, represent any Member, Management Seller and/or their Affiliates in such dispute even though the interests of such Member, Management Seller and/or such Affiliate may be directly adverse to Parent, an Acquired Entity or any of their respective Affiliates at that time (including, after the Closing, each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries), and even though Members Counsel may have represented the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries in a matter
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substantially related to such dispute, or may be handling ongoing matters for the Members, Management Sellers and/or their Affiliates, Parent and each Acquired Entity hereby waive, on behalf of themselves and each of their respective Affiliates, any conflict of interest in connection with such representation by any of Members Counsel relating to Members Counsels representation prior to the Closing. Parent further agrees that, as to all communications among any of Members Counsel, the Acquired Entities and their respective Subsidiaries that directly and specifically relate to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the attorney-client privilege, the expectation of client confidence and all other rights to any evidentiary privilege, belong solely to the Member Representative in any dispute with Parent or its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries) and shall be solely controlled by the Member Representative in any dispute with Parent or its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a dispute arises after the Closing between Parent or any Acquired Entity, on the one hand, and a third party other than (and unaffiliated with) the Members, Management Sellers and their Affiliates, on the other hand, then Parent or Affiliate (to the extent applicable) may assert the attorney-client privilege to prevent disclosure to such third party of confidential communications by a Members Counsel, and, in relation to such dispute, no Member, Management Seller, or Affiliate of either shall be permitted to waive its attorney-client privilege with respect to such confidential communications without Parents prior written consent. The parties hereto agree to take, and to cause their respective Affiliates to take, all steps necessary to implement the intent of this Section 14.13 . Parent acknowledges, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, each Acquired Entity and each of their respective Subsidiaries), that each has had the opportunity to discuss and obtain adequate information concerning the significance and material risks of, and reasonable available alternatives to, the waivers, permissions and other provisions of this Agreement, including the opportunity to consult with counsel other than a Members Counsel. This Section 14.13 is for the benefit of the Members, Management Sellers and their Affiliates, and Members Counsel (including their partners and employees), each of which are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Section 14.13 .
Section 14.14. Member Representative .
(a) Pursuant to the Deal Approval, and in any event upon the delivery (whether prior to the date of this Agreement or otherwise) of an executed Letter of Transmittal to Parent in accordance with this Agreement and without any further action on the part of any Member, each Member shall thereby, and each Management Seller or other Rollover Holdco Member and, solely with respect to the period prior to the consummation of the Closing, Rollover Holdco and each Acquired Entity does hereby, irrevocably appoint the Member Representative as the sole representative of such Member, Management Seller or other Rollover Holdco Member or, solely with respect to the period prior to the consummation of the Closing, Rollover Holdco and each Acquired Entity as the case may be (each, a Represented Party ), to act as the agent and on behalf of such Represented Party regarding any matter relating to or under this Agreement, the Escrow Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the Letters of Transmittal (the Represented Documents ) including for the purposes of (i) executing and delivering the Represented Documents (it being understood that no amendment thereto shall be made that by Law requires further approval by such Represented Party without such further
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approval), and taking all actions required or permitted to be taken under such Represented Documents, (ii) on behalf of the Members, (x) directing the Escrow Agent to make payment of the Escrow Funds in accordance with Section 2.14 , Article 12 and the Escrow Agreement, (y) agreeing to, negotiating, entering into settlements and compromises of and complying with orders of courts and awards of arbitrators with respect to Section 2.14 , Article 12 and the Escrow Agreement and (z) acting for the Members with regard to all matters pertaining to indemnification pursuant to Section 2.14 , Article 12 and the Escrow Agreement, including the power to compromise any claim on behalf of the Members thereunder and to transact matters of litigation or other claims and to bring any Proceeding on behalf of the Members under Section 2.03(b)(iv), Article 12 , Section 9.11 or Section 14.05, (iii) giving, receiving and forwarding all notices and communications required to be given or received by the Represented Parties under the Represented Documents and in connection with any of the Transactions, including receiving service of process in connection with any claims thereunder, (iv) engaging attorneys, accountants, financial and other advisors, paying agents and other Persons necessary or appropriate, in the sole discretion of the Member Representative in the performance of its duties under the Represented Documents, and authorizing and directing the disbursement of funds to pay the fees and expenses of such Persons (v) granting any consent, approval or waiver on behalf of the Members, the Management Sellers or other Rollover Holdco Member or, prior to the Closing, the Acquired Entities under this Agreement prior to, at and following the Closing (including pursuant to Section 14.02 ); and (vi) taking all actions or refraining from doing any further act or deed on its own behalf or on behalf of any Represented Party that the Member Representative deems necessary or appropriate in its discretion relating to the subject matter of the Represented Documents, as fully and completely as the Represented Parties could do if personally present. All decisions and actions by the Member Representative are binding upon all Represented Parties, and no Represented Party shall have the right to object, dissent, protest or otherwise contest the same. As the representative of the Represented Parties under this Agreement, the Member Representative shall act as the agent for all Represented Parties, shall have authority to bind each such Represented Party in accordance with this Agreement, and Parent may rely on such appointment and authority until the receipt of notice of the appointment of a successor in accordance with Section 14.14(d) . Parent may conclusively rely upon, without independent verification or investigation, all decisions made by the Member Representative in connection with the Represented Documents in writing.
(b) The Member Representative shall be entitled to retain counsel and to incur such costs as the Member Representative deems to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, and the Member Representative shall be reimbursed by the Members for all such fees and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses and any fees and costs of the Accounting Firm pursuant to Section 2.09 or Section 2.14 ). In furtherance of the foregoing, Parent shall deposit the Expense Holdback Amount with the Member Representative in accordance with Section 2.10(d)(v) in order for the Member Representative to pay any such fees and expenses. As soon as practicable following the completion of all procedures described under Section 2.14 , Section 12.01 and the Escrow Agreement, the Member Representative shall deliver the balance of the Expense Holdback Amount (if any) to the Holdings Pre-Closing Members (in proportion to the amount the Closing Merger Consideration payable to such Holdings Pre-Closing Member pursuant to Section 2.02(c) was reduced by such Expense Holdback Amount).
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(c) The Member Representative (in its capacity as such) shall not be liable to any Represented Party, Parent, Parent Merger Sub or any other person in the absence of its gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Members shall, severally (pro rata in accordance with each Members Holdings Allocation Percentage), but not jointly, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Member Representative and its successors and assigns from and against any and all Damages arising as a result of or incurred in connection with any actions taken or omitted to be taken by the Member Representative, in each case as such Damages are incurred or suffered; provided , however , that in the event it is finally adjudicated that such Damages or any portion thereof were primarily caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Member Representative, the Member Representative will reimburse the Members the amount of such indemnified Damages attributable to such gross negligence or willful misconduct. If not paid directly to the Member Representative by the Members, any such Damages may be recovered by the Member Representative from amounts released from the Escrow Funds to the Members after the Expiration Date in accordance with Section 2.15 and the terms of the Escrow Agreement and/or the Expense Holdback Amount; provided , however , that this does not relieve the Members from their obligation to promptly pay such Damages as such Damages are suffered or incurred, nor does it prevent the Member Representative from seeking any remedies available to it at Law or otherwise.
(d) All of the immunities granted to the Member Representative under this Agreement shall survive the Closing and/or any termination of this Agreement. The grant of authority provided for herein is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable and survive the death, incompetency, bankruptcy or liquidation of any of the Represented Parties, but shall terminate with respect to the Acquired Entities upon the consummation of the Closing.
(e) The Member Representative may be changed from time to time upon written notice from the Members to Parent; provided , however , that the Member Representative may not be removed unless Members representing a greater than fifty percent (50%) Holdings Allocation Percentage agree in writing to such removal and to the identity of the substituted Member Representative and such substituted Member the substitution is reasonably acceptable to Parent. Upon any resignation of the Member Representative, or any other vacancy in the position of the Member Representative, such vacancy may be filled by such a majority.
Section 14.15. Releases .
(a) Each Principal, Rollover Holdco Member, Direct Rollover Member and each other Equityholder (together with the Principals, Rollover Holdco Members and Direct Rollover Members, the Member Releasor ) hereby agrees that, in consideration of benefits he, she or it will receive in connection with the Transactions, effective upon the consummation of the Closing, he, she or it knowingly and voluntarily irrevocably releases and forever discharges (i) the Acquired Entities (ii) the respective Subsidiaries of the Acquired Entities, (iii) Rollover Holdco, and (iv) the respective managers, officers, agents and representatives of the Acquired Entities, their respective Subsidiaries and Rollover Holdco (collectively clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), the Acquired Entity Released Parties ) from any and all claims, controversies, actions, causes of action, cross-claims, counter-claims, rights, demands, debts, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for costs or attorneys fees, or Liabilities of any nature whatsoever in law, equity or otherwise, and whether
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known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, or claimed or unclaimed (and including without limitation for or on account of fraud), against any of the Acquired Entity Released Parties that the Member Releasor or any of his, her or its successors or assigns has ever had, may now have or hereafter can, shall or may have to any extent relating in any way to or in connection with any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to and including the consummation of the Closing (subject to the proviso below, all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as the Member Released Claims ); provided , however , that the foregoing release shall not include, and no release or discharge is given hereunder in respect of any obligations required to be performed or amounts due or owed by any Acquired Entity Released Party (x) under this Agreement, the Restructuring Agreement and/or any other Transaction Document after the Closing Date (including pursuant to Section 7.06 ) (provided that the exception in this clause (x) shall not apply to Rollover Holdco and its managers, officers, agents and representatives with respect to each Equityholder that is not a Principal, Rollover Holdco Member or Direct Rollover Member), (y) with respect to employees of the Acquired Entities or Subsidiaries of the Acquired Entities, earned but unpaid Ordinary Course salary and bonuses or reimbursement of expenses in the Ordinary Course to the extent not past due as of the Closing Date, or (z) with respect to any obligations included in the calculation of the Balance Sheet Adjustment or Transaction Expenses as finally determined pursuant to Section 2.14 . For the avoidance of doubt, except for the Affiliate Contracts and Affiliate Transactions listed on Schedule 14.15 of the Disclosure Schedule, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, each of the Affiliate Contracts and Affiliate Transactions are hereby terminated as of the consummation of the Closing and none of the Affiliate Contracts or Affiliate Transactions shall have any further force or effect, notwithstanding any survival or other provision contained therein to the contrary or any past practice.
(b) Each of the Acquired Entities (for purposes of this Section 14.15(b) , the Acquired Entity Releasor and with the Member Releasor, each a Releasor and together the Releasors ) hereby agrees that, in consideration of benefits it will receive in connection with the Transactions, effective upon the consummation of the Closing, it knowingly and voluntarily irrevocably releases and forever discharges the Principals, and solely as to their capacity as a Member or holder of Equity Interests in any of the Acquired Entities or their Subsidiaries, the Equityholders (together with the Principals, the Member Released Parties and the Member Released Parties together with the Acquired Entity Released Parties, the Released Parties ) from any and all claims, controversies, actions, causes of action, cross-claims, counter-claims, rights, demands, debts, compensatory damages, liquidated damages, punitive or exemplary damages, other damages, claims for costs or attorneys fees, or Liabilities of any nature whatsoever in law, equity or otherwise, and whether known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, or claimed or unclaimed against any of the Principals that each Acquired Entity Releasor or any of its successors or assigns has ever had, may now have or hereafter can, shall or may have to any extent relating in any way to or in connection with any matter, cause or thing whatsoever from the beginning of the world to and including the consummation of the Closing (subject to the proviso below, all of the foregoing collectively referred to herein as the Acquired Entity Released Claims and together with the Member Released Claims, the Released Claims ); provided , however , that the foregoing release shall not include, and no release or discharge is given hereunder in respect of any obligations required to be performed or amounts due or owed by any Acquired Entity Released Party (i) under this Agreement and/or any other
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Transaction Document, (ii) with respect to any Member Released Party other than a Principal, to the extent not relating to such Member Released Partys capacity as a Member or holder of Equity Interests, or (iii) with respect to any claim for fraud. For the avoidance of doubt, except for the Affiliate Contracts and Affiliate Transactions listed on Schedule 14.15 of the Disclosure Schedule, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, each of the Affiliate Contracts and Affiliate Transactions are hereby terminated as of the consummation of the Closing and none of the Affiliate Contracts or Affiliate Transactions shall have any further force or effect, notwithstanding any survival or other provision contained therein to the contrary or any past practice.
(c) Each Releasor acknowledges and intends that the releases given in this Section 14.15 shall be effective as a bar to each and every one of the Released Claims herein above mentioned or implied. Each Releasor expressly consents that the releases given in this Section 14.15 shall be given full force and effect according to each and all of its express terms and provisions, including those relating to unknown and unsuspected Released Claims (notwithstanding any state statute that expressly limits the effectiveness of a general release of unknown, unsuspected or unanticipated Released Claims), if any, as well as those relating to any other Released Claims herein above mentioned or implied. Each Releasor expressly waives and relinquishes all rights and benefits he, she or it may have under Section 1542 of the California Civil Code, which reads as follows:
SECTION 1542. CERTAIN CLAIMS NOT AFFECTED BY GENERAL RELEASE. A GENERAL RELEASE DOES NOT EXTEND TO CLAIMS WHICH THE CREDITOR DOES NOT KNOW OR SUSPECT TO EXIST IN HIS OR HER FAVOR AT THE TIME OF EXECUTING THE RELEASE, WHICH IF KNOWN BY HIM OR HER MUST HAVE MATERIALLY AFFECTED HIS OR HER SETTLEMENT WITH THE DEBTOR.
(d) Each Releasor acknowledges and agrees that this waiver is an essential and material term of the release given in this Section 14.15 and that without such waiver Parent would not enter into this Agreement or consummate the Transactions. Each Releasor further agrees that in the event it should assert any claim seeking damages against any of the Released Parties, the release given in this Section 14.15 shall serve as a complete defense to any such Released Claim. Other than with respect to the Releasors rights that arise from claims that are excluded pursuant to the proviso set forth in clause (a) of this Section, each Releasor further agrees that there does not exist any claim of the type described in or implied by clause (a) hereof and it is not aware of any pending or threatened claims of the type described in or implied by clause (a) hereof.
(e) Each Releasor agrees that neither the releases given in this Section 14.15 , nor the furnishing of the consideration for the releases given in this Section 14.15 , shall be deemed or construed at any time to be an admission by any Released Party or the Releasor of any improper or unlawful conduct.
(f) Each Releasor acknowledges and agrees that such Releasor may hereafter discover facts different from or in addition to those now known, or believed to be true, regarding the subject matter of the releases given in this Section 14.15 and further acknowledges and agrees that the releases given in this Section 14.15 shall remain in full force and effect, notwithstanding the existence of any different or additional facts.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Transaction Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date set forth on the cover page of this Agreement.
PARENT: | ||||
MSG TG, LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ David OConnor |
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Name: | David OConnor | |||
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |||
PARENT MERGER SUB: | ||||
TG MERGER SUB, LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ David OConnor |
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Name: | David OConnor | |||
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |||
Solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv) and Article 14 (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15 , and only insofar as Article 14 relates to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv)): | ||||
EARN-OUT GUARANTOR: | ||||
MSG ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS, LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ David OConnor |
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Name: | David OConnor | |||
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer |
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Solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11 and Article 14 (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15 , and only insofar as Article 14 relates to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11): | ||||
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY | ||||
By: |
/s/ David OConnor |
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Name: | David OConnor | |||
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer |
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MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE: | ||||
TG MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
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Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
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Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
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Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President |
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GROUP ENTITIES: | ||||
289 HOSPITALITY, LLC | ||||
55TH STREET HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, LLC | ||||
ALA HOSPITALITY LLC | ||||
ASIA FIVE EIGHT LLC | ||||
ASIA LAS VEGAS LLC | ||||
ASIA LOS ANGELES LLC | ||||
ASIA ONE SIX LLC | ||||
AVENUE HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC | ||||
BAYSIDE HOSPITALITY | ||||
B&E LOS ANGELES LLC | ||||
BOWERY HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATES LLC | ||||
BUDDHA BEACH LLC | ||||
BUDDHA ENTERTAINMENT LLC | ||||
CHELSEA HOSPITALITY PARTNERS LLC | ||||
CHINA MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||||
DEARBORN VENTURES LLC | ||||
GUAPO BODEGA LLC | ||||
GUAPO BODEGA LAS VEGAS LLC | ||||
MADISON ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATES LLC | ||||
NINTH AVENUE HOSPITALITY LLC | ||||
RMC LICENSING LLC | ||||
RMNJ LICENSING LLC | ||||
ROOF DECK AUSTRALIA LLC | ||||
ROOF DECK ENTERTAINMENT LLC | ||||
RPC LICENSING LLC | ||||
STANTON SURF CLUB LLC | ||||
STRIP VIEW ENTERTAINMENT LLC | ||||
TAO LICENSING LLC | ||||
TG HOSPITALITY LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
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Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
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Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
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Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President |
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ROLLOVER HOLDCO: | ||||
TG ROLLOVER HOLDCO LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
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Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
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Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
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Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
HOLDINGS: | ||||
TAO GROUP HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
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Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS: | ||||
TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|||
Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|||
Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
BORROWER: | ||||
TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|||
Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|||
Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
MANAGEMENTCO: | ||||
TAO GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|||
Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|||
Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
MANAGEMENT SELLERS: | ||||
H.D. PROJECT MANAGEMENT INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|||
Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | President | |||
MP TRUST | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|||
Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Trustee | |||
/s/ Marc Packer |
||||
Marc Packer | ||||
MAMBO PRODUCTIONS, INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|||
Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | President | |||
WOLF FAMILY TRUST | ||||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|||
Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Trustee | |||
/s/ Richard Wolf |
||||
Richard Wolf | ||||
SOUTH SEA MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||||
MEMBERS: | ||||
H.D. PROJECT MANAGEMENT INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|||
Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | President |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
MAMBO PRODUCTIONS, INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|||
Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | President | |||
NT & JS MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||||
By: | Strategic Event Management & Marketing Inc., its sole member | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
STRATEGIC HOSPITALITY GROUP OF NEVADA, LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF NEVADA INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
STRATEGIC EVENT MANAGEMENT & MARKETING, INC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Manager |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Manager | |||
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
||||
NOAH TEPPERBERG | ||||
NOAH TEPPERBERG REVOCABLE TRUST | ||||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|||
Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Trustee | |||
/s/ Jason Strauss |
||||
Jason Strauss | ||||
JASON STRAUSS REVOCABLE TRUST | ||||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|||
Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Trustee | |||
/s/ Judith Tepperberg |
||||
Judith Tepperberg | ||||
/s/ Chris Santos |
||||
Chris Santos | ||||
FAST HANDS, INC. | ||||
By: |
/s/ Chris Santos |
|||
Name: | Chris Santos | |||
Title: | President | |||
MONEY MATTERS PRODUCTIONS, LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Louis Abin |
|||
Name: | Louis Abin | |||
Title: | President |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
HOSPITALITY IS THE KEY LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Paul Goldstein |
|
Name: Paul Goldstein | ||
/s/ Kim Russen |
||
Kim Russen | ||
/s/ Paul Goldstein |
||
Paul Goldstein | ||
/s/ Ralph Scamardella |
||
Ralph Scamardella | ||
/s/ Richard Thomas |
||
Richard Thomas | ||
/s/ Matthew Strauss |
||
Matthew Strauss | ||
/s/ Andrew Goldberg |
||
Andrew Goldberg | ||
ROLLOVER HOLDCO MEMBERS: | ||
TG ROLLOVER HOLDCO LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|
Name: Marc Packer | ||
Title: Co-President | ||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|
Name: Richard Wolf | ||
Title: Co-President | ||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|
Name: Noah Tepperberg | ||
Title: Co-President |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|
Name: Jason Strauss | ||
Title: Co-President | ||
/s/ Marc Packer |
||
Marc Packer | ||
MP TRUST | ||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|
Marc Packer | ||
Trustee | ||
H.D. PROJECT MANAGEMENT INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
|
Marc Packer | ||
President | ||
/s/ Jason Strauss |
||
Jason Strauss | ||
JASON STRAUSS REVOCABLE TRUST | ||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|
Jason Strauss | ||
Trustee | ||
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
||
Noah Tepperberg | ||
NOAH TEPPERBERG REVOCABLE TRUST | ||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|
Noah Tepperberg | ||
Trustee | ||
/s/ Richard Wolf |
||
Richard Wolf | ||
MAMBO PRODUCTIONS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|
Richard Wolf | ||
President | ||
WOLF FAMILY TRUST | ||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
|
Richard Wolf | ||
Trustee |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
STRATEGIC EVENT MANAGEMENT & | ||
MARKETING, INC. | ||
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES | ||
OF NEVADA INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
|
Jason Strauss | ||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
|
Noah Tepperberg | ||
/s/ Adam Gewanter |
||
Adam Gewanter | ||
/s/ Amanda Smear Baudier |
||
Amanda Smear Baudier | ||
/s/ Andrew Goldberg |
||
Andrew Goldberg | ||
/s/ Bill Bonbrest |
||
Bill Bonbrest | ||
/s/ Carlos Steve Morales |
||
Carlos Steve Morales | ||
/s/ Chris Santos |
||
Chris Santos | ||
FAST HANDS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Chris Santos |
|
Chris Santos | ||
President | ||
/s/ Ralph Scamardella |
||
Ralph Scamardella | ||
DN2M88 CONSULTING INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Ralph Scamardella |
|
Ralph Scamardella | ||
President | ||
/s/ Hing Yip Yim |
||
Hing Yip Yim |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
/s/ Paul Goldstein |
||
Paul Goldstein | ||
HOSPITALITY IS THE KEY LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Paul Goldstein |
|
Paul Goldstein | ||
JBOLES HOSPITALITY, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Jared Boles |
|
Jared Boles | ||
Managing Partner | ||
/s/ Jennifer Rucker |
||
Jennifer Rucker | ||
/s/ Kim Russen |
||
Kim Russen | ||
/s/ Jonathan Schwartz |
||
Jonathan Schwartz | ||
/s/ Judith Tepperberg |
||
Judith Tepperberg | ||
KZD BUNCH INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Thomas Gillespie |
|
Thomas Gillespie | ||
President | ||
LITTLE CRAB LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Jonathan Kavourakis |
|
Jonathan Kavourakis | ||
/s/ Matt Strauss |
||
Matt Strauss | ||
/s/ Michael Garten |
||
Michael Garten | ||
/s/ Michael Rea |
||
Michael Rea | ||
/s/ Michael St. Pierre |
||
Michael St. Pierre |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
/s/ Richard Thomas |
||
Richard Thomas | ||
MONEY MATTERS PRODUCTIONS, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Louis Abin |
|
Louis Abin | ||
President | ||
/s/ Romain Pavee |
||
Roman Pavee | ||
/s/ Emmanuel Maris |
||
Emmanuel Maris | ||
DUSTIN PAUL TERRY INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Dustin Terry |
|
Dustin Terry | ||
President | ||
/s/ Lauren Kaminsky Goldman |
||
Lauren Kaminsky Goldman | ||
/s/ Mark Wasserman |
||
Mark Wasserman | ||
MATTHEW ASSANTE PRODUCTIONS INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Matthew Hundzynksi |
|
Matthew Hundzynski | ||
President | ||
DIRECT ROLLOVER MEMBERS: | ||
/s/ Marc Packer |
||
Marc Packer | ||
/s/ Richard Wolf |
||
Richard Wolf | ||
/s/ Jason Strauss |
||
Jason Strauss | ||
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
||
Noah Tepperberg |
[Signature Page to the Transaction Agreement]
ANNEX A
Group Entities | ||
1. | 289 Hospitality, LLC (Marquee NY) | |
2. | Bayside Hospitality Group LLC (Moxy) | |
3. | 55th Street Hospitality Holdings, LLC (Dream NY, Midtown) | |
4. | ALA Hospitality LLC (Avenue LA) | |
5. | Asia Five Eight LLC (TAO NY, Uptown) | |
6. | Asia Las Vegas LLC (TAO LV) | |
7. | Asia Los Angeles LLC (TAO LA) | |
8. | Asia One Six LLC (TAO NY, Downtown) | |
9. | Avenue Hospitality Group, LLC (Owner of Avenue Brand) |
10. | B&E Los Angeles LLC (B&E LA) | |
11. | Bowery Hospitality Associates LLC (Vandal) | |
12. | Buddha Beach LLC (TAO Beach LV) | |
13. | Buddha Entertainment LLC (TAO Night LV) | |
14. | Chelsea Hospitality Partners LLC (Avenue NY) | |
15. |
China Management, LLC (Administrative) |
|
16. | Dearborn Ventures LLC (TAO Chicago) | |
17. | Guapo Bodega LLC (B&E NY) | |
18. | Guapo Bodega Las Vegas LLC (B&E LV) | |
19. | Madison Entertainment Associates LLC (LAVO NY) |
20. | Ninth Avenue Hospitality LLC (Dream NY Downtown) | |
21. | RMC Licensing LLC (Owner of Vandal Brand) | |
22. | RMNJ Licensing LLC (Owner of LAVO Brand) | |
23. | Roof Deck Australia LLC (Marquee AUS) | |
24. | Roof Deck Entertainment LLC (Marquee LV) | |
25. | RPC Licensing LLC (Owner of B&E Brand) | |
26. | Stanton Surf Club LLC (Stanton Social) |
27. | Strip View Entertainment LLC (LAVO LV) | |
28. | TAO Licensing LLC (Owner of Master License of TAO Brand) | |
29. | TG Hospitality LLC (Dream LA) | |
30. | ManagementCo |
Exhibit 10.2
CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
dated as of January 31, 2017
among
TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC,
TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC,
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC,
as Guarantors,
VARIOUS LENDERS,
and
GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P. ,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Sole Lead Arranger
$122,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||||
SECTION 1. |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
2 | ||||||
1.01 |
Definitions |
2 | ||||||
1.02 |
Accounting Terms |
60 | ||||||
1.03 |
Interpretation, etc. |
61 | ||||||
SECTION 2. |
LOANS |
62 | ||||||
2.01 |
Term Loans |
62 | ||||||
2.02 |
Revolving Loans |
62 | ||||||
2.03 |
[Reserved] |
64 | ||||||
2.04 |
Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds |
64 | ||||||
2.05 |
Use of Proceeds |
65 | ||||||
2.06 |
Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders Books and Records; Notes |
65 | ||||||
2.07 |
Interest on Loans |
66 | ||||||
2.08 |
Conversion/Continuation |
68 | ||||||
2.09 |
Default Interest |
68 | ||||||
2.10 |
Fees |
69 | ||||||
2.11 |
Scheduled Payments |
69 | ||||||
2.12 |
Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions |
70 | ||||||
2.13 |
Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions |
71 | ||||||
2.14 |
Application of Prepayments/Reductions |
74 | ||||||
2.15 |
General Provisions Regarding Payments |
75 | ||||||
2.16 |
Ratable Sharing |
77 | ||||||
2.17 |
Making or Maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans |
78 | ||||||
2.18 |
Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy |
80 | ||||||
2.19 |
Taxes; Withholding, etc. |
82 | ||||||
2.20 |
Obligation to Mitigate |
84 | ||||||
2.21 |
Defaulting Lenders |
85 | ||||||
2.22 |
Removal or Replacement of a Lender |
86 | ||||||
2.23 |
Incremental Facilities |
87 | ||||||
SECTION 3. |
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
90 | ||||||
3.01 |
Closing Date |
90 | ||||||
3.02 |
Conditions to Each Credit Extension |
96 | ||||||
3.03 |
Conditions Subsequent to the Closing Date |
97 | ||||||
SECTION 4. |
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
97 | ||||||
4.01 |
Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification |
97 | ||||||
4.02 |
Capital Stock and Ownership |
97 | ||||||
4.03 |
Due Authorization |
97 | ||||||
4.04 |
No Conflict |
97 | ||||||
4.05 |
Governmental Consents |
98 | ||||||
4.06 |
Binding Obligation |
98 | ||||||
4.07 |
Historical Financial Statements |
98 |
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Page | ||||||||
4.08 |
Projections |
99 | ||||||
4.09 |
No Material Adverse Change |
99 | ||||||
4.10 |
[Reserved] |
99 | ||||||
4.11 |
Adverse Proceedings, etc. |
99 | ||||||
4.12 |
Payment of Taxes |
99 | ||||||
4.13 |
Properties |
99 | ||||||
4.14 |
Environmental Matters |
100 | ||||||
4.15 |
No Defaults |
100 | ||||||
4.16 |
Material Contracts |
101 | ||||||
4.17 |
Governmental Regulation |
101 | ||||||
4.18 |
Margin Stock |
101 | ||||||
4.19 |
Employee Matters |
101 | ||||||
4.20 |
Employee Benefit Plans |
101 | ||||||
4.21 |
[Reserved] |
102 | ||||||
4.22 |
Solvency |
102 | ||||||
4.23 |
Acquisition Agreement |
102 | ||||||
4.24 |
Compliance with Statutes, Governmental Authorizations, etc. |
103 | ||||||
4.25 |
Disclosure |
103 | ||||||
4.26 |
Patriot Act |
104 | ||||||
4.27 |
Foreign Assets Control Regulations and Anti-Money Laundering |
104 | ||||||
4.28 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
104 | ||||||
4.29 |
Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
104 | ||||||
SECTION 5. |
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS |
104 | ||||||
5.01 |
Financial Statements and Other Reports |
104 | ||||||
5.02 |
Existence |
108 | ||||||
5.03 |
Payment of Taxes and Claims |
108 | ||||||
5.04 |
Maintenance of Properties |
109 | ||||||
5.05 |
Insurance |
109 | ||||||
5.06 |
Inspections |
110 | ||||||
5.07 |
Lenders Meetings |
110 | ||||||
5.08 |
Compliance with Laws |
110 | ||||||
5.09 |
Environmental |
110 | ||||||
5.10 |
Subsidiaries |
111 | ||||||
5.11 |
Additional Material Real Estate Assets; Additional Leasehold Properties and Venues |
112 | ||||||
5.12 |
[Reserved] |
114 | ||||||
5.13 |
Further Assurances |
114 | ||||||
5.14 |
Miscellaneous Business Covenants |
114 | ||||||
5.15 |
Post-Closing Matters |
115 | ||||||
5.16 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
115 |
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Page | ||||||||
SECTION 6. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 115 | ||||||
6.01 |
Indebtedness |
115 | ||||||
6.02 |
Liens |
119 | ||||||
6.03 |
[Reserved] |
122 | ||||||
6.04 |
No Further Negative Pledges |
122 | ||||||
6.05 |
Restricted Junior Payments |
122 | ||||||
6.06 |
Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions |
123 | ||||||
6.07 |
Investments |
124 | ||||||
6.08 |
Financial Covenants |
126 | ||||||
6.09 |
Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions |
129 | ||||||
6.10 |
Disposal of Subsidiary Interests |
131 | ||||||
6.11 |
Sales and Lease Backs |
131 | ||||||
6.12 |
Transactions with Affiliates |
132 | ||||||
6.13 |
Conduct of Business |
132 | ||||||
6.14 |
Permitted Activities of Holdings |
132 | ||||||
6.15 |
Amendments or Waivers of Certain Agreements |
133 | ||||||
6.16 |
Amendments or Waivers of with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness |
133 | ||||||
6.17 |
Fiscal Year |
133 | ||||||
6.18 |
Deposit Accounts |
133 | ||||||
6.19 |
Amendments to Organizational Agreements |
133 | ||||||
6.20 |
Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness |
133 | ||||||
6.21 |
Terrorism Sanctions |
134 | ||||||
6.22 |
Anti-Corruption Laws |
134 | ||||||
6.23 |
New Venues |
134 | ||||||
SECTION 7. | GUARANTY | 134 | ||||||
7.01 |
Guaranty of the Obligations |
134 | ||||||
7.02 |
Contribution by Guarantors |
135 | ||||||
7.03 |
Payment by Guarantors |
135 | ||||||
7.04 |
Liability of Guarantors Absolute |
136 | ||||||
7.05 |
Waivers by Guarantors |
138 | ||||||
7.06 |
Guarantors Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc. |
138 | ||||||
7.07 |
Subordination of Other Obligations |
139 | ||||||
7.08 |
Continuing Guaranty |
139 | ||||||
7.09 |
Authority of Guarantors or Company |
139 | ||||||
7.10 |
Financial Condition of Company |
139 | ||||||
7.11 |
Bankruptcy, etc. |
140 | ||||||
7.12 |
Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor |
140 | ||||||
7.13 |
Keepwell |
141 | ||||||
SECTION 8. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 141 | ||||||
8.01 |
Events of Default |
141 |
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Page | ||||||||
SECTION 9. | AGENTS | 144 | ||||||
9.01 |
Appointment of Agents |
144 | ||||||
9.02 |
Powers and Duties |
144 | ||||||
9.03 |
General Immunity |
144 | ||||||
9.04 |
Agents Entitled to Act as Lender |
145 | ||||||
9.05 |
Lenders Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment |
146 | ||||||
9.06 |
Right to Indemnity |
146 | ||||||
9.07 |
Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent |
147 | ||||||
9.08 |
Collateral Documents and Guaranty |
148 | ||||||
SECTION 10. | MISCELLANEOUS | 148 | ||||||
10.01 |
Notices; Electronic Communications |
148 | ||||||
10.02 |
Expenses |
149 | ||||||
10.03 |
Indemnity |
150 | ||||||
10.04 |
Set Off |
151 | ||||||
10.05 |
Amendments and Waivers |
151 | ||||||
10.06 |
Successors and Assigns; Participations |
154 | ||||||
10.07 |
Independence of Covenants |
157 | ||||||
10.08 |
Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements |
157 | ||||||
10.09 |
No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative |
158 | ||||||
10.10 |
Marshaling; Payments Set Aside |
158 | ||||||
10.11 |
Severability |
158 | ||||||
10.12 |
Obligations Several; Actions in Concert |
158 | ||||||
10.13 |
Headings |
159 | ||||||
10.14 |
APPLICABLE LAW |
159 | ||||||
10.15 |
CONSENT TO JURISDICTION |
159 | ||||||
10.16 |
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
160 | ||||||
10.17 |
Confidentiality |
160 | ||||||
10.18 |
Usury Savings Clause |
161 | ||||||
10.19 |
Counterparts; Electronic Execution |
162 | ||||||
10.20 |
Effectiveness |
162 | ||||||
10.21 |
Patriot Act |
162 | ||||||
10.22 |
Judgment Currency |
163 | ||||||
10.23 |
Contractual Recognition of Bail-In |
163 | ||||||
10.24 |
Release of Liens and Guaranties |
164 |
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APPENDICES: | A-1 | Term Loan Commitments | ||
A-2 | Revolving Commitments | |||
B | Notice Addresses | |||
SCHEDULES: | 1.01(a) | Historical Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA | ||
1.01(b) | Certain Material Real Estate Assets | |||
1.01(c) | Immaterial Subsidiaries | |||
3.01(m) | Table of Requirements for Legal Opinions | |||
4.01 | Jurisdictions of Organization and Qualification | |||
4.02 | Capital Stock and Ownership | |||
4.05 | Post-Closing Governmental Authorizations | |||
4.13 | Real Estate Assets | |||
4.16 | Material Contracts | |||
4.29 | Unrestricted Subsidiaries | |||
5.15 | Certain Post Closing Matters | |||
6.01 | Certain Indebtedness | |||
6.02 | Certain Liens | |||
6.07 | Certain Investments | |||
6.12 | Certain Affiliate Transactions | |||
EXHIBITS: | A-1 | Funding Notice | ||
A-2 | Conversion/Continuation Notice | |||
B-1 | Term Loan Note | |||
B-2 | Revolving Loan Note | |||
C | Compliance Certificate | |||
D | Financial Officer Certification | |||
E | Assignment and Assumption Agreement | |||
F | Certificate Regarding Non-bank Status | |||
G-1 | Closing Date Certificate | |||
G-2 | Solvency Certificate | |||
H | Counterpart Agreement | |||
I-1 | Landlord Waiver Agreement | |||
I-2 | Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement | |||
J | Joinder Agreement |
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CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT , dated as of January 31, 2017, is entered into by and among TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC , a Delaware limited liability company ( Company ), TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDINGS LLC , a Delaware limited liability company ( Holdings ), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF COMPANY party hereto, as Guarantors, the Lenders party hereto from time to time, and GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P. ( GSSLG ), as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, Administrative Agent ), Collateral Agent (in such capacity, Collateral Agent ), and Sole Lead Arranger.
RECITALS:
WHEREAS , capitalized terms used in these Recitals shall have the respective meanings set forth for such terms in Section 1.01 hereof;
WHEREAS , Lenders have agreed to extend certain credit facilities to Company, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $122,000,000, consisting of $110,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Term Loans and up to $12,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Revolving Commitments, the proceeds of which will be used for the purposes specified in Section 2.05 hereof;
WHEREAS , Company has agreed to secure all of its Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of its assets (other than Excluded Property), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of its wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of all of the voting Capital Stock, and 100% of the non-voting Capital Stock, of each of its first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries (in each case, other than Excluded Securities and as more specifically described in Section 5.10 ); and
WHEREAS , Guarantors have agreed to jointly and severally guarantee the Obligations of Company hereunder and to secure their respective Obligations by granting to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien on substantially all of their respective assets (other than Excluded Property), including a pledge of all of the Capital Stock of each of their respective wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries (including Company) and 65% of all the voting Capital Stock, and 100% of the non-voting Capital Stock, of each of their respective first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries (in each case, other than Excluded Securities and as more specifically described in Section 5.10 ).
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
1.01 Definitions . The following terms used herein, including in the preamble, recitals, exhibits and schedules hereto, shall have the following meanings:
Acquisition Agreement means the Transaction Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among MSG, TG Merger Sub, LLC, TG Rollover Holdco LLC, Parent, Holdings, Company, Tao Group Management LLC, TG Member Representative LLC, the Management Sellers (as defined therein), the Rollover Holdco Members (as defined therein), the Direct Rollover Members (as defined therein), the Group Entities (as defined therein), solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv) and Article 14 thereof (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15 thereof, and only insofar as Article 14 thereof relates to its rights and obligations under Section 2.03(b)(iv) thereof), MSG Entertainment Holdings, and solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11 and Article 14 thereof (other than Sections 14.03, 14.04 and 14.15 thereof, and only insofar as Article 14 thereof relates to its rights and obligations under Section 9.11 thereof), The Madison Square Garden Company, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof ( provided , that any such amendments, supplements or other modifications that are adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect shall be approved by Requisite Lenders).
Adjusted LIBOR Rate means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (and rounding upward to the next whole multiple of 1/16 of 1%) (i) (a) the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent on the basis of the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Association Limited (or any other Person which takes over the administration of that rate) displayed on page LIBOR01 of the Reuters Screen (or any successor or substitute page of such service or successor or substitute service acceptable to the Administrative Agent which displays that rate) for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (b) in the event the rate referenced in the preceding clause (a) does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the rate determined by Administrative Agent (after consultation with Company) to be the London interbank offered rate on such other page or other service which displays the relevant rate for deposits (for delivery on the first day of such period) with a term equivalent to such period in Dollars, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, or (c) in the event the rates referenced in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the offered quotation rate to first class banks in the London interbank market by GSSLH or any other Lender selected by Administrative Agent for deposits (for delivery on the first day of the relevant period) in Dollars of amounts in same day funds comparable to the principal amount of the applicable Loan of GSSLH or any other Lender selected by Administrative Agent, for which the Adjusted LIBOR Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such period as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date, by (ii) an amount equal to (a) one, minus (b) the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
Administrative Agent as defined in the preamble hereto, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
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Adverse Proceeding means any action, suit, proceeding (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Claims), whether pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened against or affecting Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any property of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Affected Lender as defined in Section 2.17(b) .
Affected Loans as defined in Section 2.17(b) .
Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with, that Person. For the purposes of this definition, control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (i) to vote 10% or more of the Securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person, or (ii) to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, neither Administrative Agent, Lenders, nor any of their respective Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Credit Party.
Agent means each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.
Aggregate Amounts Due as defined in Section 2.16 .
Aggregate Payments as defined in Section 7.02 .
Agreement means this Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2017, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Applicable Margin means, subject to Section 2.23 , (i) from the Closing Date until the date that is two (2) Business Days after the date on which Administrative Agent shall have received the Compliance Certificate and the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(b) and 5.01(d) for the fourth full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date, a percentage, per annum, equal to (a) 8.00% with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, and (b) 7.00% with respect to Base Rate Loans; and (ii) thereafter, a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth below:
Leverage Ratio |
Applicable Margin
for LIBOR Rate Loans |
Applicable Margin
for Base Rate Loans |
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greater than or equal to 2.00:1.00 |
8.00 | % | 7.00 | % | ||||
less than 2.00:1.00 |
7.50 | % | 6.50 | % |
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No change in the Applicable Margin shall be effective until two (2) Business Days after the date on which Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(b) , together with a Compliance Certificate calculating the Leverage Ratio pursuant to Section 5.01(d) . At any time Company has not submitted to Administrative Agent the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.01(b) or (d) , the Applicable Margin shall be determined as if the Leverage Ratio were in excess of 2.00:1.00. Within one Business Day of receipt of the applicable information under Section 5.01(d) , Administrative Agent shall give each Lender facsimile or telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) of the Applicable Margin in effect from such date. Without limitation of any other provision of this Agreement or any other remedy available to Administrative Agent or Lenders under any of the Credit Documents, to the extent that any financial statements or any information contained in any Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(b) or 5.01(d) shall be incorrect in any material respect and Company or any other Credit Party shall deliver to Administrative Agent and/or Lenders corrected financial statements or other corrected information in a Compliance Certificate (or otherwise), Administrative Agent may (and at the direction of Requisite Lenders shall) recalculate the Applicable Margin based upon such corrected financial statements or such other corrected information, and, upon written notice thereof to Company, the Loans shall bear interest based upon such recalculated Applicable Margin retroactively from the date of delivery of the erroneous financial statements or other erroneous information in question; provided that such retroactive recalculation shall apply only for the account of Lenders holding the applicable Loans at the time the applicable payment was received and shall cease to apply upon the payment in full of the Loans and the termination of this Agreement.
Applicable Reserve Requirement means, at any time, for any LIBOR Rate Loan, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including, without limitation, any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against Eurocurrency liabilities (as such term is defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or other applicable banking regulator. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (i) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted LIBOR Rate or any other interest rate of a Loan is to be determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include LIBOR Rate Loans. A LIBOR Rate Loan shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on LIBOR Rate Loans shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.
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Approved Interest Rate Agreement means any Interest Rate Agreement which is approved by Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
Asset Sale means a sale, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer, license or other disposition to, or any exchange of property with, any Person (other than to or with a Restricted Party which is not Holdings), in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of any Restricted Partys businesses, assets or properties of any kind, whether real, personal, or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, including, without limitation, the Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of any Restricted Party, other than inventory (or other assets) sold, licensed for periods of 1 year or less or leased in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of clarification, Asset Sale shall include (x) the sale or other disposition for value of any contracts or (y) the early termination or modification of any contract resulting in the receipt by any Restricted Party of a Cash payment or other consideration in exchange for such event (other than payments in the ordinary course for accrued and unpaid amounts due through the date of termination or modification); provided , that only the Cash consideration received by any Restricted Party in connection with the events described in clauses (x) and (y) above (other than the return of any security or other deposits received by any Restricted Party upon the termination or disposition of such contracts) shall be subject to the mandatory prepayment of the Loans set forth in Section 2.13(a) .
Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.13(a) .
Assignment Agreement means an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit E , with such amendments or modifications as may be approved by Administrative Agent.
Authorized Officer means, as applied to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), chief executive officer, president, co-president or one of its vice presidents (or the equivalent thereof), and such Persons chief financial officer or treasurer.
Available Amount means, at any date of determination (the applicable Available Amount Reference Date ), an amount equal to, without duplication:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) an amount, not less than zero, determined on a cumulative basis equal to the amount of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow (which amount shall not be less than zero in any period or Fiscal Year), commencing with the period running from and including the first full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date through and including the last Fiscal Quarter of Fiscal Year 2017, and for each completed Fiscal Year thereafter and prior to the Available Amount Reference Date (or the Available RJP Amount Reference Date, as applicable),
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retained by the Company after making any mandatory prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.13(e) hereof (such amount, the Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount ); plus
(ii) the amount of any capital contributions or other proceeds of any issuance of Permitted Equity (other than any amounts (a) constituting a Cure Amount, (b) applied to cure a breach of Section 6.08(e) , (c) applied to fund the consideration paid for any Permitted Acquisition in excess of the maximum amounts set forth in the definition of Permitted Acquisition, (d) applied to finance capital expenditures and netted out of the calculation of Consolidated Capital Expenditures or (e) contributed or applied for any other specific purpose set forth in this Agreement) that are received as Cash equity by Holdings (to the extent contributed to Company as Cash equity) and that are not required to be applied as a mandatory prepayment under Section 2.13(c) , determined on a cumulative basis during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Date (or the Available RJP Amount Reference Date, as applicable) (the Available Equity Proceeds Amount ); plus
(iii) the net Cash proceeds received by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Date in connection with the disposition to any Person (other than Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any Investment made pursuant to Section 6.07(o) ; plus
(iv) to the extent not already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment under another clause of this definition or otherwise included under another clause of this definition, the net Cash proceeds received by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Investment made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.07(o) , and which are received at any time after the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Date, in connection with cash returns, cash profits, cash distributions and similar cash amounts, including cash principal repayments of loans (in an amount not to exceed the original amount of such Investment); plus
(v) an amount equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Company and reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except that for any property or assets whose fair market value, in the aggregate, exceeds $10,000,000 such fair market value shall be confirmed by an independent appraisal obtained by Company) of the property or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (a) that have been transferred, conveyed or otherwise distributed (in an amount not to exceed the original amount of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) to Company or any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries, or (b) without duplication of the foregoing clause (a) , that has become a Guarantor Subsidiary (and complied with the requirements of Section 5.10 as of such Available Amount Reference Date) or
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has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or is liquidated, wound up or dissolved into, Company or a Guarantor Subsidiary, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Date; plus
(vi) an amount equal to sixty-five percent (65%) of the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Company and reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except that for any property or assets whose fair market value, in the aggregate, exceeds $10,000,000 such fair market value shall be confirmed by an independent appraisal obtained by Company) of the property or assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (a) that have been transferred, conveyed or otherwise distributed (in an amount not to exceed the original amount of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary) to any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, or (b) without duplication of the foregoing clause (a) , that has been redesignated as a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or is liquidated, wound up or dissolved into, a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, in each case, during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Date;
(b) minus an amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of (i) Restricted Junior Payments made pursuant to Section 6.05(h) , plus (ii) Investments made pursuant to Section 6.07(o) , plus (iii) the portion of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made pursuant to Section 6.08(c)(2) , in each case, after the Closing Date and prior to the Available Amount Reference Date or contemporaneously therewith.
Available Amount Reference Date as defined in the definition of Available Amount.
Available Equity Proceeds Amount as defined in the definition of Available Amount.
Available RJP Amount means, at any date of determination (the applicable Available RJP Amount Reference Date ), an amount equal to, without duplication:
(a) the sum, without duplication, of:
(i) the Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount; plus
(ii) the Available Equity Proceeds Amount; plus
(iii) the net Cash proceeds received by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available RJP Amount Reference Date in connection with the disposition to any Person (other than Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) of any Investment made pursuant to Section 6.07(o) ; plus
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(iv) to the extent not already reflected as a return of capital with respect to such Investment under another clause of this definition or otherwise included under another clause of this definition, the net Cash proceeds received by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Investment made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.07(o) , and which are received at any time after the Closing Date through and including the Available RJP Amount Reference Date, in connection with cash returns, cash profits, cash distributions and similar cash amounts, including cash principal repayments of loans (in an amount not to exceed the original amount of such Investment);
(b) minus an amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of (i) Restricted Junior Payments made pursuant to Section 6.05(h) , plus (ii) Investments made pursuant to Section 6.07(o) , plus (iii) the portion of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made pursuant to Section 6.08(c)(2) , in each case, after the Closing Date and prior to the Available RJP Amount Reference Date, or contemporaneously therewith.
Available RJP Amount Reference Date as defined in the definition of Available RJP Amount.
Availability means, on any date of determination, (i)(A) the sum of the trailing twelve months Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties as of the last day of the most recently ended month for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a) , multiplied by (B) the then in effect Leverage Multiple less (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate principal balance of the Loans outstanding as of such date plus (B) all other Consolidated Senior Debt as of such date. Availability shall be computed on a Pro Forma Basis.
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any EEA 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.
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Base Rate means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, and (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1 ⁄ 2 of 1%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.
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Beneficiary means each Agent, Lender and Lender Counterparty.
Blocked Person means any Person that is (i) the subject and/or target of any Sanctions or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions.
Budget as defined in Section 5.01(i) .
Business Day means (i) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or the State of Texas or is a day on which banking institutions located in either such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close, and (ii) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted LIBOR Rate or any LIBOR Rate Loans, the term Business Day shall mean any day which is a Business Day described in clause (i) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
CapEx Annual Limit means, for any CapEx Annual Measurement Period, $20,000,000; provided , that, for any CapEx Annual Measurement Period ending on or after the last Sunday of the calendar year ending December 31, 2019, the CapEx Annual Limit shall be decreased to $15,000,000, if, based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or Section 5.01(c) prior to the beginning of such CapEx Annual Measurement Period, the Leverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 2.50:1.00.
CapEx Annual Measurement Period means any trailing twelve month period ending on the last Sunday of any calendar year, commencing with the trailing twelve month period ending on the last Sunday of the calendar year ending December 31, 2017.
CapEx Carryover Amount means, for any CapEx Annual Measurement Period, an amount equal to the excess, if any (but in no event more than $10,000,000), of the CapEx Annual Limit for the immediately preceding CapEx Annual Measurement Period over the actual amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made during such previous CapEx Annual Measurement Period.
CapEx LTM Limit means, for any trailing twelve month period indicated below, the corresponding amount set forth below:
Twelve Month Period Ending |
Maximum Consolidated
Capital Expenditures |
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Closing Date through January 31, 2018 |
$ | 20,000,000 | ||
February 28, 2018 and thereafter |
$ | 30,000,000 |
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; provided , that, for any trailing twelve month period ending on or after February 28, 2019, the $30,000,000 amount set forth above shall be decreased to $25,000,000, if, based on the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or Section 5.01(c) prior to the beginning of such trailing twelve month period, the Leverage Ratio is equal to or greater than 2.50:1.00.
Capital Lease means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.
Capital Lease Obligations of any Person means, with respect to the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any Capital Lease, the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance with GAAP.
Capital Stock means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including, without limitation, partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing.
Cash means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand account or Deposit Account; provided , however , that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of calculating compliance with the requirements of Sections 3 and 6 hereof Cash shall exclude any amounts that would not be considered cash under GAAP or cash as recorded on the books of the Company and the Guarantors.
Cash Equivalents means, as at any date of determination, (i) marketable securities (a) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United States Government, or (b) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are backed by the full faith and credit of the United States; (ii) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof; (iii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof; (iv) bank deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances or time deposits issued or accepted by any Lender, by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia or by any foreign bank; (v) shares of any money market mutual fund that comply with the criteria set forth in SEC Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940; (vi) U.S. dollar denominated debt obligations of foreign corporations; (vii) fully collateralized repurchase agreements in such amounts and with such financial institutions as Company may select from time to time; (viii) taxable and tax-exempt municipal debt obligations with a long term minimum credit rating of at least A- by S&P and at least A3 by Moodys, or equivalent short term rating; (ix) sovereign, sovereign agency, sovereign provincial and supranational debt obligations with a minimum credit rating of at least AA- by S&P and at least Aa3 by Moodys; (x) asset-backed securities that are collateralized by non-mortgage consumer receivables and that have a minimum credit rating of at least AAA by S&P and at least Aaa by Moodys; and (xi) United States agency and government-sponsored entity collateralized mortgage obligations
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with a minimum credit rating of at least AAA by S&P and at least Aaa by Moodys; provided , that each such Cash Equivalent will be measured as of the date the Cash Equivalent is acquired with the maximum maturity of any individual Cash Equivalent not exceeding 24 months, and a maximum portfolio average maturity of 12 months; provided , further , that all such Cash Equivalents will also bear at least two credit ratings, including (a) for commercial paper, minimum ratings of A2 by S&P and P2 by Moodys, (b) for longer term bonds and notes, average long-term equivalent ratings of at least BBB by S&P and at least Baa by Moodys for the portfolio of this investment class and (c) for repurchase agreements, bank deposits, certificates of deposit, bankers acceptances and time deposits, a minimum rating of BBB by S&P and Baa by Moodys is required, unless, with respect to U.S. bank deposits and U.S. certificates of deposit, the amount invested is less than $250,000. To the extent that S&P or Moodys credit ratings for such instruments are not available, equivalent credit ratings from Fitch Ratings, Inc. are acceptable.
Certificate Regarding Non-Bank Status means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit F .
CFC means a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning of Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code.
CFC Holdco means a Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist, directly or indirectly, of equity of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs or other entities constituting CFC Holdcos.
Change of Control means, at any time, (i) Permitted Holders shall cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, at least 51% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interests in the Capital Stock of Holdings; (ii) any Person or group (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) other than Permitted Holders shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings; (iii) Holdings shall cease to beneficially own and control directly 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Capital Stock of Company; (iv) Company shall cease to beneficially own and control 100% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Capital Stock of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries (except as otherwise permitted in this Agreement, including in Section 6.07 , Section 6.09 and Section 6.10 ); or (v) if (and only if) MSG Company shall cease to beneficially own and control, directly or indirectly, at least a majority, on a fully diluted basis, of the economic and voting interests in the Capital Stock of Holdings, any event, transaction or occurrence as a result of which any three TAO Group Principals shall for any reason cease to be actively engaged in the management of Company, unless one or more successors acceptable to Administrative Agent (such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) are appointed to perform the principal responsibilities of such TAO Group Principals within sixty (60) days of any such event, transaction or occurrence.
Class means (i) with respect to Lenders, each of the following classes of Lenders: (a) Lenders having Term Loan Exposure, (b) Lenders having Revolving Exposure, and (c) Lenders having New Term Loan Exposure of each applicable tranche, and (ii) with respect to Loans, each of the following classes of Loans: (a) Term Loans, (b) Revolving Loans, and (c) each tranche of New Term Loans.
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Closing Date means the date on which the Term Loans are made.
Closing Date Certificate means a Closing Date Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1 .
Closing Date Distribution means the Cash distribution of an amount equal to the Net Debt Proceeds Amount (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) to be made by Company to Holdings, and by Holdings to Parent, and by Parent to the Member Representative (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) on the Closing Date for further payment to the holders of the Redeemable Holdings Interests (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) to redeem such Redeemable Holdings Interests (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) in full, in the aggregate amount not to exceed $110,000,000.
Collateral means, collectively, all of the real, personal and mixed property (including Capital Stock) in which Liens are purported to be granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents as security for the Obligations, which shall not include any Excluded Property.
Collateral Agent as defined in the preamble hereto, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
Collateral Documents means the Pledge and Security Agreement, the Mortgages, if any, the Landlord Waiver Agreements, if any, and all other instruments, documents and agreements delivered by any Credit Party pursuant to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in order to grant to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a Lien on any real, personal or mixed property of that Credit Party as security for the Obligations.
Collateral Questionnaire means a certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent that provides information with respect to the real, personal or mixed property of each Credit Party.
Commitment means any Revolving Commitment, Term Loan Commitment or New Term Loan Commitment.
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.
Company as defined in the preamble hereto.
Compliance Certificate means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C .
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Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA means, for any period, an amount determined for the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis equal to:
(i) the sum, without duplication, in each case (other than clause (a) below) to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, of the amounts for such period of:
(a) Consolidated Net Income, plus
(b) Consolidated Interest Expense (plus, to the extent not already included in such amount and to the extent deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, interest expense paid by the Restricted Parties in respect of the Preferred Units), plus
(c) provisions for Taxes based on income or revenue and Permitted Tax Payments, plus
(d) total depreciation expense, plus
(e) total amortization expense, plus
(f) other non-Cash items reducing Consolidated Net Income (excluding any such non-Cash item to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for potential Cash items in any future period or amortization of a prepaid Cash item that was paid in a prior period), plus
(g) all Cash Transaction Costs and any Cash fees and reasonable and documented out-of-pocket Cash expenses incurred in connection with any amendments or waivers to the Credit Documents to the extent such fees and expenses have been disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent, plus
(h) the actual amount of non-capitalized Pre-Opening and Refurbishment Costs paid during such period in an amount not to exceed, (1) with respect to any Leasehold Venue, the greater of (x) $2,000,000 and (y) twenty percent (20%) of the Consolidated Capital Expenditures that the Restricted Parties have expended with respect to such Leasehold Venue, or (2) with respect to any Managed Venue, $250,000, plus
(i) the amount of non-Cash management fees or similar fees payable to MSG in accordance with the Parent Organizational Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, plus
(j) any losses or expenses, each of which are infrequent or unusual in nature (as determined in accordance with GAAP), or nonrecurring Cash losses or expenses, plus
(k) any loss on the disposition of real property or capital assets outside the ordinary course of business, including all fees and costs associated with such disposition, plus
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(l) any proceeds of business interruption insurance policies actually received in Cash during such period, in an amount not to exceed the income for such period that such proceeds were intended to replace, plus
(m) the amount of any documented out-of-pocket professional expenses (including legal, accounting and consultant fees) incurred in connection with a Permitted Acquisition, any other actual or proposed investment, any Asset Sale, recapitalization, offering of capital stock or issuance of Indebtedness, in each case, whether or not consummated but only to the extent such transaction is permitted hereunder and such expenses are actually paid in Cash (and not capitalized) to a Person who is not an Affiliate of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, plus
(n) all non-Cash losses or expenses (or minus non-Cash income or gain), including, without limitation, (1) non-Cash adjustments resulting from the application of purchase accounting, non-Cash expenses arising from grants of stock appreciation rights, stock options or restricted stock, non-Cash impairment of good will and other long term intangible assets, unrealized non-Cash losses (or minus unrealized non-Cash gains) under Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements, unrealized non-Cash losses (or minus unrealized non-Cash gains) in such period due solely to fluctuations in currency values, but excluding any non-Cash loss or expense (A) that is an accrual of a reserve for a Cash expenditure or payment to be made, or anticipated to be made, in a future period or (B) relating to a write-down, write off or reserve with respect to Accounts and Inventory (each as defined in Article 9 of the UCC), and (2) other such items not clearly qualifying as non-Cash losses or expenses under GAAP approved by Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, plus
(o) one-time, non-recurring or unusual (as determined in accordance with GAAP) expenses (other than New Business Adjustments) consisting of severance costs, lease termination costs, legal, legal-related and other third-party professional fees incurred in connection with corporate restructuring, third-party professional fees (including legal fees) incurred in connection with non-ordinary course litigation (threatened or otherwise) and non-ordinary course legal settlements, settlement payments made with respect to such non-ordinary course litigation and settlements, and non-ordinary course penalties and fines (provided that the aggregate amount of such penalties and fines added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall not exceed $500,000 in any measurement period), plus
(p) operating losses incurred by any new Venue within the first three (3) months after opening such new Venue to the general public (the New Business Adjustments ), provided, that the aggregate amount of New Business Adjustments added back pursuant to this clause (p) for any period shall not exceed, when combined with any Cost Savings and any Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments, fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period (calculated before the addback of such New Business Adjustments, Cost Savings and Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments used in calculating the applicable financial covenant or determination on a Pro Forma Basis), plus
(q) any other adjustment from time to time expressly approved in writing by Requisite Lenders,
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minus (ii) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of:
(a) other non-Cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-Cash item to the extent it represents ordinary course accruals or a gain resulting from the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential Cash items that were deducted (and not added back) in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in any prior period), plus
(b) interest income received by any Restricted Party, plus
(c) other non-operating income (as determined in accordance with GAAP) to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus
(d) any TAO Group Bonus Payments made by any Restricted Party, to the extent not deducted in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period or to the extent added back in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (A) in no event shall the amount of Consolidated Adjusted Foreign EBITDA exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries) in any period (and any amount of Consolidated Adjusted Foreign EBITDA which exceeds twenty-five percent (25%) of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties for such period shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA), and (B) for each of the fiscal months identified on Schedule 1.01(a) , Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA shall be the amounts set forth on Schedule 1.01(a) for each such fiscal month.
Consolidated Adjusted Foreign EBITDA means, for any period, an amount determined for the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA generated by or attributable to the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries, calculated in the same manner as the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties as whole, except the amount of Consolidated Net Income of the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries which is included pursuant to clause (i)(a) thereof shall be an amount, not less than zero, equal to the Consolidated Net Income of the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries, minus the amount of net income of the Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries generated during such period which is actually distributed in Cash by dividend or other distribution to a Credit Party during such period.
Consolidated Capital Expenditures means, for any period, the aggregate amount of all expenditures of the Restricted Parties during such period determined on a consolidated basis (net of (a) expenditures made with (i) Net Asset Sale Proceeds to the extent reinvested in accordance with Section 2.13(a) , (ii) Net Insurance/Condemnation Awards to the extent reinvested in accordance with Section 2.13(b) , or (iii) proceeds of an issuance of
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Permitted Equity, proceeds of any capital contribution to Holdings or proceeds of Subordinated Indebtedness, (b) expenditures made or incurred on or before January 31, 2018 to the extent funded with Reserved Cash, (c) expenditures to the extent financed with Capital Leases or purchase money Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 6.01(j) , (d) landlord contributions and tenant improvement allowances and abatements, (e) that portion of the purchase price of a Target in a Permitted Acquisition that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in purchase of property and equipment or which should otherwise be capitalized and (f) expenditures made with Cash proceeds of non-affiliated third party reimbursements received by any Restricted Party but only to the extent of such reimbursement) that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in the purchase of property and equipment or which should otherwise be capitalized item reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Restricted Parties. For the avoidance of doubt, Landlord Financed Capital Expenditures shall not constitute Consolidated Capital Expenditures.
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense means, for any period, Consolidated Interest Expense for such period based upon GAAP, excluding any paid-in-kind interest, amortization of debt discounts, premiums and deferred financing costs, and any realized or unrealized gains or losses attributable to Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements.
Consolidated Current Assets means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding Cash and Cash Equivalents.
Consolidated Current Liabilities means, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding the current portion of long term debt (including Capital Leases).
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow means, for any period, an amount (if positive) determined for the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis equal to (without duplication): (i) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (b) interest income received by the Restricted Parties, plus (c) any Cash gains attributable to Asset Sales, plus (d) other non-operating income (as determined in accordance with GAAP) to the extent included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus (e) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment, plus (f) any amount of Consolidated Adjusted Foreign EBITDA which was excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to the notwithstanding clause at the end of the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (g) any amount of net income of any Excluded Joint Venture which is actually received in Cash by any Restricted Party as a dividend or other distribution during such period, minus (ii) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) voluntary and scheduled repayments of Consolidated Total Debt (including the principal component of payments due on Capital Leases and amortization payments with respect to any term loans, but excluding (x) repayments of any Revolving Loans and (y) the amount of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans which are applied to reduce the amount of the mandatory prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.13(e)(ii) ), plus (b) Consolidated Capital Expenditures to the extent permitted by this Agreement, plus (c) Consolidated Cash Interest
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Expense, plus (d) provisions for Taxes of the Restricted Parties and payable in Cash with respect to such period, plus (e) Permitted Tax Payments, plus (f) Cash consideration paid for Permitted Acquisitions and other acquisitions of lines of business or companies not constituting Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments made in accordance with Section 6.07 (in the amount of Cash consideration paid to any Person (other than another Restricted Party) for any such Investment), in each case, to the extent Unfinanced and permitted by this Agreement, plus (g) Cash payments by the Restricted Parties for such period in respect of the permanent reduction of long-term liabilities of the Restricted Parties (other than Indebtedness) to the extent permitted by this Agreement and to the extent such payments are not expensed during such period or are not deducted in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (h) Cash expenditures in respect of Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements during such period to the extent not deducted in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (i) the aggregate amount of Transaction Costs to the extent not expensed and not deducted in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (j) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, any amounts received in connection with the settlement or award in respect of any litigation or similar proceeding, plus (k) any Cash losses attributable to Asset Sales, plus (l) the amount of management fees or similar fees paid in Cash by any Restricted Party to MSG under the Parent Organizational Agreement to the extent permitted to be paid under Section 6.05 , plus (m) to the extent paid in Cash during such period, amounts added back in determining Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA during such period pursuant to clauses (i)(g) , (i)(h) , (i)(m) , and (i)(o) of the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, plus (n) the amount of any Cash gains attributable to Asset Sales which are applied as a mandatory prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.13(a) .
Consolidated Excess Cash Flow Percentage means a percentage, per annum, determined by reference to the Leverage Ratio in effect from time to time as set forth below:
Leverage Ratio |
Consolidated Excess
Cash Flow Percentage |
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greater than or equal to 2.00:1.00 |
75 | % | ||
less than 2.00:1.00 |
50 | % |
No change in the Consolidated Excess Cash Flow Percentage shall be effective until the Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(c) , together with a Compliance Certificate calculating the Leverage Ratio pursuant to Section 5.01(d) . At any time Company has not submitted to Administrative Agent the applicable information as and when required under Section 5.01(c) or (d) , the Consolidated Excess Cash Flow Percentage shall be determined as if the Leverage Ratio were in excess of 2.00:1.00.
Consolidated Fixed Charges means, for any period, the sum, without duplication, of the amounts determined for the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis equal to (i) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, (ii) scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated
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Total Debt (including the principal component of scheduled payments due on Capital Leases and amortization payments with respect to the Term Loans, but excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) and (iii) any management or similar fees paid in Cash under the Parent Organizational Agreement during such period (for the avoidance of doubt, such management or similar fees shall not include the Minimum Commitment (as defined in the Parent Organizational Agreement) or any TAO Group Bonus Payments).
Consolidated Interest Expense means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to the interest component under Capital Leases in accordance with GAAP) of the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis with respect to all outstanding Consolidated Total Debt, including all commissions and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit (other than Third Party Letters of Credit) to the extent capitalized and amortized and net costs under Interest Rate Agreements, but excluding, however, (i) any gain or loss recognized under GAAP that results from the mark-to-market valuation of any net obligations under any Interest Rate Agreement, (ii) any amounts referred to in Section 2.10(e) payable on or before the Closing Date and (iii) any interest payments paid pursuant to the Parent Organizational Agreement or pursuant to any employment agreement between Company and any TAO Group Principal, except to the extent such interest payments are paid in Cash by Company or any other Restricted Party.
Consolidated Liquidity means, for any period, an amount determined for the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis equal to the sum of (i) unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Restricted Parties (excluding any L/C Cash Collateral, Reserved Cash and Cash held in any foreign Deposit Account), plus (ii) the lesser of (x) (a) the Revolving Commitments of all of the Lenders in the aggregate, minus (b) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments and (y) Availability, plus (iii) seventy-five percent (75%) of credit card receivables of the Restricted Parties that (a) are not then under dispute or being setoff or charged back and (b) the Restricted Parties reasonably determine are collectible from the applicable debtor.
Consolidated Net Cash means, as of any date of determination, an aggregate amount determined for the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis equal to the amount by which the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Restricted Parties (excluding any L/C Cash Collateral and Reserved Cash), plus (ii) seventy-five percent (75%) of credit card receivables of the Restricted Parties that (a) are not then under dispute or being setoff or charged back and (b) the Restricted Parties reasonably determine are collectible from the applicable debtor, exceeds $7,500,000.
Consolidated Net Income means, for any period, (i) the net income (or loss) of the Restricted Parties on a consolidated basis for such period taken as a single accounting period determined in conformity with GAAP, minus (ii) the sum of (a) to the extent included in clause (i) above, the net income (or loss) of any Person in which any Restricted Party has a joint interest with another Person (other than Holdings, Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except to the extent such net income is actually paid in Cash to such Restricted Party by dividend or other distribution during such period, plus (b) to the extent included in
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clause (i) above, any net income of any Excluded Joint Venture which is paid in Cash to the Restricted Parties by dividend or other distribution during such period, plus (c) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Party or is merged into or consolidated with any Restricted Party or that Persons assets are acquired by any Restricted Party, plus (d) the income of any Restricted Party (other than any Credit Party) to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Party (other than any Credit Party) of that income is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Party (other than any Credit Party), plus or minus (as applicable) (e) any gains or losses attributable to Asset Sales or returned surplus assets of any Pension Plan, plus or minus (as applicable) (f) (to the extent not included in clauses (a) through (d) above) any net gains or net losses, each of which are infrequent or unusual in nature (as determined in accordance with GAAP), reflected in the net income (or loss) of the Restricted Parties for such period. For the avoidance of doubt, Consolidated Net Income shall not include any net income attributable to, or generated by, (x) any Excluded Joint Venture or (y) any Designated Joint Venture in excess of the net income of such Designated Joint Venture for such period or for any period during which such Designated Joint Venture has a net loss.
