UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 22, 2017
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-36557 | 51-0105665 | ||
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
4640 Trueman Boulevard, Hilliard, Ohio 43026 |
43026 | |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (614) 658-0050
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter). Emerging growth company ☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act ☐
Item 1.01 | Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
On June 22, 2017, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the Company) and certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors (collectively, the Guarantors), entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the Credit Agreement) with PNC Bank, National Association (PNC), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the Agent), and various financial institutions party thereto (together with PNC, collectively, the Lenders), pursuant to which the Lenders have committed to provide the Company a $550,000,000 revolving credit facility (with an option to increase such revolving credit facility or incur new term loans in an aggregate amount of up to $150,000,000) subject to the terms and conditions in the Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement amends and restates the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2013, as amended, among the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, various financial institutions party thereto, and PNC, as administrative agent. PNC Capital Markets LLC, Citizens Bank, N.A. and Fifth Third Bank acted as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers, Citizens Bank, N.A. and Fifth Third Bank acted as co-syndication agents, and Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and BMO Harris Bank N.A. acted as documentation agents. Borrowings under the credit facility will be used for general corporate purposes, including repurchases of stock, repayments of existing indebtedness, repayments of short-term borrowings, working capital requirements, capital expenditures and acquisitions. The interest rates under the credit facility are determined by certain base rates or LIBOR rates, plus an applicable margin. The credit facility has an expiration date of June 22, 2022.
Obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by capital stock of certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company and the Guarantors and substantially all other tangible and intangible personal property owned by the Company and the Guarantors. Obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by the collateral on a pari passu basis with obligations under the Shelf Notes (defined below).
The Credit Agreement sets forth certain customary business and financial covenants to which the Company and Guarantors are subject when any amounts under the Credit Agreement are outstanding, including covenants that limit or restrict the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to incur indebtedness, to make capital distributions, and to incur certain liens and encumbrances on any of its respective property.
The Credit Agreement provides for customary events of default, including, among other things, in the event of nonpayment of principal, interest, or other amounts, a representation or warranty proving to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, failure to perform or observe certain covenants within a specified period of time, a cross-default to other Company indebtedness of a specified amount, the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or a Guarantor, monetary judgment defaults of a specified amount, a change of control of the Company, and ERISA defaults resulting in liability under certain circumstances. In the event of a default by the Company, the Agent or the requisite number of Lenders may declare all amounts owed under the Credit Agreement and outstanding letters of credit immediately due and payable and terminate the Lenders commitments to make loans under the Credit Agreement. For defaults related to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization proceedings, the commitments of the Lenders will be automatically terminated and all outstanding loans and other amounts will become immediately due and payable.
Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement for Private Placements of Senior Notes
On June 22, 2017, the Company and the Guarantors entered into the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement (the Private Shelf Agreement) with PGIM, Inc. (Prudential) and certain other parties thereto. The Private Shelf Agreement amends and restates the Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement dated as of September 24, 2010, as amended, among the Company and certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, Prudential, and certain other parties thereto, pursuant to which the Company has previously issued and sold secured senior notes of the Company. Under the terms of the Private Shelf Agreement, the Company may request that Prudential purchase, over the next three years, secured senior notes of the Company so long as the aggregate principal amount of notes outstanding at any time does not exceed $175,000,000 (the Shelf Notes). The Shelf Notes shall bear interest at a fixed interest rate and have a maturity date not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of issuance. Prudential and its affiliates are under no obligation to purchase any of the Shelf Notes. The interest rate and terms of payment of any series of Shelf Notes will be determined at the time of purchase. The proceeds of any series of Shelf Notes will be
used as specified in the request for purchase with respect to such series, subject to compliance with the requirements in the Private Shelf Agreement, but are anticipated to be used for general corporate purposes, including refinancing of short-term borrowings and/or repayment of outstanding indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, which is described above, as well as financing of capital expenditures and acquisitions.
Obligations under the Private Shelf Agreement are secured by capital stock of certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company and the Guarantors and substantially all other tangible and intangible personal property owned by the Company and the Guarantors. Obligations under the Private Shelf Agreement are secured by the collateral on a pari passu basis with obligations under the Credit Agreement.
The Private Shelf Agreement sets forth certain customary business and financial covenants to which the Company and Guarantors are subject when any Shelf Note is outstanding, including covenants that limit or restrict the ability of the Company and the Guarantors to incur indebtedness, to make capital distributions, and to incur certain liens and encumbrances on any of its respective property.
The Private Shelf Agreement provides for customary events of default, including, among other things, in the event of nonpayment of principal, interest, or other amounts, a representation or warranty proving to have been incorrect in any material respect when made, failure to perform or observe certain covenants within a specified period of time, a cross-default to other Company indebtedness of a specified amount, the bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company or a Guarantor, monetary judgment defaults of a specified amount, a change of control of the Company, and ERISA defaults resulting in liability under certain circumstances. In the event of a default by the Company, the requisite number of holders of Shelf Notes may declare all amounts owed under the Shelf Notes and Private Shelf Agreement immediately due and payable. For defaults related to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization proceedings, all amounts owed under the Shelf Notes and Private Shelf Agreement will become immediately due and payable.
This Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any Shelf Notes. The Shelf Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 or any state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.
The foregoing descriptions of the Credit Agreement and the Private Shelf Agreement are only a summary and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Agreement and the Private Shelf Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
In connection with the Credit Agreement and the Private Shelf Agreement, on June 22, 2017, the Company also entered into or acknowledged a Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, a Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, a Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement (PNC), an Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement (Prudential), and a Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, 10.6 and 10.7 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Private Placement of Senior Notes
On June 28, 2017, the Company issued and sold Shelf Notes in the aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 pursuant to the Private Shelf Agreement. Such Shelf Notes shall bear interest at a fixed interest rate of 3.53% per annum and have a maturity date of seven (7) years from the date of issuance. The proceeds of such Shelf Notes will be used for repayment of outstanding indebtedness under the Credit Agreement.
The foregoing description of the Shelf Notes is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of Shelf Notes, which is filed as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.
The information set forth in Item 1.01 with respect to the Credit Agreement and the Private Shelf Agreement is incorporated herein in its entirety.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) | Exhibits |
The following exhibits are being furnished as part of this report:
4.1 Form of 3.53% Senior Series C Secured Notes due June 28, 2024.
10.1 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
10.2 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement.
10.3 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement.
10.4 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement.
10.5 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement (PNC).
10.6 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement (Prudential).
10.7 Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, by and among PNC Bank, National Association and certain noteholders.
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.
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | ||||||
Date: June 28, 2017 | By: |
/s/ Scott A. Cottrill |
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Name: | Scott A. Cottrill | |||||
Title: | EVP, CFO, Secretary & Treasurer |
Exhibit 4.1
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
3.53% SENIOR SERIES C SECURED NOTE DUE
No.
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT: $
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
INTEREST RATE:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES: , , and ,
FINAL MATURITY DATE:
PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS AND AMOUNTS:
PPN:
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the Company), hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of DOLLARS on the Final Maturity Date specified above, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year30-day month) (a) on the unpaid balance thereof at the Interest Rate per annum specified above (or, during any period when an Event of Default shall be in existence, at the election of the Required Holder(s) of this Series of Notes at the Default Rate (as defined below)), from the date hereof, payable on each Interest Payment Date specified above and on the Final Maturity Date specified above, commencing with the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) on any overdue payment (including any overdue prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of Yield-Maintenance Amount and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any overdue payment of interest, payable on each Interest Payment Date as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate. The Default Rate shall mean a rate per annum from time to time equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, and (ii) the greater of (a) 2.00% over the Interest Rate specified above or (b) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by , from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate.
Payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to this Note are to be made at the main office of , in New York City or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate to the Company in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America.
This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the Notes) issued pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of (herein called the Agreement), between the Company, on the one hand, and and each Affiliate from time to time party thereto, on the other hand, and is entitled to the benefits thereof.
This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of
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transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holders attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, on the terms specified in the Agreement.
The Company and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties severally waive grace, demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration (except to the extent required in the Agreement), protest and diligence in collecting in connection with this Note, whether now or hereafter required by applicable law.
In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings as defined in the Agreement.
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THIS NOTE IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS NOTE TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION).
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
By: |
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Name: | ||
Title: |
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Series C Note
Exhibit 10.1
CUSIP NO. 00769QAE3
EXECUTION VERSION
$550,000,000 REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
by and among
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
THE GUARANTORS AND THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
AND FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as Joint Bookrunners
PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC,
CITIZENS BANK, N.A.
AND FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as Joint Lead Arrangers
CITIZENS BANK, N.A. AND FIFTH THIRD BANK
as Co-Syndication Agents
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AND
BMO HARRIS BANK N.A.
as Documentation Agents
Dated as of June 22, 2017
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS |
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1.1 Certain Definitions |
1 | |||
1.2 Construction |
33 | |||
1.3 Accounting Principles |
34 | |||
1.4 Currency Calculations |
34 | |||
2. REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES |
34 | |||
2.1 Revolving Credit Commitments |
34 | |||
2.1.1 Revolving Credit Loans |
34 | |||
2.1.2 Swing Loan Commitment |
35 | |||
2.1.3 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitment |
35 | |||
2.2 Nature of Lenders Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans |
35 | |||
2.3 Commitment Fees |
35 | |||
2.4 Intentionally Omitted |
36 | |||
2.5 Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests |
37 | |||
2.5.1 Revolving Credit Loan Requests |
37 | |||
2.5.2 Swing Loan Requests |
37 | |||
2.6 Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans |
38 | |||
2.6.1 Making Revolving Credit Loans |
38 | |||
2.6.2 Presumptions by the Administrative Agent |
38 | |||
2.6.3 Making Swing Loans |
38 | |||
2.6.4 Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans |
39 | |||
2.6.5 Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans |
39 | |||
2.7 Notes |
39 | |||
2.8 Use of Proceeds |
39 | |||
2.9 Letter of Credit Subfacility |
39 | |||
2.9.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit |
39 | |||
2.9.2 Letter of Credit Fees |
41 | |||
2.9.3 Disbursements, Reimbursement |
41 | |||
2.9.4 Repayment of Participation Advances |
42 | |||
2.9.5 Documentation |
43 | |||
2.9.6 Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests |
43 | |||
2.9.7 Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations |
43 | |||
2.9.8 Indemnity |
45 | |||
2.9.9 Liability for Acts and Omissions |
45 | |||
2.9.10 Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements |
46 | |||
2.10 Increase in Commitments and Added Term Loans |
46 | |||
2.11 Defaulting Lenders |
49 | |||
2.12 Utilization of Commitments in Optional Currencies |
50 | |||
3. [RESERVED] |
52 |
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4. INTEREST RATES |
52 | |||
4.1 Interest Rate Options |
52 | |||
4.1.1 Revolving Credit Interest Rate Options; Swing Loan Interest Rate |
52 | |||
4.1.2 [Reserved] |
52 | |||
4.1.3 Rate Quotations |
52 | |||
4.2 Interest Periods |
52 | |||
4.2.1 Amount of Borrowing Tranche |
53 | |||
4.2.2 Renewals |
53 | |||
4.2.3 No Conversion of Optional Currency Loans |
53 | |||
4.3 Interest After Default |
53 | |||
4.3.1 Letter of Credit Fees, Interest Rate |
53 | |||
4.3.2 Other Obligations |
53 | |||
4.3.3 Acknowledgement. |
53 | |||
4.4 Rates Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available; Optional Currency Not Available |
53 | |||
4.4.1 Unascertainable |
53 | |||
4.4.2 Illegality; Increased Costs |
54 | |||
4.4.3 Optional Currency Not Available . |
54 | |||
4.4.4 Administrative Agents and Lenders Rights |
54 | |||
4.5 Selection of Interest Rate Options |
55 | |||
5. PAYMENTS |
55 | |||
5.1 Payments |
55 | |||
5.2 Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders |
56 | |||
5.3 Sharing of Payments by Lenders |
56 | |||
5.4 Presumptions by Administrative Agent |
57 | |||
5.5 Interest Payment Dates |
57 | |||
5.6 Voluntary Prepayments |
58 | |||
5.6.1 Right to Prepay |
58 | |||
5.6.2 Replacement of a Lender |
58 | |||
5.6.3 Designation of a Different Lending Office |
59 | |||
5.7 Payments Upon Currency Fluctuations |
59 | |||
5.8 Increased Costs |
60 | |||
5.8.1 Increased Costs Generally |
60 | |||
5.8.2 Capital Requirements |
60 | |||
5.8.3 Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans |
61 | |||
5.8.4 Delay in Requests |
61 | |||
5.8.5 Additional Reserve Requirements. |
61 | |||
5.9 Taxes |
62 | |||
5.9.1 Issuing Lender |
62 | |||
5.9.2 Payments Free of Taxes |
62 | |||
5.9.3 Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties |
62 | |||
5.9.4 Indemnification by the Loan Parties |
62 | |||
5.9.5 Indemnification by the Lenders |
62 | |||
5.9.6 Evidence of Payments |
63 |
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5.9.7 Status of Lenders |
63 | |||
5.9.8 Treatment of Certain Refunds |
65 | |||
5.9.9 Survival |
65 | |||
5.10 Indemnity |
65 | |||
5.11 Settlement Date Procedures |
66 | |||
5.12 Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments |
67 | |||
5.13 Indemnity in Certain Events |
67 | |||
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES |
67 | |||
6.1 Representations and Warranties |
67 | |||
6.1.1 Organization and Qualification; Power and Authority; Compliance With Laws; Event of Default |
67 | |||
6.1.2 Subsidiaries; Investment Companies |
68 | |||
6.1.3 Validity and Binding Effect |
68 | |||
6.1.4 No Conflict; Material Agreements; Consents |
68 | |||
6.1.5 Litigation |
69 | |||
6.1.6 Financial Statements |
69 | |||
6.1.7 Margin Stock |
69 | |||
6.1.8 Full Disclosure |
69 | |||
6.1.9 Taxes |
70 | |||
6.1.10 Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Etc. |
70 | |||
6.1.11 [Reserved] |
70 | |||
6.1.12 Insurance |
70 | |||
6.1.13 ERISA Compliance |
70 | |||
6.1.14 Environmental Matters |
71 | |||
6.1.15 Solvency |
71 | |||
6.1.16 Anti-Terrorism Laws |
71 | |||
7. CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT |
71 | |||
7.1 First Loans and Letters of Credit |
71 | |||
7.1.1 Deliveries |
71 | |||
7.1.2 Payment of Fees |
73 | |||
7.2 Each Loan or Letter of Credit |
73 | |||
8. COVENANTS |
73 | |||
8.1 Affirmative Covenants |
73 | |||
8.1.1 Preservation of Existence, Etc. |
73 | |||
8.1.2 Payment of Liabilities, Including Taxes, Etc. |
74 | |||
8.1.3 Maintenance of Insurance |
74 | |||
8.1.4 Maintenance of Properties |
74 | |||
8.1.5 Visitation Rights |
74 | |||
8.1.6 Keeping of Records and Books of Account |
74 | |||
8.1.7 Compliance with Laws; Use of Proceeds |
75 | |||
8.1.8 Further Assurances |
75 | |||
8.1.9 Anti-Terrorism Laws; International Trade Law Compliance |
75 | |||
8.1.10 Keepwell |
75 | |||
8.1.11 Additional Guarantors |
76 | |||
8.2 Negative Covenants |
76 |
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8.2.1 Indebtedness |
76 | |||
8.2.2 Liens; Lien Covenants |
77 | |||
8.2.3 Guaranties |
77 | |||
8.2.4 Loans and Investments |
78 | |||
8.2.5 Capital Distributions |
79 | |||
8.2.6 Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions |
79 | |||
8.2.7 Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries |
81 | |||
8.2.8 Affiliate Transactions |
82 | |||
8.2.9 Subsidiaries and Partnerships |
82 | |||
8.2.10 Continuation of or Change in Business |
82 | |||
8.2.11 Fiscal Year |
82 | |||
8.2.12 Issuance of Stock |
82 | |||
8.2.13 Changes in Organizational Documents |
83 | |||
8.2.14 Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio |
83 | |||
8.2.15 Maximum Leverage Ratio |
83 | |||
8.2.16 Most Favored Lender |
83 | |||
8.2.17 Limitation on Negative Pledges. |
84 | |||
8.3 Reporting Requirements |
84 | |||
8.3.1 Quarterly Financial Statements |
84 | |||
8.3.2 Annual Financial Statements |
85 | |||
8.3.3 Certificate of the Borrower |
85 | |||
8.3.4 Notices |
85 | |||
9. DEFAULT |
86 | |||
9.1 Events of Default |
86 | |||
9.1.1 Payments Under Loan Documents |
86 | |||
9.1.2 Breach of Warranty |
86 | |||
9.1.3 Anti-Terrorism Laws |
86 | |||
9.1.4 Breach of Negative Covenants, Visitation Rights or Anti-Terrorism Laws |
86 | |||
9.1.5 Breach of Other Covenants |
87 | |||
9.1.6 Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness |
87 | |||
9.1.7 Final Judgments or Orders |
87 | |||
9.1.8 Loan Document Unenforceable |
87 | |||
9.1.9 Events Relating to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans |
87 | |||
9.1.10 Change of Control |
87 | |||
9.1.11 Liquidity Event |
87 | |||
9.1.12 Relief Proceedings |
88 | |||
9.2 Consequences of Event of Default |
88 | |||
9.2.1 Events of Default Other Than Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings |
88 | |||
9.2.2 Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings |
88 | |||
9.2.3 Set-off |
88 | |||
9.2.4 Enforcement of Rights and Remedies |
89 | |||
9.2.5 Application of Proceeds |
89 | |||
10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT |
90 |
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10.1 Appointment and Authority |
90 | |||
10.2 Rights as a Lender |
90 | |||
10.3 Exculpatory Provisions |
91 | |||
10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent |
92 | |||
10.5 Delegation of Duties |
92 | |||
10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent |
92 | |||
10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders |
93 | |||
10.8 No Other Duties, Etc. |
93 | |||
10.9 Administrative Agents Fee |
93 | |||
10.10 Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors |
94 | |||
10.11 No Reliance on Administrative Agents Customer Identification Program |
94 | |||
10.12 Right of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranties |
94 | |||
10.13 Understandings and Authorizations with respect to the Intercreditor Agreement |
94 | |||
11. MISCELLANEOUS |
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11.1 Modifications, Amendments or Waivers |
95 | |||
11.1.1 Increase of Commitment |
95 | |||
11.1.2 Extension of Payment; Reduction of Principal Interest or Fees; Modification of Terms of Payment |
95 | |||
11.1.3 Release of Collateral or Guarantor |
95 | |||
11.1.4 Change of Control |
95 | |||
11.1.5 Miscellaneous |
96 | |||
11.2 No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies |
98 | |||
11.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver |
98 | |||
11.3.1 Costs and Expenses |
98 | |||
11.3.2 Indemnification by the Borrower |
99 | |||
11.3.3 Reimbursement by Lenders |
99 | |||
11.3.4 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. |
100 | |||
11.3.5 Payments |
100 | |||
11.4 Holidays |
100 | |||
11.5 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication |
100 | |||
11.5.1 Notices Generally |
100 | |||
11.5.2 Electronic Communications |
101 | |||
11.5.3 Change of Address, Etc. |
101 | |||
11.6 Severability |
101 | |||
11.7 Duration; Survival |
101 | |||
11.8 Successors and Assigns |
102 | |||
11.8.1 Successors and Assigns Generally |
102 | |||
11.8.2 Assignments by Lenders |
102 | |||
11.8.3 Register |
105 | |||
11.8.4 Participations |
105 | |||
11.8.5 Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally |
106 | |||
11.9 Confidentiality |
106 | |||
11.9.1 General |
106 | |||
11.9.2 Sharing Information With Affiliates of the Lenders |
107 |
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11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
107 | |||
11.10.1 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness |
107 | |||
11.11 CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
107 | |||
11.11.1 Governing Law |
107 | |||
11.11.2 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION |
108 | |||
11.11.3 WAIVER OF VENUE |
108 | |||
11.11.4 SERVICE OF PROCESS |
108 | |||
11.11.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL |
108 | |||
11.12 USA Patriot Act Notice |
109 | |||
11.13 Joinder of Loan Party |
109 | |||
11.14 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions |
110 | |||
11.15 Amendment and Restatement, No Novation |
110 |
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LIST OF SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1.1(A) |
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PRICING GRID |
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SCHEDULE 1.1(B) |
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COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS AND ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES |
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SCHEDULE 1.1(P) |
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PERMITTED LIENS |
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SCHEDULE 2.9 |
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EXISTING LETTERS OF CREDIT |
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SCHEDULE 6.1.1 |
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QUALIFICATIONS TO DO BUSINESS |
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SCHEDULE 6.1.2 |
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SUBSIDIARIES |
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SCHEDULE 7.1.1 |
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OPINION OF COUNSEL |
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SCHEDULE 8.1.3 |
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INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO COLLATERAL |
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SCHEDULE 8.2.1 |
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PERMITTED INDEBTEDNESS |
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SCHEDULE 8.2.3 |
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GUARANTIES |
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SCHEDULE 8.2.4 |
INVESTMENTS IN NON-LOAN PARTIES |
EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT 1.1(A) | - | ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT | ||
EXHIBIT 1.1G)(1) | - | GUARANTOR JOINDER | ||
EXHIBIT 1.1(G)(2) | - | GUARANTY AGREEMENT | ||
EXHIBIT 1.1(I) | - | INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT | ||
EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(1) | - | REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE | ||
EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(2) | - | SWING LOAN NOTE | ||
EXHIBIT 1.1(P) | - | PLEDGE AGREEMENT | ||
EXHIBIT 1.1(S) | - | SECURITY AGREEMENT | ||
EXHIBIT 2.5.1 | - | LOAN REQUEST | ||
EXHIBIT 2.5.2 | - | SWING LOAN REQUEST | ||
EXHIBIT 2.10(ii)(E) | - | NEW LENDER JOINDER | ||
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(A) | - | U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(B) | - | U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(C) | - | U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(D) | - | U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE (For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes) | ||
EXHIBIT 8.3.3 | - | COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE |
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (as hereafter amended, the Agreement ) is dated as of June 22, 2017 and is made by and among ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), each of the GUARANTORS (as hereinafter defined), the LENDERS (as hereinafter defined), PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement (hereinafter referred to in such capacity, as well as its successors and assigns, as the Administrative Agent ), PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, CITIZENS BANK, N.A. and FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Joint Bookrunners (hereinafter collectively referred to in such capacity as the Joint Bookrunners ), PNC CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, CITIZENS BANK, N.A. and FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Joint Lead Arrangers (hereinafter collectively referred to in such capacity as the Joint Lead Arrangers ) and CITIZENS BANK, N.A. and FIFTH THIRD BANK, as Co-Syndication Agents (hereinafter collectively referred to in such capacity as the Co-Syndication Agents ) and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and BMO HARRIS BANK N.A., as Documentation Agents (hereinafter referred to in such capacity as the Documentation Agents ).
The Borrower, the Lenders and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, are parties to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2013, as amended (the Existing Credit Agreement ), pursuant to which the lenders thereunder have made available to the Borrower (i) a revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $325,000,000 and (ii) a $100,000,000 term loan facility.
The Borrower has requested the Lenders to provide a revolving credit facility to the Borrower in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $550,000,000, subject to increase and/or the incurrence of a term facility upon the request of the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth herein. In connection with such request, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to amend and restate the Existing Credit Agreement. In consideration of their mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. CERTAIN DEFINITIO NS
1.1 Certain Definitions . In addition to words and terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context hereof clearly requires otherwise:
Added Term Loans shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10 [ Increase in Commitments and Added Term Loans ].
Administrative Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, and its successors and assigns, in its capacity as administrative agent hereunder.
Administrative Agents Fee shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9 [ Administrative Agents Fee ].
Administrative Agents Letter shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.9 [ Administrative Agents Fee ].
ADS Mexicana Credit Agreement shall mean that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 12, 2013, as amended, by and among ADS Mexicana, S.A. de C.V., as borrower, the lenders party thereto, and PNC, as administrative agent.
ADS Mexicana Credit Facility shall mean that certain revolving credit facility made available to ADS Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. pursuant to the ADS Mexicana Credit Agreement.
Affiliate as to any Person shall mean any other Person (i) which directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, (ii) which beneficially owns or holds 10% or more of any class of the voting or other equity interests of such Person, or (iii) 10% or more of any class of voting interests or other equity interests of which is beneficially owned or held, directly or indirectly, by such Person. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.