Consolidated Senior Debt means, as at any date of determination, Consolidated Total Debt, excluding the aggregate outstanding amount of Subordinated Indebtedness (to the extent permitted by Section 6.01 ), but including Capital Leases and Junior Lien Indebtedness.
Consolidated Total Debt means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate outstanding amount of all Indebtedness of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries and any Joint Venture Indebtedness determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
Consolidated Working Capital means, as at any date of determination, the excess or deficiency of Consolidated Current Assets over Consolidated Current Liabilities.
Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment means, for any period of determination on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such period.
Contractual Obligation means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
Contributing Guarantors as defined in Section 7.02 .
Controlled Account means a Deposit Account of a Credit Party which is subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Pledge and Security Agreement.
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Conversion/Continuation Date means the effective date of a continuation or conversion, as the case may be, as set forth in the applicable Conversion/Continuation Notice.
Conversion/Continuation Notice means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 .
Cost Savings means cost savings as a result of integrating, consolidating or discontinuing operations, headcount reductions or closure of facilities, in each case, to the extent such actions have been taken within the applicable measurement period of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in accordance with the definition of Pro Forma Basis.
Counterpart Agreement means a Counterpart Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit H delivered by a Credit Party pursuant to Section 5.10 .
Credit Date means the date of a Credit Extension.
Credit Document means any of this Agreement, the Notes, if any, the Collateral Documents, each Fee Letter, the Management Fee Turnover Agreement, and all other documents, instruments or agreements (including any specific subordination or intercreditor provisions therein) executed and delivered by a Credit Party for the benefit of any Agent or any Lender in connection herewith.
Credit Extension means the making of a Loan.
Credit Party means, at each relevant time of determination, (i) Holdings, (ii) Company and (iii) each Guarantor.
Cure Amount as defined in Section 6.08(g) .
Cure Right as defined in Section 6.08(g) .
Currency Agreement means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the foreign currency risk associated with Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries operations and not for speculative purposes.
Default means a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Default Excess means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the excess, if any, of such Defaulting Lenders Pro Rata Share of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Loans of all Lenders (calculated as if all Defaulting Lenders (other than such Defaulting Lender) had funded all of their respective Defaulted Loans) over the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Loans of such Defaulting Lender.
Default Period means, with respect to any Defaulting Lender, the period commencing on the date of the applicable Funding Default, or violation of Section 9.05(c) or
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other circumstances set forth in Section 2.21 , and ending on the earliest of the following dates: (i) the date on which all Commitments are cancelled or terminated and/or the Obligations are declared or become immediately due and payable, (ii) the date on which (a) the Default Excess with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero (whether by the funding by such Defaulting Lender of any Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender or by the non pro rata application of any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Loans in accordance with the terms of Section 2.12 , Section 2.13 , or Section 2.21 or by a combination thereof), and (b) such Defaulting Lender shall have delivered to Company and Administrative Agent a written reaffirmation of its intention to honor its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments, (iii) the date on which Company, Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders waive all Funding Defaults of such Defaulting Lender in writing, and (iv) the date on which Administrative Agent shall have waived all violations of Section 9.05(c) by such Defaulting Lender in writing.
Default Rate means any interest payable pursuant to Section 2.09 .
Defaulted Loan as defined in Section 2.21 .
Defaulting Lender as defined in Section 2.21 .
Deposit Account has the meaning assigned thereto in Article 9 of the UCC and includes a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by an instrument or a negotiable certificate of deposit.
Deposit Account Control Agreement means an account control agreement or similar agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, with a depositary institution maintaining any Deposit Account (other than any Excluded Account) of a Credit Party pursuant to which the Collateral Agent shall have control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over such Deposit Account, as such agreement may be amended or modified from time to time.
Designated Joint Venture means, as of any date of determination, any Permitted Joint Venture in which any Restricted Party holds an interest and which has been designated by Company as a Designated Joint Venture on a Compliance Certificate; provided , however , that any designation of a Permitted Joint Venture as a Designated Joint Venture by Company shall be irrevocable from and after the date of such designation, and no Designated Joint Venture may be re-designated as an Excluded Joint Venture.
Designated Non-Cash Consideration means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Company) of non-Cash consideration received by Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Company, setting forth such valuation, less the amount of Cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent disposition of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration.
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Disqualified Person means (a) Persons identified by name in writing to Administrative Agent by Company on or prior to the Closing Date, (b) any Person which is or becomes a competitor of Company that is identified by name in writing to Administrative Agent by Company from time to time and (c) any Affiliate of a Person identified pursuant to clause (a) or (b) that is either (i) identified in writing by Company to Administrative Agent (who shall distribute to the Lenders) from time to time or (ii) readily identifiable by Administrative Agent or the Lenders by name. A list of the Disqualified Persons as of the Closing Date shall promptly be made available by the Administrative Agent to all Lenders upon receipt thereof by Administrative Agent. Upon the identification in writing by the Company of any additional Disqualified Person pursuant to clause (b) or (c)(i) above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly make available such updated list to Lenders; provided , that any additional Person so identified shall not be deemed a Disqualified Person until such time as such addition to such list is made available to the Lenders and no addition to such list shall apply retroactively to disqualify any Persons that have previously become Lenders or purchased a participation interest hereunder, but upon effectiveness of such designation as a Disqualified Person, any such Person may not acquire any additional Commitments, Loans or participations under this Agreement.
Dodd-Frank Act means the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Pub. L. 111-203, H.R. 4173) signed into law on July 21, 2010, as amended from time to time.
Dollars and the sign $ mean the lawful money of the United States of America.
Domestic Subsidiary means any Subsidiary organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State or territory thereof or the District of Columbia.
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to the consolidated supervision of its parent.
EEA Member Country means any member state of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority means any body, public administrative authority or other Person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
EEA 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.
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Eligible Assignee means (i) in the case of the Revolving Loans or Revolving Commitments, (a) any Lender with Revolving Exposure or any Affiliate (other than a natural person) of a Lender with Revolving Exposure and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), (b) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States, or any state thereof, and having total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, (c) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development or a political subdivision of any such country and which has total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, provided that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States, and (d) a finance company, insurance company, or other financial institution or fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, or otherwise investing in commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business and having (together with its Affiliates) total assets or net worth in excess of $100,000,000, (ii) in the case of the Term Loans, (a) any Lender, any Affiliate of any Lender and any Related Fund (any two or more Related Funds being treated as a single Eligible Assignee for all purposes hereof), and (b) any commercial bank, insurance company, investment or mutual fund or other entity that is an accredited investor (as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act) and which extends credit or buys loans or notes in the ordinary course as one of its businesses, and (iii) any other Person (other than a natural Person) approved by Administrative Agent (such consent of Administrative Agent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the Company (so long as no Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and which consent shall be deemed granted if Company fails to respond within ten (10) Business Days of a request for approval); provided , that any Defaulting Lender, Disqualified Person, Company or any Affiliate of Company shall not, in any event, be an Eligible Assignee.
Employee Benefit Plan means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA which is or was sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by, Holdings, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates.
Environmental Claim means any investigation, notice, notice of violation, claim, action, suit, proceeding, demand, abatement order or other order or directive (conditional or otherwise), by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, arising (i) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of any Environmental Law; (ii) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (iii) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm to health, safety, natural resources or the environment as the foregoing relates to any Hazardous Material.
Environmental Laws means any and all current or future foreign or domestic, federal or state (or any subdivision of either of them), statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, or any other requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (i) environmental matters, including those relating to any Hazardous Materials Activity; (ii) the generation, use, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Materials; or (iii) land use or the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare that relates to exposure to Hazardous Materials, in any manner applicable to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any Facility.
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Equity Investors means the TAO Group Principals, and any related existing family trusts and other related entities, in each case, in which one or more TAO Group Principals have sole voting control and which are approved in writing by Administrative Agent.
ERISA means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
ERISA Affiliate means, as applied to any Person, (i) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (ii) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (iii) any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member. Any former ERISA Affiliate of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall continue to be considered an ERISA Affiliate of Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary within the meaning of this definition with respect to the period such entity was an ERISA Affiliate of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary and with respect to liabilities arising after such period for which Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary could be liable under the Internal Revenue Code or ERISA.
ERISA Event means (i) a reportable event within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for thirty day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation); (ii) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (iii) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (iv) the withdrawal by Holdings, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to Holdings, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (v) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which might constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (vi) the imposition of liability on Holdings, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (vii) the withdrawal of Holdings, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 and 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by Holdings, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in
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reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4241 or 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (viii) the occurrence of an act or omission which could give rise to the imposition on Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of fines, penalties, taxes or related charges under Chapter 43 of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 409, Section 502(c), (i) or (l), or Section 4071 of ERISA in respect of any Employee Benefit Plan; (ix) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan other than a Multiemployer Plan or the assets thereof, or against Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (x) the receipt from the Internal Revenue Service of notice of the failure of any Pension Plan (or any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or of the failure of any trust forming part of any Pension Plan (or of any other Employee Benefit Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code) to qualify for exemption from taxation under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code; or (xi) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to Section 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the document described as such and published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor Person) from time to time.
Event of Default means each of the conditions or events set forth in Section 8.01 .
Excess as defined in Section 2.23 .
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Excluded Account means, individually or collectively as the context requires, (i) any Deposit Account or Securities Account established, maintained and used solely for the purpose of funding payroll, payroll taxes and other compensation and benefits to employees, (ii) any Deposit Account or Securities Account established, maintained and used solely to secure Third Party Letters of Credit to the extent permitted under this Agreement and (iii) any Deposit Account (a) which is established, maintained and used solely for the purpose of paying taxes, including sales taxes, (b) which is established, maintained and used solely for the purpose of serving as an escrow account or as a fiduciary or trust account in favor of a third party, (c) which is a zero balance Deposit Account or (d) with an average monthly balance of less than $100,000 with respect to any single Deposit Account, not to exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate at any time for all Deposit Accounts that are Excluded Accounts pursuant to this clause (d) .
Excluded Joint Venture means any Joint Venture in which any Restricted Party holds an interest, other than any Designated Joint Venture.
Excluded Property means (i) any Excluded Real Estate Asset and any other real property other than Material Real Estate Assets, (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title and letter of credit rights (in each case, other than to the extent a Lien on
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such assets or such rights can be perfected by filing a UCC-1) and any commercial tort claim with an individual value of less than $5,000,000, (iii) pledges and security interests prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation or which could require any governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to be pledged (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), (iv) any lease, license or other agreement to the extent that, and for so long as, a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than any Restricted Party or any wholly-owned Subsidiary thereof) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the UCC or similar law or principles of equity, subject to the last proviso of this definition, (vi) those assets as to which the Collateral Agent and Company reasonably agree that the cost or other consequence of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby, (vii) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the UCC or similar law, (viii) any intent-to-use applications for trademark or service mark registrations filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1051, unless and until an Amendment to Allege Use or a Statement of Use under Section 1(c) or 1(d) of the Lanham Act has been filed, (ix) any Excluded Securities, (x) any Third Party Funds, (xi) any equipment or other asset that is subject to a Lien permitted by Section 6.02(n) or is otherwise subject to purchase money debt or a Capital Lease Obligation, in each case, as permitted by Section 6.01 , if the contract or other agreement providing for such debt or Capital Lease Obligation prohibits or requires the consent of any person as a condition to the creation of any other security interest on such equipment or asset and, in each case, such prohibition or requirement is permitted hereunder, (xii) Excluded Accounts and (xiii) any other exceptions mutually agreed upon between Company and the Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders); provided , that Company may in its sole discretion elect to exclude any property from the definition of Excluded Property and thereby include such property in the definition of Collateral; provided , further , that (A) the foregoing exclusions shall in no way be construed (1) to apply to the extent that any described limitation, prohibition or restriction is unenforceable or ineffective under Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408, or 9-409 of the UCC or other applicable law or regulation (including the Bankruptcy Code), or (2) to apply to the extent that any consent or waiver has been obtained that would permit Collateral Agents security interest or lien to attach thereto notwithstanding the prohibition or restriction contained in such contract, lease, permit, license, or license agreement or under applicable law or regulation (it being agreed that the applicable Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such required consent or waiver, provided that it is agreed that commercially reasonable efforts shall not require such Credit Party to agree to a term solely in order to obtain such consent or waiver if such term would have a financially negative impact on such Credit Party or affirmatively increase its non-monetary obligations thereunder in any material respect), (B) the Collateral shall include and the Collateral Agents Lien shall attach immediately at such time as the condition causing such limitation, prohibition or restriction shall be remedied and, to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of any such contract, lease, permit, license or license agreement that does not result in any violation or invalidation thereof, and (C) the foregoing exclusions shall in no way be construed to limit,
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impair, or otherwise affect Collateral Agents continuing security interests in and liens upon any rights or interests of any Grantor in or to (1) monies due or to become due under or in connection with any described contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or equity interests (including any Accounts (as defined in the UCC)), or (2) any proceeds from the collection, sale, license, lease, or other dispositions of any such contract, lease, permit, license, license agreement, or equity interests.
Excluded Real Estate Asset means any fee owned Real Estate Asset acquired using the proceeds of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(n) for so long as such Indebtedness remains outstanding.
Excluded Securities shall mean any of the following:
(a) any Capital Stock or Indebtedness with respect to which the Collateral Agent and Company reasonably agree that the cost or other consequences of pledging such Capital Stock or Indebtedness in favor of the Secured Parties under the Collateral Documents are excessive in relation to the value to be afforded thereby;
(b) any voting Capital Stock of any CFC Holdco or Foreign Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary which becomes a Guarantor) in excess of 65% (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in law after the date hereof, (A) could not reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such Person or any Foreign Subsidiary of such Person, as applicable, to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a deemed dividend to such CFC Holdcos or Foreign Subsidiarys direct or indirect U.S. owner, as applicable, and (B) could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences) of the outstanding Capital Stock of such CFC Holdco or Foreign Subsidiary, as applicable, entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2));
(c) any Capital Stock or Indebtedness to the extent the pledge thereof would be prohibited by any requirement of law (in each case, except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of Article 9 of the UCC or other applicable law);
(d) any Capital Stock of any Joint Venture, to the extent (A) that a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations is prohibited by (i) any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or (ii) any other contractual obligation with an unaffiliated third party not in violation of Section 6.12 and binding on such assets at the time of the acquisition thereof and not entered into in contemplation thereof (other than, in this subclause (A)(ii) , customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the UCC or other applicable requirements of law), (B) any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) prohibits such a pledge without the consent of any other party; provided , that this clause (B) shall not apply if (1) such other party is a Restricted Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of any Restricted Party or (2) consent has been obtained to consummate such pledge (it being agreed that the applicable Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such
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required consent, provided that it is agreed that commercially reasonable efforts shall not require such Credit Party to agree to a term solely in order to obtain such consent if such term would have a financially negative impact on such Credit Party) and for so long as such prohibition in such organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement or replacement or renewal thereof is in effect, or (C) a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations would give any other party (other than a Restricted Party or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of any Restricted Party) to any organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholder agreement governing such Capital Stock (or other contractual obligation referred to in subclause (A)(ii) above) the right to terminate its obligations thereunder (other than, in the case of other contractual obligations referred to in subclause (A)(ii) , customary non-assignment provisions which are ineffective under Article 9 of the UCC or other applicable requirement of law);
(e) any Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of, or other Capital Stock owned by, any Foreign Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary which becomes a Guarantor); and
(f) 50% of the Capital Stock of Asia Five Eight LLC.
Excluded Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, (x) as it relates to all or a portion of the Guaranty of such Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, 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 Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the Guaranty of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation or (y) as it relates to all or a portion of the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, such Swap Obligation (or such security interest in respect 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 Guarantors failure for any reason to constitute an eligible contract participant as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act and the regulations thereunder at the time the security interest of such Guarantor 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 illegal.
Excluded Taxes means (a) any Tax on the overall net income of any Lender (as such term is defined in the definition of Taxes), (b) any tax imposed under FATCA, or (c) any Tax arising as a result of any Lenders failure or inability to comply with the requirements of Section 2.19(c) , except as provided in the proviso to the last sentence thereof.
Existing Indebtedness means Indebtedness and other obligations outstanding on the Closing Date, including Capital Leases.
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Existing Venue means any Venue in respect of which the creation or acquisition of rights and obligations to manage or operate such Venue by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has occurred on or prior to the Closing Date, whether by purchase, merger, execution of a Venue Agreement or otherwise, in each case, as set forth in part (ii) of Schedule 4.13 .
Facility means any real property (including all buildings, fixtures or other improvements located thereon) now, hereafter or heretofore owned, leased, operated or used by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective predecessors or Affiliates.
Fair Share Contribution Amount as defined in Section 7.02 .
Fair Share as defined in Section 7.02 .
FATCA shall mean Section 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code (or any amended or successor version) and any current or future regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof, any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any intergovernmental agreements entered into in connection with the foregoing (together with any law implementing such agreement involving any U.S. or non-U.S. regulations or guidance).
FCPA means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.
Federal Funds Effective Rate means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided , (i) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective 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 (ii) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to GSSLH or any other Lender selected by Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions as determined by Administrative Agent.
Fee Letter means each letter agreement dated as of the Closing Date among Company, Administrative Agent and each Lender party thereto, as each of the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance herewith and therewith.
Financial Officer Certification means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of the chief financial officer (or, if Holdings has not appointed a chief financial officer, a co-president) of Holdings that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Holdings
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and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments, which certification shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.
First Priority means, with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Collateral Document, that such Lien is the only Lien to which such Collateral is subject, other than any Permitted Lien.
Fiscal Quarter means a fiscal quarter ending on the last Sunday of each calendar quarter of any Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year means the fiscal year of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of the 52 or 53 week period ending on the last Sunday of each calendar year.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio means the ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of: (I) the first full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending, minus Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding capital expenditures with respect to any New Venue or any Refreshed Venue) for the four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending, minus Taxes paid in Cash during such four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending (including, without duplication, Permitted Tax Payments (other than any amount of Permitted Tax Payments in respect of any Preferred Units which is included in the calculation of Consolidated Cash Interest Expense) during such period) to (b) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts determined for Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to (i) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for such Fiscal Quarter multiplied by 4, (ii) scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Total Debt (including the principal component of scheduled payments due on Capital Leases and amortization payments with respect to the Term Loan, but excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) for such Fiscal Quarter multiplied by 4, and (iii) any management or similar fees paid in Cash under the Parent Organizational Agreement during such Fiscal Quarter multiplied by 4; (II) the second full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending, minus Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding capital expenditures with respect to any New Venue or any Refreshed Venue) for the four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending, minus Taxes paid in Cash during such four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending (including, without duplication, Permitted Tax Payments (other than any amount of Permitted Tax Payments in respect of any Preferred Units which is included in the calculation of Consolidated Cash Interest Expense) during such period), to (b) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts determined for Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to (i) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for the two-Fiscal Quarter period then ending multiplied by 2, (ii) scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Total Debt (including the principal component of scheduled payments due on Capital Leases and amortization payments with respect to the Term Loan, but excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) for the two-Fiscal Quarter period then ending multiplied by 2, and (iii) any management or similar fees
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paid in Cash under the Parent Organizational Agreement during such two-Fiscal Quarter period then ending multiplied by 2; (III) the third full Fiscal Quarter ending after the Closing Date of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending, minus Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding capital expenditures with respect to any New Venue or any Refreshed Venue) for the four Fiscal Quarter period then ending, minus Taxes paid in Cash during such four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending (including, without duplication, Permitted Tax Payments (other than any amount of Permitted Tax Payments in respect of any Preferred Units which is included in the calculation of Consolidated Cash Interest Expense) during such period), to (b) the sum, without duplication, of the amounts determined for Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis equal to (i) Consolidated Cash Interest Expense for the three-Fiscal Quarter period then ending multiplied by four-thirds (4/3rds), (ii) scheduled payments of principal on Consolidated Total Debt (including the principal component of scheduled payments due on Capital Leases and amortization payments with respect to the Term Loan, but excluding repayments of Revolving Loans except to the extent the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) for the three-Fiscal Quarter period then ending multiplied by four-thirds (4/3rds) and (iii) any management or similar fees paid in Cash under the Parent Organizational Agreement during such three-Fiscal Quarter period then ending multiplied by four-thirds (4/3rds); and (IV) any other Fiscal Quarter of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending, minus Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding capital expenditures with respect to any New Venue or any Refreshed Venue) for the four Fiscal Quarter period then ending, minus Taxes paid in Cash during such four-Fiscal Quarter period then ending (including, without duplication, Permitted Tax Payments (other than any amount of Permitted Tax Payments in respect of any Preferred Units which is included in the calculation of Consolidated Cash Interest Expense) during such period), to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such four-Fiscal Quarter period. For the avoidance of doubt, any reference to management or similar fees in this definition shall not include the Minimum Commitment (as defined in the Parent Organizational Agreement) or any TAO Group Bonus Payments.
Flood Hazard Property means any Real Estate Asset subject to a mortgage in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and located in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards.
Foreign Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Funding Default as defined in Section 2.21 .
Funding Guarantors as defined in Section 7.02 .
Funding Notice means a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 .
GAAP means, subject to the limitations on the application thereof set forth in Section 1.02 , United States generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the date of determination thereof.
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Governmental Authority means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether associated with a municipality, state of the United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or government.
Governmental Authorization means any permit, license, authorization, plan, directive, consent order or consent decree or any other similar directive or order, of or from any Governmental Authority.
Grantor as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
GSSLG means Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
GSSLH means Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Guaranteed Obligations as defined in Section 7.01 .
Guarantor means, as at any date of determination, (a) each of Holdings and each wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings (other than Company, any CFC Holdco and its Subsidiaries, any Immaterial Subsidiary and any Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is now or hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement, and (b) any other Subsidiary of Company that may be designated by Company in its sole discretion from time to time in a certificate delivered to Administrative Agent by an Authorized Officer of Company to be a Guarantor in respect of the Obligations, whereupon such Subsidiary shall be obligated to comply with the other requirements of Section 5.10 as if it were a newly acquired Subsidiary.
Guarantor Subsidiary means each Guarantor other than Holdings.
Guaranty means the guaranty of each Guarantor set forth in Section 7 .
Hazardous Materials means any chemical, material or substance, liquid, solid or otherwise, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Law, or which may or could pose a hazard to the health and safety of the owners, occupants or any Persons in the vicinity of any Facility or to the indoor or outdoor ambient environment as determined by any Environmental Law.
Hazardous Materials Activity means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, generation, transportation, processing, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.
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Highest Lawful Rate means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.
Historical 2016 Financial Statements means as of the Closing Date, the audited combined financial statements of TAO Group and its Affiliates, for the Fiscal Year ended December 25, 2016, consisting of combined balance sheets and the related combined statements of income, changes in members equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year.
Historical Financial Statements means as of the Closing Date, (i) the audited combined financial statements of TAO Group and its Affiliates, for the Fiscal Year ended December 27, 2015, consisting of combined balance sheets and the related combined statements of income, changes in members equity and cash flows for such Fiscal Year, and (ii) for the interim period from December 28, 2015 through December 25, 2016, internally prepared, unaudited financial statements of TAO Group and its Affiliates, consisting of a combined balance sheet and the related combined statements of income, changes in members equity and cash flows for such period.
Holdings as defined in the preamble hereto.
Immaterial Subsidiary means, at any relevant time of determination, (a) those Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.01(c) as of the Closing Date and (b) any Subsidiary of Company that is identified by Company as an Immaterial Subsidiary after the Closing Date on the most recently delivered Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(d) ; provided , that, in the event that all Immaterial Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, (i) shall own assets (after intercompany eliminations) having a fair market value in excess of five percent (5%) of Consolidated Current Assets of the Restricted Parties or (ii) generate Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in excess of five percent (5%) of the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Restricted Parties, in each case, as determined as of the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or Section 5.01(c) , then, in either case, one or more of such Immaterial Subsidiaries as designated by the Company within ten (10) Business Days after delivery of such financial statements (or, if the Company shall make no designation within such period, one or more of such Immaterial Subsidiaries in descending order based on their respective amounts of Consolidated Current Assets or Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, as applicable, as designated by Administrative Agent) shall thereafter cease to be an Immaterial Subsidiary and shall thereupon comply with the applicable requirements of Section 5.10 ; provided , however , that, in no event shall any Subsidiary of Company that owns any Intellectual Property or any other strategically-valuable asset, in each case, that is material to the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Subsidiary of Company which owns Capital Stock in any Credit Party, be deemed to be an Immaterial Subsidiary.
Increased Amount Date as defined in Section 2.23 .
Increased Cost Lenders as defined in Section 2.22 .
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Indebtedness as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (i) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capital Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (iii) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (including any earn-out or similar obligations, but excluding (A) any such obligations incurred under ERISA and (B) accounts payable and trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not more than 90 days past due); (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person; (vi) the face amount of any trade letter of credit and any unreimbursed amounts drawn under any standby letter of credit, in each case, issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Third Party Letters of Credit or other letters of credit, in each case, to the extent undrawn); (vii) all net payment obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the counter derivative transaction, including, without limitation, any Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes; and (viii) all guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness described in clauses (i) through (vii) above of any other Person. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any third Person (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner and any joint venture in which such Person is a joint venturer) to the extent such Person would be liable therefor under applicable law or any agreement or instrument by virtue of such Persons ownership interest in such Person.
Indemnified Liabilities means, collectively, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including natural resource damages), penalties, claims (including Environmental Claims), costs (including the costs of any investigation, study, sampling, testing, abatement, cleanup, removal, remediation or other response action necessary to remove, remediate, clean up or abate any Hazardous Materials Activity), expenses and disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of counsel for Indemnitees in connection with any investigative, administrative or judicial proceeding commenced or threatened by any Person, whether or not any such Indemnitee shall be designated as a party or a potential party thereto, and any fees or expenses incurred by Indemnitees in enforcing this indemnity), whether direct or indirect and whether based on any applicable federal, state or foreign laws, statutes, rules or regulations (including applicable securities and commercial laws, statutes, rules or regulations and Environmental Laws), on common law or equitable cause or on contract or otherwise, that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against any such Indemnitee, in any manner relating to or arising out of (i) this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including the Lenders agreement to make Credit Extensions or the use or intended use of the proceeds thereof, or any enforcement of any of the Credit Documents (including any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty or in connection with the enforcement or collection by any Non-Consenting Lender of any payment due from Company to such Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to Section 2.22 )); or (ii) any Environmental Claim or any Hazardous Materials Activity, in each case, relating to or arising from, directly or indirectly, any past or present activity, operation, land ownership, or practice of any Credit Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries.
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Indemnitee as defined in Section 10.03 .
Indemnitee Agent Party as defined in Section 9.06 .
Installment as defined in Section 2.11(a) .
Installment Date as defined in Section 2.11(a) .
Intellectual Property as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Intellectual Property Security Agreement as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Interest Payment Date means with respect to (i) any Base Rate Loan, (a) the last day of each month, commencing on the first such date of the first full month to occur after the Closing Date, and (b) the final maturity date of such Loan; (ii) any LIBOR Rate Loan having an Interest Period in excess of ninety (90) days, (a) the last day of each 90-day anniversary of the first day of such Interest Period commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and (b) the last day of such Interest Period; (iii) any other LIBOR Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period for such LIBOR Rate Loan commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date; and (iv) any L/C Revolving Loan, (a) the last day of each month, commencing with the first full month ending after the Closing Date, and (b) the final maturity date of such Loan.
Interest Period means, in connection with a LIBOR Rate Loan, an interest period of one, two, three or six months (or, to the extent agreed by each Lender of such LIBOR Rate Loan, twelve months), as selected by Company in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (i) initially, commencing on the Credit Date or Conversion/Continuation Date thereof, as the case may be; and (ii) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided , (a) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day; (b) 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, subject to clauses (c) and (d), of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; (c) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of any Class of Term Loans shall extend beyond such Classs Term Loan Maturity Date; and (d) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Revolving Loans shall extend beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
Interest Rate Agreement means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is (i) for the purpose of hedging the interest rate
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exposure associated with Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries operations, and (ii) not for speculative purposes, each as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent the same continue to comply with the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) above.
Interest Rate Determination Date means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.
Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute and the regulations promulgated thereunder.
Investment means (i) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person (other than a Guarantor Subsidiary); (ii) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings from any Person (other than Holdings, Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary), of any Capital Stock of such Person; and (iii) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contributions by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any other Person (other than Holdings, the Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary), including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write ups, write downs or write offs with respect to such Investment.
Joinder Agreement means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J .
Joint Venture means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form.
Joint Venture Indebtedness means, as of any date of determination or any period with respect to each Designated Joint Venture, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Indebtedness of such Designated Joint Venture, multiplied by (b) the ratio of (A) the amount of net income of such Designated Joint Venture (or attributable to such Designated Joint Venture) that is included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for such period, to (B) the aggregate net income of such Designated Joint Venture for such period, determined in accordance with GAAP. For the avoidance of doubt, for any period during which a Designated Joint Venture has a net loss or has no net income that is included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, the amount of Joint Venture Indebtedness attributable to such Designated Joint Venture shall be zero for such period.
Joint Venture Partner means each other Person (other than any other Restricted Party) holding Capital Stock in any Joint Venture in which any Restricted Party owns any Capital Stock.
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Judgment Conversion Date as defined in Section 10.22(a) .
Judgment Currency as defined in Section 10.22(a) .
Junior Lien Indebtedness means secured Indebtedness incurred by any Restricted Party (i) pursuant to documentation which (a) is not guaranteed by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any Guarantor, (b) does not require the payment of interest (in Cash or in kind) in excess of fourteen percent (14%) per annum and if the payment of any such interest is prohibited by any applicable subordination agreement, such failure to pay interest shall not constitute an event of default thereunder, (c) does not require amortization, mandatory prepayments or similar payment of principal (other than mandatory prepayments of the same type, and having substantially the same terms, as the mandatory prepayments set forth in Section 2.13 , provided that any such prepayments may be made only to the extent waived or declined by any Lenders hereunder) prior to the date that is at least ninety-one (91) days after the later to occur of (x) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and (y) the Term Loan Maturity Date and (d) such Indebtedness and the related governing documents shall have covenant, default and remedy provisions no more restrictive and no more onerous to the Restricted Parties than this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and (ii) which is secured solely by a Lien on Collateral which is permitted under Section 6.02(q) .
Key Man Condition means, with respect to any Venue Agreement, a condition therein requiring one or more specified Person(s) to remain involved in the management or operation of the applicable Venue following a transfer or assignment of such Venue Agreement (including any change of control or similar event).
Landlord Financed Capital Expenditures means any capital expenditures of any Restricted Party financed by the landlord (or other owner of any Venue, other than any Restricted Party) of any Restricted Party or otherwise paid for by such landlord (or such other owner) for which such Restricted Party is obligated to reimburse such landlord (or such other owner) through the capitalization of such amounts pursuant to the terms of the applicable Venue Agreement.
Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement means a written agreement (i) substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 or (ii) in a commercially reasonable and customary form from the landlord under the related lease and otherwise reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent, pursuant to which, among other things, the landlord consents to the entry upon the related premises by Collateral Agent for purposes of exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral located at such premises, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Landlord Waiver Agreement means, with respect to any Leasehold Venue, a written agreement (i) substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 or (ii) in a commercially reasonable and customary form from the landlord under the related lease and otherwise reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the landlord waives or subordinates any security interest it may obtain in the personal property of the applicable Credit Party, in each case, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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L/C Cash Collateral means Cash of the Restricted Parties pledged as collateral to secure any of the Restricted Parties reimbursement obligations under any Third Party Letter of Credit issued by a Third Party L/C Issuer, to the extent permitted by Section 6.01(k) .
L/C Revolving Loan means any Revolving Loan made by Lenders to the Company solely for the purpose of providing L/C Cash Collateral, to the extent permitted by Sections 6.01 and 6.02 , for so long as the proceeds of such L/C Revolving Loan continues to serve as L/C Cash Collateral, subject to Section 2.07(a) . In no event shall the aggregate outstanding principal amount of L/C Revolving Loans exceed $4,000,000 at any time.
Lead Arranger as defined in the preamble hereto.
Leasehold Property means any leasehold interest of any Restricted Party as lessee under any lease of real property, other than a Venue.
Leasehold Venue means any Venue in which Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have any leasehold interest and which is operated or managed by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Lender means each financial institution listed on the signature pages hereto as a Lender, and any other Person that becomes a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment Agreement or a Joinder Agreement.
Lender Counterparty means each Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender counterparty to an Approved Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement (including any Person who is a Lender (and any Affiliate thereof) as of the Closing Date but subsequently, whether before or after entering into an Approved Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement, ceases to be a Lender) including, without limitation, each such Affiliate that enters into a joinder agreement with Collateral Agent.
Leverage Multiple means, as of any date of determination during the periods set forth below, the correlative number indicated below:
Fiscal Quarter |
Leverage
Multiple |
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First Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
3.50 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
3.50 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
3.50 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
3.50 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
3.50 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
3.50 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
3.50 |
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Fiscal Quarter |
Leverage
Multiple |
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Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
3.50 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
3.50 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
3.50 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
3.25 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
3.25 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
3.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
3.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
2.75 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
2.75 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
2.50 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
2.50 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
2.50 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2021 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter |
2.50 |
Leverage Ratio means the ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (or any other date of determination) of (i) Consolidated Senior Debt as of such day, minus Consolidated Net Cash, to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date (or if such date of determination is not the last day of a Fiscal Quarter, for the four-Fiscal Quarters period ending as of the most recently concluded Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or (c) ).
LIBOR Rate Loan means a Loan bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate.
Lien means (i) any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing, and (ii) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities.
Limited Condition Acquisition means a Permitted Acquisition or any other Investment permitted hereunder that constitutes an acquisition (other than intercompany Investments) by Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, the consummation of which is not conditioned on the availability of, or on obtaining, third party financing and which
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is designated as a Limited Condition Acquisition by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in writing to the Administrative Agent and Lenders on or prior to the date of the consummation of such Limited Condition Acquisition.
Loan means a Term Loan, a Revolving Loan, and a New Term Loan.
Managed Venue means any Venue which is operated or managed by any Restricted Party pursuant to a Venue Management Contract, pursuant to which any Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries are entitled to payments for operating and managing such Venue without obtaining a leasehold interest in such Venue.
Management Fee Turnover Agreement means the Management Fee Turnover Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Administrative Agent and MSG, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the written consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders).
Margin Stock as defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System as in effect from time to time.
Material Adverse Effect means a material adverse effect on (i) the business, operations, assets or financial condition of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) the ability of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to timely perform their Obligations; (iii) the legality, validity, binding effect, or enforceability against a Credit Party of a Credit Document to which it is a party; or (iv) the material rights, remedies and benefits available to, or conferred upon, any Agent and any Lender or any Secured Party under any Credit Document.
Material Contract means any contract (including any Venue Agreement) or other arrangement to which any Restricted Party is a party (other than the Credit Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, as each is amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time. All Material Contracts as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 4.16 .
Material Real Estate Asset means any fee owned Real Estate Asset (other than any Excluded Real Estate Asset) having a fair market value in excess of $2,000,000 as of the date of the acquisition thereof, including any listed on Schedule 1.01(b) , or (ii) any fee owned Real Estate Asset that the Requisite Lenders have determined in their reasonable discretion is material to the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof, including Company, and any listed on Schedule 1.01(b) .
Moodys means Moodys Investor Services, Inc.
Mortgage means a mortgage or deed of trust to secure real property in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, as it may be reasonably amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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Mortgaged Property means any real property (other than any leasehold interests) for which a Credit Party is required to grant to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a First Priority Lien pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document.
MSG means MSG TG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or any Affiliate thereof.
MSG Company means The Madison Square Garden Company, a Delaware corporation, or any MSG Company Successor (as such term is defined in the Parent Organizational Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), or any of their respective Affiliates.
Multiemployer Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.
NAIC means The National Association of Insurance Commissioners, and any successor thereto.
Narrative Report means, with respect to the financial statements for which such Narrative Report is required, a customary narrative report describing the operations of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, which report shall be in substantially the form prepared for presentation to senior management thereof for the applicable month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such period to which such financial statements relate with a comparison to and variances from (i) the immediately preceding period, (ii) the same period for the preceding Fiscal Year and (iii) the Budget.
Net Asset Sale Proceeds means, with respect to any Asset Sale, an amount equal to: (i) Cash payments actually received by any Restricted Party from such Asset Sale, minus (ii) any bona fide costs incurred in connection with such Asset Sale to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including (a) the amount of any Permitted Tax Payments and income or gains taxes paid or payable by the seller, in each case, as a result of any gain recognized in connection with such Asset Sale, (b) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans) that is secured by a Lien on the stock or assets in question and that is required to be repaid under the terms thereof as a result of such Asset Sale, and (c) a reasonable reserve for any purchase price adjustments or indemnification payments (fixed or contingent) attributable to sellers indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale undertaken by any Restricted Party in connection with such Asset Sale; provided that upon release of any such reserve, the amount released shall be considered Net Asset Sale Proceeds.
Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds means an amount equal to: (i) any Cash payments or proceeds actually received by any Restricted Party (a) under any property casualty insurance policies in respect of any covered loss thereunder, or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of any Restricted Party by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with
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such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any actual costs incurred by the Restricted Parties in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of the Restricted Parties in respect thereof, and (b) any bona fide costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this definition to the extent paid or payable to non-Affiliates, including income taxes paid or payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith (including, without limitation, Permitted Tax Payments).
New Business Adjustments as defined in the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
New Term Loan Commitments as defined in Section 2.23 .
New Term Loan Exposure means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, (i) prior to the making of the New Term Loans, such Lenders New Term Loan Commitment, and (ii) thereafter, the outstanding principal amount of the New Term Loans of such Lender.
New Term Loan Lender as defined in Section 2.23 .
New Term Loan Maturity Date means the date that New Term Loans of a particular tranche shall become due and payable in full hereunder, as specified in the applicable Joinder Agreement, including by acceleration or otherwise.
New Term Loans as defined in Section 2.23 .
New Venue means, as at any date of determination, any new or relocated Venue that has not yet opened to the general public or which has been open to the general public, in whole or in part, for less than twelve (12) months.
Non-US Lender as defined in Section 2.19(c) .
Note means a Term Loan Note or a Revolving Loan Note.
Notice means a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.
Notice of Intent to Cure as defined in Section 6.08(g) .
Obligation Currency as defined in Section 10.22 .
Obligations means all obligations of every nature of each Credit Party from time to time owed to the Agents (including former Agents), the Lenders or any of them and Lender Counterparties, under any Credit Document or Approved Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to an Approved Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement, obligations owed thereunder to any Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Approved Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement was entered into), whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Credit Party, would have
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accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Credit Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), payments for early termination of Approved Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise. Obligations shall not include Excluded Swap Obligations.
Obligee Guarantor as defined in Section 7.07 .
OFAC means the U.S. Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control or any successor thereto.
Organizational Documents means (i) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, as amended, and its bylaws, as amended, (ii) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (iii) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (iv) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Credit Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such Organizational Document shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.
Other Permitted Transfer Conditions means, with respect to any Venue Agreement executed after the Closing Date, any customary and reasonable objective conditions (excluding Permitted Key Man Conditions), which objective conditions shall be reasonably consistent with any similar conditions in other similar Venue Agreements executed after the Closing Date, contained in such Venue Agreement that would have to be satisfied prior to the transfer or assignment of such Venue Agreement (including any change of control or similar event) without the consent of the landlord or other counterparty to such Venue Agreement (or consent not to be unreasonably withheld of such landlord or counterparty).
Parent means TAO Group Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
Parent Organizational Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Parent, dated as of January 31, 2017, among, inter alios , Parent, MSG and the TAO Group Principals, as in effect on the Closing Date and as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent permitted by Section 6.15 .
Participant Register as defined in Section 10.06(h) .
Patriot Act means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act of 2001), as amended.
PBGC means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.
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Pension Plan means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is subject to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition means any acquisition by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Capital Stock of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person; provided ,
(i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(ii) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable laws and in conformity with all applicable Governmental Authorizations;
(iii) in the case of the acquisition of Capital Stock, all of the Capital Stock (except for any such Securities in the nature of directors qualifying shares required pursuant to applicable law) acquired or otherwise issued by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any newly formed Subsidiary of Company in connection with such acquisition shall be owned 100% by Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and Company shall have taken, or shall cause to be taken each of the actions set forth in Sections 5.10 and/or 5.11 , as applicable, when required pursuant to the terms thereof;
(iv) the Credit Parties shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.08 on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to such acquisition as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended prior to the date of such acquisition;
(v) Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders) at least five (5) Business Days prior to such proposed acquisition, (A) a Compliance Certificate evidencing compliance with Section 6.08 as required under clause (iv) above, together with all relevant financial information with respect to such acquired assets, including, without limitation, the aggregate consideration for such acquisition and any other information required to demonstrate compliance with Section 6.08 and (B) such projections and pro forma financial information regarding such acquired assets as Administrative Agent or any Lender shall reasonably request;
(vi) any Person or assets or division as acquired in accordance herewith (y) shall be in the same, similar or related business or lines of business in which Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged as of the Closing Date and (z) for the four quarter period most recently ended prior to the date of such acquisition, shall have generated earnings before income taxes, depreciation, and amortization during such period that shall exceed the amount of capital expenditures related to such Person or assets or division during such period (calculated in substantially the same manner as Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA and Consolidated Capital Expenditures are calculated);
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(vii) the acquisition shall have been approved by the board of directors or other governing body or controlling Person of the Person acquired or the Person from whom such assets or division is acquired;
(viii) the aggregate consideration (A) for all such acquisitions made during any trailing twelve month period shall not exceed $20,000,000, and (B) for all such acquisitions made from the Closing Date to the date of determination shall not exceed $100,000,000, provided , that, the aggregate consideration for any acquisition may exceed either of the foregoing maximum amounts so long as all such excess aggregate consideration is funded with proceeds from a concurrent capital contribution to, or issuance of Permitted Equity of, Holdings.
Permitted Equity means Capital Stock of Holdings issued in exchange for Cash 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 or otherwise, (a) does not mature and is not mandatorily redeemable, in whole or in part, or required (including at the option of the holder thereof) to be repurchased or redeemed, in whole or in part, by Holdings, and which does not require the payment of Cash dividends or distributions (other than Permitted Tax Payments), in each case, prior to the date that is at least one hundred eighty-one (181) days after the later to occur of (i) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and (ii) the Term Loan Maturity Date, (b) is not secured by the assets of any Credit Party, (c) is not convertible or exchangeable into Indebtedness of any Credit Party, (d) does not constitute Indebtedness of any Credit Party, (e) does not result in a Change of Control and (f) is issued at a time and in a manner when no Event of Default then exists or would be caused thereby.
Permitted Equity Issuances means one or more transactions whereby Holdings issues Permitted Equity to the holders of its Capital Stock for Cash consideration, or the holders of its Capital Stock make a capital contribution in Cash to Holdings, so long as (i) all of the proceeds of such issuance or contribution are promptly contributed by Holdings to Company, (ii) such issuance does not result in a Change of Control, and (iii) the proceeds of such issuance or capital contribution are promptly used by Company to pay for Consolidated Capital Expenditures or pay the purchase price with respect to a Permitted Acquisition or otherwise applied in a manner not prohibited under this Agreement.
Permitted Holders means MSG Company and the Equity Investors.
Permitted Joint Venture means any Joint Venture in which any Credit Party holds an interest, so long as (a) Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have received a First Priority perfected Lien in all Capital Stock of such Joint Venture which is owned by any Credit Party (or, in lieu of a First Priority perfected Lien in such Capital Stock of the Joint Venture, a First Priority perfected Lien in 100% of the Capital Stock of each Credit Party which owns an interest in such Joint Venture), (b) all Capital Stock of such Joint Venture which is owned by any Credit Party shall be free and clear of all Liens (other than a Lien to secure the Loans, if applicable, or other Permitted Liens if the parenthetical in clause (a) above does not apply) and (c) there shall not exist any restriction or consent requirement on the ability of such Credit Party or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to transfer such Credit Partys interest in such
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Joint Venture (except for any customary purchase option, call or similar right in favor of the Joint Venture Partner that gives the Joint Venture Partner the right to purchase all of such Credit Partys interest in such Joint Venture in connection with any sale or transfer of such Joint Venture or any interests therein ) . Notwithstanding the foregoing, 632 N. Dearborn Operations, LLC shall be deemed to be a Permitted Joint Venture.
Permitted Key Man Condition means, with respect to any Venue Agreement executed after the Closing Date, a Key Man Condition therein that (i) may be satisfied by the continued involvement of MSG (or any other MSG Company) or (ii) allows for substitution with other Person(s) with reasonable experience in such capacity upon consent not to be unreasonably withheld of the landlord or other counterparty to such Venue Agreement.
Permitted Liens means each of the Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 .
Permitted New Venue means any Venue in respect of which the creation or acquisition of rights and obligations to manage or operate such Venue by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has occurred after the Closing Date, whether by purchase, merger, execution of a Venue Agreement or otherwise; provided ,
(i) immediately prior to, and after giving effect thereto, no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom;
(ii) any such Venue Agreement (a) shall not restrict or prohibit the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of Company or any of its wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries (other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary) or the pledge of 65% of the voting Capital Stock, and 100% of the non-voting Capital Stock, of any of the Companys first-tier Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries (in each case, including the Capital Stock of the Subsidiary which is a party to such Venue Agreement to the extent such Capital Stock is required to be pledged under this Agreement or under the Pledge and Security Agreement) and (b) shall contain no conditions to, or only require the satisfaction or waiver of Permitted Key Man Conditions or Other Permitted Transfer Conditions prior to, the exercise of rights and remedies by Collateral Agent with respect to such pledge of Capital Stock; and
(iii) solely with respect to any such Venue Agreement that is a Venue Lease to which any Credit Party is a party (or expected to be a party), (a) such Venue Lease shall not restrict the Collateral Agents security interest in the personal property of such Credit Party that may be located at such Venue and (b) Company or any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries party thereto (or expected to be party thereto) shall, prior to signing such Venue Lease (or such later date as Collateral Agent may determine in its sole discretion), use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable landlord to execute and deliver to Collateral Agent a Landlord Waiver Agreement, provided , that it is agreed that commercially reasonable efforts shall not require such Credit Party to agree to any change in the terms of such Venue Lease which would be adverse to such Credit Party in any material respect, or pay any form of additional compensation, solely in order to obtain the applicable landlords agreement to such Landlord Waiver Agreement and, in such circumstances, such Credit Party shall not be required to deliver such agreement to Collateral Agent pursuant to this clause (iii)(b) .
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Permitted Tax Payments means, with respect to any taxable year for which Company and Holdings are treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes, direct or indirect payments, including any payments by Company or its Subsidiaries to Holdings so that Holdings can make such payments, to any beneficial holder of any Capital Stock of Holdings in the amount required to enable such Person to pay any Tax liability arising from such Persons status as direct or indirect holder of Capital Stock of Company or Holdings, in accordance with the terms of the Parent Organizational Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date.
Person means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.
Pledge and Security Agreement means the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, executed by Company and each Guarantor Subsidiary (other than any Foreign Subsidiary) from time to time party thereto, as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Pre-Opening and Refurbishment Costs means customary costs and expenses incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) prior to the opening of new or relocated Venues, including, without limitation, hiring expenses, training costs, advertising and marketing expenses, food, beverage and entertainment costs and rent expense, or (ii) as a direct result of refurbishing, refreshing or otherwise renovating and improving existing Venues or any part thereof (to the extent such refurbishing, refreshing or otherwise renovating and improving such existing Venue constitutes a disruption to the ordinary course of business at such Venue), including, without limitation, additional security guard costs, costs and expenses associated with safely closing off the applicable section of the Venue from other operating sections of the Venue and any other expenses which are directly attributable to such work, in each case, to the extent not reimbursed by a third party (by credit, offset or otherwise).
Preferred Units has the meaning set forth in the Parent Organizational Agreement.
Prime Rate means the rate of interest quoted in The Wall Street Journal , Money Rates Section as the Prime Rate (currently defined as the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nations thirty (30) largest banks), as in effect from time to time. The Prime Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer. Agent or any other Lender may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime Rate.
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Principal Office means, for each of Administrative Agent, such Persons Principal Office as set forth on Appendix B , or such other office as such Person may from time to time designate in writing to Company, Administrative Agent and each Lender; provided , however , that for the purpose of making any payment on the Obligations or any other amount due hereunder or any other Credit Document, the Principal Office of Administrative Agent shall be 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282 (or such other location within the City and State of New York as Administrative Agent may from time to time designate in writing to Company and each Lender).
Pro Forma Basis and pro forma effect shall mean, as to any Person, for any event as described below (each, a Pro Forma Event ) that occurs subsequent to the commencement of a period for which the financial effect of such event is being calculated, such calculation as will give pro forma effect to each such event as if such event occurred on the first day of the period of four Fiscal Quarters most recently ended on or before the occurrence of such event (the Reference Period ):
(x) pro forma effect shall be given to any Asset Sale, Permitted Acquisition or other Investment, Restricted Junior Payment, Subsidiary designation, Subsidiary Redesignation, Capital Expenditure, incurrence of Indebtedness or any other transaction subject to calculation on a Pro Forma Basis as indicated in this Agreement, in each case to the extent such Pro Forma Event occurred during the Reference Period; and
(y) in making any determination on a Pro Forma Basis, the following shall apply:
(i) (A) all Indebtedness (including Indebtedness issued, incurred or assumed as a result of, or to finance, any relevant Pro Forma Event and for which the financial effect is being calculated, whether incurred under this Agreement or otherwise, but excluding normal fluctuations in revolving Indebtedness incurred for working capital purposes not to finance any acquisition) issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid during the Reference Period shall be deemed to have been issued, incurred, assumed or permanently repaid at the beginning of such period, (B) if any such Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the applicable calculation date had been the applicable rate for the entire Reference Period, and (C) interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the portion of the period during which the Indebtedness was outstanding,
(ii) (A) with respect to any Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, effect shall be given to such Subsidiary Redesignation and with all other Subsidiary Redesignations which have occurred after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the respective Subsidiary Redesignation then being designated, collectively, as of the first day of the applicable Reference Period, and (B) any designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, effect shall be given to such designation and all other designations of Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries after the first day of the relevant Reference Period and on or prior to the date of the then applicable designation of a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, collectively, as of the first day of the applicable Reference Period;
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(iii) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary, Immaterial Subsidiary or Guarantor Subsidiary on the applicable calculation date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary, Immaterial Subsidiary or Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable, at all times during the Reference Period;
(iv) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary, Immaterial Subsidiary or Guarantor Subsidiary on the applicable calculation date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary, Immaterial Subsidiary or Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable, at any time during the Reference Period;
(v) any Joint Venture which is designated as a Designated Joint Venture on any Compliance Certificate will be deemed to have been a Designated Joint Venture at all times during the measurement period covered by such Compliance Certificate; and
(vi) with respect to any Asset Sale or other disposition (including any sale of any Person), all income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person disposed of in such Asset Sale or other disposition shall be excluded.
In the event that any calculation is being performed on a Pro Forma Basis for purposes of determining whether a Pro Forma Event is permitted by any covenant hereunder, an Authorized Officer of the Company shall have provided a written certification to Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders), setting forth a reasonably detailed statement or schedule setting forth such calculation on a Pro Forma Basis and thereby demonstrating that such Pro Forma Event is permitted under such covenant.
Pro forma calculations made pursuant to this definition of the term Pro Forma Basis shall be determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer of Company and may include:
(I) additions to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA in respect of the amount of Cost Savings projected by the Company in good faith, which Cost Savings shall be calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such Cost Savings had been realized on the first day of such period, net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided , that (1) an Authorized Officer of the Company shall have provided a reasonably detailed statement or schedule of such Cost Savings to Administrative Agent (which statement or schedule shall be in a form acceptable to Administrative Agent, such acceptance not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and such Authorized Officer of the Company shall have certified to Administrative Agent that (A) such Cost Savings are reasonably identifiable, reasonably attributable to the actions specified and reasonably anticipated to result from the relevant actions taken, and (B) such actions have been taken, are ongoing and the benefits resulting therefrom are anticipated by the Company to be realized within six (6) months of taking such actions,
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(2) either (x) such Cost Savings shall have been approved in writing by Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders), which approval shall be made in Administrative Agents and Requisite Lenders reasonable credit judgment or (y) an independent certified public accountant of recognized national standing selected by Holdings confirms in writing that such Cost Savings are reasonably anticipated to result from the relevant actions taken within six (6) months of taking such actions, (3) no Cost Savings shall be added to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any period to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such Cost Savings that are otherwise added back in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such period, and (4) the aggregate amount of Cost Savings added pursuant to this clause shall not exceed, when combined with any New Business Adjustments and any Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments, fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before the addback of such New Business Adjustments, Cost Savings and Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments) in the aggregate for any period; provided , further , that any such projected Cost Savings that are not realized within six (6) months may no longer be added in calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA;
(II) (1) with respect to any Target owned or managed or operated by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary for which Administrative Agent has received financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) for less than twelve (12) months, Pro Forma Target EBITDA allocated to each period prior to the acquisition or assumption of management thereof included in the trailing period for which Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is being calculated minus (2) with respect to any Asset Sale consummated within the period in question, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before giving effect to this clause (2) ) attributable to the Subsidiary, profit center, Venue or other asset which is the subject of Asset Sale from the beginning of such period until the date of consummation of such Asset Sale; and
(III) with respect to any Existing Venue or Permitted New Venue that is a New Venue, Pro Forma New Venue EBITDA allocated to each monthly period prior to the month in which such New Venue opened to the general public that is included in the trailing twelve month period for which Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA is being calculated; provided , that, the aggregate amount of Pro Forma New Venue EBITDA for all Venues added pursuant to this clause shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before the addback of such Pro Forma New Venue EBITDA, New Business Adjustments, Costs Savings and Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments) in the aggregate for any period.
Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments as defined in the definition of Pro Forma Target EBITDA.
Pro Forma Event as defined in the definition of Pro Forma Basis.
Pro Forma New Venue EBITDA means, with respect to any New Venue, an amount equal to (a) the average amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (without taking into account any add-back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for New Business Adjustments)
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generated by such new Venue in each month since opening to the general public (with respect to any month during which such Venue generated a negative amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA within the first three (3) months after opening to the general public, such amount shall be zero), multiplied by (b) seventy-five percent (75%).
Pro Forma Target EBITDA means with respect to any Target, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such Target for the most recent four (4) consecutive Fiscal Quarter period preceding the acquisition thereof (which Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the Target shall be calculated using the historical audited financial statements of such Target for such period or, for any period for which audited financial statements of such Target are not available, such financial statements which are certified as fairly representing, in all material respects, the financial condition of such Target for the period covered, which certification shall be signed by an Authorized Officer of Company), adjusted by verifiable expense reductions, including excess owner compensation, if any, calculated on a month-by-month basis, to the extent such adjustments (collectively, Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments ) (a) are expected to be realized within six (6) months following the acquisition of such Target and are reasonably attributable to, and reasonably expected to result from taking, actions specified during such time period, (b) shall be certified as such in a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company describing such reductions in reasonable detail, (c) such adjustments shall been either (x) approved in writing by Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders), which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed or (y) confirmed in writing by an independent certified public accountant of recognized national standing selected by Holdings as being reasonably expected to result from taking such actions specified during such time period, (d) do not exceed, when combined with any New Business Adjustments and any Cost Savings for such period, fifteen percent (15%) of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (calculated before the addback of such New Business Adjustments, Cost Savings and Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments) in the aggregate for all Permitted Acquisitions in any period, in each case as calculated by the Company in accordance herewith; provided , further , that any such projected Pro Forma Acquisition Adjustments that are not realized within such six (6) month period may no longer be added in calculating Pro Forma Target EBITDA, and (e) are not duplicative of any expenses, charges or items that are otherwise added back or included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA.
Projections as defined in Section 4.08 .
Protective Advances as defined in Section 2.02(c) .
Pro Rata Share means (i) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Term Loans of any Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Term Loan Exposure of that Lender, by (b) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (ii) with respect to all payments, computations and other matters relating to the Revolving Commitment or Revolving Loans of any Lender the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the Revolving Exposure of that Lender, by (b) the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders; and (iii) with respect to all payments, computations, and other matters relating to New Term Loan Commitments or New Term Loans of a particular tranche, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the New Term Loan Exposure of that Lender with respect to that tranche, by (b) the aggregate
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New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders with respect to that tranche. For all other purposes with respect to each Lender, Pro Rata Share means the percentage obtained by dividing (A) an amount equal to the sum of the Term Loan Exposure, the Revolving Exposure and the New Term Loan Exposure of that Lender, by (B) an amount equal to the sum of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure, the aggregate Revolving Exposure and the aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders.
Qualified ECP Guarantor means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Credit Party that constitutes an eligible contract participant under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another Person to qualify as an eligible contract participant at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
Real Estate Asset means, at any time of determination, any interest (fee, leasehold, license or other similar interests, including a partial fee, subleasehold or sublicense interest) then owned by any Credit Party in any real property.
Reference Period as defined in the definition of Pro Forma Basis.
Refinancing Indebtedness as defined in Section 6.01(v) .
Refreshed Venue means, as at any date of determination, any Venue (other than a New Venue) that is closed to the general public for at least sixty (60) consecutive days as a direct result of materially refurbishing, refreshing, expanding or otherwise renovating and improving such Venue.
Register as defined in Section 2.06(b) .
Regulation D means Regulation D of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.
Related Transactions means the transactions contemplated to occur on or prior to the Closing Date under the Acquisition Agreement, including the Closing Date Distribution.
Related Fund means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.
Release means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.
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Replacement Lender as defined in Section 2.22 .
Requisite Class Lenders means, at any time of determination, but subject to the provisions of Section 2.21 , (i) for the Class of Lenders having Term Loan Exposure, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (ii) for the Class of Lenders having Revolving Exposure, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders, and (iii) for each Class of Lenders having New Term Loan Exposure, Lenders holding more than 50% of the aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of that Class; provided , that at any time there are two or more Lenders, Required Class Lenders shall mean at least two Lenders holding Term Loan Exposure, New Term Loan Exposure or Revolving Loan Exposure of the Class at issue (with any Lenders that are Affiliates or Related Funds being considered one Lender for this purpose).
Requisite Lenders means one or more Lenders having or holding Term Loan Exposure, New Term Loan Exposure and/or Revolving Exposure and representing more than 50% of the sum of (i) the aggregate Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; (ii) the aggregate Revolving Exposure of all Lenders; and (iii) the aggregate New Term Loan Exposure of all Lenders; provided , that at any time there are two or more Lenders, Requisite Lenders shall mean at least two such Lenders (with any Lenders that are Affiliates or Related Funds being considered one Lender for this purpose).
Reserved Cash means Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Credit Parties which has been specifically reserved and identified in writing to Administrative Agent (who will inform the Lenders) prior to the Closing Date for Consolidated Capital Expenditures to be made within twelve (12) months following the Closing Date, in an aggregate amount up to $1,290,772, consisting of $281,772 of Cash of the Credit Parties on the Closing Date and up to $1,009,000 of Cash proceeds if and when received by Dearborn Ventures, LLC upon prepayment of the TAO Chicago Note (which amount shall be identified in a Compliance Certificate delivered pursuant Section 5.01(d) ). For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of Reserved Cash at any time shall be equal to the amount of Reserved Cash on the Closing Date less the amount of Consolidated Capital Expenditures made or incurred by the Restricted Parties following the Closing Date and prior to such date of determination.
Restricted Junior Payment means (i) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or Company now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of Capital Stock to the holders of that class; (ii) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or Company now or hereafter outstanding; (iii) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Capital Stock of Holdings or Company now or hereafter outstanding; (iv) management or similar fees payable to MSG, MSG Company, any Equity Investor or any non-Credit Party Affiliate of Holdings to the extent paid in Cash (and for the avoidance of doubt, such management or similar fees shall not include the Minimum Commitment (as defined in the Parent Organizational Agreement) or any TAO Group Bonus Payments); and (v) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement,
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defeasance (including in substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Subordinated Indebtedness or Junior Lien Indebtedness or the TAO Put/Call Notes, in each case, to the extent paid in Cash by any Restricted Party.
Restricted Foreign Subsidiary means, at each relevant time of determination, any wholly-owned Foreign Subsidiary of Company which is not a Guarantor.
Restricted Party means, at each relevant time of determination, Holdings and each Restricted Subsidiary.
Restricted Subsidiary means, at each relevant time of determination, Company and each wholly-owned Subsidiary of Company, other than any Immaterial Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount as defined in the definition of Available Amount.
Revolving Commitment means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund any Revolving Loan and Revolving Commitments means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lenders Revolving Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-2 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments as of the Closing Date is $12,000,000.
Revolving Commitment Period means the period from the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
Revolving Commitment Termination Date means the earliest to occur of (i) January 31, 2022; (ii) the date the Revolving Commitments are permanently reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.12(b) or 2.13 ; and (iii) the date of the termination of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 8.01 .
Revolving Exposure means, with respect to any Lender as of any date of determination, (i) prior to the termination of the Revolving Commitments, that Lenders Revolving Commitment; and (ii) after the termination of the Revolving Commitments, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loans of that Lender.
Revolving Loan means a Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.02(a) (including any L/C Revolving Loan).
Revolving Loan Note means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-2 , as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
S&P means S&P Global Ratings, a business unit of Standard & Poors Financial Services LLC, a subsidiary of S&P Global Inc., and any successor thereto.
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Sanctions means any (a) sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority and (b) any applicable anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Sections 5301 et seq.) and all regulations issued pursuant to it.
Secured Parties has the meaning assigned to that term in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Securities means any stock, shares, partnership interests, limited liability company membership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of Indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as securities or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.
Securities Account as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
Solvency Certificate means a Solvency Certificate of the chief financial officer or co-president of Holdings substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2 .
Solvent means, with respect to any Credit Party, that as of the date of determination, both (i) (a) the sum of such Credit Partys debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair market value of such Credit Partys present assets; (b) such Credit Partys capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its business as contemplated on the Closing Date and reflected in the Projections or with respect to any transaction contemplated or undertaken after the Closing Date; and (c) such Person has not incurred and does not intend to incur debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (ii) such Person is solvent within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).
Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations means, in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, the representations and warranties made by or on behalf of the target of such Limited Condition Acquisition, its subsidiaries or their respective businesses in the applicable acquisition agreement which are material to the interest of the Agents and the Lenders, but only to the extent that Company or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary has the right to terminate its obligations under such acquisition agreement or to decline to consummate such Limited Condition Acquisition as a result of a breach of such representations and warranties.
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Specified Event of Default means an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) , Section 8.01(c) (solely with respect to any failure to comply with Section 6.08 ), Section 8.01(f) or Section 8.01(g) .
Specified Representations means the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.01(a) , Section 4.01(b) (solely with respect to due authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents), Section 4.03 , Section 4.04(a)(ii) , Section 4.06 , Section 4.17 (solely with respect to the second sentence thereof), Section 4.18 , Section 4.22 , Section 4.26 , Section 4.27 and Section 4.28 .
Subordinated Indebtedness means Indebtedness incurred by any Restricted Party pursuant to documentation which (a) is and remains at all times unsecured, (b) expressly recognizes the Obligations as senior obligations or a similar phrase thereunder and which is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full and satisfaction in full in Cash of the Obligations on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders), (c) is not guaranteed by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any Guarantor, (d) does not require the payment of interest (in Cash or in kind) in excess of fourteen percent (14%) per annum and if the payment of any such interest is prohibited by any applicable subordination agreement, such failure to pay interest shall not constitute an event of default thereunder, (e) does not require amortization, mandatory prepayments or similar payment of principal (including AHYDO payments) prior to the date that is at least ninety-one (91) days after the later to occur of (x) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and (y) the Term Loan Maturity Date and (e) such Indebtedness and the related governing documents shall have covenant, default and remedy provisions no more restrictive and no more onerous to the Restricted Parties than this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
Subsidiary Redesignation as defined in the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided , in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a qualifying share of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.
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Swap Obligation means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a swap within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
TAO Chicago Note means that certain Note, dated January 31, 2017, issued by Windy City 632 LLC in favor of Dearborn Ventures, LLC, in an original principal amount equal to $1,009,000.00, as the same exists on the Closing Date or as the same may be amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, provided that any amendment or modification which would be adverse to Agent or the Lenders in any material respect shall be approved in writing by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders), which approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, in order to fall within this definition.
TAO Group Bonus Payments means any bonus, earn-out or similar payment in excess of the fixed annual salary and non-cash benefits payable by any Restricted Party to any TAO Group Principal in accordance with the respective TAO Group Employment Agreements, including any bonuses or other compensation paid to any TAO Group Principal in accordance with the Bonus and Incentive Plan attached as an exhibit to the Parent Organizational Agreement, as in effect on the Closing Date and disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent and Lenders. For the avoidance of doubt, no payments on account of any Earn-Out Amount (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) shall be considered TAO Group Bonus Payments.
TAO Group Employment Agreements means each employment, consulting, management or similar agreement entered into between Company and each of the TAO Group Principals on or before the Closing Date, as each of the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders), such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
TAO Group Principals means each of Marc Packer, Jason Strauss, Noah Tepperberg and Richard Wolf.
TAO Put/Call Notes means the TAO Promissory Note (as defined in, and substantially in the form set forth in, the Parent Organizational Agreement) to the extent issued by Company on or after the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the Parent Organizational Agreement as consideration in connection with certain put/call rights under the Parent Organizational Agreement, which promissory note(s) is not secured by the assets of any Credit Party, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Requisite Lenders), such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Target means (a) any other Person or business unit or asset group of any other Person acquired or proposed to be acquired in an acquisition (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Venue) and (b) any pre-existing Venue of which Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is or is proposed to become the manager or operator.
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Tax means any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, assessment, charge, fee, deduction or withholding of any nature and whatever called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and wherever imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed; provided , Tax on the overall net income of a Person shall be construed as a reference to a tax imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) (whether worldwide, or only insofar as such income, profits or gains are considered to arise in or to relate to a particular jurisdiction, or otherwise) of that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its applicable lending office), franchise tax, net worth or net capital tax or branch profits tax, in each case imposed by the jurisdiction in which that Person is organized or in which that Persons applicable principal office (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is located or in which that Person (and/or, in the case of a Lender, its lending office) is doing or is deemed to be doing business.
Term Loan means a Term Loan made by a Lender to Company pursuant to Section 2.01 or a New Term Loan.
Term Loan Commitment means the commitment of a Lender to make or otherwise fund a Term Loan pursuant to Section 2.01 and Term Loan Commitments means such commitments of all Lenders in the aggregate. The amount of each Lenders Term Loan Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-1 or in the applicable Assignment Agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments as of the Closing Date is $110,000,000.
Term Loan Exposure means, with respect to any Lender, as of any date of determination, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans of such Lender; provided , at any time prior to the making of the Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.01(a) , the Term Loan Exposure of any Lender shall be equal to such Lenders Term Loan Commitment.
Term Loan Maturity Date means the earlier of (i) January 31, 2022, and (ii) the date that all Term Loans shall become due and payable in full hereunder, whether by acceleration or otherwise.
Term Loan Note means a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B-1 , as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Third Party Funds shall mean any accounts or funds, or any portion thereof, received by Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as agent on behalf of third parties in accordance with a written agreement that imposes a duty upon Company or one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries to collect and remit those funds to such third parties.
Terminated Lender as defined in Section 2.22 .
Third Party L/C Issuer means a financial institution reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent that issues standby letters of credit for the account of any Credit Party.
Third Party L/C Documents means any and all agreements, instruments or other documents evidencing or relating to a Third Party Letter of Credit, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
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Third Party Letter of Credit means a standby letter of credit issued, or to be issued, for the account of any Restricted Party by a Third Party L/C Issuer pursuant to Third Party L/C Documents.
Title Policy as defined in Section 5.11(iv) .
Total Leverage Ratio means the ratio, determined on a Pro Forma Basis, as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter (or any other date of determination) of (i) Consolidated Total Debt as of such day, minus Consolidated Net Cash, to (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the four-Fiscal Quarter period ending on such date (or if such date of determination is not the last day of a Fiscal Quarter, for the four-Fiscal Quarters period for which financial statements have most recently been delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or (c) ).
Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Revolving Loans.
Transaction Costs means the fees, costs and expenses payable by Holdings, Company or any of Companys Subsidiaries to a Person who is not an Affiliate of any such entity on or before the thirtieth (30 th ) day after the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents and the Acquisition Agreement, including, without limitation, any financial advisory fees, filing fees, accounting fees, legal fees and other similar advisory and consulting fees and related out-of-pocket expenses and other fees, discounts and commissions, including with regard to arranging or syndication of the Loans.
Type of Loan means with respect to either Term Loans or Revolving Loans, a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan.
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York or, when the context implies, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other applicable jurisdiction.
Unfinanced shall mean expenditures that are not financed with (i) Reserved Cash or (ii) the proceeds of (a) any issuance of Permitted Equity, (b) any capital contribution to Holdings, (c) any Subordinated Indebtedness, or (d) any Capital Leases or purchase money Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Section 6.01(j) .
United States or U.S. means the United States of America.
Unrestricted Subsidiary means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company created after the Closing Date, which has not become a Restricted Subsidiary at any prior time and that is designated by Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary within 30 days after formation or acquisition of such Subsidiary by written notice to the Administrative Agent (who will inform the Lenders); provided , that, the Company shall only be permitted to so designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, (b) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Company shall be in compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.08 after giving pro forma effect to such designation as of the last day of the Fiscal Quarter most recently ended prior to the date
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thereof for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 , (c) such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall only be capitalized (to the extent capitalized by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) through Investments that are permitted by, and in compliance with, Section 6.07(o) , and any prior or concurrent Investments in such Subsidiary by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be deemed to have been made under Section 6.07(o) , (d) without duplication of clause (c) , any net assets owned by such Unrestricted Subsidiary (including the assets of any Subsidiary of such Unrestricted Subsidiary) at the time of the initial designation thereof shall be treated as Investments pursuant to Section 6.07(o) , and (e) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders) an officers certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of the Company certifying compliance with the requirements of preceding clauses (a) , (b) and (c) ; and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Agreement by written notice to Administrative Agent, who will inform the Lenders (each, a Subsidiary Redesignation ); provided , that (x) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, and (y) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders), an officers certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of the Company, certifying that compliance with the requirements of preceding clause (x) .
Venue means, as of any date of date determination, a restaurant, nightclub, lounge, bar, beach facility or similar venue which is managed or operated by Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Venue Agreement means a Venue Management Contract, a Venue Lease or any other similar agreement or contract pursuant to which the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be responsible for operating or managing any Venue.
Venue Lease means any lease, sublease or similar agreement pursuant to which any Restricted Party holds any leasehold interest in any Leasehold Venue.
Venue Management Contract means any management contract, services agreement or similar agreement pursuant to which any Restricted Party has agreed to operate and/or manage any Managed Venue.
1.02 Accounting Terms . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in conformity with GAAP; provided , that, if the Company notifies Administrative Agent that the Company requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if Administrative Agent notifies the Company that the Requisite Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then Company and Administrative Agent shall negotiate in good faith to amend such provision to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to approval of the Requisite Lenders) and, until so amended, such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice
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shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any changes in GAAP after the Closing Date, any lease of the Company or the Subsidiaries, or of a special purpose or other entity not consolidated with the Company and its Subsidiaries at the time of its incurrence of such lease, that would be characterized as an operating lease under GAAP in effect on the Closing Date (whether such lease is entered into before or after the Closing Date) shall not constitute Indebtedness or a Capitalized Lease Obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary under this Agreement or any other Credit Document as a result of such changes in GAAP. Financial statements required to be delivered by Holdings to Lenders pursuant to Section 5.01(b) and 5.01(c) shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect at the time of such preparation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant (including the computation of any financial covenant or financial ratio) contained herein, Indebtedness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at one hundred percent (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.
1.03 Interpretation, etc. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. References herein to any Section, Appendix, Schedule or Exhibit shall be to a Section, an Appendix, a Schedule or an Exhibit, as the case may be, hereof unless otherwise specifically provided. References herein to any Schedule hereof shall be to that Schedule as it may be supplemented from time to time; provided that no such supplement shall amend, supplement or otherwise modify any Schedule or any representation affected thereby or be or be deemed a waiver of any Default or Event of Default resulting from the matters disclosed therein, except as (i) consented to by Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders in writing or (ii) supplemented or modified expressly in accordance with the Credit Documents. The use herein of the word include or including, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not no limiting language (such as without limitation or but not limited to or words of similar import) is used with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. A reference to a statute includes all regulations made pursuant to such statute and, unless otherwise specified, the provisions of any statute or regulation which amends, revises, restates, supplements or supersedes any such statute or any such regulation. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) any reference to Organizational Documents, agreements (including the Credit Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by the Credit Documents and (b) any reference to a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended, modified, consolidated, replaced, interpreted or supplemented from time to time, and any successor to such provision of law.
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SECTION 2. LOANS
2.01 Term Loans .
(a) Loan Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender with a Term Loan Commitment severally agrees to make, on the Closing Date, a Term Loan to Company in an amount equal to such Lenders Term Loan Commitment. Company may make only one borrowing under the Term Loan Commitments which shall be on the Closing Date. Any amount borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and subsequently repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Subject to Sections 2.11(a) , 2.12 and 2.13 , all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Term Loans shall be paid in full no later than the Term Loan Maturity Date. Each Lenders Term Loan Commitment shall terminate immediately and without further action on the Closing Date after giving effect to the funding of such Lenders Term Loan on such date.
(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Term Loans .
(i) Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed Funding Notice no later than one Business Day prior to the Closing Date with respect to Term Loans made on the Closing Date. Promptly upon receipt by Administrative Agent of such Funding Notice, Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the proposed borrowing.
(ii) Each Lender shall make its Term Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the Closing Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agents Principal Office. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of the Term Loans available to Company on the Closing Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Company at Administrative Agents Principal Office or to such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Company.
2.02 Revolving Loans .
(a) Revolving Commitments . During the Revolving Commitment Period, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender with a Revolving Commitment severally agrees to make Revolving Loans to Company in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding such Lenders Revolving Commitment; provided , that after giving effect to the making of any Revolving Loans (i) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect and (ii) Availability shall not be less than $0. Amounts borrowed pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) may be repaid and reborrowed during the Revolving Commitment Period. Each Lenders Revolving Commitment shall expire on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and all Revolving Loans and all other amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Revolving Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be paid in full no later than such date.
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(b) Borrowing Mechanics for Revolving Loans .
(i) Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans shall be made in an aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 and integral multiples of $50,000 in excess of that amount, and Revolving Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 and integral multiples of $50,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Whenever Company desires that Lenders make Revolving Loans, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a LIBOR Rate Loan, and at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed Credit Date in the case of a Revolving Loan that is a Base Rate Loan. Except as otherwise provided herein, a Funding Notice for a Revolving Loan that is a LIBOR Rate Loan shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to make a borrowing in accordance therewith unless Company shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.17(c) in connection therewith.
(iii) Notice of receipt of each Funding Notice in respect of Revolving Loans, together with the amount of each Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof, if any, together with the applicable interest rate, shall be provided by Administrative Agent to each applicable Lender by electronic communication (including e-mail) with reasonable promptness, but ( provided Administrative Agent shall have received such notice by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time)) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day as Administrative Agents receipt of such Funding Notice from Company.
(iv) Each Lender shall make the amount of its Revolving Loan available to Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the applicable Credit Date by wire transfer of same day funds in Dollars, at Administrative Agents Principal Office. Except as provided herein, upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent specified herein, Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Revolving Loans available to Company on the applicable Credit Date by causing an amount of same day funds in Dollars equal to the proceeds of all such Revolving Loans received by Administrative Agent from Lenders to be credited to the account of Company at Administrative Agents Principal Office or such other account as may be designated in writing to Administrative Agent by Company.
(c) Protective Advances . Subject to the limitations set forth below, and whether or not an Event of Default or a Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Administrative Agent is authorized by Company and the Lenders, from time to time in Administrative Agents sole discretion (but Administrative Agent shall have absolutely no obligation to), to make Revolving Loans to Company on behalf of the Revolving Lenders, which Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable (i) to preserve or protect the Collateral, or any portion thereof, or (ii) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, including, without limitation, payments of principal, interest, fees and reimbursable
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expenses (any of such Loans are in this clause (c) referred to as Protective Advances ); provided , that the amount of Revolving Loans plus Protective Advances shall not exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect. Protective Advances may be made even if the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 have not been satisfied. All Protective Advances shall be Base Rate Loans. Protective Advances shall not exceed $1,500,000 in the aggregate at any time without the prior consent of Requisite Lenders and Company. Each Protective Advance shall be secured by the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent in and to the Collateral and shall constitute Obligations hereunder. Company shall pay the unpaid principal amount and all unpaid and accrued interest of each Protective Advance no later than the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
2.03 [Reserved ].
2.04 Pro Rata Shares; Availability of Funds.
(a) Pro Rata Shares . All Loans shall be made, and all participations purchased, by Lenders simultaneously and proportionately to their respective Pro Rata Shares, it being understood that no Lender shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender in such other Lenders obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby nor shall any Term Loan Commitment or any Revolving Commitment of any Lender be increased or decreased as a result of a default by any other Lender in such other Lenders obligation to make a Loan requested hereunder or purchase a participation required hereby.
(b) Availability of Funds . Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable Credit Date that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent the amount of such Lenders Revolving Loan requested on such Credit Date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such Credit Date and Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, but shall not be obligated to, make available to Company a corresponding amount on such Credit Date. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agents demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Company and Company shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day from such Credit Date until the date such amount is paid to Administrative Agent, at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans for such Class of Loans. Nothing in this Section 2.04(b) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Term Loan Commitments and Revolving Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Company may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.
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2.05 Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Term Loans made on the Closing Date shall be applied by Company to (i) make the Closing Date Distribution and (ii) pay the Transaction Costs. The proceeds of the Revolving Loans made after the Closing Date shall be applied by Company for working capital and general corporate purposes of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, including Permitted Acquisitions and new Venues; provided , that, the proceeds of any L/C Revolving Loan shall solely be used to serve as L/C Cash Collateral. No portion of the proceeds of any Credit Extension shall be used in any manner that causes such Credit Extension or the application of such proceeds to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
2.06 Evidence of Debt; Register; Lenders Books and Records; Notes.
(a) Lenders Evidence of Debt . Each Lender shall maintain on its internal records an account or accounts evidencing the Obligations of Company to such Lender, including the amounts of the Loans made by it and each repayment and prepayment in respect thereof. Any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company, absent manifest error; provided , that the failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lenders Revolving Commitments or Companys Obligations in respect of any applicable Loans; and provided further , in the event of any inconsistency between the Register and any Lenders records, the recordations in the Register shall govern.
(b) Register . Administrative Agent shall maintain at its Principal Office a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of Lenders and the Revolving Commitments and Loans of each Lender from time to time (the Register ). The Register shall be available for inspection by Company or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Administrative Agent shall record in the Register the Revolving Commitments and the Loans, and each repayment or prepayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans, and any such recordation shall be conclusive and binding on Company and each Lender, absent manifest error; provided , failure to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect any Lenders Revolving Commitments or Companys Obligations in respect of any Loan. Company hereby designates the entity serving as Administrative Agent to serve as Companys agent solely for purposes of maintaining the Register as provided in this Section 2.06 , and Company hereby agrees that, to the extent such entity serves in such capacity, the entity serving as Administrative Agent and its officers, directors, employees, agents and affiliates shall constitute Indemnitees.
(c) Notes . If so requested by any Lender by written notice to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) at least three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, Company shall execute and deliver to such Lender (and/or, if applicable and if so specified in such notice, to any Person who is an assignee of such Lender pursuant to Section 10.06 ) on the Closing Date (or, if such notice is delivered after the Closing Date, promptly after Companys receipt of such notice) a Note or Notes to evidence such Lenders Term Loan, New Term Loan or Revolving Loan, as the case may be.
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2.07 Interest on Loans.
(a) Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Class of Loan shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:
(i) if a Base Rate Loan, at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin; or
(ii) if a LIBOR Rate Loan, at the Adjusted LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Margin.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (a) but subject to Section 2.07(h) , in no event shall (i) the Adjusted LIBOR Rate be less than 1.00% per annum or (ii) the Base Rate be less than 4.00% per annum and (b) subject to Section 2.09 , all L/C Revolving Loans (in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $4,000,000 at any time) shall bear interest at the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are LIBOR Rate Loans (and shall be treated as LIBOR Rate Loans for all purposes hereunder, except as otherwise set forth herein) for so long as the proceeds of such L/C Revolving Loan continues to serve as L/C Cash Collateral; provided , however , in the event that any portion of any L/C Revolving Loans are applied to reimburse the applicable Third Party L/C Issuer for obligations with respect to the applicable Third Party Letter of Credit, the Company shall promptly provide written notice thereof to Administrative Agent and, thereafter, the portion of such L/C Revolving Loans so applied to reimburse the applicable Third Party L/C Issuer shall automatically be converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan, as selected by Company in a Conversion/Continuation Notice, with such interest accruing retrospectively to the date on which such proceeds of L/C Revolving Loans were applied to reimburse the applicable Third Party L/C Issuer (it being agreed that if Company shall fail to deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice within three (3) Business Days after providing the foregoing notification to Administrative Agent, then such portion of L/C Revolving Loans so applied shall automatically be converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month).
(b) The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Loan, and the Interest Period with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loan, shall be selected by Company and notified to Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day a Loan is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Loan shall be a LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month.
(c) In connection with LIBOR Rate Loans there shall be no more than eight (8) Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event Company fails to specify between a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice (or in the relevant notice that a portion of any L/C Revolving Loan was applied to reimburse the applicable Third Party L/C Issuer, as provided in
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Section 2.07(a) above), such Loan (if outstanding as a Base Rate Loan) will be automatically converted into a LIBOR Rate Loan on the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or if outstanding as a LIBOR Rate Loan will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month). In the event Company fails to specify an Interest Period for any LIBOR Rate Loan in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. In the event the Company fails to deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice prior to the last day of an Interest Period for a LIBOR Rate Loan, such LIBOR Rate Loan shall automatically continue as a LIBOR Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month on such date. As soon as practicable after 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the LIBOR Rate Loans for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Company and each Lender.
(d) Interest payable pursuant to Section 2.07(a) shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in the period during which it accrues; provided , that all computations of interest for Base Rate Loans determined by reference to clause (i) of the definition of Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a 365 day year (or a 366 day year in a leap year), and actual number of days elapsed. In computing interest on any Loan, the date of the making of such Loan or the first day of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted from a LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such LIBOR Rate Loan to such Base Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be included, and the date of payment of such Loan or the expiration date of an Interest Period applicable to such Loan or, with respect to a Base Rate Loan being converted to a LIBOR Rate Loan, the date of conversion of such Base Rate Loan to such LIBOR Rate Loan, as the case may be, shall be excluded; provided , if a Loan is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one days interest shall be paid on that Loan.
(e) Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on and to (i) each Interest Payment Date applicable to that Loan; (ii) upon any prepayment of that Loan, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the principal amount being prepaid; and (iii) at maturity, including final maturity.
(f) [Reserved.]
(g) [Reserved.]
(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the interest rate on any Base Rate Loan for any day shall never be less than the sum of (i) the rate appearing on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any successor or substitute page of such service or successor or substitute service acceptable to the Administrative Agent) on such date (or the immediately preceding Business Day, if such date is not a Business Day), as the rate for dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to an Interest Period of one (1) month, divided by the sum of (x) 1 minus (y) the Applicable Reserve Requirement plus (ii) the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Rate Loans.
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2.08 Conversion/Continuation.
(a) Subject to Section 2.17 and so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, Company shall have the option:
(i) to convert at any time all or any part of any Term Loan or Revolving Loan equal to $100,000 and integral multiples of $50,000 in excess of that amount from one Type of Loan to another Type of Loan; provided , a LIBOR Rate Loan may only be converted on the expiration of the Interest Period applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loan unless Company shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.17(c) in connection with any such conversion; or
(ii) upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any LIBOR Rate Loan, to continue all or any portion of such Loan equal to $100,000 and integral multiples of $50,000 in excess of that amount as a LIBOR Rate Loan.
(b) Company shall deliver a Conversion/Continuation Notice to Administrative Agent no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) at least one (1) Business Day in advance of the proposed conversion date (in the case of a conversion to a Base Rate Loan) and at least three (3) Business Days in advance of the proposed conversion/continuation date (in the case of a conversion to, or a continuation of, a LIBOR Rate Loan). Except as otherwise provided herein, a Conversion/Continuation Notice for conversion to, or continuation of, any LIBOR Rate Loans (or telephonic notice in lieu thereof) shall be irrevocable on and after the related Interest Rate Determination Date, and Company shall be bound to effect a conversion or continuation in accordance therewith unless Company shall pay all amounts due under Section 2.17(c) in connection therewith.
(c) This Section 2.08 shall not apply to Protective Advances, which may not be converted or continued.
2.09 Default Interest . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Sections 8.01(a) , (f) or (g) or, in the case of any other Event of Default (other than any Event of Default under Section 8.01(c) in respect of (i) any breach of Section 6.08(a) or (b) that has been cured pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.08(g) and (ii) any breach of Section 6.08(e) that has been cured pursuant to and in accordance with the two provisos to Section 6.08(e) ), if requested by the Requisite Lenders (which request may be retroactive to the date of the applicable Event of Default), the principal amount of all Loans outstanding and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any interest payments on the Loans or any fees or other amounts owed hereunder, shall thereafter bear interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable bankruptcy laws) payable on demand at a rate that is 2.00% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder with respect to the applicable Loans (or, in the case of any such fees and other amounts, at a rate which is 2.00% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base
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Rate Loans); provided , any LIBOR Rate Loans may be converted to Base Rate Loans at the election of the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of such Event of Default (irrespective of whether the Interest Period in effect at the time of such conversion has expired) and thereupon shall become Base Rate Loans and shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2.00% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Loans. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 2.09 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent or any Lender.
2.10 Fees .
(a) Company agrees to pay to Lenders having Revolving Exposure commitment fees equal to (1) the average of the daily difference between (a) the Revolving Commitments, and (b) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Revolving Loans times (2) one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum. All fees referred to in this Section 2.10(a) shall be paid to Administrative Agent as set forth in Section 2.15(a) and upon receipt, Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each applicable Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof.
(b) [Reserved]
(c) [Reserved]
(d) All fees referred to in Section 2.10(a) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed and shall be payable monthly in arrears on the last day of each month during the Revolving Commitment Period, commencing on the first such date of the first full month to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
(e) In addition to any of the foregoing fees, Company agrees to pay to Agents such other fees in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon in writing, including, without limitation, in any Fee Letter.
2.11 Scheduled Payments.
(a) The principal amounts of the Term Loans shall be repaid in consecutive quarterly installments (each, an Installment ) in the aggregate amounts set forth below on each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each calendar year (each, an Installment Date ), commencing with March 31, 2018:
Installment Dates |
Term Loan
Installments |
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March 31, 2018 through and including December 31, 2019 |
$ | 687,500.00 | ||
March 31, 2020 through and including December 31, 2020 |
$ | 2,750,000.00 | ||
March 31, 2021 and each Installment Date thereafter |
$ | 4,125,000.00 |
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; provided , in the event any New Term Loans are made, such New Term Loans shall be repaid in accordance with the amortization schedule for such New Term Loans in the Joinder Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) such Installments shall be reduced in connection with any voluntary or mandatory prepayments of the Term Loans in accordance with Sections 2.12 , 2.13 and 2.14(b) , as applicable; and (y) the Term Loans, together with all other amounts owed hereunder with respect thereto, shall, in any event, be paid in full no later than the Term Loan Maturity Date.
2.12 Voluntary Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a) Voluntary Prepayments .
(i) Any time and from time to time:
(1) with respect to Base Rate Loans, Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part, in an aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 and integral multiples of $50,000 in excess of that amount (or the remaining outstanding amount thereof if such amount is less than either of the foregoing amounts, as applicable); and
(2) with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans, Company may prepay any such Loans on any Business Day in whole or in part (together with any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.17(c) if the date of such prepayment is not on the last date of an Interest Period) in an aggregate minimum amount of $100,000 and integral multiples of $50,000 in excess of that amount (or the remaining outstanding amount thereof if such amount is less than either of the foregoing amounts, as applicable).
(ii) All such prepayments shall be made:
(1) upon not less than one Business Days prior written or telephonic notice in the case of Base Rate Loans; and
(2) upon not less than three Business Days prior written or telephonic notice in the case of LIBOR Rate Loans,
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in each case given to Administrative Agent by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date required and, if given by telephone, promptly confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice for Term Loans or Revolving Loans, as the case may be, by facsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender). Upon the giving of any such notice, the principal amount of the Loans specified in such notice shall become due and payable on the prepayment date specified therein provided that such notice may be conditioned on the effectiveness of other credit facilities or other transactions, in which case it may be revoked if such condition is not satisfied. Any such voluntary prepayment shall be applied as specified in Section 2.14(a) with respect to Revolving Loans and Section 2.14(b) with respect to Term Loans.
(b) Voluntary Commitment Reductions .
(i) Company may, upon not less than three Business Days prior written or telephonic notice confirmed in writing to Administrative Agent (which original written or telephonic notice Administrative Agent will promptly transmit by facsimile or telephone to each applicable Lender), at any time and from time to time terminate in whole or permanently reduce in part the Revolving Commitments in an amount up to the amount by which the Revolving Commitments exceed the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments at the time of such proposed termination or reduction; provided , any such partial reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount.
(ii) Companys notice to Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the Revolving Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in Companys notice and shall reduce the Revolving Commitment of each applicable Lender proportionately to its Pro Rata Share thereof.
2.13 Mandatory Prepayments/Commitment Reductions.
(a) Asset Sales . No later than the fifth Business Day following the date of receipt by any Restricted Party of any Net Asset Sale Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 with respect to any one Asset Sale or $2,500,000 in the aggregate in any trailing twelve month period, Company shall prepay the principal amount of Loans and, after the Term Loans have been repaid in full, the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Asset Sale Proceeds; provided , so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, upon delivery of a written notice to Administrative Agent, Company shall have the option, directly or through one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, to invest Net Asset Sale Proceeds (the Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts ) in new or replacement assets of the general type used or useful in the business of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or to repair or restore then-existing assets of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries if such assets are purchased, constructed, repaired or restored, as applicable, within two hundred seventy (270) days following receipt of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds (or, within three hundred sixty-five (365) days following receipt of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds (x) by Company or such Restricted Subsidiary if Company or such Restricted
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Subsidiary shall have entered into a legally binding commitment within such two hundred seventy (270) day period to reinvest such Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts or (y) by any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary if the distribution of such Net Asset Sale Proceeds by such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to Company or any Domestic Subsidiary is prohibited or delayed by applicable local requirements of law or the Company has determined in good faith (and the Company notifies Administrative Agent of such determination) that such distribution would result in a material adverse tax cost consequence to Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries). In the event that the Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts are not reinvested by Company or such Restricted Party prior to the earlier of (i) the last day of such two hundred seventy (270) day period (or, if applicable, the last day of such three hundred sixty-five (365) day period), and (ii) the date of the occurrence of an Event of Default, Company shall prepay the principal amount of Loans and the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount of such Asset Sale Reinvestment Amounts not reinvested in accordance with this Section.
(b) Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds . No later than the fifth Business Day following the date of receipt by any Restricted Party, or Agent as lender loss payee, of any Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in excess of $1,000,000 with respect to any one casualty or $2,500,000 in the aggregate in any trailing twelve month period, Company shall prepay the principal amount of the Loans and, after the Term Loans have been repaid in full, the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds; provided , so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Company shall have the option, directly or through one or more of its Restricted Subsidiaries to invest such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds in new or replacement assets of the general type used or useful in the business of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, which investment may include the repair, restoration or replacement of then-existing assets of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, if such investment is made within two hundred seventy (270) days of receipt of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds (or, within three hundred sixty-five (365) days following receipt of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds (c) by Company or such Restricted Subsidiary if Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into a legally binding commitment within such two hundred seventy (270) day period to reinvest such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds or (y) by any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary if the distribution of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds by such Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to Company or any Domestic Subsidiary is prohibited or delayed by applicable local requirements of law or the Company has determined in good faith (and the Company notifies Administrative Agent of such determination) that such distribution would result in a material adverse tax cost consequence to Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries). In the event that the Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds are not reinvested by Company or such Restricted Party prior to the earlier of (i) the last day of such two hundred seventy (270) day period (or, if applicable, the last day of such three hundred sixty-five (365) day period), and (ii) the date of the occurrence of an Event of Default, Company shall prepay the principal amount of Loans and, after the Term Loans have been repaid in full, the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount of such Net Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds not reinvested in accordance with this Section.
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(c) Issuance of Equity Securities . No later than the fifth Business Day following the date of receipt by any Credit Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds from a capital contribution to, or the issuance of any Capital Stock of, such Credit Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries (other than (i) any issuance of Capital Stock of Holdings to officers, directors or employees of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to one or more bona fide stock option or purchase plans, (ii) the issuance of any common equity or preferred equity of Holdings on the Closing Date, (iii) any Permitted Equity Issuance, (iv) any capital contribution to, or issuance of Capital Stock of, Holdings, the net proceeds of which are used to substantially contemporaneously fund Consolidated Capital Expenditures, invest in Permitted New Venues or consummate a Permitted Acquisition or make other Investments pursuant to Section 6.07 (in the amount of Cash consideration paid to any Person (other than another Restricted Party) for any such Investment), in each case, to the extent permitted by this Agreement, (v) any capital contribution to, or issuance of Capital Stock of, Holdings, the net proceeds of which are applied to cure a breach of Section 6.08(e) , or (vi) for purposes approved in writing by Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders) (including any issuance of Capital Stock pursuant to the Cure Right in Section 6.08(g) ), Company shall prepay the principal amount of the Loans and, after the Term Loans have been repaid in full, the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds (or, with respect to proceeds of any issuance of Capital Stock pursuant to the Cure Right in Section 6.08(g) , 50% of such proceeds), net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other costs and expenses associated therewith, in each case, paid to non-Affiliates, including legal fees and expenses.
(d) Issuance of Debt . On the date of receipt by any Restricted Party of any Cash proceeds from the incurrence of any Indebtedness of any Restricted Party (other than with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01 ), Company shall prepay the principal amount of the Loans and, after the Term Loans have been repaid in full, the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other costs and expenses associated therewith, in each case, paid to non-Affiliates, including legal fees and expenses incurred in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness.
(e) Consolidated Excess Cash Flow . In the event that there shall be Consolidated Excess Cash Flow for any Fiscal Year (commencing with Fiscal Year 2017), Company shall, within five (5) Business Days after delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(c) and, in any event, no later than five (5) Business Days after the date that the financial statements are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(c) , prepay the principal amount of the Loans and, after the Term Loans have been repaid in full, the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in an aggregate amount equal to (i) the Consolidated Excess Cash Flow Percentage of such Consolidated Excess Cash Flow as of the last day of such Fiscal Year minus (ii) the sum of (A) the amount of any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans during such Fiscal Year (to the extent applied pursuant to Section 2.14(b) ) and (B) the amount of any voluntary repayments of Revolving Loans during such Fiscal Year solely to the extent the corresponding Revolving Commitments were permanently reduced in connection with such repayments. Any amounts prepaid pursuant to this
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Section 2.13(e) with respect to any Fiscal Year in excess of the Consolidated Excess Cash Flow Percentage of Consolidated Excess Cash Flow shall be treated as voluntary prepayments made pursuant to Section 2.12(a) .
(f) Revolving Loans . Company shall from time to time prepay the Revolving Loans to the extent necessary so that the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not at any time exceed the Revolving Commitments then in effect.
(g) Tax Refunds . On or prior to the date which is ten Business Days after the receipt by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries of any tax refunds in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, Company shall prepay the principal amount of the Loans and, after the Term Loans have been repaid in full, the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 2.14(b) in the amount of such tax refunds in excess of $10,000,000.
(h) L/C Cash Collateral . Within five (5) Business Days of receipt by any Restricted Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries of any Cash proceeds with respect to the release of any Third Party L/C Issuers Lien on its L/C Cash Collateral which was funded in whole or in part with the proceeds of any L/C Revolving Loan, Company shall prepay the L/C Revolving Loans in accordance with Section 2.14(a) in an aggregate amount equal to the pro rata portion of such Cash proceeds attributable to the portion of such L/C Cash Collateral funded with the proceeds of any L/C Revolving Loan.
(i) Prepayment Certificate . Concurrently with any prepayment of the Loans and/or reduction of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Sections 2.13(a) through 2.13(e) , Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders) a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the calculation of the amount of the applicable net proceeds or Consolidated Excess Cash Flow and compensation owing to Lenders under each Fee Letter, if any, as the case may be. In the event that Company shall subsequently determine that the actual amount owed exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, Company shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Loans and/or the Revolving Commitments shall be permanently reduced in an amount equal to such excess, and Company shall concurrently therewith deliver to Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders) a certificate of an Authorized Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.
2.14 Application of Prepayments/Reductions.
(a) Application of Voluntary Prepayments of Revolving Loans and Mandatory Prepayments of Revolving Loans . Any voluntary prepayment of any Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.12 shall be applied to repay outstanding Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof (without any reduction in the Revolving Commitments), together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon. Any mandatory prepayment of any L/C Revolving Loan pursuant to Section 2.13(h) shall be applied to repay outstanding L/C Revolving Loans to the fullest extent thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
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(b) Application of Prepayments by Type of Loans . Any voluntary prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.12 and any mandatory prepayment of any Loan pursuant to Section 2.13 shall be applied as follows:
first , to the payment of all fees, and all expenses specified in Section 10.02 , to the full extent thereof then due and payable;
second , to the payment of Protective Advances, if any;
third , to the payment of any accrued interest at the Default Rate, if any;
fourth , to the payment of any accrued interest (other than Default Rate interest) with respect to the principal amount prepaid;
fifth , to the payment of any prepayment premium, if any, on any Loan;
sixth , to prepay the Term Loans (which payments shall be applied on a pro rata basis to reduce each of the remaining scheduled principal installments of the Term Loans);
seventh , to prepay the Revolving Loans to the full extent thereof and, after the Term Loans have been paid in full, to permanently reduce the Revolving Commitments by the amount of such prepayment; and
eighth , to pay any remaining Obligations.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) Application of Prepayments of Loans to Base Rate Loans and LIBOR Rate Loans . Considering each Class of Loans being prepaid separately, any prepayment thereof shall be applied first to Base Rate Loans to the full extent thereof before application to LIBOR Rate Loans, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of any payments required to be made by Company pursuant to Section 2.17(c) . Notwithstanding anything to contrary contained in Section 2.17(c) or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company shall only be obligated to reimburse Lenders pursuant to Section 2.17(c) for the actual amount of costs incurred with respect to any amount prepaid as required by Section 2.13 .
2.15 General Provisions Regarding Payments.
(a) All payments by the Company of principal, interest, fees and other Obligations shall be made by wire transfer not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) on the date specified for payment under this Agreement to the account designated by Administrative Agent from time to time maintained by Administrative Agent or its Affiliates for the account of the Lenders or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, in U.S. Dollars in immediately available funds. Any payment received after 12:00 p.m. (New York, New York time) shall be deemed received on the next Business Day.
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(b) All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Loan (other than voluntary prepayments of Revolving Loans) shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, any prepayment premium or similar amounts payable under any Credit Document and all other amounts payable with respect to the principal amount being repaid or prepaid.
(c) Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender at such address as such Lender shall indicate in writing, such Lenders applicable Pro Rata Share of all payments and prepayments of principal and interest due hereunder, together with all other amounts due with respect thereto, including, without limitation, all fees payable with respect thereto, to the extent received by Administrative Agent.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions hereof, if any Conversion/Continuation Notice is withdrawn as to any Affected Lender or if any Affected Lender makes Base Rate Loans in lieu of its Pro Rata Share of any LIBOR Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall give effect thereto in apportioning payments received thereafter.
(e) Subject to the provisos set forth in the definition of Interest Period, whenever any payment to be made hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the payment of interest hereunder or of the commitment fees hereunder.
(f) [Reserved]
(g) Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of Company hereunder that is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds, and (ii) the applicable next Business Day. Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to Company and each applicable Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.01(a) . Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the Default Rate determined pursuant to Section 2.09 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.
(h) If an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived, and the maturity of the Obligations shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.01 , all payments or proceeds received by any Agent hereunder or under any Collateral Document in respect of any of the Obligations (including, but not limited to, Obligations arising under any Approved Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement that are owing to any Lender or Lender Counterparty), including, but not limited to all proceeds received by any Agent in respect of any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral, shall be applied in full or in part as follows: first , to the payment of all costs and expenses of such
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sale, collection or other realization, including reasonable compensation to each Agent and its agents and counsel, and all other expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by any Agent in connection therewith, and all amounts for which any Agent is entitled to indemnification hereunder or under any Collateral Document (in its capacity as an Agent and not as a Lender) and all advances made by any Agent under any Collateral Document for the account of the applicable Grantor, and to the payment of all costs and expenses paid or incurred by any Agent in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any Collateral Document, all in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof; second , to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of all other Obligations for the ratable benefit of the Lenders and the Lender Counterparties; and third , to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment to or upon the order of such Grantor or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
2.16 Ratable Sharing . Lenders hereby agree among themselves that, except as otherwise provided in the Collateral Documents with respect to amounts realized from the exercise of rights with respect to Liens on the Collateral or in any Fee Letter, if any of them shall, whether by voluntary payment (other than a voluntary prepayment of Loans made and applied in accordance with the terms hereof), through the exercise of any right of set off or bankers lien, by counterclaim or cross action or by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents or otherwise, or as adequate protection of a deposit treated as cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code, receive payment or reduction of a proportion of the aggregate amount of principal, interest, fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents (collectively, the Aggregate Amounts Due to such Lender) which is greater than the proportion received by any other Lender in respect of the Aggregate Amounts Due to such other Lender, then the Lender receiving such proportionately greater payment shall (a) notify Administrative Agent and each other Lender of the receipt of such payment and (b) apply a portion of such payment to purchase participations (which it shall be deemed to have purchased from each seller of a participation simultaneously upon the receipt by such seller of its portion of such payment) in the Aggregate Amounts Due to the other Lenders so that all such recoveries of Aggregate Amounts Due shall be shared by all Lenders in proportion to the Aggregate Amounts Due to them; provided , that (i) if all or part of such proportionately greater payment received by such purchasing Lender is thereafter recovered from such Lender upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of Company or otherwise, those purchases shall be rescinded and the purchase prices paid for such participations shall be returned to such purchasing Lender ratably to the extent of such recovery, but without interest and (ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (A) any payment made by Company pursuant to and in accordance with the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender, (B) any disproportionate payment obtained by a Lender as a result of consenting to any amendment or modification of the Loans or this Agreement that is not consented to by one or more other Lenders (to the extent such other Lenders were offered the opportunity to consent to such amendment or modification and receive their Pro Rata Share of any such payment) or (C) any payment obtained by any Non-Consenting Lender from Company upon the assignment of such Non-Consenting Lenders Loans and Commitments in accordance with Section 2.22 ; provided , further , that the provisions of this Section 2.16 shall not apply to (x) any payment made by Holdings or Company pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by any Lender as consideration for the
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assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any permitted assignee or participant. Company expressly consents to the foregoing arrangement and agrees that any holder of a participation so purchased may exercise any and all rights of bankers lien, set off or counterclaim with respect to any and all monies owing by Company to that holder with respect thereto as fully as if that holder were owed the amount of the participation held by that holder.
2.17 Making or Maintaining LIBOR Rate Loans.
(a) Inability to Determine Applicable Interest Rate . In the event that Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with Company), on any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to any LIBOR Rate Loans, that by reason of circumstances affecting the London interbank market adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable to such LIBOR Rate Loans on the basis provided for in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate, Administrative Agent shall on such date give notice (by facsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Company and each Lender of such determination, whereupon (i) no Loans may be made as, or converted to, LIBOR Rate Loans until such time as Administrative Agent notifies Company and Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to such notice no longer exist, and (ii) any Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice given by Company with respect to the Loans in respect of which such determination was made shall be deemed to be Base Rate Loans.
(b) Illegality or Impracticability of LIBOR Rate Loans . In the event that on any date any Lender shall have determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto but shall be made only after consultation with Company and Administrative Agent) that the making, maintaining or continuation of its LIBOR Rate Loans (i) has become unlawful as a result of compliance by such Lender in good faith with any law, treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order (or would conflict with any such treaty, governmental rule, regulation, guideline or order not having the force of law even though the failure to comply therewith would not be unlawful), or (ii) has become impracticable, as a result of contingencies occurring after the date hereof which materially and adversely affect the London interbank market or the position of such Lender in that market, then, and in any such event, such Lender shall be an Affected Lender and it shall on that day give notice (by facsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Company and Administrative Agent of such determination (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Thereafter (1) the obligation of the Affected Lender to make Loans as, or to convert Loans to, LIBOR Rate Loans shall be suspended until such notice shall be withdrawn by the Affected Lender, (2) to the extent such determination by the Affected Lender relates to a LIBOR Rate Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Affected Lender shall make such Loan as (or continue such Loan as or convert such Loan to, as the case may be) a Base Rate Loan, (3) the Affected Lenders obligation to maintain its outstanding LIBOR Rate Loans (the Affected Loans ) shall be terminated at the earlier to occur of the expiration of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the Affected Loans or when required by law, and (4) the Affected Loans shall automatically convert into Base Rate Loans on the date of such termination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent a determination by an Affected Lender as described above relates to a
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LIBOR Rate Loan then being requested by Company pursuant to a Funding Notice or a Conversion/Continuation Notice, Company shall have the option, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17(c) , to rescind such Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice as to all Lenders by giving notice (by facsimile or by telephone confirmed in writing) to Administrative Agent of such rescission on the date on which the Affected Lender gives notice of its determination as described above (which notice of rescission Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each other Lender). Except as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, nothing in this Section 2.17(b) shall affect the obligation of any Lender other than an Affected Lender to make or maintain Loans as, or to convert Loans to, LIBOR Rate Loans in accordance with the terms hereof.
(c) Compensation for Breakage or Non Commencement of Interest Periods . Company shall compensate each Lender, upon written request by such Lender (which request shall set forth the basis for requesting such amounts), for all reasonable losses, expenses and liabilities (including any interest paid or calculated to be due and payable by such Lender to lenders of funds borrowed by it to make or carry its LIBOR Rate Loans and any loss, expense or liability sustained by such Lender in connection with the liquidation or re-employment of such funds but excluding loss of anticipated profits) which such Lender may sustain: (i) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender) a borrowing of any LIBOR Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Funding Notice or a telephonic request for borrowing, or a conversion to or continuation of any LIBOR Rate Loan does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Conversion/Continuation Notice or a telephonic request for conversion or continuation; (ii) if any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any conversion of, any of its LIBOR Rate Loans occurs on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period applicable to that Loan (whether voluntary, mandatory, automatic, by reason of acceleration, or otherwise); or (iii) if any prepayment of any of its LIBOR Rate Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by Company.
(d) Booking of LIBOR Rate Loans . Subject to complying with the provisions of Section 2.20 , any Lender may make, carry or transfer LIBOR Rate Loans at, to, or for the account of any of its branch offices or the office of an Affiliate of such Lender.
(e) Assumptions Concerning Funding of LIBOR Rate Loans . Calculation of all amounts payable to a Lender under this Section 2.17 and under Section 2.18 shall be made as though such Lender had actually funded each of its relevant LIBOR Rate Loans through the purchase of a LIBOR deposit bearing interest at the rate obtained pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount of such LIBOR Rate Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant Interest Period and through the transfer of such LIBOR deposit from an offshore office of such Lender to a domestic office of such Lender in the United States of America; provided , however , each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Rate Loans in any manner it sees fit and the foregoing assumptions shall be utilized only for the purposes of calculating amounts payable under this Section 2.17 and under Section 2.18 .
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2.18 Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy .
(a) Compensation For Increased Costs and Taxes . Subject to the provisions of Section 2.19 (which shall be controlling with respect to the matters covered thereby), in the event that any Lender shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto) that any law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change therein or in the interpretation, administration or application thereof (including the introduction of any new law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order), or any determination of a court or Governmental Authority, in each case that becomes effective after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law): (i) subjects such Lender (or its applicable lending office) to any additional Tax (other than any Excluded Tax or Tax covered by Section 2.19(b) ) with respect to this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or any payments to such Lender (or its applicable lending office) of principal, interest, fees or any other amount payable hereunder; (ii) imposes, modifies or holds applicable any reserve (including any marginal, emergency, supplemental, special or other reserve), special deposit, compulsory loan, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) insurance or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, or advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender (other than any such reserve or other requirements with respect to LIBOR Rate Loans that are reflected in the definition of Adjusted LIBOR Rate); or (iii) imposes any other condition (other than with respect to a Tax matter) on or affecting such Lender (or its applicable lending office) or its obligations hereunder or the London interbank market; and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make, making or maintaining Loans hereunder or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Lender (or its applicable lending office) with respect thereto; then, in any such case, Company shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon receipt of the statement referred to in the next sentence, such additional amount or amounts (in the form of an increased rate of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its sole discretion shall determine) as may be necessary to compensate such Lender for any such increased cost or reduction in amounts received or receivable hereunder. Such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.18(a) , which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, subsections (a) and (b) of this Section 2.18 shall apply to all requests, rules, guidelines or directives concerning liquidity and capital adequacy issued by any United States regulatory authority (x) under or in connection with the implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act and (y) in connection with the implementation of the recommendations of the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Regulations and Supervisory Practices (or any successor or similar authority), in each case pursuant to Basel III, regardless of the date adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto); provided , that no Lender shall demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.18 in respect of a change in such requests, rules, guidelines or directives arising from the matters described in clauses (x) and (y) of the immediately preceding sentence if it shall not at the time
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be the general policy or practice of such Lender, as determined by such Lender, to demand such compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other credit agreements, if any (provided that such Lender shall, upon request from Company, provide a written confirmation to Company regarding whether it is the general policy or practice of such Lender to demand such compensation in similar circumstances under comparable provisions of other credit agreements, which confirmation shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive).
(b) Capital Adequacy Adjustment . In the event that any Lender shall have determined that the adoption, effectiveness, phase in or applicability after the Closing Date of any law, rule or regulation (or any provision thereof) regarding capital adequacy, or any change therein or in the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency charged with the interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Lender (or its applicable lending office) or any company controlling such Lender with any guideline, request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) of any such Governmental Authority, central bank or comparable agency, in each case (except with respect to the Dodd-Frank Act and Basel III), which is addressed in clause (a) above) that becomes effective after the date hereof, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any company controlling such Lender as a consequence of, or with reference to, such Lenders Loans or Revolving Commitments or other obligations hereunder with respect to the Loans to a level below that which such Lender or such controlling company could have achieved but for such adoption, effectiveness, phase in, applicability, change or compliance (taking into consideration the policies of such Lender or such controlling company with regard to capital adequacy), then from time to time, within five (5) Business Days after receipt by Company from such Lender of the statement referred to in the next sentence, Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such controlling company on an after tax basis for such reduction. Such Lender shall deliver to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to Lender under this Section 2.18(b) , which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.
(c) Delays in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders right to demand such compensation; provided , that Company shall not be required to compensate any Lender pursuant to this Section 2.18 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Company of the event or circumstance giving rise thereto and of such Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor; provided , further , that, such time period shall be extended on account of (i) the period during which Lender has sought to contest the applicability of the events described in this Section, (ii) any period during which Lender cannot deliver such notice to Company because of the existence of a legal proceeding prohibiting the delivery of such notice based on the good faith advice of its counsel, and (iii) the retroactive application of any law, treaty, rule, regulation, guideline or order that arises during such 180-day period.
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2.19 Taxes; Withholding, etc.
(a) Payments to Be Free and Clear . All sums payable by any Credit Party hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall (except to the extent required by law) be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding on account of, any Tax (other than Excluded Taxes) imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by or within the United States of America or any political subdivision in or of the United States of America or any other jurisdiction from or to which a payment is made by or on behalf of any Credit Party or by any federation or organization of which the United States of America or any such jurisdiction is a member at the time of payment.
(b) Withholding of Taxes . If any Credit Party or any other Person is required by law to make any deduction or withholding on account of any such Tax (other than Excluded Taxes) from any sum paid or payable by any Credit Party to Administrative Agent or any Lender under any of the Credit Documents: (i) Company shall notify Administrative Agent of any such requirement or any change in any such requirement as soon as Company becomes aware of it; (ii) Company shall pay any such Tax before the date on which penalties attach thereto, such payment to be made (if the liability to pay is imposed on any Credit Party) for its own account or (if that liability is imposed on Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be) on behalf of and in the name of Administrative Agent or such Lender; (iii) the sum payable by such Credit Party in respect of which the relevant deduction, withholding or payment is required shall be increased to the extent necessary to ensure that, after the making of that deduction, withholding or payment, Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, receives on the due date a net sum equal to what it would have received had no such deduction, withholding or payment been required or made; and (iv) within thirty days after paying any sum from which it is required by law to make any deduction or withholding, and within thirty days after the due date of payment of any Tax which it is required by clause (ii) above to pay, Company shall deliver to Administrative Agent evidence satisfactory to the other affected parties of such deduction, withholding or payment and of the remittance thereof to the relevant taxing authority or other Governmental Authority; provided , no such additional amount shall be required to be paid to Administrative Agent or any Lender under clause (iii) above except to the extent that (1) any change after (x) the date hereof (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date), (y) the effective date of the Assignment Agreement or Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Lender became a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), or (z) the date any Lender designates a new lending office (other than pursuant to Section 2.20 or otherwise at the request of a Credit Party) in any such requirement for a deduction, withholding or payment as is mentioned therein shall result in an increase in the rate of such deduction, withholding or payment from that in effect at the date hereof or at the date of such Assignment Agreement or Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, in respect of payments to such Lender; and (2) in the case of a Lenders designation of a new applicable lending office, such Lender was otherwise entitled, at the time of designation of a new applicable lending office, to receive additional amounts under this Section 2.19(b) .
(c) Evidence of Exemption From U.S. Withholding Tax . Each Lender that is not a United States Person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes (a Non-US Lender ) shall deliver to
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Administrative Agent for transmission to Company, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement or Joinder Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at the reasonable request of Company or Administrative Agent, (i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI or W-8IMY (or any successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Company to establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Credit Documents, or (ii) if such Lender is not a bank, 10-percent shareholder of any Credit Party or controlled foreign corporation, each described in Section 881(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, and cannot deliver Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI pursuant to clause (i) above, a Certificate Regarding Non-Bank Status together with two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or any successor form), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code or reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent to establish that such Lender is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of interest payable under any of the Credit Documents. Each Lender that is a United States person (as such term is defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code) for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to the Company, on or prior to the Closing Date (in the case of each Lender listed on the signature pages hereof on the Closing Date) or on or prior to the date of the Assignment Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a Lender (in the case of each other Lender), and at the reasonable request of the Company or Administrative Agent (each in the reasonable exercise of its discretion), (i) two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor forms), properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code or reasonably requested by the Company or Administrative Agent to establish that such Lender is exempt from United States backup withholding Tax with respect to any payments to such Lender of principal, interest, fees or other amounts payable under any of the Credit Documents. Each Lender required to deliver any forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters pursuant to this Section 2.19(c) hereby agrees, from time to time after the initial delivery by such Lender of such forms, certificates or other evidence, whenever a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders such forms, certificates or other evidence obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, that such Lender shall promptly deliver to Administrative Agent for transmission to Company two new original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, W-8BEN-E, W-8ECI or W-8IMY, or a Certificate Regarding Non-Bank Status and two original copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN-E (or any successor form), as the case may be, properly completed and duly executed by such Lender, and such other documentation required under the Internal Revenue Code and reasonably requested by Company or Administrative Agent to confirm or establish that such Lender (or the beneficial owner) is not subject to deduction or withholding of United States federal income tax with respect to payments to such Lender under the Credit Documents, or notify Administrative Agent and Company of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence. Without limiting the foregoing, each Non-US Lender shall comply with any
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certification, documentation, information or other reporting necessary to establish relief or an exemption from withholding under FATCA (including pursuant to Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable, and any intergovernmental agreement implementing FATCA) and shall provide any other documentation prescribed by law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) or reasonably requested by Credit Party or Administrative Agent sufficient for the Credit Party and Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such applicable reporting requirements. Company shall not be required to pay any additional amount to any Non-US Lender under Section 2.19(b)(iii) if such Lender shall have failed (1) to deliver the forms, certificates or other evidence referred to in the third sentence of this Section 2.19(c), or (2) to notify Administrative Agent and Company of its inability to deliver any such forms, certificates or other evidence, as the case may be; provided , if such Lender shall have satisfied the requirements of the first sentence of this Section 2.19(c) on the Closing Date or on the date of the Assignment Agreement or Joinder Agreement pursuant to which it became a Lender, as applicable, nothing in this sentence of Section 2.19(c) shall relieve Company of its obligation to pay any additional amounts pursuant this Section 2.19 in the event that, as a result of any change in any applicable law, treaty or governmental rule, regulation or order, or any change in the interpretation, administration or application thereof, such Lender is no longer properly entitled to deliver forms, certificates or other evidence at a subsequent date establishing the fact that such Lender is not subject to withholding as described herein. For purposes of this section, FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the Closing Date.
(d) If the Administrative Agent or any Lender determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by the Company or with respect to which the Company has paid additional amounts pursuant to Section 2.19 , it shall pay to the Company an amount equal to such refund, as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Lender in its sole discretion (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Company under Section 2.19 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, 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 the Company, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Company (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This subsection shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Company or any other Person.
(e) Each partys obligations under this Section 2.19 shall survive the resignation or replacement of Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Credit Document.
2.20 Obligation to Mitigate . Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after the officer of such Lender responsible for administering its Loans becomes aware of the
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occurrence of an event or the existence of a condition that would cause such Lender to become an Affected Lender or that would entitle such Lender to receive payments under Sections 2.17 , 2.18 or 2.19 , it will, to the extent not in violation of any applicable legal or regulatory restrictions or contrary to its established internal policies, use reasonable efforts to (a) make, issue, fund or maintain its Credit Extensions, including any Affected Loans, through another office of such Lender, or (b) take such other measures as such Lender may deem reasonable, if as a result thereof the circumstances which would cause such Lender to be an Affected Lender would cease to exist or the additional amounts which would otherwise be required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to Sections 2.17 , 2.18 or 2.19 would be reduced and if, as determined by such Lender in its sole discretion, the making, issuing, funding or maintaining of such Revolving Commitments or Loans through such other office or in accordance with such other measures, as the case may be, would not otherwise materially adversely affect such Revolving Commitments, Loans or the interests of such Lender; provided , such Lender will not be obligated to utilize such other office pursuant to this Section 2.20 unless Company agrees to pay all reasonable incremental expenses incurred by such Lender as a result of utilizing such other office as described above. A certificate as to the amount of any such expenses payable by Company pursuant to this Section 2.20 (setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for requesting such amount) submitted by such Lender to Company (with a copy to Administrative Agent) shall be prima facie evidence of such expenses.
2.21 Defaulting Lenders . Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that any Lender (i) violates any provision of Section 9.05(c) , (ii) other than at the direction or request of any regulatory agency or authority, defaults in its obligation to fund (a Funding Default ) any Revolving Loan or Term Loan (in each case, a Defaulted Loan ), (iii) has notified the Company or the Administrative Agent in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or under other agreements generally in which it commits to extend credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lenders obligation to fund a Loan hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lenders 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), (iv) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after reasonable request by the Administrative Agent, to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will comply with its funding obligations (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (iv) upon receipt of such confirmation by the Administrative Agent), or (v) has (A) become the subject of a Bail-In Action or a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or (B) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it (in each case, a Defaulting Lender ), then (a) during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender for purposes of voting on any matters (including the granting of any consents or waivers) with respect to any of the Credit Documents; (b) to the extent permitted by applicable law, until such time as the Default Excess, if any, with respect to such Defaulting Lender shall have been reduced to zero, (i) any voluntary prepayment of the Revolving Loans or Term Loans shall, if Administrative Agent so directs at the time of making such voluntary prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans or Term Loans of other Lenders as if such Defaulting Lender had no
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Revolving Loans or Term Loans outstanding and the Revolving Exposure and the outstanding Term Loans of such Defaulting Lender were zero, and (ii) any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans or Term Loans shall, if Administrative Agent so directs at the time of making such mandatory prepayment, be applied to the Revolving Loans or Term Loans of other Lenders (but not to the Revolving Loans or Term Loans of such Defaulting Lender) as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender, it being understood and agreed that any portion of any mandatory prepayment of the Revolving Loans or Term Loans that is not paid to such Defaulting Lender solely as a result of the operation of the provisions of this clause (b) shall be paid to the non-Defaulting Lenders on a ratable basis; (c) such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Commitment and outstanding Revolving Loans shall be excluded for purposes of calculating the Revolving Commitment fee payable to Lenders in respect of any day during any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender, and such Defaulting Lender shall not be entitled to receive any Revolving Commitment fee pursuant to Section 2.10 with respect to such Defaulting Lenders Revolving Commitment in respect of any Default Period with respect to such Defaulting Lender; and (d) the Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments as at any date of determination shall be calculated as if such Defaulting Lender had funded all Defaulted Loans of such Defaulting Lender. No Revolving Commitment of any Lender shall be increased or otherwise affected, and, except as otherwise expressly provided in this Section 2.21 , performance by Company of its obligations hereunder and the other Credit Documents shall not be excused or otherwise modified as a result of any Funding Default or the operation of this Section 2.21 . The rights and remedies against a Defaulting Lender under this Section 2.21 are in addition to other rights and remedies which Company may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default and which Administrative Agent or any Lender may have against such Defaulting Lender with respect to any Funding Default or violation of Section 9.05(c) .
2.22 Removal or Replacement of a Lender . Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that: (a) (i) any Lender (an Increased Cost Lender ) shall give notice to Company that such Lender is an Affected Lender or that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under Section 2.18 , 2.19 or 2.20 , (ii) the circumstances which have caused such Lender to be an Affected Lender or which entitle such Lender to receive such payments shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Lender shall fail to withdraw such notice within five (5) Business Days after Companys request for such withdrawal; or (b) (i) any Lender shall become a Defaulting Lender, (ii) the Default Period for such Defaulting Lender shall remain in effect, and (iii) such Defaulting Lender shall fail to cure the default as a result of which it has become a Defaulting Lender within three (3) Business Days after Companys request that it cure such default; or (c) in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent with respect to any of the provisions hereof as contemplated by Section 10.05(b) , the consent of Requisite Lenders shall have been obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders (each a Non-Consenting Lender ) whose consent is required shall not have been obtained; then, with respect to each such Increased Cost Lender, Defaulting Lender or Non-Consenting Lender (the Terminated Lender ), (x) Administrative Agent may (solely with respect to a Defaulting Lender), or (y) Company may, by giving written notice to Administrative Agent and any such Terminated Lender of its election to do so, in each case, elect to cause such Terminated Lender (and such Terminated Lender hereby irrevocably agrees) to assign its outstanding Loans and its Revolving Commitments, if any, in full to one or
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more Eligible Assignees (each a Replacement Lender ) in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06 and Terminated Lender shall pay any fees payable thereunder in connection with such assignment; provided , (1) on the date of such assignment, the Replacement Lender (or in the case of clause (B) below, Company or the Replacement Lender, as applicable) shall pay to Terminated Lender an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all outstanding Loans of the Terminated Lender, and (B) an amount equal to all accrued, but theretofore unpaid fees owing to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.10 (and, in the event Company has exercised its right to cause such Non-Consenting Lender to assign its outstanding Loans and its Revolving Loans, Company shall at the time of assignment pay to such Non-Consenting Lender, and such Non-Consenting Lender shall be entitled to receive, any prepayment premium which would have otherwise been payable by Company to Agent, for the benefit of such Lender under the applicable Fee Letter, if Company had prepaid such outstanding Loans and terminated such Revolving Commitments of the Non-Consenting Lender so assigned); (2) on the date of such assignment, Company shall pay any amounts payable to such Terminated Lender pursuant to Section 2.18 or 2.19 ; and (3) in the event such Terminated Lender is a Non-Consenting Lender, each Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to each matter in respect of which such Terminated Lender was a Non-Consenting Lender. In the event that the Terminated Lender fails to execute an Assignment Agreement pursuant to Section 10.06 within five (5) Business Days after receipt by the Terminated Lender of notice of replacement pursuant to this Section 2.22 and presentation to such Terminated Lender of an Assignment Agreement evidencing an assignment pursuant to this Section 2.22 , then the Terminated Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment Agreement, and upon the execution and delivery of the Assignment Agreement by the Replacement Lender and (unless such person is the Terminated Lender or an Affiliate thereof) Administrative Agent, shall be effective for purposes of this Section 2.22 and Section 10.06 (and each Lender hereby appoints the Administrative Agent as attorney-in-fact to execute any such Assignment Agreement on its behalf in accordance with the foregoing sentence). Upon the prepayment of all amounts owing to any Terminated Lender and the termination of such Terminated Lenders Revolving Commitments, if any, such Terminated Lender shall no longer constitute a Lender for purposes hereof; provided , any rights of such Terminated Lender to indemnification hereunder shall survive as to such Terminated Lender.
2.23 Incremental Facilities . Company may by written notice to Administrative Agent elect to request the establishment of one or more new term loan commitments (the New Term Loan Commitments ) by an amount not in excess of $20,000,000, which amount shall be in an aggregate minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess of that amount. Each such notice shall specify the date (an Increased Amount Date ) on which Company proposes that the New Term Loan Commitments shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 15 Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of such notice Administrative Agent shall arrange a syndicate of lenders to provide the new Term Loans, which syndicate shall consist of existing Lenders or any other Persons that are Eligible Assignees and reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent (each, a New Term Loan Lender ) to whom Company proposes any portion of such New Term Loan Commitments be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that Company shall first offer each Lender that then holds Term Loans be allocated its Pro Rata Share of the New Term Loan Commitments, but any Lender approached to provide all
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or a portion of the New Term Loan Commitments may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to provide a New Term Loan Commitment. Such New Term Loan Commitments shall become effective, as of such Increased Amount Date; provided that, except as otherwise agreed in writing by the New Term Loan Lenders in connection with any Limited Condition Acquisition, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such Increased Amount Date before or after giving effect to such New Term Loan Commitments; (ii) each of the conditions set forth in Section 3.02 shall be satisfied; (iii) Company and its Subsidiaries shall demonstrate that, after giving effect to such New Term Loan Commitments and the funding of such New Term Loans, the Leverage Ratio is less than the then in effect Leverage Multiple ( provided , that, the proceeds of any New Term Loans shall not be included in the amount of Consolidated Net Cash for purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio pursuant to this clause (iii) ); (iv) the New Term Loan Commitments shall be effected pursuant to one or more Joinder Agreements or other documentation reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent, executed and delivered by Company, Administrative Agent and each New Term Loan Lender, and each of which shall be recorded in the Register and shall be subject to the requirements set forth in Section 2.19(c) ; (v) Company shall make any payments required pursuant to Section 2.17(c) in connection with the New Term Loan Commitments; and (vi) Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered any legal opinions or other documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in connection with any such transaction. Any New Term Loans made on an Increased Amount Date shall be designated, a separate Class for all purposes of this Agreement.
On any Increased Amount Date on which any New Term Loan Commitments of any tranche are effective, subject to the satisfaction of the foregoing terms and conditions, (i) each New Term Loan Lender shall make a Loan to Company (a New Term Loan ) in an amount equal to its New Term Loan Commitment, and (ii) each New Term Loan Lender shall become a Lender hereunder with respect to the New Term Loan Commitment and the New Term Loans made pursuant thereto.
Administrative Agent shall notify Lenders promptly upon receipt of Companys notice of each Increased Amount Date and in respect thereof the New Term Loan Commitments and the New Term Loan Lenders, as applicable.
The terms and provisions of the New Term Loans and New Term Loan Commitments shall be, except as otherwise set forth herein or in the Joinder Agreement, identical to the Term Loans. In any event (i) the weighted average life to maturity of all New Term Loans of any tranche shall be no shorter than the then remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Revolving Loans and the Terms Loans, (ii) the applicable New Term Loan Maturity Date shall be no shorter than the latest of final maturity of the Revolving Loans and the Term Loans, and (iii) the rate of interest applicable to the New Term Loans shall be determined by Company and the applicable New Term Loan Lenders and shall be set forth in each applicable Joinder Agreement; provided however that if the interest rates, fees and/or other forms of consideration that are to be applicable to the New Term Loans are, in the aggregate, more than 50 basis points higher than the interest rates, fees and/or other consideration applicable to the existing Term Loans immediately prior to the proposed date of increase (such excess above 50 basis points, the Excess ), then the interest rates, fees and other consideration applicable to the existing Term Loans shall immediately prior to the proposed Increased Amount Date be automatically
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increased by an amount that is equal to the amount of the Excess, effective on the applicable Increased Amount Date. Each Joinder Agreement may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provision of this Section 2.23 .
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.23 or any other provision of any Credit Document, if the proceeds of any New Term Loan are intended to be applied to finance a Limited Condition Acquisition, to the extent the Company has obtained on or prior to the signing of definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition binding commitments of the applicable New Term Loan Lenders to fund such New Term Loans on the basis of clause (i) and clause (ii) below, then:
(i) the conditions precedent to the funding of such New Term Loans for a Limited Condition Acquisition shall be limited to the following: (A) to the extent the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are executed and delivered prior to the funding of the applicable New Term Loans, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing as of the date such definitive acquisition agreements are executed and delivered, (B) no Specified Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of closing of such Limited Condition Acquisition and the funding of the applicable New Term Loans, and (C) the only representations and warranties the accuracy of which shall be a condition to funding such advance shall be the Specified Representations and the Specified Acquisition Agreement Representations, which shall be true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any such representation that is qualified by materiality, in all respects) as of the Increased Amount Date; and
(ii) for purposes of determining compliance on a Pro Forma Basis with any financial covenants in Section 6.08 , or whether any Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in each case, solely for the purpose of satisfying the conditions precedent set forth in of clause (i) above, the date of determination of the relevant financial covenants may, at Companys option, be the date the definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition are entered into and, subject to the proviso contained in this clause (ii) , calculated as if the Limited Condition Acquisition (and the other transactions to be entered into in connection therewith (including the incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof)) were consummated on such date; provided , that, if Company has made such an election to have such determination occur at the time of entry into the applicable definitive acquisition agreements (and not at the time of consummation of the Limited Condition Acquisition), (A) the New Term Loans to be incurred shall be deemed to be incurred and outstanding thereafter for purposes of calculating, on a Pro Forma Basis, any applicable financial ratios or baskets in this Agreement (even if unrelated to such Limited Condition Acquisition) as of any date on or following such election and prior to the earlier of (x) the date on which such Limited Condition Acquisition is consummated or (y) the date on which the definitive agreement for such Limited Condition Acquisition is terminated without actually consummating the Limited Condition Acquisition, and (B) such Limited
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Condition Acquisition must close within sixty (60) days of the signing of the applicable definitive acquisition agreements for such Limited Condition Acquisition and the Companys election to calculate the financial covenants on such date.
SECTION 3. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
3.01 Closing Date. The obligation of each Lender to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.05 , of the following conditions on or before the Closing Date:
(a) Credit Documents . Administrative Agent shall have received sufficient copies of the following, each properly executed and delivered by each applicable Credit Party to the extent a party thereto:
(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement, each Fee Letter, the Management Fee Turnover Agreement and an Intellectual Property Security Agreement; and
(ii) original Notes executed by Company in favor of each Lender requesting a Note.
(b) Organizational Documents; Incumbency . Administrative Agent shall have received (i) sufficient copies of each Organizational Document (as in effect on the Closing Date) executed and delivered by each Credit Party, as applicable, and, to the extent applicable, certified as of a recent date by the appropriate governmental official, each dated the Closing Date or a recent date prior thereto; (ii) signature and incumbency certificates of the officers of such Person executing the Credit Documents to which it is a party; (iii) resolutions of the board of directors or similar governing body of each Credit Party approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, certified as of the Closing Date by its secretary or an assistant secretary as being in full force and effect without modification or amendment; and (iv) a good standing certificate from the applicable Governmental Authority of (A) each Credit Partys jurisdiction of incorporation, organization or formation and (B) each jurisdiction that such Credit Party is qualified as a foreign corporation or other entity to do business in which the failure to so qualify and be in good standing (or its equivalent) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, in each case, dated a recent date prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Organizational and Capital Structure . The organizational structure and capital structure of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the Related Transactions, shall be as set forth on Schedule 4.02 and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders.
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(d) Capitalization of Holdings and Company . On or before the Closing Date (in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Agreement and Parent Organizational Agreement and upon terms and conditions, and subject to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders):
(i) Holdings shall have received in the aggregate from, directly or indirectly, MSG and the Equity Investors, an amount of Cash proceeds from the issuance of Permitted Equity to MSG and the Equity Investors equal to the difference between (x) $10,000,000 and (y) the amount of Cash, as of the Closing Date, on the balance sheet of Bowery Hospitality Associates LLC and Guapo Bodega Las Vegas LLC; and
(ii) Holdings shall have received from, directly or indirectly, MSG and Rollover Holdco (as defined in the Parent Organizational Agreement) no less than $10,000,000 of additional Cash proceeds from the issuance of Preferred Units.
(e) Consummation of Related Transactions; Employment Agreements .
(i) All conditions precedent to the respective obligations of each party to the Acquisition Agreement to effect the Closing (as such term is defined in the Acquisition Agreement) shall have been satisfied in all material respects or waived in accordance with the terms thereof (provided that any waivers or modifications which are adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect shall be approved by Requisite Lenders) and the Related Transactions (other than the Closing Date Distribution) which are to occur on the Closing Date shall be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Acquisition Agreement substantially concurrently with the funding of the Loans to be made on the Closing Date.
(ii) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed or conformed copy of the Acquisition Agreement, the Parent Organizational Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement) executed in connection therewith which are reasonably requested by Administrative Agent. The Acquisition Agreement shall be in full force and effect. The Acquisition Agreement and the Parent Organizational Agreement shall include terms and provisions reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders.
(iii) Administrative Agent shall have received fully executed copies of each of the TAO Group Employment Agreements. Each TAO Group Employment Agreement shall be in full force and effect and shall include terms and provisions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Requisite Lenders.
(f) Existing Indebtedness . On or prior to the Closing Date, to the extent Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have any Existing Indebtedness as of the Closing Date (excluding any Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 ), Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have (i) repaid in full all Existing Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 ), (ii) terminated any commitments to lend or make other extensions of credit thereunder, (iii) delivered to Administrative Agent all documents or instruments
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necessary to release all Liens securing such Existing Indebtedness or other obligations of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries thereunder being repaid on or prior to the Closing Date, and (iv) made arrangements reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent with respect to the cancellation of any letters of credit outstanding thereunder or the issuance of replacement letters of credit to support the obligations of Holdings and its Subsidiaries with respect thereto.
(g) Transaction Costs . On or prior to the Closing Date, Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent Companys reasonable best estimate of the Transactions Costs (other than fees and expenses payable to any Agent or Lender).
(h) Governmental Authorizations and Consents . Each Credit Party shall have obtained all Governmental Authorizations and all consents required under any Contractual Obligation of such Credit Party with a third party that, in each case, are required to be obtained prior to the Closing Date:
(i) pursuant to the express terms of the Acquisition Agreement;
(ii) in order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority Lien in the personal property Collateral (including 100% of the Capital Stock of each wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings existing as of the Closing Date, but excluding any Excluded Property and excluding any collateral assignment of Venue Agreements existing as of the Closing Date); and
(iii) for the execution, delivery and performance by the Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties (other than those Governmental Authorizations or consents described in clause (h)(ii) above and those Governmental Authorizations set forth on Schedule 4.05 and except to the extent that the failure to obtain any such Governmental Authorization or any such third party consent could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect);
and each of the foregoing Governmental Authorizations and third-party consents in clauses (i) , (ii) and (iii) shall be in full force and effect.
(i) No Group Material Adverse Effect . Since November 20, 2016, there shall not have occurred any event, occurrence or development which has had or is reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Group Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Acquisition Agreement).
(j) Personal Property Collateral . In order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid, perfected First Priority security interest in the personal property Collateral:
(i) Collateral Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent of the compliance by each Credit Party of their Closing Date obligations under the Pledge and Security Agreement (including, without limitation,
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their obligations to authorize or execute, as the case may be, and deliver UCC financing statements, originals of securities, instruments and chattel paper, intellectual property security agreements to be filed in the U.S., and any agreements governing deposit and/or securities accounts as provided therein);
(ii) Collateral Agent shall have received a completed Collateral Questionnaire dated the Closing Date and executed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby, including (A) the results of a recent search, by a Person reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, of all effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property of any Credit Party in the jurisdictions specified in the Collateral Questionnaire, together with copies of all such filings disclosed by such search, and (B) UCC termination statements (or similar documents) duly executed by all applicable Persons for filing in all applicable jurisdictions as may be necessary to terminate any effective UCC financing statements (or equivalent filings) disclosed in such search (other than any such financing statements in respect of Permitted Liens); and
(iii) Company shall have exercised commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement executed by the landlord and Genco Land Development Corporation, as tenant, with respect to the Credit Parties headquarters at 1350 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 710, New York, NY 10019, provided , that it is agreed that commercially reasonable efforts shall not require Company or such tenant to agree to any change in the terms of such lease which would be adverse to Company or such tenant in any material respect, or pay any form of additional compensation, solely in order to obtain such landlords agreement to such Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement and, in such circumstances, Company shall not be required to deliver such agreement to Collateral Agent pursuant to this clause (i)(iii) .