Anti-Terrorism Laws shall mean any Laws relating to terrorism, trade sanctions programs and embargoes, import/export licensing, money laundering, bribery, and any regulation, order or directive promulgated, issued or enforced pursuant to such Laws, all as amended, supplemented or replaced from time to time.
Applicable Commitment Fee Rate shall mean the percentage rate per annum based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading Commitment Fee.
Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate shall mean the percentage rate per annum based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading Letter of Credit Fee.
Applicable Margin shall mean, as applicable:
(A) the percentage spread to be added to the Base Rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading Revolving Credit Base Rate Spread, or
(B) the percentage spread to be added to the Euro-Rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans under the Euro-Rate Option based on the Leverage Ratio then in effect according to the pricing grid on Schedule 1.1(A) below the heading Revolving Credit Euro-Rate Spread.
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Approved Fund shall mean any fund that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.
Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall mean an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Lender and an assignee permitted under Section 11.8 [ Successors and Assigns ], in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(A) .
Authorized Officer shall mean, with respect to any Loan Party, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or General Manager of such Loan Party or such other individuals, designated by written notice to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower, authorized to execute notices, reports and other documents on behalf of the Loan Parties required hereunder. The Borrower may amend such list of individuals from time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to the Administrative Agent.
Bail-In Action means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
Bail-In Legislation means, with respect to any EEA Member County 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.
Base Rate shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating per annum rate of interest equal to the highest of (i) the Overnight Bank Funding Rate, plus fifty basis points (0.50%), and ii) the Prime Rate, and iii) the Daily LIBOR Rate, plus 100 basis points (1.0%). Any change in the Base Rate (or any component thereof) shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change occurs.
Base Rate Option shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(i) [ Revolving Credit Base Rate Option ].
Borrower shall have the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph.
Borrowing Date shall mean, with respect to any Loan, the date for the making thereof or the renewal or conversion thereof at or to the same or a different Interest Rate Option, which shall be a Business Day.
Borrowing Tranche shall mean specified portions of Loans outstanding as follows: (i) any Loans to which a Euro-Rate Option applies which are in Dollars or in the same Optional Currency advanced under the same Loan Request by the Borrower and which have the same Interest Period shall constitute one Borrowing Tranche, and (ii) all Loans to which a Base Rate Option applies shall constitute one Borrowing Tranche.
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Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banks are authorized or required to be closed for business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and if the applicable Business Day relates to any Loan to which the Euro-Rate Option applies, such day must also be a day on which dealings are carried on in the Relevant Interbank Market.
Capital Distribution shall mean a payment made, liability incurred or other consideration given for the purchase, acquisition, redemption or retirement of any Capital Stock of the Borrower or any Subsidiary or as a dividend, return of capital or other distribution (other than any stock dividend, stock split or other equity distribution payable only in Capital Stock of the Borrower or such Subsidiary) in respect of the Borrowers or any Subsidiarys Capital Stock.
Capital Stock shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Cash Equivalents shall mean, at any time, any of the following investments which are not subject to a Lien in favor of any Person other than the Collateral Agent: (i) Indebtedness with a maturity of one year or less issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof ( provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof), (ii) certificates of deposit or acceptances with a maturity of one year or less of any financial institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000, (iii) commercial paper with a maturity of 270 days or less issued by a corporation (except an Affiliate of the Borrower) organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia and rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poors or at least P-1 by Moodys Investors Services, Inc., (iv) repurchase agreements with institutions described in clause (ii) with respect to investments described in clause (i), (v) money market mutual funds or cash management trusts rated in the highest rating by Standard & Poors or Moodys Investors Services, Inc. (and not rated other than in the highest rating by Standard & Poors or Moodys Investors Services, Inc.) or investing solely in investments described in clauses (i) through (iv) above and (vi) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, Permitted Investments made locally of a type comparable to those described in clause (i) through (v) of this definition.
CEA shall mean the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. §1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.
CFC shall mean a Controlled Foreign Corporation as such term is defined in Section 957 of the Code.
CFTC shall mean the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Change in Law shall mean the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (i) the adoption or taking effect of any Law, (ii) any change in any Law or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Official Body or (iii) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the
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force of Law) by any Official Body; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith (whether or not having the force of Law) and (y) all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities (whether or not having the force of Law), in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a Change in Law regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued, promulgated or implemented.
Change of Control shall mean any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ), but excluding the ESOP, Management and their Permitted Transferees)), shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means or warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 30% of the Capital Stock of the Borrower.
CIP Regulations shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.11 [ No Reliance on Administrative Agents Customer Identification Program ].
Closing Date shall mean the Business Day on which the first Loan shall be made, which shall be June 22, 2017.
Co-Syndication Agent shall have the meaning specified in the preamble.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
Collateral shall mean the collateral in which a Lien is granted to the Collateral Agent under any of the (i) Security Agreement or (ii) Pledge Agreement, which shall in any event not include: (v) equity interests in Domestic Subsidiaries which are Foreign Holding Companies, (w) any assets not located in the United States (other than assets which Liens against can be perfected against by the filing of a UCC financing statement), (x) any assets owned by a Foreign Subsidiary, and (y) any right, title and interest of any Loan Parties or Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties in any fee or leasehold interest in real property.
Collateral Agent shall mean PNC, as the collateral agent pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement and holding a security interests under the Collateral Documents for the benefit of the Senior Secured Obligations.
Collateral Documents shall mean the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement.
Commitment shall mean as to any Lender its Revolving Credit Commitment and, in the case of PNC, its Swing Loan Commitment, and Commitments shall mean the aggregate of the Revolving Credit Commitments and Swing Loan Commitment of all of the Lenders.
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Commitment Fee shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.3 [ Commitment Fees ].
Competitor shall mean any competitor of any Loan Party that is a company that operates in the business of a Loan Party as described in Section 8.2.10 [Continuation of or Change in Business] .
Compliance Certificate shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.3.3 [ Certificate of the Borrower ].
Computation Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.12.1 [Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent amounts of Revolving Credit Loans, Etc.] .
Connection Income Taxes shall mean Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income ( however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.
Consolidated EBITDAE for any period of determination shall mean, without duplication, (x) net income, plus , to the extent reducing net income, the sum, of amounts for (a) consolidated interest expense, (b) charges for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, (c) total depreciation expense, (d) total amortization expense, (e) costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000, (f) non-cash charges reducing net income for such period, (g) ESOP Compensation, (h) non-cash compensation related to stock options and restricted stock, and (i) one time, nonrecurring expenses related to the restatement of the Loan Parties financial statements for the trailing four fiscal quarters, minus (y) the sum of (a) non-recurring, one-time cash gains increasing net income, and (b) non-cash gains increasing net income, in each case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP .
For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDAE (a) with respect to a business acquired by the Loan Parties or Subsidiaries thereof pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDAE shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 or Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act and as interpreted by the staff of the United States of America Securities and Exchange Commission), using historical numbers of any business so acquired, in accordance with GAAP as if the Permitted Acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period, and (b) with respect to a business or assets liquidated, sold or disposed of by the Loan Parties or Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 8.2.7 [ Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries ], Consolidated EBITDAE shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (determined on the basis stated above), using historical numbers of any business or assets so liquidated, sold or disposed of, in accordance with GAAP as if such liquidation, sale or disposition had been consummated at the beginning of such period.
Covered Entity shall mean (a) the Borrower, each of Borrowers Subsidiaries, all Guarantors and all pledgors of Collateral and (b) each Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of a Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, control of a Person shall mean the direct or indirect (x) ownership of, or power to vote, 25% or more of the issued and outstanding equity interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or other Persons performing similar functions for such Person, or (y) power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by ownership of voting or other equity interests, contract or otherwise.
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Daily LIBOR Rate shall mean, for any day, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the Published Rate, as adjusted for any additional costs pursuant to Section 5.8.5 [Additional Reserve Requirements] . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Daily LIBOR Rate as determined above would be less than zero (0.00), such rate shall be deemed to be zero (0.00) for purposes of this Agreement.
Defaulting Lender shall mean any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans or (iii) pay over to the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, PNC (as the Swing Loan Lender) or any Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lenders good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Borrower or the Administrative Agent in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lenders good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within two Business Days after request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon the Administrative Agents or the Borrowers receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, as the case may be, (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event, (e) has failed at any time to comply with the provisions of Section 5.3 [ Sharing of Payments by Lenders ] with respect to purchasing participations from the other Lenders, whereby such Lenders share of any payment received, whether by setoff or otherwise, is in excess of its Ratable Share of such payments due and payable to all of the Lenders, or (f) becomes subject to a Bail-In Action.
As used in this definition and in Section 2.11 [ Defaulting Lenders ], the term Bankruptcy Event means, with respect to any Person, such Person or such Persons direct or indirect parent company becoming the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or having had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of the Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person or such Persons direct or indirect parent company by an Official Body or instrumentality thereof if, and only if, such
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ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Official Body or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person.
Disqualified Person shall mean, on any date, (a) any Person designated by the Borrower as a Disqualified Person by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date hereof and (b) any other Person that is a Competitor of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, which Person has been designated by the Borrower as a Disqualified Person by written notice to the Administrative Agent not less than 3 Business Days prior to such date; provided that Disqualified Persons shall exclude any Person that the Borrower has designated as no longer being a Disqualified Person by written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent from time to time.
Documentation Agent shall have the meaning specified in the preamble.
Dollar , Dollars , U.S. Dollars and the symbol $ shall mean lawful money of the United States of America.
Dollar Equivalent shall mean, with respect to any amount of any currency, as of any Computation Date, the Equivalent Amount of such currency expressed in Dollars.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary that is organized or formed under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof.
Drawing Date shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3 [ Disbursements, Reimbursement ].
EEA Financial Institution means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
EEA Member Country means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
EEA Resolution Authority means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
Effective Date means the date indicated in a document or agreement to be the date on which such document or agreement becomes effective, or, if there is no such indication, the date of execution of such document or agreement.
Eligible Contract Participant shall mean an eligible contract participant as defined in the CEA and regulations thereunder.
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Eligibility Date shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party and each Swap, the date on which this Agreement or any other Loan Document becomes effective with respect to such Swap (for the avoidance of doubt, the Eligibility Date shall be the Effective Date of such Swap if this Agreement or any other Loan Document is then in effect with respect to such Loan Party, and otherwise it shall be the Effective Date of this Agreement and/or such other Loan Document(s) to which such Loan Party is a party).
Eligible Assignees shall mean any assignee to which a Lender desires to assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder in accordance with Section 11.8.2 other than a Disqualified Person.
Environmental Laws shall mean all applicable federal, state, local, tribal, territorial and foreign Laws (including common law), constitutions, statutes, treaties, regulations, rules, ordinances and codes and any consent decrees, settlement agreements, judgments, orders, directives, policies or programs issued by or entered into with an Official Body pertaining or relating to: (i) pollution or pollution control; (ii) protection of human health from exposure to regulated substances; (iii) protection of the environment and/or natural resources; (iv) employee safety in the workplace; (v) the presence, use, management, generation, manufacture, processing, extraction, treatment, recycling, refining, reclamation, labeling, packaging, sale, transport, storage, collection, distribution, disposal or release or threat of release of regulated substances; (vi) the presence of contamination; (vii) the protection of endangered or threatened species; and (viii) the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.
Equity Interests shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.2 [Subsidiaries; Investment Companies] .
Equivalent Amount shall mean, at any time, as determined by Administrative Agent (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), with respect to an amount of any currency (the Reference Currency ) which is to be computed as an equivalent amount of another currency (the Equivalent Currency ), the amount of such Equivalent Currency converted from such Reference Currency at Administrative Agents spot selling rate (based on the market rates then prevailing and available to Administrative Agent) for the sale of such Equivalent Currency for such Reference Currency at a time determined by Administrative Agent on the second Business Day immediately preceding the event for which such calculation is made.
Equivalent Currency shall have the meaning specified in the definition of Equivalent Amount.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, and the rules and regulations thereunder, as from time to time in effect.
ERISA Event shall mean (a) with respect to a Pension Plan, a reportable event under Section 4043 of ERISA as to which event (after taking into account notice waivers provided for in the regulations) there is a duty to give notice to the PBGC; (b) a withdrawal by Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in
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Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group from a Multiemployer Plan, notification that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization, or occurrence of an event described in Section 4041A(a) of ERISA that results in the termination of a Multiemployer Plan; (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Pension Plan, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Section 4041(e) of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan; (e) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; or (f) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group.
ERISA Group shall mean, at any time, the Borrower and all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control and all other entities which, together with the Borrower, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA.
ESOP shall mean the Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and the Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Trust.
ESOP Compensation shall mean the non-cash charge portion of the ESOP compensation expense reflected in Borrowers financial statements.
EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
Euro shall refer to the lawful currency of the Participating Member States.
Euro-Rate shall mean the following:
(a) with respect to the U.S. Dollar Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche to which the Euro-Rate Option applies for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which U.S. Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum (with .005% being rounded up), or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by the Administrative Agent as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which U.S. Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the Relevant Interbank Market offered rate for U.S. Dollars for an amount comparable to such Borrowing Tranche and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest Period. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the Euro-Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error;
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(b) with respect to Optional Currency Loans in Euros comprising any Borrowing Tranche for any Interest Period, the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate which appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAM1 (or on such other substitute Bloomberg page that displays rates at which the relevant Optional Currency is offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market), rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% (with .005% being rounded up) per annum, or the rate which is quoted by another source selected by the Administrative Agent as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying rates at which such applicable Optional Currency is offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period as the Relevant Interbank Market offered rate for deposits in Euros for an amount comparable to the principal amount of such Borrowing Tranche and having a borrowing date and a maturity comparable to such Interest. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice to the Borrower of the Euro-Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error;
(c) with respect to Optional Currency Loans denominated in Canadian Dollars comprising any Borrowing Tranche, the interest rate per annum (the CDOR Rate ) as determined by the Administrative Agent, equal to the arithmetic average rate applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers acceptances (C$BAs) for the applicable Interest Period appearing on the Bloomberg page BTMM CA, rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1% (with .005% being rounded up) per annum, at approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time, two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, or if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day, provided that if such rate does not appear on the Bloomberg page BTMM CA on such day the CDOR Rate on such day shall be the rate for such period applicable to Canadian Dollar bankers acceptances quoted by a bank listed in Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada), as selected by the Administrative Agent, as of 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on such day or, if such day is not a Business Day, then on the immediately preceding Business Day;
(d) with respect to Optional Currency Loans denominated in Mexican Pesos for any Interest Period, the rate per annum equal to the Mexican Interbank Equilibrium Interest Rate or the successor thereto as approved by the Administrative Agent as published by Banco de México (or on any successor or substitute service providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided by such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time) rounded to the nearest 1/100 th of 1% (with .005% being rounded up) per annum, at approximately 12:30 p.m., Mexico City, Mexico time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, as the rate for deposits in Mexican Pesos with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period; or
(e) with respect to any Optional Currency Loans denominated in any other Optional Currency, the rate per annum as designated with respect to such Optional Currency at the time such additional Optional Currency is approved by the Administrative Agent and Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12.2(iii) [European Monetary Union; Requests for Additional Optional Currencies].
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(f) With respect to any Loans available at a Euro-Rate, if at any time, for any reason, the source(s) for the Euro-Rate described above for the applicable currency or currencies is no longer available, then the Administrative Agent may determine a comparable replacement rate at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Euro-Rate as determined under any method above would be less than zero (0.00), such rate shall be deemed to be zero (0.00) for purposes of this Agreement. The Euro-Rate for any Loans shall be based upon the Euro-Rate for the currency in which such Loans are requested.
Euro-Rate Option shall mean the option of the Borrower to have Loans bear interest at the rate and under the terms set forth in Section 4.1.1(ii) [Revolving Credit Euro-Rate Option] .
Event of Default shall mean any of the events described in Section 9.1 [ Events of Default ] and referred to therein as an Event of Default.
Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities shall mean, with respect to each Loan Party, each of its Swap Obligations if, and only to the extent that, all or any portion of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that relates to such Swap Obligation is or becomes illegal under the CEA, or any rule, regulation or order of the CFTC, solely by virtue of such Loan Partys failure to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing or in any other provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the foregoing is subject to the following provisos: (a) if a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, this definition 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 under the CEA, or any rule, regulations or order of the CFTC, solely as a result of the failure by such Loan Party for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date for such Swap, (b) if a guarantee of a Swap Obligation would cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability but the grant of a security interest would not cause such obligation to be an Excluded Hedge Liability, such Swap Obligation shall constitute an Excluded Hedge Liability for purposes of the guaranty but not for purposes of the grant of the security interest, and (c) if there is more than one Loan Party executing this Agreement or the other Loan Documents and a Swap Obligation would be an Excluded Hedge Liability with respect to one or more of such Persons, but not all of them, the definition of Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities with respect to each such Person shall only be deemed applicable to (i) the particular Swap Obligations that constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities with respect to such Person, and (ii) the particular Person with respect to which such Swap Obligations constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
Excluded Taxes shall mean any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (i) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (a) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its applicable lending office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision
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thereof) or (b) that are Other Connection Taxes, (ii) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (a) such Lender acquires such interest in such Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrower under Section 5.6.2 [ Replacement of a Lender ]) or (b) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 5.9.7 [ Status of Lenders ], amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lenders assignor immediately before such Recipient became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (iii) Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with Section 5.9.7 [ Status of Lenders ], and (iv) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA (except to the extent imposed due to the failure of the Borrower to provide documentation or information to the IRS).
Existing Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Expiration Date shall mean June 22, 2022.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.
Federal Funds Effective Rate for any day shall mean the rate per annum (based on a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed and rounded upward to the nearest 1/100 of 1%, with .005% being rounded up) announced by the NYFRB (or any successor) on such day as being the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions arranged by federal funds brokers on the previous trading day, as computed and announced by such Federal Reserve Bank (or any successor) in substantially the same manner as such Federal Reserve Bank computes and announces the weighted average it refers to as the Federal Funds Effective Rate as of the date of this Agreement; provided , if such Federal Reserve Bank (or its successor) does not announce such rate on any day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the Federal Funds Effective Rate for the last day on which such rate was announced.
Foreign Currency Hedge shall mean any foreign exchange transaction, including spot and forward foreign currency purchases and sales, listed or over-the-counter options on foreign currencies, non-deliverable forwards and options, foreign currency swap agreements, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangements, and any other similar transaction providing for the purchase of one currency in exchange for the sale of another currency.
Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities shall have the meaning assigned in the definition of Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge.
Foreign Holding Company shall mean any Person which has as its principal purpose the holding of ownership interest in one or more CFCs and has no other material assets or operations, and shall include, as of the Closing Date, ADS Worldwide, Inc. and ADS International, Inc.
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Foreign Lender shall mean (i) if the Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (ii) if the Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the Laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is resident for tax purposes. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each state thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect from time to time, subject to the provisions of Section 1.3 [ Accounting Principles; Changes in GAAP ], and applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts.
Guarantor shall mean each of Hancor Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation, StormTech LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Hancor, Inc., an Ohio corporation, each of which is designated by the Borrower as a Guarantor as of the date of this Agreement and on the signature page hereof, and each other Person which joins this Agreement as a Guarantor after the date hereof by execution of a Guaranty Agreement or a Guarantor Joinder as required pursuant to Section 8.2.9 [ Subsidiaries and Partnerships ] of this Agreement; provided , however , that (i) no Foreign Subsidiary shall be, or be required to continue to be, a Guarantor and (ii) to the extent that any Guarantor is a Foreign Holding Company, then recourse under the Guaranty Agreement by each such Foreign Holding Company shall be limited to the Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent by such Foreign Holding Company under the Pledge Agreement.
Guarantor Joinder shall mean a joinder by a Person as a Guarantor under the Loan Documents in the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(1) .
Guaranty of any Person shall mean any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any liability or obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless any other Person, any performance bond or other suretyship arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, except endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.
Guaranty Agreement shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(2) executed and delivered by each of the Guarantors to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders.
Hedge Liabilities shall mean collectively, the Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities and the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities.
ICC shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
IDRB Facility shall mean the $9,000,000 Variable Rate Demand Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Project), Series 2007, of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, having an outstanding principal balance on the Closing Date in the amount of approximately $1,620,000.
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Increasing Lender shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10 [ Increase in Commitments and Added Term Loans ].
Indebtedness shall mean, as to any Person at any time, without duplication, any and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect of: (i) borrowed money, (ii) amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit facility, (iii) reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit agreement, (iv) obligations under any currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other interest rate management device, (v) any other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including, for purposes of this definition, trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness), or (vi) any Guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money.
Indemnified Taxes shall mean (i) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document, and (ii) to the extent not otherwise described in the preceding clause (i), Other Taxes.
Indemnitee shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.3.2 [ Indemnification by the Borrower ].
Information shall mean all information received from the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries relating to the Loan Parties or any of such Subsidiaries or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries, provided that , in the case of information received from the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries after the date of this Agreement, such information shall be treated as confidential unless it is clearly identified at the time of delivery as non-confidential.
Insolvency Proceeding shall mean, with respect to any Person, (a) a case, action or proceeding with respect to such Person (i) before any court or any other Official Body under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, or (ii) for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party or otherwise relating to the liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or relief of such Person, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, composition, marshaling of assets for creditors, or other, similar arrangement in respect of such Persons creditors generally or any substantial portion of its creditors; undertaken under any Law.
Intercompany Subordination Agreement shall mean a Second Amended and Restated Subordination Agreement among the Loan Parties in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(I) .
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Intercreditor Agreement shall mean a second amended and restated intercreditor agreement dated as of the Closing Date by and among Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, the Senior Noteholders (2017), ADS Mexicana S.A. de C.V. and the Borrower pursuant to which, inter alia , the parties agree that the Indebtedness under the Loan Documents and the Indebtedness under the Senior Notes (2017) shall be secured on a pari passu basis and that the Administrative Agent shall act as collateral agent with respect to the collateral securing all such Indebtedness.
Interest Period shall mean the period of time selected by the Borrower in connection with (and to apply to) any election permitted hereunder by the Borrower to have Revolving Credit Loans bear interest under the Euro-Rate Option. Subject to the last sentence of this definition, such period shall be one, two, three or six Months (and 28, 91 and 182 days in the case of Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Mexican Pesos). Such Interest Period shall commence on the effective date of such Interest Rate Option, which shall be (i) the Borrowing Date if the Borrower is requesting new Loans, or (ii) the date of renewal of or conversion to the Euro-Rate Option if the Borrower is renewing or converting to the Euro-Rate Option applicable to outstanding Loans. Notwithstanding the second sentence hereof: (A) any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a date which is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day, and (B) the Borrower shall not select, convert to or renew an Interest Period for any portion of the Loans that would end after the Expiration Date.
Interest Rate Hedge shall mean an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Loan Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Loan Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities shall have the meaning assigned in the definition of Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge.
Interest Rate Option shall mean the Base Rate Option or the Euro-Rate Option.
Investment shall mean, as to any Person, any direct acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution by such Person to another Person, such Persons Guaranty or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person (including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guaranties Indebtedness of such other Person), or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of such Person. For purposes of this definition and the calculation of compliance with Section 8.2.4 [Loans and Investments] , as of any date of determination:
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(i) the amount of any Investment by such Person in the form of an acquisition or purchase of Capital Stock of, or capital contributions to, such other Person shall be the cost of such acquisition or purchase or the amount actually invested, as the case may be, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, without regard to or adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, or to write-ups, write-downs or write-offs of such Investment or to the existence of any undistributed earnings or accrued interest with respect thereto accrued after the date on which such Investment was made, minus the amount of such Investment that has been repaid to such Person as a return of capital realized and of any payments or other amounts actually received by such Person representing dividends or other distributions or similar payments in respect of such Investment (to the extent such amounts do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto) as of such date;
(ii) the amount of any Investment in the form of a loan or advance shall exclude: (x) accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business, and (y) in the case specifically of the Borrower, the September 30, 1993, $29,500,276 loan to the ESOP evidenced by a Limited Recourse Non-Negotiable Note dated September 30, 1993;
(iii) any Investment in the form of a loan or advance by such Person to such other Person shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date;
(iv) any Investment in the form of direct purchase by such Person of the assets of a Person in the ordinary course of business (other than Capital Stock or other securities of such other Person and other than the purchase of assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of such Person) shall not constitute an Investment for purposes of Section 8.2.4;
(v) any Investment in the form of a Guaranty shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guaranty is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum liability in respect thereof, as reasonably determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer; and
(vi) any Investment by such Person in the form of a transfer of Capital Stock or other non-cash property or services by such Person to such other Person, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Capital Stock or other property or services as of the time of the transfer, minus the amount of such Investment that has been repaid to such Person as a return of capital realized and of any payments or other amounts actually received by such Person representing dividends or other distributions or similar payments in respect of such Investment (to the extent such amounts do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto) as of such date.