(k) Venue Agreements . Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall have received from Company true and complete copies of each Venue Lease and Venue Management Contract in respect of any Existing Venue.
(l) Financial Statements; Projections . Administrative Agent and Lenders shall have received from Holdings (i) the Historical Financial Statements, (ii) pro forma consolidated balance sheets of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the Closing Date, and reflecting the consummation of the Related Transactions, the related financings and the other transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents to occur on or prior to the Closing Date, and (iii) the Projections.
(m) Evidence of Insurance . Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate or certificates from Companys insurance broker or other evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to Section 5.05 is in full force and effect, together with endorsements naming the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties (or similar indication), as additional insured and lender loss payee thereunder to the extent required under Section 5.05 , except to the extent required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.15 .
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(n) Opinions of Counsel to Credit Parties . Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Lenders and their respective counsel shall have received originally executed copies of the favorable written opinions of counsel for the Credit Parties, dated as of the Closing Date, in accordance with the requirements with respect to each such legal opinion that are set forth in Schedule 3.01(m) , in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (and each Credit Party hereby instructs such counsel to deliver such opinions to Agents and Lenders).
(o) Third Party L/C Documents . Administrative Agent shall have received executed copies of any Third Party L/C Documents in effect as of the Closing Date, which shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.
(p) Fees and Expenses . Company shall have paid to Administrative Agent the fees and expenses payable on the Closing Date referred to in Section 2.10(e) and each Fee Letter, or, alternatively, the Administrative Agent shall have received instruction from the Company to pay such fees and expenses from the proceeds of the Term Loan disbursement made on the Closing Date, and in the case of expenses, to the extent the Administrative Agent shall have delivered to Company at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date an invoice with its reasonable best estimate of such expenses (provided that no such estimate shall limit the Companys obligations pursuant to Section 10.02 ).
(q) Solvency Certificate . On the Closing Date, Administrative Agent shall have received a Solvency Certificate from Holdings dated as of the Closing Date and addressed to Administrative Agent and Lenders, certifying that the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent, and, after giving effect to the consummation of the Related Transactions and the Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, and Company individually will be Solvent.
(r) Closing Date Certificate . Holdings and Company shall have delivered to Administrative Agent an originally executed Closing Date Certificate, together with all attachments thereto.
(s) [Reserved].
(t) Minimum Liquidity . The pro forma balance sheet delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(l) shall demonstrate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders that on the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to the Related Transactions, any Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, including the payment of all Transaction Costs required to be paid in Cash by the Closing Date and the Cash contributions to Holdings described in Section 3.01(d) , the Consolidated Liquidity of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be equal to or greater than $15,000,000.
(u) Minimum EBITDA . The pro forma income statement of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the twelve-month period ending December 25, 2016 shall demonstrate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders that on the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to any Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, including the payment of all Transaction Costs
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required to be paid in Cash by the Closing Date, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have generated pro forma Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for such trailing twelve month period of at least $44,000,000.
(v) Maximum Total Leverage . The pro forma balance sheet delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(l) and the income statement delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(x) shall demonstrate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders that on the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to any Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, including the payment of all Transaction Costs required to be paid in Cash by the Closing Date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Debt for Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, minus Consolidated Net Cash to (ii) pro forma Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve-month period ending December 25, 2016 shall not be greater than 4.00:1.00.
(w) Maximum Leverage Ratio . The pro forma balance sheet delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(l) and the income statement delivered pursuant to Section 3.01(x) shall demonstrate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders that on the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to any Credit Extensions to be made on the Closing Date, including the payment of all Transaction Costs required to be paid in Cash by the Closing Date, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Senior Debt for Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, minus Consolidated Net Cash to (ii) pro forma Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for the twelve-month period ending December 25, 2016 shall not be greater than 3.10:1.00.
(x) Deposit Account Control Agreements . Collateral Agent shall have received a Deposit Account Control Agreement with respect to each Deposit Account maintained by any of the Credit Parties (other than Excluded Accounts), except to the extent required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.15 .
Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and funding a Loan on the Closing Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other agreement or other undertaking concerning the financing of the Related Transactions contemplated hereby to the contrary, it is understood and agreed that, to the extent a perfected security interest in any Collateral (the security interest in respect of which cannot be perfected by means of the filing of a UCC financing statement, the making of a United States federal intellectual property filing in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office, or, solely to the extent any Credit Party obtains on or prior to the Closing Date, using commercially reasonable efforts, possession of capital stock or other certificated security required to be delivered pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement by the Closing Date, delivery of possession of such capital stock or other certificated security) is not able to be provided on the Closing Date after the Credit Parties use of commercially reasonable efforts to do so without undue burden, the provision and/or perfection of a security interest in such Collateral will not
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constitute a condition precedent to the availability of the Term Loans and any Revolving Loans on the Closing Date, but a security interest in such Collateral will be required to be provided or perfected after the Closing Date pursuant to arrangements to be mutually agreed between the Credit Parties and Administrative Agent acting reasonably within a reasonable period of time following the Closing Date or, if described on Schedule 5.15 , within the period of time set forth on Schedule 5.15 .
3.02 Conditions to Each Credit Extension.
(a) Conditions Precedent . The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan on any Credit Date, including the Closing Date, are subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.05 , of the following conditions precedent:
(i) Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed and delivered Funding Notice;
(ii) after making the Credit Extensions requested on such Credit Date, Total Utilization of Revolving Commitments shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the Revolving Commitments then in effect and (ii) Availability;
(iii) as of such Credit Date, the representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of that Credit Date to the same extent as though made on and as of that date, except to the extent such representations and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date;
(iv) as of such Credit Date, no event shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the consummation of the applicable Credit Extension that would constitute a Default or an Event of Default; and
(v) as of such Credit Date (other than the Closing Date), with respect to any Credit Extension of L/C Revolving Loans, (i) Administrative Agent shall have received the applicable Third Party L/C Documents, and (ii) after giving effect to the making of such L/C Revolving Loans, the aggregate outstanding amount of L/C Revolving Loans shall not exceed $4,000,000.
(b) Notices . Any Notice shall be executed by an Authorized Officer of Company in a writing delivered to Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders). In lieu of delivering a Notice, Company may give Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed borrowing, conversion/continuation; provided each such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of the applicable Notice to Administrative Agent on or before the applicable date of borrowing, continuation/conversion or issuance. Neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall incur any liability to Company in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other person authorized on behalf of Company or for otherwise acting in good faith.
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3.03 Conditions Subsequent to the Closing Date . Company shall fulfill, on or before the date applicable thereto (which date can be extended in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), each of the conditions subsequent specified in Section 5.15 .
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
In order to induce Agents and Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, each Credit Party represents and warrants to each Agent and Lender, on the Closing Date and, other than the representation and warranty in Section 4.23(b) , on each Credit Date, that the following statements are true and correct (it being understood and agreed that the representations and warranties made on the Closing Date are deemed to be made concurrently with the consummation of Related Transactions contemplated hereby):
4.01 Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification . Each Credit Party (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization as identified in Schedule 4.01 , (b) has all limited liability company power and authority to own and use its properties, to lease the properties it operates as lessee, to carry on its business as now conducted, to enter into the Credit Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and would not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.02 Capital Stock and Ownership . The Capital Stock of each Credit Party has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.02 , as of the date hereof, there is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which any Credit Party is a party requiring, and there is no membership interest or other Capital Stock of any Credit Party outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by any Credit Party of any additional membership interests or other Capital Stock of any Credit Party or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, a membership interest or other Capital Stock of any Credit Party. Schedule 4.02 correctly sets forth the ownership interest of each Credit Party in their respective Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date after giving effect to the Related Transactions.
4.03 Due Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of each Credit Party that is a party thereto.
4.04 No Conflict . The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions
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contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not (a) violate any provision of (i) any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to any Credit Party, (ii) any of the Organizational Documents of any Credit Party, or (iii) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on any Credit Party; (b) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of any Credit Party; or (c) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of any Credit Party (other than any Permitted Liens), or (d) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of any Credit Party, except for such approvals or consents which will be obtained on or before the Closing Date and disclosed in writing to Agent, except, with respect to any conflict, breach, violation, contravention, approval or consent referred to in clauses (a)(i) , (a)(iii) , (b) , (c) , or (d) , to the extent that such conflict, breach, violation, contravention or failure to obtain such approval or consent, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.05 Governmental Consents . The execution, delivery and performance by Credit Parties of the Credit Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents do not and will not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority except for (a) filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date, and (b) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings (i) that are set forth in Schedule 4.05 or (ii) the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, (x) reasonably be expected to impair or delay in any material respect such Credit Partys ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated by such Credit Documents or (y) be material to the business, financial condition or operating results of the Credit Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
4.06 Binding Obligation . Each Credit Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party that is a party thereto and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability and general principles of equity.
4.07 Historical Financial Statements . The Historical Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects and in conformity with GAAP, the financial position, on a combined basis, of the Persons described in such financial statements as at the respective dates thereof and the results of operations and cash flows, on a combined basis, of the entities described therein for each of the periods then ended, subject, in the case of any such unaudited financial statements, to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments. As of the Closing Date, neither Company nor any other Credit Party has any contingent liability or liability for taxes, long term lease or unusual forward or long term commitment that is not reflected in the Historical Financial Statements or the notes thereto and which in any such case is material in relation to the business, operations, properties, assets or financial condition of Holdings and any of its Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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4.08 Projections . On and as of the Closing Date, the projections of the Credit Parties for the period of Fiscal Year 2017 through and including Fiscal Year 2022, including quarterly projections for each Fiscal Quarter during the Fiscal Year in which the Closing Date takes place (the Projections ), are based on good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of Holdings; provided , the Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections may differ from such Projections and that the differences may be material.
4.09 No Material Adverse Change . Since December 27, 2015, no event, circumstance or change has occurred that has caused or evidences, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.10 [Reserved].
4.11 Adverse Proceedings, etc. There are no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party (a) is in violation of any applicable laws (including Environmental Laws) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.12 Payment of Taxes . Except as otherwise permitted under Section 5.03 , all tax returns and reports of each Credit Party required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all taxes shown on such tax returns to be due and payable and all assessments, fees and other governmental charges upon any Credit Party and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable have been paid when due and payable, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Holdings knows of no proposed tax assessment against any Credit Party which is either overdue or not being actively contested by such Credit Party in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided , such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor.
4.13 Properties.
(a) Title . Each Credit Party has (i) good, sufficient and legal title to (in the case of fee interests in real property), (ii) valid leasehold interests in (in the case of leasehold interests in real or personal property), and (iii) good title to (in the case of all other personal property), all of their respective properties and assets reflected in their respective Historical Financial Statements referred to in Section 4.05 and in the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 , in each case except for assets disposed of since the date of
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such financial statements in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise permitted under Section 6.09 . Except as permitted by this Agreement (including Permitted Liens), all such properties and assets are free and clear of Liens.
(b) Real Estate; Venues . As of the Closing Date, Schedule 4.13 contains a true, accurate and complete list of (i) all Real Estate Assets, (ii) all Existing Venues (including an indication of whether each such Venue constitutes a Leasehold Venue or a Managed Venue), and (iii) all licenses, leases, subleases, Venue Agreements or assignments of leases (together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals or extensions of any thereof) affecting each Real Estate Asset or Existing Venue of any Credit Party, regardless of whether such Credit Party is the landlord or tenant (whether directly or as an assignee or successor in interest) under such licenses, lease, sublease, Venue Agreement or assignment. Each agreement listed in clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence is in full force and effect and Holdings does not have knowledge of any material default that has occurred and is continuing thereunder, and each such agreement constitutes the legally valid and binding obligation of each applicable Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, liquidation, preferential transfer, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors rights generally or by equitable principles.
4.14 Environmental Matters . No Credit Party nor any of their respective Facilities or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law, any Environmental Claim, or any Hazardous Materials Activity that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party has received any written letter or request for information under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law. There are and, to each Credit Partys knowledge, have been, no Hazardous Materials Activities which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Claim against any Credit Party that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Credit Party nor, to any Credit Partys knowledge, any predecessor of any Credit Party has filed any notice under any Environmental Law indicating past or present treatment of Hazardous Materials at any Facility other than in the ordinary course of business, and none of any Credit Partys operations involves the generation, transportation, treatment, storage or disposal of hazardous waste, as defined under 40 C.F.R. Parts 260-270 or any state equivalent that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Compliance with all current or reasonably foreseeable future requirements pursuant to or under Environmental Laws could not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To each Credit Partys knowledge, no event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries relating to any Environmental Law, any Release of Hazardous Materials, or any Hazardous Materials Activity which, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.15 No Defaults . No Credit Party is in default in the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both, could constitute such a default, except where the consequences, direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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4.16 Material Contracts . Schedule 4.16 contains a true, correct and complete list of all the Material Contracts in effect on the Closing Date, which, together with any updates provided pursuant to Section 5.10(l) , all such Material Contracts are in full force and effect and no defaults currently exist thereunder (other than as described in Schedule 4.16 or in such updates).
4.17 Governmental Regulation . No Credit Party is subject to regulation under any federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or any industry-specific laws relating to the regulation of the conduct of the business of such Credit Party which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. No Credit Party is a registered investment company or a company controlled by a registered investment company or a principal underwriter of a registered investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.
4.18 Margin Stock . No Credit Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock. No part of the proceeds of the Loans made to such Credit Party will be used to purchase or carry any such Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
4.19 Employee Matters . No Credit Party is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (a) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against any Credit Party, or to the best knowledge of Holdings and Company, threatened against any of them before the National Labor Relations Board and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement that is so pending against any Credit Party or to the best knowledge of Holdings and Company, threatened against any of them, (b) no strike or work stoppage in existence or threatened involving any Credit Party, and (c) to the best knowledge of Holdings and Company, no union representation question existing with respect to the employees of any Credit Party and, to the best knowledge of Holdings and Company, no union organization activity that is taking place, except (with respect to any matter specified in clause (a), (b) or (c) above) such as could not reasonably be expected, either individually or in the aggregate to have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.20 Employee Benefit Plans . No Credit Party sponsors, maintains, contributes to, is required to contribute to, or, except as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, has any liability with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan. Except as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each Credit Party is in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, and have performed all their obligations under each Employee Benefit Plan; (b) each Employee Benefit Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a)
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of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter (or opinion or advisory letter in the case of a pre-approved plan) from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified and nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which would cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status; (c) no liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments) has been or is expected to be incurred by Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their ERISA Affiliates; and (d) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur. Except as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect, no Pension Plan is subject to the at-risk requirements in Section 303 of ERISA and Section 430 of the Internal Revenue Code, and no Multiemployer Plan is subject to the additional funding rules in Section 305 of ERISA and Section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code. Except as is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) each Credit Party and each of their ERISA Affiliates have complied with the requirements of Section 515 of ERISA with respect to each Multiemployer Plan and are not in default (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan; and (b) neither any Credit Party, any of their ERISA Affiliates nor any fiduciary of or trustee to any Employee Benefit Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) has engaged in a prohibited transaction as described in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code.
4.21 [Reserved].
4.22 Solvency . The Credit Parties, taken as a whole, are Solvent, and, upon the incurrence of any Credit Extension by Company on any date on which this representation and warranty is made, the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, and Company individually will be Solvent.
4.23 Acquisition Agreement .
(a) Delivery . Holdings and Company have delivered to Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders), complete and correct copies of (i) the Acquisition Agreement and of all exhibits and schedules thereto as of the date hereof, and (ii) copies of any material amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to or waiver of the Acquisition Agreement entered into after the date hereof.
(b) Representations and Warranties . Except to the extent otherwise expressly set forth herein or in the schedules hereto, and subject to the qualifications set forth therein, each of the representations and warranties given by any Credit Party in the Acquisition Agreement is true and correct in all material respects as of the Closing Date (or as of any earlier date to which such representation and warranty specifically relates). Notwithstanding anything in the Acquisition Agreement to the contrary, the representations and warranties of each Credit Party set forth in this Section 4.23 shall, solely for purposes hereof, survive the Closing Date for the benefit of Agent and Lenders.
(c) Governmental Approvals . All Governmental Authorizations and all other authorizations, approvals and consents of any other Person required by the Acquisition Agreement or to consummate the Related Transactions (to the extent required to have been
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obtained or delivered, as the case may be, on or prior to the Closing Date by or on behalf of any Credit Party) have been obtained and are in full force and effect, except to the extent that the failure to obtain any such Governmental Authorizations or other authorizations, approvals or consents, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Conditions Precedent . As of the Closing Date, (i) all of the conditions to effecting or consummating the Related Transactions set forth in the Acquisition Agreement have been duly satisfied or waived in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement (provided that any waivers or modifications which are adverse to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect shall have been approved by Requisite Lenders), and (ii) the Acquisition has been consummated in accordance with the Acquisition Agreement and all applicable laws.
4.24 Compliance with Statutes, Governmental Authorizations, etc . Each Credit Party is in compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property (including compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws with respect to any Real Estate Asset or governing its business and the requirements of any permits issued under such Environmental Laws with respect to any such Real Estate Asset or the operations of any Credit Party), except such noncompliance that could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Credit Party has all Governmental Authorizations required under applicable law to carry on its business as presently conducted, and each of the Company and its Guarantor Subsidiaries has complied in all material respects with all conditions of the Governmental Authorizations applicable to it. No material default or violation, or event that with the lapse of time or giving of notice or both would become a material default or violation, has occurred in the due observance of any Governmental Authorization of the Company or any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries.
4.25 Disclosure . Subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, no representation or warranty of any Credit Party contained in any Credit Document or in any other documents, certificates or written statements furnished to Lenders by or on behalf of any Credit Party for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact (known to Holdings or Company, in the case of any document not furnished by either of them) necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances in which the same were made. Any projections and pro forma financial information contained in such materials (other than the Projections, which are addressed in Section 4.08 ) are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by Holdings or Company to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by Lenders that such projections as to future events are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the projected results. As of the Closing Date, there are no facts known (or which should, upon the reasonable exercise of diligence, be known) to any Authorized Officer of Holdings or Company (other than matters of a general economic or industry-specific nature) that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and that have not been disclosed herein or in such other documents, certificates and statements furnished to Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
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4.26 Patriot Act . To the extent applicable, each Credit Party and each of its controlled Subsidiaries is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto, and (ii) the Patriot Act.
4.27 Foreign Assets Control Regulations and Anti-Money Laundering . None of Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of Holdings, any director, officer, employee, agent or Affiliate of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries is a Person that is, or is owned 50% or more, individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, or controlled by any Person that is a Blocked Person.
4.28 Anti-Corruption Laws . Since December 31, 2013, none of the Credit Parties nor any of their Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, any director, officer, agent or employee of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries acting in his or her capacity as such, has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption law. The Credit Parties have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance therewith.
4.29 Unrestricted Subsidiaries . Schedule 4.29 (as the same may be supplemented from time to in accordance with Section 5.10 ) contains a true, correct and complete list of all Unrestricted Subsidiaries, if any.
SECTION 5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations), each Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 5 .
5.01 Financial Statements and Other Reports . Unless otherwise provided below, Holdings will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(a) Monthly Reports . As soon as available, and in any event (i) within 60 days after the end of the month which began prior to, and encompassed, the Closing Date, and each of the first six (6) full calendar months ending after the Closing Date, and (y) within 45 days after the end of each month thereafter, the consolidated balance sheet of the Restricted Parties as at the end of such month and the related consolidated statements of income, consolidated statements of stockholders equity and consolidated statements of cash flows of the Restricted Parties for such month and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such month, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures from the Budget for the current Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and in Microsoft Excel or an Excel compatible spreadsheet program, together with a schedule of reconciliations for any reclassifications with respect to prior months or periods (and, in connection therewith, copies of any restated financial statements for any impacted month or period) a Financial Officer
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Certification (which Financial Officer Certification shall include a calculation of Availability as of the end of such month) and any other operating reports prepared by management for such period;
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements . As soon as available, and in any event (i) within 60 days after the end of the Fiscal Quarter which began prior to, and encompassed, the Closing Date, and each of the first two (2) full Fiscal Quarters ending after the Closing Date, and (y) within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of each Fiscal Year (including the fourth Fiscal Quarter) thereafter, the consolidated balance sheets of the Restricted Parties as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated (and with respect to statements of income, consolidating) statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Restricted Parties for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures from the Budget for the current Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and in Microsoft Excel or an Excel compatible spreadsheet program, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto and such other operating reports as the Administrative Agent may (and at the direction of Requisite Lenders shall) reasonably request from time to time (including, without limitation, reports of certain venue-level key performance indicators consistent with the template provided by Administrative Agent to Company from time to time);
(c) Annual Financial Statements . As soon as available, and in any event, (i) within 150 days after the Fiscal Year ended December 25, 2016, the Historical 2016 Financial Statements, together with a Financial Officer Certification, a Narrative Report with respect thereto and a report thereon of EisnerAmper LLP, which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, and shall state that the Historical 2016 Financial Statements fairly present, in all material respects, the combined financial position of TAO Group and its Affiliates as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with the Historical 2016 Financial Statements has been made in accordance with GAAP and (ii) within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year beginning with the Fiscal Year ending in December 2017, (x) the consolidated balance sheets of the Restricted Parties as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Restricted Parties for such Fiscal Year setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures from the Budget for the Fiscal Year covered by such financial statements, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification and a Narrative Report with respect thereto; and (y) with respect to such consolidated financial statements a report thereon of independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Holdings, and reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (it being acknowledged and agreed that EisnerAmper LLP and KPMG LLP are each reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent), which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit (other than any qualification that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, an upcoming maturity date of the Revolving Loans within one year from the date of such opinion),
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and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Restricted Parties as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with GAAP;
(d) Compliance Certificate . Together with each delivery of financial statements of the Restricted Parties pursuant to Sections 5.01(b) and 5.01(c) , a duly executed, completed and correct Compliance Certificate, which shall include, for clarity, (i) an updated calculation of the then applicable Available Amount and Available RJP Amount (and disclose in reasonable detail any portion of the Available Amount or Available RJP Amount used by the Restricted Parties in accordance with the terms hereof since the last delivery date hereunder for (x) Restricted Junior Payments made pursuant to Section 6.05(h) ; (y) Investments made pursuant to Section 6.07(o); and/or (z) Consolidated Capital Expenditures made pursuant to Section 6.08(c)(2) ), (ii) a reconciliation of Reserved Cash and (iii) the identification of any Joint Venture which the Company elects to designate as a Designated Joint Venture;
(e) Statements of Reconciliation after Change in Accounting Principles . If, as a result of any change in accounting principles and policies from those used in the preparation of the Historical Financial Statements, the consolidated financial statements of the Restricted Parties delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(b) or 5.01(c) will differ in any material respect from the consolidated financial statements that would have been delivered pursuant to such subdivisions had no such change in accounting principles and policies been made, then, together with the first delivery of such financial statements after such change, one or more statements of reconciliation for all such prior financial statements in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent;
(f) Notice of Default . Promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days) upon any Authorized Officer of Holdings or Company obtaining knowledge (i) of any condition or event that constitutes a Default or an Event of Default or that notice has been given to Holdings or Company with respect thereto; or (ii) of the occurrence of any event or change that has caused or evidences, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, a certificate of an Authorized Officer specifying the nature and period of existence of such condition, event or change, or specifying the notice given and action taken by any such Person and the nature of such claimed Event of Default, Default, default, event or condition, and what action Company has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(g) Notice of Litigation . Promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days) upon any Authorized Officer of Holdings or Company obtaining knowledge of (i) the institution of any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by Company to Lenders, or (ii) any material development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof together with such other information as may be reasonably available to Holdings or Company to enable Lenders and their counsel to evaluate such matters;
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(h) ERISA . (i) Promptly (and in any event within 5 Business Days) upon any Authorized Officer of Holdings or Company obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of or forthcoming occurrence of any ERISA Event which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action Holdings, Company, any of its Guarantor Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and (ii) with reasonable promptness, copies of (1) all notices received by Holdings, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning an ERISA Event; and (2) copies of such governmental reports or filings relating to any Employee Benefit Plan as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;
(i) Budget . As soon as practicable and in any event no later than 30 days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year, a board-approved, internally-generated consolidated budget for the Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year (the Budget );
(j) Insurance Report . As soon as practicable and in any event no later than 30 days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year, a report in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent outlining all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date of such report by the Restricted Parties and all material insurance coverage planned to be maintained by the Restricted Parties in the immediately succeeding Fiscal Year;
(k) Notice of Change in Board of Directors . With reasonable promptness, written notice of any change in the members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings or Company (other than any such change resulting from the replacement of any such member, or the addition of a member, with an officer or employee of MSG);
(l) Notice Regarding Material Contracts . Promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days (i) after any Material Contract of any Restricted Party is terminated (other than an expiration in accordance with the terms of such contract) or amended in a manner that is materially adverse to such Restricted Party, as the case may be, or (ii) after any new Material Contract is entered into, in each case, a written statement describing such event, with copies of such material amendments or new contracts, delivered to Administrative Agent (to the extent such delivery is permitted by the terms of any such Material Contract, provided , no such prohibition on delivery shall be effective if it were bargained for by such applicable Restricted Party with the intent of avoiding compliance with this Section 5.01(l) ), and an explanation of any actions being taken with respect thereto;
(m) Environmental Reports and Audits . As soon as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits and reports with respect to environmental matters at any Facility or which relate to any environmental liabilities of any Restricted Party which, in any such case could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
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(n) Information Regarding Collateral . Company will furnish to Collateral Agent prior written notice of any change (i) in any Credit Partys organizational name or (ii) in any Credit Partys entity type or (iii) in any Credit Partys Federal Taxpayer Identification Number. Company agrees not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the UCC or otherwise that are required in order for Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral and for the Collateral at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest as contemplated in the Collateral Documents;
(o) Pledge Supplement . Together with each delivery of financial statements of the Restricted Parties pursuant to Sections 5.01(b) , a Pledge Supplement (as defined in the Pledge and Security Agreement) to the extent required by Section 4.1(b)(vi) of the Pledge and Security Agreement;
(p) [reserved] ;
(q) [reserved] ; and
(r) Other Information . (A) Promptly upon their becoming available, copies of (i) all financial statements, material reports, material notices and proxy statements sent or made available generally by Holdings to its security holders acting in such capacity or by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to its security holders other than another Restricted Party, (ii) all regular and periodic reports and all registration statements and prospectuses, if any, filed by any Credit Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any governmental or private regulatory authority, (iii) all press releases and other statements made available generally by any Restricted Party to the public concerning material developments in the business of any Restricted Party, and (B) such other information and data with respect to any Restricted Party as from time to time may be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent.
5.02 Existence . Except as otherwise permitted under Section 6.09 , each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business; provided , no Restricted Party shall be required to preserve any such existence, right or franchise, licenses and permits if such Persons board of directors (or similar governing body) shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of such Person, and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to such Person or to Lenders.
5.03 Payment of Taxes and Claims . Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, pay all federal income Taxes, state income Taxes and all other material Taxes imposed upon it or any of its properties or assets or in respect of any of its income, businesses or franchises before any penalty or fine accrues thereon, and all material claims (including material claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its properties
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or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided , no such Tax or claim need be paid if it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (a) adequate reserve or other appropriate provision, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (b) in the case of a Tax or claim which has or may become a Lien against any of the Collateral, such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Collateral to satisfy such Tax or claim. No Credit Party will, nor will it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries). In addition, Company agrees to pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law any material current or future stamp or documentary Taxes or any other material excise or property Taxes (including, without limitation, material mortgage recording Taxes and transfer Taxes) imposed by any Governmental Authority that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement, except for any such Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment or assumption under an Assignment Agreement.
5.04 Maintenance of Properties . Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain or cause to be maintained in good repair, working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted, all material properties used or useful in the business of any Restricted Party and from time to time will make or cause to be made all appropriate repairs, renewals and replacements thereof in the ordinary course of business.
5.05 Insurance . Holdings will maintain or cause to be maintained, with financially sound and reputable insurers, (i) business interruption insurance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and (ii) property casualty insurance, such public liability insurance, third party property damage insurance with respect to liabilities, losses or damage in respect of the assets, properties and businesses of the Restricted Parties as may customarily be carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons with similar reputation engaged in similar businesses, in each case in such amounts (giving effect to self-insurance), with such deductibles, covering such risks and otherwise on such terms and conditions as shall be customary for such Persons. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Holdings will maintain or cause to be maintained (a) flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations, and (b) replacement value property casualty insurance on the Collateral under such policies of insurance, with such insurance companies, in such amounts, with such deductibles, and covering such risks as are at all times carried or maintained under similar circumstances by Persons with similar reputation engaged in similar businesses. Each such policy of insurance shall (i) in the case of each liability insurance policy, name Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties (or similar notation), as an additional insured thereunder as its interests may appear, and (ii) in the case of each property casualty insurance policy (other than business interruption insurance, if any), contain a loss payable clause or endorsement, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Collateral Agent, that names Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties (or similar notation), as the lender loss payee thereunder and provides for at least ten days prior written notice to Collateral Agent of any cancellation of such
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policy. Collateral Agent agrees that, in its role as loss payee, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and subject to the terms of Section 2.13(b) , it will make available to Holdings, without unreasonable delay, any proceeds from such policies necessary to allow Holdings to effect swift repair or restoration of the applicable damaged properties and recovery from the applicable loss.
5.06 Inspections . Each Credit Party will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, permit any authorized representatives designated by any Agent or any Lender to visit and inspect any of the properties of any Credit Party and any of its respective Restricted Subsidiaries, to inspect, copy and take extracts from its and their financial and accounting records, and to discuss its and their affairs, finances and accounts with its and their officers and independent public accountants, all upon reasonable notice and at such reasonable times during normal business hours, up to twice a year (or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, from time to time).
5.07 Lenders Meetings . Holdings and Company will, upon the written request of Administrative Agent or Requisite Lenders (and Holdings or Company shall provide a copy of such written request to MSG Company), participate in a meeting of Administrative Agent and Lenders, as applicable, (and MSG Company shall be permitted to participate in any such meeting) once during each Fiscal Year to be held, at Administrative Agents election, either telephonically or at Companys corporate offices (or at such other location as may be agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent.
5.08 Compliance with Laws . Each Credit Party will comply, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply, with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority (including all Environmental Laws), noncompliance with which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
5.09 Environmental .
(a) Environmental Disclosure . Holdings will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(i) as soon as practicable following receipt thereof, copies of all environmental audits, investigations, analyses and reports of any kind or character, whether prepared by personnel of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or by independent consultants, Governmental Authorities or any other Persons, with respect to significant environmental matters at any Facility which shall exclude those matters which occur in the ordinary course of business, or with respect to any Environmental Claims with respect to any Facility;
(ii) promptly upon the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any Release with respect to any Facility required to be reported to any federal, state or local governmental or regulatory agency under any applicable
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Environmental Laws, (2) any remedial action taken by Holdings or any other Person in response to (A) any Hazardous Materials Activities the existence of which could reasonably be expected to result in one or more Environmental Claims having a Material Adverse Effect, or (B) any Environmental Claims that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (3) Holdings or Companys discovery by written notice of any occurrence or condition on any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of any Facility that could cause such Facility or any part thereof to be subject to any material restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any Environmental Laws;
(iii) as soon as practicable following the sending or receipt thereof by any Restricted Party, a copy of any and all written communications to Governmental Authorities or other third parties with respect to (1) any Environmental Claims that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (2) any Release required to be reported to any Governmental Authority, and (3) any written request for information from any Governmental Authority that states such agency is investigating whether any Restricted Party may be potentially responsible for any Hazardous Materials Activity in violation of any Environmental Law; and
(iv) prompt written notice describing in reasonable detail (1) any proposed acquisition of stock, assets, or property by any Restricted Party that could reasonably be expected to (A) expose any Restricted Party to, or result in, Environmental Claims that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) affect the ability of any Restricted Party to maintain in full force and effect all material Governmental Authorizations required under any Environmental Laws for their respective operations and (2) any proposed action to be taken by any Restricted Party to modify current operations in a manner that could reasonably be expected to subject any Restricted Party to any additional material obligations or requirements under any Environmental Laws that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Hazardous Materials Activities, Etc . Each Credit Party shall, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, promptly take any and all actions reasonably necessary to (i) cure any violation of applicable Environmental Laws by such Restricted Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Claim against such Restricted Party and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder where failure to do so could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5.10 Subsidiaries . In the event that any Person becomes a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary, CFC Holdco or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) of Company, Company shall within thirty (30) days after such Person becomes such a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Subsidiary Redesignation or any Immaterial Subsidiary ceases to be identified as an Immaterial Subsidiary on any Compliance Certificate delivered by Company, as the case may be (unless the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, extends additional time for compliance),
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(a) cause such Domestic Subsidiary to become a Guarantor hereunder and a Grantor under the Pledge and Security Agreement by executing and delivering to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent a Counterpart Agreement, and (b) take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Sections 3.01(b) , 3.01(j) , 3.01(k) and 3.01(m) and, if requested by Administrative Agent, legal opinions as are similar to those described in Section 3.01(n) . In the event that any Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary of Company, and the ownership interests of such Foreign Subsidiary are owned directly by Company or by any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary thereof (other than an Immaterial Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary), Company shall, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to, within thirty (30) days after such Person becomes a Foreign Subsidiary (unless the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, extends additional time for compliance), deliver, all such documents, instruments, agreements, and certificates as are similar to those described in Section 3.01(b) , and Company shall take, or shall cause such Domestic Subsidiary to take, all of the actions referred to in Section 3.01(j)(i) necessary to grant and to perfect a First Priority Lien in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, under the Pledge and Security Agreement in (i) sixty-five percent (65%) (or such greater percentage that, due to a change in law after the date hereof, (A) could not reasonably be expected to cause the undistributed earnings of such Person or any Foreign Subsidiary of such Person, as applicable, to be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a deemed dividend to such Foreign Subsidiarys direct or indirect U.S. owners and (B) could not reasonably be expected to cause any material adverse tax consequences) of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and (ii) 100% of the issued and outstanding Capital Stock of such Foreign Subsidiary not entitled to vote (within the meaning of Treas. Reg. Section 1.956-2(c)(2)). With respect to each such new Subsidiary (including any Immaterial Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary), Company shall promptly send to Administrative Agent written notice setting forth with respect to such Person (i) the date on which such Person became a Subsidiary of Company, and (ii) all of the data required to be set forth in Schedules 4.01 , and 4.02 and 4.29 (if an Unrestricted Subsidiary, subject to the other requirements with respect to any such Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary) with respect to all Subsidiaries of Company; provided , such written notice shall be deemed to supplement Schedule 4.01 and 4.02 and 4.29 (if an Unrestricted Subsidiary) for all purposes hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, no Credit Party shall be required to grant a Lien on any Excluded Property and the Collateral shall exclude all Excluded Property.
5.11 Additional Material Real Estate Assets; Additional Leasehold Properties and Venues.
(a) Owned Real Estate . In the event that any Credit Party acquires a Material Real Estate Asset or a Real Estate Asset owned on the Closing Date becomes a Material Real Estate Asset and such fee interest has not otherwise been made subject to the Lien of the Collateral Documents in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, then such Credit Party, within ninety (90) days after acquiring such Material Real Estate Asset, or ninety (90) days after a Real Estate Asset owned on the Closing Date becomes a Material Real Estate Asset (in each case, unless the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, extends additional
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time for compliance), shall, in order to create in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording referred to herein, perfected First Priority security interest in such Material Real Estate Assets, deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered:
(i) fully executed and notarized Mortgages, in proper form for recording in all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions, encumbering each such Real Estate Asset;
(ii) an opinion of counsel (which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent) in each state in which a Mortgaged Property is located with respect to the enforceability of the form(s) of Mortgages to be recorded in such state and such other commercially reasonable and customary matters as Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent;
(iii) Phase I type environmental reports, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent, regarding environmental matters relating to each Mortgaged Property;
(iv) (a) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies or commitments therefor issued by one or more title companies, subject to commercially reasonable and customary title exceptions, and reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent with respect to each Mortgaged Property (each, a Title Policy ), in amounts not less than the fair market value of each Mortgaged Property, together with a title report issued by a title company with respect thereto, and copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent and (b) evidence satisfactory to Collateral Agent that such Credit Party has paid or arranged to pay to the title company or to the appropriate Governmental Authorities all expenses and premiums of the title company and all other sums required in connection with the issuance of each Title Policy and all recording and stamp taxes (including mortgage recording and intangible taxes) payable in connection with recording the Mortgages for each Mortgaged Property in the appropriate real estate records;
(v) evidence of flood insurance with respect to each Flood Hazard Property that is located in a community that participates in the National Flood Insurance Program, in each case in compliance with any applicable regulations and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Collateral Agent; and
(vi) ALTA surveys of all Mortgaged Properties, certified to Collateral Agent.
In addition to the foregoing, Company shall, at the request of Requisite Lenders, deliver, from time to time, to Administrative Agent such appraisals as are required by law or regulation of Real Estate Assets with respect to which Collateral Agent has been granted a Lien.
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(b) Leasehold Property . In the event that any Credit Party changes its headquarters after the Closing Date and such new headquarters is a Leasehold Property, such Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement executed by the landlord and the applicable Credit Party, as tenant, with respect to such Leasehold Property, provided , that it is agreed that commercially reasonable efforts shall not require such Credit Party to agree to any change in the terms of such lease which would be adverse to such Credit Party in any material respect, or pay any form of additional compensation, solely in order to obtain such landlords agreement to such Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement and, in such circumstances, such Credit Party shall not be required to deliver such agreement to Collateral Agent pursuant to this clause (b) .
(c) New Venue Agreements . In the event that any Restricted Party enters into any new Venue Agreement after the Closing Date, then within ten (10) Business days of entry into such new Venue Agreement such Credit Party shall, or shall cause its Restricted Subsidiary that will be party to such Venue Agreement to, deliver to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent a copy of the proposed Venue Agreement and such other evidence (if any) as may be reasonably required in order demonstrate that such new Venue Agreement satisfies the conditions set forth in the definition of Permitted New Venue.
5.12 [Reserved] .
5.13 Further Assurances . At any time or from time to time upon the request of Administrative Agent, each Credit Party will, at its expense, promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may (and at the direction of Requisite Lenders shall) reasonably request in order to effect fully the purposes of the Credit Documents, including providing Lenders with any information reasonably requested pursuant to Section 10.21 . In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Credit Party shall take such actions as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may (and at the direction of Requisite Lenders shall) reasonably request from time to time to ensure that the Obligations are guaranteed by the Guarantors and are secured by substantially all of the assets of Holdings, and its Guarantor Subsidiaries and all of the outstanding Capital Stock of Company and its wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries and 65% of the voting Capital Stock of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned by any Credit Party and 100% of the non-voting Capital Stock of any first-tier Foreign Subsidiaries directly owned by any Credit Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, no Credit Party shall be required to grant a Lien on any Excluded Property and the Collateral shall exclude all Excluded Property.
5.14 Miscellaneous Business Covenants . Unless otherwise consented to by Agents and Requisite Lenders:
(a) Non-Consolidation . Holdings will, and will cause Company and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to: (i) maintain entity records and books of account separate from those of any other entity (other than any other Restricted Party); (ii) not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other entity (other than any other Restricted Party); and (iii) provide that
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its board of directors or other analogous governing body will hold all appropriate meetings to authorize and approve such Restricted Partys actions, which meetings will be separate from those of other entities (other than any other Restricted Party).
(b) Communication with Accountants . Each Credit Party executing this Agreement authorizes Administrative Agent to communicate directly with such Credit Partys independent certified public accountants and authorizes and shall instruct those accountants to communicate information to the Administrative Agent relating to any Credit Party with respect to the business, results of operations and financial condition of any Credit Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided however , that Administrative Agent shall only communicate with such accountants after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in such event, Administrative Agent shall provide such Credit Party with notice at least seven (7) Business Days prior to first initiating any such communication and such Credit Party and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be given the right to participate in such discussions and communications (including reviewing any audit drafts and letters to management prior to their delivery to Administrative Agent).
5.15 Post-Closing Matters . Company shall, and shall cause each of the Credit Parties to, satisfy the requirements set forth on Schedule 5.15 on or before the date specified for such requirement or such later date to be determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.
5.16 Anti-Corruption Laws . The Credit Parties will implement and maintain in effect policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote compliance by the Credit Parties, their Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees, and agents with the FCPA and any other applicable anti-corruption laws.
SECTION 6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Credit Party covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitment is in effect and until payment in full of all Obligations (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations), such Credit Party shall perform, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to perform, all covenants in this Section 6 (and in the case of Holdings, all covenants and exceptions thereto shall be subject to Section 6.14 ).
6.01 Indebtedness . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or guaranty, or otherwise become or remain directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness, except:
(a) the Obligations;
(b) Indebtedness (i) of any Guarantor Subsidiary or Restricted Foreign Subsidiary owing to Company or to any other Guarantor Subsidiary, or of Company owing to any Guarantor Subsidiary, (ii) of any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary owing to any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary and (iii) of any Restricted Party owing to any Subsidiary that is not a Restricted Party ( provided , that (a) such Indebtedness constitutes Subordinated
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Indebtedness, (b) such Indebtedness is incurred in exchange for an equivalent amount of Cash received from such Subsidiary, and (c) the aggregate amount of any Investments previously made by any Restricted Party in such Subsidiary shall have been returned in full, in Cash); provided , that, in respect of Indebtedness owing to any Credit Party that is permitted under clause (i) above, (x) all such Indebtedness shall be subject to a First Priority Lien pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, and (y) if any such Indebtedness is evidenced by a promissory note, then all such notes shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement;
(c) Indebtedness of Restricted Foreign Subsidiaries in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time; provided , that, any guarantee thereof by any Credit Party must otherwise be permitted to be incurred in accordance with another clause of this Section 6.01 (other than Section 6.01(e) below) and any such guarantee by a Credit Party shall be included for purposes of determining the aggregate utilization of any such other clause of this Section 6.01 .
(d) Indebtedness incurred by any Restricted Party arising from agreements providing for indemnification or from guaranties or letters of credit, surety bonds or performance bonds securing the performance of such Restricted Party pursuant to such agreements, in connection with Venues or permitted dispositions of any business, assets or any Subsidiary of any Restricted Party;
(e) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist pursuant to any guaranties, performance, surety, statutory, appeal or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and otherwise in connection with Deposit Accounts;
(g) guaranties of the obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business to suppliers, customers, franchisees, landlords and licensees of any other Restricted Party (but not, for the avoidance of doubt, for borrowed money);
(h) guaranties by Company of Indebtedness of a Guarantor Subsidiary or guaranties by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of Company or a Guarantor Subsidiary with respect, in each case, to Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 6.01 ;
(i) Indebtedness existing as of the Closing Date and described in Schedule 6.01 ;
(j) Indebtedness in an aggregate outstanding amount not to exceed at any time $2,500,000 with respect to (x) Capital Leases and (y) purchase money Indebtedness; provided , in the case of clause (x) , that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset subject to such Capital Lease, and, in the case of clause (y) , that any such Indebtedness shall be secured only by the asset acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Indebtedness;
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(k) Indebtedness incurred by Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of any Third Party Letter of Credit issued by a Third Party L/C Issuer in an aggregate face amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(l) Indebtedness which may be deemed to exist with respect to any management fee or payment obligation arising under the Parent Organizational Agreement which was not permitted to be paid in Cash when due, so long as such Indebtedness is subject to the Management Fee Turnover Agreement;
(m) Indebtedness of Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of commercial credit cards, stored value cards, purchasing cards, treasury management services, netting services, overdraft protections, check drawing services, automated payment services (including depository, overdraft, controlled disbursement, ACH transactions, return items and interstate depository network services), employee credit card programs, cash pooling services and any arrangements or services similar to any of the foregoing and/or otherwise in connection with cash management and Deposit Accounts;
(n) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time $20,000,000 incurred to finance the acquisition of real property and secured solely by a Lien upon Excluded Real Estate Assets;
(o) Indebtedness of any Restricted Party consisting of insurance premium financings entered into in the ordinary course of business; provided , such Indebtedness does not exceed the unpaid amount of such premiums;
(p) Indebtedness under any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or commodity hedging agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business and not entered into for speculative purposes;
(q) Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments with respect to such Indebtedness) incurred by any Restricted Party in the ordinary course of business in respect of workers compensation claims, unemployment insurance (including premiums related thereto), other types of social security, vacation pay, health, disability or other employee benefits;
(r) Indebtedness of any Restricted Party representing deferred compensation to directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers, and consultants of the Restricted Parties incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(s) the TAO Put/Call Notes and guaranties thereof by any Credit Party;
(t) unsecured Indebtedness arising out of Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted to be made in accordance with Section 6.07 , in each case, consisting of obligations of the Restricted Parties under provisions relating to indemnification or adjustment of purchase price with respect thereto based on changes in working capital;
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(u) unsecured Indebtedness arising out of Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments permitted to be made in accordance with Section 6.07 to the extent consisting of earnout obligations based on the income generated by the assets acquired or investment made after the consummation thereof in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000;
(v) Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become and remain liable for any Indebtedness refinancing, refunding or replacing any Indebtedness permitted under clauses (i) , (j) , (n) , (w) , (x) and (y) of this Section 6.01 (in any case, including any refinancing Indebtedness incurred in respect thereof, Refinancing Indebtedness ) and any subsequent Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that (i) the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded or replaced, except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premiums (including tender premiums) thereon plus underwriting discounts, other reasonable and customary fees, commissions and expenses (including upfront fees, original issue discount or initial yield payments) incurred in connection with the relevant refinancing, refunding or replacement, (ii) in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to clause (w) , any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be unsecured, (iii) in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to clause (y) , any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Subordinated Indebtedness, (iv) in the case of any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to clause (x) , any Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness must permitted by Sections 6.02(q) and (u) below and the Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness shall constitute a utilization of the relevant basket or exception), (v) other than in the case of Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to clause (j) , such Refinancing Indebtedness shall have (A) a final maturity on or later than (and, in the case of revolving Indebtedness, does not require mandatory commitment reductions, if any, prior to) the final maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded or replaced and (B) other than with respect to revolving Indebtedness, a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded or replaced, (vi) the terms of any Refinancing Indebtedness are not, taken as a whole, less favorable to the obligor thereon or to the Lenders than those applicable to the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded or replaced (other than any covenants or any other provisions applicable only to periods after the Term Loan Maturity Date), (vii) any such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred only by the obligor or obligors in respect of the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded or replaced and shall not have any greater guarantees or security, than the Indebtedness being refinanced, (viii) if the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded or replaced was originally contractually subordinated to the Obligations in right of payment (or the Liens securing such Indebtedness were originally contractually subordinated to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations), such Refinancing Indebtedness is contractually subordinated to the Obligations in right of payment (or the Liens securing such Refinancing Indebtedness are subordinated to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Secured Obligations) on terms not less favorable in any material respect, taken as a whole, to the Lenders than those applicable to the Indebtedness (or Liens, as applicable) being refinanced, refunded or replaced, taken as a whole, (ix) any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall constitute a utilization of the relevant basket or exception for which the Indebtedness being refinanced, refunded or replaced utilized, and (x) as of the date of the incurrence of such Refinancing Indebtedness and after giving pro forma effect thereto, no Event of Default exists;
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(w) other unsecured Indebtedness of the Restricted Parties which is not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.01 in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed at any time $10,000,000, provided , that such unsecured Indebtedness shall be subject to documentation which (i) does not require the payment of Cash interest in excess of fourteen percent (14%) per annum and if the payment of any such Cash interest is prohibited by any applicable subordination agreement, such failure to pay Cash interest shall not constitute an event of default thereunder, (ii) does not require amortization or similar payment of principal prior to the date that is at least ninety-one (91) days after the later to occur of (A) the Revolving Commitment Termination Date and (B) the Term Loan Maturity Date; (iii) is not guaranteed by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any Guarantor, and (iv) such Indebtedness and the related governing documents shall have covenant, default and remedy provisions no more restrictive and no more onerous to the Restricted Parties than this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(x) other Junior Lien Indebtedness of any Restricted Party which is not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.01 so long as (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the incurrence thereof, (ii) after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 , (x) the Leverage Ratio (calculated without taking into account the net cash proceeds of any such Junior Lien Indebtedness) would not exceed the ratio that is that is 0.50 less than the applicable Leverage Ratio corresponding to such period set forth in Section 6.08(b) , and (y) the Total Leverage Ratio (calculated without taking into account the net cash proceeds of any such Junior Lien Indebtedness) would not exceed 4.00:1.00;
(y) other Subordinated Indebtedness of any Restricted Party which is not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.01 so long as (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the incurrence thereof, and (ii) after giving effect thereto on a Pro Forma Basis as of the last day of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter for which financial statements have been (or were required to be) delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 , the Total Leverage Ratio (calculated without taking into account the net cash proceeds of any such Subordinated Indebtedness) would not exceed 4.00:1.00;
(z) Indebtedness arising out of Landlord Financed Capital Expenditures in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
(aa) accounts payable and trade debt incurred in the ordinary course of business that are more than 90 days past due in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 at any time outstanding.
6.02 Liens . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to any property or asset of any kind (including any document or instrument in respect of goods or accounts receivable) of any Restricted Party, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or any income or profits therefrom, or file or permit the filing of, or permit to remain in effect, any financing statement or other similar notice of any Lien with respect to any such property, asset, income or profits under the UCC of any State or under any similar recording or notice statute, except:
(a) Liens in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of Secured Parties granted pursuant to any Credit Document;
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(b) Liens for Taxes if obligations with respect to such Taxes (i) are not more than 30 days overdue or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, or (ii) if more than 30 days overdue, (A) the period of grace, if any, related thereto has not expired or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding diligently conducted ( provided that a reserve or other appropriate provision shall have been made therefor as required by GAAP) or (B) the aggregate outstanding amount of the obligations secured thereby does not exceed $500,000;
(c) statutory Liens of landlords, banks (and rights of set off), of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, repairmen, workmen and materialmen, and other Liens imposed by law (other than any such Lien imposed pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or by ERISA), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business (i) for amounts not yet overdue, or (ii) for amounts that are overdue and that (in the case of any such amounts overdue for a period in excess of thirty (30) days) are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, so long as such reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required by GAAP shall have been made for any such contested amounts;
(d) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Indebtedness), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any portion of the Collateral on account thereof;
(e) easements, rights of way, restrictions, encroachments, and other minor defects or irregularities in title, in each case which do not and will not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of any Restricted Party;
(f) any interest or title of a licensor, lessor or sublessor under any lease or license permitted hereunder and any Liens against the property of any such licensor, lessor or sublessor which is not a Restricted Party;
(g) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Restricted Party in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(h) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(i) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(j) any zoning, development or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any governmental office or agency to control or regulate the use of any real property;
(k) licenses of patents, trademarks and other Intellectual Property granted by any Restricted Party in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary;
(l) non-consensual Liens securing judgments, writs, warrants or similar processes not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h) ;
(m) Liens existing as of the Closing Date and described in Schedule 6.02 or on a title report delivered pursuant to Section 5.11 ;
(n) Liens securing Capital Leases and purchase money Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(j) ; provided , any such Lien shall encumber only the asset acquired with the proceeds of such Indebtedness;
(o) Liens on L/C Cash Collateral securing Indebtedness in respect of any Third Party Letter of Credit permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(k) ;
(p) Liens on Excluded Real Estate Assets securing Indebtedness permitted to incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(n) ;
(q) Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(x) , provided , that any such Liens shall be junior to the Liens on the Collateral securing the Loans pursuant to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Lenders) in its reasonable credit judgment;
(r) other Liens which are not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.02 securing Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(s) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(p) , provided that such Liens shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Lenders) in its reasonable credit judgment;
(t) Liens (i) on Capital Stock of Joint Ventures solely consisting of customary put/call rights, drag-along rights or similar rights in favor of any Joint Venture Partner pursuant to the relevant joint venture agreement or arrangement and (ii) on Capital Stock of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
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(u) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(v) ; provided that (i) no such Lien extends to any asset not covered by the Lien securing the Indebtedness that is being refinanced and (ii) if the Indebtedness being refinanced was subject to intercreditor arrangements, then any refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof shall be subject to intercreditor arrangements not less favorable to the Secured Parties, taken as a whole and as determined by Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Lenders) in its reasonable credit judgment, than the intercreditor arrangements governing the Indebtedness that is refinanced (or the intercreditor arrangements governing the relevant refinancing Indebtedness shall be otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (after consultation with the Lenders)); and
(v) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(c) ; provided that no such Lien extends to any asset other than assets of Foreign Subsidiaries.
6.03 [Reserved] .
6.04 No Further Negative Pledges . Except with respect to (a) specific property encumbered to secure payment of particular Indebtedness or to be sold pursuant to an executed agreement with respect to a permitted Asset Sale and (b) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business ( provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses or similar agreements, as the case may be), no Credit Party nor any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Lien upon any of its properties or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.
6.05 Restricted Junior Payments . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries through any manner or means or through any other Person to, directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart, or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, any sum for any Restricted Junior Payment except that:
(a) Company may make Restricted Junior Payments to Holdings to permit Holdings to make any Restricted Junior Payment otherwise permitted under this Section 6.05 at such time, so long as Holdings promptly applies the amount of any such Restricted Junior Payment for such purpose;
(b) Holdings may make Permitted Tax Payments when due;
(c) Company and Holdings may make the Closing Date Distribution;
(d) Holdings may make Permitted Equity Issuances;
(e) any Restricted Party may make scheduled payments of cash interest when due (at the non-default rate) in respect of any Junior Lien Indebtedness or Subordinated Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Sections 6.01(x) or (y) , to the extent permitted by the applicable subordination agreement entered into between Administrative Agent and the holder of such Indebtedness;
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(f) any Restricted Party may make mandatory prepayments of any Junior Lien Indebtedness incurred under Section 6.01 pursuant to mandatory prepayment provisions that are substantially the same as the mandatory prepayment provisions set forth in Section 2.13 , provided that any such mandatory prepayments of such Junior Lien Indebtedness may be made only to the extent such prepayments were waived or declined by any Lenders hereunder;
(g) (i) any Restricted Party may make Restricted Junior Payments to any other Credit Party (other than to Holdings), (ii) any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary may make Restricted Junior Payments to any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary and (iii) any Joint Venture may make Restricted Junior Payments to each other owner of Capital Stock of such Joint Venture on a pro rata basis (or more favorable basis from the perspective of Company or such Restricted Subsidiary) based on their relative ownership interests; and
(h) other Restricted Junior Payments in an amount not to exceed the portion of the Available RJP Amount on such date that the Company elects to apply to this Section 6.05(h) , provided , that, in each case, (i) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, and (ii) the Leverage Ratio shall be less than 2.50:1.00, both before and after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Junior Payment (including any corresponding reduction of Consolidated Net Cash).
6.06 Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions . Except as provided herein, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction of any kind on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of Company to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on any of such Subsidiarys Capital Stock owned by Company or any other Restricted Party, (b) repay or prepay any Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary to Company or any other Restricted Party, (c) make loans or advances to Company or any other Restricted Party, or (d) transfer any of its property or assets to Company or any other Restricted Party, other than restrictions (i) in agreements evidencing purchase money Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(j) that impose restrictions on the property so acquired or other Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01 that is secured by a Permitted Lien if the relevant restriction applies only to the Persons obligated under such Indebtedness and its Subsidiaries to the property or assets written to secure such Indebtedness ( provided , that if the relevant Permitted Lien covers all or substantially all of the Collateral, then such relevant restrictions are not more restrictive in any material respect to the Credit Parties than the restrictions contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents), (ii) by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses, joint venture agreements and similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (iii) that are or were created by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer or option or right with respect to any property, assets or Capital Stock not otherwise prohibited under this Agreement, (iv) existing by virtue of, or arising under, applicable law, regulation order, approval, license, permit, grant or similar restriction, in each case, issued or imposed by a Governmental Authority, (v) assumed in connection with any acquisition of property or the Capital Stock of any Person, so long as the relevant encumbrance
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or restriction relates solely to the Person and its subsidiaries (including the Capital Stock of the relevant Person or Persons) and/or property so acquired and was not created in connection with or in anticipation of such acquisition; (vi) in any agreement for any disposition of any Subsidiary (or all or substantially all of the property and/or assets thereof) that restricts the payment of dividends or other distributions or the making of cash loans or advances by such Subsidiary pending such disposition; (vii) in provisions in agreements or instruments which prohibit the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions with respect to any class of Capital Stock of a Person other than on a pro rata basis; (viii) on Cash deposits or net worth restrictions imposed by any Person under any contract entered into in the ordinary course of business or for whose benefit such Cash deposits or net worth restrictions exist; (ix) arising pursuant to an agreement or instrument relating to any Junior Lien Indebtedness, Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured Indebtedness, in each case, permitted to be incurred under Sections 6.01(x) , (y) or (w) , respectively, after the Closing Date if the relevant restrictions are not more restrictive in any material respect to the Credit Parties than the restrictions contained in this Agreement or the other Credit Documents; and (x) customary restrictions arising in any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or commodity hedging agreement permitted by Section 6.01(p) above.
6.07 Investments . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make or own any Investment in any Person, including without limitation any Joint Venture and any Foreign Subsidiary, except:
(a) Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;
(b) equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Subsidiary and Investments made after the Closing Date in any Guarantor Subsidiaries of Company;
(c) Investments (i) in any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors, and (ii) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of the Restricted Parties;
(d) intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 6.01(b) ;
(e) Consolidated Capital Expenditures permitted by Section 6.08(c) and Section 6.08(d) ;
(f) loans and advances to employees of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) made in the ordinary course of business and described on Schedule 6.07 , and (ii) any refinancings of such loans after the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $500,000 outstanding at any time to any single employee and $2,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time during the term of this Agreement;
(g) Investments made in connection with Permitted Acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 6.09 ;
(h) Investments described in Schedule 6.07 ;
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(i) Investments in Restricted Subsidiaries;
(j) Investments consisting of the formation of Subsidiaries, provided , that (i) any such Subsidiary becomes a Guarantor Subsidiary in accordance with and to the extent required under Section 5.10 , and (ii) any such Subsidiary which does not become a Guarantor Subsidiary shall be required to comply with Section 6.07(i) above or Section 6.07(o) or Section 6.07(p) below (as applicable);
(k) to the extent constituting Investments, the establishment of Permitted New Venues;
(l) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of Intellectual Property pursuant to joint marketing or other similar arrangements with other Persons that are not otherwise prohibited hereunder and which do not interfere in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(m) to the extent constituting Investments, purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of Intellectual Property in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(n) other Investments which are not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.07 in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $1,000,000 plus an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in Cash in respect of any such Investment;
(o) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, other Investments not otherwise permitted by another subsection of this Section 6.07 (other than subsections (f) , (n) or (p) of this Section 6.07 ) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the portion of the Available Amount on such date that Company elects to apply to this Section 6.07(o) ;
(p) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time $20,000,000, plus an aggregate amount equal to any returns (including dividends, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) actually received by the Restricted Parties in Cash in respect of any such Investment; provided , that if any Investment pursuant to this Section 6.07(p) is made in any Joint Venture that was not a Restricted Subsidiary on the date on which such Investment was made but becomes a Restricted Subsidiary thereafter by complying with Section 5.10 , then such Investment may, at the option of Company upon written notice to Administrative Agent (who will notify the Lenders), upon such Joint Venture becoming a Restricted Subsidiary and so long as such Joint Venture remains a Restricted Subsidiary, be deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.07(b) or Section 6.07(i) (to the extent applicable and permitted thereby) and not in reliance on this Section 6.07(p) ; and
(q) the TAO Chicago Note.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Restricted Party make any Investment which results in or facilitates in any manner any Restricted Junior Payment not otherwise permitted under the terms of Section 6.05 .
6.08 Financial Covenants.
(a) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio . Holdings shall not permit the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the first Fiscal Quarter of 2017, to be less than the correlative ratio indicated:
Fiscal Quarter |
Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio |
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First Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
1.50:1.00 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
1.30:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
1.30:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
1.25:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
1.20:1.00 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
1.20:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
1.15:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
1.15:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2021 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter |
1.15:1.00 |
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(b) Leverage Ratio . Holdings shall not permit the Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter, beginning with the first Fiscal Quarter of 2017, to exceed the correlative ratio indicated:
Fiscal Quarter |
Leverage Ratio | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
4.00:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
4.00:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
4.00:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2017 |
4.00:1.00 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
3.75:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
3.75:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
3.75:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2018 |
3.75:1.00 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
3.50:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
3.50:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
3.25:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2019 |
3.25:1.00 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
3.00:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
3.00:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
2.75:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2020 |
2.75:1.00 | |||
First Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
2.50:1.00 | |||
Second Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
2.50:1.00 | |||
Third Fiscal Quarter of 2021 |
2.50:1.00 | |||
Fourth Fiscal Quarter of 2021 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter |
2.50:1.00 |
(c) Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures (Annual Limit) . The Credit Parties shall not, and shall not permit their Restricted Subsidiaries to, make or incur Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding the portion of any Consolidated Capital Expenditures made or incurred on or before January 31, 2018 and funded with proceeds of Reserved Cash), during any CapEx Annual Measurement Period, commencing with the CapEx Annual Measurement Period ending on the last Sunday of the calendar year ending December 31, 2017, in an aggregate
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amount for the Restricted Parties in excess of the sum of (1) CapEx Annual Limit for such CapEx Annual Measurement Period, plus (2) the portion of the Available Amount that Company elects to apply to this Section 6.08(c) for any such CapEx Annual Measurement Period, plus (3) the CapEx Carryover Amount, if any, for such CapEx Annual Measurement Period; it being agreed that, for purposes of this Section 6.08(c) , any Consolidated Capital Expenditures made during any CapEx Annual Measurement Period shall be deemed to be applied first to the applicable CapEx Annual Limit for such CapEx Annual Measurement Period and second to any CapEx Carryover Amount.
(d) Maximum Consolidated Capital Expenditures (LTM Limit) . The Credit Parties shall not, and shall not permit their Restricted Subsidiaries to, make or incur Consolidated Capital Expenditures (excluding (i) the portion of any Consolidated Capital Expenditures made or incurred on or before January 31, 2018 and funded with proceeds of Reserved Cash and (ii) any Consolidated Capital Expenditures made or incurred on or before the Closing Date), during any trailing twelve month period, commencing with the trailing twelve month period ending on February 28, 2017, in an aggregate amount for the Restricted Parties in excess of the CapEx LTM Limit for such trailing twelve month period.
(e) Minimum Consolidated Liquidity . Holdings shall not permit Consolidated Liquidity to be less than $5,000,000 at any time, provided , however, in the event that Consolidated Liquidity shall be less than $5,000,000 at any time, such occurrence shall not be deemed a breach of this Section 6.08(e) so long as (i) within five (5) Business Days of such occurrence, Consolidated Liquidity shall be greater than $5,000,000 and (ii) Consolidated Liquidity shall not have been less than $5,000,000 at any time on more than two (2) occasions in any trailing ninety (90) day period; provided , further , that in the event that Consolidated Liquidity shall be less than $5,000,000 either (x) for any period in excess of five (5) Business Days or (y) on more than two (2) occasions in any trailing ninety (90) day period, such occurrence shall not constitute an Event of Default if, within five (5) Business Days thereafter, Holdings shall have received net cash proceeds of a capital contribution or issuance of Permitted Equity in an amount not less than the greatest amount by which Consolidated Liquidity was less than $5,000,000 at any time during the trailing ninety (90) day period.
(f) [Reserved] .
(g) Financial Cure . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (including Section 8 ), upon the occurrence of an Event of Default as a result of Holdings failure to comply with Section 6.08(a) or (b) above for any Fiscal Quarter, Holdings shall have the right (the Cure Right ) (at any time after such Fiscal Quarter and until the date that is 10 Business Days after the date on which financial statements for such Fiscal Quarter are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 ) to issue Permitted Equity (without giving effect to clause (f) thereof)) for Cash or otherwise receive Cash contributions, and in each case, to the extent such Cash proceeds are contributed to the capital of Company (the Cure Amount ), and upon receipt by Company of such Cash proceeds Section 6.08(a) or (b) shall be recalculated giving effect to a pro forma increase in the amount of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA by an amount equal to the Cure Amount (notwithstanding the absence of a related add-back in the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) solely for the purpose of
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determining compliance with Section 6.08(a) or (b) as of the end of such Fiscal Quarter and for applicable subsequent periods that include such Fiscal Quarter. If, after giving effect to the foregoing recalculation, the requirements of Section 6.08(a) or (b) would be satisfied, then the requirements of Section 6.08(a) or (b) shall be deemed satisfied as of the end of the relevant Fiscal Quarter with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such date, and the applicable breach or default of Section 6.08(a) or (b) that had occurred (or would have occurred) shall be deemed cured for the purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in each four consecutive Fiscal Quarter period there shall be at least two (2) Fiscal Quarters (which may, but are not required to be, consecutive) in which the Cure Right is not exercised, (ii) during the term of this Agreement, the Cure Right shall not be exercised more than four (4) times, (iii) the Cure Amount shall be no greater than the amount required for the purpose of minimally complying with Section 6.08(a) or (b) , (iv) upon the Administrative Agents receipt of a written notice that Holdings intends to exercise the Cure Right, together with a written irrevocable commitment from one or more direct or indirect holders of Capital Stock of Holdings to contribute the full Cure Amount necessary to cure the relevant failure to comply with Section 6.08(a) and/or (b) (a Notice of Intent to Cure ), until the 10th Business Day following the date on which financial statements for the Fiscal Quarter to which such Notice of Intent to Cure relates are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.01 , neither the Administrative Agent (nor any sub-agent therefor) nor any Lender shall exercise any right to accelerate the Loans or terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments, and none of the Administrative Agent (nor any sub-agent therefor) nor any Lender shall exercise any right to foreclose on or take possession of the Collateral or any other right or remedy under the Credit Documents, in each case, solely on the basis of the relevant Event of Default under Section 6.08(a) or (b) , and (v) during any applicable period in which any Cure Amount is included in the calculation of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA as a result of any exercise of the Cure Right, such Cure Amount shall be (A) counted solely as an increase to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (and not as a reduction of Indebtedness) for the purpose of determining compliance with Section 6.08(a) or (b) and (B) disregarded for all other purposes. For the avoidance of doubt, the forgiveness of antecedent debt (whether Indebtedness, trade payables, fees or otherwise) shall not constitute a Cure Amount.
6.09 Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease or sub-lease (as lessor or sublessor), exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and Consolidated Capital Expenditures in the ordinary course of business) the business, property or fixed assets of, or Capital Stock or other evidence of beneficial ownership of, any Person or any division or line of business or other business unit of any Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary of Holdings may be merged with or into Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, property or assets may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one
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transaction or a series of transactions, to Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary; provided , in the case of any such transaction, Company or such Guarantor Subsidiary, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the transferee of the business, property or assets;
(b) sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales;
(c) Asset Sales, the proceeds of which (i) are less than $5,000,000 with respect to any single Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales, and (ii) when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made within the same trailing twelve month period, are less than $10,000,000; provided (1) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the board of directors of Company (or similar governing body)), (2) no less than 75% thereof shall be paid in Cash, provided , that for purposes of this subclause (2) , any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by Company or any of its Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by Company), taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed $1,000,000 (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) shall be deemed to be Cash; and (3) the Net Asset Sale Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.13(a) ;
(d) disposals of obsolete or worn out property;
(e) Permitted Acquisitions;
(f) Investments made in accordance with Section 6.07 ;
(g) (i) dispositions made by any Credit Party to any other Credit Party, (ii) dispositions by any Restricted Party to any Credit Party and (iii) dispositions by any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary;
(h) dispositions of inventory or equipment in the ordinary course of business;
(i) dispositions of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business in a manner not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or the other Credit Documents;
(j) dispositions of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business (including any discount and/or forgiveness thereof) or in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(k) (i) licensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or any Guarantor Subsidiary, and (ii) dispositions, abandonments, cancellations or lapses of Intellectual Property, or issuances or registrations, or applications for issuances or registrations, of Intellectual Property, which, in the reasonable good faith business judgment of Company, are not material to the conduct of the business of Company or its Guarantor Subsidiaries, or are no longer economical to maintain in light of its use;
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(l) dispositions by any Restricted Party of Capital Stock of, or sales of Indebtedness or other Securities of, Unrestricted Subsidiaries, provided , that to the extent applicable, the Cash proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.13(c) ;
(m) dispositions of Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, buy/sell arrangements with Joint Venture Partners set forth in the relevant Joint Venture arrangement, stockholders agreement or similar agreement; provided , that the Cash proceeds thereof shall be applied, to the extent required by Section 2.13(c) , in accordance therewith;
(n) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, and dispositions and/or terminations of any such leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, in each case, which do not materially interfere with the business of Company and its Guarantor Subsidiaries; and
(o) (i) any termination of any lease in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any expiration of any option agreement in respect of real or personal property and (iii) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or litigation claims in the ordinary course of business, in each case, which do not materially interfere with the business of Company and its Guarantor Subsidiaries.
6.10 Disposal of Subsidiary Interests . Except for any sale of all of its interests in the Capital Stock of any of its Subsidiaries in compliance with the provisions of Section 6.09 and transactions under the Credit Documents, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, (a) directly or indirectly sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to another Credit Party or by a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to another Restricted Foreign Subsidiary (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), or to qualify directors if required by applicable law; or (b) permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly to issue, sell, assign, pledge or otherwise encumber or dispose of any Capital Stock of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, except to another Credit Party or by a Restricted Foreign Subsidiary to another Restricted Foreign Subsidiary (subject to the restrictions on such disposition otherwise imposed hereunder), or to qualify directors if required by applicable law.
6.11 Sales and Lease Backs . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, become or remain liable as lessee or as a guarantor or other surety with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, which such Restricted Party (a) has sold or transferred or is to sell or to transfer to any other Person (other than any other Credit Party or, with respect to any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary), or (b) intends to use for substantially the same purpose as any other property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Restricted Party to any Person (other than any other Credit Party or, with respect to any Restricted Foreign Subsidiary, any other Restricted Foreign Subsidiary) in connection with such lease.
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6.12 Transactions with Affiliates . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of Holdings; provided , however , that the Restricted Parties may enter into or permit to exist any such transaction if the terms of such transaction are not less favorable to Holdings or that Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that might be obtained at the time from a Person who is not such a holder or Affiliate; further, provided , that the foregoing restrictions shall not apply to (a) any transaction between Company and any Subsidiary or any other transaction between or among Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Subsidiary as a result of such transaction) to the extent expressly permitted or not prohibited by this Agreement; (b) reasonable and customary fees paid to members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (c) compensation arrangements for officers and other employees of Holdings and its Subsidiaries entered into in the ordinary course of business; (d) the Related Transactions; (e) payments to MSG pursuant to the Parent Organizational Agreement to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder; (f) transactions described in Schedule 6.12 ; (g) transactions with Permitted Joint Ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment, products, parts and services entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (h) the TAO Chicago Note. Company shall disclose in writing each material transaction with any Affiliate of Holdings to Administrative Agent, who will notify each Lender (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, transactions among Restricted Parties not otherwise prohibited hereunder).
6.13 Conduct of Business . From and after the Closing Date, no Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than (i) the businesses of the same general type engaged in by such Restricted Party on the Closing Date or any business that is reasonably related thereto, and (ii) such other lines of business as may be consented to by the Administrative Agent (at the direction of Requisite Lenders).
6.14 Permitted Activities of Holdings . Holdings shall not (a) incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability whatsoever other than the Obligations and Indebtedness and obligations under the Acquisition Agreement and, to the extent permitted under this Agreement, Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by Holdings under the Parent Organizational Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date (including, without limitation, guaranties of the TAO Put/Call Notes); (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets now owned or hereafter acquired by it other than the Liens created under the Collateral Documents to which it is a party or permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 ; (c) engage in any business or activity or own any assets other than (i) holding 100% of the Capital Stock of Company; (ii) performing its obligations and activities incidental thereto under applicable laws and regulations, the Credit Documents, and to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the Acquisition Agreement and Parent Organizational Agreement; and (iii) making Restricted Junior Payments and Investments to the extent permitted by this Agreement; (d) consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person; (e) sell or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of Company; (f) create or acquire any Subsidiary or make or own any Investment in any Person other than Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company; or (g) fail to hold itself out to the public as a legal entity separate and distinct from all other Persons.
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6.15 Amendments or Waivers of Certain Agreements . No Credit Party shall nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, agree to any material amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification to, or waiver of, any of its material rights under the Parent Organizational Agreement or any non-compete or non-solicit provisions of any TAO Group Employment Agreement after the Closing Date without in each case obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Requisite Lenders), in each case, if such amendment, restatement, supplement or other modification or waiver would be materially adverse to Administrative Agent or the Lenders.
6.16 Amendments or Waivers of with respect to Subordinated Indebtedness . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, amend or otherwise change the terms of any Subordinated Indebtedness, or make any payment consistent with an amendment thereof or change thereto, if the effect of such amendment or change is to increase the interest rate on such Subordinated Indebtedness, increase the principal amount thereof, change (to earlier dates) any dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due thereon, change any event of default or condition to an event of default with respect thereto (other than to eliminate any such event of default or increase any grace period related thereto), change the redemption, prepayment or defeasance provisions thereof, change the subordination provisions of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or of any guaranty thereof), or if the effect of such amendment or change, together with all other amendments or changes made, is to increase materially the obligations of the obligor thereunder or to confer any additional rights on the holders of such Subordinated Indebtedness (or a trustee or other representative on their behalf) which would be materially adverse to any Credit Party or Lenders.
6.17 Fiscal Year . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to change its Fiscal Year end from the last Sunday of each calendar year; provided , that, upon prior written notice to Administrative Agent (who will distribute to the Lenders), and subject to Section 1.02 , the Credit Parties may, and may allow their Restricted Subsidiaries to, change their Fiscal Year end to match the Fiscal Year end of MSG or any other MSG Company.
6.18 Deposit Accounts . No Credit Party shall establish or maintain a Deposit Account (other than Excluded Accounts) that is not a Controlled Account and no Credit Party will deposit proceeds in a Deposit Account (other than Excluded Accounts) which is not a Controlled Account.
6.19 Amendments to Organizational Agreements . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Parties to, amend or permit any amendments to such Restricted Partys Organizational Documents in any manner which would be adverse to the interests of the Lenders.
6.20 Prepayments of Certain Indebtedness . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Indebtedness prior to its scheduled maturity, other than (i) the Obligations, (ii) Capital Leases permitted hereunder, (iii) purchase money Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(j) or Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 6.01(n) , in each case, that is secured by a
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Permitted Lien if the asset securing such Indebtedness has been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Section 6.09 , (iv) the TAO Put/Call Notes, to the extent such payment is permitted to be made under Section 6.05(h) , (v) Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(b)(i) , Section 6.01(b)(ii) or Section 6.01(c) , and (vi) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, unsecured Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(w) (including any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the refinancing of Indebtedness using proceeds of Refinancing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(v) shall be permitted under this Section 6.20 .
6.21 Terrorism Sanctions . Each Credit Party will not and will not permit any Subsidiary (a) to become (including by virtue of being owned or controlled by a Blocked Person), own or control a Blocked Person or any Person that is the target of Sanctions, or (b) directly or indirectly to have any investment in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including, without limitation, any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of the Loans) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (i) would cause any Lender or Agent to be in violation of any law or regulation applicable to such Lender or Agent, or (ii) is prohibited by or subject to Sanctions, or (c) to engage in any activity that could subject such Person or any Lender or Agent to Sanctions. No Credit Party shall, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, (i) to fund any activities or business of or with any Person, any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is, or whose government is, the subject of Sanctions, or (ii) in any other manner that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Person (including any Person participating in the Loans, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor, or otherwise).
6.22 Anti-Corruption Laws . Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Loans in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay, or authorization of the payment of any money, or the giving of anything else of value, to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office in violation of the FCPA or any other applicable anti-corruption law.
6.23 New Venues . No Credit Party shall, nor shall it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into a new Venue Agreement, or be a party to any Venue Agreement which was entered into after the Closing Date, other than a Venue Agreement meeting the criteria set forth in the definition of a Permitted New Venue.
SECTION 7. GUARANTY
7.01 Guaranty of the Obligations . Subject to the provisions of Section 7.02 , Guarantors jointly and severally hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Beneficiaries the due and punctual payment in full of all Obligations when the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)) (collectively, the Guaranteed Obligations ).
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7.02 Contribution by Guarantors . All Guarantors desire to allocate among themselves (collectively, the Contributing Guarantors ), in a fair and equitable manner, their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a Funding Guarantor ) under this Guaranty such that its Aggregate Payments exceeds its Fair Share as of such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantors Aggregate Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. Fair Share means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to such Contributing Guarantor, to (ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by , (b) the aggregate amount paid or distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the obligations Guaranteed. Fair Share Contribution Amount means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law; provided , solely for purposes of calculating the Fair Share Contribution Amount with respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 7.02 , any assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. Aggregate Payments means, with respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including, without limitation, in respect of this Section 7.02 ), minus (2) the aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 7.02 . The amounts payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Contributing Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 7.02 shall not be construed in any way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 7.02 .
7.03 Payment by Guarantors . Subject to Section 7.02 , Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Beneficiary may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of Company to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)), Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in Cash, to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for Companys becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against Company for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Beneficiaries as aforesaid.
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7.04 Liability of Guarantors Absolute . Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
(a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;
(b) Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Requisite Lenders shall, enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between Company and any Beneficiary with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;
(c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of Company and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the obligations of Company, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Company or any of such other guarantors and whether or not Company is joined in any such action or actions;
(d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantors liability for any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantors covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantors liability hereunder in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e) any Beneficiary, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantors liability hereunder, from time to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind, waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect
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to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Beneficiary in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Beneficiary may have against any such security, in each case as such Beneficiary in its discretion may determine consistent herewith or the applicable Approved Interest Rate Agreement and Currency Agreement and any applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against Company or any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Credit Documents or Approved Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements; and
(f) this Guaranty and the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or termination for any reason (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents or any Approved Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Credit Documents, any of the Approved Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Credit Document, such Approved Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect; (iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the other Credit Documents or any of the Approved Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements or from the proceeds of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Beneficiary might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Beneficiarys consent to the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set offs or counterclaims which Company may allege or assert against any Beneficiary in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations (other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations), including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; and (viii) any other act or thing or omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations.
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7.05 Waivers by Guarantors . Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require any Beneficiary, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Company, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from Company, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any Deposit Account or credit on the books of any Beneficiary in favor of Company or any other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary whatsoever; (b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of Company or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of Company or any other Guarantor from any cause other than payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Beneficiarys errors or omissions in the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantors obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Guarantors liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default hereunder, the Approved Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to Company and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 7.04 and any right to consent to any thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.
7.06 Guarantors Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc. Until the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Company or any other Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including without limitation (a) any right of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against Company with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may hereafter have against Company, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or hereafter held by any Beneficiary. In addition, until the Guaranteed
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Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations, including, without limitation, any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section 7.02 . Each Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against Company or against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against any such other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any rights any Beneficiary may have against Company, to all right, title and interest any Beneficiary may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Beneficiary may have against such other guarantor. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been finally and indefeasibly paid in full, such amount shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
7.07 Subordination of Other Obligations . Any Indebtedness of Company or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the Obligee Guarantor ) is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such indebtedness collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing shall be held in trust for Administrative Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Administrative Agent for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting, impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other provision hereof.
7.08 Continuing Guaranty . This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain in effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been indefeasibly paid in full and the Revolving Commitments shall have terminated. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.
7.09 Authority of Guarantors or Company . It is not necessary for any Beneficiary to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or Company or the officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them.
7.10 Financial Condition of Company . Any Credit Extension may be made to Company or continued from time to time, and any Approved Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements may be entered into from time to time, in each case without notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of Company at the time of any such grant or continuation or at the time such Approved Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement is entered into, as the case may be. No Beneficiary shall have any obligation to disclose or discuss with any Guarantor its assessment, or any Guarantors assessment, of the financial condition of Company. Each Guarantor has adequate means to
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obtain information from Company on a continuing basis concerning the financial condition of Company and its ability to perform its obligations under the Credit Documents and the Approved Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements, and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial condition of Company and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any Beneficiary to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or conditions of Company now known or hereafter known by any Beneficiary.
7.11 Bankruptcy, etc .
(a) So long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent acting pursuant to the instructions of Requisite Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding of or against Company or any other Guarantor. The obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced, limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or arrangement of Company or any other Guarantor or by any defense which Company or any other Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative body resulting from any such proceeding.
(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such interest as would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantors and Beneficiaries that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which may relieve Company of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantors will permit any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar person to pay Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is commenced.
(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by Company, the obligations of Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s) are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Beneficiary as a preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder. This provision shall survive the repayment of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.
7.12 Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If all of the Capital Stock of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed
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of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be, hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any Beneficiary or any other Person effective as of the time of such Asset Sale.
7.13 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Credit Party to honor all of its obligations under this Agreement in respect of Swap Obligations ( provided , however , that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 7.13 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 7.13 or otherwise under this Agreement, as it relates to such other Credit Party, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until all Guaranteed Obligations have been irrevocably paid in full. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a keepwell, support, or other agreement for the benefit of each other Credit Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.
SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT
8.01 Events of Default . If any one or more of the following conditions or events (each an Event of Default ) shall occur:
(a) Failure to Make Payments When Due . Failure by Company to pay (i) when due the principal of and premium, if any, on any Loan whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise; (ii) when due any installment of principal of any Loan, by notice of voluntary prepayment, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise, and any prepayment premium then due and payable in respect of such payment (including any prepayment premium then due and payable to any Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to Section 2.22 ); or (iii) within three (3) Business Days of when due any interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount due hereunder.
(b) Default in Other Agreements . (i) Failure of any Credit Party or any of their respective Restricted Subsidiaries to pay when due any principal of, interest on or any other amount payable in respect of, one or more items of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness referred to in Section 8.01(a) ) in an individual principal amount of $1,500,000 or more or with an aggregate principal amount of $3,000,000 or more, in each case beyond any applicable grace period, if any, provided therefor; or (ii) breach or default by any Restricted Party with respect to any other material term of (1) one or more items of Indebtedness in the individual or aggregate principal amounts referred to in clause (i) above, or (2) any loan agreement, mortgage, indenture or other agreement relating to such item(s) of Indebtedness, in each case beyond any applicable grace period, if any, provided therefor, if the effect of such breach or default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of that Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders), to cause, that Indebtedness to become or be declared due and payable (or subject to a compulsory repurchase or redeemable) prior to its stated maturity or the stated maturity of any underlying obligation, as the case may be; or
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(c) Breach of Certain Covenants . Failure of any Credit Party to perform or comply with any term or condition contained in (i) Section 5.01 , Section 5.05 , Section 5.06 , Section 5.10 , or Section 5.11 if such failure continues for a period of five (5) Business Days after the earlier of any Authorized Officer of the Credit Parties becoming aware of such default or receipt by Company of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default, or (ii) Section 2.05 , Section 5.02 , Section 5.15 , or Section 6 (it being understood that (x) any breach of Section 6.08(a) or (b) is subject to cure as provided in Section 6.08(g) and (y) any breach of Section 6.08(e) is subject to cure as provided in the two provisos to Section 6.08(e) ); or
(d) Breach of Representations, etc . Any representation, warranty, certification or other statement made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or in any statement or certificate at any time given by any Credit Party or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in writing pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall be false in any material respect as of the date made or deemed made; or
(e) Other Defaults Under Credit Documents . Any Credit Party shall default in the performance of or compliance with any term contained herein or any of the other Credit Documents, other than any such term referred to in any other Section of this Section 8.01 , and such default shall not have been remedied or waived within thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) an officer of any Credit Party becoming aware of such default, or (ii) receipt by Company of notice from Administrative Agent or any Lender of such default; or
(f) Involuntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc . (i) A court of competent jurisdiction shall enter a decree or order for relief in respect of any Restricted Party in an involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief shall be granted under any applicable federal or state law; or (ii) an involuntary case shall be commenced against any Restricted Party under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over any Restricted Party, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall have been entered; or there shall have occurred the involuntary appointment of an interim receiver, trustee or other custodian of any Restricted Party for all or a substantial part of its property; or a warrant of attachment, execution or similar process shall have been issued against any substantial part of the property of any Restricted Party, and any such event described in this clause (ii) shall continue for sixty days without having been dismissed, bonded or discharged; or
(g) Voluntary Bankruptcy; Appointment of Receiver, etc . (i) Any Restricted Party shall have an order for relief entered with respect to it or shall commence a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or under any other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an involuntary case to a voluntary case, under any such law, or shall
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consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or other custodian for all or a substantial part of its property; or any Restricted Party shall make any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) any Restricted Party shall be unable, or shall fail generally, or shall admit in writing its inability, to pay its debts as such debts become due; or the board of directors (or similar governing body) of any Restricted Party (or any committee thereof) shall adopt any resolution or otherwise authorize any action to approve any of the actions referred to herein or in Section 8.01(f) ; or
(h) Judgments and Attachments . Any money judgment, writ or warrant of attachment or similar process involving, individually or in the aggregate at any time, an amount in excess of $5,000,000 (in either case to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has not denied coverage) shall be entered or filed against any Restricted Party or any of their respective assets and shall remain undischarged, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of sixty days (or in any event later than five days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder); or
(i) Dissolution . Any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any Credit Party decreeing the dissolution or split up of such Credit Party and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for a period in excess of thirty days; or
(j) Employee Benefit Plans . (i) There shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $3,000,000 during the term hereof; or (ii) there exists any fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a Lien or security interest under Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or under Section 303(k) of ERISA on the property and rights to property of any one or more of Holdings, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries relating to a liability in excess of $3,000,000; or
(k) Change of Control . A Change of Control shall occur; or
(l) Guaranties, Collateral Documents and other Credit Documents . At any time after the execution and delivery thereof, (i) the Guaranty for any reason, other than the satisfaction in full of all Obligations, shall cease to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms) or shall be declared to be null and void or any Guarantor shall repudiate its obligations thereunder, (ii) this Agreement or any Collateral Document ceases to be in full force and effect (other than by reason of a release of Collateral in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof or the satisfaction in full of the Obligations in accordance with the terms hereof) or shall be declared null and void, or Collateral Agent shall not have or shall cease to have a valid and perfected Lien in any Collateral purported to be covered by the Collateral Documents with the priority required by the relevant Collateral Document, in each case for any reason other than the failure of Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to take any action within its control, or (iii) any Credit Party shall contest the validity or enforceability of any Credit Document (including any subordination agreement contemplated hereunder) in writing or deny in writing that it has any further liability, including with respect to future advances by Lenders, under any Credit Document to which it is a party;
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THEN , (1) upon the occurrence of any Event of Default described in Section 8.01(f) or 8.01(g) , automatically, and (2) upon the occurrence of any other Event of Default, at the request of (or with the consent of) Requisite Lenders, upon notice to Company by Administrative Agent, (A) the Commitments, if any, of each Lender having such Commitments shall immediately terminate; (B) each of the following shall immediately become due and payable, in each case without presentment, demand, protest or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Credit Party: (I) the unpaid principal amount of and accrued interest on the Loans, together with any applicable premium as though such repayment was a voluntary prepayment, and (II) all other Obligations; and (C) Administrative Agent may, and at the direction of the Requisite Lenders shall, cause Collateral Agent to enforce any and all Liens and security interests created pursuant to Collateral Documents.
SECTION 9. AGENTS
9.01 Appointment of Agents . GSSLG is hereby appointed Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and each Lender hereby authorizes GSSLG, in such capacity, to act as its agent in accordance with the terms hereof and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent hereby agrees to act upon the express conditions contained herein and the other Credit Documents, as applicable. The provisions of this Section 9 are solely for the benefit of Agents and Lenders and no Credit Party shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.
9.02 Powers and Duties . Each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent to take such action on such Lenders behalf and to exercise such powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Credit Documents as are specifically delegated or granted to such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof, together with such powers, rights and remedies as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent shall have only those duties and responsibilities that are expressly specified herein and the other Credit Documents. Each Agent may exercise such powers, rights and remedies and perform such duties by or through its agents or employees. No Agent shall have, by reason hereof or any of the other Credit Documents, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender; and nothing herein or any of the other Credit Documents, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be so construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect hereof or any of the other Credit Documents except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
9.03 General Immunity .
(a) No Responsibility for Certain Matters . No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender for the execution, effectiveness, genuineness, validity, enforceability, collectability or sufficiency hereof or any other Credit Document or for any representations, warranties, recitals or statements made herein or therein or made in any written or oral statements or in any financial or other statements, instruments, reports or certificates or any other documents furnished or made by any Agent to Lenders or by or on behalf of any Credit Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated
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thereby or for the financial condition or business affairs of any Credit Party or any other Person liable for the payment of any Obligations, nor shall any Agent be required to ascertain or inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, conditions, provisions, covenants or agreements contained in any of the Credit Documents or as to the use of the proceeds of the Loans or as to the existence or possible existence of any Event of Default or Default or to make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing. Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Administrative Agent shall not have any liability arising from confirmations of the amount of outstanding Loans or the component amounts thereof.
(b) Exculpatory Provisions . No Agent nor any of its officers, partners, directors, employees or agents shall be liable to Lenders for any action taken or omitted by any Agent under or in connection with any of the Credit Documents except to the extent caused by or resulting from such Agents bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order. Each Agent shall be entitled to refrain from any act or the taking of any action (including the failure to take an action) in connection herewith or any of the other Credit Documents or from the exercise of any power, discretion or authority vested in it hereunder or thereunder unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions in respect thereof from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.05 ) and, upon receipt of such instructions from Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders, as the case may be), such Agent shall be entitled to act or (where so instructed) refrain from acting, or to exercise such power, discretion or authority, in accordance with such instructions. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, (i) each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any communication, instrument or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons, and shall be entitled to rely and shall be protected in relying on opinions and judgments of attorneys (who may be attorneys for Holdings and its Subsidiaries), accountants, experts and other professional advisors selected by it; and (ii) no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or (where so instructed) refraining from acting hereunder or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such instructions under Section 10.05).
9.04 Agents Entitled to Act as Lender . The agency hereby created shall in no way impair or affect any of the rights and powers of, or impose any duties or obligations upon, any Agent in its individual capacity as a Lender hereunder. With respect to its participation in the Loans, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as if it were not performing the duties and functions delegated to it hereunder, and the term Lender shall, unless the context clearly otherwise indicates, include each Agent in its individual capacity. Any Agent and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory or other business with Holdings or any of its Affiliates as if it were not performing the duties specified herein, and may accept fees and other consideration from Company for services in connection herewith and otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.
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9.05 Lenders Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgment.
(a) Each Lender represents and warrants that it has made its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of Holdings and its Subsidiaries in connection with Credit Extensions hereunder and that it has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of Holdings and its Subsidiaries. No Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or any such appraisal on behalf of Lenders or to provide any Lender with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter, and no Agent shall have any responsibility with respect to the accuracy of or the completeness of any information provided to Lenders.
(b) Each Lender, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement or a Joinder Agreement and funding its Term Loan and/or Revolving Loans on the Closing Date or by the funding of any New Loans, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Credit Document and each other document required to be approved by any Agent, Requisite Lenders or Lenders, as applicable on the Closing Date or as of the date of funding of such New Loans.
(c) Each Lender (i) represents and warrants that as of the Closing Date such Lender does not own or control any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Credit Party other than the Obligations or any Capital Stock of any Credit Party and (ii) covenants and agrees that from and after the Closing Date such Lender shall not purchase any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Credit Party (other than the Obligations) or Capital Stock of any Credit Party without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
9.06 Right to Indemnity . Each Lender, in proportion to its Pro Rata Share, severally agrees to indemnify each Agent, their Affiliates and their respective officers, partners, directors, trustees, employees and agents of each Agent (each, an Indemnitee Agent Party ), to the extent that such Indemnitee Agent Party shall not have been reimbursed by any Credit Party, for and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket counsel fees and disbursements) or out-of-pocket disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnitee Agent Party in exercising its powers, rights and remedies or performing its duties hereunder or under the other Credit Documents or otherwise in its capacity as such Indemnitee Agent Party in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, IN ALL CASES, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY, OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE AGENT PARTY ; provided , no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from such Indemnitee Agent Partys bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order. If any indemnity furnished to any Indemnitee Agent Party for any purpose shall, in the opinion of such Indemnitee Agent Party, be insufficient or become impaired, such Indemnitee Agent Party may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts
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indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided , in no event shall this sentence require any Lender to indemnify any Indemnitee Agent Party against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Lenders Pro Rata Share thereof; and provided further , this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Lender to indemnify any Indemnitee Agent Party against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement described in the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence.
9.07 Successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent .
(a) Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may resign at any time by giving thirty days prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Company. Upon any such notice of resignation, Requisite Lenders shall have the right, upon five Business Days notice to Company and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and be continuing, written approval by Company (not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and which consent shall be deemed granted if Company fails to respond within ten (10) Business Days of a request for approval or if such proposed successor is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender), to appoint a successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, that successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent and the retiring Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall promptly (i) transfer to such successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent all sums, Securities and other items of Collateral held under the Collateral Documents, together with all records and other documents necessary or appropriate in connection with the performance of the duties of the successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under the Credit Documents, and (ii) execute and deliver to such successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent such amendments to financing statements, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate in connection with the assignment to such successor Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents, whereupon such retiring Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. After any retiring Administrative Agents and Collateral Agents resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder. Administrative Agent may not be removed as an Agent without the then serving Administrative Agents written consent, except if the Administrative Agent is no longer a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender (including pursuant to Section 2.22 ).
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent may assign their rights and duties as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder to a U.S. Affiliate of GSSLG without the prior written consent of, or prior written notice to, Company or the Lenders; provided that Company and the Lenders may deem and treat such assigning Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent as the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent for all purposes hereof, unless and until such assigning Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, provides written notice to Company and the
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Lenders of such assignment. Upon such assignment such Affiliate shall succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents.
9.08 Collateral Documents and Guaranty.
(a) Agents under Collateral Documents and Guaranty . Each Lender hereby further authorizes Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of and for the benefit of Lenders, to be the agent for and representative of Lenders with respect to the Guaranty, the Collateral and the Collateral Documents. Subject to Section 10.05 , without further written consent or authorization from Lenders, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable may execute any documents or instruments necessary to (i) release any Lien encumbering any item of Collateral that is the subject of a sale or other disposition of assets permitted hereby or to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.05 ) have otherwise consented, or (ii) release any Guarantor from the Guaranty pursuant to Section 7.12 or with respect to which Requisite Lenders (or such other Lenders as may be required to give such consent under Section 10.05 ) have otherwise consented.
(b) Right to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranty . Anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, Company, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and each Lender hereby agree that (i) no Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce the Guaranty, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders in accordance with the terms hereof and all powers, rights and remedies under the Collateral Documents may be exercised solely by Collateral Agent, and (ii) in the event of a foreclosure by Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale, Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale and Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of Secured Parties (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Requisite Lenders shall otherwise agree in writing) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply any of the Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price for any collateral payable by Collateral Agent at such sale.
SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.01 Notices; Electronic Communications.
(a) Notices Generally . Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given to a Credit Party, Collateral Agent or Administrative Agent, shall be sent to such Persons address as set forth on Appendix B or in the other relevant Credit Document, and in the case of any Lender, the address as indicated on Appendix B or otherwise indicated to Administrative Agent in writing. Each notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served, telexed or sent by facsimile or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in
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person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile or telex, or three Business Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed; provided , no notice to any Agent shall be effective until received by such Agent. Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) or subsection (c) below shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b) or subsection (c) . Upon receipt by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent of any notice which is required by to be delivered by any Restricted Party hereunder, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent shall reasonably promptly distribute such notice to each Lender.
(b) Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or the Credit Parties may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, such Lender or the Credit Parties, as applicable, provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the senders receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the return receipt requested function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.
(c) Electronic Communication of Approvals . Where any Agents or Lenders approval, consent, determination or direction is required in this Agreement or any other Credit Document, such approval, consent, determination or direction may, at the election of such Agent or Lender in their sole discretion, be given or communicated by electronic communication (including e-mail) in accordance with this Section 10.01 .
10.02 Expenses . Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, Company agrees to pay promptly (a) all the Administrative Agents actual and reasonable costs and expenses of preparation of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto; (b) all the Agents costs of furnishing all opinions by counsel for Company and the other Credit Parties; (c) all the reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to Agents in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and administration of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and any other documents or matters requested by Company; (d) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses of creating and perfecting Liens in favor of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of Secured Parties, including filing and recording fees, expenses and taxes, stamp or documentary taxes, search fees, title insurance premiums and reasonable and documented fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to each Agent and of counsel providing any opinions that any Agent or Requisite Lenders may request in respect of the Collateral or the Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents; (e) all the
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Administrative Agents actual costs and reasonable fees, expenses for, and disbursements of any of Administrative Agents, auditors, accountants, consultants or appraisers whether internal or external, retained by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Requisite Lenders and all reasonable and documented attorneys fees, expenses and disbursements incurred by Administrative Agent; (f) all the actual costs and reasonable expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any appraisers, consultants, advisors and agents employed or retained by Collateral Agent and its counsel, in each case at the direction of and for the benefit of the Lenders) in connection with the custody or preservation of any of the Collateral; (g) all other actual and reasonable costs and expenses incurred by each Agent in connection with the syndication of the Loans and Commitments and the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Credit Documents and any consents, amendments, waivers or other modifications thereto and the transactions contemplated thereby; and (h) after the occurrence of an Event of Default, all reasonable and documented costs and expenses, including reasonable and documented attorneys fees, expenses and disbursements and costs of settlement, incurred by any Agent and Lenders in enforcing any Obligations of or in collecting any payments due from any Credit Party hereunder or under the other Credit Documents by reason of such Event of Default (including in connection with the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon any of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Guaranty by any Agent or actions taken by any Non-Consenting Lender in connection with the enforcement or collection of any compensation or payment due from Company to such Non-Consenting Lender pursuant to Section 2.22 ) or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a work out or pursuant to any insolvency or bankruptcy cases or proceedings.
10.03 Indemnity .
(a) In addition to the payment of expenses pursuant to Section 10.02 , whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, each Credit Party agrees to defend (subject to Indemnitees selection of counsel), indemnify, pay and hold harmless, each Agent and Lender, their Affiliates and their respective officers, partners, directors, trustees, employees and agents of each Agent and each Lender (each, an Indemnitee ), from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities, WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE OR CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF SUCH INDEMNITEE ; provided , no Credit Party shall have any obligation to any Indemnitee hereunder with respect to any Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities arise from the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable order, of that Indemnitee. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 10.03 may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, the applicable Credit Party shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by Indemnitees or any of them.
(b) To the extent permitted by applicable law, no Credit Party shall assert, and each Credit Party hereby waives, any claim against Lenders, Agents and their respective Affiliates, directors, employees, attorneys or agents, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) (whether or
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not the claim therefor is based on contract, tort or duty imposed by any applicable legal requirement) arising out of, in connection with, as a result of, or in any way related to, this Agreement or any Credit Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby or referred to herein or therein, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof or any act or omission or event occurring in connection therewith, and Holdings and Company hereby waives, releases and agrees not to sue upon any such claim or any such damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.
10.04 Set Off . In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default each Lender, and each of their respective Affiliates each of is hereby authorized by each Credit Party at any time or from time to time subject to the consent of Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), without notice to any Credit Party or to any other Person (other than Administrative Agent), any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and to apply any and all deposits (general or special, including Indebtedness evidenced by certificates of deposit, whether matured or unmatured, but not including trust accounts (in whatever currency)) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of any Credit Party (in whatever currency) against and on account of the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party to such Lender hereunder and under the other Credit Documents, including all claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected hereto or with any other Credit Document, irrespective of whether or not (a) such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder, (b) the principal of or the interest on the Loans or any other amounts due hereunder shall have become due and payable pursuant to Section 2 and although such obligations and liabilities, or any of them, may be contingent or unmatured or (c) such obligation or liability is owed to a branch or office of such Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligation or such Indebtedness.
10.05 Amendments and Waivers.
(a) Requisite Lenders Consent . Subject to Sections 10.05(b) and 10.05(c) , no amendment, modification, supplement, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the prior written concurrence of Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders.
(b) Affected Lenders Consent . Without the written consent of each Lender (other than a Defaulting Lender) that would be affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, supplement or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall be effective if the effect thereof would:
(i) extend the scheduled final maturity of any Loan or Note;
(ii) waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled repayment (but not prepayment) of any Obligations;
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(iii) increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Commitment without the written consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby;
(iv) reduce the rate of interest or the cash rate of interest on any Loan or other Obligation (other than any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Loan pursuant to Section 2.09 ) or reduce (by dilution or otherwise) or modify any premium, fee or other amount payable to or for the benefit of such Lender under any Credit Document in any manner which would be adverse to such Lender, or change the form or currency of payment of any Obligations; provided , that any amendment to the financial definitions in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or any premium, fee or other amount for purposes of this clause (iv);
(v) extend the time for payment in cash of any such interest, premium or fees payable to such Lender;
(vi) reduce the principal amount of any Loan;
(vii) amend, modify, terminate, supplement or waive any provision of (x) the proviso contained in the third sentence of Section 2.23 , or (y) this Section 10.05 ;
(viii) amend the definition of Requisite Lenders or Pro Rata Share or modify Section 2.14 , 2.15 or 2.16 in a manner that would alter the order of or the pro rata sharing of payments or setoffs required thereby; provided , with the consent of Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of Requisite Lenders or Pro Rata Share on substantially the same basis as the Term Loan Commitments, the Term Loans, the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Closing Date;
(ix) release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents;
(x) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document;
(xi) change Section 10.06 in a manner which further restricts assignments thereunder without the written consent of each Lender; or
(xii) contractually subordinate the Obligations under the Credit Documents to any other Indebtedness, except to any priority Indebtedness approved in any bankruptcy proceeding involving any of the Credit Parties.
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(c) Other Consents . No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Credit Documents, or consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall:
(i) increase any Revolving Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender; provided , no amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or Event of Default shall constitute an increase in any Revolving Commitment of any Lender;
(ii) amend the definition of Requisite Class Lenders without the consent of Requisite Class Lenders of each Class; provided , with the consent of Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders, additional extensions of credit pursuant hereto may be included in the determination of such Requisite Class Lenders on substantially the same basis as the Term Loan Commitments, the Term Loans, the Revolving Commitments and the Revolving Loans are included on the Closing Date;
(iii) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 3.02(a) with regard to any Credit Extension (whether constituting a Revolving Loan or a Term Loan) without the consent of Requisite Class Lenders of the affected Class;
(iv) alter the required application of any repayments or prepayments as between Classes pursuant to Section 2.14 without the consent of Requisite Class Lenders of each Class which is being allocated a lesser repayment or prepayment as a result thereof; provided , Administrative Agent and the Requisite Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment so long as the application, as between Classes, of any portion of such prepayment which is still required to be made is not altered;
(v) amend, modify or waive any provision of any subordination and intercreditor agreement in a manner that would be adverse to the Lenders in any material respect without the written consent of Requisite Lenders; or
(vi) amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Section 9 as the same applies to any Agent, or any other provision hereof as the same applies to the rights or obligations of any Agent, in each case without the consent of such Agent.
(d) Execution of Amendments, etc . Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 10.05 shall be binding upon each Lender at the time outstanding, each future Lender and, if signed by a Credit Party, on such Credit Party.
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(e) Errors . Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 10.05 , if the Administrative Agent and the Company shall have jointly identified an ambiguity, inconsistency, obvious clerical error or any error or omission of a technical nature, in each case, in any provision of the Credit Documents, then the Administrative Agent and the Company shall be permitted to amend, correct or otherwise cure such ambiguities, inconsistencies, errors or omissions that are not adverse to any Lender and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Credit Document if the same is not objected to in writing by the Requisite Lenders within 10 Business Days following receipt of written notice thereof, together with a copy of the proposed amendment.
10.06 Successors and Assigns; Participations.
(a) Generally . This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and assigns of Lenders. No Credit Partys rights or obligations hereunder nor any interest therein may be assigned or delegated by any Credit Party without the prior written consent of all Lenders. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, Indemnitee Agent Parties under Section 9.06 , Indemnitees under Section 10.03 , their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, Affiliates of each of the Agents and Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
(b) Register . Company, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall deem and treat the Persons listed as Lenders in the Register as the holders and owners of the corresponding Commitments and Loans listed therein for all purposes hereof, and no assignment or transfer of any such Commitment or Loan shall be effective, in each case, unless and until an Assignment Agreement effecting the assignment or transfer thereof shall have been delivered to and accepted by Administrative Agent and recorded in the Register as provided in Section 10.06(e) . Prior to such recordation, all amounts owed with respect to the applicable Commitment or Loan shall be owed to the Lender listed in the Register as the owner thereof, and any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is listed in the Register as a Lender shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, assignee or transferee of the corresponding Commitments or Loans.
(c) Right to Assign . Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell, assign or transfer all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, including, without limitation, all or a portion of its Commitment or Loans owing to it or other Obligations ( provided , however , that each such assignment shall be of a uniform, and not varying, percentage of all rights and obligations under and in respect of any Loan and any related Commitments):
(i) to any Person meeting the criteria of clause (i)(a) or clause (ii)(a) of the definition of the term of Eligible Assignee (provided that such Lender shall provide prompt notice of such assignment to the Administrative Agent (who will promptly notify Company in accordance with Section 10.06(e) )); and
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(ii) to any Person otherwise constituting an Eligible Assignee with the consent of Administrative Agent and, unless a Specified Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Company (such consent of Company not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and which consent shall be deemed granted if Company fails to respond within ten (10) Business Days of a request for approval); provided , each such assignment pursuant to this Section 10.06(c)(ii) shall be in an aggregate amount of not less than (A) $1,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent or as shall constitute the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans of the assigning Lender) with respect to the assignment of the Revolving Commitments and Revolving Loans and (B) $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as may be agreed to by Company and Administrative Agent or as shall constitute the aggregate amount of the Term Loans or New Term Loans of a particular tranche of the assigning Lender) with respect to the assignment of Term Loans.
(d) Mechanics . The assigning Lender and the assignee thereof shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an Assignment Agreement, together with such forms, certificates or other evidence, if any, with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as the assignee under such Assignment Agreement may be required to deliver to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.19(c) .
(e) Notice of Assignment . Upon its receipt and acceptance of a duly executed and completed Assignment Agreement, any forms, certificates or other evidence required by this Agreement in connection therewith, Administrative Agent shall record the information contained in such Assignment Agreement in the Register, shall give prompt notice thereof to Company and shall maintain a copy of such Assignment Agreement.
(f) Representations and Warranties of Assignee . Each Lender, upon execution and delivery hereof or upon executing and delivering an Assignment Agreement, as the case may be, represents and warrants as of the Closing Date or as of the applicable Effective Date (as defined in the applicable Assignment Agreement) that (i) it is an Eligible Assignee; (ii) it has experience and expertise in the making of or investing in commitments or loans such as the applicable Commitments or Loans, as the case may be; (iii) it will make or invest in, as the case may be, its Commitments or Loans for its own account in the ordinary course of its business and without a view to distribution of such Commitments or Loans within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or other federal securities laws (it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Section 10.06 , the disposition of such Revolving Commitments or Loans or any interests therein shall at all times remain within its exclusive control); and (iv) such Lender does not own or control any trade debt or Indebtedness of any Credit Party other than the Obligations or any Capital Stock of any Credit Party. Administrative Agent, each Lender and each prospective Lender may conclusively rely (without any duty of inquiry or further diligence) on a representation made by another Person that such Person is an Eligible Assignee for all purposes under this Agreement (and the Credit Parties shall constitute a third party beneficiary of such representation and may pursue any claim it may have against the Person that made and breached such representation).
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(g) Effect of Assignment . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 10.06 , as of the Effective Date specified in the applicable Assignment Agreement: (i) the assignee thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder to the extent such rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and shall thereafter be a party hereto and a Lender for all purposes hereof; (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned thereby pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination hereof under Section 10.08 ) and be released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lenders rights and obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto; provided , anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder as specified herein with respect to matters arising out of the prior involvement of such assigning Lender as a Lender hereunder); (iii) the Commitments shall be modified to reflect the Commitment of such assignee and any Commitment of such assigning Lender, if any; and (iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Notes to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon Company shall issue and deliver new Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new Commitments and/or outstanding Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.
(h) Participations . Each Lender shall have the right at any time to sell one or more participations to any Person (other than Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates or any Disqualified Person) in all or any part of its Commitments, Loans or in any other Obligation. The holder of any such participation, other than an Affiliate of the Lender granting such participation, shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except with respect to any amendment, modification or waiver that would (i) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan or Note in which such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post default increase in interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof, or increase the amount of the participants participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it being understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation, and that an increase in any Commitment or Loan shall be permitted without the consent of any participant if the participants participation is not increased as a result thereof), (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (iii) release all or substantially all of the Collateral under the Collateral Documents or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty (in each case, except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents) supporting the Loans hereunder in which such participant is participating. Company agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.17(c) , 2.18 and 2.19 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to clause (c) of this Section; provided , (i) a participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.18 or 2.19 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to
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such participant, unless the sale of the participation to such participant is made with Companys prior written consent, and (ii) a participant that would be a Non-US Lender if it were a Lender shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.19 unless Company is notified of the participation sold to such participant and such participant agrees, for the benefit of Company, to comply with Section 2.19 as though it were a Lender. To the extent permitted by law, each participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.04 as though it were a Lender, provided such participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.16 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of Company, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Credit 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 participants interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Credit Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
(i) Certain Other Assignments . In addition to any other assignment permitted pursuant to this Section 10.06 , any Lender may assign, pledge and/or grant a security interest in, all or any portion of its Loans, the other Obligations owed by or to such Lender, and its Notes, if any, to secure obligations of such Lender including, without limitation, any Federal Reserve Bank as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and any operating circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank; provided , no Lender, as between Company and such Lender, shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any such assignment and pledge, and provided further , in no event shall the applicable Federal Reserve Bank, pledgee or trustee be considered to be a Lender or be entitled to require the assigning Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder.
10.07 Independence of Covenants . All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.
10.08 Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements . All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Credit Party set forth in Sections 2.17(c) , 2.18 , 2.19 , 10.02 , 10.03 , 10.04 , and 10.10 and the agreements of Lenders set forth in Sections 2.16 , 9.03(b) and 9.06 shall survive the payment of the Loans, and the termination hereof.
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10.09 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative . No failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Credit Documents or any of the Approved Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.
10.10 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside . Neither any Agent nor any Lender shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Credit Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Credit Party makes a payment or payments to Administrative Agent or Lenders (or to Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders), or Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or Lenders enforce any security interests or exercise their rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.
10.11 Severability . In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or any Note or other Credit Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
10.12 Obligations Several; Actions in Concert . The obligations of Lenders hereunder are several and no Lender shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Credit Document, and no action taken by Lenders pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute Lenders as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity. Anything in this Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding (but subject to the proviso at the end of this sentence), each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or any Note or otherwise with respect to the Obligations without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and any Note or otherwise with respect to the Obligations shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of the Requisite Lenders; provided , however , any Non-Consenting Lender entitled to compensation from Company pursuant to Section 2.22 shall be permitted to take action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of such
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Section 2.22 with respect to the compensation due from Company pursuant to such Section 2.22 . Any Lenders that are Affiliates or Related Funds as of any date of determination shall constitute one (1) creditor holding a single claim for purposes of determining whether a class of claims has made an election pursuant to § 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code and for determining whether a class of claims has accepted or rejected a plan pursuant to § 1126 (c) of the Bankruptcy Code. In the event of a bankruptcy of a Credit Party, the Lenders that are Affiliates or Related Funds shall not take or agree to take actions inconsistent with their agreement to be deemed one (1) creditor holding a single claim.
10.13 Headings . Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.
10.14 APPLICABLE LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW) THEREOF .
10.15 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. (A) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING HERETO OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT, OR ANY OF THE OBLIGATIONS, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH CREDIT PARTY, FOR ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (a) ACCEPTS GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH COURTS; (b) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS; (c) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.01 IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE CREDIT PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT; AND (d) AGREES THAT AGENTS AND LENDERS RETAIN THE RIGHT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(B) EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY AGREES THAT PROCESS MAY BE SERVED ON IT BY CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE ADDRESSES PERTAINING TO IT AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 10.01 . ANY AND ALL SERVICE OF PROCESS AND ANY OTHER NOTICE IN ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST ANY CREDIT PARTY IF
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GIVEN BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, OR BY ANY OTHER MEANS OR MAIL WHICH REQUIRES A SIGNED RECEIPT, POSTAGE PREPAID, MAILED AS PROVIDED ABOVE.
10.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR ANY DEALINGS BETWEEN THEM RELATING TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS LOAN TRANSACTION OR THE LENDER/BORROWER RELATIONSHIP THAT IS BEING ESTABLISHED. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE ALL ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS TRANSACTION, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.16 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE LOANS MADE HEREUNDER. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
10.17 Confidentiality . Each Lender and Agent shall maintain the confidentiality all non-public information regarding Holdings and its Subsidiaries and their businesses obtained by such Agent or Lender pursuant to the requirements hereof in accordance with such Agent or Lenders customary procedures for handling its own confidential information and confidential information of such nature, it being understood and agreed by Company that, in any event, an Agent or Lender may make (i) disclosures of such information to Affiliates of such Lender and to their agents and advisors (and to other persons authorized by a Lender or Agent to organize, present or disseminate such information in connection with disclosures otherwise made in accordance with this Section 10.17 ) on a need to know basis solely in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and who are informed of the confidential nature of such information and are or have been advised of the obligation to keep such information confidential, (ii) disclosures of such information reasonably required by any bona fide or potential assignee, transferee, participant or pledgee (other than any Disqualified Person) in connection with the
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contemplated assignment, transfer, participation or pledge by such Lender of any Loans or any participations therein or by any direct or indirect contractual counterparties (or the professional advisors thereto) in Approved Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements ( provided , such counterparties and advisors are advised of and agree to be bound by the provisions of this Section 10.17 ), (iii) disclosure to any rating agency when required by it, provided that, prior to any disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake in writing to preserve the confidentiality of any confidential information relating to the Credit Parties received by it from any of the Agents or any Lender, (iv) disclosure to any Lenders current or potential financing sources, provided that prior to any disclosure, such financing source is informed of the confidential nature of the information and is or has been advised of the obligation to keep such information confidential, and (v) disclosures required or requested by any Governmental Authority or by the NAIC or representative thereof pursuant to legal or judicial process or other legal proceeding; provided , unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender shall make reasonable efforts to notify Company of any request by any Governmental Authority or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with any examination of the financial condition or other routine examination of such Lender by such Governmental Authority) for disclosure of any such non-public information prior to disclosure of such information. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on or after the Closing Date, Administrative Agent may, at its own expense issue news releases and publish tombstone advertisements and other announcements relating to this transaction in newspapers, trade journals and other appropriate media (which may include use of logos of one or more of the Credit Parties) (collectively, Trade Announcements ), but limited to (A) the name, logo and industry of the Credit Parties, (B) the Closing Date, (C) the aggregate principal amount of the Loans as of the Closing Date, (D) the Term Loan Maturity Date and the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, and (E) the respective arranger and agent roles of the Lenders. No Credit Party shall issue any Trade Announcement except (i) disclosures required by applicable law, regulation, legal process or the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission or (ii) with the prior approval of Administrative Agent. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not directly or indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, in each instance, (a) use in advertising, publicity, or otherwise the name of Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any of its Affiliates, or any partner or employee of Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any of its Affiliates, nor any trade name, trademark, trade device, service mark, symbol or any abbreviation, contraction or simulation thereof owned by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any of its Affiliates, or (b) represent that any product or any service provided by the Company has been approved or endorsed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. or any of its Affiliates.
10.18 Usury Savings Clause . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged or agreed to be paid with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Loans made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for
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above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, Company shall pay to Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of Lenders and Company to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lenders option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Loans made hereunder or be refunded to Company. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Highest Lawful 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.
10.19 Counterparts; Electronic Execution . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement and each other Credit Document by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of an original manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such other Credit Document. The words execution, signed, signature, and words of like import in any Credit Document shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable Law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
10.20 Effectiveness . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution of a counterpart hereof by each of the parties hereto and receipt by Company and Administrative Agent of written or telephonic notification of such execution and authorization of delivery thereof.
10.21 Patriot Act . Each Lender and Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies such Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of such Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify such Credit Party in accordance with the Patriot Act.
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10.22 Judgment Currency .
(a) If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Credit Party in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 10.22 referred to as the Judgment Currency ) an amount due under any Credit Document in any currency (the Obligation Currency ) other than the Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date, or the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 10.22 being hereinafter in this Section 10.22 referred to as the Judgment Conversion Date ).
(b) If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 10.22(a) , there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual receipt for value of the amount due, the applicable Credit Party or Credit Parties shall pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of the Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date. Any amount due from any Credit Party under this Section 10.22(b) shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of any of the Credit Documents.
(c) The term rate of exchange in this Section 10.22 means the rate of exchange at which Administrative Agent, on the relevant date at or about 12:00 noon (New York time), would be prepared to sell, in accordance with Administrative Agents normal course foreign currency exchange practices, the Obligation Currency against the Judgment Currency.
10.23 Contractual Recognition of Bail-In . Notwithstanding any other term of any Credit Document or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any of the parties hereto, each party hereto acknowledges, accepts and agrees that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under the Credit Documents, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the EEA Write-down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and acknowledges, accepts and agrees to be bound by:
(a) the application of any EEA 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;
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(ii) a conversion of all, or part of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or
(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the EEA Write-down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
10.24 Release of Liens and Guaranties.
(a) The Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent by the Credit Parties on any Collateral shall be automatically released: (i) in full upon the date on which all Commitments have been terminated, all Approved Interest Rate Agreements with Lender Counterparties have been terminated and all Obligations have been paid in full in Cash (other than unmatured contingent indemnification and expense reimbursement obligations); (ii) upon the disposition of such Collateral by any Credit Party to a person that is not (and is not required to become) a Credit Party in a transaction not prohibited by this Agreement, (iii) if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Requisite Lenders (or such other percentage of the Lenders whose consent may be required in accordance with Section 10.05 ), and (iv) to the extent that the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty in accordance clause (b) below. Any such release shall not in any manner discharge, affect, or impair the Obligations or any Liens (other than those being released) upon all interests retained by the Credit Parties, including the proceeds of any disposition, all of which shall continue to constitute part of the Collateral except to the extent otherwise released in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Documents.
(b) In addition, the Lenders hereby irrevocably agree that any Guarantor Subsidiary shall be automatically released from the Guaranty upon consummation of any transaction not prohibited hereunder resulting in such Subsidiary Guarantor ceasing to constitute a Subsidiary of Holdings or otherwise becoming an Excluded Subsidiary.
(c) The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall, and the Lenders hereby authorize them to, execute and deliver any instruments, documents, and agreements necessary or desirable to evidence and confirm the release of any Guarantor or Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.24 , all without the further consent or joinder of any Lender.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first written above.
TAO GROUP OPERATING LLC | ||||||||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: | Richard Wolf | |||||||
Title: | Co-President | |||||||
TAO GROUP INTERMEDIATE HOLDING LLC | ||||||||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: | Richard Wolf | |||||||
Title: | Co-President |
[S IGNATURE P AGE TO C REDIT AND G UARANTY A GREEMENT ]
GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES: | 11TH STREET HOSPITALITY LLC | |||||
289 HOSPITALITY, LLC | ||||||
5 CHINESE BROTHERS LLC | ||||||
55TH STREET HOSPITALITY HOLDINGS, LLC | ||||||
57TH STREET HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC | ||||||
ALA HOSPITALITY LLC | ||||||
ASIA CHICAGO MANAGEMENT LLC | ||||||
ASIA FIVE EIGHT LLC | ||||||
ASIA LAS VEGAS LLC | ||||||
ASIA LOS ANGELES LLC | ||||||
ASIA ONE SIX LLC | ||||||
AVENUE HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC | ||||||
B&E LOS ANGELES LLC | ||||||
BAYSIDE HOSPITALITY GROUP LLC | ||||||
BD STANHOPE, LLC | ||||||
BOWERY HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATES LLC | ||||||
BUDDHA BEACH LLC | ||||||
BUDDHA ENTERTAINMENT LLC | ||||||
CHELSEA HOSPITALITY ASSOCIATES LLC | ||||||
CHELSEA HOSPITALITY PARTNERS, LLC | ||||||
CHINA MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||||||
DEARBORN VENTURES LLC | ||||||
GENCO LAND DEVELOPMENT CORP. | ||||||
GUAPO BODEGA LAS VEGAS LLC | ||||||
GUAPO BODEGA LLC | ||||||
LOWER EAST SIDE HOSPITALITY LLC | ||||||
MADISON ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATES LLC | ||||||
NINTH AVENUE HOSPITALITY LLC | ||||||
ROOF DECK AUSTRALIA, LLC | ||||||
ROOF DECK ENTERTAINMENT LLC | ||||||
RMC LICENSING LLC | ||||||
RMNJ LICENSING LLC | ||||||
RPC LICENSING LLC | ||||||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: |
Richard Wolf |
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Title: |
Co-President |
[S IGNATURE P AGE TO C REDIT AND G UARANTY A GREEMENT ]
GUARANTOR SUBSIDIARIES (Contd): | SEVENTH AVENUE HOSPITALITY LLC | |||||
STANTON SURF CLUB LLC | ||||||
STRATEGIC DREAM LOUNGE, LLC | ||||||
STRATEGIC DREAM MIDTOWN BL, LLC | ||||||
STRATEGIC DREAM MIDTOWN LL, LLC | ||||||
STRATEGIC DREAM MIDTOWN RT, LLC | ||||||
STRATEGIC DREAM RESTAURANT, LLC | ||||||
STRATEGIC DREAM ROOFTOP, LLC | ||||||
STRIP VIEW ENTERTAINMENT LLC | ||||||
TAO GROUP MANAGEMENT LLC | ||||||
TAO LICENSING LLC | ||||||
TG HOSPITALITY GROUP, LLC | ||||||
TSPW MANAGERS LA, LLC | ||||||
VIP EVENT MANAGEMENT LLC | ||||||
WPTS, LLC | ||||||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: |
Richard Wolf |
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Title: |
Co-President |
[S IGNATURE P AGE TO C REDIT AND G UARANTY A GREEMENT ]
GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P. , as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Sole Lead Arranger | ||||||
By: |
/s/ Stephen W. Hipp |
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Name: | Stephen W. Hipp | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||||
GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING HOLDINGS, INC. , as a Lender | ||||||
By: |
/s/ Stephen W. Hipp |
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Name: | Stephen W. Hipp | |||||
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[S IGNATURE P AGE TO C REDIT AND G UARANTY A GREEMENT ]
PROVIDENCE DEBT FUND III LP , as a Lender | ||||||
By: | Providence Debt Fund III GP L.P., its general partner | |||||
By: | Providence Debt Fund III Ultimate GP Ltd., its general partner | |||||
By: |
/s/ Bryan Martoken |
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Name: | Bryan Martoken | |||||
Title: | Director | |||||
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS SMA-C SPV LP , as a Lender | ||||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners L.L.C., its investment advisor | |||||
By: |
/s/ Bryan Martoken |
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Name: | Bryan Martoken | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS SMA-C LP , as a Lender | ||||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners L.L.C., its investment advisor | |||||
By: |
/s/ Bryan Martoken |
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Name: | Bryan Martoken | |||||
Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
[S IGNATURE P AGE TO C REDIT AND G UARANTY A GREEMENT ]
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS SMA LM LP , as a Lender | ||||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners SMA LM GP L.P., its general partner | |||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners SMA LM Ultimate GP LLC, its general partner | |||||
By: |
/s/ Bryan Martoken |
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Name: | Bryan Martoken | |||||
Title: | Director | |||||
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND SPV LLC , as a Lender | ||||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners Capital Opportunity Fund L.P., its managing member | |||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners Capital Opportunity Fund GP L.P., its general partner | |||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners Capital Opportunity Fund Ultimate GP LLC, its general partner | |||||
By: |
/s/ Bryan Martoken |
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Name: | Bryan Martoken | |||||
Title: | Director | |||||
BENEFIT STREET PARTNERS CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY FUND LP , as a Lender | ||||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners Capital Opportunity Fund GP L.P., its general partner | |||||
By: | Benefit Street Partners Capital Opportunity Fund Ultimate GP LLC, its general partner | |||||
By: |
/s/ Bryan Martoken |
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Name: | Bryan Martoken | |||||
Title: | Director |
[S IGNATURE P AGE TO C REDIT AND G UARANTY A GREEMENT ]
DBD CREDIT FUNDING LLC , as a Lender | ||||||
By: |
/s/ Constantine M. Dakolias |
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Name: | Constantine M. Dakolias | |||||
Title: | President |
[S IGNATURE P AGE TO C REDIT AND G UARANTY A GREEMENT ]
Exhibit 10.3
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
TAO Group Holdings LLC
dated as of January 31, 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I | ||||||
Purpose; Capitalization | ||||||
Section 1.1 |
Purpose |
2 | ||||
Section 1.2 |
Issuance of Membership Interests |
2 | ||||
Section 1.3 |
Capital Accounts |
2 | ||||
Section 1.4 |
Preemptive Right |
3 | ||||
Section 1.5 |
Budget |
5 | ||||
Section 1.6 |
Term |
6 | ||||
Section 1.7 |
Registered Agent and Registered Office |
6 | ||||
Article II | ||||||
Distributions; Allocation of Profits and Losses | ||||||
Section 2.1 |
Distributions |
6 | ||||
Section 2.2 |
Allocations Generally |
7 | ||||
Section 2.3 |
Tax Allocations |
10 | ||||
Section 2.4 |
Withholding and other Tax Payments |
10 | ||||
Section 2.5 |
No Interest; No Return of Capital |
11 | ||||
Article III | ||||||
Fiscal Matters | ||||||
Section 3.1 |
Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative |
11 | ||||
Section 3.2 |
Tax Elections |
12 | ||||
Section 3.3 |
Fiscal and Tax Year; Auditor |
12 | ||||
Section 3.4 |
Books and Records |
12 | ||||
Section 3.5 |
Financial Statements; K-1 |
12 | ||||
Section 3.6 |
Additional Information; Access |
14 | ||||
Article IV | ||||||
Administration and Management | ||||||
Section 4.1 |
Management |
14 | ||||
Section 4.2 |
Cash Flow Deficiency |
23 | ||||
Section 4.3 |
Limitation of Liability |
25 | ||||
Section 4.4 |
Indemnification |
26 | ||||
Section 4.5 |
D&O Insurance |
27 | ||||
Section 4.6 |
Other Activities |
27 | ||||
Section 4.7 |
Confidentiality |
28 | ||||
Section 4.8 |
Management Fee, Etc. |
29 |
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Article V | ||||||
Meetings and Voting | ||||||
Section 5.1 |
Meetings of Members |
31 | ||||
Section 5.2 |
Meetings of the Board |
32 | ||||
Section 5.3 |
Participation in Meetings |
33 | ||||
Section 5.4 |
No Voting Agreements |
33 | ||||
Article VI | ||||||
Transfers | ||||||
Section 6.1 |
No Transfers |
33 | ||||
Section 6.2 |
Certain Transfers |
35 | ||||
Section 6.3 |
Right of First Offer |
35 | ||||
Section 6.4 |
Tag-Along Rights |
37 | ||||
Section 6.5 |
Drag-Along Rights |
38 | ||||
Section 6.6 |
Put Right for Class A Common Units |
41 | ||||
Section 6.7 |
Call Right for Class A Common Units |
49 | ||||
Section 6.8 |
Determination of Fair Market Value |
55 | ||||
Section 6.9 |
Transfers of Preferred Units With Class A Common Units |
56 | ||||
Section 6.10 |
Transfers of Preferred Units Without Class A Common Units |
58 | ||||
Section 6.11 |
Transfers of Attributable Interests |
59 | ||||
Section 6.12 |
Other Rollover Holdco Member Put and Call Rights |
60 | ||||
Article VII | ||||||
Dissolution; Liquidation | ||||||
Section 7.1 |
Dissolution |
60 | ||||
Section 7.2 |
Liquidation and Distribution |
60 | ||||
Section 7.3 |
Certificate of Cancellation |
61 | ||||
Article VIII | ||||||
Miscellaneous | ||||||
Section 8.1 |
Certain Interpretive Matters |
61 | ||||
Section 8.2 |
Notices |
62 | ||||
Section 8.3 |
Successors and Assigns |
63 | ||||
Section 8.4 |
No Third Party Beneficiary |
63 | ||||
Section 8.5 |
Entire Agreement |
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Section 8.6 |
Amendment; Waiver |
63 | ||||
Section 8.7 |
Specific Performance |
64 | ||||
Section 8.8 |
Counterparts |
64 | ||||
Section 8.9 |
Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction |
65 | ||||
Section 8.10 |
Waiver of Jury Trial |
65 | ||||
Section 8.11 |
Severability |
65 | ||||
Section 8.12 |
No Presumption |
66 | ||||
Section 8.13 |
Exercise of Contractual Rights |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
TAO Group Holdings LLC
This Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of January 31, 2017 (this Agreement ) is among TAO Group Holdings LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company ), MSG TG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( MSG ), TG Rollover Holdco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( Rollover Holdco ), each of the Persons designated as a Principal on a signature page hereto (the Principals ), each of the Persons designated as an Employee Rollover Holdco Member on a signature page hereto (the Employee Rollover Holdco Members) , each of the Persons designated as an Other Rollover Holdco Member on a signature page hereto (the Other Rollover Holdco Members ; the Principals, the Employee Rollover Holdco Members and the Other Rollover Holdco Members are referred to as the Rollover Holdco Members ), and solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Sections 6.6 (other than 6.6(c) and 6.6(d)), 6.8, 6.9 (other than 6.9(b)) and Article VIII (insofar as such Article VIII relates to its rights and obligations under Sections 6.6 (other than 6.6(c) and 6.6(d)), 6.8 and 6.9 (other than 6.9(b)), THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY, a Delaware corporation. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in Exhibit A .
The Company was organized on September 23, 2016, was previously governed pursuant to that certain Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of such date and is governed pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of January 30, 2017 (the Existing Agreement ).
In connection with a series of restructuring transactions (the Restructuring ) contemplated by the Restructuring Agreement that were consummated prior to the consummation of the Transactions, each of the Rollover Holdco Members received equity interests in Rollover Holdco, which in turn received equity interests in the Company.
Immediately prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, MSG, Rollover Holdco, the Rollover Holdco Members and certain other Persons who at such time were members of the Company consummated the transactions (the Transactions ) contemplated by the Transaction Agreement dated as of January 31, 2017 (as amended, the Transaction Agreement ) pursuant to which, among other things, (i) MSG acquired 62.5% of the Class A Common Units and 87.46% of the Preferred Units, (ii) the Principals collectively acquired 0.8% of the Class A Common Units, and (iii) Rollover Holdco acquired 36.7% of the Class A Common Units and 12.54% of the Preferred Units.
The Rollover Holdco Members are the only members of Rollover Holdco. Each Rollover Holdco Member owns the number of Rollover Holdcos Class A common units ( Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units ) set forth opposite the name of such Rollover Holdco Member on Exhibit B in the column captioned Number of Rollover Holdcos Class A common units and the number of Rollover Holdcos preferred units ( Rollover Holdco Preferred Units ) set
forth opposite the name of such Rollover Holdco Member on Exhibit B in the column captioned Number of Rollover Holdcos preferred units. The total number of outstanding Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units is the same as the number of Class A Common Units directly held by Rollover Holdco, and the total number of outstanding Rollover Holdco Preferred Units is the same as the number of Preferred Units directly held by Rollover Holdco. Class A Common Units that correspond to Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units are referred to as Attributable Class A Common Units. Preferred Units that correspond to Rollover Holdco Preferred Units are referred to as Attributable Preferred Units. The Attributable Class A Common Units and the Attributable Preferred Units are referred to as the Attributable Interests.
In connection with the Transactions, the Company and the Members wish to amend and restate the Existing Agreement to read as set forth herein.
In consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
Article I
Purpose; Capitalization
Section 1.1 Purpose . The purpose of the Company is to engage in any business or activity for which a limited liability company may be formed under the Act. The Company shall have all the powers necessary or convenient to effect any purpose for which it is formed, including all powers granted by the Act.
Section 1.2 Issuance of Membership Interests .
(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the number and type of Units owned by each Member is as set forth on Exhibit B .
(b) No Member shall have any obligation to the Company, to any other Member or to any creditor of the Company to make any additional capital contributions to the Company, and no Member in its capacity as such shall be liable for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company.
Section 1.3 Capital Accounts .
(a) A capital account shall be maintained for each Member in accordance with the rules of Treasury Regulations §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). The capital account of each Member shall be credited with (i) the amount of any capital contribution made in cash by such Member, (ii) the Agreed Value (net of any liabilities the Company is considered to assume under or take subject to Section 752 of the Code) of any capital contribution made in property other than cash by such Member, (iii) allocations to such Member of Net Income pursuant to Section 2.2, and (iv) any other item required to be credited for proper maintenance of capital accounts by the Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code. A Members capital account shall be debited with (w) the amount of any cash distributed to such Member, (x) the Agreed Value (net of
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liabilities that such Member is considered to assume under or take subject to Section 752 of the Code) of any property other than cash distributed to such Member, (y) allocations to such Member of Net Loss pursuant to Section 2.2, and (z) any other item required to be debited for proper maintenance of capital accounts by the Treasury Regulations under Section 704(b) of the Code. Each Members capital account shall be adjusted as required by Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) to reflect a revaluation of Company property at Agreed Value upon the occurrence of any event described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)(5) (including the Transactions) based upon the manner in which gain or loss upon a sale of all the assets of the Company for Agreed Value would be allocated. Members capital accounts shall also be adjusted in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s) upon the exercise of any non-compensatory option.
(b) In the event that all or any portion of any Interest is transferred in accordance with this Agreement, the transferee(s) of such Interest shall succeed to all or the corresponding portion, as the case may be, of the transferors capital account.
(c) Immediately following the consummation of the Transactions, the capital account balances of MSG and Rollover Holdco shall be equal to the sum of (i) such Members Preferred Capital Contribution (if any) plus , (ii) the product of (x) the number of Class A Common Units owned thereby multiplied by (y) the price per-Class A Common Unit paid by MSG pursuant to the Transaction Agreement.
Section 1.4 Preemptive Right .
(a) If, at any time after the date of this Agreement the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall propose to issue or sell any Preemptive Securities, then each Eligible Party shall have the right to purchase (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase in accordance with Section 6.11(a)) from the Company or such Subsidiary, as applicable (the Preemptive Right ), on the same terms and conditions (including at the same price per Preemptive Security) set forth in the Preemptive Rights Notice (as defined below), up to (i) a percentage of such Preemptive Securities so that the percentage obtained by dividing the number of Preemptive Securities that such Eligible Party is entitled to purchase (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase in accordance with Section 6.11(a)) by the total number of Preemptive Securities is equal to the Percentage Share of such Member or Rollover Holdco Member, as applicable, plus (ii) any additional Preemptive Securities that such Eligible Party shall be entitled to purchase (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase in accordance with Section 6.11(a)) pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 1.4(c). Each Eligible Party shall have the right to assign its Preemptive Right to any of its Permitted Transferees.
(b) In connection with any Preemptive Right, the Company shall, by written notice (a Preemptive Rights Notice ), provide an offer to sell to each Eligible Party that number of Preemptive Securities of any proposed issuance in accordance with Section 1.4(c). Any Preemptive Rights Notice shall include the applicable purchase price per Preemptive Security, the aggregate amount of Preemptive Securities offered, the number of Preemptive Securities offered to such Eligible Party in accordance with Section 1.4(a), the proposed closing
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date, the place and time for the issuance thereof (which shall be no less than 25 days from the date of such notice), a summary of the material rights and obligations of the Preemptive Securities and any other material terms and conditions of the offer.
(c) Within 15 days from the date of receipt of a Preemptive Rights Notice, any Eligible Party wishing to exercise its Preemptive Right concerning the Preemptive Securities referred to therein shall deliver written notice (an Exercise Notice ) to the Company setting forth (i) the number of Preemptive Securities that such Eligible Party commits to purchase (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, commits to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase in accordance with Section 6.11(a)) (which may be for all or any portion of such Preemptive Securities offered to such Eligible Party in the Preemptive Rights Notice), and (ii) the portion (if any) of any such Preemptive Securities the other Eligible Parties have not committed to purchase (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, have not committed to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase pursuant to Section 6.11(a)) pursuant to duly given Exercise Notices pursuant to this Section 1.4(c) that such Eligible Party commits to purchase (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, commits to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase in accordance with Section 6.11(a)) (such portion not to exceed such Eligible Partys Relative Percentage Share of the Preemptive Securities to be purchased (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, with respect to which a commitment to direct Rollover Holdco to make a purchase in accordance with Section 6.11(a) has been made) by all Eligible Parties pursuant to this clause (ii) of Section 1.4(c)). Any Eligible Party who shall fail to give the Company an Exercise Notice during the foregoing 15-day period after receipt of a Preemptive Rights Notice shall be deemed to have forfeited such Eligible Partys right to acquire (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, such Eligible Partys right to direct Rollover Holdco to acquire in accordance with Section 6.11(a)) the Preemptive Securities offered pursuant to such Preemptive Rights Notice.