IRS shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service.
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ISP98 shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law].
Issuing Lender shall mean PNC, in its individual capacity as issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, its permitted successors in such capacity hereunder, and any other Lender that Borrower, Administrative Agent and such other Lender may agree may from time to time issue Letters of Credit hereunder. Unless otherwise specified, in respect of any Letter of Credit, Issuing Lender shall refer to the issuing bank which has issued such Letter of Credit.
Joint Venture shall mean a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement whether in corporate, partnership or other entity; provided that no Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall be considered to be a Joint Venture. For the avoidance of doubt, any Subsidiary of a Joint Venture shall be considered to be a Joint Venture.
Law shall mean any law(s) (including common law), constitution, statute, treaty, regulation, rule, ordinance, opinion, issued guidance, release, ruling, order, executive order, injunction, writ, decree, bond, judgment, authorization or approval, lien or award of or any settlement arrangement, by agreement, consent or otherwise, with any Official Body, foreign or domestic.
Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge shall mean a Foreign Currency Hedge which is provided by any Lender or its Affiliate and with respect to which such Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent in writing within sixty (60) days of the effective date of the Foreign Currency Hedge that it: (a) is documented in a standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement or another reasonable and customary manner, and (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the providers credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manners. The liabilities owing to the provider of any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge (the Foreign Currency Hedge Liabilities ) by any Loan Party that is party to such Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents be Obligations of such Person and of each other Loan Party, be guaranteed obligations under the Guaranty Agreement and secured obligations under any other Loan Document, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the other Loan Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person .
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall mean an Interest Rate Hedge which is provided by any Lender or its Affiliate and with respect to which such Lender confirms to the Administrative Agent in writing within sixty (60) days of the effective date of the Interest Rate Hedge that it: (a) is documented in a standard International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement, or another reasonable and customary manner, and (b) provides for the method of calculating the reimbursable amount of the providers credit exposure in a reasonable and customary manner. The liabilities owing to the provider of any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge (the Interest Rate Hedge Liabilities ) by any Loan Party that is party to such Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall, for purposes of this Agreement and all other Loan Documents be Obligations of such Person and of each other Loan Party, be guaranteed obligations under any Guaranty Agreement and secured obligations under any other Loan Document, as applicable, and otherwise treated as Obligations for purposes of the other Loan Documents, except to the extent constituting Excluded Hedge Liabilities of such Person .
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Lenders shall mean the financial institutions named on Schedule 1.1(B) and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a Lender. For the purpose of any Loan Document which provides for the granting of a security interest or other Lien to the Lenders or to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as security for the Obligations, Lenders shall include any Affiliate of a Lender to which such Obligation is owed.
Letter of Credit shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1 [ Issuance of Letters of Credit ].
Letter of Credit Borrowing shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3 [ Disbursements, Reimbursement ].
Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.2 [ Letter of Credit Fees ].
Letter of Credit Obligation shall mean, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit on such date (if any Letter of Credit shall increase in amount automatically in the future, such aggregate amount available to be drawn shall currently give effect to any such future increase) plus the aggregate of the Reimbursement Obligations and Letter of Credit Borrowings on such date.
Letter of Credit Sublimit shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.1 [ Issuance of Letters of Credit ].
Leverage Ratio shall mean ratio of consolidated total Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding (i) any Indebtedness arising from reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under standby Letters of Credit in an aggregate amount not exceeding $10,000,000 and (ii) obligations with respect to interest rate swaps, fuel hedges and other commodity hedging arrangements and related marked-to-market liabilities, but including termination obligations arising by reason of the termination or close out of such interest rate swaps, fuel hedges and other commodity hedge arrangements the value of which being determined as of such time of such termination or close out in accordance with the terms of such agreements) to Consolidated EBITDAE, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any filed financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing (whether or not a lien or other encumbrance is created or exists at the time of the filing).
Loan Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Administrative Agents Letter, the Guaranty Agreement, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes, the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement, and any other instruments, certificates or documents delivered in connection herewith or therewith.
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Loan Parties shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Loan Request shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.5 [ Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests ].
Loans shall mean collectively and Loan shall mean separately all Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans, or any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Loan.
Management shall mean the current officers and directors of the Borrower that are serving as of the Closing Date.
Material Adverse Change shall mean any set of circumstances or events which (a) has or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect upon the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document other than circumstances or events arising by reason of action or failures to act by the Administrative Agent or a Lender, (b) is or could reasonably be expected to be material and adverse to the business, assets, financial condition, results of operations or properties of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (c) impairs materially or could reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Loan Parties taken as a whole to duly and punctually pay or perform any of the Obligations, or (d) impairs materially or could reasonably be expected to impair materially the ability of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, to the extent permitted, to enforce their legal remedies pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document other than circumstances or events arising by reason of action or failures to act by the Administrative Agent or a Lender.
Month , with respect to an Interest Period under the Euro-Rate Option, shall mean the interval between the days in consecutive calendar months numerically corresponding to the first day of such Interest Period. If any Interest Period begins on a day of a calendar month for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the month in which such Interest Period is to end, the final month of such Interest Period shall be deemed to end on the last Business Day of such final month.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan which is a multiemployer plan within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA and to which the Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or, within the preceding five plan years, has made or had an obligation to make such contributions.
New Lender shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 2.10 [ Increase in Commitments and Added Term Loans ].
Non-Consenting Lender shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.1 [ Modifications, Amendments or Waivers ].
Non-Qualifying Party shall mean any Loan Party that fails for any reason to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Effective Date of the applicable Swap.
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Notes shall mean collectively, and Note shall mean separately, the promissory notes in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(1) evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans and in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(2) evidencing the Swing Loan.
NYFRB shall mean the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Obligation shall mean any obligation or liability of any of the Loan Parties, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, under or in connection with (i) this Agreement, the Notes, the Letters of Credit, the Administrative Agents Letter or any other Loan Document whether to the Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders or their Affiliates or other persons provided for under such Loan Documents, (ii) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (iii) any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, and (iv) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, the Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities.
Official Body shall mean the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank) and any group or body charged with setting financial accounting or regulatory capital rules or standards (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Bank for International Settlements or the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision or any successor or similar authority to any of the foregoing).
Optional Currency shall mean the following lawful currencies: Canadian Dollars, Euros and Mexican Pesos and any other currency approved by Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.12.2(iii) [European Monetary Union; Requests for Additional Optional Currencies] . Subject to Section 2.12.2 [European Monetary Union] , each Optional Currency must be the lawful currency of the specified country.
Optional Currency Loans shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.1 [Revolving Credit Loans; Optional Currency Loans].
Optional Currency Sublimit shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.1.1 [Revolving Credit Loans; Optional Currency Loans].
Order shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.9 [Liability for Acts and Omissions] .
Original Currency shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12 [Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments] .
Other Connection Taxes shall mean, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient (or an agent or affiliate thereof) and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising solely from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Loan or Loan Document).
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Other Currency shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.12 [Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments] .
Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product shall mean agreements or other arrangements under which any Lender or Affiliate of a Lender provides any of the following products or services to any of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, overdrafts, accounts or services, or (g) commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts and any other similar transactions.
Other Taxes shall mean all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 5.6.2 [ Replacement of a Lender ]).
Overnight Bank Funding Rate shall mean, for any day, the rate comprised of both overnight federal funds and overnight Eurocurrency borrowings by U.S.-managed banking offices of depository institutions, as such composite rate shall be determined by the NYFRB, as set forth on its public website from time to time, and as published on the next succeeding Business Day as the overnight bank funding rate by the NYFRB (or by such other recognized electronic source (such as Bloomberg) selected by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of displaying such rate); provided, that if such day is not a Business Day, the Overnight Bank Funding Rate for such day shall be such rate on the immediately preceding Business Day; provided, further, that if such rate shall at any time, for any reason, no longer exist, a comparable replacement rate determined by the Administrative Agent at such time (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error). If the Overnight Bank Funding Rate determined as above would be less than zero, then such rate shall be deemed to be zero. The rate of interest charged shall be adjusted as of each Business Day based on changes in the Overnight Bank Funding Rate without notice to the Borrower.
Overnight Rate shall mean for any day with respect to any Loans in an Optional Currency, the rate of interest per annum as determined by the Administrative Agent at which overnight deposits in such currency, in an amount approximately equal to the amount with respect to which such rate is being determined, would be offered for such day in the Relevant Interbank Market.
Participant has the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4 [ Participations ].
Participant Register shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.8.4 [Participations].
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Participating Member State shall mean any member State of the European Communities that adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary Union.
Participation Advance shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3 [ Disbursements, Reimbursement ].
Payment Date shall mean the first day of each calendar quarter after the date hereof and on the Expiration Date or upon acceleration of the Notes.
Payment In Full shall mean the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Loans and other Obligations hereunder (other than contingent indemnification obligations), termination of the Commitments and expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender. shall have been made).
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA or any successor.
Pension Plan shall mean at any time an employee pension benefit plan (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) (including a multiple employer plan as described in Sections 4063 and 4064 of ERISA, but not a Multiemployer Plan) which is covered by Title IV of ERISA subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 or Section 430 of the Code and either (i) is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any member of the ERISA Group for employees of any member of the ERISA Group or (ii) has at any time within the preceding five years been sponsored, maintained or contributed to by any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group for employees of any entity which was at such time a member of the ERISA Group, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five plan years.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Section 8.2.6 [ Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions ].
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof or obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America maturing in twelve (12) months or less from the date of acquisition;
(ii) commercial paper maturing in 180 days or less rated not lower than A-1, by Standard & Poors or P-1 by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition;
(iii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit maturing within one year in commercial banks whose obligations are rated A-1, A or the equivalent or better by Standard & Poors on the date of acquisition;
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(iv) money market or mutual funds whose investments are limited to those types of investments described in clauses (i) (iii) above; and
(v) Cash Equivalents.
Permitted Liens shall mean:
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments, customs duties, or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary course of business and which are not yet due and payable;
(ii) Pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment of workmens compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with workmens compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions or other social security programs;
(iii) Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable and Liens of landlords securing obligations to pay lease payments that are not yet due and payable or in default;
(iv) Good-faith pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money or as security for Hedge Liabilities or margining related to commodities hedges) or leases, not in excess of the aggregate amount due thereunder, or to secure statutory obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds required in the ordinary course of business;
(v) Encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of such property or the value thereof, and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or land use;
(vi) Security interests and other Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent securing the Senior Secured Obligations (including, without limitation, Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedges, Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedges and Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products) granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents (including Senior Notes (2017) issued after the Closing Date pursuant to the Private Shelf Agreement and in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement);
(vii) Any Lien existing on the Closing Date and described on Schedule 1.1(P) , and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter or thereafter increased, and no additional assets become subject to such Lien;
(viii) Purchase Money Security Interests (including security interests in connection with capitalized leases); provided that the aggregate amount of loans and deferred payments secured by such Purchase Money Security Interests shall not exceed $130,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding (excluding for the purpose of this computation any loans or deferred payments secured by Liens described on Schedule 1.1(P) );
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(ix) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease and covering only the assets so leased and any interest of non-exclusive licensors under license agreements in the ordinary course of business;
(x) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Loan Party in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(xi) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property, consignments that are not Purchase Money Security Interests and similar arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(xii) non-exclusive outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of such Loan Party;
(xiii) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory, contractual or common law provision relating to rights of set-off or similar rights relating to the establishment of depository relations in the ordinary course of business with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness;
(xiv) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;
(xv) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods arising under Article 2 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code in the ordinary course of business securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances and letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods, in any case covering only goods actually sold;
(xvi) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of premiums with respect thereto to the extent permitted hereunder;
(xvii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by any Loan Party as the seller of such goods, and Liens incurred on specific items of inventory identified to any contract with the government of the United States in respect of progress payments received by any Loan Party, in each case as made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices of such Loan Party;
(xviii) [Intentionally Omitted];
(xix) Liens on real property, improvements to real property and fixtures of the Loan Parties to secure Indebtedness of such Loan Party in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
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(xx) Liens not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding on fixed assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, excluding a Purchase Money Security Interest which secures a payment obligation to the seller of such assets or Subsidiary; provided , however , (a) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Persons becoming a Subsidiary of the Borrower, as the case may be, (b) such Lien shall not attach or apply to any other property or assets of the Borrower, and (c) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(xxi) Liens not otherwise permitted above in this definition securing Indebtedness in an amount not exceeding $25,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
(xxii) The following, (a) if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted so long as levy and execution thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed or (b) if a final judgment is entered and such judgment is discharged within thirty (30) days of entry, and in either case they do not affect the Collateral in a material or adverse manner or, in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of any Loan Party to perform its Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents:
(1) Claims or Liens for taxes, assessments or charges due and payable and subject to interest or penalty; provided that the applicable Loan Party maintains such reserves or other appropriate provisions as shall be required by GAAP and pays all such taxes, assessments or charges forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any such Lien;
(2) Claims, Liens or encumbrances upon, and defects of title to, real or personal property other than the Collateral, including any attachment of personal or real property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits;
(3) Claims or Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other statutory nonconsensual Liens; or
(4) Liens resulting from final judgments or orders described in Section 9.1.7 [ Final Judgments or Orders ].
Permitted Refinancing means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided , that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; (b) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (except
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by virtue of amortization of or prepayment of Indebtedness prior to such date of determination); (c) at the time thereof, no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (d) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; (e) the original obligors in respect of such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended remain the only obligors thereon; and (f) the terms and conditions of any such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended.
Permitted Transferee shall mean with respect to the holder of beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Borrower, any person that is (i) a spouse or surviving spouse, descendant or sibling of such holder, any spouse or surviving spouse or descendant of any of these persons, any religious, charitable or educational organization, any trust of which any such holder, or any of these other persons or entities, or any combination thereof, are primary beneficiaries (such holder, any such other person or entity, and each settlor of any such trust, each a Permitted Beneficiary ), (ii) any Permitted Beneficiary of such holder that is a trust (determined, for this purpose, as if any settlor of the trust was the holder of such voting capital stock as of the date of this Agreement), (iii) the estate of any such holder who is an individual, (iv) any Permitted Beneficiary of any such holder as a beneficiary of such holders estate or trust, including without limitation pursuant to applicable will, trust or contract provision or applicable law, (v) in the case of a holder that is a trust, any current or former employee of the Borrower as a beneficiary of the trust, (vi) in the case of a holder that is a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, any one or more partners, members or other owners of such entity as of the date of this Agreement or to any Permitted Beneficiary of any such partner, member or other owner, or (vii) in the case of the ESOP, any person that receives distribution of shares of Voting Stock from the ESOP as a result of the termination of the ESOP or the retirement of such person, including in each such case, any such Person that received such Persons beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Borrower from such holder prior to the Closing Date.
Person shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, government or political subdivision or agency thereof, or any other entity.
Pledge Agreement shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time, in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(P) executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to the Collateral Agent as security for the Senior Secured Obligations pursuant to which each Loan Party pledges , inter alia , (i) all the outstanding ownership interests held by each such Loan Party in any first-tier Domestic Subsidiary other than a Domestic Subsidiary that is a Foreign Holding Company, and (ii) sixty-five percent (65%) of the outstanding ownership interests held by each such Loan Party in any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary owned directly by such Loan Party.
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PNC shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, its successors and assigns.
Potential Default shall mean any event or condition which with notice or passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Prime Rate shall mean the interest rate per annum announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent at its Principal Office as its then prime rate, which rate may not be the lowest or most favorable rate then being charged commercial borrowers or others by the Administrative Agent. Any change in the Prime Rate shall take effect at the opening of business on the day such change is announced.
Principal Office shall mean the main banking office of the Administrative Agent in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Prior Security Interest shall mean a valid and enforceable perfected first-priority security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code in the Collateral which is subject only to Liens of the type described in clauses (i), (iii), (iv), (vii), (viii), (xii), (xiii), (xiv), (xv), (xvii), (xx)and (xxii)(1) and (3) of the definition of Permitted Liens.
Private Shelf Agreement shall mean the [Second] Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may be amended from time to time, relating to the Borrowers Senior Notes (2017).
Published Rate shall mean the rate of interest published each Business Day in The Wall Street Journal Money Rates listing under the caption London Interbank Offered Rates for a one month period (or, if no such rate is published therein for any reason, then the Published Rate shall be the rate at which U.S. dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank deposit market for a one month period as published in another publication selected by the Administrative Agent).
Purchase Money Security Interest shall mean Liens (including security interests in connection with capitalized leases) upon tangible personal property securing loans to any Loan Party or Subsidiary of a Loan Party or deferred payments by such Loan Party or Subsidiary for the purchase of such tangible personal property.
Qualified ECP Loan Party shall mean each Loan Party that on the Eligibility Date is (a) a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust, or other entity other than a commodity pool as defined in Section 1a(10) of the CEA and CFTC regulations thereunder that has total assets exceeding $10,000,000, or (b) an Eligible Contract Participant that can cause another person to qualify as an Eligible Contract Participant on the Eligibility Date under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the CEA by entering into or otherwise providing a letter of credit or keepwell, support, or other agreement for purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the CEA.
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Ratable Share shall mean:
(i) with respect to a Lenders obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans, participate in Letters of Credit and other Letter of Credit Obligations, and receive payments, interest, and fees related thereto, the proportion that such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment bears to the Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders, provided , however , that if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the Ratable Share for purposes of this clause shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.
(ii) with respect to all other matters as to a particular Lender, the percentage obtained by dividing (i) such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment, by (ii) the sum of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of all Lenders; provided , however , that if the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the computation in this clause shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments, and not on the current amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments; and provided further , in the case of Section 2.11 [ Defaulting Lenders ] when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, Ratable Share shall mean the percentage of the aggregate Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lenders Commitment) represented by such Lenders Commitment.
Recipient shall mean (i) the Administrative Agent, (ii) any Lender and (iii) the Issuing Lender, as applicable.
Reference Currency shall have the meaning specified in the definition of Equivalent Amount.
Reimbursement Obligation shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.9.3 [ Disbursements, Reimbursement ].
Related Parties shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Persons Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and of such Persons Affiliates.
Relevant Interbank Market shall mean in relation to Euro, British Pounds Sterling, Japanese Yen or Swiss Francs, the London Interbank Market, and in relation to any other currencies, the applicable offshore interbank market. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the references to the currencies listed in this definition shall only apply if such currencies are or become available as Optional Currencies in accordance with the terms hereof.
Relief Proceeding shall mean any proceeding seeking a decree or order for relief in respect of any Loan Party in a voluntary or involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator, conservator (or similar official) of any Loan Party for any substantial part of its property, or for the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, or an assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
Reportable Compliance Event shall mean that any Covered Entity becomes a Sanctioned Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned, or custodially detained in connection with any Anti-Terrorism Law or any predicate crime to any Anti-Terrorism Law, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations is in actual or probable violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law.
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Required Lenders means, at any time, Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders) whose Ratable Share in the aggregate exceeds 50% as determined pursuant to the definition of Ratable Share.
Required Share shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.11 [ Settlement Date Procedures ].
Revolving Credit Commitment shall mean, as to any Lender at any time, the amount initially set forth opposite its name on Schedule 1.1(B) in the column labeled Amount of Commitment for Revolving Credit Loans, as such Commitment is thereafter assigned or modified and Revolving Credit Commitments shall mean the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all of the Lenders.
Revolving Credit Loans shall mean collectively and Revolving Credit Loan shall mean separately all Revolving Credit Loans or any Revolving Credit Loan made by the Lenders or one of the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1 [ Revolving Credit Commitments ] or 2.9.3 [ Disbursements, Reimbursement ].
Revolving Facility Usage shall mean at any time the sum of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, the outstanding Swing Loans, and the Letter of Credit Obligations.
Sanctioned Country shall mean a country, region or territory subject to a sanctions program maintained under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Sanctioned Person shall mean any individual person, group, regime, entity or thing listed or otherwise recognized as a specially designated, prohibited, sanctioned or debarred person, group, regime, entity, or thing, or subject to any limitations or prohibitions (including but not limited to the blocking of property or rejection of transactions), under any Anti-Terrorism Law.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor federal statute, and the rules and regulations thereunder, which shall be in effect from time to time.
Security Agreement shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time, in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(S) executed and delivered by each of the Loan Parties to the Collateral Agent as security for the Senior Secured Obligations.
Senior Noteholders (2017) shall mean the holders of the Senior Notes (2017).
Senior Notes (2017) shall mean the Borrowers (i) 5.60% Senior Series A Secured Notes due September 24, 2018 in the original aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000, (ii) 4.05% Senior Series B Secured Notes due September 24, 2019 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000, and (iii) notes issued on or after the Closing Date under the Private Shelf Agreement.
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Senior Secured Obligations shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Settlement Date shall mean the Business Day on which the Administrative Agent elects to effect settlement pursuant Section 5.11 [ Settlement Date Procedures ].
Solvent shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, taking into account any right of reimbursement, contribution or similar right available to such Person from other Persons, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (iv) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (v) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Persons property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
Standard & Poors shall mean Standard & Poors Financial Services, LLC, or any successor thereto.
Statements shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.6(i) [ Historical Statements ].
Subsidiary of any Person at any time shall mean any corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity: (i) of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities or other interests normally entitled to vote for the election of one or more directors or trustees (regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute the voting rights) is at such time owned directly or indirectly by such Person or one or more of such Persons Subsidiaries, or (ii) which is controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person or one or more of such Persons Subsidiaries; provided that in determining the percentage of ownership interest of any Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a qualifying share of any such corporation, trust, partnership, any limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity shall be deemed outstanding.
Subsidiary Equity Interests shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.1.2 [ Subsidiaries; Investment Companies ].
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Swap shall mean any swap as defined in Section 1a(47) of the CEA and regulations thereunder, other than (a) a swap entered into, or subject to the rules of, a board of trade designated as a contract market under Section 5 of the CEA, or (b) a commodity option entered into pursuant to CFTC Regulation 32.3(a).
Swap Obligation shall mean any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a Swap which is also a Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge or a Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge.
Swing Loan Commitment shall mean the Swing Loan Lenders commitment to make Swing Loans to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [ Swing Loan Commitment ] hereof in an aggregate principal amount up to $50,000,000.
Swing Loan Lender shall mean PNC.
Swing Loan Note shall mean the Swing Loan Note of the Borrower in the form of Exhibit 1.1(N)(2) evidencing the Swing Loans, together with all amendments, extensions, renewals, replacements, refinancings or refundings thereof in whole or in part.
Swing Loan Request shall mean a request for Swing Loans made in accordance with Section 2.5.2 [ Swing Loan Requests ] hereof.
Swing Loans shall mean collectively and Swing Loan shall mean separately all Swing Loans or any Swing Loan made by Swing Loan Lender to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [ Swing Loan Commitment ] hereof.
Taxes shall mean all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Official Body, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
Transaction shall mean the transaction pursuant to which (i) existing Indebtedness is being refinanced, (ii) the facility evidenced hereby is being made available to Borrower, (iii) the Private Shelf Agreement is being amended and restated, and (iv) fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing are paid.
UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Ohio on the date hereof and as amended from time to time, except to the extent that the conflict of law rules of such Uniform Commercial Code shall apply the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other state to specific property or other matters.
UCP shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.11.1 [Governing Law] .
USA Patriot Act shall mean the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, as the same has been, or shall hereafter be, renewed, extended, amended or replaced.
U.S. Person shall mean any Person that is a United States Person as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.
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U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.9.7 [ Status of Lenders ].
Voting Stock shall mean, with respect to any corporation, any shares of stock of such corporation whose holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency.
Weighted Average Life to Maturity shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Withholding Agent shall mean any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.
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.