(d) The closing of the issuance or sale of Preemptive Securities with respect to any Eligible Party who shall duly give an Exercise Notice shall occur on the date and at the location specified by the Company. The same terms and conditions (including the same price per Preemptive Security) shall apply to all participants in the issuance of all such Preemptive Securities (except that, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, such Rollover Holdco Member shall (without limiting its obligation to make the same representations and warranties and agree to the same covenants and agreements as a participant that is not a Rollover Holdco Member) direct Rollover Holdco to purchase such Preemptive Securities pursuant to Section 6.11(a)). In the event that such a closing does not occur within 120 days of the delivery of a Preemptive Rights Notice, the Company shall repeat the procedure set forth in Sections 1.4(a), 1.4(b) and 1.4(c) with respect to such Preemptive Securities.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no Eligible Party (other than a Principal in the event that such Principals representation and warranty in the Transaction Agreement that he is an accredited investor on the date of this Agreement is accurate) shall have a right to purchase Preemptive Securities pursuant to this Section 1.4 if such purchase will violate any applicable securities laws (whether or not such violation may be cured by a filing of a registration statement or any other special disclosure, but allowing for any readily available exemptions that do not impose any requirement to provide a disclosure document to investors); provided , however , that in the event applicable securities laws shall change after the
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date of this Agreement so as to provide an exemption therefrom that would be satisfied by providing the Eligible Parties with, in addition to information otherwise required to be provided to them pursuant to this Section 1.4, financial statements otherwise prepared by the Company in the ordinary course of business pursuant to Section 3.5 or any other information prepared or delivered to any other purchaser of such securities, then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such exemption.
Section 1.5 Budget .
(a) A detailed budget (as in effect from time to time, the Budget ) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period ending December 31, 2017 is attached as Exhibit C-2 . Also attached as Exhibit C-3 is an initial five-year business plan of which the Budget for the period ending December 31, 2017 is a part (as in effect from time to time, the Business Plan ). The initial Budget and the Business Plan attached as Exhibit C-2 and Exhibit C-3 are each hereby deemed to have been approved by the Board and the Principal Base. No later than 90 days prior to the start of the Company Fiscal Year ending December 30, 2018 and any subsequent Company Fiscal Year, the Company shall submit to the Board a proposed Budget, in the same form as the Budget attached as Exhibit C-2 or in such other form as is otherwise approved by the Board, setting forth all of the proposed expenditures (operating expenditures and capital expenditures) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such subsequent Company Fiscal Year and a proposed Business Plan for the five Company Fiscal Year period of which the Budget is a part; provided , however , that, subject to Section 1.5(b), any such new Budget and Business Plan shall be subject to the approval of the Board and the Principal Veto Rights (it is understood and agreed that if the Board approves such Budget or Business Plan in the form submitted by the Company, such Budget or Business Plan (as applicable) shall be deemed approved by the Principals). Each new Business Plan shall be in the same form (and at least the same detail) as the Business Plan attached as Exhibit C-3 or in such other form as is otherwise approved by the Board. Additionally, the first Company Fiscal Year and the first quarter of the second Company Fiscal Year of each Business Plan shall provide line item detail for each month therein.
(b) If a Budget for any Company Fiscal Year has not been approved by the Board prior to the start of such Company Fiscal Year (including if the Principals exercise the Principal Veto Rights with respect thereto), then the Budget for such Company Fiscal Year (a Rollover Budget ) shall be the same as the Budget for the prior Company Fiscal Year, except that certain specified line items in the Rollover Budget shall be increased in accordance with the terms provided in Exhibit C-1(ii) (including subject to further adjustments in any line item in order to permit expenditures under any Contract of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that had been properly authorized under this Agreement before such Rollover Budget went into effect). Until such time as an updated Business Plan has been approved by the Board pursuant to this Section 1.5, the Business Plan shall continue to be such Business Plan most recently approved by the Board. For the avoidance of doubt, the term Budget as used in the Agreement shall include any Rollover Budget that may be in effect at the time.
(c) In addition to new venues that are specifically budgeted, Budgets (including any Rollover Budget, if necessary) will reserve the amount necessary, if available, to satisfy amounts referenced to in clause (c) of the definition of Available Cash (with any expenditure of such amounts subject to approval by the Board).
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Section 1.6 Term . The Company shall have perpetual existence unless sooner dissolved and its affairs wound up as provided in Article VII.
Section 1.7 Registered Agent and Registered Office . The name of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware shall be Corporation Service Company, and the address of such registered agent and the address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware shall be 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808. Such office and such agent may be changed to such place within the State of Delaware and any successor registered agent, respectively, as may be determined from time to time by the Board in accordance with the Act.
Article II
Distributions; Allocation of Profits and Losses
Section 2.1 Distributions .
(a) Distributions . Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.2, distributions shall be made to the Members at such times and in such amounts as determined and approved by the Board (including as required pursuant to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.1(c)).
(b) Tax Distributions . The Company shall distribute to each Member with respect to each fiscal quarter following the Effective Time amounts at least two business days prior to the date on which any U.S. federal income taxes are due such that each Member receives an amount at least equal to (i) the sum of (A) the Preferred Return allocable to such Member in respect of such fiscal quarter plus , (B) the amount of net taxable income allocable to such Member (including income attributable to Preferred Units, but without duplication of amounts described in clause (A)) in respect of such fiscal quarter reduced by allocable losses (including losses allocable to any predecessor of such Member and taking into account basis adjustments pursuant to Section 743 of the Code) (but not taking into account any period or portion thereof prior to the Effective Time) for prior periods following the Effective Time not previously taken into account pursuant to this Section 2.1(b), as reasonably estimated by the Company, multiplied by (ii) an assumed tax rate equal to the greater of 52% and the highest marginal federal, state and local income tax rate applicable at the time such distribution is made to an individual resident in New York, NY (as determined in good faith by the Companys tax matters partner or partnership representative in consultation with the Qualified Principals). All distributions pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) shall be made to the Members in accordance with their Preferred Percentage Shares to the extent attributable to their Preferred Units, and all remaining distributions pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) shall be made to the Members in accordance with their Percentage Shares. Any distributions made to a Member pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) shall be credited against and reduce amounts subsequently distributable to such Member pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i) (in the case of distributions pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) attributable to their Preferred Units) and pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(iii) (in the case of distributions pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) attributable to their Class A Common Units).
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(c) Distributions of Available Cash . Subject to applicable law and any applicable Approval Rights, after making distributions pursuant to Section 2.1(b), to the extent permitted to be paid by the Company pursuant to any Company Loan Agreement, the Company shall make distributions of Available Cash to the Members no less than once each year (including any other distributions authorized by the Board) as follows:
(i) first , to the holders of Preferred Units in accordance with their respective Preferred Percentage Shares until they shall have received a Preferred Return (taking into account prior distributions (if any) attributable to their Preferred Units) on their Unreturned Preferred Capital Contributions Amount;
(ii) second , to the holders of Preferred Units in accordance with their respective Preferred Percentage Shares until the Unreturned Preferred Capital Contributions Amount is zero (and upon distribution of the Preferred Return and the entire Unreturned Preferred Capital Amount in respect of such Preferred Units, such Preferred Units will be deemed to have been redeemed in full by the Company and no longer issued and outstanding without any further action by any holder thereof); and
(iii) third , to the holders of Class A Common Units in accordance with their respective Percentage Shares.
(d) Distributions in Kind . Any distributions in kind shall be made at such times and in such amounts as determined and approved by the Board, based on their Fair Market Value as determined by the Board in good faith in the same proportions as if Available Cash were (to the extent permitted to be paid by the Company pursuant to any Company Loan Agreement) distributed in accordance with Section 2.1(c). If cash and property are to be distributed in kind simultaneously, the Company shall distribute such cash and property in kind in the same proportion to each Member.
Section 2.2 Allocations Generally .
(a) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 2.2(b) through (i), Net Income or Net Loss for any Company Fiscal Year, and, to the extent that the Board determines it is necessary or appropriate, individual items of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company shall be allocated among the Members so as to cause each Members capital account balance to equal as nearly as possible (i) the amount of the distribution that such Member would receive pursuant to Section 7.2(d) if, at the end of such Company Fiscal Year, each Company asset were sold for an amount of cash equal to such assets Book Value, each liability of the Company were satisfied in cash in accordance with its terms (limited, with respect to each Nonrecourse Liability, to the Book Value of any asset or assets securing such Nonrecourse Liability), and all remaining cash of the Company were distributed to the Members in accordance with Section 7.2 minus (ii) such Members shares of Company Minimum Gain and Minimum Gain Attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt, computed immediately prior to the hypothetical sale of assets. The Principals shall be entitled to review and the Principal Base shall be entitled to approve the allocations pursuant to this Section 2.2; provided , however , that approval may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed and the Principals may only withhold approval on
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the basis that the allocations are unreasonable, and if MSG and the Principals dispute the reasonableness of any allocation, KPMG LLP or, if KPMG is not available or has a conflict of interest that causes it to decline the engagement, another nationally recognized accounting firm upon which MSG and the Principals shall mutually agree, shall resolve such dispute.
(b) If there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during a Company taxable year, each Member shall be specially allocated items of income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for subsequent years) in the order specified in Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(j)(2) in proportion to, and to the extent of, an amount equal to the portion of such Members share of the net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during such year (which share of such net decrease shall be determined under Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(g)(2)). This Section 2.2(b) is intended to be a minimum gain chargeback described in Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(f) and is to be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(c) If there is a net decrease during a Company taxable year in the Minimum Gain Attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt (as determined under Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(i)(3)), any Member with a share of Minimum Gain Attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt at the beginning of such year shall be specially allocated items of income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for subsequent years) in the order specified in Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(j)(2) in proportion to, and to the extent of, an amount equal to the portion of such Members share of the net decrease in Minimum Gain Attributable to such Member Nonrecourse Debt (as determined under Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(g)(2)), during such year. This Section 2.2(c) is intended to be a partner minimum gain chargeback described in Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(i)(4) and is to be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(d) Items of Company loss, deduction or Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditure that are attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt ( Member Nonrecourse Deductions ) shall be allocated among the Members who bear the Economic Risk of Loss for such Member Nonrecourse Debt. This provision is to be interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements of Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(i)(1).
(e) The Nonrecourse Deductions for each taxable year of the Company shall be allocated to the Members in proportion to their Percentage Shares.
(f) In the event that any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5), or 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6), items of Company income and gain shall be specifically allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by the Treasury Regulations promulgated under Section 704(b) of the Code, any Adjusted Capital Account Deficit created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible. This provision is intended to be a qualified income offset described in Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and is to be interpreted in a manner consistent therewith.
(g) To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Company property pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to
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Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining capital accounts as a result of a distribution to a Member, the amount of such adjustment to the capital accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the Company property) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the Company property), and such gain or loss shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), as the case may be.
(h) Net Loss allocated pursuant to Section 2.2(a) shall not exceed the maximum amount of Net Loss that can be allocated without causing any Member to have an Adjusted Capital Account Deficit at the end of any Company Fiscal Year. In the event some but not all of the Members would have Adjusted Capital Account Deficits as a consequence of an allocation of Net Loss pursuant to Section 2.2(a), the limitation set forth in this Section 2.2(j) shall be applied on a Member by Member basis and Net Loss not allocable to any Member as a result of such limitation shall be allocated to the other Members in accordance with the positive balances in such Members capital accounts so as to allocate the maximum permissible Net Loss to each Member under Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and, thereafter, pro rata based on Percentage Shares.
(i) In the event that any item of Company income, gain, loss, deduction or Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditure is allocated pursuant to Section 2.2(b) through (g), subsequent items of Company income, gain, loss, deduction or Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditure (as determined for purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss) shall, to the extent consistent with Section 2.2(b) through (h), be allocated between the Members so as to eliminate as quickly as possible on a proportionate basis, with respect to each Member, any disparity between (i) the sum of (x) such Members capital account balance and (y) such Members share of Company Minimum Gain and Minimum Gain Attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debts determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation §§1.704-2(g) and (i)(5) and (ii) the capital account which such Member would have had if all Company Minimum Gain and Minimum Gain Attributable to any Member Nonrecourse Debt had been realized and all allocations of Net Income and Net Loss had been made pursuant to Section 2.2(a) (without giving effect to the reference therein to Section 2.2(b) through (h)).
(j) In the event that any item or items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the Company or any Member (or any Person related to a Member) is reallocated between the Company and any Member (or any Person related to a Member) pursuant to Code Section 482, then the allocation of the income, gain, loss or deduction of the Company for the year in which such reallocation occurs shall be made in such a fashion that the capital accounts of all Members, after taking into account any deemed contributions or distributions arising in connection with such reallocation, shall be equal to what they would have been if no reallocation had occurred.
(k) In the event that the Percentage Shares of the Members shall change pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, there shall be an interim closing of the books of the Company as of the close of the day of such change (the Interest Change Date ) and the capital accounts of the Members shall be revalued pursuant to Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f) effective immediately prior to the event giving rise to the interim closing of the books of the
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Company. The Net Income or Net Loss of the Company for the period ending on the Interest Change Date shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with this Section 2.2 as if the Company Fiscal Year ended on such date, without taking into account any change in Percentage Shares on the Interest Change Date. For purposes of the preceding sentence, the day on which the Effective Time occurs shall be treated as an Interest Change Date. The Net Income or Net Loss of the Company for any period commencing after the Interest Change Date shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with Section 2.2, taking into account their respective Percentage Shares in effect after the Interest Change Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Interest Change Date is not the last day of a month, Net Income or Net Loss of the Company for the month in which the Interest Change Date occurs shall be prorated on a daily basis between the portion of the month ending on the Interest Change Date and the remainder of such month.
(l) Excess nonrecourse liabilities, within the meaning of Treasury Regulation §1.752-3, shall be allocated to the Members in accordance with their Percentage Shares. No Member may take any action (e.g., providing a guarantee or other credit support) that would have the effect of shifting the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to any Company liability without the consent of the applicable Members affected by such shift. Subject to the preceding sentence, the Company and MSG shall reasonably cooperate with the Principals to minimize any adverse U.S. federal income tax consequences arising as a result of any prepayment, refinancing or other action with respect to any indebtedness of the Company that would have the effect of shifting the allocation of liabilities of the Company under Section 752 of the Code.
Section 2.3 Tax Allocations . For income tax purposes, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit shall be allocated among the Members in the manner set forth in Section 2.2; provided , however , that: (a) all items of income, gain, loss and deduction with respect to any property contributed to the Company by a Member (or revalued in accordance with Section 1.3) shall be allocated for income tax purposes so as to take into account any variation between the adjusted tax basis of such property and its Agreed Value at the time of contribution (or the event requiring revaluation) in accordance with Section 704(c) of the Code (and Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)) (i) using the remedial method described in Treasury Regulation §1.704-3(d) in connection with the Transactions or (ii) in the case of contributions and revaluation events subsequent to the Transactions that would not affect the impact of the use of the remedial method with respect to the Transactions for MSG, using a Section 704(c) methodology, determined pursuant to Section 3.2 (subject to Section 4.1(g)(i)(F)); (b) corrective allocations shall be made to the extent required pursuant to Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(4)(x); and (c) creditable foreign taxes shall be allocated in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(4)(viii). If the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreement and the Redemption result in a deemed partnership termination pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code, clause (a) of the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence shall apply to the predecessor partnership. Any increase (or decrease) in taxable income or loss resulting from adjustments to the basis of the assets of the Company made pursuant to Section 743 of the Code shall be taken into account by the Member or Members to which such adjustment is attributable.
Section 2.4 Withholding and other Tax Payments . The Company shall, to the extent required by applicable law, withhold taxes from distributions made to any Member or pay taxes on behalf of any Member pursuant to Section 1446 of the Code or any similar provision of
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federal, state, local, or foreign law. Any taxes so withheld shall be deemed to have been distributed to such Member or, to the extent that any such tax is not withheld from a distribution, such Member shall promptly reimburse the Company therefor. If any imputed underpayment (including associated interest, penalties, or additions to tax) is required to be paid by the Company pursuant to Section 6225 of the Code with respect to income directly or indirectly allocable to a Member or Rollover Holdco Member or former Member or Rollover Holdco Member, such Member or Rollover Holdco Member or former Member or Rollover Holdco Member (and, in the case of a former Member or Rollover Holdco Member, its transferee) shall promptly reimburse the Company therefor. Any amount due from a Member, Rollover Holdco Member or a former Member or Rollover Holdco Member to the Company pursuant to the two preceding sentences shall bear interest at the prime rate (as specified in The Wall Street Journal , from time to time) plus 3% from the time of payment by the Company of the tax or imputed underpayment to the time of payment by the Member, Rollover Holdco Member or former Member or Rollover Holdco Member, and the Company may offset such amounts against distributions or other amounts due from the Company to such Member (including to Rollover Holdco in the case of a liability of a Rollover Holdco Member or former Rollover Holdco Member). The obligations of a Member or Rollover Holdco Member pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall continue even if such Member or Rollover Holdco Member ceases to be a Member or Rollover Holdco Member.
Section 2.5 No Interest; No Return of Capital . No interest shall be payable on the capital contributions, or in respect of the capital accounts, of the Members. No Member shall be permitted to make an early withdrawal of any portion of the capital contributions made by it.
Article III
Fiscal Matters
Section 3.1 Tax Matters Partner and Partnership Representative . MSG will be the tax matters partner within the meaning of Section 6231 of the Code as in effect prior to amendment by the BBA and the partnership representative within the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code when such provision becomes effective and any other similar designation under applicable law, subject in all respects to the provisions of this Agreement and the Transaction Agreement. Notwithstanding Section 4.1(g)(i)(C) and, except with respect to elections under Section 6226(a) of the Code, Section 4.1(g)(i)(F), the tax matters partner or partnership representative shall have the right to make decisions regarding extensions of statutes of limitation and choice of forum in tax proceedings, and the partnership representative shall have the authority to make an election out under Section 6221(b) of the Code if the Company is eligible to make such an election or, subject to Section 4.1(g)(i)(F), an election under Section 6226(a) of the Code on behalf of the Company. The Company will reimburse MSG for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with its activities as the tax matters partner or partnership representative. It is the intent of the Members that the Company be treated as a partnership for all federal, state and local tax purposes and the Members and the Company shall take all reasonable actions appropriate to effect such intention. MSG shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause Rollover Holdco and each of the Principals to become notice partners within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(8) of the Code, if applicable. MSG shall keep the Principals informed of all administrative and judicial proceedings of the Company with respect to taxes and
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shall furnish a copy of each notice or other communication received by MSG, in its capacity as tax matters partner, partnership representative or similar designation under applicable law, or the Company from any taxing authority to each Principal. The Principals shall be permitted to participate in any tax matter or proceeding of the Company. This Section 3.1 is not intended to (i) authorize MSG to take any action left to the determination of an individual Member under Sections 6222 through 6231 of the Code as in effect prior to its amendment by the BBA or any action left to the determination of an individual Member by any subsequent amendment to the Code, or (ii) modify any of the provisions in the Transaction Agreement with respect to tax matters.
Section 3.2 Tax Elections . The Company shall make an election under Section 754 of the Code and, subject to Section 4.1(g)(i)(F), such other elections as the tax matters partner or partnership representative may determine to be appropriate. If the Transactions result in a deemed partnership termination pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code, an election under Section 754 of the Code shall be made with respect to the predecessor partnership.
Section 3.3 Fiscal and Tax Year; Auditor . The taxable year of the Company for federal, state and local income tax purposes shall end on June 30 of each year except as otherwise required by the Code and except that the taxable year that includes the Effective Time shall end on December 31, 2017. The fiscal year of the Company for financial reporting purposes shall be based on a retail calendar year, following a 4-4-5 week convention consistent with retail calendar accounting periods (and with certain fiscal years following a 4-4-6 week convention, as applicable to a retail calendar for a given year), and each fiscal year of the Company shall end on the last Sunday of each calendar year (the Company Fiscal Year ); provided , however , that certain Subsidiaries of the Company shall follow a calendar year fiscal year for financial reporting purposes if required under any management agreement with a third party (such venues in operation as of the date of this Agreement: Ninth Avenue Hospitality LLC, 55th Street Hospitality Holdings LLC, Roof Deck Entertainment LLC and Roof Deck Australia LLC). The Companys independent auditor shall initially be KPMG LLP.
Section 3.4 Books and Records . The Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, will maintain or cause to be maintained at its principal place of business complete and accurate books and records of the assets, business and affairs of the Company.
Section 3.5 Financial Statements; K-1 .
(a) As soon as available and in any event within 30 days after the end of each month and within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, the Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall deliver to each Qualified Party the consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such month or such fiscal quarter, as the case may be, and the related consolidated statements of income, members equity and cash flows for such month or such fiscal quarter, as the case may be, and for the period from the beginning of the then current Company Fiscal Year to the end of such month or such fiscal quarter.
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(b) As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Company, the Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall deliver to each Qualified Party updated forecasts of revenue and expense line items, as well as capital expenditures by project, staffing, key statistics, and a statement of cash flows, prepared in a format similar to the Budget.
(c) As soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Company Fiscal Year (commencing with the Company Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2017), the Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall deliver to each Qualified Party: (i) the draft consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related draft consolidated statements of income, members equity and cash flows for such Company Fiscal Year; and (ii) a statement of each Members capital account as of the end of such Company Fiscal Year.
(d) As soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the end of each Company Fiscal Year, the Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall deliver to each Member (i) the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of income, members equity and cash flows for such Company Fiscal Year and (ii) a statement of each Members capital account as of the end of such Company Fiscal Year.
(e) As soon as available, the Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall deliver to each Qualified Party copies of all reports prepared for or delivered to the management of the Company by its outside accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the Companys financial statements made by such accountant.
(f) Within 120 days after the end of each taxable year, the Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall distribute to each Member a copy of its Schedule K-1 to the Partnership Tax Return (Form 1065) or any successor form thereto.
(g) Any financial and other reports required pursuant to this Section 3.5 shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(h) The Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall deliver to the Qualified Parties, with each of the monthly, quarterly and annual consolidated statements of income described above, a comparison (in a form agreed-upon by the Qualified Parties) to the Budget (with such comparison to be made to the line items in the Budget in the form attached as Exhibit C-2) and the most recent forecast (if any), and, with respect to the quarterly and audited consolidated statements of income, the same period from the prior year. Material variances shall be explained in reasonable detail.
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Section 3.6 Additional Information; Access .
(a) Promptly, from time to time, the Company, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall furnish each Qualified Party such information (in writing if so requested) regarding the assets and properties and operations, business affairs and financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as such Qualified Party may request.
(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, shall afford to any Qualified Party and its representatives access to all of the books, records and properties of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, and to make copies of such records and permit such Persons to discuss all aspects of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, with any representatives of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and the Company and its Subsidiaries shall provide to any Qualified Party or its representatives on behalf of such Qualified Party responses to all requests from such Qualified Party or its representatives on behalf of such Qualified Party for information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective operations. The Company and its Subsidiaries, at the direction of the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Officers and the Companys Chief Financial Officer, will instruct their independent public accountants to discuss such aspects of the financial condition of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, with any Qualified Party and its representatives as such Person may request, and to permit such Qualified Party and its representatives to inspect, copy and make extracts from such financial statements, analyses, work papers and other documents and information (including electronically stored documents and information) prepared with respect to the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable, as such Qualified Party may request, subject to such Qualified Party executing any customary access agreements reasonably required by the Companys accountants.
Article IV
Administration and Management
Section 4.1 Management .
(a) The Board shall initially consist of (x) up to five individuals designated by MSG, one of whom (designated by MSG) shall serve as Chairman of the Board, and (y) each of the Qualified Principals. Thereafter, in the event a Principal who initially served on the Board shall cease to be a Qualified Principal, such Principal shall at all times thereafter have no right to serve on the Board and the number of Directors on the Board shall, unless MSG shall otherwise agree, be correspondingly reduced. In the event Marc Packer or Rich Wolf are no longer on the Board for any reason, the Employee Rollover Holdco Members set forth on Schedule 4.1(a), who at such time hold Rollover Holdco Interests, shall be permitted to designate one of such Employee Rollover Holdco Members as a non-voting observer (an Observer ) to any meetings of the Board, subject to the approval of Marc Packer or Richard Wolf, in each case only for so long as such individual holds Interests or Attributable Interests in the Company (and in the event neither holds Interests or Attributable Interests in the Company at such time, no other approval is required). The Company shall, and MSG shall cause the Company to, furnish to such Observer (a) notices of Board meetings, (b) copies of the materials with respect to meetings of the Board
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(or any committees thereof), and (c) copies of any action by written consent referred to in Section 5.2(c) at the same time they are given to Directors, and copies of such consent promptly (but in any event within two business days) after it shall have been signed by the Directors; provided , however , that the Board may exclude an Observer from participating in any portion of any meeting of the Board (i) if the Board determines, in its sole discretion, that the subject matter of such meeting includes highly confidential information, information subject to attorney-client privilege or information that presents the Observer with an actual or potential conflict of interest or (ii) that is an executive session.
(b) The Directors initially designated by MSG shall be the individuals set forth on Schedule 4.1(b) . MSG may remove any such Director at any time and for any reason (or no reason) by giving written notice of same to the Company and, if it has terminated a Director it designated, may designate a replacement Director in such notice or in a subsequent notice to such other Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if at any time there are less than five individuals designated by MSG as its Directors, the presence, attendance, vote, consent or other action of the majority of the Directors then designated by MSG shall be deemed to be the presence, attendance, vote, consent or other action of five Directors designated by MSG (including for purposes of Section 5.2).
(c) The Board shall have full authority to manage and control the business, affairs and properties of the Company, subject to the Principal Veto Rights and the rights of the Qualified Principals in Section 4.1(e).
(d) For so long as a Principal is a Qualified Principal, he will serve as a Co-President of the Company and shall be, jointly with any other Qualified Principal(s), the most senior executive officers of the Company. The Company may also have (i) a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel and other officers with substantially equivalent executive positions appointed by the Board (whose authority, duties and responsibilities shall not exceed those of the Qualified Principals under this Agreement), and (ii) other officers appointed by the Qualified Principals with such authority, duties and responsibilities (whose authority, duties and responsibilities shall not exceed those of the officers referred to in clause (i) or delegated to the Qualified Principals under this Agreement) as they may determine from time-to-time (each such officer referred to in clauses (i) and (ii), together with the Co-Presidents, an Officer ). Except as may be otherwise approved by the Board, all of the Officers referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) shall report to one or more of the Qualified Principals or an Officer reporting to one or more of the Qualified Principals, as determined by such Qualified Principal(s). Each Co-President shall have the same authority and responsibilities that a similarly titled officer of a Delaware corporation would have, subject to change by the Board and the terms and conditions of this Agreement. An Officer shall serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.
(e) Subject to Section 4.1(f), the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Co-Presidents shall be responsible for day-to-day management of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including the right to direct and supervise day-to-day management, decisions and operations, as well as responsibility for day-to-day policy-making and affairs), including, without limitation:
(i) designing, constructing, operating, managing, marketing and promoting venues operated or planned to be operated by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
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(ii) entering into, modifying or terminating Contracts;
(iii) incurring expenditures set forth in any sub-line item in the Budget (subject to any variance in such expenditures expressly permitted under the terms provided in Exhibit C-1(i) );
(iv) selecting, compensating and terminating employees and individuals who are independent contractors of the Company and its Subsidiaries and approving or modifying the salaries, wages, benefits, programs, policies and other employment arrangements applicable thereto (other than adopting or amending an Equity Incentive Plan or issuing any equity grants thereunder);
(v) engaging and compensating designers, contractors, agents, promoters, talent, accountants, counsel, consultants, advisors, brokers and other service providers for the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than their independent auditor); and
(vi) engaging in other day-to-day operations of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
provided , however , that (1) notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, MSG (and not the Qualified Principals) shall, subject to clause (C)(III) of Section 4.1(g)(i), have the right to control for the defense, settlement and/or compromise of any Specified Third Party Claim, and (2) it is understood and agreed that nothing in this Section 4.1(e) shall give the Qualified Principals in their capacities as Co-Presidents authority to take or prevent any action that must be approved by the Board, including, without limitation, any action referred to in Sections 4.1(g) or 4.1(h).
Each Qualified Principal, in his capacity as a Co-President, shall be deemed to have the authority to approve or otherwise take the actions delegated to the Qualified Principals pursuant to this Section 4.1(e).
(f) All actions by the Qualified Principals must be consistent with the Budget (after taking into account the permitted variance terms in Exhibit C-1(i) ) and Business Plan in effect at the time such actions are taken and are subject to the applicable Board Approval Rights; provided , however , that any action approved by the Board and, if applicable, the Principal Base pursuant to Section 4.1(g) and MSG pursuant to Section 4.1(h), that would otherwise be inconsistent with the Budget and Business Plan in effect at the time shall be deemed to amend such Budget and Business Plan to permit the taking of such action. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company and the Members acknowledge that the failure of the Company and its Subsidiaries to meet the revenue targets set forth in any Budget does not in and of itself mean that any Principal has failed to take actions in a manner consistent with the Budget or the Business Plan.
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(g) The authority of the Board in Sections 4.1(c) and (h) is subject to the following rights of the Principals:
(i) for so long as the Qualified Percentage Share is at least 21%, the Company shall not, and shall not cause, suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the approval of the Principal Base (whether at a duly called meeting of the Board or by written consent, which consent in the case of Section 4.1(g)(i))(C)(III) shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed):
(A) approve or change a Budget or Business Plan (including any change to the form thereof, but not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any variances in expenditures from an applicable Budget to the extent permitted in accordance with the terms of Exhibit C-1(i) ) (it being understood and agreed that nothing in this Section 4.1(g)(i)(A) shall limit the rights of any Qualified Party under Section 3.6 (Additional Information; Access));
(B) file for Bankruptcy, liquidate, dissolve, or otherwise wind-up operations;
(C) (I) other than with respect to Specified Third Party Claims, initiate, defend or settle any actual or threatened litigation, arbitration, audit, mediation or regulatory, administrative or governmental investigation, inquiry or proceeding (x) that is, except in the case of tax matters that are subject to clause (z), reasonably likely to result in a payment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $600,000, (y) that would reasonably be expected to impose material restrictions or requirements with regards to the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to conduct their business and operations in a manner consistent with past practice, (z) subject to the second sentence of Section 3.1, with respect to any Tax matter of the Company or its Subsidiaries that is reasonably likely to result in a payment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $600,000 or an adjustment to income or deductions of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $1,200,000, (II) other than with respect to Specified Third Party Claims, admit to any allegations against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of fraud or criminal activity in any governmental investigation, inquiry or proceeding, or (III) the settlement or compromise of any Specified Third Party Claim, if the settlement or compromise amount of such Specified Third Party Claim is (or is reasonably likely to be), (x) in the case of any Specified Third Party Claim arising out of, relating to, resulting from, in connection with or otherwise in respect of any inaccuracy or breach of any representation or warranty that is subject to the Business Cap (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) pursuant to Section 12.03(a) of the Transaction Agreement, less than 162.5% of the Business Cap then remaining (taking into account previously paid indemnification claims and the reasonably likely damages of pending indemnification claims, in each case, subject to the Business Cap), or (y) in the case of any other Specified Third Party Claim, less than 162.5% of the Cap (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) then remaining (taking into account previously paid indemnification claims and the reasonably likely damages of pending indemnification claims);
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(D) adopt or amend an Equity Incentive Plan or employee benefit plans (excluding salary, wage, bonus or similar compensation arrangements) or make any grants under an Equity Incentive Plan or employee benefit plans (excluding salary, wage, bonus or similar compensation arrangements);
(E) determine the Fair Market Value of any distributions in kind pursuant to Section 2.1(d) or the determination of whether to make an adjustment to capital accounts pursuant to Section 1.3 and the Agreed Value for the purposes of such an adjustment; or
(F) make any material election (including an election pursuant to Section 6226(a) of the Code and, in the case of a contribution or revaluation event subsequent to the Transactions, the selection of a Section 704(c) methodology (but only to the extent that such methodology would not adversely affect the impact of the use of the remedial method with respect to the Transactions for MSG)) with respect to Taxes not specifically provided for in this Agreement that would in each instance adversely affect the Principals disproportionately relative to MSG (assuming for this purpose that the only items of income, gain, loss or deduction of the Members are those attributable to the Company and ignoring differences in effective tax rates applicable to each Member and provided, for the avoidance of doubt, in the case of an election pursuant to 6226(a) of the Code, the mere fact that the effect of the election may be to cause a Member or former Member to be directly liable for a tax that would otherwise have been borne by the Company (which may not have the ability to recover such tax from such Member) shall not be considered a disproportionate adverse effect);
(ii) until the first to occur of the sixth anniversary of the date of this Agreement and the date that the Qualified Percentage Share is less than 14%, the Company shall not, and shall not cause, suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the approval of the Principal Base (whether at a duly called meeting of the Board or by written consent):
(A) approve or change a Budget or Business Plan (including any change to the form thereof) (it is understood and agreed and that nothing in this Section 4.1(g)(ii)(A) shall limit the rights of any Qualified Party under Section 3.6 (Additional Information; Access)) with respect to any annual period that results in an upward or downward variance of capital expenditures and other expenses by more than 25% in the aggregate from the Budget or Business Plan most recently approved by the Principal Base;
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(B) enter into, renew, modify or terminate, or waive any material rights under, a Material Contract inconsistent with the Budget or Business Plan that is in effect at the time of such entry, renewal, modification, termination or waiver;
(C) approve a merger or consolidation with or into another Person (except for the merger or consolidation of a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company into the Company or another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company) or sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(D) open, remodel, move, close or sell a venue; provided , however , that the approval of the Principal Base shall only apply to the sale or closure of a venue if the venue had positive EBITDA during the Company Fiscal Year immediately preceding the date such sale or closure is to be approved or, even if EBITDA during such Company Fiscal Year was not positive, if the loss was within 20% of the budgeted loss for such venue in the Business Plan in effect on the date of such sale or closure, where the first 12 months of operating losses of a new venue are not included for purposes of determining EBITDA;
(E) issue any equity interests or securities exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, equity interests, including in connection with an IPO, other than the issuance of equity grants permitted by an Equity Incentive Plan;
(F) except for investments, dispositions or acquisitions contemplated by a Budget or Business Plan in effect at the time such investment, disposition or acquisition is made, (1) invest in any third party, make a loan to any third party, or dispose of assets to any third party, in each instance with a value in excess of $2,000,000, or (2) acquire assets with a value in excess of $2,000,000 from any third party;
(G) incur any Debt or prepay any Debt in advance of the scheduled maturity thereof (unless otherwise required in accordance with the terms of such Debt);
(H) except as contemplated by Section 4.8 (Management Fee, Etc.), enter into, modify or terminate, or waive any rights under, any Contract with MSG or any of its Affiliates;
(I) sell, transfer, license or exploit, or permit the incurrence of any Lien on, any of the brands of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(J) enter into new material lines of business or any new line of business that is reasonably expected to become material;
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(K) determine not to make any required cash distribution referred to in Section 2.1(b) or (c); provided , however , that such right of the Principal Base shall not affect the right of the Board to determine reserves as set forth in the definition of Available Cash;
(L) cause any Officer to report to anyone other than (1) one or more of the Qualified Principals or (2) an Officer reporting to one or more of the Qualified Principals;
(M) determine the compensation of any Officer appointed by the Board pursuant to Section 4.1(h)(iii) unless the compensation thereof is expressly set forth in the Budget and Business Plan in effect at the time;
(N) exercise, or permit MSG to exercise, an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Call with respect to an Employee Rollover Holdco Member who is employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided , however , that the right of the Principal Base to approve such exercise shall not apply if such exercise is made in connection with the exercise by MSG of a Call to acquire Interests of one or more Principals and, following the acquisition by MSG of such Interests from such Principals, the Qualified Percentage Share would be less than 14%; or
(O) cause any Principals principal place of employment to be at a location that is different from his principal place of employment as of the date of this Agreement;
provided , however , that (1) solely to the extent necessary to satisfy the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder in connection with a Cash Flow Deficiency in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.2, the Principal Base shall not have the right to approve any matter referred to in clauses (B), (E), (G) or (H) of this Section 4.1(g)(ii), (2) solely to the extent necessary to satisfy the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder in connection with the exercise, implementation or satisfaction of Liquidity Rights in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article VI, the Principal Base shall not have the right to approve any matter referred to in clauses (B), (E), (G) or (H) of this Section 4.1(g)(ii), and (3) solely to the extent necessary to prevent or cure (as applicable) a Credit Agreement Default in accordance with the procedures (with respect to a Credit Agreement Default) set forth in Section 4.2, the Principal Base shall not have the right to approve any matter referred to in clauses (B), (E), (G) or (H) of this Section 4.1(g)(ii); and
(iii) the Company shall not, and shall not cause, suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the unanimous approval of the Principals who own Rollover Holdco Interests and/or are Members at such time (whether at a duly called meeting of the Board or by written consent):
(A) by merger, consolidation or otherwise, amend the Organizational Documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries in a manner that adversely affects the Principals disproportionately relative to other Members;
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(B) except as contemplated by Section 4.8 (Management Fee, Etc.), enter into, modify or terminate, or waive any rights under, any Contract with MSG or any of its Affiliates on the date such Contract is entered into that is not on arms length terms; provided , however , that in the event such a Contract or series of related Contracts provides for the payment to or by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of an amount in excess of $500,000, then such approval shall be required unless the Company shall, at the same time as or before such Contract or series of related Contracts are entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, receive a certificate, executed on behalf of MSG by an executive officer of MSG, to the effect that such Contract or Contracts (as applicable) are on arms length terms;
(C) (1) authorize, adopt or approve (or authorize, adopt or approve any amendments to, or waivers of) any Equity Incentive Plan, benefit plan (within the meaning of Section 3.3 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended), or self-insured health or welfare plan, or (2) except for redemptions of Units contemplated by Article VI or Units granted under an Equity Incentive Plan, redeem (x) any Preferred Units except for redemptions of all Members in proportion to the number of Preferred Units owned by each Member, and (y) any Units or other Interests (other than Preferred Units) except for redemptions of all Members in proportion to the number of Units (other than Preferred Units) owned by each Member; or
(D) make distributions to Members that are not in accordance with Section 2.1;
provided , however , that (1) solely to the extent necessary to satisfy the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder in connection with a Cash Flow Deficiency in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 4.2, the Principals shall not have the right to approve any matter referred to in clauses (A), (B) or (C) (other than changes to the bonus and incentive arrangements set forth on Exhibit E ) of this Section 4.1(g)(iii), (2) solely to the extent necessary to satisfy the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder in connection with the exercise, implementation or satisfaction of Liquidity Rights in accordance with the procedures set forth in Article VI, the Principals shall not have the right to approve any matter referred to clauses (A), (B) or (C) (other than changes to the bonus and incentive arrangements set forth on Exhibit E ) of this Section 4.1(g)(iii), and (3) solely to the extent necessary to prevent or cure (as applicable) a Credit Agreement Default in accordance with the procedures (with respect to a Credit Agreement Default) set forth in Section 4.2, the Principals shall not have the right to approve any matter referred to in clauses (A), (B) or (C) (other than changes to the bonus and incentive arrangements set forth on Exhibit E ) of this Section 4.1(g)(iii).
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(h) Without limitation of Section 4.1(c), notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to the Principal Veto Rights, the Company shall not, and shall not cause, suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, without the prior written approval of the Board or MSG:
(i) take any action that requires the approval of any of the Principals pursuant to any of the Principal Veto Rights (or that would have required such approval if the Qualified Percentage Share was 21% on the date of such approval);
(ii) enter into, modify or terminate, or waive any rights under, (A) Contracts for the lease, sublease or license or real property by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) Contracts (1) containing non-competition or other limitations restricting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from conducting any business, or that limits the freedom of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to compete at any time and in any manner in any line of business, or with any Person, in any area in the world, (2) containing non-solicitation limitations outside of those agreed to by the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or that would purport to restrain MSG or any of its other Affiliates (it is understood and agreed that in the event the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would be in breach of a Contract containing any such limitations as a result of any action or inaction by MSG or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) will be deemed to restrain MSG or its other Affiliates for purposes of this clause (2)), (3) that grant to the other party or any third party most favored nation status or any exclusive right or rights (including any requirements or exclusive purchasing Contract) (x) outside of those undertaken by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (y) that would purport to apply MSG or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) (it is understood and agreed that in the event the Company or any of its Subsidiaries would be in breach of a Contract referred to in this clause (3) as a result of any action or inaction by MSG or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries), such Contract will be deemed to apply to MSG or such Affiliate, as applicable, for purposes of this clause (y)), or (z) having a term longer than two (2) years, in the case of this clause (z), other than Terminable Obligations, or (4) that may be breached or terminated by, or that require any consent or provide for the acceleration of rights as a result of any change in the management or ownership of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any key man provision) or a change in the ownership of Interests by, or change of control of, any of the Members;
(iii) hire (but not terminate) any Chief Executive Officer, President (or replacement of a Principal), Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel or other employee in a substantially equivalent executive position;
(iv) remove or appoint an independent auditor after good faith consultation with the Qualified Principals;
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(v) enter into, modify or terminate, or waive any rights under any Contract with any Principal or any Affiliate of a Principal; or
(vi) take any action that is inconsistent with the Budget (after taking into account the permitted variance terms in Exhibit C-1(i) ) and Business Plan in effect at the time such action is taken or that imposes on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries any obligations that extend beyond such Business Plan (other than Terminable Obligations).
(i) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: (i) MSG and the Qualified Principals shall each have the independent right to terminate any Chief Executive Officer (or replacement of a Principal), President, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel or other employee in a substantially equivalent executive position; and (ii) MSG shall have the right to terminate any Principals employment with the Company at any time and for any reason (or no reason), subject to the rights of such Principal in Article VI, and any rights, terms or procedures set forth in such Principals then applicable employment agreement with the Company. Any such termination of a Principals employment with the Company by MSG shall simultaneously relieve such Principal from his right to serve as a Director.
(j) For the first five Company Fiscal Years (commencing with the fiscal year beginning December 26, 2016), the Principals, the Employee Rollover Holdco Members and certain other members of the Companys management shall have the right to participate in the bonus and incentive arrangements set forth on Exhibit E on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. Such arrangements shall for all purposes of this Section 4.1 be deemed to have been approved by the Board and the Principal Base.
Section 4.2 Cash Flow Deficiency .
(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the Board determines there is a Cash Flow Deficiency or Credit Agreement Default, MSG may deliver a written notice to the Qualified Principals providing reasonable support for such determination. Upon delivery of such written notice, the Company, MSG and the Qualified Principals shall cooperate in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to resolve such Cash Flow Deficiency or Credit Agreement Default, as applicable, during the 60-day period (the Resolution Period ), following the delivery of such written notice, including by seeking Commercially Reasonable Debt (including amendments to existing indebtedness as set forth in such definition) or other reasonably available financing arrangements and/or extensions, amendments or modifications to the future cash or Debt obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including to any Company Loan Agreements); provided , however , that such commercially reasonable efforts shall not require MSG or any of the Qualified Principals to make any investment or to pay any fees or make any other payments to any Person or forego or delay any compensation or other consideration otherwise payable thereto by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (except as set forth in the employment agreements for such Qualified Principals as it relates to a Credit Agreement Default). At the end of such Resolution Period, if the Board determines, having taken into account reasonably available extensions, amendments or
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modifications to the future cash or Debt obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including to any Company Loan Agreements) that have been arranged during such period, that a Cash Flow Deficiency or Credit Agreement Default, as applicable, still exists, the Board may at any time after such Resolution Period (but subject to clause (b) of this Section 4.2 and without limiting the obligations of the parties set forth in the preceding sentence during such Resolution Period) then cause the Company to, subject to Section 1.4, if applicable upon or after the expiration of such Resolution Period: (i) incur Commercially Reasonable Debt; or (ii) if Commercially Reasonable Debt is unavailable, or in the case of a Credit Agreement Default, issue to MSG or a third party Preemptive Securities, in each case in an amount not to exceed that reasonably necessary to (x) in the case of a Cash Flow Deficiency, satisfy the cash or Debt obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business as they become due over the subsequent 12 months (taking into account the Companys customary practice with respect to payment) or (y) in the case of a Credit Agreement Default pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of such term, cure (or in the case of a Credit Agreement Default pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of such term, prevent) such Credit Agreement Default. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.2 shall apply if there is a Credit Agreement Default and/or a Cash Flow Deficiency, without requiring the occurrence of both a Credit Agreement Default and a Cash Flow Deficiency.
(b) If any financing pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 4.2 is with MSG or its Affiliates, such financing may be consummated in the time frame determined by MSG (but no later than 90 days after the last day of the Resolution Period to which the Cash Flow Deficiency or Credit Agreement Default, as applicable, relates) but if MSG does not receive a fairness opinion from a nationally-recognized investment banking firm to the effect that such financing is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company, and a majority of the Qualified Principals object, within 30 days after their receipt of written notice setting forth the material terms of such financing, that such financing is not fair to the Company, from a financial point of view, then such terms will be submitted to a mutually agreed-upon nationally recognized investment bank or, if no investment bank can be mutually agreed upon by both MSG and the Qualified Principals within 30 days after the date of such objection by the Qualified Principals, then either of them may request the American Arbitration Association (the AAA ) to select such investment bank from a list of four nationally recognized investment banks (two identified by MSG and two by the Qualified Principals) submitted to the AAA and (i) if such financing is determined by such investment bank not to be fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company, then MSG will cause the terms of such financing to be adjusted to the extent necessary so that such investment bank determines that the adjusted terms are fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company, and MSG will pay the fees of such investment bank, or (ii) if such financing is determined by such investment bank to be fair, from a financial point of view, to the Company, then the Qualified Principals will pay the fees of such investment bank.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 4.2, (x) in the event there is a Credit Agreement Default pursuant to clause (i) of the definition of such term, the time periods referred to in this Section 4.2 shall be reduced to the minimum extent necessary so that such Credit Agreement Default shall not occur and such periods shall in any event expire at least five business days prior to the actual occurrence of a Credit Agreement Default pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of such term; provided , however , that subject to the foregoing, MSG shall use
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commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the terms of this Section 4.2 under a revised timeline reasonably necessary (determined in good faith by the Board) to allow the parties a reasonable opportunity to prevent such potential Credit Agreement Default and to allow the Qualified Principals a reasonable amount of time to object to any financing with MSG or any of its Affiliates prior to such potential Credit Agreement Default and to explore reasonable alternatives thereto, and (y) in the event the applicable Credit Agreement Default has already occurred (and has not been cured) pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of such term, the time periods referred to in this Section 4.2 shall not in any way delay the Boards actions to cure such Credit Agreement Default in accordance with the other terms of Section 4.2(a) (but for the avoidance of doubt such actions shall be subject to review after such implementation in accordance with Section 4.2(b)).
Section 4.3 Limitation of Liability . Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, but without limiting the obligations of any Person under (or the liability of any Person for any breach of) Sections 4.6 or 4.7 or any provision of the Rollover Holdco LLCA, (a) no Member or Rollover Holdco Member will be liable to the Company, Rollover Holdco or any other Member or Rollover Holdco Member for any Losses suffered or incurred by any Person on account, or by reason, of any claim based on or arising from any act taken or omitted to be taken by such Member or Rollover Holdco Member in his, her or its capacity as such, and no Member or Rollover Holdco Member in his, her or its capacity as such will owe any fiduciary duties to the Company, Rollover Holdco, any other Member or Rollover Holdco Member (as applicable) or any other Person, (b) no Director will be liable to the Company, any Member or Rollover Holdco Member for any Losses suffered or incurred by any Person on account, or by reason, of any claim based on or arising from any act taken or omitted to be taken by such Director in his or her capacity as such or in his or her capacity as a member of the board of directors (or similar governing body with a different name) of any Subsidiary of the Company, and no Director in his or her capacity as such will owe any fiduciary duties to the Company, any Member, any Rollover Holdco Member or any other Person, and (c) each Officer (in his or her capacity as such) shall owe the same duty of loyalty and good faith to the Company as an officer of a Delaware corporation under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL ) (it being understood that such duties shall not limit any Principals right to (i) take the actions permitted by clauses (i) and (ii) of Exhibit H , or (ii) exercise any Principal Veto Rights pursuant to Section 4.1(g)) and, except for such duties, shall not in his or her capacity as such owe any other fiduciary duties to the Company, Rollover Holdco, any Member, any Rollover Holdco Member or any other Person. Without limiting the obligations of the Members, Rollover Holdco Members, Directors, Principals or Officers to the Company or the other parties hereto under this Section 4.3 or the other provisions of this Agreement, (x) the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, and none of the Members, Rollover Holdco Members, Directors, Principals or Officers shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member, Rollover Holdco Member, Director, Principal or Officer, and (y) the failure of the Company to observe any formalities or requirements relating to the exercise of its powers or management of its business or affairs under the Act or this Agreement shall not be grounds for imposing personal liability on any Member, Rollover Holdco Member, Director, Principal or Officer for debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company. Except with respect to the obligations of any Person under (or the liability of any Person for any
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breach of) Sections 4.6 or 4.7 or the Rollover Holdco LLCA, (x) there shall be, and each Member, Rollover Holdco Member, Director, Principal and Officer shall be entitled to, a presumption that such Person acted in good faith in any action taken in his, her or its capacity as a Member, Rollover Holdco Member, Director, Principal or Officer, and (y) each Member, Rollover Holdco Member, Director, Principal and Officer in any action taken in his, her or its capacity as a Member, Rollover Holdco Member, Director, Principal or Officer shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters such Member, Rollover Holdco Member, Director, Principal and Officer reasonably believes are within such Persons professional or expert competence.
Section 4.4 Indemnification .
(a) To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company shall indemnify the Members, the Rollover Holdco Members, Directors and Officers and their respective officers, directors and employees (collectively, Indemnified Persons ) and hold them harmless from and against any losses, costs, liabilities, damages, and expenses (including costs of suit and reasonable attorneys fees, but excluding any expenses incurred in providing the Benefits for which MSG receives the Minimum Commitment) (collectively, Losses ) such Indemnified Person may incur (or have incurred on or before the date hereof to the extent such indemnification is permitted pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Transaction Agreement) relating to or arising out of such Indemnified Persons acts or omissions in such Indemnified Persons capacity acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of such Indemnified Persons authority or in performing such Indemnified Persons obligations on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or otherwise by reason of the fact that such Indemnified Person is or was a Principal, Officer, Director, Member or Rollover Holdco Member), specifically including the Indemnified Persons sole, partial, or concurrent negligence or other fault, or by reason of any action or inaction of any employee, broker or other agent of such Indemnified Person, and on request by the Indemnified Person, the Company shall advance expenses associated with defense of any related action; provided , however , that (i) such Indemnified Person shall repay any such expense advancement if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment that such Indemnified Person was not entitled to indemnification hereunder with respect to such matter; (ii) no Indemnified Person shall be indemnified and held harmless (1) in connection with any dispute under this Agreement, (2) under any other Contract between such Indemnified Person and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (3) in the case of fraud, willful misconduct, or gross negligence by such Indemnified Person, or (4) in the case of any Officer, for any action or omission that a court of competent jurisdiction has determined in a final, non-appealable judgment constitutes a breach of his or her duties under clause (c) of Section 4.3 such that the indemnification of such Officer would not be permitted under the DGCL if such Officer was an officer of a Delaware corporation; (iii) the Company shall not be required to make any payment pursuant to this Section 4.4(a) to the extent that the Indemnified Person that otherwise would be paid by the Company has received proceeds from insurance obtained by the Company to cover the loss, cost or expense in question; and (iv) no payment shall be made to a Member or Rollover Holdco Member pursuant to this Section 4.4(a) that Section 4.8(b) requires such Person (other than the Company) to pay. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement,
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conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere , or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that such Loss resulted from the fraudulent, willful misconduct or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person. The indemnification provided by this Section 4.4(a) shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which each Indemnified Person may be entitled under any agreement, or as a matter of law, or otherwise, both as to any action in such Indemnified Persons official capacity and to any action in another capacity, and shall continue as to such Indemnified Person who has ceased to have an official capacity for acts or omissions, during such official capacity or otherwise, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, successors and administrators of such Indemnified Person.
(b) The Company hereby acknowledges that one or more of the Directors may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by the Members who designated such Directors and/or certain of their respective Affiliates ( Member Indemnitors ). The Company hereby agrees that (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort ( i.e. , its obligations to any such Director are primary and any obligation of the Member Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by such Director are secondary), (ii) it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by such Director and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of any such Director to the extent legally permitted and as required by this Agreement (or any agreement between the Company and such Director), without regard to any rights such Director may have against the Member Indemnitors, and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Member Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Member Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Member Indemnitors on behalf of any such Director with respect to any claim for which such Director has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Member Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Director against the Company.
Section 4.5 D&O Insurance . In addition to any D&O insurance policy purchased pursuant to Section 7.06 of the Transaction Agreement, the Company shall purchase and maintain insurance, or be covered under insurance policies of MSG or its Affiliates (in which case there will be a reasonable allocation of costs to the Company for such coverage), on behalf of any Person who is or was a Member, Rollover Holdco Member, Director, Officer, manager, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or similar director, trustee, officer, manager, employee or agent of any other Person, against any liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any such capacity or arising out of the Persons status as such whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify the Person against such liability under Section 4.4.
Section 4.6 Other Activities .
(a) Restrictions on Principals . The Principals shall be subject to certain competition restrictions as set forth on Exhibit H . Each Principal acknowledges and agrees that the content and scope (including the worldwide scope) of the competition restrictions set forth on
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Exhibit H are reasonable, and that compliance with such covenants is necessary to protect the business and goodwill of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and are an integral factor in MSGs determination to make the investment contemplated by the Transaction Agreement.
(b) Restrictions on Certain Employee Rollover Holdco Members . By entering into this Agreement and an employment agreement with the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, the Company and certain Employee Rollover Holdco Members acknowledge and agree that (i) such Employee Rollover Holdco Member shall be subject to certain competition restrictions as set forth in such Employee Rollover Holdco Members individual employment agreement and (ii) notwithstanding Section 8.9 of this Agreement, such employment agreement is governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York and any disputes arising pursuant to the terms of such agreement or in respect thereof shall be resolved in accordance with the dispute resolution requirements set forth in such agreement.
(c) No Other Restrictions . Except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 4.3 or 4.6(a) or in a written agreement between any Person and the Company or any Member or Director (including, without limitation, as provided in the Transaction Agreement or any employment agreement), (i) any Member or Director may (whether or not any of the following has, or is reasonably likely to have, a detrimental effect on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), directly or indirectly (A) engage or participate in, or render services to (whether as owner, operator, member, shareholder, trustee, director, manager, consultant, strategic partner, employee or otherwise) (including through and by any means of an equity or profits interest in any other Person), other businesses or ventures of any nature or description without regard to whether such businesses or ventures are or may be deemed to be competitive with, or similar to the business conducted by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or (B) do business with any client or customer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (ii) no Member or Director shall be obligated to present or offer to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Member any particular investment or business opportunity, regardless of whether the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any other Member could take advantage of such opportunity if it were to be presented to the Company or such Subsidiary or such Member, but may avail himself, herself or itself of any such opportunity for his, her or its own behalf. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that The Madison Square Garden Company and its Affiliates are not subject to any non-competition or other restrictive covenant except for (x) the obligations of confidentiality set forth in Section 4.7 and (y) the obligation of The Madison Square Garden Company to cause its Affiliate to comply with certain restrictive covenants pursuant to Section 9.11 of the Transaction Agreement.
Section 4.7 Confidentiality .
(a) Each Member and Rollover Holdco Member shall, and shall cause his, her or its Affiliates and representatives to, keep confidential and not disclose, other than in connection with Companys and its Subsidiaries business, to any other Person (other than his, her or its Affiliates and Subsidiaries and its and their respective directors, officers, employees and other representatives so long as such Member or Rollover Holdco Member, as applicable, is responsible for any disclosure by such Affiliate, Subsidiary, director, officer, employee or other
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representative of information in breach of this Section 4.7) any information, technology, know-how, trade secrets, product formulas, industrial designs, franchises, inventions or other industrial and intellectual property in the possession or control of such Member or Rollover Holdco Member, as applicable, or his, her or its Affiliates or representatives regarding the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses ( Confidential Information ) (unless and to the extent disclosure is required by applicable law, rule or regulation, including the rules of any applicable securities exchange). The obligations of the Members and Rollover Holdco Members under this Section 4.7(a) shall not apply to information that (i) is obtained from public information, (ii) is received after the date of this Agreement from a third party not, to the knowledge of such Member or Rollover Holdco Member, as applicable, subject to any obligation of confidentiality with respect to such information, (iii) is or becomes known to the public, other than through a breach of this Agreement, or (iv) is disclosed in connection with any action, suit or other proceeding in connection with the rights or obligations of such Member or Rollover Holdco Member under this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other action, suit or other proceeding involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Access by Rollover Holdco and each Rollover Holdco Member and his, her or its Affiliates or representatives to Confidential Information or confidential information about MSG and its other Affiliates (including, The Madison Square Garden Company) may provide them with material information concerning MSG and its Affiliates that has not been publicly disclosed. Accordingly, Rollover Holdco and each Rollover Holdco Member and his, her or its Affiliates and representatives may be subject to applicable securities laws that may restrict their ability to disclose such information to others or to purchase or sell securities. Nothing in this Section 4.7(a) shall limit the obligations of any Member or Rollover Holdco Member under any other agreement to which such Member or Rollover Holdco Member is a party or by which such Member or Rollover Holdco Member is bound or otherwise subject.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary: (i) the Company will not, and will not cause, suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, issue any press release or similar communication that might reasonably constitute material non-public information without the prior written consent (which may be by e-mail) of MSG, and (ii) for so long as MSG is, or is controlled by a company that is, subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, MSG may make any public disclosures about the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that are reasonably necessary or appropriate for a public company to make; provided , however , that, to the extent practicable, MSG will consult with the Qualified Principals in connection with any such public disclosure.
Section 4.8 Management Fee, Etc .
(a) For so long as MSG owns any Interests, (i) the Company shall, or shall cause its Subsidiaries to, pay MSG an annual management fee (as increased pursuant to Section 4.8(b), the Management Fee ) of $5,000,000 per Company Fiscal Year prorated for partial periods, and (ii) subject to the proviso in Section 4.8(c), the Company and its Subsidiaries shall purchase from The Madison Square Garden Company or any of its Subsidiaries marketing and/or sponsorship benefits ( Benefits ) for no less than $1,000,000 per Company Fiscal Year (as increased pursuant to Section 4.8(b), the Minimum Commitment ; the Management Fee and the Minimum Commitment are referred to as the MSG Payments ); provided , however , that,
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(x) at the election of the Principal Base with respect to any Company Fiscal Year ending prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, the Minimum Commitment per Company Fiscal Year may be reduced for such Company Fiscal Year by any amount (but may not be reduced to less than $0), and (y) to the extent of any such reduction in the Minimum Commitment, the amount of the Management Fee for such Company Fiscal Year will be correspondingly increased on a dollar for dollar basis. The Benefits to be purchased by the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be as determined by the Qualified Principals (subject to the Minimum Commitment) and shall be made available to the Company and its Subsidiaries on fair market terms (taking into account all relevant and available volume pricing terms, standard discounts and rebates and similar terms). The MSG Payments shall be treated as guaranteed payments under Section 707(c) of the Code.
(b) The amount of the Management Fee and the amount of the Minimum Commitment will be automatically increased by 5% on the first day of each Company Fiscal Year, with the first such increase on January 1, 2018. The Management Fee will serve as the sole compensation to MSG and its Affiliates for general strategic services provided to the Company and its Subsidiaries by MSG and its Affiliates for advisory support services such as ticketing, marketing and sponsorship (sponsorship sales to be commissioned) and introductions to the MSG family of companies and relationships and will not, for the avoidance of doubt, entail the undertaking by MSG of any day-to-day management or operational duties of or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) The Company shall, or shall cause its Subsidiaries to, pay the Management Fee in equal quarterly installments in arrears at least 30 days prior to the start of each fiscal quarter. Promptly after the end of each fiscal quarter, MSG shall send the Company an invoice for any Benefits provided to the Company and its Subsidiaries for such quarter; provided , however , that in the event the Minimum Commitment exceeds the amount of Benefits purchased by the Company and its Subsidiaries for an entire Company Fiscal Year, the invoice sent by MSG after the fourth fiscal quarter shall also include the amount of such excess (and the Company shall receive a credit in the amount of such excess (such credit shall not exceed $750,000 for the Company Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2017 or $500,000 for any 12-month period ending on the last day of any subsequent Company Fiscal Year) to be applied to the purchase of Benefits in the following Company Fiscal Year, and such credit shall, to the extent unused in such following Company Fiscal Year, be unavailable for use thereafter). The Company will pay the amount set forth in such invoice promptly (but in any event within ten business days after receipt thereof). In the event the Company is not permitted to pay some or all of the Management Fee pursuant to any Company Loan Agreement, MSG Promissory Note, TAO Promissory Note or B Rated Note, then the portion of the Management Fee that the Company does not pay when due shall bear interest at the rate of 9% per annum, compounded quarterly on the same basis as the Preferred Return, until paid.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.1 to the contrary, in the event that, at any time, the Company is not permitted to:
(i) pay a portion of the Management Fee required to be paid under this Section 4.8 pursuant to any Company Loan Agreement, then the Company may not at
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such time make any distribution pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i) or 2.1(c)(ii) unless, at the same time such distribution is made, the Company also pays to MSG (in addition to amounts distributable to MSG pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i) or 2.1(c)(ii), as applicable) in respect of the Management Fee an amount that is equal to the lesser of (A) the portion of the Management Fee that is then due pursuant to this Section 4.8 (together with all interest on such portion, as determined pursuant to Section 4.8(c)), and (B) the same percentage of the amount paid pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i) or 2.1(c)(ii), as applicable, as the total amount of the Management Fee that is then due pursuant to this Section 4.8 (including all interest on such portion, as determined pursuant to Section 4.8(c)) bears to the total amount that is then to be distributed pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i) or 2.1(c)(ii), as applicable; or
(ii) make a portion of a distribution required to be made under Section 2.1(c)(i) or 2.1(c)(ii) pursuant to any Company Loan Agreement, then the Company may not at such time make any payment of the Management Fee pursuant to this Section 4.8 unless, at the same time such payment is made, the Company also makes a distribution pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i) or 2.1(c)(ii), as applicable (including amounts distributable to MSG thereunder) in an amount that is equal (in the aggregate) to the same percentage of the amount of the Management Fee paid pursuant to this Section 4.8 (together with all interest on such portion, as determined pursuant to Section 4.8(c)) as the amount of such distribution pursuant to Section 2.1(c)(i) or 2.1(c)(ii), as applicable, bears to the total amount of the Management Fee that is then due pursuant to this Section 4.8 (including all interest on such portion, as determined pursuant to Section 4.8(c)).
(e) The Company and the Qualified Principals will cooperate and provide reasonable support in analyzing and providing other strategic support for proposed strategic opportunities that may be beneficial to both MSG and the Company ( e.g. , to enhance a venue of The Madison Square Garden Company or any of its Subsidiaries with a Company-branded opportunity) without additional charge as to such analysis or exploration (but any implementation shall be subject to the following sentence). Any decision to actually move forward with implementing such an opportunity shall be subject to Board Approval and the Principal Veto Rights.
Article V
Meetings and Voting
Section 5.1 Meetings of Members .
(a) A meeting of the Members may be called by the Board or by Members whose Percentage Share is at least 21% (including by Rollover Holdco at the direction of Rollover Holdco Members whose Percentage Share is at least 21%) upon prior written notice and will be held at the office of the Company or at such other place that the Board (or Members calling such meeting) shall designate in the notice of the meeting. A meeting of Members may be called to exercise any authority given to them in this Agreement, subject to the Approval Rights.
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(b) The presence, at any meeting of the Members in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of Class A Common Units, together with Rollover Holdco unless (i) the Rollover Holdco Members that are Qualified Principals are given three business days notice of such meeting, and (ii) Rollover Holdco Members who at such time are Qualified Principals having an aggregate Percentage Share equal to at least 50% of the aggregate Percentage Share of all Qualified Principals at such time have not instructed Rollover Holdco to attend such meeting (with Rollover Holdco to so notify MSG at such meeting that such instructions have or have not been received) at the time of such meeting, will constitute a quorum at any meeting of Members.
(c) Whenever under this Agreement the Members are required or permitted to take any action, such action may be taken without a meeting, notice or a vote, if the Qualified Principals are given written notice of such action (e-mail is sufficient) at least three business days prior to the taking thereof and an instrument setting forth the action so taken is signed and dated by each of the Members whose approval is required to take such action and such instrument is delivered to the Company. The Company shall arrange for a copy of any such instrument to be provided to each Qualified Principal promptly thereafter (but the failure to give prompt notice shall not affect the validity of any action set forth in such instrument).
(d) Except to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement or required by applicable law, the holders of Units will not be entitled to vote on any matter. With respect to any matter as to which the holders of Units are entitled to vote, each such holder shall be entitled to one vote for each Unit held by such Member.
Section 5.2 Meetings of the Board .
(a) The Board shall meet periodically (no less than twice per Company Fiscal Year) and a special meeting of the Board may be called by the Chairman or at least three Directors. All meetings of the Board will be held at the office of the Company or at such other place that the person or persons calling such meeting shall designate in the notice of the meeting. A meeting of the Board may be called to exercise any authority given to the Board in this Agreement or under the Act. The notice for any meeting of the Board shall specify each matter to be brought before the Board at such meeting. Attendance or participation of a Director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when such Director attends or participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning thereof to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not properly called or convened.
(b) The presence of at least 50% of the Qualified Principals as well as a number of Directors designated by MSG that exceeds by one the number of Qualified Principals who are Directors in attendance will constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board, and the approval of any action at a meeting of the Board shall require the approval of a majority of the Directors in attendance at such meeting (subject to the approval rights of MSG and the Principals with respect to any matter pursuant to Section 4.1(g), (h) and (i), to the extent applicable to such action); provided , however , that the presence of at least 50% of the Qualified Principals shall not be required to constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board to the extent such meeting considers any matter referred to in Section 4.2 if the Qualified Principals are given written notice (e-mail is sufficient) of such meeting including a description of the action or actions to be taken at least five business days prior to such meeting.
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(c) Whenever under this Agreement the Board is required or permitted to take any action, such action may be taken without a meeting, or a vote, if the Qualified Principals are given written notice of such action (e-mail is sufficient) including a description of the action or actions to be taken at least three business days prior to the taking thereof and an instrument setting forth the action so taken is signed and dated by the same number of Directors whose approval would be required to approve such action at a meeting of the Board if all Directors were in attendance at such meeting and such instrument is delivered to the Company. The Company shall arrange for a copy of any such instrument to be provided to each Director promptly thereafter (but the failure to give prompt notice shall not affect the validity of any action set forth in such instrument).
Section 5.3 Participation in Meetings . A Member or a Director may appear and vote at a meeting in person or by proxy (and more than one proxy may be granted to someone attending such meeting; it being understood (for the avoidance of doubt) that a person granted a proxy may vote and the presence of such person will be taken into account for purposes of determining a quorum), and a Member or Director may participate in a meeting by means of a conference telephone or similar communication equipment by means of which all Persons participating in the meeting can hear each other simultaneously and such participation in a meeting will constitute presence in Person at such meeting.
Section 5.4 No Voting Agreements . Except for the grant of a proxy permitted by Section 5.3 for a specific meeting or vote, neither MSG, nor Rollover Holdco, nor any Rollover Holdco Member, nor any Principal (in his capacity as a Director or Member) shall enter into any Contract that requires MSG, Rollover Holdco, such Rollover Holdco Member or such Principal to vote or grant approval of any matter in accordance with the directions of any other Person.
Article VI
Transfers
Section 6.1 No Transfers .