1.2 Construction . Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise clearly requires, the following rules of construction shall apply to this Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents: (i) references to the plural include the singular, the plural, the part and the whole and the words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation; (ii) the words hereof, herein, hereunder, hereto and similar terms in this Agreement or any other Loan Document refer to this Agreement or such other Loan Document as a whole; (iii) article, section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement or other Loan Document, as the case may be, unless otherwise specified; (iv) reference to any Person includes such Persons successors and assigns; (v) reference to any agreement, including this Agreement and any other Loan Document together with the schedules and exhibits hereto or thereto, document or instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended, modified, replaced, substituted for, superseded or restated; (vi) relative to the determination of any period of time, from means from and including, to means to but excluding, and through means through and including; (vii) the words asset and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (viii) section headings herein and in each other Loan Document are included for convenience and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or such Loan Document, and (ix) unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall constitute references to Eastern Time .
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1.3 Accounting Principles . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all computations and determinations as to accounting or financial matters and all financial statements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP (including principles of consolidation where appropriate), and all accounting or financial terms shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms by GAAP; provided , however , that all accounting terms used in Section 8.2 [ Negative Covenants ] (and all defined terms used in the definition of any accounting term used in Section 8.2 [ Negative Covenants ] shall have the meaning given to such terms (and defined terms) under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof applied on a basis consistent with those used in preparing Statements referred to in Section 6.1.6(i) [ Historical Statements ]. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that the Borrower wishes to amend any financial covenant in Section 8.2 [ Negative Covenants ] of this Agreement, any related definition and/or the definition of the term Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest, Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee determinations to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the Closing Date on the operation of such financial covenants and/or interest, Letter of Credit Fee or Commitment Fee determinations (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower in writing that the Required Lenders wish to amend any financial covenant in Section 8.2 [ Negative Covenants ], any related definition and/or the definition of the term Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest, Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee determinations to eliminate the effect of any such change in GAAP), then the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Borrower shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratios or requirements to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Lenders); provided that, until so amended, the Loan Parties compliance with such covenants and/or the definition of the term Leverage Ratio for purposes of interest, Letter of Credit Fee and Commitment Fee determinations shall be determined on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenants or definitions are amended in a manner satisfactory to the Borrower and the Required Lenders, and the Loan Parties shall provide to the Administrative Agent, when they deliver their financial statements pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [Quarterly Financial Statements] and Section 8.3.2 [Annual Financial Statements] of this Agreement, such reconciliation statements as shall be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.
1.4 Currency Calculations . All financial statements and Compliance Certificates shall be set forth in Dollars. For purposes of preparing the financial statements, calculating financial covenants and determining compliance with covenants expressed in Dollars, Optional Currencies shall be converted to Dollars in accordance with GAAP.
2. REVOLVING CREDIT AND SWING LOAN FACILITIES
2.1 Revolving Credit Commitments .
2.1.1 Revolving Credit Loans ; Optional Currency Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, each Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans in either Dollars or one or more Optional Currencies to the Borrower at any time or from time to time on or after the date hereof to the Expiration Date; provided that after giving effect to each such Loan (i) the aggregate Dollar Equivalent amount of Revolving Credit Loans from such Lender shall not exceed such Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment minus such Lenders Ratable Share of the outstanding Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations, (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments, (iii) no Revolving Credit Loan to which the Base Rate
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Option applies shall be made in an Optional Currency, and (iv) the aggregate Dollar Equivalent principal amount of Revolving Credit Loans made in an Optional Currency (each an Optional Currency Loan ) shall not exceed $50,000,000 (the Optional Currency Sublimit ). Within such limits of time and amount and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and re-borrow pursuant to this Section 2.1 [ Revolving Credit Commitments ].
2.1.2 Swing Loan Commitment . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof and relying upon the representations and warranties herein set forth, and in order to facilitate loans and repayments between Settlement Dates, Swing Loan Lender may, at its option, cancelable at any time for any reason whatsoever, make swing loans in Dollars (the Swing Loans ) to the Borrower at any time or from time to time after the date hereof to, but not including, the Expiration Date, in an aggregate principal amount up to but not in excess of the Swing Loan Commitment, provided that after giving effect to such Loan, the Revolving Facility Usage shall not exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments. Within such limits of time and amount and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may borrow, repay and re-borrow pursuant to this Section 2.1.2.
2.1.3 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitment s . The Borrower shall have the right at any time after the Closing Date upon five (5) days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent to permanently reduce (ratably among the Lenders in proportion to their Ratable Shares) the Revolving Credit Commitments, in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and whole multiples of $1,000,000, or to terminate completely the Revolving Credit Commitments, without penalty or premium except as hereinafter set forth; provided that any such reduction or termination shall be accompanied by prepayment of the Notes, together with outstanding Commitment Fees, and the full amount of interest accrued on the principal sum to be prepaid (and all amounts referred to in Section 5.10 [ Indemnity ] hereof) to the extent necessary to cause the aggregate Revolving Facility Usage after giving effect to such prepayments to be equal to or less than the Revolving Credit Commitments as so reduced or terminated. Any notice to reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments under this Section 2.1.3 shall be irrevocable.
2.2 Nature of Lenders Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans . Each Lender shall be obligated to participate in each request for Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.5 [ Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests ] in accordance with its Ratable Share. The aggregate Dollar Equivalent of each Lenders Revolving Credit Loans outstanding hereunder to the Borrower at any time shall never exceed its Revolving Credit Commitment minus its Ratable Share of the outstanding Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations. The obligations of each Lender hereunder are several. The failure of any Lender to perform its obligations hereunder shall not affect the Obligations of the Borrower to any other party nor shall any other party be liable for the failure of such Lender to perform its obligations hereunder. The Lenders shall have no obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans hereunder on or after the Expiration Date.
2.3 Commitment Fees . Accruing from the Closing Date until the Expiration Date, the Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender according to its Ratable Share, a nonrefundable commitment fee (the Commitment Fee ) equal to the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate (computed on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the
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case may be, and actual days elapsed) multiplied by the average daily difference between the amount of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments and (ii) the Dollar Equivalent amount of the Revolving Facility Usage (provided, however, that solely in connection with determining the share of each Lender in the Commitment Fee, the Revolving Facility Usage with respect to the portion of the Commitment Fee allocated to PNC shall include the full amount of the outstanding Swing Loans, and with respect to the portion of the Commitment Fee allocated by the Administrative Agent to all of the Lenders other than PNC, such portion of the Commitment Fee shall be calculated (according to each such Lenders Ratable Share) as if the Revolving Facility Usage excludes the outstanding Swing Loans); provided , further , that any Commitment Fee accrued with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrower so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such Commitment Fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrower prior to such time; and provided further that no Commitment Fee shall accrue with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitment of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Subject to the proviso in the directly preceding sentence, all Commitment Fees shall be payable in arrears on each Payment Date and in U.S. Dollars.
2.4 Intentionally Omitted .
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2.5 Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests .
2.5.1 Revolving Credit Loan Requests . Except as otherwise provided herein, the Borrower may from time to time prior to the Expiration Date request the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans, or renew or convert the Interest Rate Option applicable to existing Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 4.2 [ Interest Periods ], by delivering to the Administrative Agent, not later than 11:00 a.m., (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars to which the Euro-Rate Option applies or the conversion to or the renewal of the Euro-Rate Option for any Loans in Dollars; (ii) four (4) Business Days prior to the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of Optional Currency Loans or the date of conversion to or renewal of the Euro-Rate Option for any Optional Currency Loan; and (iii) the same Business Day of the proposed Borrowing Date with respect to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan to which the Base Rate Option applies or the last day of the preceding Interest Period with respect to the conversion to the Base Rate Option for any Loan, of a duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.5.1 or a request by telephone immediately confirmed in writing by letter, facsimile or telex in such form (each, a Loan Request ), it being understood that the Administrative Agent may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic request without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify, (A) the aggregate amount of the proposed Loans comprising each Borrowing Tranche, and, if applicable, the Interest Period, which amount shall be in (x) integral multiples of $500,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) and not less than $1,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) for each Borrowing Tranche under the Euro-Rate Option, and (y) integral multiples of $100,000 and not less than $500,000 for each Borrowing Tranche under the Base Rate Option, (B) whether the Euro-Rate Option or Base Rate Option shall apply to the proposed Loans comprising the applicable Borrowing Tranche, (C) the currency in which such Revolving Credit Loans shall be funded if the Borrower elects the Euro-Rate Option, and (D) in the case of a Borrowing Tranche to which the Euro-Rate Option applies, an appropriate Interest Period for the Loans comprising such Borrowing Tranche.
2.5.2 Swing Loan Requests . Except as otherwise provided herein, the Borrower may from time to time prior to the Expiration Date request the Swing Loan Lender to make Swing Loans by delivery to the Swing Loan Lender not later than 12:00 noon on the proposed Borrowing Date of a duly completed request therefor substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.5.2 hereto or a request by telephone immediately confirmed in writing by letter, facsimile or telex (each, a Swing Loan Request ), it being understood that the Administrative Agent may rely on the authority of any individual making such a telephonic request without the necessity of receipt of such written confirmation. Each Swing Loan Request shall be irrevocable and shall specify the proposed Borrowing Date and the principal amount of such Swing Loan, which shall be not less than $100,000.
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2.6 Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Presumptions by the Administrative Agent; Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans; Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans .
2.6.1 Making Revolving Credit Loans . The Administrative Agent shall, promptly after receipt by it of a Loan Request pursuant to Section 2.5 [ Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests ], notify the Lenders of its receipt of such Loan Request specifying the information provided by the Borrower, including the currency in which the Revolving Credit Loan is requested, and the apportionment among the Lenders of the requested Revolving Credit Loans as determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 2.2 [ Nature of Lenders Obligations with Respect to Revolving Credit Loans ]. Each Lender shall remit the principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan in the requested currency (in the case of Optional Currency Loans, in Dollars if so requested by the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent such that the Administrative Agent is able to, and the Administrative Agent shall, to the extent the Lenders have made funds available to it for such purpose and subject to Section 7.2 [ Each Loan or Letter of Credit ], fund such Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars or the requested Optional Currency (as applicable) in immediately available funds at the Principal Office prior to 2:00 p.m., on the applicable Borrowing Date; provided that if any Lender fails to remit such funds to the Administrative Agent in a timely manner, the Administrative Agent may elect in its sole discretion to fund with its own funds, including funds in the requested Optional Currency, the Revolving Credit Loans of such Lender on such Borrowing Date, and such Lender shall be subject to the repayment obligation in Section 2.6.2 [ Presumptions by the Administrative Agent ].
2.6.2 Presumptions by the Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed time of any Base Rate Loan, or, for Loans other than Base Rate Loans, prior to the close of business the day before the Borrowing Date, that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lenders share of such Loan, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.6.1 [ Making Revolving Credit Loans ] and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Loan available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in the appropriate currency with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate (or, for payments in an Optional Currency, the Overnight Rate), and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation and (ii) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Loans under the Base Rate Option. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Loan to the Administrative Agent, then the amount so paid shall constitute such Lenders Loan. Any payment by the Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim the Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.
2.6.3 Making Swing Loans . So long as the Swing Loan Lender elects to make Swing Loans, the Swing Loan Lender shall, after receipt by it of a Swing Loan Request pursuant to Section 2.5.2 [ Swing Loan Requests ], fund such Swing Loan to the Borrower in U.S. Dollars only and in immediately available funds at the Principal Office prior to 4:00 p.m. on the Borrowing Date.
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2.6.4 Repayment of Revolving Credit Loans . The Borrower shall repay the Revolving Credit Loans together with all outstanding interest thereon on the Expiration Date.
2.6.5 Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans . The Swing Loan Lender may, at its option, exercisable at any time for any reason whatsoever, demand repayment of the Swing Loans, and each Lender shall make a Revolving Credit Loan in an amount equal to such Lenders Ratable Share of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Swing Loans, plus , if the Swing Loan Lender so requests, accrued interest thereon, provided that no Lender shall be obligated in any event to make Revolving Credit Loans in excess of its Revolving Credit Commitment minus its Ratable Share of Letter of Credit Obligations. Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to the preceding sentence shall bear interest at the Base Rate Option and shall be deemed to have been properly requested in accordance with Section 2.5.1 [ Revolving Credit Loan Requests ] without regard to any of the requirements of that provision. The Administrative Agent shall provide notice to the Lenders (which may be telephonic or written notice by letter, facsimile or telex) that such Revolving Credit Loans are to be made under this Section 2.6.5 and of the apportionment among the Lenders, and the Lenders shall be unconditionally obligated to fund such Revolving Credit Loans (whether or not the conditions specified in Section 2.5.1 [ Revolving Credit Loan Requests ] are then satisfied) by the time the Administrative Agent so requests, which shall not be earlier than 3:00 p.m. on the Business Day next after the date the Lenders receive such notice from the Administrative Agent.
2.7 Notes . If so requested by any Lender by written notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) prior to the Closing Date, or at any time thereafter, the Obligation of the Borrower to repay the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans made to it by each Lender, together with interest thereon, shall be evidenced by a revolving credit Note and a swing Note, dated the Closing Date payable to the order of such Lender in a face amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment or Swing Loan Commitment, as applicable, of such Lender. Such Note shall be executed on the Closing Date with respect to requests made prior to the Closing Date and shall be executed within two (2) Business Days after request with respect to requests made after the Closing Date.
2.8 Use of Proceeds . The proceeds of the Loans shall be used (i) for the repurchase of Capital Stock of the Borrower, (ii) to finance the fees associated with the transactions contemplated hereunder; (iii) to refinance existing Indebtedness of the Borrower; (iv) to provide for the ongoing working capital and capital expenditure needs of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries; and (v) to finance Permitted Acquisitions and Capital Distributions permitted under Section 8.2.5 [ Capital Distributions ], and for general corporate purposes of the Loan Parties.
2.9 Letter of Credit Subfacility .
2.9.1 Issuance of Letters of Credit . The Borrower or any Loan Party may at any time prior to the Expiration Date request the issuance of a standby or trade letter of credit (each a Letter of Credit ), which shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars, for its own account or the account of another Loan Party or a Subsidiary, or the amendment or extension of an existing Letter of Credit, by delivering or transmitting electronically, or having such other Loan Party deliver or transmit electronically to the Issuing Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) a completed application for letter of credit, or request for such amendment or extension, as
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applicable, in such form as the Issuing Lender may specify from time to time by no later than 10:00 a.m. at least five (5) Business Days, or such shorter period as may be agreed to by the Issuing Lender, in advance of the proposed date of issuance. The Borrower or any Loan Party shall authorize and direct the Issuing Lender to name the Borrower or any Loan Party as the Applicant or Account Party of each Letter of Credit. Promptly after receipt of any letter of credit application, the Issuing Lender shall confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit application and if not, such Issuing Lender will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof.
2.9.1.1 Unless the Issuing Lender has received notice from any Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one day prior to the requested date of issuance, amendment or extension of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions in Section 7.2 [ Each Loan or Letter of Credit ] is not satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and in reliance on the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.9, the Issuing Lender or any of the Issuing Lenders Affiliates will issue the proposed Letter of Credit or agree to such amendment or extension, provided that each Letter of Credit shall (A) have a maximum maturity of twelve (12) months from the date of issuance, and (B) in no event expire later than the Expiration Date and provided further that in no event shall (i) the Letter of Credit Obligations exceed, at any one time, $50,000,000 (the Letter of Credit Sublimit ) or (ii) the Revolving Facility Usage exceed, at any one time, the Revolving Credit Commitments. Each request by the Borrower for the issuance, amendment or extension of a Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be a representation by the Borrower that it shall be in compliance with the preceding sentence and with Section 7.2 [Each Loan or Letter of Credit] after giving effect to the requested issuance, amendment or extension of such Letter of Credit. Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof, the applicable Issuing Lender will also deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.
From and after the Closing Date, the letters of credit issued by PNC under the Existing Credit Agreement which are set forth on Schedule 2.9 (the Existing Letters of Credit ) shall be deemed to have been issued under this Agreement and shall each constitute a Letter of Credit in all respects for purposes of this Agreement. On the Closing Date, each Lender, other than PNC, shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from PNC as Issuing Bank a participation in such Existing Letter of Credit and each drawing thereunder in an amount equal to such Lenders Ratable Share of the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Existing Letter of Credit and the amount of such drawing, respectively. The provisions of Section 2.9.7 shall apply to the Existing Letters of Credit, including with respect to any drawing thereunder, mutatis mutandis.
2.9.1.2 Notwithstanding Section 2.9.1.1 above, the Issuing Lender shall not be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if (i) any order, judgment or decree of any Official Body or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain the Issuing Lender from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to the Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Official Body with jurisdiction over the Issuing Lender shall prohibit, or request that the Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall
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impose upon the Issuing Lender with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which the Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon the Issuing Lender any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which the Issuing Lender in good faith deems material to it, or (ii) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of the Issuing Lender applicable to letters of credit generally.
2.9.2 Letter of Credit Fees . The Borrower shall pay (i) to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders a fee (the Letter of Credit Fee ) equal to the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate on the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit, and (ii) to the Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee equal to 0.125% per annum on the daily amount available to be drawn under each Letter of Credit. All Letter of Credit Fees and fronting fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and actual days elapsed, and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each Payment Date following issuance of each Letter of Credit. The Borrower shall also pay to the Issuing Lender for the Issuing Lenders sole account the Issuing Lenders then in effect customary fees and administrative expenses payable with respect to the Letters of Credit as the Issuing Lender may generally charge or incur from time to time in connection with the issuance, maintenance, amendment (if any), assignment or transfer (if any), negotiation, and administration of Letters of Credit.
2.9.3 Disbursements , Reimbursement . Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Issuing Lender a participation in such Letter of Credit and each drawing thereunder in an amount equal to such Lenders Ratable Share of the maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit and the amount of such drawing, respectively.
2.9.3.1 In the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary or transferee thereof, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent thereof. Provided that it shall have received such notice, the Borrower shall reimburse (such obligation to reimburse the Issuing Lender shall sometimes be referred to as a Reimbursement Obligation ) the Issuing Lender prior to 12:00 noon on each date that an amount is paid by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit (each such date, a Drawing Date ) by paying to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender an amount equal to the amount so paid by the Issuing Lender. In the event the Borrower fails to reimburse the Issuing Lender (through the Administrative Agent) for the full amount of any drawing under any Letter of Credit by 12:00 noon on the Drawing Date, the Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender thereof, and the Borrower shall be deemed to have requested that Revolving Credit Loans in U.S. Dollars be made by the Lenders under the Base Rate Option to be disbursed on the Drawing Date under such Letter of Credit, subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitment and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 [ Each Loan or Letter of Credit ] other than any notice requirements. Any notice given by the Administrative Agent or Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section 2.9.3.1 may be oral if immediately confirmed in writing; provided that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.
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2.9.3.2 Each Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.9.3.1 make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender an amount in Dollars in immediately available funds equal to its Ratable Share of the amount of the drawing, whereupon the participating Lenders shall (subject to Section 2.9.3 [ Disbursement; Reimbursement ]) each be deemed to have made a Revolving Credit Loan under the Base Rate Option to the Borrower in that amount. If any Lender so notified fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender the amount of such Lenders Ratable Share of such amount by no later than 2:00 p.m. on the Drawing Date, then interest shall accrue on such Lenders obligation to make such payment, from the Drawing Date to the date on which such Lender makes such payment (i) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate during the first three (3) days following the Drawing Date and (ii) at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option on and after the fourth day following the Drawing Date. The Administrative Agent and the Issuing Lender will promptly give notice (as described in Section 2.9.3.1 above) of the occurrence of the Drawing Date, but failure of the Administrative Agent or the Issuing Lender to give any such notice on the Drawing Date or in sufficient time to enable any Lender to effect such payment on such date shall not relieve such Lender from its obligation under this Section 2.9.3.2.
2.9.3.3 With respect to any unreimbursed drawing that is not converted into Revolving Credit Loans in Dollars under the Base Rate Option to the Borrower in whole or in part as contemplated by Section 2.9.3.1, because of the Borrowers failure to satisfy the conditions set forth in Section 7.2 [ Each Loan or Letter of Credit ] other than any notice requirements, or for any other reason, the Borrower shall be deemed to have incurred from the Issuing Lender a borrowing (each a Letter of Credit Borrowing ) in Dollars in the amount of such drawing. Such Letter of Credit Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the rate per annum applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option. Each Lenders payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2.9.3 [ Disbursements, Reimbursement ] shall be deemed to be a payment in respect of its participation in such Letter of Credit Borrowing (each a Participation Advance ) from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.9.3.
2.9.4 Repayment of Participation Advances .
2.9.4.1 Upon (and only upon) receipt by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender of immediately available funds from the Borrower (i) in reimbursement of any payment made by the Issuing Lender under the Letter of Credit with respect to which any Lender has made a Participation Advance to the Administrative Agent, or (ii) in payment of interest on such a payment made by the Issuing Lender under such a Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Issuing Lender will pay to each Lender, in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent, the amount of such Lenders Ratable Share of such funds, except the Administrative Agent shall retain for the account of the Issuing Lender the amount of the Ratable Share of such funds of any Lender that did not make a Participation Advance in respect of such payment by the Issuing Lender.
2.9.4.2 If the Administrative Agent is required at any time to return to any Loan Party, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official in any Insolvency Proceeding, any portion of any payment made by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section in
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reimbursement of a payment made under any Letter of Credit or interest or fees thereon, each Lender shall, on demand of the Administrative Agent, forthwith return to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Issuing Lender the amount of its Ratable Share of any amounts so returned by the Administrative Agent plus interest thereon from the date such demand is made to the date such amounts are returned by such Lender to the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect from time to time.
2.9.5 Documentation . Each Loan Party agrees to be bound by the terms of the Issuing Lenders application and agreement for letters of credit and the Issuing Lenders written regulations and customary practices relating to letters of credit, though such interpretation may be different from such Loan Partys own. In the event of a conflict between such application or agreement and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. It is understood and agreed that, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Issuing Lender shall not be liable for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission or commission, in following any Loan Partys instructions or those contained in the Letters of Credit or any modifications, amendments or supplements thereto.
2.9.6 Determinations to Honor Drawing Requests . In determining whether to honor any request for drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, the Issuing Lender shall be responsible only to determine that the documents and certificates required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit.
2.9.7 Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations . Each Lenders obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make the Revolving Credit Loans or Participation Advances, as contemplated by Section 2.9.3 [ Disbursements, Reimbursement ], as a result of a drawing under a Letter of Credit, and the Obligations of the Borrower to reimburse the Issuing Lender upon a draw under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Section 2.9 under all circumstances, including the following circumstances:
(i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, or which any Loan Party may have against the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates, any Lender or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;
(ii) the failure of any Loan Party or any other Person to comply, in connection with a Letter of Credit Borrowing, with the conditions set forth in Sections 2.1 [ Revolving Credit Commitments ], 2.5 [ Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests ], 2.6 [ Making Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans; Etc. ] or 7.2 [ Each Loan or Letter of Credit ] or as otherwise set forth in this Agreement for the making of a Revolving Credit Loan, it being acknowledged that such conditions are not required for the making of a Letter of Credit Borrowing and the obligation of the Lenders to make Participation Advances under Section 2.9.3 [ Disbursements, Reimbursement ];
(iii) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit;
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(iv) any claim of breach of warranty that might be made by any Loan Party or any Lender against any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, or the existence of any claim, set-off, recoupment, counterclaim, crossclaim, defense or other right which any Loan Party or any Lender may have at any time against a beneficiary, successor beneficiary any transferee or assignee of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates or any Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between any Loan Party or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured);
(v) the lack of power or authority of any signer of (or any defect in or forgery of any signature or endorsement on) or the form of or lack of validity, sufficiency, accuracy, enforceability or genuineness of any draft, demand, instrument, certificate or other document presented under or in connection with any Letter of Credit, or any fraud or alleged fraud in connection with any Letter of Credit, or the transport of any property or provision of services relating to a Letter of Credit, in each case even if the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates has been notified thereof;
(vi) payment by the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;
(vii) the solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or any other Person having a role in any transaction or obligation relating to a Letter of Credit, or the existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition, value or other characteristic of any property or services relating to a Letter of Credit;
(viii) any failure by the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates to issue any Letter of Credit in the form requested by any Loan Party, unless the Issuing Lender has received written notice from such Loan Party of such failure within three Business Days after the Issuing Lender shall have furnished such Loan Party and the Administrative Agent a copy of such Letter of Credit and such error is material and no drawing has been made thereon prior to receipt of such notice;
(ix) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of any Loan Party or Subsidiaries of a Loan Party;
(x) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any party thereto;
(xi) the occurrence or continuance of an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to any Loan Party;
(xii) the fact that an Event of Default or a Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(xiii) the fact that the Expiration Date shall have passed or this Agreement or the Commitments hereunder shall have been terminated; and
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(xiv) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.