(a) A Member may not Transfer any of such Members Interests, except pursuant to Section 6.2. Further, a Rollover Holdco Member may not Transfer any Rollover Holdco Interests pursuant to the Rollover Holdco LLCA or otherwise, except to the extent permitted by Section 6.2. Any Transfer in violation of this Agreement shall be subject to Section 8.3 or Section 8.3 of the Rollover Holdco LLCA, as applicable, and such intended transferee shall not become a Member or a member of Rollover Holdco, as applicable, or obtain any rights under this Agreement or the Rollover Holdco LLCA.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary: (i) no Member may Transfer any Interests if such Transfer would require the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act by the Company or would otherwise violate any federal or state securities laws or regulations applicable to the Company; (ii) no proposed Transfer by a
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Member of such Members Interest may be made to any Person if: (A) such Transfer would result in the Company being treated as anything other than a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes; (B) such Transfer would cause the Company to be treated as a publicly traded partnership within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder; or (C) such Transfer would result in the Company being regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; and (iii) if a Rollover Holdco Member (or transferee of a Rollover Holdco Member) Transfers his, her or its Interest or Rollover Holdco Interest and/or directs Rollover Holdco to Transfer Attributable Interests: (A) if there is a pending indemnification claim under Article 12 of the Transaction Agreement, such Transfer by a Rollover Holdco Member other than a Principal shall not be permitted under this Section 6.1(b) unless either (1) the transferor and transferee acknowledge pursuant to an instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to MSG that they are jointly and severally liable for the Indemnification Obligations of such Rollover Holdco Member with respect to such indemnification claim, or (2) the transferor provides MSG with reasonable assurances that such transferor can satisfy the Indemnification Obligations of such Rollover Holdco Member with respect to such indemnification claim in full (it is understood and agreed that such assurances shall be reasonable in the event such Rollover Holdco Member reasonably demonstrates that such Rollover Holdco Member has a net worth (excluding the fair market value of the Interests to be Transferred) no less than the fair market value of the Interests or Rollover Holdco Interests to be Transferred); and (B) pursuant to Section 6.3 (Right of First Offer), Section 6.4 (Tag-Along Rights), Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Rights) Section 6.6 (Put Right) or Section 6.7 (Call Right) and at the time of such Transfer a Parent Indemnitee (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), is entitled to be paid in respect of any Indemnification Obligations pursuant to the final non-appealable order of a court of competent jurisdiction or an agreement between MSG and the Member Representative (as defined in the Transaction Agreement), then such Rollover Holdco Member (or transferee of such Rollover Holdco Member) may not so Transfer all or part of his, her or its Interest or direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer any Attributable Interest unless the proceeds received by such Rollover Holdco Member (or transferee of such Rollover Holdco Member or Rollover Holdco Interest) in such Transfer are used to satisfy such Indemnification Obligations (the Indemnification Obligations of such Rollover Holdco Member that had not been satisfied on or prior to the date of such Transfer are referred to as an Indemnification Obligations Shortfall ) or such Indemnification Obligation is otherwise satisfied in full (and each Rollover Holdco Member acknowledges that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Principal Veto Rights shall not apply to any Transfer or payment pursuant to this Section 6.1(b)(iii) and to the extent of an Indemnification Obligation Shortfall, any amount otherwise payable to such Rollover Holdco Member pursuant to Section 6.3 (Right of First Offer), Section 6.4 (Tag-Along Rights), Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Rights), Section 6.6 (Put Right) or Section 6.7 (Call Right) shall instead be paid directly to MSG in order to satisfy any such Indemnification Obligations until satisfied in full). If any Transfer permitted hereunder would result in the Company being ineligible to make an election out under Section 6221(b) of the Code, the transferor and transferee Members shall reasonably cooperate with the Company to avoid such loss of eligibility, but shall not in any event be prohibited from consummating any such Transfer if otherwise permitted under the other provisions of this Article VI nor be required to materially alter any of the terms of such transfer in a manner that would be adverse to the transferor or transferee Member.
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Section 6.2 Certain Transfers . A Member (including Rollover Holdco at the direction of a Rollover Holdco Member) may Transfer such Members Interests (and, for the avoidance of doubt, a Rollover Holdco Members Rollover Holdco Interests may only be Transferred): (a) in a Permitted Transfer; (b) pursuant to Section 6.3 (Right of First Offer), 6.4 (Tag-Along Rights), 6.5 (Drag-Along Rights), 6.6 (Put Right), or 6.7 (Call Right); or (c) with respect to Rollover Holdco Interests, to Rollover Holdco in full or partial redemption thereof if, concurrently with such Transfer, (i) Rollover Holdco Transfers to MSG the Attributable Interests that correspond to Rollover Holdco Interests of such Rollover Holdco Member in order to satisfy the Indemnification Obligation, or (ii) as contemplated by Section 6.11(b), upon the distribution of Attributable Interests to a Rollover Holdco Member in accordance with a Transfer of such Attributable Interests, or a distribution of the proceeds of any Transfer by Rollover Holdco, in each case as otherwise permitted by this Article VI.
Section 6.3 Right of First Offer .
(a) In the following circumstances, a Member (including Rollover Holdco at the direction of a Rollover Holdco Member) may Transfer his, her or its Interests, and a Rollover Holdco Member may Transfer his, her or its Rollover Holdco Interests, in either case, in compliance with this Section 6.3 and, if applicable, Section 6.11(b):
(i) after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, a Member or Rollover Holdco Member who is a Principal and any member of his Principal Rollover Holdco Group may Transfer his or its Interests or Rollover Holdco Interests (as applicable) to any Person other than a Prohibited Person after complying with his, her or its obligations pursuant to clauses (b)-(d) of this Section 6.3 (the ROFO Obligations ); provided , however , that in the event of such a Transfer to MSG as a ROFO Party, such Rollover Holdco Member shall also direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer to MSG the Attributable Interests that correspond to the Rollover Holdco Interests owned by such Rollover Holdco Member;
(ii) after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement for any reason (or no reason) or, if sooner, pursuant to Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Sale) after an MSG Change of Control following which one or more Principals exercise their put rights pursuant to Section 6.6 (Put Right), MSG may Transfer its Interests after complying with its ROFO Obligations and Section 6.4 (Tag-Along Rights); provided , however , that in the event the Qualified Percentage Share is less than 21% at the time of such Transfer, then MSG may Transfer its Interests without complying with clauses (b)-(d) of this Section 6.3 (but, for the avoidance of doubt, must nevertheless comply with Section 6.4 (Tag-Along Rights)); and
(iii) after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, a Rollover Holdco Member who is not a Principal may Transfer his or her Rollover Holdco Interests to any Person other than a Prohibited Person after receiving the prior written approval of the Board; provided , however , that in the event of such a Transfer to MSG as a ROFO Party, such Rollover Holdco Member shall direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer to MSG the Attributable Interests that correspond to the Rollover Holdco Interests owned by such Rollover Holdco Member;
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provided , however , that in connection with any Transfer (or proposed Transfer) by a Principal pursuant to this Section 6.3 that would result in such Principal no longer holding any Rollover Holdco Interests, such Principal shall be required to Transfer all of his, her or its Interests concurrently with such Transfer (and such Interests shall be included in such Principals offer of Offered Securities pursuant to this Section 6.3).
(b) In the event that a Member desires to Transfer his, her or its Interests (or a Rollover Holdco Member desires to Transfer the Rollover Holdco Interests owned by such Rollover Holdco Member) pursuant to this Section 6.3, such Member or Rollover Holdco Member (in each case, the Initiating Party ) shall give the ROFO Party(ies) a written notice setting forth the number and type of Interests or, as applicable, Rollover Holdco Interests offered (the Offered Securities ), the price and other terms on which the Initiating Party is willing to sell his, her or its Interests (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, is willing to sell his, her or its Rollover Holdco Interests or (as applicable) direct Rollover Holdco to sell the Attributable Interests that correspond to the Rollover Holdco Interests held by such Rollover Holdco Member) to the ROFO Party(ies) (the ROFO Notice ).
(c) In the event the ROFO Party(ies) do(es) not accept the offer to purchase all of the Offered Securities on the terms set forth in the ROFO Notice with fully-committed financing (or on other terms that are acceptable to the Initiating Party) within 30 days after the ROFO Notice is given (the ROFO Period ), then (if the Initiating Party is MSG, subject to Section 6.4 (Tag-Along Rights)), the Initiating Party shall have the right, for a period of 180 days after expiration of the ROFO Period, to sell the Offered Securities (or, in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, to direct Rollover Holdco to sell the Offered Securities) at a price that is no less than the price set forth in the ROFO Notice and on other terms that are no less favorable to the Initiating Party than those set forth in the ROFO Notice. In the event the Initiating Party shall not sell its Interests (or, if the Initiating Party is a Rollover Holdco Member, in the event the Initiating Party shall not direct Rollover Holdco to sell the Attributable Interests that correspond to the Rollover Holdco Interests held by such Rollover Holdco Member) during the 180-day period after expiration of the ROFO Period, then the Initiating Party may not thereafter sell his, her or its Interests (or, if the Initiating Party is a Rollover Holdco Member, may not thereafter direct Rollover Holdco to sell the Attributable Interests that correspond to the Rollover Holdco Interests held by such Rollover Holdco Member) under this Section 6.3 without giving the ROFO Party(ies) a new ROFO Notice pursuant to Section 6.3(b).
(d) In the event that the ROFO Party(ies) shall accept the offer to purchase all of the Offered Securities pursuant to the ROFO Notice, the Offered Securities shall be sold to the ROFO Party(ies) (and, if there is more than one ROFO Party, each ROFO Party shall have the right to purchase a portion of the Offered Securities equal to his, her or its Relative Percentage Share, in the case of Rollover Holdco, based on the respective Relative Percentage Shares of the applicable Rollover Holdco Members, or such other portion as the ROFO Party(ies) shall otherwise agree) on such terms as promptly as practicable after expiration of the ROFO Period (provided such ROFO Party(ies) shall not be obligated to consummate such transaction prior to
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the date that is 45 days after the date the ROFO Notice is given); provided , however , that (i) for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that, (A) if MSG is acquiring any Offered Securities, the Initiating Party shall direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer to MSG the Attributable Interests that correspond to such Offered Securities and MSG shall pursuant to Section 6.11(b) acquire such Attributable Interests, and (B) if any ROFO Party other than MSG is acquiring Offered Securities, such Person shall acquire Rollover Holdco Interests, and (ii) in the event (A) MSG shall offer to purchase any of the Offered Securities that a Principal has offered to sell, or has directed Rollover Holdco to offer to sell, pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(i), as applicable, or (B) the Qualified Principals shall direct Rollover Holdco to offer to purchase any of the Offered Securities offered by MSG pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(ii), each Member who is a Principal (other than (if applicable) the Initiating Party) shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase, and each Rollover Holdco Member (other than (if applicable) the Initiating Party) shall have the right (but not the obligation) to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase, in each case, a portion of the Offered Securities equal to such Member or Rollover Holdco Members Relative Percentage Share (which shall, if applicable, be effectuated pursuant to Section 6.11(a)).
Section 6.4 Tag-Along Rights .
(a) After the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, MSG may Transfer its Interests in compliance with this Section 6.4 after it satisfies its ROFO Obligations (it is understood that in the event MSG is not required to comply with clauses (b)-(d) of Section 6.3 (Right of First Offer) pursuant to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 6.3(a), then it is deemed to have satisfied its ROFO Obligations).
(b) MSG may Transfer its Interests pursuant to this Section 6.4 by providing the Rollover Holdco Members with at least 10 days prior written notice of the Transfer, together with a description of the price and other material terms and conditions of the offer to Transfer such Interests (the Tag-Along Sale Notice ); provided , however , that in the event MSG is required pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(ii) to give the Principals a right of first offer in order to Transfer its Interests pursuant to Section 6.3, then MSG may not Transfer any Interests under this Section 6.4 unless the ROFO Period shall have expired and the ROFO Party(ies) have not exercised their rights to purchase such Offered Securities. Each Member who is a Principal and each Rollover Holdco Member shall have the right, by delivering to the Company and MSG a written notice within such 10-day period, in the case of a Member who is a Principal, to sell Interests, and in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, to direct Rollover Holdco to sell Attributable Interests pursuant to Section 6.11(b) that correspond with the Rollover Holdco Interests owned by such Rollover Holdco Member, in each case, on the same terms and conditions as the sale by MSG (with (1) the price per Unit to MSG, on the one hand, and a Principal and Rollover Holdco, on the other hand, being determined in accordance with the Distribution Priorities, and (2) the Principals and the Rollover Holdco Members, as applicable, mutatis mutandis making the same representations and warranties, agreeing to the same covenants and agreeing to the same indemnification obligations as MSG) a number of (i) a Principals: (A) Class A Common Units equal to the product of: (1) the number of Class A Common Units owned by such Principal, and (2) the quotient obtained by dividing the number of Class A Common Units being sold by MSG and the number of Class A Common Units owned by MSG at such time (and if the transferee of such Class A Common Units is not willing to
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purchase such number of Class A Common Units from the other Members, the number of Class A Common Units to be sold by MSG shall be reduced proportionately and such Members shall have the right to sell a number of Class A Common Units equal to the product of the amount referred to in clause (1) and the quotient referred to in clause (2)); or (ii) Rollover Holdcos: (A) in the event of a Transfer by MSG of its Class A Common Units, Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the product of: (1) the number of Attributable Class A Common Units that correspond to the Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by such Rollover Holdco Member; and (2) the quotient obtained by dividing the number of Class A Common Units being sold by MSG and the number of Class A Common Units owned by MSG at such time (and if the transferee of such Class A Common Units is not willing to purchase such number of Attributable Class A Common Units from Rollover Holdco, the number of Class A Common Units to be sold by MSG shall be reduced proportionately such that the Rollover Holdco Members shall have the right to direct Rollover Holdco to sell pursuant to Section 6.11 the number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the product of the amounts referred to in clauses (1) and (2)); and (B) in the event of a Transfer by MSG of its Preferred Units, Attributable Preferred Units equal to the product of: (1) the number of Preferred Units that correspond to the Rollover Holdco Preferred Units held by such Rollover Holdco Member; and (2) the quotient obtained by dividing the number of Preferred Units being sold by MSG and the number of Preferred Units owned by MSG at such time (and if the transferee of such Preferred Units is not willing to purchase such number of Attributable Preferred Units from Rollover Holdco, the number of Preferred Units to be sold by MSG shall be reduced proportionately such that the Rollover Holdco Members shall have the right to direct Rollover Holdco to sell pursuant to Section 6.11 the number of Attributable Preferred Units equal to the product of the amount referred to in clause (1) and the quotient referred to in clause (2)).
Section 6.5 Drag-Along Rights .
(a) MSG shall have the right, but not the obligation, to cause a Sale of the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.5 (an Approved Sale ) after: (i) the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement; or (ii) in the event of a Principal Post-Year 5 Put, Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put or Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put; provided , however , that in the event MSG is required pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(ii) to give the Principals a right of first offer in order to Transfer its Interests pursuant to Section 6.3, then MSG may not exercise its rights under this Section 6.5 unless the ROFO Period shall have expired without the ROFO Party(ies) exercising their rights to purchase all of MSGs Offered Securities. MSG shall initiate such action by giving written notice (an Approved Sale Notice ) to the Company and the Qualified Principals. If MSG delivers an Approved Sale Notice, (x) MSG shall be authorized to initiate a process to seek a Sale of the Company for which definitive documents are entered into within 270 days of the delivery of such Approved Sale Notice and that is consummated within 360 days after delivery of such Approved Sale Notice (an Approved Sale Period ) and to direct and control all decisions in connection therewith (including the hiring or termination of any investment bank and/or other professional advisers and making all decisions regarding valuation and consideration) and (y) the Company shall participate in, and cooperate in good faith with, such process, in each case as requested by MSG; provided , however , that for so long as the Qualified Percentage Share is at least 21%, (i) unless otherwise agreed by the Principal Base any such investment bank will be a mutually agreed-upon nationally recognized investment bank or,
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if no investment bank can be mutually agreed upon by both MSG and the Principal Base within 30 days after the date of the Approved Sale Notice, then either of them may request the AAA to select such investment bank from a list of four nationally recognized investment banks (two identified by MSG and two by the Principal Base) submitted to the AAA, and (ii) MSG shall conduct any such process in regular consultation with the Principals and will keep them reasonably and regularly apprised of all material developments related to any such process.
(b) In the event of an Approved Sale, (i) each Member and Rollover Holdco Member will waive any dissenters rights and other similar rights and (ii) if the Approved Sale is structured as a sale of securities, each Member will agree to sell such Members Interests on the terms and conditions of the Approved Sale (or, if requested by MSG, each Rollover Holdco Member will agree to sell such Rollover Holdco Members Rollover Holdco Interests on the terms and conditions of the Approved Sale). Each Member and Rollover Holdco Member will take all reasonably necessary actions as directed by MSG in connection with the consummation of any Approved Sale, including by executing the applicable transaction agreements in accordance with Section 6.5(d); provided , however , that each Rollover Holdco Member will also execute (without duplication) such transaction agreements as if such Rollover Holdco Member directly held the Attributable Interests that correspond to such Rollover Holdco Members Rollover Holdco Interests.
(c) In an Approved Sale, the aggregate consideration payable upon consummation of such Approved Sale to all Members in respect of their Interests (the Aggregate Consideration ) shall be apportioned to and paid to the holders of Interests in the Approved Sale based on the Distribution Priorities; provided , however , that (1) all holders of Preferred Units shall be entitled to receive the Stated Preferred Value in cash in respect of such Preferred Units, and (2) if such Approved Sale is structured to include a sale by the Rollover Holdco Members of their Rollover Holdco Interests, then the Aggregate Consideration payable to all Members (other than Rollover Holdco) in respect of their Interests shall be apportioned and paid based on the Distribution Priorities and the Aggregate Consideration payable to any Rollover Holdco Member in respect of his, her or its Rollover Holdco Interests shall be equal to the portion of the amount to which Rollover Holdco is entitled based on the Distribution Priorities to which such Rollover Holdco Member is entitled on dissolution of the Rollover Holdco pursuant to the Rollover Holdco LLCA.
(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to Section 6.5(e): (i) neither MSG nor any of its Affiliates may be the purchaser in an Approved Sale; (ii) the Companys costs and expenses (including reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by MSG in connection with the Approved Sale and the reasonable documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (not to exceed $200,000 in the aggregate) incurred by the Principals in connection with the Approved Sale), purchase price adjustments, escrow amounts, purchase price holdbacks, indemnity obligations and other similar items, shall be deemed to reduce (or increase, as the case may be, i.e. , in the case of a purchase price adjustment increase or an indemnity payment in favor of the Members) the Aggregate Consideration for purposes of determining the apportionment in accordance with the Distribution Priorities (except that indemnification obligations that relate solely to a particular Member or Rollover Holdco Member, such as indemnification with respect to representations and warranties made by a
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Member or Rollover Holdco Member with respect to such Member or Rollover Holdco Member or covenants made by such Member or Rollover Holdco Member, shall be borne only by such Member or Rollover Holdco Member and shall not be deemed to reduce the Aggregate Consideration); (iii) non-cash consideration (including debt and equity securities) shall be allocated among the Interests Transferred in the Approved Sale in accordance with the Distribution Priorities after all cash consideration is so allocated (and if such Approved Sale is structured to include a sale by the Rollover Holdco Members of their Rollover Holdco Interests, then the non-cash consideration that is so allocated to Rollover Holdco will be further allocated to the Rollover Holdco Members in the manner set forth in clause (2) of the proviso to Section 6.5(c)); provided , however , that (x) any Member or Rollover Holdco Member entitled to receive cash may elect to receive non-cash consideration of an equal value in lieu of cash, (y) MSG and its Affiliates may only elect to take non-cash consideration to the extent the other Members are offered the opportunity to take non-cash consideration in the same proportion that the non-cash consideration to be received by MSG and its Affiliates bears to the total consideration to be received by MSG and its Affiliates, and (z) in the event of an Approved Sale initiated in connection with a Principal Post-Year 5 Put, Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put or Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put pursuant to clause (ii) of 6.5(a), except as may otherwise be agreed by the Principal exercising such Put, the form of non-cash consideration in such an Approved Sale payable to such Principals Principal Rollover Holdco Group shall be limited to (1) equity securities that are (A) either registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act (and it being agreed that MSG shall pursue and request that the acquiror effect the registration of such equity securities to allow all such Persons receiving such equity securities two periods of 30 consecutive days to trade such equity securities within the first 180 days of issuance (so long as one of such 30-day periods falls within the first 120 days of issuance)) or if not registered, are the same as those received by MSG (in the same proportion as MSG) and are subject to the same terms and conditions as the equity securities issued to MSG, (B) listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange (in the case of a foreign issuer, the equity securities listed on such exchange shall have an average float and trading volume that is at least 90% of the average float and average daily trading volume of MSG in the 90 days immediately preceding the announcement of such Approved Sale and shall not consist of American Depositary Receipts or similar instruments), (C) freely tradeable (subject to compliance with applicable securities laws), duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights and issued free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens under applicable securities laws and this Agreement) and (D) in the case of the equity securities of a foreign issuer, MSG takes at least one third of the consideration it receives in the Approved Sale in the form of such equity securities, (2) a promissory note or similar obligation, or contingent obligations, that are the same as those received by MSG (and in the same proportion as MSG) and mature and are payable in immediately available funds within one year of the consummation of the Approved Sale, (3) a TAO Promissory Note that is due and payable within one year of the consummation of the Approved Sale, or (4) any combination of the foregoing (and to the extent any consideration payable to such Principals Principal Rollover Holdco Group does not satisfy the conditions in the preceding clauses (1)-(4), then such Principals Principal Rollover Holdco Group shall instead receive substitute consideration that either satisfies such conditions or is a form of consideration otherwise available to the Company, MSG or MSG Company Successor under such Put pursuant to Section 6.6(h) or Section 6.6(i), as applicable, with the form of such
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substitute consideration to be determined by MSG and having a value equal to the Fair Market Value (determined mutatis mutandis in the same manner that Fair Market Value is determined pursuant to Section 6.8) of such non-compliant consideration); and (iv) cash amounts paid to the Members following the applicable closing ( i.e. , purchase price adjustment increases, earn-out payments, escrow and holdback releases, and similar items) shall be allocated among the Interests of the Members as such amounts would have been allocated at the applicable closing had such amounts been included in the Aggregate Consideration and apportioned in accordance with the Distribution Priorities.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 6.5, in connection with an Approved Sale: (i) no Member or Rollover Holdco Member shall be required to make any representation or warranty that is not the same as or equivalent to those made by all other Members and Rollover Holdco Members, (ii) each Member and Rollover Holdco Member shall only be required to make representations and warranties on a several and not joint basis (other than with respect to claims against an escrow, which may be on a joint and several basis) with respect to the Company and its Subsidiaries (and, in the case of representations and warranties by the Rollover Holdco Members, with respect to Rollover Holdco) that are made by all other Members and Rollover Holdco Members, (iii) other than in the case of fraud, no Member or Rollover Holdco Member shall be required to incur indemnification or similar obligations in the aggregate in excess of the lesser of (1) the proceeds actually received by such Member or Rollover Holdco Member in connection with such Approved Sale, and (2) the pro rata share of such Member or Rollover Holdco Member of any cap on indemnification obligations of the Members and Rollover Holdco Members in such Approved Sale, (iv) any indemnification or similar obligation in excess of an escrow shall be on a several, and not joint, basis (other than in respect of indemnification or similar obligations in respect of representations and warranties made by, or covenants of, such Member or Rollover Holdco Member), except that any indemnification or similar obligation of any member of a Principal Rollover Holdco Group shall be on a joint and several basis with the other members of such Principal Rollover Holdco Group, and (v) each Member and Rollover Holdco Member shall remain subject to any non-competition or non-solicitation arrangement or similar restrictive covenant existing as of the date of such Approved Sale in accordance with the terms thereof as then in effect (it being understood that the non-competition obligations of the Principals pursuant to Section 4.6(a) shall terminate in accordance with the terms thereof); provided , however , that in no event shall a Member or Rollover Holdco Member be obligated to enter into new restrictive covenants or extensions of the existing restrictive covenants, regardless of what any other Members or Rollover Holdco Members may agree to accept.
Section 6.6 Put Right for Class A Common Units .
(a) Subject to Section 6.6(j), if the employment of a Principal is terminated by the Company without Cause or by such Principal for Good Reason or as a result of such Principals death or Disability prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, such Principal shall have the right to (i) Transfer all of his Class A Common Units to The Madison Square Garden Company and (ii) direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units of his Principal Rollover Holdco Group to The Madison Square Garden Company in accordance with
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Section 6.11(b), and, in each case, The Madison Square Garden Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units, pursuant to this Section 6.6 and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) (a Principal Good Leaver Put ) by giving the Company, The Madison Square Garden Company and each of the other Qualified Principals written notice thereof within 30 days after the date of such termination. The amount paid for any Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant to a Principal Good Leaver Put shall be the applicable Principal Purchase Price.
(b) Subject to Section 6.6(j), (i) if the employment of Packer by the Company is terminated by him without Good Reason after the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement but prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, Packer shall have the right to (i) Transfer all of his Class A Common Units to The Madison Square Garden Company and (ii) direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by his Principal Rollover Holdco Group to The Madison Square Garden Company in accordance with Section 6.11(b), and, in each case, The Madison Square Garden Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units, pursuant to this Section 6.6 and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) by giving the Company, The Madison Square Garden Company and each of the other Qualified Principals written notice thereof within 30 days after such termination, and (ii) if the employment of Wolf is terminated by him without Good Reason after the third anniversary of the date of this Agreement but prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, Wolf shall have the right to (i) Transfer all of his Class A Common Units to The Madison Square Garden Company and (ii) direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by his Principal Rollover Holdco Group to The Madison Square Garden Company in accordance with Section 6.11(b), and, in each case, The Madison Square Garden Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units, pursuant to this Section 6.6 and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) by giving the Company, The Madison Square Garden Company and each of the other Qualified Principals written notice thereof within 30 days after such termination (each such right referred to in the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), a Principal Early Leaver Put ). The amount paid for any Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant to a Principal Early Leaver Put shall be the applicable Principal Purchase Price.
(c) Subject to Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Right), a Member who is a Principal shall have the right to Transfer all of his Class A Common Units to the Company and a Rollover Holdco Member who is a Principal shall have the right to direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by his Principal Rollover Holdco Group to the Company in accordance with Section 6.11(b), and, in each case, the Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units, pursuant to this Section 6.6 and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) (a Principal Post-Year 5 Put ) by giving the Company, MSG and each of the Qualified Principals written notice thereof during the 30-day period following the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or, subject to Section 6.7 (Call Right), during the 30-day period following (i) any two-year anniversary of the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement thereafter, or (ii) the termination of the employment of
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such Principal by the Company without Cause or by such Principal for Good Reason or as a result of such Principals death or Disability after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement by giving the Company, MSG and each of the other Qualified Principals written notice thereof within 30 days after the date of such termination; provided , however , that in the event any termination referred to in this clause (ii) is within 180 days of the date such Principal is entitled to exercise a Principal Post-Year Five Put pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 6.6(c), then such Principal shall have the right to exercise such Principal Post-Year Five Put pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 6.6(c) instead of this clause (ii). The amount paid for any Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant to a Principal Post-Year 5 Put shall be the applicable Principal Purchase Price.
(d) An Employee Rollover Holdco Member shall have the right to direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer a portion of his, her or its Attributable Class A Common Units to the Company in accordance with Section 6.11(b), and the Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Attributable Class A Common Units, pursuant to this Section 6.6 and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) (an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Put ) by giving the Company, MSG and each of the Qualified Principals written notice thereof during the 30-day period following the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement and/or during the 30-day period following the seventh and/or ninth anniversary of the date of this Agreement. An Employee Rollover Holdco Member who exercises his or her rights under this Section 6.6(d) during the 30-day period following: (i) the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement may direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer up to a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to 20% of the total number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by such Employee Rollover Holdco Member on such fifth anniversary by giving written notice of the exercise of such rights; (ii) the seventh anniversary of the date of this Agreement may direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer up to a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to 100% of the total number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by such Employee Rollover Holdco Member on such seventh anniversary by giving written notice of the exercise of such rights (unless the employment of such Employee Rollover Holdco Member has been terminated by such Employee Rollover Holdco Member without Good Reason or by the Company with Cause prior to such seventh anniversary, in which case such Employee Rollover Holdco Member may direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer up to a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to 50% of the total number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by such Employee Rollover Holdco Member); and (iii) the ninth anniversary of the date of this Agreement may direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to 100% of the total number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by such Employee Rollover Holdco Member on such ninth anniversary by giving written notice of the exercise of such rights. The amount paid for any Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Put will be, at the option of the Valuation Representatives, (x) the same price per Class A Common Unit and Attributable Class A Common Unit as the last Principal Purchase Price paid to purchase Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units that correspond to Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by a Principal if such purchase occurred concurrently therewith or during the prior 12 months (excluding any Early Leaver Discount) as the same may be equitably adjusted by mutual approval of the Valuation Representatives to apply the EBITDA multiple applied in such prior purchase for the 12 months ending on the most recent quarter, or
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(y) if no such purchase has occurred during the prior 12 months, the Fair Market Value as determined in good faith by mutual approval of the Valuation Representatives (the Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price ).
(e) Subject to Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Right) and Section 6.6(j), a Member or Rollover Holdco Member who is a Principal shall, if an MSG Change of Control occurs (regardless of whether such MSG Change of Control would be a Permitted Transfer by MSG) on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, have the right to (i) Transfer all of his Class A Common Units to The Madison Square Garden Company and (ii) direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units of his Principal Rollover Holdco Group to The Madison Square Garden Company in accordance with Section 6.11(b), and, in each case, The Madison Square Garden Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units, pursuant to this Section 6.6 and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) (a Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put ) by giving the Company, The Madison Square Garden Company and each of the other Qualified Principals written notice thereof during the 30-day period following the occurrence of such MSG Change of Control. The amount paid for any Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant to a Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put shall be the applicable Principal Purchase Price.
(f) Subject to Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Right), a Principal shall, if an MSG Change of Control occurs (regardless of whether such MSG Change of Control would be a Permitted Transfer by MSG) after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, have the right to (i) Transfer all of his Class A Common Units to the Company and (ii) direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units of his Principal Rollover Holdco Group to the Company in accordance with Section 6.11(b), and, in each case, the Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units, pursuant to this Section 6.6 and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) (a Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put ) by giving the Company, MSG and each of the other Qualified Principals written notice thereof during the 30-day period following the occurrence of such MSG Change of Control (each 30-day period during which a Rollover Holdco Member may exercise his or her rights to direct Rollover Holdco to put Attributable Class A Common Units to the Company or The Madison Square Garden Company (as applicable) pursuant to clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f) of this Section 6.6 is referred to as the Put Exercise Period ). The amount paid for any Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant to a Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put shall be the applicable Principal Purchase Price.
(g) In the event (i) a Member exercises such Members right to put his, her or its Class A Common Units to The Madison Square Garden Company or the Company (as applicable) or (ii) a Rollover Holdco Member exercises such Rollover Holdco Members right to direct Rollover Holdco to put Attributable Class A Common Units to The Madison Square Garden Company or the Company (as applicable), in each case, pursuant to Section 6.6(a) - (f) (each, a Put ), then the closing of the purchase and sale of Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units contemplated thereby in accordance with Section 6.11(b) (as applicable) shall occur at the offices of The Madison Square Garden Company at 10:00 a.m.
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(New York time) ten business days after the later of the determination of the applicable Principal Purchase Price or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price and the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act or at such other place, date and time mutually agreed upon by the Company or The Madison Square Garden Company (as applicable) and such Member; provided , however , that upon a Principal Post-Year 5 Put, a Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put or a Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put, in the event The Madison Square Garden Company shall, during the Put Exercise Period, have given the Principal who exercised such Put written notice of MSGs determination to exercise its rights under Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Right) instead of The Madison Square Garden Company purchasing such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units pursuant to such Put, then (i) in the event an Approved Sale is consummated during the Approved Sale Period, such Principal shall not Transfer his Class A Common Units or direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer Attributable Class A Common Units pursuant to such Put (and such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units shall instead be Transferred in such Approved Sale), and (ii) in the event an Approved Sale is not consummated during the Approved Sale Period, the closing of such Put shall occur at the offices of The Madison Square Garden Company at 10:00 a.m. (New York time) ten business days after the later of the determination of the Fair Market Value of such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units pursuant to Section 6.8 (Determination of Fair Market Value) and the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act or at such other place, date and time mutually agreed upon by the Company or The Madison Square Garden Company (as applicable) and such Principal; provided , however , that in the case of this clause (ii), if a definitive agreement has not been entered into with respect to such Approved Sale within 270 days following the date of such Approved Sale Notice or, following the execution of a definitive agreement, such Approved Sale has not been consummated within 360 days after the date of the Approved Sale Notice, the Principals who elected to exercise such Put shall have the right to initiate, prior to the completion of the Approved Sale Period, the procedures in Section 6.8 (Determination of Fair Market Value) in order to determine the Principal Purchase Price. At such closing, such Principal, Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member shall execute and deliver the Required Transfer Documentation against receipt of the purchase price therefor; provided , however , that in the event there is a closing pursuant to clause (ii) of the preceding sentence that shall occur more than six months after the date of the Approved Sale Notice, then to the extent the consideration paid at such closing pursuant to Section 6.6(h) is paid by issuance of a MSG Promissory Note or TAO Promissory Note (as applicable), then the principal amount of such MSG Promissory Note or TAO Promissory Note (as applicable) shall be the sum of portion of the Principal Purchase Price that is not paid in cash plus 9% interest on such amount accrued from the six-month anniversary of such Approved Sale Notice to the date of such closing.
(h) The consideration paid for the Put of any Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units to be purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be paid, at the Companys option, (i) in cash, (ii) by issuance of a TAO Promissory Note, (iii) if consented to by The Madison Square Garden Company or the MSG Company Successor (in The Madison Square Garden Companys or the MSG Company Successors sole discretion, respectively), Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, as applicable, or (iv) in any combination of the foregoing; provided , however , that (1) in the case of Qualified Successor Stock and in connection with a Put by a Principal, the MSG Company Successor shall
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have agreed to be bound by the requirements with respect to Qualified Successor Stock under this Section 6.6(h), including the requirement to effect the registration of Qualified Successor Stock to allow all such Persons receiving Qualified Successor Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Qualified Successor Stock held by Employee Rollover Holdco Members and Other Rollover Holdco Members) two periods of 30 consecutive days to trade such Qualified Successor Stock within the first 180 days of issuance (so long as one of such 30-day periods falls within the first 120 days of issuance); (2) the issuance of Qualified Successor Stock to such Persons will not cause such Persons, individually or in the aggregate, to be considered an affiliate for the purpose of Rule 144A (without taking into account any stock or other securities of the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates owned or acquired by such Person (other than any Successor Stock issued in such Put) or any directorship in the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates held by such Person); and (3) in the case of any Tao Promissory Note issued by a Tao Note Replacement Entity and/or any issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 6.6(h), a Tao Note Company Entity shall issue a Tao Promissory Note to MSG (or any of its Affiliates, as designated by MSG) for an amount of principal equal to the aggregate portion of the applicable Put paid by issuance of such Tao Promissory Note by a Tao Note Replacement Entity and/or the issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, and with a maturity date (x) in the case of the issuance of a Tao Promissory Note by a Tao Note Replacement Entity, equal to such Tao Promissory Notes maturity date and/or (y) in the case of the issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, six months from the date of issuance. At the election of MSG in connection with the issuance of a TAO Promissory Note, any such TAO Promissory Note: (x) will be issued by the Company and mature six months after the date of issuance, or (y) in the event the Company uses its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of the lender(s) under the Company Loan Agreement for the Person that is the borrower under the Company Loan Agreement to issue (and make payments under) such TAO Promissory Note (or, in the event such consent is not obtained, in the event the Company uses its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of the lender(s) under the Company Loan Agreement to permit the borrower to make restricted payments thereunder in order to permit the Company to make payments under such TAO Promissory Note), will be issued by the Person that is the borrower under the Company Loan Agreement (or, if such consent is not obtained, issued by the Company) and mature 12 months after the date of issuance; provided, however, that if neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries qualifies as a Tao Note Company Entity, such Tao Promissory Note may, with the consent of a Tao Note Replacement Entity, be issued by such Tao Note Replacement Entity (in such Tao Note Replacement Entitys sole discretion). The covenants of the Company set forth in the definition of Tao Note Company Entity shall be deemed set forth in this Section 6.6(h).
(i) The consideration paid for the Put of any Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units to be purchased by The Madison Square Garden Company (in the event there is no MSG Company Successor) pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be paid, at The Madison Square Garden Companys option, (i) in cash, (ii) by issuance of a MSG Promissory Note, (iii) in Qualified MSG Stock (subject to the legend provisions in Sections 2.03(b)(iii) and 9.10 of the Transaction Agreement) or (iv) in any combination of the foregoing. The consideration paid for the Put of any Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units to be purchased by The Madison Square Garden Company (in the event there is
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an MSG Company Successor) pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be paid, at such MSG Company Successors option, (i) in cash, (ii) by issuance of a B Rated Note, (iii) in Qualified Successor Stock (subject to the legend provisions in Sections 2.03(b)(iii) and 9.10 of the Transaction Agreement) or (iv) in any combination of the foregoing; provided , however , that (1) no more than 75% of the consideration paid may be in a B Rated Note, (2) no more than 75% of the consideration paid may be in Qualified Successor Stock, (3) in the case of Qualified Successor Stock, the MSG Company Successor shall have agreed to be bound by the requirements with respect to Qualified Successor Stock under this Section 6.6(i), including the requirement to effect the registration of Qualified Successor Stock to allow all such Persons receiving Successor Stock two periods of 30 consecutive days to trade such Qualified Successor Stock within the first 180 days of issuance (so long as one of such 30-day periods falls within the first 120 days of issuance) and (4) the issuance of Qualified Successor Stock to such Persons will not cause such Persons, individually or in the aggregate, to be considered an affiliate for the purpose of Rule 144A (without taking into account any stock or other securities of the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates owned or acquired by such Person (other than any Successor Stock issued in such Put) or any directorship in the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates held by such Person). If at any time following the issuance of a MSG Promissory Note pursuant to this Section 6.6(i) a Permitted Transfer or MSG Change of Control (or other Transfer or transaction permitted in accordance with Article VI) is consummated which results in an MSG Company Successor directly or indirectly holding more than 50% of the Interests of MSG, then The Madison Square Garden Company shall cause such MSG Company Successor, at the option of The Madison Square Garden Company, (A) to assume any MSG Promissory Notes outstanding at such time, and The Madison Square Garden Company shall guarantee the obligations of the MSG Company Successor under such MSG Promissory Notes (provided, that the option in this clause (A) shall only be available to The Madison Square Garden Company upon the approval by the holders of such MSG Promissory Notes of the form of guarantee, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (B) to replace within three (3) months following the consummation of such Transfer or transaction any outstanding MSG Promissory Notes with B Rated Notes that mature and are payable in full on the exact same maturity date as such MSG Promissory Notes (and upon the issuance of such replacement B Rated Note in compliance with this clause (B), the original MSG Promissory Note replaced by such B Rated Note shall be null and void with no further force and effect) or (C) if such Transfer or transaction is part of a spin-off or split-off from The Madison Square Garden Company, to issue, on a date that is no less than 30 trading days and no more than 90 days following the consummation of such Transfer or transaction, to the holders of such MSG Promissory Notes outstanding at such time, MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock in an amount equal to the principal and accrued interest outstanding under such MSG Promissory Notes as of the date of such issuance, (replacing the words the 90 days in the definition of Successor Stock with the total number of trading days since its initial public listing with respect to the average market capitalization and average float and trading volume of such MSG Company Successor) and upon the issuance of such MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock in compliance with this clause (C), the original MSG Promissory Notes in respect of which such MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock was issued and the related guarantee by The Madison Square Garden Company shall be canceled with no further force and effect; provided , that in the case of this clause (C), (I) the MSG Company Successor shall have agreed to be bound by the requirements with respect to Qualified Successor Stock
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under this Section 6.6(i), including the requirement to effect the registration of Qualified Successor Stock to allow all such Persons receiving Successor Stock two periods of 30 consecutive days to trade such Qualified Successor Stock within the first 180 days of issuance (so long as one of such 30-day periods falls within the first 120 days of issuance) and (II) the issuance of Qualified Successor Stock to such Persons will not cause such Persons, individually or in the aggregate, to be considered an affiliate for the purpose of Rule 144A (without taking into account any stock or other securities of the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates owned or acquired by such Person (other than any Successor Stock issued in such Put) or any directorship in the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates held by such Person). If the holders of any outstanding MSG Promissory Notes do not approve the guarantee by The Madison Square Garden Company in clause (A) of the foregoing sentence, the MSG Company Successor is unable to issue the required B Rated Notes pursuant to clause (B) of the foregoing sentence and MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock is not issued in accordance with clause (C) of the foregoing sentence, then any principal amount plus interest outstanding under such MSG Promissory Notes shall immediately become due and owing.
(j) In the event that a Rollover Holdco Member exercises a Put purchasable by The Madison Square Garden Company pursuant to this Section 6.6, then: (i) The Madison Square Garden Company shall provide written notice thereof to each Rollover Holdco Member and Member (other than Rollover Holdco) within two business days of the final determination of the applicable Principal Purchase Price or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price; and (ii) each Rollover Holdco Member (other than any Rollover Holdco Member who exercised such Put) shall have the right (but not the obligation) to (A) direct Rollover Holdco to purchase a portion of the Attributable Class A Common Units in accordance with Section 6.11(a), and (B) if such Rollover Holdco Member owns Class A Common Units as a Member, purchase a portion of such Class A Common Units, in each case, subject to such Put that is equal to such Rollover Holdco Members Relative Percentage Share among MSG and all such Rollover Holdco Members (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Rollover Holdco Member who owns Class A Common Units as a Member) on the same terms and conditions (including at the same price per Class A Common Unit and Attributable Class A Common Unit) as The Madison Square Garden Company in such Put upon written notice to The Madison Square Garden Company and the Company within five business days after receipt of the written notice pursuant to the preceding clause (i); provided , however , that the consideration paid by any such Rollover Holdco Member directly or to Rollover Holdco to effectuate such purchase, as applicable, in each case, shall be paid in cash; provided , further , however , that if the acquisition of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units by The Madison Square Garden Company upon exercise of such Put would cause the Qualified Principal Percentage to be reduced so that the Principals would not have some or all of the Principal Veto Rights after such acquisition by The Madison Square Garden Company that they had immediately prior to such acquisition, then the Qualified Principals and their respective Principal Rollover Holdco Groups shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase (in the case of any Class A Common Units subject to such Put) or direct Rollover Holdco to purchase (in each case, in proportion to Relative Percentage Shares or in such other proportion as they shall otherwise agree) a portion of the Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units on the same terms and conditions as The Madison Square Garden Company would have acquired such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units (but for this further proviso), so that
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the Principals do not lose such Principal Veto Rights (and the portion of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units to be purchased by The Madison Square Garden Company shall be reduced accordingly), by giving The Madison Square Garden Company and the Company written notice at the same time as the notice the Rollover Holdco Members are required to give pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 6.6(j). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.6(j), no Member or Rollover Holdco Member (other than a Principal in the event that such Principals representation and warranty in the Transaction Agreement that he is an accredited investor on the date of this Agreement is accurate) shall have a right to purchase Class A Common Units and/or direct Rollover Holdco to purchase Attributable Class A Common Units pursuant to this Section 6.6(j) if such purchase will violate any applicable securities laws (whether or not such violation may be cured by a filing of a registration statement or any other special disclosure, but allowing for any readily available exemptions that do not impose any requirement to provide a disclosure document to investors); provided , however , that in the event applicable securities laws shall change after the date of this Agreement so as to provide an exemption therefrom that would be satisfied by providing the Eligible Parties with, in addition to information otherwise required to be provided to them pursuant to this Section 6.6, financial statements otherwise prepared by the Company in the ordinary course of business pursuant to Section 3.5 or any other information prepared or delivered to any other purchaser of such securities, then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such exemption.
(k) Any Put exercisable by any Principal or Rollover Holdco Member pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall be exercisable by such Principal or Rollover Holdco Members successors or heirs in the event of such Principal or Rollover Holdco Members death or Disability.
Section 6.7 Call Right for Class A Common Units .
(a) Subject to Section 6.7(h), if the employment by the Company of a Principal is terminated for any reason (whether with or without Cause or Good Reason or on account of death or Disability) prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, MSG shall have the right to purchase (i) all of the Class A Common Units owned by such Principal and (ii) a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by such Principals Principal Rollover Holdco Group, and the Principals shall have the obligation to sell (and, in the case of such members of such Principal Rollover Holdco Group, the obligation to direct Rollover Holdco to sell) such Class A Common Units and the members of such Principal Rollover Holdco Group and Rollover Holdco shall have the obligation to sell such Attributable Class A Common Units in accordance with Section 6.11(b), in each case, pursuant to this Section 6.7 (a Principal Leaver Call ) by giving such Principal and each of the other Qualified Principals written notice of the exercise thereof at any time during the 30-day period following such termination (or, in the event such Principal shall have the right to exercise a Principal Good Leaver Put or a Principal Early Leaver Put, then (assuming he shall not exercise such right) during the 30 days after expiration of the applicable Put Exercise Period). Any obligation to sell (or direct the sale of, as applicable) such Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units pursuant to a Principal Leaver Call if the employment by the Company of such Principal is terminated with Cause or without Good
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Reason prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement is referred to as a Principal Early Leaver Call. The amount paid for any Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units purchased by MSG or the Company pursuant to a Principal Leaver Call or Principal Early Leaver Call will be equal to the applicable Principal Purchase Price.
(b) Subject to Section 6.7(h), if a Principal shall not exercise his right to put Class A Common Units and direct Rollover Holdco to put Attributable Class A Common Units of his Principal Rollover Holdco Group to the Company during the Put Exercise Period with respect to a Principal Post-Year 5 Put, MSG shall have the right to purchase (i) all of the Class A Common Units owned by such Principal and (ii) a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by such Principals Principal Rollover Holdco Group, and the Principals shall have the obligation to sell such Class A Common Units and the members of such Principal Rollover Holdco Group and Rollover Holdco shall have the obligation to sell (and, in the case of such members of such Principal Rollover Holdco Group, the obligation to direct Rollover Holdco to sell) such Attributable Class A Common Units in accordance with Section 6.11(b), in each case, pursuant to this Section 6.7 (a Principal Post-Year 5 Call ) by giving such Principal and each of the other Qualified Principals written notice of the exercise thereof during the 30-day period after the end of the applicable Put Exercise Period. The amount paid for any Class A Common Units and Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant to a Principal Post-Year 5 Call shall be the applicable Principal Purchase Price.
(c) Subject to Section 6.7(h), if the employment by the Company of an Employee Rollover Holdco Member is terminated for any reason (whether with or without Cause or Good Reason or on account of death or Disability) at any time, the Company or, if MSG shall elect, MSG, shall have the right to purchase a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by such Employee Rollover Holdco Member, and such Employee Rollover Holdco Member and Rollover Holdco shall have the obligation to sell (and such Employee Rollover Holdco Member shall have the obligation to direct Rollover Holdco to sell) such Attributable Class A Common Units in accordance with Section 6.11(b), pursuant to this Section 6.7 (an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Leaver Call ) by giving him or her and each of the Qualified Principals written notice of the exercise thereof at any time during the 30-day period following such termination. The amount paid for any Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant to an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Leaver Call shall be the applicable Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price; provided , however , that with respect to an Employee Rollover Holdco Member listed on Schedule 6.7(c), such Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price shall be adjusted by the Early Leaver Discount in the event such Employee Rollover Holdco Members employment was terminated for Cause or by such Employee Rollover Holdco Member for any reason prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement.
(d) Subject to Section 6.7(f), if at any time after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement when MSG is permitted to exercise its rights in respect of a Principal Post-Year 5 Call, the Company or, if MSG shall elect, MSG, shall have the right to purchase a number of Attributable Class A Common Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units owned by an Employee Rollover Holdco Member, and such Employee Rollover
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Holdco Member and Rollover Holdco shall have the obligation to sell (and such Employee Rollover Holdco Member shall have the obligation to direct Rollover Holdco to sell) such Attributable Class A Common Units in accordance with Section 6.11(b), pursuant to this Section 6.7 (an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Call ) by giving him or her and each of the Qualified Principals written notice of the exercise thereof at the same time. The amount paid for any Attributable Class A Common Units purchased pursuant to an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Call shall be the Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price.
(e) In the event the Company or MSG exercises its right to call Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units pursuant to this Section 6.7 (each, a Call ), then the closing of the purchase and sale of Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units contemplated thereby shall occur at the offices of MSG at 10:00 a.m. (New York time) ten business days after the later of the determination of the applicable Principal Purchase Price or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price and the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act or at such other place, date and time mutually agreed upon by MSG or the Company (as applicable) and such Rollover Holdco Member. At such closing, such Principal, Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member shall execute and deliver the Required Transfer Documentation against receipt of the purchase price therefor.
(f) The consideration paid for the Call of any Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units to be purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be paid, at the Companys option, (i) in cash, (ii) by issuance of a TAO Promissory Note, (iii) if consented to by MSG or the MSG Company Successor (in MSGs or the MSG Company Successors sole discretion, respectively), Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock (in either case, subject to the legend provisions in Section 2.03(b)(iii) and 9.10 of the Transaction Agreement), as applicable or (iv) in any combination of the foregoing; provided , however , that (1) in the case of Qualified Successor Stock and in connection with a Call by the MSG Company Successor, the MSG Company Successor shall have agreed to be bound by the requirements with respect to Qualified Successor Stock under this Section 6.7(f), including the requirement to effect the registration of Qualified Successor Stock to allow all such Persons receiving Qualified Successor Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Qualified Successor Stock held by Employee Rollover Holdco Members and Other Rollover Holdco Members) two periods of 30 consecutive days to trade such Qualified Successor Stock within the first 180 days of issuance (so long as one of such 30-day periods falls within the first 120 days of issuance); (2) the issuance of Qualified Successor Stock to such Persons will not cause such Persons, individually or in the aggregate, to be considered an affiliate for the purpose of Rule 144A (without taking into account any stock or other securities of the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates owned or acquired by such Person (other than any Successor Stock issued in such Call) or any directorship in the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates held by such Person); and (3) in the case of any Tao Promissory Note issued by a Tao Note Replacement Entity and/or any issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock pursuant to clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 6.7(f), a Tao Note Company Entity shall issue a Tao Promissory Note to MSG (or any of its Affiliates, as designated by MSG) for an amount of principal equal to the aggregate portion of the applicable Call paid by issuance of such Tao
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Promissory Note by a Tao Note Replacement Entity and/or the issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, and with a maturity date (x) in the case of the issuance of a Tao Promissory Note by a Tao Note Replacement Entity (solely with respect to the amount of Call consideration paid by such Tao Promissory Note), equal to such Tao Promissory Notes maturity date and/or (y) in the case of the issuance of Qualified MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock, six months from the date of issuance. At the election of MSG in connection with the issuance of a TAO Promissory Note, any such TAO Promissory Note: (x) will be issued by the Company and mature six months after the date of issuance, or (y) in the event the Company uses its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of the lender(s) under the Company Loan Agreement for the Person that is the borrower under the Company Loan Agreement to issue (and make payments under) such TAO Promissory Note (or, in the event such consent is not obtained, in the event the Company uses its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of the lender(s) under the Company Loan Agreement to permit the borrower to make restricted payments thereunder in order to permit the Company to make payments under such TAO Promissory Note), will be issued by the Person that is the borrower under the Company Loan Agreement (or, if such consent is not obtained, issued by the Company) and mature 12 months after the date of issuance; provided, however, that if neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries qualifies as a Tao Note Company Entity, such Tao Promissory Note may, with the consent of a Tao Note Replacement Entity, be issued by such Tao Note Replacement Entity (in such Tao Note Replacement Entitys sole discretion).
(g) The consideration paid for the Call of any Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units required to be purchased by MSG (in the event there is no MSG Company Successor) pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be paid, at MSGs option, (i) in cash, (ii) by issuance of a MSG Promissory Note, (iii) in Qualified MSG Stock (subject to the legend provisions in Section 2.03(b)(iii) and 9.10 of the Transaction Agreement) or (iv) in any combination of the foregoing. The consideration paid for the Call of any Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units required to be purchased by MSG (in the event there is an MSG Company Successor) pursuant to this Section 6.7 shall be paid, at such MSG Company Successors option, (i) in cash, (ii) by issuance of a B Rated Note, (iii) in Qualified Successor Stock (subject to the legend provisions in Section 2.03(b)(iii) and 9.10 of the Transaction Agreement) or (iv) in any combination of the foregoing; provided , however , that (1) no more than 75% of the consideration paid may be in a B Rated Note, (2) no more than 75% of the consideration paid may be in Qualified Successor Stock, (3) in the case of Qualified Successor Stock, the MSG Company Successor shall have agreed to be bound by the requirements with respect to Qualified Successor Stock under this Section 6.7(g), including the requirement to effect the registration of Qualified Successor Stock to allow all such Persons receiving Qualified Successor Stock two periods of 30 consecutive days to trade such Qualified Successor Stock within the first 180 days of issuance (so long as one of such 30-day periods falls within the first 120 days of issuance) and (4) the issuance of Qualified Successor Stock to such Persons will not cause such Persons, individually or in the aggregate, to be considered an affiliate for the purpose of Rule 144A (without taking into account any stock or other securities of the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates owned or acquired by such Person (other than any Successor Stock issued in such Call) or any directorship in the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates held by such Person). If at any time following the issuance of a MSG Promissory Note pursuant to this Section 6.7(g) a Permitted Transfer or MSG
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Change of Control (or other Transfer or transaction permitted in accordance with Article VI) is consummated which results in an MSG Company Successor directly or indirectly holding more than 50% of the Interests of MSG, then The Madison Square Garden Company shall cause such MSG Company Successor, at the option of The Madison Square Garden Company, (A) to assume any MSG Promissory Notes outstanding at such time, and The Madison Square Garden Company shall guarantee the obligations of the MSG Company Successor under such MSG Promissory Notes (provided, that the option in this clause (A) shall only be available to The Madison Square Garden Company upon the approval by the holders of such MSG Promissory Notes of the form of guarantee, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (B) to replace within three (3) months following the consummation of such Transfer or transaction any outstanding MSG Promissory Notes with B Rated Notes that mature and are payable in full on the exact same maturity date as such MSG Promissory Notes (and upon the issuance of such replacement B Rated Note in compliance with this clause (B), the original MSG Promissory Note replaced by such B Rated Note shall be null and void with no further force and effect) or (C) if such Transfer or transaction is part of a spin-off or split-off from The Madison Square Garden Company, to issue, on a date that is no less than 30 trading days and no more than 90 days following the consummation of such Transfer or transaction, to the holders of such MSG Promissory Notes outstanding at such time, MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock in an amount equal to the principal and accrued interest outstanding under such MSG Promissory Notes as of the date of such issuance (replacing the words the 90 days in the definition of Successor Stock with the total number of trading days since its initial public listing with respect to the average market capitalization and average float and trading volume of such MSG Company Successor) and upon the issuance of such MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock in compliance with this clause (C), the original MSG Promissory Notes in respect of which such MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock was issued and the related guarantee by The Madison Square Garden Company shall be canceled with no further force and effect; provided , that in the case of this clause (C), (I) the MSG Company Successor shall have agreed to be bound by the requirements with respect to Qualified Successor Stock under this Section 6.6(i), including the requirement to effect the registration of Qualified Successor Stock to allow all such Persons receiving Successor Stock two periods of 30 consecutive days to trade such Qualified Successor Stock within the first 180 days of issuance (so long as one of such 30-day periods falls within the first 120 days of issuance) and (II) the issuance of Qualified Successor Stock to such Persons will not cause such Persons, individually or in the aggregate, to be considered an affiliate for the purpose of Rule 144A (without taking into account any stock or other securities of the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates owned or acquired by such Person (other than any Successor Stock issued in such Put) or any directorship in the MSG Company Successor or any of its Affiliates held by such Person). If the holders of any outstanding MSG Promissory Notes do not approve the guarantee by The Madison Square Garden Company in clause (A) of the foregoing sentence, the MSG Company Successor is unable to issue the required B Rated Notes pursuant to clause (B) of the foregoing sentence and MSG Stock or Qualified Successor Stock is not issued in accordance with clause (C) of the foregoing sentence, then any principal amount plus interest outstanding under such MSG Promissory Notes shall immediately become due and owing.
(h) In the event that MSG exercises a Call, then: (i) MSG shall provide written notice thereof to each Rollover Holdco Member within two business days of the final
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determination of the applicable Principal Purchase Price or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price; and (ii) each Rollover Holdco Member (other than any Rollover Holdco Member subject to such Call) shall have the right (but not the obligation) to (A) direct Rollover Holdco to purchase a portion of the Attributable Class A Common Units in accordance with Section 6.11(a), and (B) if such Rollover Holdco Member owns Class A Common Units as a Member, purchase a portion of such Class A Common Units, in each case, subject to such Call that is equal to such Rollover Holdco Members Relative Percentage Share among MSG and all such Rollover Holdco Members (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Rollover Holdco Member who owns Class A Common Units as a Member) on the same terms and conditions (including at the same price per Class A Common Unit and Attributable Class A Common Unit) as MSG in such Call upon written notice to MSG and the Company within five business days after receipt of the written notice pursuant to the preceding clause (i); provided , however , that the consideration paid by any such Rollover Holdco Member directly or to Rollover Holdco to effectuate such purchase, as applicable, in each case, shall be paid in cash; provided , further , however , that if the acquisition of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units by MSG upon exercise of such Call would cause the Qualified Principal Percentage to be reduced so that the Principals would not have some or all of the Principal Veto Rights after such acquisition by MSG that they had immediately prior to such acquisition, then the Qualified Principals and their respective Principal Rollover Holdco Groups shall have the right (but not the obligation) to purchase (in the case of any Class A Common Units subject to such Call) or direct Rollover Holdco to purchase (in each case, in proportion to their Relative Percentage Shares or in such other proportion as they shall otherwise agree) a portion of the Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units on the same terms and conditions as MSG would have acquired such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units (but for this further proviso), so that the Principals do not lose such Principal Veto Rights (and the portion of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units to be purchased by MSG shall be reduced accordingly), by giving MSG and the Company written notice at the same time as the notice the Rollover Holdco Members are required to give pursuant to clause (ii) of this Section 6.7(h). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.7(h), no Member or Rollover Holdco Member (other than a Principal in the event such Principals representation and warranty in the Transaction Agreement that he is an accredited investor on the date of this Agreement is accurate) shall have a right to purchase Class A Common Units and/or direct Rollover Holdco to purchase Attributable Class A Common Units pursuant to this Section 6.7(h) if such purchase will violate any applicable securities laws (whether or not such violation may be cured by a filing of a registration statement or any other special disclosure, but allowing for any readily available exemptions that do not impose any requirement to provide a disclosure document to investors); provided , however , that in the event applicable securities laws shall change after the date of this Agreement so as to provide an exemption therefrom that would be satisfied by providing the Eligible Parties with, in addition to information otherwise required to be provided to them pursuant to this Section 6.7, financial statements otherwise prepared by the Company in the ordinary course of business pursuant to Section 3.5 or any other information prepared or delivered to any other purchaser of such securities, then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such exemption.
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Section 6.8 Determination of Fair Market Value .
(a) For the period ending 30 days after the exercise by a Rollover Holdco Member of his or her right to direct Rollover Holdco to put Attributable Class A Common Units (or, in the case of a Principal, to also put Class A Common Units) to The Madison Square Garden Company or the Company pursuant to Section 6.6 (Put Right) or the exercise by MSG or the Company of its call right pursuant to Section 6.7 (Call Right) (or, in the event MSG shall exercise its rights under Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Rights) and, as contemplated in clause (ii) of Section 6.6(g), the Approved Sale contemplated thereby is not consummated during the Approved Sale Period, for the period ending 30 days after expiration of such Approved Sale Period) (either such 30-day period, a Mutual Valuation Period ), MSG and such Rollover Holdco Member (or, in the event more than one Rollover Holdco Member is then directing Rollover Holdco to sell Attributable Class A Common Units (or, in the case of a Principal, to also sell Class A Common Units) to MSG or the Company, as applicable, a Person designated by the holders of a majority of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units then owned by all Rollover Holdco Members who are then directing Rollover Holdco to sell Attributable Class A Common Units (or, in the case of a Principal, to also sell Class A Common Units) to The Madison Square Garden Company, MSG or the Company, as applicable) shall in good faith negotiate the Fair Market Value of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units as of the date of the exercise of such right. The Person who negotiates with MSG or The Madison Square Garden Company (as applicable, the MSG FMV Entity ) pursuant to the preceding sentence is referred to as the Rollover Holdco Member Representative. If the MSG FMV Entity and the Rollover Holdco Member Representative are unable to reach agreement within 30 days as to such Fair Market Value, then the MSG FMV Entity and the Rollover Holdco Member Representative shall, at a date and time mutually agreed by the MSG FMV Entity and the Rollover Holdco Member Representative (but in any event no later than 30 days after the expiration of the Mutual Valuation Period), each submit to a mutually agreed independent third party (in the event they cannot agree on such an independent third party during such 30-day period, then either of them may request the American Arbitration Association to select such third party) (the FMV Depository ), its determination of such Fair Market Value. At or prior to the time of such submission, the MSG FMV Entity and the Rollover Holdco Member Representative will each instruct the FMV Depository to keep such submission confidential and not to disclose its contents to any other Person until the other party (either the MSG FMV Entity or the Rollover Holdco Member Representative, as applicable) has also submitted its determination to the FMV Depository. The FMV Depository will also be instructed by the MSG FMV Entity and the Rollover Holdco Member Representative to give copies of each submission to both of them simultaneously promptly (but in any event within one day) after each such determination has been submitted to it. In the event the higher calculation of Fair Market Value submitted to the FMV Depository is no more than 115% of the lower calculation of Fair Market Value submitted to the FMV Depository, then the Fair Market Value of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units shall be the average of the two. In the event the higher calculation of Fair Market Value submitted to the FMV Depository is more than 115% of the lower calculation of Fair Market Value submitted to the FMV Depository, then the Fair Market Value of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units shall be the amount determined by the Arbitrator (but in no event greater than the higher calculation of Fair Market Value submitted to the FMV Depository and in no event less than the lower calculation of Fair Market Value submitted to the FMV Depository).
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(b) Within 30 days after the submissions of Fair Market Value by the MSG FMV Entity and the Rollover Holdco Member Representative to the FMV Depository pursuant to Section 6.8(a), the MSG FMV Entity and the Rollover Holdco Member Representative shall jointly select a nationally-recognized investment banking firm experienced in valuing businesses such as the Company (in the event they cannot agree on such an investment banking firm during such 30-day period, then either of them may request the American Arbitration Association to select such an investment banking firm) (the Arbitrator ).
(c) In acting hereunder, the Arbitrator shall be acting as an appraising expert and not as an arbitrator. The Members and the Rollover Holdco Members agree that judgment may be entered upon the determination of the Arbitrator in any court having jurisdiction over the party against which such determination is to be enforced. The Members and the Rollover Holdco Members shall instruct the Arbitrator to determine the Fair Market Value of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units; provided , however , that such Fair Market Value shall not be higher than the higher of the Fair Market Values submitted by the parties to the FMV Depository pursuant to Section 6.8(a) or lower than the lower of the Fair Market Values submitted by the parties to the FMV Depository pursuant to Section 6.8(a). The fees and expenses of the Arbitrator incurred in connection with Section 6.8 shall be borne by each party (the MSG FMV Entity and the Rollover Holdco Members participating in such sale in accordance with Section 6.11) in the same proportion that the amount by which the Fair Market Value of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units submitted by such party to the Arbitrator exceeds (or, as applicable, is less than) the Arbitrators determination of the Fair Market Value of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units in accordance with this Section 6.8(c) bears to the difference between the Fair Market Value of such Class A Common Units and/or Attributable Class A Common Units submitted by each party to the Arbitrator.
Section 6.9 Transfers of Preferred Units With Class A Common Units .
(a) In connection with a Rollover Holdco Members exercise of a Put on or prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, a Rollover Holdco Member who owns Rollover Holdco Preferred Units shall, at the same time such Rollover Holdco Member directs Rollover Holdco to Transfer the Attributable Class A Common Units that correspond to his, her or its Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units to the Company or The Madison Square Garden Company, as applicable, also have the right to direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer the Attributable Preferred Units that correspond to his, her or its Rollover Holdco Preferred Units owned by such Rollover Holdco Member to The Madison Square Garden Company in accordance with Section 6.11(b), and The Madison Square Garden Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Preferred Units, pursuant to this Section 6.9 (a Preferred Unit Early Put ) by giving the Company and The Madison Square Garden Company written notice thereof at the same time such Rollover Holdco Member elects to exercise such Put. The amount paid for any Attributable Preferred Units purchased pursuant to a Preferred Unit Early Put shall be the Stated Early Put Value.
(b) In connection with the exercise by MSG or the Company of a Call to purchase any Attributable Class A Common Units on or prior to the date that is 30 days after the
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fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, MSG shall, at the same time it or the Company, as applicable, purchases Attributable Class A Common Units upon exercise of such Call, also have the right to purchase a number of Attributable Preferred Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Preferred Units owned by such Rollover Holdco Member, and such Rollover Holdco Member and Rollover Holdco shall have the obligation to sell such Attributable Preferred Units in accordance with Section 6.11, pursuant to this Section 6.9 (a Preferred Unit Early Call ) by giving such Rollover Holdco Member and (if the Company shall have exercised such Call) the Company written notice of the exercise thereof at the same time as the exercise of such Call (or, in the event the Company shall have exercised such Call, within 30 days after MSGs receipt of written notice of such exercise). The amount paid for any Attributable Preferred Units purchased by MSG pursuant to a Preferred Unit Early Call will be equal to the Stated Preferred Value.
(c) In the event a Rollover Holdco Member exercises a Preferred Unit Early Put or MSG exercises a Preferred Unit Early Call, then the closing of the purchase and sale of Attributable Preferred Units contemplated thereby shall occur at the same place, date and time as the Transfer of Attributable Class A Common Units contemplated by the Put or Call that gave rise thereto or at such other place, date and time as is mutually agreed upon by MSG (or The Madison Square Garden Company, as applicable) and such Rollover Holdco Member. At such closing, Rollover Holdco and such Rollover Holdco Member shall execute and deliver the Required Transfer Documentation against receipt of the purchase price therefor.
(d) In the event of a Preferred Unit Early Put or Preferred Unit Early Call, then each Rollover Holdco Member shall have the right to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase in accordance with Section 6.11(b) a portion of the Attributable Preferred Units to be otherwise acquired by MSG (or The Madison Square Garden Company, as applicable) pursuant this Section 6.9 in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.6(j) or Section 6.7(h), as the case may be, applied mutatis mutandis ; provided that each such Rollover Holdco Members right to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase a portion of the Attributable Preferred Units to be acquired shall be equal to such Rollover Holdco Members relative Preferred Percentage Share among MSG and all such Rollover Holdco Members.
(e) The consideration paid for the put or call of any Preferred Units purchased by The Madison Square Garden Company, MSG or Rollover Holdco pursuant to this Section 6.9 shall be paid in cash, and, in the case of Rollover Holdco, shall be provided by the applicable Rollover Holdco Member.
(f) In the event that The Madison Square Garden Company, MSG or Rollover Holdco shall purchase any Preferred Units hereunder from any Member, then such purchaser shall for the avoidance of doubt be entitled to receive all amounts that would thereafter have been payable to such Member pursuant to Section 2.1(c) if such Member had not sold his or her Preferred Units to The Madison Square Garden Company, MSG or Rollover Holdco.
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Section 6.10 Transfers of Preferred Units Without Class A Common Units .
(a) On or prior to the date that is 151 days after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver written notice to each holder of Preferred Units (and each Rollover Holdco Member holding Rollover Holdco Preferred Units) notifying each such holder of his, her or its right to Transfer (or to direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer) Preferred Units to the Company on the date that is 181 days after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement (which, in the case of any Attributable Preferred Units shall be in accordance with Section 6.11(b)). Upon written notice from any such holder to the Company at any time thereafter of its election to so Transfer (or to direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer) his, her or its Preferred Units, the Company shall have the obligation to purchase such Preferred Units, pursuant to this Section 6.10(a) and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) in the case of Attributed Preferred Units (a Preferred Unit Put ). The amount paid for any Preferred Units purchased pursuant to a Preferred Unit Put shall be the Stated Preferred Value. Payments to holders of Preferred Units who accept such offer pursuant to this Section 6.10(a) shall be made in proportion to amounts due to them.
(b) At any time, the Company may deliver written notice to (i) each holder of Preferred Units (and each Rollover Holdco Member holding Rollover Holdco Preferred Units) notifying each such holder of his, her or its obligation to Transfer (or, as applicable, to direct Rollover Holdco to Transfer) Preferred Units to the Company on the date set forth in such notice pursuant to this Section 6.10(b) and in accordance with Section 6.11(b) in the case of Attributable Preferred Units, or (ii) a Disapproving Principal and his Principal Rollover Holdco Group (any such notice pursuant to clause (i) or (ii), a Preferred Unit Call ). The amount paid for any Preferred Units purchased pursuant to a Preferred Unit Call shall be the Stated Preferred Value. Payments to holders of Preferred Units pursuant to this Section 6.10(b) shall be made in proportion to amounts due to them.