2.9.8 Indemnity . The Borrower hereby agrees to protect, indemnify, pay and save harmless the Issuing Lender and any of its Affiliates that has issued a Letter of Credit from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, damages, taxes, penalties, interest, judgments, losses, costs, charges and expenses (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel) which the Issuing Lender or any of its Affiliates may incur or be subject to as a consequence, direct or indirect, of the issuance of any Letter of Credit, other than as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Issuing Lender as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
2.9.9 Liability for Acts and Omissions . As between any Loan Party and the Issuing Lender, or the Issuing Lenders Affiliates, such Loan Party assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of the Letters of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letters of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for any of the following, including any losses or damages to any Loan Party or other Person or property relating therefrom: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for an issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates shall have been notified thereof); (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) the failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit, or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to comply fully with any conditions required in order to draw upon such Letter of Credit or any other claim of any Loan Party against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee, or any dispute between or among any Loan Party and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, cable, telegraph, telex or otherwise, whether or not they be in cipher; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates, as applicable, including any act or omission of any Official Body, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of the Issuing Lenders or its Affiliates rights or powers hereunder. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall relieve the Issuing Lender from liability for the Issuing Lenders gross negligence or willful misconduct in connection with actions or omissions described in such clauses (i) through (viii) of such sentence. In no event shall the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates be liable to any Loan Party for any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, exemplary or special damages or expenses (including attorneys fees), or for any damages resulting from any change in the value of any property relating to a Letter of Credit.
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Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Issuing Lender and each of its Affiliates (i) may rely on any oral or other communication believed in good faith by the Issuing Lender or such Affiliate to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the applicant for a Letter of Credit, (ii) may honor any presentation if the documents presented appear on their face substantially to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit; (iii) may honor a previously dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor was pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise, and shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had initially been honored, together with any interest paid by the Issuing Lender or its Affiliate; (iv) may honor any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement advising negotiation or payment, upon receipt of such statement (even if such statement indicates that a draft or other document is being delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any failure of any such draft or other document to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant Letter of Credit; (v) may pay any paying or negotiating bank claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or practices of the place where such bank is located; and (vi) may settle or adjust any claim or demand made on the Issuing Lender or its Affiliate in any way related to any order issued at the applicants request to an air carrier, a letter of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar document (each an Order ) and honor any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that is the subject of such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other documents presented in connection with such Letter of Credit fail to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit.
In furtherance and extension and not in limitation of the specific provisions set forth above, any action taken or omitted by the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under or in connection with the Letters of Credit issued by it or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith, shall not put the Issuing Lender or its Affiliates under any resulting liability to the Borrower or any Lender absent gross negligence or willful misconduct.
2.9.10 Issuing Lender Reporting Requirements . Each Issuing Lender shall, on the first Business Day of each month, provide to Administrative Agent and Borrower a Schedule of the Letters of Credit issued by it, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent, showing the date of issuance of each Letter of Credit, the account party, the original face amount (if any), and the expiration date of any Letter of Credit outstanding at any time during the preceding month, and any other information relating to such Letter of Credit that the Administrative Agent may request.
2.10 Increase in Commitments and Added Term Loans .
(i) Increasing Lenders and New Lenders (ii) . The Borrower may, at any time following the Closing Date, request that (1) the current Lenders increase their Revolving Credit Commitments, (2) one or more new lenders (each a New Lender ) join this Agreement and provide a Revolving Credit Commitment hereunder, or (3) the current Lenders and/or one or more New Lenders join this Agreement and provide one or more tranches of term loans (the Added Term Loans ), subject to the following terms and conditions (any current Lender which elects to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment or provide an Added Term Loan, as applicable, shall be referred to as an Increasing Lender ):
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(A) No Obligation to Increase . No current Lender shall be obligated to (x) increase its Revolving Credit Commitment and any increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment by any current Lender shall be in the sole discretion of such current Lender or (y) provide Added Term Loans and any Added Term Loans provided by any current Lender shall be in the sole discretion of such current Lender.
(B) Defaults . There shall exist no Events of Default or Potential Default on the effective date of such increase after giving effect to such increase.
(C) Maximum Amount of Increases and Aggregate Credit Commitments . The Borrower may request separate increases of the Revolving Credit Commitments or incurrences of Added Term Loans issued pursuant to this Section (the New Tranche of Term Loan Commitments ), so long as after giving effect to such increase or incurrences, the sum of the total aggregate increase to the Revolving Credit Commitments plus the total aggregate of New Tranche of Term Loan Commitments does not exceed $150,000,000, with the total aggregate of all Commitments hereunder (including New Tranche of Term Loan Commitments) not to exceed $700,000,000.
(D) Minimum Revolving Credit Commitments . After giving effect to such increase, the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments provided by each of the New Lenders and each of the Increasing Lenders shall be at least $25,000,000.
(E) Terms of Added Term Loans . (i) the Added Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans under this Agreement, (b) shall not mature earlier than the Expiration Date, and (c) shall have an amortization schedule, and interest rates (including through fixed interest rates), interest margins, rate floors, upfront fees, funding discounts, original issue discounts and prepayment premiums as determined by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the lenders providing the Added Term Loans; and (ii) each New Tranche of Term Loan Commitments shall be in the minimum amount of $25,000,000.
(ii) Requirements for Increase in Commitments and Added Term Loans .
(A) Resolutions; Opinion . The Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent on or before the effective date of such increase the following documents in a form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent: (1) certifications of their corporate secretaries with attached resolutions certifying that the applicable increase in the Revolving Credit Commitment or incurrence of Added Term Loans has been approved by such Loan Parties, and (2) an opinion of counsel addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders addressing the authorization and execution of the Loan Documents by, and enforceability of the Loan Documents against, the Loan Parties.
(B) Notes . The Borrower shall (at the request of any such Lender) execute and deliver (1) to each Increasing Lender a replacement revolving credit Note or term note reflecting the new amount of such Increasing Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment or New Tranche of Term Loan Commitment, as applicable after giving effect to the increase (and the prior Note issued to such Increasing Lender shall be deemed to be terminated) and (2) to each New Lender a revolving credit Note or term note reflecting the amount of such New Lenders Revolving Credit Commitment or New Tranche of Term Loan Commitment.
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(C) Approval of New Lenders . Any New Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent.
(D) Increasing Lenders . Each Increasing Lender shall confirm its agreement to increase its Revolving Credit Commitment or provide a New Tranche of Term Loan Commitment pursuant to an acknowledgement in a form acceptable to the Administrative Agent, signed by it and the Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) days before the effective date of such increase.
(E) New LendersJoinder . Each New Lender shall execute a lender joinder in substantially the form of Exhibit 2.10 pursuant to which such New Lender shall join and become a party to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with a Revolving Credit Commitment or a New Tranche of Term Loan Commitment in the amount set forth in such lender joinder.
(F) Amendment . Added Term Loans shall be effected by an amendment to this Agreement setting forth the terms of the Added Term Loans executed by (x) the Administrative Agent, (y) each Lender or New Lender agreeing to provide any portion of such Added Term Loan and (z) the Loan Parties, as reaffirmations of the Loan Documents executed by the Loan Parties, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Such amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.10.
(iii) Treatment of Outstanding Loans and Letters of Credit .
(A) Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans . On the effective date of such increase, the Borrower shall repay all Loans then outstanding, subject to the Borrowers indemnity obligations under Section 5.10 [ Indemnity ]; provided that it may borrow new Loans with a Borrowing Date on such date. Each of the Lenders shall participate in any new Loans made on or after such date in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares after giving effect to the increase in Revolving Credit Commitments contemplated by this Section 2.10.
(B) Outstanding Letters of Credit; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans . On the effective date of such increase, each Increasing Lender and each New Lender (i) will be deemed to have purchased a participation in each then outstanding Letter of Credit equal to its Ratable Share of such Letter of Credit and the participation of each other Lender in such Letter of Credit shall be adjusted accordingly and (ii) will acquire, (and will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to) its Ratable Share of all outstanding Participation Advances.
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2.11 Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:
(i) fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.3 [ Commitment Fees ];
(ii) the Commitment and outstanding Loans of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 11.1 [ Modifications, Amendments or Waivers ]); provided, that this clause (ii) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender directly affected thereby;
(iii) if any Swing Loans are outstanding or any Letter of Credit Obligations exist at the time such Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then:
(A) all or any part of the outstanding Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Ratable Shares but only to the extent that (x) the Revolving Facility Usage does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders Revolving Credit Commitments, and (y) no Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at such time;
(B) if the reallocation described in clause (a) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrower shall within one Business Day following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first , prepay such outstanding Swing Loans, and (y) second , cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender the Borrowers obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lenders Letter of Credit Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (a) above) in a deposit account held at the Administrative Agent for so long as such Letter of Credit Obligations are outstanding;
(C) if the Borrower cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lenders Letter of Credit Obligations pursuant to clause (b) above, the Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.9.2 [ Letter of Credit Fees ] with respect to such Defaulting Lenders Letter of Credit Obligations during the period such Defaulting Lenders Letter of Credit Obligations are cash collateralized;
(D) if the Letter of Credit Obligations of the non-Defaulting Lenders are reallocated pursuant to clause (a) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.9.2 [ Letter of Credit Fees ] shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders Ratable Share; and
(E) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lenders Letter of Credit Obligations are neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (a) or (b) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any other Lender hereunder, all Letter of Credit Fees payable under Section 2.9.2 [ Letter of Credit Fees ] with respect to such Defaulting Lenders Letter of Credit Obligations shall be payable to the Issuing Lender (and not to such Defaulting Lender) until and to the extent that such Letter of Credit Obligations are reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and
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(iv) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Loan Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Loans and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lenders then outstanding Letter of Credit Obligations will be 100% covered by the Revolving Credit Commitments of the non-Defaulting Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower in accordance with Section 2.11(iii), and participating interests in any newly made Swing Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.11(iii)(A) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).
If (i) a Bankruptcy Event with respect to a parent company of any Lender shall occur following the date hereof and for so long as such event shall continue, or (ii) the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing Lender has a good faith belief that any Lender has defaulted in fulfilling its obligations under one or more other agreements in which such Lender commits to extend credit, the Swing Loan Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, shall have entered into arrangements with the Borrower or such Lender, satisfactory to the Swing Loan Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, to defease any risk to it in respect of such Lender hereunder.
In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Swing Loan Lender and the Issuing Lender agree in writing that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, and the Ratable Share of the Swing Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations of the Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Lenders Commitment, and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders (other than Swing Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Ratable Share.
2.12 Utilization of Commitments in Optional Currencies.
2.12.1 Periodic Computations of Dollar Equivalent Amounts of Revolving Credit Loans that are Optional Currency Loans; Repayment in Same Currency. For purposes of determining utilization of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the Administrative Agent will determine the Dollar Equivalent amount of (i) the outstanding and proposed Revolving Credit Loans that are Optional Currency Loans as of the requested Borrowing Date, and (ii) the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans denominated in an Optional Currency as of the end of each Interest Period (each such date under clauses (i) and (ii), and any other date on which the Administrative Agent determines it is necessary or advisable to make such computation, in its sole discretion, is referred to as a Computation Date ). Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Company, each Loan shall be repaid or prepaid in the same currency in which the Loan was made.
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2.12.2 European Monetary Union.
i. Payments In Euros Under Certain Circumstances . If (i) any Optional Currency ceases to be lawful currency of the nation issuing the same and is replaced by the Euro or (ii) any Optional Currency and the Euro are at the same time recognized by any governmental authority of the nation issuing such currency as lawful currency of such nation and the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall so request in a notice delivered to the Borrower, then any amount payable hereunder by any party hereto in such Optional Currency shall instead be payable in the Euro and the amount so payable shall be determined by translating the amount payable in such Optional Currency to the Euro at the exchange rate established by that nation for the purpose of implementing the replacement of the relevant Optional Currency by the Euro (and the provisions governing payments in Optional Currencies in this Agreement shall apply to such payment in the Euro as if such payment in the Euro were a payment in an Optional Currency). Prior to the occurrence of the event or events described in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence, each amount payable hereunder in any Optional Currency will, except as otherwise provided herein, continue to be payable only in that currency.
ii. Additional Compensation Under Certain Circumstances . The Borrower agrees, at the request of any Lender, to compensate such Lender for any loss, cost, expense or reduction in return that such Lender shall reasonably determine shall be incurred or sustained by such Lender as a result of the replacement of any Optional Currency by the Euro and that would not have been incurred or sustained but for the transactions provided for herein. A certificate of any Lender setting forth such Lenders determination of the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error so long as such determination is made on a reasonable basis. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
iii. Requests for Additional Optional Currencies . The Borrower may deliver to the Administrative Agent a written request that Revolving Credit Loans hereunder also be permitted to be made in any other lawful currency (other than Dollars), in addition to the currencies specified in the definition of Optional Currency herein, provided that such currency must be freely traded in the offshore interbank foreign exchange markets, freely transferable, freely convertible into Dollars and available to the Lenders in the Relevant Interbank Market. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any such request promptly after the Administrative Agent receives such request. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Borrower of the acceptance or rejection by the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders of the Borrowers request. The requested currency shall be approved as an Optional Currency hereunder only if the Administrative Agent and all of the Lenders approve of the Borrowers request.
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3. [RESERVED]
4. INTEREST RATES
4.1 Interest Rate Options . The Borrower shall pay interest in respect of the outstanding unpaid principal amount of the Loans as selected by it from the Base Rate Option or Euro-Rate Option set forth below applicable to the Loans, it being understood that, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Borrower may select different Interest Rate Options and different Interest Periods to apply simultaneously to the Loans comprising different Borrowing Tranches and may convert to or renew one or more Interest Rate Options with respect to all or any portion of the Loans comprising any Borrowing Tranche; provided that there shall not be at any one time outstanding more than ten (10) Borrowing Tranches in the aggregate among all of the Loans and provided further that if an Event of Default or Potential Default exists and is continuing, and without limitation of the other rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth herein (including, without limitation, Section 9.2 [Consequences of Event of Default] , the Required Lenders may demand that all existing Borrowing Tranches bearing interest under the Euro-Rate Option shall be converted to the Base Rate Option at the end of the applicable Interest Period. If at any time the designated rate applicable to any Loan made by any Lender exceeds such Lenders highest lawful rate, the rate of interest on such Lenders Loan shall be limited to such Lenders highest lawful rate. Interest on the principal amount of each Optional Currency Loan shall be paid by the Borrower in such Optional Currency.
4.1.1 Revolving Credit Interest Rate Options; Swing Loan Interest Rate . The Borrower shall have the right to select from the following Interest Rate Options applicable to the Revolving Credit Loans:
(i) Revolving Credit Base Rate Option : A fluctuating rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, such interest rate to change automatically from time to time effective as of the effective date of each change in the Base Rate; or
(ii) Revolving Credit Euro-Rate Option : A rate per annum equal to the Euro-Rate as determined for each applicable Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.
Subject to Section 4.3 [ Interest After Default ], only the Base Rate Option applicable to Revolving Credit Loans shall apply to the Swing Loans.
4.1.2 [Reserved]
4.1.3 Rate Quotations. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Daily LIBOR Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed or, in the case of interest in respect of Loans denominated in Optional Currencies as to which market practice differs from the foregoing, in accordance with such market practice. The Borrower may call the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which a Loan Request is to be delivered to receive an indication of the rates then in effect, but it is acknowledged that such projection shall not be binding on the Administrative Agent or the Lenders nor affect the rate of interest which thereafter is actually in effect when the election is made.
4.2 Interest Periods . At any time when the Borrower shall select, convert to or renew a Euro-Rate Option, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent thereof by delivering a Loan Request to the Administrative Agent (i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of such Euro-Rate Option with respect to a Loan denominated in Dollars, and (ii)
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at least four (4) Business Days prior to the effective date of such Euro-Rate Option with respect to an Optional Currency Loan. The notice shall specify an Interest Period during which such Interest Rate Option shall apply. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the following provisions shall apply to any selection of, renewal of, or conversion to a Euro-Rate Option:
4.2.1 Amount of Borrowing Tranche . Each Borrowing Tranche of Loans under the Euro-Rate Option shall be in integral multiples of $500,000 and not less than $1,000,000; and
4.2.2 Renewals . In the case of the renewal of a Euro-Rate Option at the end of an Interest Period, the first day of the new Interest Period shall be the last day of the preceding Interest Period, without duplication in payment of interest for such day.
4.2.3 No Conversion of Optional Currency Loans. No Optional Currency Loan may be converted into a Loan with a different Interest Rate Option, or a Loan denominated in a different Optional Currency.
4.3 Interest After Default . To the extent permitted by Law, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and until such time such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived, and at the discretion of the Administrative Agent or upon written demand by the Required Lenders to the Administrative Agent:
4.3.1 Letter of Credit Fees , Interest Rate . The Letter of Credit Fees and the rate of interest for each Loan otherwise applicable pursuant to Section 2.9.2 [ Letter of Credit Fees ] or Section 4.1 [ Interest Rate Options ], respectively, shall be increased by 2.0% per annum;
4.3.2 Other Obligations . Each other Obligation hereunder if not paid when due shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the rate of interest applicable to Revolving Credit Loans under the Base Rate Option plus an additional 2.0% per annum from the time such Obligation becomes due and payable and until it is paid in full; and
4.3.3 Acknowledgement. The Borrower acknowledges that the increase in rates referred to in this Section 4.3 reflects, among other things, the fact that such Loans or other amounts have become a substantially greater risk given their default status and that the Lenders are entitled to additional compensation for such risk; and all such interest shall be payable by Borrower upon demand by Administrative Agent.
4.4 Rates Unascertainable; Illegality; Increased Costs; Deposits Not Available ; Optional Currency Not Available .
4.4.1 Unascertainable . If on any date on which a Euro-Rate would otherwise be determined, the Administrative Agent shall have determined that:
(i) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining such Euro-Rate, or
(ii) a contingency has occurred which materially and adversely affects the Relevant Interbank Market relating to the Euro-Rate, then the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.4 [ Administrative Agents and Lenders Rights ].
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4.4.2 Illegality; Increased Costs . If at any time any Lender shall have determined that:
(i) the making, maintenance or funding of any Loan to which a Euro-Rate Option applies has been made impracticable or unlawful by compliance by such Lender in good faith with any Law or any interpretation or application thereof by any Official Body or with any request or directive of any such Official Body (whether or not having the force of Law), or
(ii) such Euro-Rate Option will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender of the establishment or maintenance of any such Loan,
then the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.4 [ Administrative Agents and Lenders Rights ].
4.4.3 Optional Currency Not Available. If at any time the Administrative Agent shall have determined that a fundamental change has occurred in the foreign exchange or interbank markets with respect to any Optional Currency (including, without limitation, changes in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls), then (i) the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of any such determination, and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall have the rights specified in Section 4.4.4 [Administrative Agent s and Lender s Rights].
4.4.4 Administrative Agent s and Lender s Rights . In the case of any event specified in Section 4.4.1 [ Unascertainable ] above or an event specified in Section 4.4.3 [ Optional Currency not Available ] above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Lenders and the Borrower thereof, in the case of an event specified in Section 4.4.2 [ Illegality; Increased Costs ], such Lender shall promptly so notify the Administrative Agent and endorse a certificate to such notice as to the specific circumstances of such notice, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly send copies of such notice and certificate to the other Lenders and the Borrower. Upon such date as shall be specified in such notice (which shall not be earlier than the date such notice is given), the obligation of (A) the Lenders, in the case of such notice given by the Administrative Agent, or (B) such Lender, in the case of such notice given by such Lender, to allow the Borrower to select, convert to or renew a Euro-Rate Option or select an Optional Currency, as applicable, shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall have later notified the Borrower, or such Lender shall have later notified the Administrative Agent, of the Administrative Agents or such Lenders, as the case may be, determination that the circumstances giving rise to such previous determination no longer exist. If at any time the Administrative Agent makes a determination under Section 4.4.1 [ Unascertainable ] and the Borrower has previously notified the Administrative Agent of its selection of, conversion to or renewal of a Euro-Rate Option and such Interest Rate Option has not yet gone into effect, such notification shall be deemed to provide for selection of, conversion to or renewal of the Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such Loans. If any Lender notifies the Administrative Agent of a determination under Section 4.4.2 [ Illegality; Increased Costs ], the Borrower shall, subject to the Borrowers indemnification Obligations under Section 5.10
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[ Indemnity ], as to any Loan of the Lender to which a Euro-Rate Option applies, on the date specified in such notice either (i) as applicable, convert such Loan to the Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such Loan or select a different Optional Currency or Dollars, or (ii) prepay such Loan in accordance with Section 5.6 [ Voluntary Prepayments ]. Absent due notice from the Borrower of conversion or prepayment, such Loan shall automatically be converted to the Base Rate Option otherwise available with respect to such Loan upon such specified date. If the Administrative Agent makes a determination under Section 4.4.3 [Optional Currency Not Available] then, until the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, (i) the availability of Loans in the affected Optional Currency shall be suspended, (ii) the outstanding Loans in such affected Optional Currency shall be converted into Dollar Loans (in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of such outstanding Optional Currency Loans) (x) on the last day of the then current Interest Period if the Lenders may lawfully continue to maintain Loans in such Optional Currency to such day, or (y) immediately if the Lenders may not lawfully continue to maintain Loans in such Optional Currency, and interest thereon shall thereafter accrue at the Base Rate Option.
4.5 Selection of Interest Rate Options . If the Borrower fails to select a new Interest Period to apply to any Borrowing Tranche of Loans under the Euro-Rate Option at the expiration of an existing Interest Period applicable to such Borrowing Tranche in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.2 [ Interest Periods ], the Borrower shall be deemed to have converted such Borrowing Tranche to the Base Rate Option as applicable to Revolving Credit Loans commencing upon the last day of the existing Interest Period and at the Dollar Equivalent of such Loans for any Loan in an Optional Currency.
5. PAYMENTS
5.1 Payments . All payments and prepayments to be made in respect of principal, interest, Commitment Fees, Letter of Credit Fees, Administrative Agents Fee or other fees or amounts due from the Borrower hereunder shall be payable prior to 11:00 a.m. on the date when due without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower, and without set-off, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature, and an action therefor shall immediately accrue. Such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at the Principal Office for the account of the Swing Loan Lender with respect to the Swing Loans and for the ratable accounts of the Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans in immediately available funds, and the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such amounts to the Lenders in immediately available funds; provided that in the event payments are received by 11:00 a.m. by the Administrative Agent with respect to the Loans and such payments are not distributed to the Lenders on the same day received by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall pay the Lenders interest at the Federal Funds Effective Rate in the case of Loans or other amounts due in Dollars, or the Overnight Rate in the case of Loans or other amounts due in an Optional Currency, with respect to the amount of such payments for each day held by the Administrative Agent and not distributed to the Lenders. The Administrative Agents and each Lenders statement of account, ledger or other relevant record shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive as the statement of the amount of principal of and interest on the Loans and other amounts owing under this Agreement (including the Equivalent Amounts of the applicable currencies where such computations are required) and
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shall be deemed an account stated. All payments of principal and interest made in respect of the Loans must be repaid in the same currency (whether Dollars or the applicable Optional Currency) in which such Loan was made. The Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) debit the amount of any such payment which is not made by such time to any ordinary deposit account of the Borrower with the Administrative Agent.
5.2 Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders . Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans shall be allocated to each Lender according to its Ratable Share, and each selection of, conversion to or renewal of any Interest Rate Option and each payment or prepayment by the Borrower with respect to principal, interest, Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit Fees (but excluding the Administrative Agents Fee and the Issuing Lenders fronting fee) shall (except as otherwise may be provided with respect to a Defaulting Lender and except as provided in Section 4.4.4 [ Administrative Agent s and Lender s Rights ] in the case of an event specified in Section 4.4 [ Rates Unascertainable; Etc. ], 5.6.2 [ Replacement of a Lender ] or 5.8 [ Increased Costs ]) be payable ratably among the Lenders entitled to such payment in accordance with the amount of principal, interest, Commitment Fees and Letter of Credit Fees as set forth in this Agreement. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, each borrowing or payment or prepayment by the Borrower of principal, interest fees or other amounts from the Borrower with respect to Swing Loans shall be made by or to the Swing Loan Lender according to Section 2.6.5 [ Borrowings to Repay Swing Loans ].
5.3 Sharing of Payments by Lenders . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff, counterclaim or bankers lien, by receipt of voluntary payment, by realization upon security, or by any other non-pro rata source, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lenders receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations greater than the pro-rata share of the amount such Lender is entitled thereto, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans and other amounts owing them, provided that :
(i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, together with interest or other amounts, if any, required by Law (including court order) to be paid by the Lender or the holder making such purchase; and
(ii) the provisions of this Section 5.3 shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Loan Parties pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of the Loan Documents or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or Participation Advances to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this Section 5.3 shall apply).
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Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable Law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Loan Party in the amount of such participation.
Any Lender that fails at any time to comply with the provisions of this Section 5.3 shall be deemed a Defaulting Lender until such time as it performs its obligations hereunder and is not otherwise a Defaulting Lender for any other reason. A Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have assigned any and all payments due to it from the Borrower, whether on account of or relating to outstanding Loans, Letters of Credit, interest, fees or otherwise, to the remaining non-defaulting Lenders for application to, and reduction of, their respective Ratable Share of all outstanding Loans and other unpaid Obligations of any of the Loan Parties. The Defaulting Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to distribute such payments to the non-defaulting Lenders in proportion to their respective Ratable Share of all outstanding Loans and other unpaid Obligations of any of the Loan Parties to which such Lenders are entitled. A Defaulting Lender shall be deemed to have satisfied the provisions of this Section 5.3 when and if, as a result of application of the assigned payments to all outstanding Loans and other unpaid Obligations of any of the Loan Parties to the non-defaulting Lenders, the Lenders respective Ratable Share of all outstanding Loans and unpaid Obligations have returned to those in effect immediately prior to such violation of this Section 5.3.
5.4 Presumptions by Administrative Agent . Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower prior to the date on which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrower has not in fact made such payment, then each of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Effective Rate (or, for payments in an Optional Currency, the Overnight Rate) and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.
5.5 Interest Payment Dates . Interest on Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies shall be due and payable in arrears on each Payment Date. Interest on Loans to which the Euro-Rate Option applies shall be due and payable on the last day of each Interest Period for those Loans and, if such Interest Period is longer than three (3) Months, also on the 90 th day of such Interest Period. Interest on prepayments of principal under Section 5.7 [ Payments Upon Currency Fluctuations ] shall be due on the date such prepayment is due. Interest on the principal amount of each Loan or other monetary Obligation shall be due and payable on demand after such principal amount or other monetary Obligation becomes due and payable (whether on the stated Expiration Date, upon acceleration or otherwise).
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5.6 Voluntary Prepayments .
5.6.1 Right to Prepay . The Borrower shall have the right at its option from time to time to prepay the Loans in whole or part without premium or penalty (except as provided in Section 5.6.2 [ Replacement of a Lender ] below, in Section 5.8 [ Increased Costs ] and Section 5.10 [ Indemnity ]). Whenever the Borrower desires to prepay any part of the Loans, it shall provide a prepayment notice to the Administrative Agent by 1:00 p.m. at least one (1) Business Day prior to the date of prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars, and at least four (4) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment of any Optional Currency Loans, or no later than 1:00 p.m. on the date of prepayment of Swing Loans, setting forth the following information:
(i) the date, which shall be a Business Day, on which the proposed prepayment is to be made;
(ii) a statement indicating the application of the prepayment between the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Loans;
(iii) a statement indicating the application of the prepayment between Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies and Loans to which the Euro-Rate Option applies (including the Optional Currency, if applicable); and
(iv) the total principal amount of such prepayment, which shall not be less than the lesser of (i) the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, or (ii) $100,000 for any Swing Loan or $500,000 for any Revolving Credit Loan.
All prepayment notices shall be irrevocable. The principal amount of the Loans for which a prepayment notice is given, together with interest on such principal amount, shall be due and payable on the date specified in such prepayment notice as the date on which the proposed prepayment is to be made. All prepayments permitted pursuant to this Section 5.6.1 [ Right to Prepay ] shall be applied to the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans, provided that such prepayment of any Revolving Credit Loans shall not permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments. Except as provided in Section 4.4.4 [ Administrative Agents and Lenders Rights ], if the Borrower prepays a Loan but fails to specify the applicable Borrowing Tranche which the Borrower is prepaying, the prepayment shall be applied first to Revolving Credit Loans to which the Base Rate Option applies, then to Revolving Credit Loans which are not Optional Currency Loans, then to Optional Currency Loans, and then to Swing Loans. Any prepayment hereunder shall be subject to the Borrowers Obligation to indemnify the Lenders under Section 5.10 [ Indemnity ]. Prepayments shall be made in the currency in which such Loan was made unless otherwise directed by the Administrative Agent.
5.6.2 Replacement of a Lender . In the event any Lender (i) gives notice under Section 4.4 [Rates Unascertainable, Etc.] , (ii) requests compensation under Section 5.8 [ Increased Costs ], or requires the Borrower to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amount to any Lender or any Official Body for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.9 [ Taxes ], (iii) is a Defaulting Lender, (iv) becomes subject to the control of an Official Body (other than normal and customary supervision), or (v) is a Non-Consenting Lender referred to in
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Section 11.1 [ Modifications, Amendments or Waivers ], then in any such event the Borrower may, at its sole expense, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.8 [ Successors and Assigns ]), all of its interests, rights (other than existing rights to payments pursuant to Sections 5.8 [ Increased Costs ] or 5.9 [ Taxes ]) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that :
(i) the Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee specified in Section 11.8 [ Successors and Assigns ];
(ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans and Participation Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 5.10 [ Indemnity ]) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrower (in the case of all other amounts);
(iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 5.8.1 [ Increased Costs Generally ] or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 5.9 [ Taxes ], such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and
(iv) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Law.
A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.
5.6.3 Designation of a Different Lending Office . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 5.8 [ Increased Costs ], or the Borrower is or will be required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Official Body for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 5.9 [ Taxes ], then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrower) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 5.8 [ Increased Costs ] or Section 5.9 [ Taxes ], as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrower hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment
5.7 Payments Upon Currency Fluctuations . If on any Computation Date either (i) the Revolving Facility Usage is equal to or greater than the Revolving Credit Commitments, or (ii) the Optional Currency Loans are equal to or greater than the Optional Currency Sublimit, in each case as a result of a change in exchange rates between one (1) or more Optional Currencies and
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Dollars, then the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower of the same. The Borrower shall pay or prepay (subject to Borrowers indemnity obligations under Sections 5.8 [Increased Costs] and 5.10 [Indemnity] ) within three (3) Business Days after receiving such notice such that the Revolving Facility Usage shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the Optional Currency Loans shall not exceed the Optional Currency Sublimit after giving effect to such payments or prepayments. All prepayments required pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall first be applied among the Interest Rate Options to the principal amount of the Loans subject to the Base Rate Option, then to Loans denominated in Dollars and subject to a Euro-Rate Option, then to Optional Currency Loans.
5.8 Increased Costs .
5.8.1 Increased Costs Generally .
If any Change in Law shall:
(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement which is addressed separately in this Section 5.8) or the Issuing Lender;
(ii) subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (ii) through (iv) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or
(iii) impose on any Lender, the Issuing Lender or the Relevant Interbank Market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;
and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Loan or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender, the Issuing Lender or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, the Issuing Lender or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, the Issuing Lender or other Recipient, the Borrower will pay to such Lender, the Issuing Lender or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.
5.8.2 Capital Requirements . If any Lender or the Issuing Lender determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or the Issuing Lender or any lending office of such Lender or such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders capital or on the capital of such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of
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such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Loans held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender, to a level below that which such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders policies and the policies of such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders holding company for any such reduction suffered.
5.8.3 Certificates for Reimbursement; Repayment of Outstanding Loans; Borrowing of New Loans . A certificate of a Lender or the Issuing Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or the Issuing Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in Sections 5.8.1 [ Increased Costs Generally ] or 5.8.2 [ Capital Requirements ] and delivered to the Borrower shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.
5.8.4 Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or the Issuing Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders right to demand such compensation, provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender or the Issuing Lender pursuant to this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lenders or the Issuing Lenders intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine months period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).
5.8.5 Additional Reserve Requirements. The Borrower shall pay to each Lender (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including eurocurrency funds or deposits, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan under the Euro-Rate Option equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement under Regulation D or under any similar, successor or analogous requirement of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (or any successor) or any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Loans under the Euro-Rate Option, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided that in each case the Borrower shall have received at least ten days prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or costs from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice ten days prior to the relevant Payment Date, such additional interest or costs shall be due and payable ten days from receipt of such notice.
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5.9 Taxes .
5.9.1 Issuing Lender . For purposes of this Section 5.9 [ Taxes ], the term Lender includes the Issuing Lender and the term applicable Law includes FATCA.
5.9.2 Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any applicable Law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Official Body in accordance with applicable Law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 5.9 [ Taxes ]) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.
5.9.3 Payment of Other Taxes by the Loan Parties . The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Official Body in accordance with applicable Law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.
5.9.4 Indemnification by the Loan Parties . The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 5.9 [ Taxes ]) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Official Body. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrower by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
5.9.5 Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of any of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lenders failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.8.4 [ Participations ] relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register, and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Official Body. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the
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Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 5.9.5 [ Indemnification by the Lenders ].
5.9.6 Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to an Official Body pursuant to this Section 5.9 [ Taxes ], such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Official Body evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
5.9.7 Status of Lenders .
(i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 5.9.7(ii)(A), (ii)(B) and (ii)(D) below) shall not be required if in the Lenders reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.
(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that the Borrower is a U.S. Borrower,
(A) any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;
(B) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:
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i. in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the interest article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the business profits or other income article of such tax treaty;
ii. executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;
iii. in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.9.7(A) to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not (a) a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(a) of the Code, (b) a 10 percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(b) of the Code, or (c) a controlled foreign corporation described in Section 881(c)(3)(c) of the Code (a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or
iv. to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.9.7(B) or Exhibit 5.9.7(C) , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.9.7(D) on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;
(C) any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrower or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law to permit the Borrower or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and
(D) if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code)
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and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrower and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lenders obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), FATCA shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.
Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.
5.9.8 Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party 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 pursuant to this Section 5.9 [ Taxes ] (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 5.9 [ Taxes ]), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 5.9 [ Taxes ] with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Official Body with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party incurred in connection with obtaining such refund, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 5.9.8 [ Treatment of Certain Refunds ] ( plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Official Body) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Official Body. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.9.8 [ Treatment of Certain Refunds ]), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 5.9.8 [ Treatment of Certain Refunds ] the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.
5.9.9 Survival . Each partys obligations under this Section 5.9 [ Taxes ] shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all Obligations.
5.10 Indemnity . In addition to the compensation or payments required by Section 5.8 [ Increased Costs ] or Section 5.9 [ Taxes ], the Borrower shall indemnify each Lender against all liabilities, losses or expenses (including loss of anticipated profits, any foreign exchange losses and any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan, from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained or from the performance of any foreign exchange contract) which such Lender sustains or incurs as a consequence of any:
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(i) payment, prepayment, conversion or renewal of any Loan to which a Euro-Rate Option applies on a day other than the last day of the corresponding Interest Period (whether or not such payment or prepayment is mandatory, voluntary or automatic and whether or not such payment or prepayment is then due), or any voluntary prepayment without the required notice,
(ii) attempt by the Borrower to revoke (expressly, by later inconsistent notices or otherwise) in whole or part any Loan Requests under Section 2.5 [ Revolving Credit Loan Requests; Swing Loan Requests ] or Section 4.2 [ Interest Periods ] or notice relating to prepayments under Section 5.6 [ Voluntary Prepayments ], or
(iii) default by the Borrower in the performance or observance of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, including any failure of the Borrower to pay when due (by acceleration or otherwise) any principal, interest, Commitment Fee or any other amount due hereunder.
If any Lender sustains or incurs any such loss or expense, it shall from time to time notify the Borrower of the amount determined in good faith by such Lender (which determination may include such assumptions, allocations of costs and expenses and averaging or attribution methods as such Lender shall deem reasonable) to be necessary to indemnify such Lender for such loss or expense. Such notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for such determination. Such amount shall be due and payable by the Borrower to such Lender ten (10) Business Days after such notice is given.
5.11 Settlement Date Procedures . In order to minimize the transfer of funds between the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, the Borrower may borrow, repay and re-borrow Swing Loans and the Swing Loan Lender may make Swing Loans as provided in Section 2.1.2 [ Swing Loan Commitments ] hereof during the period between Settlement Dates. The Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of its Ratable Share of the total of the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Loans (each a Required Share ). On such Settlement Date, each Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent the amount equal to the difference between its Required Share and its Revolving Credit Loans, and the Administrative Agent shall pay to each Lender its Ratable Share of all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans. The Administrative Agent shall also effect settlement in accordance with the foregoing sentence on the proposed Borrowing Dates for Revolving Credit Loans and on any mandatory prepayment date as provided for herein and may at its option effect settlement on any other Business Day. These settlement procedures are established solely as a matter of administrative convenience, and nothing contained in this Section 5.11 shall relieve the Lenders of their obligations to fund Revolving Credit Loans on dates other than a Settlement Date pursuant to Section 2.1.2 [ Swing Loan Commitment ]. The Administrative Agent may at any time at its option for any reason whatsoever require each Lender to pay immediately to the Administrative Agent such Lenders Ratable Share of the outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and each Lender may at any time require the Administrative Agent to pay immediately to such Lender its Ratable Share of all payments made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans.
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5.12 Currency Conversion Procedures for Judgments. If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder in any currency (the Original Currency ) into another currency (the Other Currency ), the parties hereby agree, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal lending procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency after any premium and costs of exchange on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
5.13 Indemnity in Certain Events. The obligation of Borrower in respect of any sum due from Borrower to any Lender hereunder shall, notwithstanding any judgment in an Other Currency, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by any Lender of any sum adjudged to be so due in such Other Currency, such Lender may in accordance with normal lending procedures purchase the Original Currency with such Other Currency. If the amount of the Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to such Lender in the Original Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment or payment, to indemnify such Lender against such loss.
6. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
6.1 Representations and Warranties . The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders as follows:
6.1.1 Organization and Qualification; Power and Authority; Compliance With Laws; Event of Default . Each Loan Party (i) is a corporation, partnership or limited liability company (or foreign equivalent thereof) duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) has the lawful power to own or lease its properties and to engage in the business it presently conducts or proposes to conduct, (iii) (a) as of the Closing Date, is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction listed on Schedule 6.1.1 and in all other jurisdictions where the property owned or leased by it or the nature of the business transacted by it or both makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, and (b) after the Closing Date, is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing in all other jurisdictions where the property owned or leased by it or the nature of the business transacted by it or both makes such licensing or qualification necessary, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, (iv) has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, to incur the Indebtedness contemplated by the Loan Documents and to perform its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and all such actions have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on its part, and (v) with respect to Loan Parties only, is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws (other than Environmental Laws which are specifically addressed in Section 6.1.14 [ Environmental Matters ]) in all jurisdictions in which any such Loan Party is doing business except where the failure to do so would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. No Event of Default or Potential Default exists or is continuing. The Borrower has no brokers or other agents acting in any capacity in connection with the Loans.
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6.1.2 Subsidiaries; Investment Companies . Schedule 6.1.2 states, as of the Closing Date, (i) the name of each of the Borrowers Domestic Subsidiaries, its respective jurisdiction of organization and the name of each holder of an equity interest in each such Subsidiary, the amount, percentage and type of equity interests in such Subsidiary (the Subsidiary Equity Interests ), and (ii) any options, warrants or other rights outstanding to purchase any such equity interests referred to in clause (i) (collectively, the Equity Interests ). Each Loan Party has good and marketable title to all of the Subsidiary Equity Interests it purports to own (subject to restrictions on assignments, pledges, transfers, or sales of any such Subsidiary Equity Interests issued by ADS Latina, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company or BaySaver Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company), free and clear in each case of any Lien (other than Liens for taxes not yet due and payable) and all such Subsidiary Equity Interests have been validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Neither the Borrower nor any of the other Loan Parties is an investment company registered or required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or under the control of a registered investment company as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 and shall not become such a registered investment company or under such control.
6.1.3 Validity and Binding Effect . This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (i) has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Loan Party which is a party thereto, and (ii) constitutes, or will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of each Loan Party which is or will be a party thereto, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its 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.
6.1.4 No Conflict; Material Agreements; Consents . Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by any Loan Party nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof by any of them will conflict with, constitute a default under or result in any breach of (i) the terms and conditions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents of any Loan Party or (ii) any Law or any material agreement or instrument or order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which any Loan Party is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or encumbrance whatsoever upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of any Loan Party (other than Liens granted under the Loan Documents). No consent, approval, exemption, order or authorization of, or a registration or filing with, any Official Body or any other Person is required by any Law or any agreement in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents except (a) for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date, (b) for those approvals, consents, exemptions, registrations, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and (c) with respect carrying out only, approvals, consents, exemptions, registrations, authorizations, actions, notices and filings, which are not material to the operation of the Loan Parties or the rights of the Collateral Agent , the Issuing Lender or the Lenders.
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6.1.5 Litigation . There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, threatened against such Loan Party or any Subsidiary of such Loan Party at law or in equity before any Official Body which individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. None of the Loan Parties nor any Subsidiaries of any Loan Party is in violation of any order, writ, injunction or any decree of any Official Body which would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.
6.1.6 Financial Statements .
(i) Historical Statements . The Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent copies of its audited consolidated year-end financial statements for and as of the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016. In addition, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent copies of its unaudited consolidated interim financial statements for the fiscal year to date and as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2016 (all such annual and interim statements being collectively referred to as the Statements ). The Statements were compiled from the books and records maintained by the Borrowers management, are correct and complete and fairly represent, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and the results of operations for the fiscal periods then ended and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject (in the case of the interim statements) to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(ii) Accuracy of Financial Statements . Neither the Borrower nor any of its consolidated Subsidiaries has, as of the respective dates thereof, any material liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that are not disclosed in the Statements or in the notes thereto, and except as disclosed therein there are no unrealized or anticipated losses from any commitments of the Borrower or such Subsidiary which would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. Since March 31, 2016, no Material Adverse Change has occurred.
6.1.7 Margin Stock . None of the Loan Parties engages or intends to engage principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose, immediately, incidentally or ultimately, of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U, T or X as promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System). No part of the proceeds of any Loan has been or will be used, immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or which is inconsistent with the provisions of the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. None of the Loan Parties holds or intends to hold margin stock in such amounts that more than 25% of the reasonable value of the assets of any such Loan Party are or will be represented by margin stock.
6.1.8 Full Disclosure . Neither this Agreement nor any other Loan Document, nor any certificate, statement, agreement or other documents furnished in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection herewith or therewith, contains any statement by or on behalf of a Loan Party that is untrue in any material respect of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect as of the date thereof.
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6.1.9 Taxes . All federal and material state, local and foreign income Tax returns and material non-income Tax returns and reports of each Loan Party required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and payment or adequate provision in accordance with GAAP has been made for the payment of all material Taxes shown on such Tax returns to be due and payable and all material assessments, fees, and other governmental charges upon each Loan Party and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises which are due and payable, except in each case as permitted by Section 8.1.2 [ Payment of Liabilities, Including Taxes, Etc. ] of this Agreement.
6.1.10 Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights, Licenses, Etc . Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, each Loan Party owns or possesses all the patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, registrations, franchises, permits and rights necessary to own and operate its properties and to carry on its business as presently conducted by such Loan Party, without known, alleged or actual conflict with the rights of others.
6.1.11 [Reserved] .
6.1.12 Insurance . The properties of each Loan Party are insured pursuant to policies and other bonds which are valid and in full force and effect and which provide adequate coverage from reputable and financially sound insurers in amounts sufficient to insure the assets and risks of each such Loan Party in accordance with prudent business practice in the industry of such Loan Parties.
6.1.13 ERISA Compliance .
(i) Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, each Pension Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other federal or state Laws. Each Pension Plan that is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code has received from the IRS a favorable determination or opinion letter, which has not by its terms expired, that such Pension Plan is so qualified, or such Pension Plan is entitled to rely on an IRS advisory or opinion letter with respect to an IRS-approved master and prototype or volume submitter plan, or a timely application for such a determination or opinion letter is currently being processed by the IRS with respect thereto; and, to the best knowledge of Borrower, nothing has occurred which would prevent, or cause the loss of, such qualification, in each case except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. Borrower and each member of the ERISA Group have made all required contributions to each Pension Plan subject to Sections 412 or 430 of the Code, and no application for a funding waiver or an extension of any amortization period pursuant to Sections 412 or 430 of the Code has been made with respect to any Pension Plan, in each case except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.
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(ii) In each case except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, (a) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (b) no Pension Plan has any unfunded pension liability (i.e., excess of benefit liabilities over the current value of that Pension Plans assets, determined pursuant to the assumptions used for funding the Pension Plan for the applicable plan year in accordance with Section 430 of the Code); (c) neither Borrower nor any member of the ERISA Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan (other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA); (d) neither Borrower nor any member of the ERISA Group has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Section 4201 of ERISA, with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; (e) neither Borrower nor any member of the ERISA Group has received notice pursuant to Section 4242(a)(1)(b) of ERISA that a Multiemployer Plan is in reorganization and that additional contributions are due to the Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4243 of ERISA; and (f) neither Borrower nor any member of the ERISA Group has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
6.1.14 Environmental Matters . Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, each Loan Party is and has been in compliance in all material respects with applicable Environmental Laws.
6.1.15 Solvency . Before and immediately after giving effect to the initial advance of Loans hereunder, the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries are Solvent on a consolidated basis.
6.1.16 Anti- Terrorism Laws . (i) No Covered Entity is a Sanctioned Person; and (ii) no Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, (a) has any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (b) does business in or with, or derives any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, or (c) engages in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law.
7. CONDITIONS OF LENDING AND ISSUANCE OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
The obligation of each Lender to make Loans and of the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder is subject to the performance by each of the Loan Parties of its Obligations to be performed hereunder at or prior to the making of any such Loans or issuance of such Letters of Credit and to the satisfaction of the following further conditions:
7.1 First Loans and Letters of Credit .
7.1.1 Deliveries . On the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received each of the following in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:
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(i) A certificate of each of the Loan Parties signed by an Authorized Officer of such Loan Party, dated the Closing Date stating that (w) all representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects; provided , however , that to the extent any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Change, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects, (x) the Loan Parties are in compliance with each of the covenants and other conditions hereunder, (y) no Event of Default or Potential Default exists, and (z) no Material Adverse Change has occurred since the date of the last audited financial statements of the Borrower delivered to the Administrative Agent;
(ii) A certificate dated the Closing Date and signed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each of the Loan Parties, certifying as appropriate as to: (a) all action taken by each Loan Party in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (b) the names of the Authorized Officers authorized to sign the Loan Documents and their true signatures; and (c) copies of its organizational documents as in effect on the Closing Date certified by the appropriate state official where such documents are filed in a state office together with certificates from the appropriate state officials as to the continued existence and good standing of each Loan Party in each state where organized and in a state listed on Schedule 6.1.1 where such Loan Party maintains a principal place of business;
(iii) This Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents signed by an Authorized Officer and all appropriate financing statements and appropriate stock powers and certificates evidencing the pledged Collateral;
(iv) A written opinion of counsel for the Loan Parties, dated the Closing Date and as to the matters set forth in Schedule 7.1.1 ;
(v) Evidence that adequate insurance, including flood insurance, if applicable, required to be maintained under this Agreement is in full force and effect, with additional insured and lender loss payable special endorsements attached thereto in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its counsel naming the Collateral Agent as additional insured and lender loss payee;
(vi) A duly completed Compliance Certificate for the Loan Parties signed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower setting forth pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 8.2.14 [Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio] and 8.2.15 [Maximum Leverage Ratio] hereof as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower most recently ended prior to the Closing Date;
(vii) All material consents required to effectuate the transactions contemplated hereby, including all regulatory approvals and licenses, absent any legal or regulatory prohibitions or material restrictions;
(viii) Evidence that amendments to (or an amendment and restatement of) the Senior Notes (2017), the Private Shelf Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement have been entered into in form and substance consistent with the terms set forth herein;
(ix) Lien searches against the Loan Parties in acceptable scope and with acceptable results, showing no Liens other than Permitted Liens;
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(x) A financial forecast model for the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries;
(xi) Evidence that the indebtedness and obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement have been amended and restated and shall from and after the Closing Date be evidenced by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and
(xii) Such other documents in connection with such transactions as the Administrative Agent or said counsel may reasonably request.