(c) In the event one or more holders exercise a Preferred Unit Put or a Preferred Unit Call, then the closing of the purchase and sale of Preferred Units contemplated thereby shall occur at such place, date and time determined by the Company, which shall be (i) in the case of a Preferred Unit Put, the later of (A) the date that is 181 days after the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement, and (B) the date that is 10 days following such holders election to exercise a Preferred Unit Put, (ii) in the case of a Preferred Unit Call, the date that is 10 days following the election to exercise a Preferred Unit Call, or (iii) in any event at such other place, date and time as is mutually agreed upon by the Company and the Members whose Preferred Units are being purchased pursuant to such Preferred Unit Put or Preferred Unit Call, as applicable. At such closing, such holder (and, any applicable Rollover Holdco Member who owns the Rollover Holdco Preferred Units that correspond to the Attributable Preferred Units being Transferred) shall execute and deliver the Required Transfer Documentation against receipt of the purchase price therefor.
(d) The consideration paid for the put or call of any Preferred Units purchased by the Company pursuant to this Section 6.10 shall be paid in cash.
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Section 6.11 Transfers of Attributable Interests .
(a) To the extent any Rollover Holdco Member elects (or, as applicable, commits to elect) to direct Rollover Holdco to purchase (i) Preemptive Securities pursuant to Section 1.4, (ii) Offered Securities pursuant to Section 6.3(d) (other than any Offered Securities pursuant to Section 6.3(d) that are Rollover Holdco Interests), (iii) Attributable Class A Common Units pursuant to Section 6.6(g) or Section 6.7(h), or (iv) Attributable Preferred Units pursuant to Section 6.9(d), (x) such Rollover Holdco Member shall contribute the purchase price payable in respect of such Preemptive Securities, Offered Securities, Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units, as the case may be, to Rollover Holdco in exchange for Rollover Holdco Interests that correspond to the Attributable Interests in the Company, in accordance with the Rollover Holdco LLCA, (y) Rollover Holdco shall use the proceeds of such contribution to purchase Interests in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and (z) such Interests shall be deemed Attributable Interests of such Rollover Holdco Member for purposes of this Agreement from and after such acquisition; provided , however , that in any such case where the transferee is a Rollover Holdco Member, such Transfer shall be effectuated by a direct Transfer of Rollover Holdco Interests between the applicable Rollover Holdco Members.
(b) At the closing of any Transfer of Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units by Rollover Holdco pursuant to Section 6.3 (Right of First Offer), 6.4 (Tag-Along Rights), 6.5 (Drag-Along Rights), 6.6 (Put Right), 6.7 (Call Right), 6.9 (Transfers of Preferred Units With Class A Common Units) or 6.10 (Transfers of Preferred Units Without Class A Common Units) or otherwise (other than a Permitted Transfer of Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units), notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VI that contemplates Rollover Holdco as the transferor of such Attributable Interests, (i) Rollover Holdco will distribute a number of Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable) in full redemption of an equivalent number of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units or Rollover Holdco Preferred Units (as applicable) held by the Rollover Holdco Member participating in such Transfer, and (ii) such Rollover Holdco Member shall Transfer such Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable) to the applicable transferee thereof in accordance with the other terms of this Article VI that are mutatis mutandis applicable to such Transfer; provided , however , that if the Principals unanimously so elect, Rollover Holdco shall (x) Transfer the Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable) to the applicable transferee thereof in accordance with the other terms of this Article VI applicable to such Transfer and (y) distribute the proceeds received by Rollover Holdco to such Rollover Holdco Member in full redemption of the Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units or Rollover Holdco Preferred Units (as applicable) corresponding to such Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable); provided , further , however , that in any such case where the transferee is a Rollover Holdco Member, such Transfer shall be effectuated by direct Transfer of Rollover Holdco Interests between the applicable Rollover Holdco Members. On any redemption of Rollover Holdco Interests referred to in the prior sentence, the Rollover Holdco Member whose Rollover Holdco Interests are being redeemed shall execute and deliver the Required Transfer Documentation against receipt of the purchase price therefor.
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Section 6.12 Other Rollover Holdco Member Put and Call Rights .
(a) The Other Rollover Holdco Member set forth on Schedule 6.12(a) may elect to Put all of his, her, or its Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable) during the 30-day period following the fifth, seventh or ninth anniversary of the date of this Agreement and otherwise in accordance with the terms of an Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Put (other than the limitations on the amount of Units to be Transferred set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the second sentence of Section 6.6(d)) under Section 6.6 , applied mutatis mutandis . In the event of a Principal Good Leaver Put, Principal Early Leaver Put, Principal Post-Year 5 Put, Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put, Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put, Principal Leaver Call, Principal Early Leaver Call or Principal Post-Year 5 Call, MSG or the Company, as applicable, may elect to Call all of such Other Rollover Holdco Members Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable) in accordance with the terms of Section 6.7 , applied mutatis mutandis ; provided , however , that the Early Leaver Discount shall not apply if such Call is a result of a Principal Early Leaver Put or Principal Early Leaver Call.
(b) The Other Rollover Holdco Members set forth on Schedule 6.12(b) may elect to Put all of his, her, or its Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable) after the fifth anniversary, but only in the event of a Principal Post-Year 5 Put, Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put, Principal Post-Year 5 Call, Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Put or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Call in accordance with the terms of Section 6.6 applied mutatis mutandis (other than the limitations on the amount of Units to be Transferred set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) of the second sentence of Section 6.6(d)). In the event of a Principal Good Leaver Put, Principal Early Leaver Put, Principal Post-Year 5 Put, Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put, Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put, Principal Leaver Call, Principal Early Leaver Call, Principal Post-Year 5 Call, Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Put or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Call, MSG or the Company, as applicable, may elect to Call all of such Other Rollover Holdco Members Attributable Class A Common Units or Attributable Preferred Units (as applicable) in accordance with the terms of Section 6.7 applied mutatis mutandis ; provided , however , that the Early Leaver Discount shall not apply if such Call is a result of a Principal Early Leaver Put or Principal Early Leaver Call.
Article VII
Dissolution; Liquidation
Section 7.1 Dissolution . The Company shall dissolve upon the earliest to occur of: (a) the determination of the Board, subject to the Approval Rights; (b) the sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets; and (c) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution against the Company in accordance with the Act.
Section 7.2 Liquidation and Distribution . On dissolution of the Company, the Board shall act as liquidator or may appoint one or more other Persons as liquidator (which Persons shall act as liquidator subject to the supervision of the Board). The liquidator shall proceed diligently, in good faith and in accordance with applicable law to wind up the affairs of the Company and make final distributions as provided in this Agreement. The costs of liquidation shall be borne as a Company expense. Until final distribution, the Board shall (without limitation of the Approval Rights) continue to operate the Company as provided for in this Agreement. The steps to be accomplished by the liquidator are as follows:
(a) as promptly as practicable after dissolution and again after final liquidation, the liquidator shall cause a proper accounting to be made by a recognized firm of certified public accountants of the Companys assets, liabilities and operations through the last day of the calendar month in which the dissolution occurs or the final liquidation is completed, as applicable;
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(b) the liquidator shall pay from the Companys funds all of the debts and liabilities of the Company (including all expenses incurred in liquidation) or otherwise make adequate provision for them (including the establishment of a cash escrow fund for contingent liabilities in such amount and for such term as the liquidator may reasonably determine);
(c) the liquidator shall sell at auction to the highest bidder all Company property, with each Member having the right to bid thereon; and
(d) any remaining unsold Company property, and any proceeds from the disposition of Company property, shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with Section 2.1.
In the event of a sale by the Members of all of their Units to a third party, distributions subsequently made to the Members shall be determined in accordance with this Section 7.2(d).
Section 7.3 Certificate of Cancellation . Upon completion of the winding up of the affairs of the Company, the Board or the other Person or Persons selected to act as liquidator of the Company shall promptly file a certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of Delaware.
Article VIII
Miscellaneous
Section 8.1 Certain Interpretive Matters . As used herein: (a) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender (or the neuter), and words that are neuter shall be held to include each gender, in each case as the context requires; (b) the terms hereof, herein, and herewith and words of similar import shall, unless otherwise stated, be construed to refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; (c) Article, Section, paragraph and Exhibit references are to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs and Exhibits to this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (d) unless the context otherwise requires, the word or is not exclusive; (e) the headings of the sections of this Agreement are inserted for purposes of convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning or construction of any provision hereof; (f) except as expressly provided in this Agreement, in the event a party is entitled to take any action (or refrain from taking any action), such party may determine whether to take such action in its sole discretion. Whenever the words included, includes or including are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words without limitation; (g) writing, written and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of
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reproducing words in a visible form; (h) references to any statute shall be deemed to refer to such statute as amended from time to time and to any rules or regulations promulgated thereunder; and (i) references to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person.
Section 8.2 Notices . All notices or other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be given in writing and given by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, nationally recognized overnight delivery service, such as Federal Express or personal delivery against receipt to the party to whom it is given, in each case, at such partys following address or such other address as such party may hereafter specify by notice to the other parties hereto given in accordance herewith:
If to the Company, to:
TAO Group
1350 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 710
New York, NY 10019
Attention: |
Marc Packer Richard Wolf Noah Tepperberg Jason Strauss |
with a copy to each of the Qualified Principals at his address set forth on a signature page to this Agreement
and a copy to:
The Madison Square Garden Company
Two Pennsylvania Plaza
New York, NY 10121
Attention: General Counsel
and a copy to:
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
One Battery Park Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Attention: Kenneth A. Lefkowitz
If to any Member, to the address of such Member set forth on a signature page hereto.
If to The Madison Square Garden Company, to the address of The Madison Square Garden Company set forth on a signature page hereto.
Any such notice or other communication shall be deemed to have been given as of the date so personally delivered (or, if delivered after normal business hours, on the next business day), on the next business day when sent by overnight delivery services or five days after the date so mailed if by certified or registered mail.
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Section 8.3 Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns of each of the parties hereto (for the avoidance of doubt, it is understood that the heirs, executors, administrators or personal representatives of a Principal shall not have any rights of such Principal under Section 4.1(g)). Any purported assignment (including any Transfer) in violation of this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio .
Section 8.4 No Third Party Beneficiary . This Agreement is for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and, except as provided in Section 4.4 with respect to Indemnified Persons and MSG Indemnitors (which is intended to and shall inure to the benefit of, and may be enforced by, each Indemnified Persons or MSG Indemnitor, as the case may be), nothing herein, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement. Without limitation of the right of any Indemnified Person or MSG Indemnitor directly to bring and to maintain an action pursuant to Section 4.4 hereof, a Member may make any indemnification claim under, and may bring and maintain any action in respect of, Section 4.4 hereof on behalf of any Indemnified Person or MSG Indemnitor.
Section 8.5 Entire Agreement . This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding of the parties and their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and merges in, supersedes and cancels all prior written or oral commitments, arrangements or understandings with respect thereto.
Section 8.6 Amendment; Waiver . This Agreement and the Companys certificate of formation may be amended at any time only in an instrument signed by the Company and MSG; provided , however , that: (a) any amendment, modification or waiver that (x) terminates or adversely modifies any express rights of the Principals set forth in Sections 1.2(b) (Issuance of Membership Interests), 1.3 (Capital Accounts), 1.4 (Preemptive Right), 1.5 (Budget), Section 1.6 (Term) (in a manner that would limit the term to a period ending prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement), Article II (Distributions; Allocations of Profits and Losses), 3.5 (Financial Statements; K-1), 3.6 (Additional Information; Access), Article IV (Administration and Management), Article V (Meetings and Voting), Article VI (Transfers), 7.1 (Dissolution), 7.2 (Liquidation and Distribution), 8.6 (Amendment; Waiver), 8.7 (Specific Performance), 8.9 (Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction), 8.10 (Waiver of Jury Trial), 8.12 (No Presumption), 8.13 (Exercise of Contractual Rights) or corresponding definitions under Exhibit A , or (y) requires any Principal or its Affiliates to contribute capital of the Company, incur an out-of-pocket financial obligation or be subject to any non-compete agreement or other similar restrictive covenant, may be made at any time only in an instrument signed by the Company, MSG and, if the Qualified Percentage Share is at least 7%, the Principal Base (it is understood and agreed that, without limiting clause (b) below, the granting of rights (which may be the same, or superior to, those granted to any Principal in this Agreement) to any current or future Member or that is made in order to grant such rights to any current or future Member will not be deemed to terminate or adversely modify any such express rights of the Principals); (b) pursuant
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to Section 4.1(g)(iii)(A), any amendment, modification or waiver that adversely affects the Principals disproportionately relative to other Members may be made at any time only in an instrument signed by the Company, MSG and the unanimous approval of the Principals who are so adversely affected for so long as such Principals or their Principal Rollover Holdco Groups are Rollover Holdco Members; (c) any amendment, modification or waiver that (1) extends the date upon which a holder would be entitled to elect a Preferred Unit Put pursuant to Section 6.10(a) or (2) adversely modifies the definition of Preferred Return may be made at any time only in an instrument signed by the Company, MSG and the unanimous approval of Principals who hold Preferred Units for so long as such Principals or their Principal Rollover Holdco Groups are Rollover Holdco Members; provided , however , that in the event a Principal shall not approve an amendment, modification or waiver referred to in this clause (c) (such Principal, a Disapproving Principal ) that is approved by each of the other Principals, then a number of Attributable Preferred Units equal to the number of Rollover Holdco Preferred Units held by such Disapproving Principal and his Principal Rollover Holdco Group may be repurchased by MSG (without any obligation on the part of MSG to do so) on the same terms as are, mutatis mutandis , set forth in Section 6.9 or by the Company (without any obligation on the part of the Company to do so) on the same terms as are, mutatis mutandis , set forth in Section 6.10 and in accordance with Section 6.11 and (d) in addition to the foregoing provisions, any amendment, modification or waiver of the rights or obligations of The Madison Square Garden Company under this Agreement (including any of its rights or obligations under Article VI) may be made only in an instrument that is signed by The Madison Square Garden Company. Any party hereto may, only by an instrument in writing, waive compliance by any other party or parties hereto with any term or provision hereof on the part of such other party or parties hereto to be performed or complied with. The Rollover Holdco LLCA may not be amended, and no term or provision of the Rollover Holdco LLCA may be waived, without the prior written consent of MSG. No failure or delay of any party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any term or provision hereof shall not be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach. Except as expressly provided herein, the rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.
Section 8.7 Specific Performance . Each party hereto acknowledges that a breach by such party of any of its obligations under this Agreement would give rise to irreparable harm to the other parties, for which monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy, and hereby agrees that in the event of a breach by such party of any such obligations, each of the other parties hereto shall, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies that may be available to them in respect of such breach, be entitled to equitable relief, including a temporary restraining order, an injunction, specific performance and any other relief that may be available from a court of competent jurisdiction (without any requirement to post bond).
Section 8.8 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument.
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Section 8.9 Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction . Except as and to the extent provided in Section 4.6(b), this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware that apply to contracts made and performed entirely within such state. Except as and to the extent provided in Section 4.6(b), the parties hereto irrevocably submit, in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery in and for New Castle County (and the appellate courts thereof) for any actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the matters contemplated hereby, or in the event (but only in the event) that such Delaware Court of Chancery does not have subject matter jurisdiction over any such action, suit, proceeding or matter, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (and the appellate courts thereof), or in the event (but only in the event) that such United States District Court for the District of Delaware also does not have subject matter jurisdiction over such action, suit, proceeding or matter, any Delaware state court sitting in New Castle County (and the appellate courts thereof) (and the parties agree not to commence any action, suit or proceeding relating thereto except in such courts) and consent that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waive any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the venue of such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient forum. Each party agrees that a final judgment in any such action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
Section 8.10 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT, FOR ITSELF AND ITS AFFILIATES, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT OF THIS AGREEMENT.
Section 8.11 Severability . In the event any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties further agree that any court of competent jurisdiction that makes any such holding is expressly authorized to modify any such unenforceable provision of this Agreement in lieu of severing such unenforceable provision from this Agreement in its entirety, whether by rewriting the offending provision, deleting any or all of the offending provision, adding additional language to this Agreement, or by making such other modifications as it deems warranted to carry out the intent and agreement of the parties as embodied herein to the maximum extent permitted by law. The parties expressly agree that this Agreement as so modified by such court shall be binding upon and enforceable against each of them. In any event, should one or more of the provisions of this Agreement be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provisions hereof, and if such provision or provisions are not modified as provided above, this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions had never been set forth herein.
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Section 8.12 No Presumption . With regard to each and every term and condition of this Agreement, the Company, Rollover Holdco and each of the Members and Rollover Holdco Members understand and agree that the same has been mutually negotiated, prepared and drafted, and if at any time the parties hereto desire or are required to interpret or construe any such term or condition or any agreement or instrument subject hereto, no consideration shall be given to the issue of which party hereto actually prepared, drafted or requested any term or condition of this Agreement.
Section 8.13 Exercise of Contractual Rights . Each Member and Rollover Holdco Member recognizes, acknowledges and agrees that the Principals, MSG, The Madison Square Garden Company, Rollover Holdco, the Employee Rollover Holdco Members and the Board have substantial financial interests in the Company to preserve and that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, except as otherwise provided (if at all) in Section 4.3, the exercise by any Principal, Director, Member, The Madison Square Garden Company or Rollover Holdco Member of his, her or its rights under this Agreement (including any exercise by a Principal, Director, Member or Rollover Holdco Member of any right to authorize or approve (or refrain from authorizing or approving) any transaction to which the Company is or may be a party) may be made by such Principal, Director, Member, The Madison Square Garden Company or Rollover Holdco Member in his, her or its sole discretion and shall not be deemed to constitute a lack of good faith, breach of fiduciary duty or unfair dealing.
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The parties hereto have executed this Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the date first written above.
TAO GROUP HOLDINGS LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
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Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
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Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
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Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President |
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TAO Group Holdings LLC
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MSG TG, LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ David OConnor |
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Name: | David OConnor | |||
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |||
Address: | ||||
The Madison Square Garden Company | ||||
Two Pennsylvania Plaza | ||||
New York, NY 10121 | ||||
Attention: General Counsel | ||||
and a copy to: | ||||
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | ||||
One Battery Park Plaza | ||||
New York, NY 10004 | ||||
Attention: Kenneth A. Lefkowitz |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement Signature Page
Solely with respect to its rights and obligations under Sections 6.6 (other than 6.6(c) and 6.6(d)), 6.8, 6.9 (other than 6.9(b)) and Article VIII (insofar as Article VIII relates to its rights and obligations under Sections 6.6 (other than 6.6(c) and 6.6(d)), 6.8 and 6.9 (other than 6.9(b)): | ||||||
THE MADISON SQUARE GARDEN COMPANY | ||||||
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/s/ David OConnor |
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Name: | David OConnor | |||||
Title: | President & Chief Executive Officer | |||||
Address: | ||||||
The Madison Square Garden Company | ||||||
Two Pennsylvania Plaza | ||||||
New York, NY 10121 | ||||||
Attention: General Counsel | ||||||
and a copy to: | ||||||
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP | ||||||
One Battery Park Plaza | ||||||
New York, NY 10004 | ||||||
Attention: Kenneth A. Lefkowitz |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement Signature Page
TG ROLLOVER HOLDCO LLC | ||||
By: |
/s/ Marc Packer |
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Name: | Marc Packer | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
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Name: | Richard Wolf | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
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Name: | Noah Tepperberg | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
By: |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
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Name: | Jason Strauss | |||
Title: | Co-President | |||
Address: | ||||
TAO Group | ||||
1350 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 710 | ||||
New York, NY 10019 | ||||
Attention: Marc Packer | ||||
with a copy to: | ||||
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | ||||
1285 Avenue of the Americas | ||||
New York, NY 10019 | ||||
Attention: Ariel J. Deckelbaum |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement Signature Page
/s/ Marc Packer |
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MARC PACKER* | ||
Address: | ||
TAO Group | ||
1350 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 710 | ||
New York, NY 10019 | ||
Attention: Marc Packer | ||
with a copy to: | ||
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP | ||
1285 Avenue of the Americas | ||
New York, NY 10019 | ||
Attention: Ariel J. Deckelbaum | ||
* A Principal |
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/s/ Jason Strauss |
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1285 Avenue of the Americas | ||
New York, NY 10019 | ||
Attention: Ariel J. Deckelbaum | ||
* A Principal |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
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/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
NOAH TEPPERBERG* |
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP |
1285 Avenue of the Americas |
New York, NY 10019 |
Attention: Ariel J. Deckelbaum |
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/s/ Richard Wolf |
RICHARD WOLF* |
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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP |
1285 Avenue of the Americas |
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Attention: Ariel J. Deckelbaum |
* A Principal |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
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/s/ Marc Packer |
Marc Packer |
MP TRUST |
/s/ Marc Packer |
Marc Packer |
Trustee |
H.D. PROJECT MANAGEMENT INC. |
/s/ Marc Packer |
Marc Packer |
President |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
Jason Strauss |
JASON STRAUSS REVOCABLE TRUST |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
Jason Strauss |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
Noah Tepperberg |
NOAH TEPPERBERG REVOCABLE TRUST |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
Noah Tepperberg |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
Richard Wolf |
MAMBO PRODUCTIONS, INC. |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
Richard Wolf |
President |
WOLF FAMILY TRUST |
/s/ Richard Wolf |
Richard Wolf |
Trustee |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement Signature Page
STRATEGIC EVENT MANAGEMENT & |
MARKETING, INC. |
STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
OF NEVADA INC. |
/s/ Jason Strauss |
Jason Strauss |
/s/ Noah Tepperberg |
Noah Tepperberg |
/s/ Adam Gewanter |
Adam Gewanter |
/s/ Amanda Smear Baudier |
Amanda Smear Baudier |
/s/ Andrew Goldberg |
Andrew Goldberg |
/s/ Bill Bonbrest |
Bill Bonbrest |
/s/ Carlos Steve Morales |
Carlos Steve Morales |
/s/ Chris Santos |
Chris Santos |
FAST HANDS, INC. |
/s/ Chris Santos |
Chris Santos |
President |
/s/ Ralph Scamardella |
Ralph Scamardella |
DN2M88 CONSULTING INC. |
/s/ Ralph Scamardella |
Ralph Scamardella |
President |
/s/ Hing Yip Yim |
Hing Yip Yim |
/s/ Paul Goldstein |
Paul Goldstein |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement Signature Page
HOSPITALITY IS THE KEY LLC |
/s/ Paul Goldstein |
Paul Goldstein |
JBOLES HOSPITALITY, LLC |
/s/ Jared Boles |
Jared Boles |
Managing Partner |
/s/ Jennifer Rucker |
Jennifer Rucker |
/s/ Kim Russen |
Kim Russen |
/s/ Jonathan Schwartz |
Jonathan Schwartz |
/s/ Judith Tepperberg |
Judith Tepperberg |
KZD BUNCH INC. |
/s/ Thomas Gillespie |
Thomas Gillespie |
President |
LITTLE CRAB LLC |
/s/ Jonathan Kavourakis |
Jonathan Kavourakis |
/s/ Matt Strauss |
Matt Strauss |
/s/ Michael Garten |
Michael Garten |
/s/ Michael Rea |
Michael Rea |
/s/ Michael St. Pierre |
Michael St. Pierre |
/s/ Richard Thomas |
Richard Thomas |
MONEY MATTERS PRODUCTIONS, LLC |
/s/ Louis Abin |
Louis Abin |
President |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement Signature Page
/s/ Romain Pavee |
Roman Pavee |
/s/ Emmanuel Maris |
Emmanuel Maris |
DUSTIN PAUL TERRY INC. |
/s/ Dustin Terry |
Dustin Terry |
President |
/s/ Lauren Kaminsky Goldman |
Lauren Kaminsky Goldman |
/s/ Mark Wasserman |
Mark Wasserman |
MATTHEW ASSANTE PRODUCTIONS INC. |
/s/ Matthew Hundzynksi |
Matthew Hundzynski |
President |
TAO Group Holdings LLC
Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement Signature Page
EXHIBIT A
DEFINITIONS
1. For purposes of the Agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached, the following terms shall have the respective meanings specified below.
Act means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended from time-to-time.
Adjusted Capital Account Deficit means, with respect to any Member, the deficit balance, if any, in such Members capital accounts as of the end of the relevant Company Fiscal Year, after giving effect to the following adjustments: (a) credit to such capital account any amounts that such Member is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to the penultimate sentence in Treasury Regulation §§ 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and (b) debit to such capital account the items described in Treasury Regulation §§ 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(5) and 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(6). The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the provisions of Treasury Regulation §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.
Adjusted EBITDA means, with respect to any period, (a) EBITDA for such period plus (b) any expenses of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to (x) salaries, bonuses or other compensation (other than distributions in respect of Units) required to be paid to the Principals during such period pursuant to (A) such Principals Employment Agreements and the bonus and incentive arrangements set forth on Exhibit E (it is understood that any amounts that are paid to the Principals even though there is no contractual obligation to do so will not be added to EBITDA for purposes of this definition), or (B) during the period beginning on December 26, 2016 through the Closing, pursuant to management fee obligations to such Principals required to be paid with respect to such period pursuant to the written Contracts provided to MSG prior to the date of this Agreement and (y) to the extent recorded as an expense by the Company during such period, any MSG Payments (including any interest accrued thereon during such period) so recorded.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly, or through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with such first Person; provided , however , that, (a) for purposes of Sections 4.6, 4.7 and 4.8 and clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section 6.5(d) of the Agreement, Affiliates of MSG shall only include The Madison Square Garden Company and Persons directly or indirectly controlled by The Madison Square Garden Company, and (b) for purposes of the definition of Excluded Securities, Affiliates of MSG shall only include (i) The Madison Square Garden Company and Persons directly or indirectly controlled by The Madison Square Garden Company and (ii) any Person under common control with The Madison Square Garden Company, but only for so long as such Person is under common control with The Madison Square Garden Company.
Agreed Value means: (a) with respect to all property hereafter transferred to the Company as a capital contribution, the Fair Market Value of the property on the date that it is contributed to the Company; (b) with respect to all property distributed by the Company to a Member, the Fair Market Value of the property on the date of distribution; and (c) with respect to the revaluation of Company property, the Fair Market Value of such Company property at the time of the event requiring such revaluation.
Agreement means the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of TAO Group Holdings LLC, as the same may be in effect from time-to-time.
Approval Rights means the rights set forth in Section 4.1 (g), (h) and (i) of the Agreement.
Available Cash means, as of any time, cash on hand of the Company and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, reduced by, without duplication: (a) any reserves reasonably determined by the Board for the estimated obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the succeeding 12-month period for debt servicing, other fixed and contingent liabilities, working capital and capital expenditures (including commitments contemplated by the Budget or Business Plan); (b) amounts the Company will need to pay in order to make distributions pursuant to Section 2.1(b) of the Agreement; and (c) $10,000,000, less any capacity the Company may have under any revolver at such time, for the amount of any unidentified potential opportunities (utilization subject to Board approval) and the amount reserved for capital expenditures pursuant to the applicable Budget.
B Rated Note means a promissory note that matures and is payable in full within three years of issuance that (a) receives a credit rating of a B or higher by any of Moodys, Standard & Poors or Fitch Ratings Inc. (and if none are engaged in the rating business at the time, a rating firm that is internationally recognized), taking into account all of its terms (including covenants, collateral, guarantees, other credit support, etc., if applicable), (b) has an interest rate based on the single B component of the Bloomberg Barclays US Corporate High Yield Total Return Index Value Unhedged USD (LF98TRUU:IND) as of the close of business on the day prior to the issuance date, which can be viewed using the Barclays Live service and (c) is transferable at any time subject to the consent of the MSG Company Successor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).
Bankruptcy means, with respect to a Person, the happening of any of the following: (a) the filing of an application by such Person for, or a consent to, the appointment of a trustee of all or a portion of the Persons assets for the benefit of creditors generally, (b) the filing by such Person of a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or the filing of a pleading in any court of record admitting in writing the Persons inability to pay the Persons debts generally as they come due, (c) the making by such Person of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (d) the entry of an order, judgment or decree by any court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating such Person as bankrupt or appointing a trustee of all or a portion of the Persons assets for the benefit of creditors generally, and such order, judgment or decree continuing unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 days.
BBA means the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015.
Board means the Companys board of managers (it is understood that the individuals serving on the Board are referred to as Directors).
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Board Approval Rights means the rights set forth in Section 4.1(c) and (h) of the Agreement.
Book Value means, with respect to any Company property, its adjusted tax basis; provided , however , that with respect to any Company property the Agreed Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis at the time of its contribution to or distribution from the Company or a revaluation, Book Value shall be its Agreed Value, as adjusted in a manner consistent with the determination of Depreciation and Net Income or Net Loss.
Cash Flow Deficiency means, at any time, the Boards good faith determination that the Company, absent an infusion of funds, is not reasonably likely to be able to meet its cash obligations in the ordinary course of business as they become due at any point over the subsequent 12 months (taking into account the Companys customary practice with respect to payment).
Cause means, with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member, the meaning assigned to such term in such Rollover Holdco Members employment agreement between the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such Rollover Holdco Member, on the other hand, or, if such Rollover Holdco Member has no such employment agreement or no such term is assigned therein, Cause shall mean any of the following: (i) the commission by such Rollover Holdco Member of an act of fraud, embezzlement, misappropriation, willful misconduct, or gross negligence against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) the commission by such Rollover Holdco Member of any act or omission that results in a conviction, plea of no contest, plea of nolo contendere, or imposition of unadjudicated probation for any crime involving moral turpitude or any felony; (iii) a willful breach of Article VI; (iv) such Rollover Holdco Members willful and material failure or refusal to comply with the policies and procedures of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, perform his duties, as specified by the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, diligently and in a manner consistent with prudent business practice, or carry out a reasonable lawful instruction or directive of the Company that is within the scope of such Rollover Holdco Members duties; provided , that, with respect to clauses (iii) or (iv) above, such Rollover Holdco Member shall be provided a 30-day period after receipt of written notice to such Rollover Holdco Member which specifically identifies in reasonable detail such events or occurrences which constitute Cause (the Cause Notice ) in order to cure any such events or occurrences (which cure period shall be extended for an additional 15 days to the extent such Rollover Holdco Member diligently continues to pursue such cure throughout the preceding 30-day period), and if the Company fails to provide the Cause Notice within 60 days following actual knowledge by the Company of the events or occurrences which it believes constitute Cause (such 60-day period, the Cause Notice Period ), then the Company will be deemed to have waived its right to terminate such Rollover Holdco Member for Cause with respect to those events or occurrences of which the Company received actual knowledge 60 days prior to the expiration of the Cause Notice Period; provided , however , that Cause shall continue to have the meaning assigned to such term in any such employment agreement following the expiration or termination thereof unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing by the Company and such Rollover Holdco Member.
Claim has the meaning set forth in the Transaction Agreement.
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Class A Common Units means the allocation of Interests designated as Class A Common Units on Exhibit B to the Agreement.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including amendments made by the BBA.
Commercially Reasonable Debt means non-recourse indebtedness for borrowed money from a third party with an interest rate of no more than LIBOR + 10% and that would not require any third party consent (e.g., the consent of other lenders to the Company) without unreasonable expense or delay (it is understood and agreed that Commercially Reasonable Debt may include amendments to existing indebtedness for borrowed money of the Company and its Subsidiaries if the cost of obtaining such amendment (after giving effect to interest rates and fees paid upon obtaining such amendment and other costs and going forward) would be less than the cost of new third party indebtedness for borrowed money that otherwise satisfies this definition).
Company Loan Agreement means (a) the Credit Agreement and any Contract in respect of Debt in respect of any refinancings or replacements of such Credit Agreement that is hereafter binding upon the Company, and (b) any Contract in respect of Debt that is incurred during a Cash Flow Deficiency in accordance with Section 4.2.
Credit Agreement means the Credit and Guaranty Agreement among TAO Group Operating LLC, Intermediate Holdings, certain Subsidiaries of TAO Group Operating LLC, Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., and various lenders party thereto, dated as of the date of this Agreement.
Credit Agreement Default means, at any time, (i) the Boards good faith determination that the Company, absent an infusion of funds, is reasonably likely to trigger a Default or an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement (or equivalent term in any Contract described in clause (a) of the definition of Company Loan Agreement) or (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement (or equivalent term in any Contract described in clause (a) of the definition of Company Loan Agreement) that has not been cured.
Company Minimum Gain means, with respect to each Nonrecourse Liability, the amount of gain (of whatever character) that would be realized by the Company if it disposed of the Company property subject to such liability in a taxable transaction in full satisfaction of such liability (and for no other consideration), and by then aggregating the amounts so computed. It is further understood that Company Minimum Gain shall be determined in a manner consistent with the rules of Treasury §1.704-2(d), including the requirement that if the Book Value of property (as determined for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Loss) subject to one or more Nonrecourse Liabilities differs from its adjusted tax basis, Company Minimum Gain shall be determined with reference to such Book Value.
Contract means any contract, lease, deed, mortgage, license, instrument, note, commitment, undertaking, indenture, joint venture and any other agreement, commitment, binding arrangement or binding understanding, whether written or oral.
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Cumulative EBITDA means, with respect to any period, the cumulative Adjusted EBITDA for the period beginning December 26, 2016 and ending on the last day of such period.
Debt of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money of, or advances to, such Person (whether secured or unsecured); (b) all notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money of such Person, including all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments; (c) all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person; (d) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services, including earn-out or similar contingent arrangements; (e) all obligations of the type described in clauses (a) (d) and (f) (j) of others secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not such obligation secured thereby has been assumed; (f) guaranties of such Person securing obligations of others including those of the type described in clauses (a) (e) and (g) (j); (g) all obligations of such Person under capital leases, purchase money obligations or surety bonds; (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit, to the extent drawn, and letters of guaranty; (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers acceptances; (j) the net termination obligations of such Person of all interest rate and other hedging agreements, in each case excluding any intercompany indebtedness; (k) any prepayment premiums, accrued interest, fees and expenses of such Person related to any of the items in clauses (a) - (j); and (l) all outstanding obligations of such Person in respect of dividends or other distributions (in cash or in kind) with respect to any equity securities; provided , however , that, for the avoidance of doubt, accounts payable and other trade payables in the ordinary course of business shall not constitute Debt.
Depreciation means, for each Company Fiscal Year, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such Company Fiscal Year for federal income tax purposes, except that if the Book Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of such Company Fiscal Year, Depreciation shall be determined in accordance with Treasury Regulation §1.704-3(d)(2) or, if not applicable, shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Book Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Company Fiscal Year bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the adjusted basis for Federal income tax purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Company Fiscal Year is zero, Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning Book Value using any reasonable method selected by the Board.
Directors means the Companys directors, as provided for in Section 4.1 of the Agreement. Each individual from time to time named as a Director is hereby designated as a manager (within the meaning of the Act) of the Company.
Disability with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member for purposes of the Agreement means such Rollover Holdco Member is unable to perform, during a consecutive 180-day period more than 80% of the material duties of such Rollover Holdco Members job function with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
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Distribution Priorities means the values to which a holder of Interests would be entitled if the Company was sold at the Fair Market Value (as such value is implied from the value to be paid to the holders of the Interests Transferred in such sale) and the net proceeds of such sale (after making adequate provision for all debts and liabilities of the Company) were distributed in accordance with the relative rights and privileges set forth in Article VII. For the avoidance of doubt, as of the date of this Agreement, any such net proceeds in respect of the Class A Common Units would be allocated in accordance with Percentage Shares.
Early Leaver Discount means Fair Market Value reduced by (a) a 12.5% discount for every year prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of the Agreement that a Principal Early Leaver Put, Principal Early Leaver Call or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Leaver Call, as applicable, is exercised (e.g., a Principal Early Leaver Put, Principal Early Leaver Call or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Leaver Call exercised between the third and fourth anniversary would be subject to 25% discount to Fair Market Value); and (b) the financial contribution and value for any venues not yet open at the time of such Principal Early Leaver Put, Principal Early Leaver Call or Employee Rollover Holdco Member Leaver Call.
EBITDA means, with respect to any period, the sum of the amounts for such period of (a) the consolidated net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the 12-month period ending on the last day of the most recently completed fiscal quarter, plus (b) interest expense which has been deducted in the determination of such net income, plus (c) U.S. federal, state and local income and non-U.S. income taxes which have been deducted in determining such net income, plus (d) depreciation and amortization expenses which have been deducted in determining such net income. The foregoing components of EBITDA will be determined in accordance with GAAP.
Economic Risk of Loss means, with respect to any liability of the Company, the economic risk of loss borne by a Member with respect to such liability as determined under Treasury Regulation §1.752-2(a).
Effective Time has the meaning assigned thereto in the Transaction Agreement.
Eligible Party means MSG, the Principals who are Members and the Rollover Holdco Members.
Equity Incentive Plan means any equity incentive plan for approved by the Board (it is understood that no Equity Incentive Plan will permit grants of equity to any Principal or any Affiliate of any Principal).
Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Excluded Securities means, other than with respect to securities issued to MSG or any of its Affiliates that are referred to in the following clauses (a), (b), (c) or (e) as to which the rights of the Members in Section 1.4 of the Agreement have not been waived by a majority of the Principals who are employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time of such issuance:
(a) securities issued as consideration for the acquisition of all or substantially all of the business or voting stock of any individual or entity or any division, line of business or other business unit of such individual or entity;
(b) securities issued in connection with any borrowings, direct or indirect, from third parties by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including any type of loan or payment evidenced by any type of debt instrument (including, without limitation, any equity features including warrants, options or other rights to purchase Interests);
(c) securities issued to employees, consultants, officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any equity option, equity purchase or equity bonus plan, agreement or arrangement;
(d) securities issued in connection with any stock split, stock dividend or recapitalization of the Company;
(e) securities issued as consideration for corporate partnering or other strategic transactions;
(f) securities issued upon exercise, exchange or conversion of any securities that are included in this definition of Excluded Securities; and
(g) any right, option or warrant to acquire any security convertible into the securities included in this definition of Excluded Securities pursuant to subsections (a) through (g) above.
Fair Market Value means, with respect to any Interest or other property, the price at which a willing seller would sell and a willing buyer would buy such Interest or other property having full knowledge of the facts, in an arms length transaction without time constraints, and without being under any compulsion to buy or sell, in each case without any control premium or minority discount. With regards to the sale of any Interests by a Member, the Fair Market Value of such Interests shall be equal to the value to which a holder of such Interests would be entitled at such price in accordance with the Distribution Priorities; provided , however , that in the event of: (1) any Principal Early Leaver Put or any Principal Leaver Call / Principal Early Leaver Call applicable upon the termination of employment by such Principal without Good Reason or by the Company with Cause, any calculation of historical or projected future EBITDA used to determine Fair Market Value shall disregard 50% of any MSG Payments made or accrued, or to be made or accrued, (in each case, including any interest pursuant to Section 4.8(c)) prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of the Agreement and 100% of any MSG Payments to be made or accrued (including any interest pursuant to Section 4.8(c)) thereafter, and (2) any other Put or Call applicable to any Principal, any calculation of historical or projected future EBITDA used to determine Fair Market Value will disregard any MSG Payments made or accrued, or to be made
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or accrued, (in each case including any interest pursuant to Section 4.8(c)). For the avoidance of doubt, with regard to the sale of any Interests by a Member, the Fair Market Value will be reduced to reflect, as of the valuation date, the allocable portion of accrued but unpaid MSG Payments (including accrued interest thereon) attributable to the Interests being sold.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, in the United States.
Good Reason means, with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member, the meaning assigned to such term in such Rollover Holdco Members employment agreement between the Company or one of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and such Rollover Holdco Member, or if such Rollover Holdco Member has no such employment agreement or no such term is so assigned therein, Good Reason shall mean any of the following (to which such Rollover Holdco Member has not consented): (i) a material reduction of such Rollover Holdco Members duties and responsibilities, (ii) a material reduction in such Rollover Holdco Members base salary, or (iii) a relocation of such Rollover Holdco Members principal place of employment that increases such Rollover Holdco Members one-way commute by more than fifty (50) miles; provided , that (in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)) such Rollover Holdco Member gives notice of such event to the Company within thirty (30) days of the initial occurrence of such event, the Company fails to cure such event within thirty (30) days following such notice, and such Rollover Holdco Member terminates his or her employment promptly following the expiration of such thirty (30) day cure period; provided , however , that Good Reason shall continue to have the meaning assigned to such term in any such employment agreement following the expiration or termination thereof unless expressly agreed otherwise in writing by the Company and such Rollover Holdco Member.
HSR Act means the United States Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, and rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Indemnification Obligations means the obligation of a Rollover Holdco Member or Principal as a Member pursuant to Section 12.03(e) of the Transaction Agreement (as applicable to such Person) to satisfy his, her or its obligations under Article 12 (Survival; Indemnification) of the Transaction Agreement by Transferring Interests to MSG (and in the case of a Rollover Holdco Member, directing Rollover Holdco to Transfer such Rollover Holdco Members Attributable Interests) or by reducing distributions otherwise payable to such Member or Rollover Holdco Member.
Interest means, with respect to any Member, the entire limited liability company interest (as such term is defined in the Act) of such Member in the Company, including, (a)(i) such Members rights to share in the income, gain, loss, deductions and credits of, and the right to receive distributions from, the Company, (ii) all other rights, benefits and privileges enjoyed by such Member (under the Act, the Agreement or otherwise) in its capacity as a Member, including rights to vote, consent and approve or otherwise participate in the management of the Company, and (iii) all other rights, benefits, privileges and claims of such Member under, or arising under, the Agreement (in its capacity as a Member or otherwise) and (b)(i) all obligations, duties and liabilities imposed on such Member (under the Act, the
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Agreement or otherwise) in its capacity as a Member and (ii) all other obligations, duties and liabilities imposed on such Member under the Agreement (in its capacity as a Member or otherwise). Without limitation of the foregoing, as of any date with respect to any determination, it is understood that the Class A Common Units and the Preferred Units of a Member are such Members Interest.
IPO means an initial public offering by the Company (or its successor) of common equity pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act.
Lien means any security interest in or lien on or against any property arising from any pledge, assignment, hypothecation, mortgage, security interest, deposit arrangement, trust receipt, conditional sale or title retaining contract, sale and leaseback transaction, capitalized lease, consignment or bailment for security, or any other type of lien, charge, claim, encumbrance, title exception, preferential or priority arrangement affecting property (including with respect to stock, any stockholder agreements, voting rights agreements, buy-back agreements and all similar arrangements).
Liquidity Rights means the rights of Members and the Company under Section 6.5 (Drag-Along Right), Section 6.6 (Put Right) and Section 6.7 (Call Right) of the Agreement.
Material Contract means any Contract that, if entered into prior to the date of the Transaction Agreement, would have been required to be disclosed as a Material Contract thereunder.
Member means MSG, Rollover Holdco, the Principals and any other Person admitted as a member of the Company in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
Member Nonrecourse Debt means any nonrecourse debt of the Company for which any Member bears the Economic Risk of Loss.
Minimum Gain Attributable to a Member Nonrecourse Debt, means with respect to any Member Nonrecourse Debt, shall have the meaning ascribed to such term for purposes of Treasury Regulation §1.704-2(i)(5).
MSG Change of Control means the acquisition, in a transaction or a series of related transactions, by (a) any Person or group of Persons, other than Charles F. Dolan or members of the immediate family of Charles F. Dolan or trusts for the benefit of Charles F. Dolan or his immediate family (or an entity or entities controlled by any of the foregoing) or any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by The Madison Square Garden Company, of the direct or indirect power to direct the management of The Madison Square Garden Company (or any of its successors) or substantially all of its (or such successors) assets (as constituted immediately prior to such transaction or transactions), or (b) any transferee of assets that includes the Interests owned by MSG pursuant to a Transfer contemplated by clause (a)(iii) of the definition of Permitted Transfer; provided , however , that an acquisition referred to in this clause (b) shall only be an MSG Change of Control if such transferee is not Charles F. Dolan or members of the immediate family of Charles F. Dolan or trusts for the benefit of Charles F. Dolan or his immediate family (or an entity or entities controlled by any of the foregoing) or any employee benefit plan sponsored or maintained by The Madison Square Garden Company.
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MSG Company Successor means the parent corporation, limited liability company or partnership (other than The Madison Square Garden Company) that holds (or upon consummation of a Permitted Transfer or MSG Change of Control (or other Transfer or transaction permitted in accordance with Article VI) will hold) more than 50% of the Interests of MSG. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event a corporations, limited liability companys or partnerships (other than The Madison Square Garden Company) common stock is listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange and such entity directly or indirectly holds (or upon consummation of a Permitted Transfer or MSG Change of Control (or other Transfer or transaction permitted in accordance with Article VI) will hold) more than 50% of the Interests of MSG, such entity shall be the MSG Company Successor.
MSG Promissory Note means a promissory note issued by The Madison Square Garden Company in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit G-1 .
MSG Stock means shares of unregistered Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (or another class of voting common stock that replaces such Class A Common Stock) that are listed for trading on a national securities exchange, of The Madison Square Garden Company, valued at the volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg) over the ten trading days prior to the date of issuance.
Net Income or Net Loss means, for any taxable year or month of the Company, the taxable income or loss, respectively, of the Company for federal income tax purposes, except that (a) any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing taxable income or loss shall be added to such taxable income or subtracted from such loss, (b) any expenditures of the Company described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as expenditures described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)( i ) and not otherwise taken into account under this definition (any such expenditures being referred to for purposes of the Agreement as Section 705(a)(2)(B) Expenditures) shall be subtracted from such taxable income or added to such loss, (c) any amount of gain or loss that would have been recognized by the Company if property distributed by the Company to the Members had instead been sold in a taxable disposition for its fair market value (as determined by the Board) at the time of distribution shall be taken into account, (d) items of income, gain, deduction and loss relating to property contributed to the Company by a Member (or revalued pursuant to Section 1.3 of the Agreement) shall be taken into account based on such propertys Book Value, and (e) in lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Company Fiscal Year, computed in accordance with the definition of Depreciation. Except as otherwise provided in the regulations issued under Section 704(b) of the Code, such amounts shall be computed without regard to any basis adjustment for federal income tax purposes under Sections 732, 734 and 743 of the Code resulting from an election under Section 754 of the Code.
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Nonrecourse Deductions has the meaning set forth in Treasury Regulations §§1.704 2(b)(1) and 1.704-2(c).
Nonrecourse Liability means any Company liability (or portion thereof) for which no Member bears the Economic Risk of Loss.
Operational Veto Rights means the Principal Veto Rights set forth in clauses (A) or (C) (other than sub-clause (II) or (III)) of Section 4.1(g)(i) of the Agreement and clauses (A), (B), (D) (other than, with respect to clause (D), any sale of a venue), (F), (G) (other than, with respect to clause (G), the incurrence or prepayment of Debt to MSG or its Affiliates), (I) (other than, with respect to clause (I), any sale or exclusive license of a brand or, with respect to obligations owed to MSG or its Affiliates, the incurrence of a Lien), (L) or (M) of Section 4.1(g)(ii) of the Agreement.
Packer Rollover Holdco Members means the persons designated as Packer Rollover Holdco Members on the signature pages to the Agreement and any Person who becomes a Rollover Holdco Member pursuant to a Permitted Transfer from a Packer Rollover Holdco Member. For the avoidance of doubt, a Person shall cease to be a Packer Rollover Holdco Member when such Person ceases to be a Member or when such Person shall cease to be (or otherwise is not) a Permitted Transferee of Packer.
Percentage Share means, with respect to any Member or Rollover Holdco Member as of any date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the aggregate number of all Class A Common Units directly held by such Member on such date to the aggregate number of all Class A Common Units issued by the Company and outstanding on such date; provided , however , that with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member as of any date, the Percentage Share of such Rollover Holdco Member means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the aggregate number of all of Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units directly held by such Rollover Holdco Member on such date, plus the aggregate number (if any) of all Class A Common Units directly held by such Rollover Holdco Member on such date to (b) the aggregate number of all Class A Common Units issued by the Company and outstanding on such date. The combined Percentage Share of all Members shall at all times equal 100% and, except to the extent a Rollover Holdco Member directly holds any Class A Units, the combined Percentage Share of all Rollover Holdco Members shall at all times equal the Percentage Share of Rollover Holdco.
Permitted Transfer means:
(a) with respect to MSG: (i) any Transfer of Interests owned by MSG to The Madison Square Garden Company or any direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of The Madison Square Garden Company; (ii) any Transfer of equity interests in The Madison Square Garden Company (or any successive successors thereto or acquirors thereof); or (iii) any Transfer of all of the Interests owned by MSG together with (A) all or substantially all of the assets of The Madison Square Garden Company and/or (B) a portion of assets of The Madison Square Garden Company so long as the Interests owned by MSG represent no more than 25% of the Fair Market Value of such assets in the transferee (calculated net of any debt at the time of such Transfer and immediately after giving effect thereto); and
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(b) with respect to any Member or Rollover Holdco Member that is an individual: (i) a trust solely for the benefit of such individual or the members of such individuals immediate family with such individual acting as trustee of such trust and retaining control thereunder for so long as such individual is physically able; or (ii) an entity that is owned solely by such individual and the members of such individuals immediate family with such individual retaining authority to appoint all of the directors (or persons serving in a similar capacity) for so long as such individual is physically able.
Permitted Transferee means a transferee of Units owned by a Member in a Permitted Transfer.
Person is defined in Section 18-101(12) of the Act.
Preemptive Securities means, other than Excluded Securities:
(a) any Interests or other equity securities of the Company issued after the date of the Agreement;
(b) for so long as the Qualified Percentage Share is equal to or greater than 14%, (i) any equity securities of any Subsidiaries of the Company Subsidiaries issued to or from MSG or any of its Affiliates or (ii) any debt securities or other Debt of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries issued to or borrowed from MSG or any of its Affiliates (including any Commercially Reasonable Debt or other debt securities or Debt issued thereto or borrowed therefrom pursuant to Section 4.2, in each case, other than Excluded Securities); provided , however , that the foregoing shall only be considered Preemptive Securities for purposes of Employee Rollover Holdco Members to the extent that one or more Principals duly and timely exercise their Preemptive Rights in accordance with Section 1.4 with respect thereto (and that in the event no Principals duly exercise their Preemptive Rights in accordance with Section 1.4 with respect thereto, any equity or debt securities referred to in the clause (b) shall not be Preemptive Securities); and
(c) any right, option or warrant to acquire any security convertible into the securities included in this definition of Preemptive Securities pursuant to the preceding clauses (a) or (b).
Preferred Capital Contribution means the $10,000,000 contribution by the Members in respect of their Preferred Units.
Preferred Percentage Share means, with respect to any Member or Rollover Holdco Member, as applicable, as of any date, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the aggregate number of all Preferred Units directly held by such Member on such date to the aggregate number of all Preferred Units issued by the Company and outstanding on such date; provided , however , that with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member as of any date, the Preferred Percentage Share of such Rollover Holdco Member means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the aggregate number of all Rollover Holdco Preferred Units directly held by such Rollover Holdco Member on such date, plus the aggregate number (if any) of all Preferred Units directly held by such Rollover Holdco Member on such date to (b) the aggregate number of all
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Preferred Units issued by the Company and outstanding on such date. The combined Preferred Percentage Shares of all Members shall at all times equal 100% and, except to the extent a Rollover Holdco Member directly holds any Preferred Units, the combined Preferred Percentage Share of all Rollover Holdco Members shall at all times equal the Preferred Percentage Share of Rollover Holdco.
Preferred Return means a return equal to compounded interest of 9% per annum , compounded quarterly on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year that the Preferred Units are outstanding. The Preferred Return shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year constituting of twelve 30-day months and shall be pro rated for any partial periods (i.e., during the period from and after the date the Preferred Units are first issued until the last day of the quarter in which the Preferred Units are first issued and during the period from and after the first day of the quarter during which all amounts owned with respect to the Preferred Units under clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.1(c) of the Agreement are paid in full until the date that all amounts owned with respect to the Preferred Units under clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.1(c) of the Agreement are paid in full) with respect to which it is calculated.
Preferred Units means the allocation of Interests designated as Preferred Units on Exhibit B to the Agreement.
Principal Base means, as of any time: (a) if there are four Principals who are serving as Directors, three Principals; (b) if there are three Principals serving as Directors, two Principals; (c) if there are two Principals serving as Directors, two Principals; or (d) if there is only one Principal serving as Director, one Principal.
Principal Purchase Price means the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with Section 6.8 (Determination of Fair Market Value) of the Agreement); provided , however , that, in the event of a Principal Early Leaver Put or Principal Early Leaver Call, such Fair Market Value will be adjusted by the Early Leaver Discount; provided , further , however , that such Early Leaver Discount shall not apply in the event that a MSG Change of Control has occurred prior to the consummation of such Principal Early Leaver Put or Principal Early Leaver Call (in which case the Principal Purchase Price shall be the Fair Market Value).
Principal Rollover Holdco Groups means each of (i) Packer and the Packer Rollover Holdco Members, (ii) Strauss and the Strauss Rollover Holdco Members, (iii) Tepperberg and the Tepperberg Rollover Holdco Members and (iv) Wolf and the Wolf Rollover Holdco Members.
Principal Veto Rights means the rights of the Principals in Section 4.1(g) of the Agreement.
Principals means Packer, Strauss, Tepperberg and Wolf.
Prohibited Person means a Person who, individually or together with such Persons Affiliates, owns at least 5% of, or owns, operates or manages, any professional sports team, stadium, arena, theater or other live entertainment venue with no less than 2,000 seats or any music, film or similar festival.
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Qualified MSG Stock means MSG Stock that is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights, issued free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens under applicable securities laws and this Agreement) and issued subject to compliance by the recipient with applicable securities laws (e.g., six-month holding period).
Qualified Party means MSG and its Permitted Transferees and the Qualified Principals.
Qualified Percentage Share means the Percentage Share of both the Principals (as Members) and the Principal Rollover Holdco Groups (assuming the exercise, exchange or conversion of all securities of the Company that are exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into, Class A Common Units) for purposes of Section 4.1(g), 4.1(h)(i), 6.3(a)(ii), 6.5(a) and 8.6 of the Agreement and for purposes of the definitions of Preemptive Securities and Qualified Principal. For purposes of calculating Qualified Percentage Share, any Class A Common Units issued after the date of the Agreement to any Person other than a Principal, a Permitted Transferee of a Principal or a member of a Principal Rollover Holdco Group shall not be included in the denominator, except for Class A Common Units issued in connection with a Cash Flow Deficiency; provided , however , that: (1) for a period of 12 months from and after the end of the Resolution Period to which such Cash Flow Deficiency relates, Class A Common Units issued in connection with a Cash Flow Deficiency shall be included in the denominator for purposes of determining whether the Principal Base has the Operational Veto Rights, (2) in the event the Cumulative EBITDA for the period ending on the 12-month anniversary of the last day of the Resolution Period to which such Cash Flow Deficiency relates is less than 85% of the Cumulative EBITDA set forth in the Revised CIM Case for such period, Units issued in connection with a Cash Flow Deficiency shall be included in the denominator for purposes of determining whether the Principal Base has the Operational Veto Rights thereafter. As of the date of the Agreement, the Qualified Percentage Share is 28%.
Qualified Principal means a Principal who is engaged as a full-time employee of the Company and whose Percentage Share, including the Percentage Share of his Principal Rollover Holdco Group (determined in the same manner as in the definition of Qualified Percentage Share), is at least equal to 7%.
Qualified Successor Stock means Successor Stock that is duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, not subject to any preemptive or other similar rights and issued free and clear of any Liens (other than Liens under applicable securities laws and this Agreement).
Relative Percentage Share means, with respect to any Member or Rollover Holdco Member, as applicable, as of any date with respect to any determination, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the aggregate number of all Class A Common Units directly held by such Member on such date to the aggregate number of Class A Common Units directly held all Members to which such determination relates on such date; provided , however , that with respect to any Rollover Holdco Member as of any date, the Relative Percentage Share of such Rollover Holdco Member means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (a) the aggregate number of all of
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Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units directly held by such Rollover Holdco Member on such date, plus the aggregate number (if any) of all Class A Common Units directly held by such Rollover Holdco Member on such date to (b) the aggregate number of all Class A Common Units directly held by all Members to which such determination relates on such date.
Required Transfer Documentation means an assignment and assumption agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the transferor and the transferee providing for, as applicable, the sale and assignment of Interests or Rollover Holdco Interests, free and clear of all Liens other than those imposed by applicable securities law or the Agreement. The Required Transfer Documentation shall include representations and warranties by the transferor as to (a) due organization and good standing (if the transferor is an entity) of the transferor, (b) the power and authority (if the transferor is an entity) of such transferor, (c) the capacity (if the transferor is an individual) of such transferor, (d) the due authorization (if the transferor is an entity) of the Required Transfer Documentation, (e) the due execution and delivery of the Required Transfer Documentation, (f) the enforceability of the Required Transfer Documentation, (g) the non-contravention of the execution, delivery and performance of the Required Transfer Documentation with the transferors organizational documents (if the transferor is an entity), applicable laws and contracts to which the transferor is a party, and (h) the assignment to the transferee of good, valid and marketable title to such Interests or Rollover Holdco Interests, as applicable, free and clear of all Liens, other than those imposed by applicable securities laws and the Agreement.
Restructuring Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Transaction Agreement.
Revised CIM Case means, for any period, the Adjusted EBITDA for such period, as set forth on Exhibit D .
ROFO Party(ies) means (a) MSG, if the Initiating Party is a Principal, (b) the Qualified Principals and the other members of their Principal Rollover Holdco Groups, if the Initiating Party is MSG, and (c) MSG and the Principals, if the Initiating Party is a Rollover Holdco Member other than a Principal.
Rollover Holdco Interest means an Interest (as defined in the Rollover Holdco LLCA).
Rollover Holdco LLCA means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Rollover Holdco.
Rule 144A means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
Sale of the Company means a sale to a third party of all or a majority of the equity or all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, by sale of the Interests, merger, consolidation, sale of assets, sale of Subsidiaries, or otherwise.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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Specified Third Party Claim means a Third Party Claim (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) with respect to which the Company assumes the defense, settlement, adjustment or compromise thereof as contemplated by Section 12.06(d) of the Transaction Agreement.
Stated Early Put Value means, as of any time with respect to the Preferred Units, the amount to which the holder of such Preferred Units would at such time be entitled pursuant to clause (ii) of Section 2.1(c) of the Agreement (taking into account all amounts previously paid to such holder in respect of such Preferred Units pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Agreement).
Stated Preferred Value means, as of any time with respect to the Preferred Units, the amount to which the holder of such Preferred Units would at such time be entitled pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 2.1(c) of the Agreement (taking into account all amounts previously paid to such holder in respect of such Preferred Units pursuant to Section 2.1 of the Agreement).
Strauss Rollover Holdco Members means the persons designated as Strauss Rollover Holdco Members on the signature pages to the Agreement and any Person who becomes a Rollover Holdco Member pursuant to a Permitted Transfer from a Strauss Rollover Holdco Member. For the avoidance of doubt, a Person shall cease to be a Strauss Rollover Holdco Member when such Person ceases to be a Rollover Holdco Member or when such Person shall cease to be (or otherwise is not) a Permitted Transferee of Strauss.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, limited liability company or other business entity of which at least 50% of (i) the total equity interest or (ii) total voting power of shares of stock (or equivalent ownership or controlling interest) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.
Successor Stock means the common stock of a MSG Company Successor listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange, valued at the volume-weighted average price (as reported by Bloomberg) over the ten trading days prior to the date of issuance; provided , that , in order to constitute Successor Stock, such MSG Company Successor shall (i) have an average market capitalization of at least $1 billion in the 90 days immediately preceding the issuance of Successor Stock to a Principal or Rollover Holdco Member under the Agreement, and (ii) if such MSG Company Successor is a foreign issuer, the Successor Stock listed on such exchange shall have an average float and trading volume that is at least 90% of the average float and average daily trading volume of MSG in the 90 days immediately preceding the issuance and shall not consist of American Depositary Receipts or similar instruments).
Tao Note Company Entity means either (x) the Company or (y) a Subsidiary of the Company that is named the borrower under clause (a) of the definition of Company Loan Agreement; provided , however , that (subject to waiver by the beneficiary of such Tao Promissory Note, in such beneficiarys sole discretion) in either case of clause (x) or (y), at the time of issuance of such Tao Promissory Note, the Company Loan Agreements that by their terms do not mature at least ninety-one days prior to the maturity date of the Tao Promissory
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Note do not restrict such entity from making the payments required under such Tao Promissory Note on its maturity date; provided , further , however , that (subject to waiver by the beneficiary of such Tao Promissory Note, in such beneficiarys sole discretion) in the event a Tao Promissory Note is issued by an entity referred to in clause (x) or (y) and at the time of such issuance a Company Loan Agreement that by its terms would mature at least ninety-one days prior to the maturity date of the Tao Promissory Note is in effect that would restrict such entity from making the payment required under such Tao Promissory Note on its maturity date if such Company Loan Agreement was extended, the Company shall not (and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries not to) extend such Company Loan Agreement or refinance the debt under such Company Loan Agreement unless such extension or refinancing permits such payment under the Tao Promissory Note on the maturity date of such Tao Promissory Note.
Tao Note Replacement Entity means, (a) if neither the Company nor a Subsidiary of the Company qualifies as a Tao Note Company Entity, and (b) if consented to by such Affiliate of MSG (in such Affiliates sole discretion), any Affiliate of MSG that (i) directly or indirectly owns 100% of MSGs Interests and (ii) (x) is listed for trading on a U.S. national securities exchange with an average market capitalization of at least $1 billion in the 90 days immediately preceding the issuance of the applicable Tao Promissory Note, and agrees under the Tao Promissory Note to maintain a minimum market capitalization of at least $1 billion until payment of all principal and interest owed thereunder or (y) directly or indirectly (together with its Subsidiaries) holds at least $1 billion in net assets, and agrees under the Tao Promissory Note to continue to directly or indirectly (together with its Subsidiaries) hold at least $1 billion in net assets until payment of all principal and interest owed thereunder.
TAO Promissory Note means a promissory note issued by a Tao Promissory Note Party in the form attached to the Agreement as Exhibit G-2 .
Tao Promissory Note Party means a Tao Note Company Entity or a Tao Note Replacement Entity.
Tepperberg Rollover Holdco Members means the persons designated as Tepperberg Rollover Holdco Members on the signature pages to the Agreement and any Person who becomes a Rollover Holdco Member pursuant to a Permitted Transfer from a Tepperberg Rollover Holdco Member. For the avoidance of doubt, a Person shall cease to be a Tepperberg Rollover Holdco Member when such Person ceases to be a Rollover Holdco Member or when such Person shall cease to be (or otherwise is not) a Permitted Transferee of Tepperberg.
Terminable Obligations means Contracts or other commitments or obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that can be terminated by the Company or such Subsidiary on 90 days (or less) notice without (a) payment of any penalty, or (b) incurrence of other Liability (in the case of clauses (a) and (b), other than penalties or Liabilities that are, individually and in the aggregate, de minimis ).
The Madison Square Garden Company means The Madison Square Garden Company, a Delaware corporation; provided , however , that if pursuant to any Transfer permitted pursuant to the Agreement, The Madison Square Garden Company no longer directly or indirectly holds any of the Interests held by MSG and in connection with such Transfer or
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transaction there is an MSG Company Successor, all references to The Madison Square Garden Company in the Agreement shall be deemed to refer to such MSG Company Successor (except as used in the definition of MSG Stock).
Transaction Documents has the meaning assigned to such term in the Transaction Agreement.
Transfer means any direct or indirect offer, sale, contract to sell, assignment, alienation, gift, transfer, hypothecation, exchange, mortgage, pledge, grant of a security interest or other disposition or encumbrance, whether voluntary or involuntary. A Transfer shall, without limitation of the foregoing, include any of transaction that, in whole or in part, transfers any economic consequences of ownership. The Transfer of the equity interest in a Member (or any Person who directly or indirectly owns any equity interests of such Member) shall be deemed an indirect Transfer of such Members Interest (and, for the avoidance of doubt, the Transfer of a Rollover Holdco Interest shall be deemed an indirect Transfer of the Attributable Interest of Rollover Holdco that corresponds to such Rollover Holdco Interest). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this definition, in no event will an offer, sale, contract to sell, assignment, alienation, gift, transfer, hypothecation, exchange, mortgage, pledge, grant of a security interest or other disposition, encumbrance, whether voluntary or involuntary, of any securities of The Madison Square Garden Company or any of its successors or acquirors (or any successive successors thereto or acquirors thereof) be a Transfer.
Units means the allocation of Interests designated as Units in an agreement between a Member and the Company.
Unreturned Preferred Capital Contributions Amount means at any time, the excess, if any, of: (a) the aggregate Preferred Capital Contributions made by the Members over (b) the aggregate amount of distributions with respect to such Preferred Capital Contributions (including any distributions to any predecessor of such Member) under Section 2.1(c)(ii) of the Agreement.
Valuation Representatives mean (a) one MSG Director designated in writing to the Principals by MSG (which MSG Director may be replaced at any time or from time to time by MSG) and (b) Richard Wolf or one other Principal designated in writing designated in writing to MSG by the Principal Base (which Valuation Representative may be replaced at any time or from time to time by the Principal Base).
Wolf Rollover Holdco Members means the persons designated as Wolf Rollover Holdco Members on the signature pages to the Agreement and any Person who becomes a Rollover Holdco Member pursuant to a Permitted Transfer from a Wolf Rollover Holdco Member. For the avoidance of doubt, a Person shall cease to be a Wolf Rollover Holdco Member when such Person ceases to be a Rollover Holdco Member or when such Person shall cease to be (or otherwise is not) a Permitted Transferee of Wolf.
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2. The following terms are defined in the Sections indicated below.
Term |
Section |
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AAA |
4.2(b) | |||
Aggregate Consideration |
6.5(c) | |||
Agreement |
Preamble | |||
Approved Sale |
6.5(a) | |||
Approved Sale Notice |
6.5(a) | |||
Approved Sale Period |
6.5(a) | |||
Arbitrator |
6.8(b) | |||
Attributable Class A Common Units |
Recitals | |||
Attributable Interests |
Recitals | |||
Attributable Preferred Units |
Recitals | |||
Benefits |
4.8(a) | |||
Budget |
1.5(a) | |||
Business Plan |
1.5(a) | |||
Call |
6.7(e) | |||
Company |
Preamble | |||
Company Fiscal Year |
3.3 | |||
Confidential Information |
4.7(a) | |||
DGCL |
4.3 | |||
Disapproving Principal |
8.6 | |||
Employee Rollover Holdco Member Leaver Call |
6.7(c) | |||
Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Call |
6.7(d) | |||
Employee Rollover Holdco Member Post-Year 5 Put |
6.6(d) | |||
Employee Rollover Holdco Member Purchase Price |
6.6(d) | |||
Employee Rollover Holdco Members |
Preamble | |||
Exercise Notice |
1.4(c) | |||
Existing Agreement |
Recitals | |||
FMV Depository |
6.8(a) | |||
Indemnification Obligations Shortfall |
6.1 | |||
Indemnified Persons |
4.4(a) | |||
Initiating Party |
6.3(b) | |||
Interest Change Date |
2.2(k) | |||
Losses |
4.4(a) | |||
Management Fee |
4.8(a) | |||
Member Indemnitors |
4.4(b) | |||
Member Nonrecourse Deductions |
2.2(d) | |||
Minimum Commitment |
4.8(a) | |||
MSG |
Preamble | |||
MSG FMV Entity |
6.8(a) | |||
MSG Payments |
4.8(a) | |||
Mutual Valuation Period |
6.8 | |||
Observer |
41 | |||
Offered Securities |
6.3(b) | |||
Officer |
4.1(d) | |||
Other Rollover Holdco Members |
Preamble |
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Preemptive Right | 1.4(a) | |||
Preemptive Rights Notice | 1.4(b) | |||
Preferred Unit Call | 6.10(b) | |||
Preferred Unit Early Call | 6.9(b) | |||
Preferred Unit Early Put | 6.9(a) | |||
Preferred Unit Put | 6.10(a) | |||
Principal Early Leaver Call | 6.7(a) | |||
Principal Early Leaver Put | 6.6(b) | |||
Principal Good Leaver Put | 6.6(a) | |||
Principal Leaver Call | 6.7(a) | |||
Principal Post-Year 5 Call | 6.7(b) | |||
Principal Post-Year 5 CoC Put | 6.6(f) | |||
Principal Post-Year 5 Put | 6.6(c) | |||
Principal Pre-Year 5 CoC Put | 6.6(e) | |||
Principals | Preamble | |||
Put | 6.6(g) | |||
Put Exercise Period | 6.6(f) | |||
Resolution Period | 4.2(a) | |||
Restructuring | Recitals | |||
ROFO Notice | 6.3(b) | |||
ROFO Obligations | 6.3(a)(i) | |||
ROFO Period | 6.3(c) | |||
Rollover Budget | 1.5(b) | |||
Rollover Holdco | Preamble | |||
Rollover Holdco Class A Common Units | Recitals | |||
Rollover Holdco Member Representative | 6.8(a) | |||
Rollover Holdco Members | Preamble | |||
Rollover Holdco Preferred Units | Recitals | |||
Tag-Along Sale Notice | 6.4(b) | |||
Transaction Agreement | Recitals | |||
Transactions | Recitals |
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