7.1.2 Payment of Fees . The Borrower shall have paid all fees and expenses payable on or before the Closing Date as required by this Agreement, the Administrative Agents Letter or any other Loan Document.
7.2 Each Loan or Letter of Credit . At the time of making any Loans or issuing, extending or increasing any Letters of Credit and after giving effect to the proposed extensions of credit: (i) the representations, warranties of the Loan Parties shall then be true and correct in all material respects, provided , however , that to the extent any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Change, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects, (ii) no Event of Default or Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii) the making of the Loans or issuance, extension or increase of such Letter of Credit shall not contravene any Law applicable to any Loan Party or any of the Lenders; provided , however , that with respect to requests for Loans to which the Euro-Rate Option applies, the obligation of each Lender to make such Loans shall be governed by Section 4.4.2 [ Illegality; Increased Costs ], (iv) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a duly executed and completed Loan Request or to the Issuing Lender an application for a Letter of Credit, as the case may be, and (v) in the case of any Loan to be denominated in an Optional Currency, there shall not have occurred any change in national or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls which in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders would make it impracticable for such Loan to be denominated in the relevant Optional Currency.
8. COVENANTS
The Loan Parties, jointly and severally, covenant and agree that until Payment In Full, the Loan Parties shall comply at all times with the following covenants:
8.1 Affirmative Covenants .
8.1.1 Preservation of Existence, Etc . Each Loan Party shall maintain its legal existence as a corporation, partnership or limited liability company (or foreign equivalent thereof) and, except where the failure to do so would not be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change, its license or qualification and good standing in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or lease of property or the nature of its business makes such license or qualification necessary, except as otherwise expressly permitted in Section 8.2.6 [ Liquidations, Mergers, Etc. ].
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8.1.2 Payment of Liabilities, Including Taxes, Etc . Each Loan Party shall pay all 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 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 or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect thereto; provided , that no such Tax or claim need to be paid to the extent it is being contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (i) adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor, and (ii) 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 Loan Party shall file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries).
8.1.3 Maintenance of Insurance . Each Loan Party shall insure its material properties and assets against loss or damage by fire and such other insurable hazards as such assets are commonly insured (including fire, extended coverage, property damage, workers compensation, public liability and business interruption insurance) and against other risks (including errors and omissions) in such amounts as similar properties and assets are insured by prudent companies in similar circumstances carrying on similar businesses, and with reputable and financially sound insurers, including self-insurance to the extent customary, all as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. The Loan Parties shall comply with the covenants and provide the endorsement set forth on Schedule 8.1.3 relating to property and related insurance policies covering the Collateral.
8.1.4 Maintenance of Properties . Each Loan Party shall maintain in good repair, working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) in accordance with the general practice of other businesses of similar character and size, all of those material properties necessary to its business.
8.1.5 Visitation Rights . Each Loan Party shall permit any of the officers or authorized employees or representatives of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders to visit and inspect any of its properties and to examine and make excerpts from its books and records and discuss its business affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, all in such detail and at such times during normal business hours and as often as any of the Lenders may reasonably request; provided , that in the case of any meeting with any independent public accountants, representatives of the Loan Parties may be present; provided further , that in the absence of an Event of Default which has not been waived, no more than two such visits for the Lenders will be permitted in any fiscal year. The Lenders shall provide the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with reasonable notice prior to any visit or inspection and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate any visits made pursuant to this Section 8.1.5 so as to minimize inconvenience to the Loan Parties.
8.1.6 Keeping of Records and Books of Account . The Borrower shall maintain and keep proper books of record and account which enable the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries to issue financial statements in accordance with GAAP and as otherwise required by applicable Laws of any Official Body having jurisdiction over the Borrower, and in which full, true and correct entries shall be made in all material respects of all its dealings and business and financial affairs.
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8.1.7 Compliance with Laws; Use of Proceeds . Each Loan Party shall comply with all applicable Laws, including all Environmental Laws, in all material respects; provided that it shall not be deemed to be a violation of this Section 8.1.7 if any failure to comply with any Law would not result in fines, penalties, remediation costs, other similar liabilities or injunctive relief which in the aggregate would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change. The Loan Parties will use the Letters of Credit and the proceeds of the Loans only in accordance with Section 2.8 [ Use of Proceeds ] and as permitted by applicable Law.
8.1.8 Further Assurances . Each Loan Party shall, from time to time, at its expense, preserve and protect the Collateral Agents Lien on and Prior Security Interest in the Collateral whether now owned or hereafter acquired as a continuing first-priority perfected Lien, subject only to Permitted Liens ( provided , that the Loan Parties shall not be required to maintain a first-priority Lien under the UCC on any Specified Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) except as otherwise provided in the Security Agreement or any other Loan Document), and shall do such other acts and things as the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion may deem necessary or advisable from time to time in order to preserve, perfect and protect the Liens granted under the Loan Documents and to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies thereunder with respect to the Collateral.
8.1.9 Anti-Terrorism Laws ; International Trade Law Compliance . (a) No Covered Entity will become a Sanctioned Person, (b) no Covered Entity, either in its own right or through any third party, will (A) have any of its assets in a Sanctioned Country or in the possession, custody or control of a Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (B) do business in or with, or derive any of its income from investments in or transactions with, any Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law; (C) engage in any dealings or transactions prohibited by any Anti-Terrorism Law or (D) use the Loans or Letters of Credit to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in, or, make any payments to, a Sanctioned Country or Sanctioned Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Law, (c) the funds used to repay the Obligations will not be derived from any unlawful activity, (d) each Covered Entity shall comply with all Anti-Terrorism Laws, and (e) the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of a Reportable Compliance Event as provided in Section 8.3.4.9 [Notices] .
8.1.10 Keepwell. Each Qualified ECP Loan Party jointly and severally (together with each other Qualified ECP Loan Party) hereby absolutely unconditionally and irrevocably (a) guarantees the prompt payment and performance of all Swap Obligations owing by each Non-Qualifying Party (it being understood and agreed that this guarantee is a guaranty of payment and not of collection), and (b) undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by any Non-Qualifying Party to honor all of such Non-Qualifying Partys obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Loan Party shall only be liable under this Section 8.1.10 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred
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without rendering its obligations under this Section 8.1.10, or otherwise under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, voidable under applicable law, including applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Loan Party under this Section 8.1.10 shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the Obligations and termination of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Each Qualified ECP Loan Party intends that this Section 8.1.10 constitute, and this Section 8.1.10 shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a keepwell, support, or other agreement for the benefit of each other Loan Party for all purposes of Section 1a(18(A)(v)(II) of the CEA.
8.1.11 Additional Guarantors . If at any time subsequent to the Closing Date, the consolidated total assets of the Borrowers Domestic Subsidiaries which are not Loan Parties hereunder at such time of determination, exceed ten percent (10%) of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, the Loan Parties shall cause additional Domestic Subsidiaries (who are not currently Guarantors) to join this Agreement as a Guarantor by execution of a Guarantor Joinder and all such other documents as provided in Section 11.13 [Joinder of Loan Party] to the extent necessary to cause the consolidated total assets of the Borrowers Domestic Subsidiaries which are not Loan Parties to be less than ten percent (10%) of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. Such calculation shall be done quarterly and, if any additional Domestic Subsidiaries are required by this Section 8.1.11 to be joined as Guarantors, such information shall be reported to the Administrative Agent concurrent with the certification required under Section 8.3.3.
8.2 Negative Covenants .
8.2.1 Indebtedness . Each of the Loan Parties shall not at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) Indebtedness under the Loan Documents;
(ii) Existing Indebtedness as set forth on Schedule 8.2.1 , including extensions, renewals or Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided there is no increase in the amount thereof or other significant change in the terms thereof unless otherwise specified on Schedule 8.2.1 ;
(iii) Indebtedness with respect to Purchase Money Security Interests and capitalized leases as and to the extent permitted under clause (viii) or clause (xx) of the definition of Permitted Lien with respect to the aggregate amount of unpaid principal loans and deferred payments (including, without limitation, imputed principal under capitalized leases);
(iv) Any (A) Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (B) other Interest Rate Hedge approved by the Administrative Agent; (C) Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge or (D) other Indebtedness under any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product; provided , however , the Loan Parties shall enter into an Interest Rate Hedge or Foreign Currency Hedge only for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes;
(v) The Senior Notes (2017) in the aggregate principal amount of up to $175,000,000, all such Indebtedness being issued pursuant to the Private Shelf Agreement;
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(vi) Indebtedness of a Loan Party to another Loan Party which is subordinated pursuant to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement; and Indebtedness of a Loan Party to a Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party and which Indebtedness is subordinated on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(vii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien on real property, improvements to real property and fixtures permitted under clause (xix) of the definition of Permitted Liens;
(viii) Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted under clause (xx) of the definition of Permitted Liens with respect to Permitted Acquisitions;
(ix) Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Payment In Full of the Obligations on terms and conditions acceptable to Administrative Agent;
(x) Guaranties permitted under Section 8.2.3 [ Guaranties ];
(xi) Indebtedness for employer contributions to the ESOP not in excess of limitations set forth in Section 404 of the Code;
(xii) Indebtedness arising under Borrowers stock repurchase liability under the ESOP;
(xiii) unsecured Indebtedness that (a) matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled amortizations or other scheduled payments of principal prior to the Expiration Date, and (b) has terms and conditions, taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the Borrower than the terms and conditions of this Agreement; provided , however , that both immediately prior and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, (x) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (y) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 8.2.14 [ Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio ] and 8.2.15 [ Maximum Leverage Ratio ]; and
(xiv) other unsecured Indebtedness (in addition to and not subject to the limitations or conditions for any unsecured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clauses (i) through (xiii) above) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding , provided , however , that both immediately prior and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, (x) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (y) the Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 8.2.14 [ Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio ] and 8.2.15 [ Maximum Leverage Ratio ].
8.2.2 Liens; Lien Co v enants . Each of the Loan Parties shall not at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of its property or assets, tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired, or agree or become liable to do so, except Permitted Liens.
8.2.3 Guaranties . Each of the Loan Parties shall not at any time, directly or indirectly, become or be liable in respect of any Guaranty, or assume, guarantee, become surety for, endorse or otherwise agree, become or remain directly or contingently liable upon or with respect to any obligation or liability of any other Person, except for:
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(i) Guaranties of Indebtedness or any other obligations or liabilities of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries permitted hereunder;
(ii) Guaranties executed in connection with the Senior Notes (2017) or the ADS Mexicana Credit Facility;
(iii) Guaranties by any Loan Party of Indebtedness or any other obligations or liabilities owing by any Joint Venture in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $40,000,000 in any fiscal year; and
(iv) the Guaranties specified on Schedule 8.2.3 , including extensions, renewals or Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided there is no increase in the amount guaranteed or other significant change in the terms thereof.
8.2.4 Loans and Investments . Each of the Loan Parties shall not at any time make or suffer to exist any Investments, except:
(i) Trade credit extended on usual and customary terms in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) Advances to employees to meet expenses incurred by such employees in the ordinary course of business;
(iii) Permitted Investments;
(iv) Investments by Loan Parties in Persons other than Loan Parties outstanding on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 8.2.4 ;
(v) Additional Investments by Loan Parties in Persons (including Joint Ventures and Subsidiaries) other than Loan Parties in an aggregate amount by all of the Loan Parties not exceeding the greater of (x) $150,000,000, or (y) 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case outstanding at any time, and calculated after giving effect to Investments which are Permitted Acquisitions taken into consideration for purposes of determining compliance with this clause (v) pursuant to clause (xi) below;
(vi) Investments by Loan Parties in other Loan Parties;
(vii) Transfer of certain assets to Foreign Subsidiaries permitted by Section 8.2.7 [ Disposition of Assets or Subsidiaries ] in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate;
(viii) Investments in any interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor or other interest rate management instrument permitted under Section 8.2.1(iv);
(ix) Investments acquired by a Loan Party: (a) in exchange for any other investment held by such Loan Party in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other investment, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by such Loan Party with respect to any secured investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured investment in default;
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(x) Advances to a Foreign Subsidiary consisting of raw materials purchased for consumption or processing in the ordinary course of business and otherwise permitted by Section 8.2.8 [Affiliate Transactions];
(xi) Permitted Acquisitions and Investments in third Persons by any Person which are outstanding at the time such Person becomes a Loan Party as a result of a Permitted Acquisition, but not any increase in the amount of such loans and advances unless otherwise permitted by this Agreement; provided , however , that any Permitted Acquisition which involves the acquisition of the Capital Stock of a Person which is not joining this Agreement as a Loan Party as provided in Section 8.2.6.3(vi) [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions] , shall be taken into consideration in determining compliance with clause (v) above; and
(xii) Guaranties permitted by Section 8.2.3 [Guaranties].
8.2.5 Capital Distributions . Each of the Loan Parties shall not make any Capital Distribution of any nature (whether in cash, property, securities or otherwise), except as follows:
(i) any Loan Party may make a Capital Distribution to another Loan Party;
(ii) the Borrower may make Capital Distributions so long as, prior to and immediately after giving effect to the making of such Capital Distribution, no Potential Default or Event of Default has or will exist and be continuing and the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in Sections 8.2.14 [ Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio ] and 8.2.15 [ Maximum Leverage Ratio ]; and
(iii) the Borrower may make Capital Distributions to repurchase stock as required by the ESOP so long as, prior to and immediately after giving effect to the making of such Capital Distribution, no Potential Default or Event of Default has or will exist and be continuing; provided , however , that (i) if a Potential Default or Event of Default exists (or would exist immediately after giving effect to the making of such Capital Distribution), the Borrower may make Capital Distributions to the extent necessary in order to satisfy its payment requirements under Code Section 409(h)(5) and (6) with respect to put options (within the meaning of Section 409(h) of the Code) exercised by ESOP participants and their beneficiaries and (ii) any such Capital Distributions shall be made in cash only to the extent necessary to comply with said provisions of the Code.
8.2.6 Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions . Each of the Loan Parties shall not dissolve, liquidate or wind-up its affairs, or become a party to any merger or consolidation, or acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of any other Person, except:
8.2.6.1 any Loan Party (other than the Borrower) may consolidate or merge into another Loan Party;
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8.2.6.2 any Loan Party may (i) consolidate or merge with any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party, provided such Loan Party is the surviving entity and (ii) acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Borrower;
8.2.6.3 any Loan Party may acquire, whether by merger or by purchase, lease or otherwise, (a) not less than ninety percent (90%) of the equity interests of another Person or (b) all or substantially all of the assets of another Person or of a business or division of another Person (each, a Permitted Acquisition ), provided that each of the following requirements is met:
(i) if such Loan Party is acquiring the equity interests of such Person and such Person, upon the consummation of the Permitted Acquisition, will become a Domestic Subsidiary which is required to become a Guarantor in accordance with the requirements of Section 8.1.11 [Additional Guarantors] , such Person shall (x) execute a Guarantor Joinder and join this Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 11.13 [ Joinder of Loan Party ] within the timeframe set forth therein, and (y) grant Liens pursuant to the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and cause such Liens to be perfected in accordance with the terms of such Loan Documents and otherwise comply with Section 11.13 [ Joinder of Loan Party ] within the timeframe set forth therein;
(ii) the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person shall have approved such Permitted Acquisition and, if such Loan Party shall use any portion of the Loans to fund such Permitted Acquisition, the Loan Party also shall have delivered to the Lenders written evidence of the approval of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of such Person for such Permitted Acquisition;
(iii) the business or assets acquired, or the business conducted by the Person whose ownership interests are being acquired, as applicable, shall be reasonably related to as one or more line or lines of business conducted by the Loan Parties and shall comply with Section 8.2.10 [ Continuation of or Change in Business ];
(iv) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition;
(v) the Borrower shall demonstrate that it shall be in compliance with the covenants contained in Sections 8.2.14 [ Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio ] and 8.2.15 [ Maximum Leverage Ratio ] hereof immediately after giving effect to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (including for purposes of the calculation of such compliance, Indebtedness assumed or incurred in connection with such Permitted Acquisition (but excluding Indebtedness of the type excluded from being considered as Indebtedness under the definition of Leverage Ratio) and income earned or expenses incurred by such Person (or by such assets of such Person or by a business or division of such Person) acquired for the four fiscal quarter period most recently ending prior to the date of consummation of such Permitted Acquisition); and
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(vi) if such Loan Party is acquiring the Capital Stock of a Person which is not joining this Agreement as a Loan Party, after giving effect to such acquisition of such Person, the Loan Parties must be in compliance with Section 8.2.4(v) [Loans and Investments] .
8.2.7 Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries . Each of the Loan Parties shall not sell, convey, assign, lease, abandon or otherwise transfer or dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily, any of its properties or assets, tangible or intangible (including sale, assignment, discount or other disposition of accounts, contract rights, chattel paper, equipment or general intangibles with or without recourse or of capital stock, shares of beneficial interest, partnership interests or limited liability company interests of a Subsidiary of such Loan Party), except:
(i) transactions involving the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) any disposal of damaged, obsolete, worn out or surplus assets or any sale, transfer or lease of assets in the ordinary course of business which are no longer necessary or required in the conduct of such Loan Partys business;
(iii) any sale, transfer or lease of assets by any Loan Party to another Loan Party;
(iv) any sale, transfer or lease of assets in the ordinary course of business;
(v) any disposition of real property to a governmental authority;
(vi) the abandonment, cancellation or other disposition of intellectual property that is not material or is no longer used or useful in any material respect in the operation of the Loan Parties;
(vii) the sale or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, of overdue accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);
(viii) any sale, transfer or other disposition of equipment to a Foreign Subsidiary which equipment is not being used or necessary in the operations of a Loan Party in the good faith reasonable judgment of such Loan Party;
(ix) the disposition of Capital Stock, partnership interests or limited liability company interests of a Subsidiary of such Loan Party in a transaction permitted under Section 8.2.6; or
(x) any sale, transfer or lease of assets, other than those specifically excepted pursuant to clauses (i) through (ix) above, so long as (a) such disposition is for not less than fair market value, (b) the aggregate book value of such assets sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of in any fiscal year (other than those specifically excepted pursuant to
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clauses (i) through (ix) above) does not exceed 10% of the total consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year, and (c) the aggregate book value of such assets sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of after the date of this Agreement (other than those specifically excepted pursuant to clauses (i) through (ix) above) does not exceed 30% of the total consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year.
8.2.8 Affiliate Transactions . Each of the Loan Parties shall not enter into or carry out any transaction with any Affiliate of any Loan Party (including purchasing property or services from or selling property or services to any Affiliate of any Loan Party or other Person) unless such transaction is not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement (including any intercompany transaction expressly permitted under this Agreement), is entered into in the ordinary course of business upon fair and reasonable arms-length terms and conditions and is in accordance with all applicable Law.
8.2.9 Subsidiaries and Partnerships . Each of the Loan Parties (A) as of the Closing Date, shall not own directly or indirectly any Subsidiaries other than (i) Domestic Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date as disclosed on Schedule 6.1.2 and (ii) Foreign Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date and (B) after the Closing Date shall not (i) form any Foreign Subsidiary, other than with investments as permitted by Section 8.2.4 [ Loans and Investments ], (ii) acquire any Foreign Subsidiary other than as permitted under Section 8.2.4 [ Loans and Investments ] or Section 8.2.6 [ Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions ], (iii) acquire any Domestic Subsidiary, other than as permitted under Section 8.2.6 [ Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions ] and in full compliance with the provisions of Section 8.1.11 [Additional Guarantors] , or (iv) form any Domestic Subsidiary unless the Loan Parties are in full compliance with the provisions of Section 8.1.11 [Additional Guarantors] .
8.2.10 Continuation of or Change in Business . Each of the Loan Parties shall not engage in any business other than the manufacture, sale and distribution of corrugated polyethylene, polypropylene and concrete pipe, storm and septic chambers, drainage structures and other related water drainage and water filtration products, and businesses which are related, supplemental or complementary thereto, including the processing, sale and distribution of recycled plastic resin. Each Foreign Holding Company shall not engage in any business or operations or acquire any assets or incur any liabilities other than: (i) holding the ownership interests of one or more CFCs, and (ii) such other activities as are required or prudent in connection with the maintenance of good standing and administration of such Loan Party.
8.2.11 Fiscal Year . The Borrower shall not change its fiscal year from the twelve-month period beginning April 1 st and ending March 31 st .
8.2.12 Issuance of Stock . Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries whose equity interests are pledged pursuant to the requirements of the Pledge Agreement to, issue any additional shares of its Capital Stock or any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof to the extent that the such issued shares, options, warrants and other rights are required to be Collateral, unless such shares, options, warrants and other rights are pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement and only to the extent required by Section 8.2.9 [ Subsidiaries and Partnerships ]; provided , however , the foregoing restriction shall not apply to the issuance of additional shares of Capital Stock of the Borrower, or options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof.
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8.2.13 Changes in Organizational Documents . Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary which has Capital Stock of such Subsidiary pledged as Collateral to, amend in any respect its certificate of incorporation (including any provisions or resolutions relating to Capital Stock), by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents which change would be reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the Lenders, without obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.
8.2.14 Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio . The Loan Parties shall not permit the ratio of Consolidated EBITDAE to consolidated interest expense payable during such period of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended (or, if such date of determination is not a fiscal quarter end, most recently ended), to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
8.2.15 Maximum Leverage Ratio . The Loan Parties shall not permit the Leverage Ratio, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended (or, if such date of determination is not a fiscal quarter end, most recently ended) to exceed 4.00 to 1.00; provided , however , that with respect to any Permitted Acquisition(s) for which the aggregate consideration is $100,000,000 or greater, the Leverage Ratio at the time of such Permitted Acquisition(s) shall not exceed 4.25 to 1.00 as of the date such Permitted Acquisition(s) is consummated (including, without limitation, for purposes of Section 8.2.6.3(v)) and continuing for a period of four fiscal quarters following such Permitted Acquisition(s) (such period of time being an Increased Leverage Ratio Period ); and provided , further , that there shall be at least one fiscal quarter in which the Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.00 to 1.00 between any two Increased Leverage Ratio Periods.
8.2.16 Most Favored Lender . The Loan Parties covenants that if, on any date, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary enters into, assumes or otherwise becomes bound or obligated under the Senior Notes (2017) or any related agreements that contain, or amends the agreement with respect to the Senior Notes (2017) to contain or amend, one or more additional affirmative covenants or additional negative covenants, or the definition related thereto, or any additional or amended events of default, then on such date the terms of this Agreement shall, without any further action on the part of the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, be deemed to be amended automatically to include each additional covenant and each event of default contained in such agreement, and the Loan Parties shall provide prompt written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of such event. The Loan Parties further covenant, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, to promptly execute and deliver at the Borrowers expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders evidencing the amendment of this Agreement to include such additional covenants and additional events of default, provided that the execution and delivery of such amendment shall not be a precondition to the effectiveness of such amendment as provided for in this Section 8.2.16 [ Most Favored Lender ], but shall merely be for the convenience of the parties hereto; provided that , upon the subsequent elimination of such additional covenant or additional
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event of default under the Senior Notes (2017), as the case may be, and the Borrower providing notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the same shall be deemed eliminated hereunder if (i) no Potential Default or Event of Default then exists, (ii) such elimination of such additional covenant or additional event of default shall not make this Agreement any less restrictive with respect to the Loan Parties than as in effect on the date of this Agreement, as amended by any other amendments hereto, other than as a result of such additional covenant or additional event of default and (iii) if any fee or other compensation is paid to any person in respect of such elimination of such additional covenant or additional event of default, the Borrower shall pay each Lender such fee or compensation on a ratable basis relative to the then outstanding aggregate principal amounts of the Notes. The Loan Parties further covenant to promptly execute and deliver at their expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Administrative Agent) an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders evidencing (x) the amendment of this Agreement to include such additional covenants and additional events of default, or (y) the elimination of such additional covenants and additional events of default, as applicable, provided that the execution and delivery of such amendment shall not be a precondition to the effectiveness of such amendment as provided for in this Section 8.2.16 [ Most Favored Lender ], but shall merely be for the convenience of the parties hereto.
8.2.17 Limitation on Negative Pledges. Each of the Loan Parties shall not enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of such Loan Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations, other than (a) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Private Shelf Agreement and related documents (b) imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with a disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of any Subsidiary, (c) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or capital lease obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (d) customary provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement or operating lease agreement (in which a Loan Party is the licensee or lessee) with respect to a contract entered into by a Loan Party in the ordinary course of business and (e) customary provisions restricting subletting, sublicensing or assignment of any intellectual property license or any lease governing any leasehold interests of a Loan Party.
8.3 Reporting Requirements . The Loan Parties will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent for prompt distribution to the Lenders:
8.3.1 Quarterly Financial Statements . Within forty-five (45) calendar days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each fiscal year, a Form 10-Q, financial statements of the Borrower, consisting of a consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal quarter and related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the fiscal quarter then ended and the fiscal year through that date, all in reasonable detail and certified (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the addition of footnotes) by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, and setting forth in comparative form the respective financial statements for the corresponding date and period in the previous fiscal year.
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8.3.2 Annual Financial Statements . Within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a Form 10-K, financial statements of the Borrower consisting of a consolidated balance sheet as of the end of such fiscal year, and related consolidated statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows for the fiscal year then ended, all in reasonable detail and setting forth in comparative form the financial statements as of the end of and for the preceding fiscal year, and certified by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. The certificate or report of accountants shall be free of qualifications (other than any consistency qualification that may result from a change in the method used to prepare the financial statements as to which such accountants concur).
8.3.3 Certificate of the Borrower . Within fifteen (15) days of delivery of the financial statements of the Borrower furnished to the Administrative Agent and to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.3.1 [ Quarterly Financial Statements ] and concurrently with the financial statements of the Borrower furnished to the Administrative Agent and to the Lenders pursuant to Section 8.3.2 [ Annual Financial Statements ], a certificate (each a Compliance Certificat e) of the Borrower signed by an Authorized Officer of the Borrower, in the form of Exhibit 8.3.3 .
8.3.4 Notices .
8.3.4.1 Default . Promptly after any Authorized Officer or the general counsel of any Loan Party has learned of the occurrence of an Event of Default or Potential Default, a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Potential Default and the action which such Loan Party proposes to take with respect thereto.
8.3.4.2 Litigation . Promptly after the commencement thereof, notice of all actions, suits, proceedings or investigations before or by any Official Body or other Person against any Loan Party or any Subsidiary which if adversely determined to the Loan Party or such Subsidiary would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.
8.3.4.3 Proceedings of Official Bodies . Promptly upon the occurrence or receipt of any of the following, notice of (i) any citation, summons, subpoena, order to show cause or other order naming any Loan Party or any Subsidiary a party in any proceeding before any Official Body, (ii) any lapse or other termination of any license, permit, franchise or other authorization issued to any Loan Party or any Subsidiary by any Official Body, (iii) any refusal by any Official Body to renew or extend any such license, permit, franchise or other authorization, or (iv) any dispute between any Loan Party or any Subsidiary and any Official Body or Person; provided , however , that notices with respect to each of the above shall be required only in if the event giving rise to such notice would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.
8.3.4.4 Erroneous Financial Information . Promptly in the event that the Authorized Officers of Borrower conclude or have been advised by its accountants that any previously issued financial statement, audit report or interim review should no longer be relied upon or that disclosure should be made or action should be taken to prevent future reliance.
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8.3.4.5 ERISA Event . Promptly upon the occurrence of any ERISA Event which would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change.
8.3.4.6 Annual Budget; Projected Financial Statements . By June 1st of each year, a projected balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement for each fiscal quarter of the fiscal year beginning April 1st of such year.
8.3.4.7 [Reserved].
8.3.4.8 Noteholder Notices . Simultaneously with the transmission thereof, copies of all notices, reports, financial statements or other communications given to the Senior Noteholders (2017) excluding routine account statements and payment information.
8.3.4.9 Reportable Compliance Event . Within five (5) Business Days following the occurrence of a Reportable Compliance Event.
8.3.4.10 SEC Forms . Promptly after the filing thereof, copies of Forms 10-K and 10-Q filed by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
8.3.4.11 Other Information . Such other reports and information as any of the Required Lenders may from time to time reasonably request.
9. DEFAULT
9.1 Events of Default . An Event of Default shall mean the occurrence or existence of any one or more of the following events or conditions (whatever the reason therefor and whether voluntary, involuntary or effected by operation of Law):
9.1.1 Payments Under Loan Documents . The Borrower shall (i) fail to pay any principal of any Loan (including scheduled installments, mandatory prepayments or the payment due at maturity) or any Reimbursement Obligation or Letter of Credit Borrowing on the date on which such principal or Reimbursement Obligation or Letter of Credit Borrowing becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof, or (ii) fail to pay any interest on any Loan, Reimbursement Obligation or Letter of Credit Borrowing or other amount owing hereunder or under the other Loan Documents within three (3) Business Days after the date on which such amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof;
9.1.2 Breach of Warranty . Any representation or warranty made at any time by any of the Loan Parties herein or by any of the Loan Parties in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, other instrument or statement furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof or thereof, shall prove to have been false or misleading in any material respect as of the time it was made or furnished;
9.1.3 Anti-Terrorism Laws. Any representation or warranty contained in Section 6.1.16 [Anti-Terrorism Laws] is or becomes false or misleading at any time;
9.1.4 Breach of Negative Covenants, Visitation Rights or Anti-Terrorism Laws . Any of the Loan Parties shall default in the observance or performance of any covenant contained in Section 8.1.5 [ Visitation Rights ], Section 8.1.9 [Anti-Terrorism Laws; International Trade Law Compliance] or Section 8.2 [ Negative Covenants ];
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9.1.5 Breach of Other Covenants . Any of the Loan Parties shall default in the observance or performance of any other covenant, condition or provision hereof or of any other Loan Document to which it is a party and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of: (i) actual knowledge thereof by an Authorized Officer of a Loan Party thereof and (ii) notice thereof from the Administrative Agent;
9.1.6 Defaults in Other Agreements or Indebtedness . A default or event of default shall occur at any time under the terms of any other agreement involving borrowed money or the extension of credit or any other Indebtedness under which any Loan Party may be obligated as a borrower or guarantor in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate, and such breach, default or event of default consists of the failure to pay (beyond any period of grace permitted with respect thereto, whether waived or not) any Indebtedness when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) or if such breach or default permits or causes the acceleration of any Indebtedness (whether or not such right shall have been waived) or the termination of any commitment to lend;
9.1.7 Final Judgments or Orders . Any final judgments or orders for the payment of money in excess of $75,000,000 in the aggregate (to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) shall be entered against any Loan Party by a court having jurisdiction in the premises, which judgment is not discharged, vacated, bonded or stayed pending appeal within a period of sixty (60) days from the date of entry;
9.1.8 Loan Document Unenforceable . Any of the Loan Documents shall cease to be legal, valid and binding agreements enforceable against the party executing the same or such partys successors and assigns (as permitted under the Loan Documents) in accordance with the respective terms thereof or shall in any way be terminated (except in accordance with its terms), or shall in any way be challenged or contested by any Loan Party or, except as the result of actions or failures to take action within the control of the Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender, cease to give or provide the respective remedies, powers or privileges intended to be created thereby;
9.1.9 Events Relating to Pension Plans and Multiemployer Plans . An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change , or Borrower or any member of the ERISA Group fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan, which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Change ;
9.1.10 Change of Control . A Change of Control shall occur.
9.1.11 Liquidity Event . A Liquidity Event, as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, shall have occurred and not been waived by the parties to the Intercreditor Agreement; or
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9.1.12 Relief Proceedings . (i) A Relief Proceeding shall have been instituted against any Loan Party and such Relief Proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed and in effect for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days or such court shall enter a decree or order granting any of the relief sought in such Relief Proceeding, or (ii) any Loan Party institutes, or takes any action in furtherance of, a Relief Proceeding, or (iii) any Loan Party admits in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, or (iv) the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries cease to be solvent on a consolidated basis.
9.2 Consequences of Event of Default .
9.2.1 Events of Default Other Than Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings . If an Event of Default specified under Sections 9.1.1 [ Payments Under Loan Documents ] through 9.1.11 [ Liquidity Event ] shall occur and be continuing, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be under no further obligation to make Loans and the Issuing Lender shall be under no obligation to issue Letters of Credit and the Administrative Agent may, and upon the request of the Required Lenders, shall (i) by written notice to the Borrower, declare the unpaid principal amount of the Notes then outstanding and all interest accrued thereon, any unpaid fees and all other Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder and thereunder to be forthwith due and payable, and the same shall thereupon become and be immediately due and payable to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of each Lender without presentment, demand, protest or any other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and (ii) require the Borrower to, and the Borrower shall thereupon, deposit in a non-interest-bearing account with the Administrative Agent, as cash collateral for its Obligations under the Loan Documents, an amount equal to the maximum amount currently or at any time thereafter available to be drawn on all outstanding Letters of Credit, and the Borrower hereby pledges to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and grants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a security interest in, all such cash as security for such Obligations; and
9.2.2 Bankruptcy, Insolvency or Reorganization Proceedings . If an Event of Default specified under Section 9.1.12 [ Relief Proceedings ] shall occur, the Lenders shall be under no further obligations to make Loans hereunder and the Issuing Lender shall be under no obligation to issue Letters of Credit and the unpaid principal amount of the Loans then outstanding and all interest accrued thereon, any unpaid fees and all other Indebtedness of the Borrower to the Lenders hereunder and thereunder shall be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived; and
9.2.3 Set-off . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, the Issuing Lender, and each of their respective Affiliates and any participant of such Lender or Affiliate which has agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of Section 5.3 [ Sharing of Payments ] is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Lender, the Issuing Lender or any such Affiliate or participant to or for the credit or the account of any Loan Party against any and all of the Obligations of such Loan Party now
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or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender, the Issuing Lender, Affiliate or participant, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, Issuing Lender, Affiliate or participant shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations of the Borrower or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch or office of such Lender or the Issuing Lender different from the branch or office holding such deposit or obligated on such Indebtedness. The rights of each Lender, the Issuing Lender and their respective Affiliates and participants under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, the Issuing Lender or their respective Affiliates and participants may have. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender agrees to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application; and
9.2.4 Enforcement of Rights and Remedies. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Section 9.2 for the benefit of all the Creditors (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) including the Lenders and the Issuing Lender; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) the Issuing Lender or the Swing Loan Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as the Issuing Lender or Swing Loan Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 9.2.3 (subject to the terms of Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] ), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Insolvency Proceeding; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.2.4, subject to subclause (ii) hereof, and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 5.3 [Sharing of Payments by Lenders] ), any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders; and
9.2.5 Application of Proceeds . From and after the date on which the Administrative Agent has taken any action pursuant to this Section 9.2 and until Payment In Full, any and all proceeds received by the Administrative Agent from any sale or other disposition of the Collateral, or any part thereof, or the exercise of any other remedy by the Administrative Agent, shall be, subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, applied as follows:
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(i) first, to reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements, including reasonable attorneys and paralegals fees and legal expenses, incurred by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in connection with realizing on the Collateral or collection of any Obligations of any of the Loan Parties under any of the Loan Documents, including advances made by the Lenders or any one of them or the Administrative Agent for the reasonable maintenance, preservation, protection or enforcement of, or realization upon, the Collateral, including advances for taxes, insurance, repairs and the like and reasonable expenses incurred to sell or otherwise realize on, or prepare for sale or other realization on, any of the Collateral;
(ii) second, to the repayment of all Obligations then due and unpaid of the Loan Parties to the Lenders or their Affiliates incurred under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or agreements evidencing any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, whether of principal, interest, fees, expenses or otherwise and to cash collateralize the Letter of Credit Obligations, ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts payable to them with respect to such Obligations; and
(iii) the balance, if any, as required by Law.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 9.2.4, no Swap Obligations of any Non-Qualifying Party shall be paid with amounts received from such Non-Qualifying Party under its Guaranty Agreement (including sums received as a result of the exercise of remedies with respect to such Guaranty Agreement) or from the proceeds of such Non-Qualifying Partys Collateral if such Swap Obligations would constitute Excluded Hedge Liabilities; provided, however, that to the extent possible appropriate adjustments shall be made with respect to payments and/or the proceeds of Collateral from other Loan Parties that are Eligible Contract Participants with respect to such Swap Obligations to preserve the allocation to Obligations otherwise set forth above in this Section 9.2.4.
10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
10.1 Appointment and Authority . Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereby irrevocably appoints PNC to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms and the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Section 10 [ The Administrative Agent ] are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, and neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.
10.2 Rights as a Lender . The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term Lender or Lenders shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.
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10.3 Exculpatory Provisions . The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:
(i) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Potential Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(ii) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Law; and
(iii) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.
The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.1 [ Modifications, Amendments or Waivers ] and 9.2 [ Consequences of Event of Default ]) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Potential Default or Event of Default unless and until notice describing such Potential Default or Event of Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or the Issuing Lender.
The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Potential Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Section 7 [ Conditions of Lending and Issuance of Letters of Credit ] or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.
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10.4 Reliance by Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or the Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or the Issuing Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or the Issuing Lender prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.
10.5 Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Section 10 shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.
10.6 Resignation of Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Lender and the Borrower. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right (with approval from the Borrower so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), to appoint a successor, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Disqualified Person. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender, appoint a successor Administrative Agent; provided that in no event shall any such successor Administrative Agent be a Disqualified Person; provided further that if the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Lender under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (ii) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the Issuing Lender directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section 10.6. Upon the acceptance of a successors appointment as
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Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agents resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Section 10 and Section 11.3 [ Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver ] shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.
If PNC resigns as Administrative Agent under this Section 10.6, PNC shall also resign as an Issuing Lender. Upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall (i) succeed to all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of PNC as the retiring Issuing Lender and Administrative Agent and PNC shall be discharged from all of its respective duties and obligations as Issuing Lender and Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents, and (ii) issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit issued by PNC, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangement satisfactory to PNC to effectively assume the obligations of PNC with respect to such Letters of Credit.
10.7 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender and the Issuing Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and the Issuing Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.
10.8 No Other Duties, Etc . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Co-Syndication Agents, Documentation Agents, Joint Bookrunners, or Joint Lead Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or the Issuing Lender hereunder.
10.9 Administrative Agent s Fee . The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent a nonrefundable fee (the Administrative Agent s Fee ) under the terms of a letter (the Administrative Agent s Letter ) between the Borrower and Administrative Agent, as amended from time to time.
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10.10 Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors . The Lenders and Issuing Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent to release (i) any Collateral consisting of assets or equity interests sold or otherwise disposed of in a sale or other disposition or transfer permitted under Section 8.2.7 [ Disposition of Assets or Subsidiaries ] or 8.2.6 [ Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions ], and (ii) any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty Agreement if the ownership interests in such Guarantor are sold or otherwise disposed of or transferred to persons other than Loan Parties or Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties in a transaction permitted under Section 8.2.7 [ Disposition of Assets or Subsidiaries ] or 8.2.6 [ Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions ].
10.11 No Reliance on Administrative Agent s Customer Identification Program . Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that neither such Lender, nor any of its Affiliates, participants or assignees, may rely on the Administrative Agent to carry out such Lenders, Affiliates, participants or assignees customer identification program, or other obligations required or imposed under or pursuant to the USA Patriot Act or the regulations thereunder, including the regulations contained in 31 CFR 103.121 (as hereafter amended or replaced, the CIP Regulations ), or any other Anti-Terrorism Law, including any programs involving any of the following items relating to or in connection with any of the Loan Parties, their Affiliates or their agents, the Loan Documents or the transactions hereunder or contemplated hereby: (i) any identity verification procedures, (ii) any recordkeeping, (iii) comparisons with government lists, (iv) customer notices or (v) other procedures required under the CIP Regulations or such other Laws.
10.12 Right of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent to Realize on Collateral and Enforce Guaranties . Anything contained in any of the Loan Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, each of the Borrower, each Loan Party, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Lender and the Issuing Lender hereby agree that (i) no Lender or Issuing Lender shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any of the Collateral Documents, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies hereunder may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Lender in accordance with the terms hereof and of the other Loan Documents, all powers, rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents may be exercised solely by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, and (ii) subject to the terms and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, in the event of a foreclosure by the Collateral Agent on any of the Collateral pursuant to a public or private sale or other disposition, the Collateral Agent or any Lender may be the purchaser or licensor of any or all of such Collateral at any such sale or other disposition and the Collateral Agent, as agent for and representative of the Lenders (but not any Lender or Lenders in its or their respective individual capacities unless Required 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 the Collateral Agent at such sale or other disposition.
10.13 Understandings and Authorizations with respect to the Intercreditor Agreement . Each Lender agrees that it will be bound by, and shall take no actions contrary to (and shall take all actions required by), the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement as well as the Collateral Documents and hereby authorizes (i) the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf, and (ii) the Collateral Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement as well as the Collateral Documents on its behalf and to act on its behalf to the extent set forth in
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the Intercreditor Agreement as well as the Collateral Documents. The Lenders acknowledge the Intercreditor Agreement provides for the allocation of proceeds of and value of the Collateral among the Senior Secured Obligations as set forth therein and contains limits on the ability of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to take remedial actions with respect to the Collateral. The Lenders acknowledge that the Secured Obligations are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis to the extent set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. By its execution of this Agreement, each Lender agrees to cause each Affiliate of such Lender which enters into a Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product to comply with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, and the parties to the Intercreditor Agreement shall be third party beneficiaries with respect to such agreement of the Lenders.
11. MISCELLANEOUS
11.1 Modifications, Amendments or Waivers . With the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of all the Lenders, and the Borrower, on behalf of the Loan Parties, may from time to time enter into written agreements amending or changing any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the rights of the Lenders or the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder, or may grant written waivers or consents hereunder or thereunder. Any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such written consent shall be effective to bind all the Lenders and the Loan Parties; provided , that no such agreement, waiver or consent may be made which will:
11.1.1 Increase of Commitment . Increase the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender hereunder without the consent of such Lender;
11.1.2 Extension of Payment; Reduction of Principal Interest or Fees; Modification of Terms of Payment . Whether or not any Loans are outstanding, extend the Expiration Date or the time for payment of principal or interest of any Loan (excluding the due date of any mandatory prepayment of a Loan), the Commitment Fee or any other fee payable to any Lender, or reduce the principal amount of or the rate of interest borne by any Loan (other than as a result of waiving the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) or reduce the Commitment Fee or any other fee payable to any Lender, without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;
11.1.3 Release of Collateral or Guarantor . Except for sales of assets permitted by Section 8.2.7 [ Disposition of Assets or Subsidiaries ] or releases permitted under Section 10.10 [ Authorization to Release Collateral and Guarantors ], release all or substantially all of the Collateral or any Guarantor from its Obligations under the Guaranty Agreement without the consent of all Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders);
11.1.4 Change of Control . Waive a Potential Default or Event of Default under Section 9.1.10 [ Change of Control ] without the consent of Lenders whose Ratable Shares exceed 85% as determined pursuant to the definition of Ratable Share (other than Defaulting Lenders); or
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11.1.5 Miscellaneous . Amend the definition of Optional Currency or Section 2.11.2(iii) [Requests for Additional Optional Currencies] , Section 5.2 [ Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders ], Section 10.3 [ Exculpatory Provisions, Etc. ] or Section 5.3 [ Sharing of Payments by Lenders ] or this Section 11.1, alter any provision regarding the pro rata treatment of the Lenders or requiring all Lenders to authorize the taking of any action or reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, in each case without the consent of all of the Lenders (other than Defaulting Lenders);
provided that :
(A) no agreement, waiver or consent which would modify the interests, rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, or the Swing Loan Lender may be made without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Swing Loan Lender, as applicable;
(B) if in connection with any proposed waiver, amendment or modification referred to in Sections 11.1.1 [ Increase of Commitment ] through 11.1.5 [ Miscellaneous ] above, the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (each a Non-Consenting Lender ), then the Borrower shall have the right to replace any such Non-Consenting Lender with one or more replacement Lenders pursuant to Section 5.6.2 [ Replacement of a Lender ];
(C) Anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement notwithstanding, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender may be effected with the consent of the applicable Lenders other than Defaulting Lenders), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender, and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender that by its terms affects any Defaulting Lender disproportionately adversely relative to other affected Lenders shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;
(D) The Administrative Agent and the Loan Parties shall be permitted to amend any provision of any Loan Document (and such amendment shall become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to any Loan Document) if the Administrative Agent and the Borrower shall have jointly identified an obvious error or any error or omission of a technical or immaterial nature in any such provision; and
(E) The Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time request an extension (each, an Extension ) of the maturity date of any Borrowing Tranche of Loans and Commitments to the extended maturity date specified in such notice. Such notice shall (i) set forth the amount of the applicable Borrowing Tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments that will be subject to the Extension, (ii) set forth the date on which such Extension is requested to become effective (which shall be not less than ten (10) Business Days nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of such Extension notice (or such longer or shorter periods as the Administrative Agent shall agree in its sole discretion)) and (iii) identify the relevant Borrowing Tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments to which such Extension relates. Each Lender of the applicable Borrowing Tranche shall be offered (an
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Extension Offer ) an opportunity to participate in such Extension on a pro rata basis and on the same terms and conditions as each other Lender of such Borrowing Tranche pursuant to procedures established by, or reasonably acceptable to, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. If the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which Lenders shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Commitments subject to the Extension Offer as set forth in the Extension notice, then the Revolving Credit Commitments of Lenders of the applicable Borrowing Tranche shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts with respect to which such Lenders have accepted such Extension Offer.
(i) The following shall be conditions precedent to the effectiveness of any Extension: (a) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing immediately prior to and immediately after giving effect to such Extension, (b) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.1 [Representations and Warranties] and in each other Loan Document shall be deemed to be made and shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the effective date of such Extension, (c) the Issuing Lender and the Swing Loan Lender shall have consented to any Extension of the Revolving Credit Commitments, to the extent that such Extension provides for the issuance or extension of Letters of Credit or making of Swing Loans at any time during the extended period and (d) the terms of such extended Revolving Credit Commitments (each an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment ) shall comply with paragraph (ii) of this Section 11.1.5(E) below.
(ii) The terms of each Extension shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable extending Lenders and set forth in an Extension Amendment; provided that (a) the final maturity date of any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall be no earlier than the Expiration Date, (b) there shall be no scheduled amortization of the loans or reductions of commitments under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, (c) the extended Revolving Loans made pursuant to an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (each an Extended Revolving Credit Loan ) will rank pari passu in right of payment and with respect to security with the existing Revolving Credit Loans and the borrower and guarantors of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the same as the Borrower and Guarantors with respect to the existing Revolving Credit Loans, (d) the interest rate margin, rate floors, fees, original issue discount and premium applicable to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment (and the Extended Revolving Credit Loans thereunder) shall be determined by the Borrower and the applicable extending Lenders, (e) borrowing and prepayment of Extended Revolving Loans, or reductions of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, and participation in Letters of Credit and Swing Loans, shall be on a pro rata basis with the other Revolving Credit Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments (other than upon the maturity of the non-extended Revolving Credit Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments) and (f) the terms of the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be substantially identical to the terms set forth in this Agreement (except as set forth in clauses (a) through (e) above).
(iii) In connection with any Extension, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each applicable extending Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Extension Amendment and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Extension. The Administrative
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Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Extension. Any Extension Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lender, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to implement the terms of any such Extension, including any amendments necessary to establish Extended Revolving Credit Commitments as a new tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments, and such other technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in connection with the establishment of such new tranche (including to preserve the pro rata treatment of the extended and non-extended tranches and to provide for the reallocation of exposure upon the expiration or termination of the commitments under any tranche), in each case on terms consistent with this section.
11.2 No Implied Waivers; Cumulative Remedies . No course of dealing and no delay or failure of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power, remedy or privilege under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any other or future exercise thereof or operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any further exercise thereof or of any other right, power, remedy or privilege. The enumeration of the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders set forth in this Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any right or remedy shall not preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies (subject to Section 9.2.4 [ Enforcement of Rights and Remedies ] of this Agreement), all of which shall be cumulative, and shall be in addition to any other right or remedy given hereunder or under the other Loan Documents or that may now or hereafter exist at law or in equity or by suit or otherwise. No reasonable delay or failure to take action on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege or shall be construed to be a waiver of any Event of Default.
11.3 Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver .
11.3.1 Costs and Expenses . The Borrower shall pay (i) all out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent but not including counsel for any other Lenders), and shall pay all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Issuing Lender in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, (iii) all documented out of pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender (including the invoiced reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender), and shall pay all reasonable invoiced fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (a) in connection with this
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Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (b) in connection with the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all such out of pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit, and (iv) all reasonable invoiced out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agents regular employees and agents engaged periodically to perform audits of the Loan Parties books, records and business properties.
11.3.2 Indemnification by the Borrower . The Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and the Issuing Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an Indemnitee ) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance or nonperformance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby ( provided that only the reasonable invoiced fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent shall be indemnified under this clause (i)), (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by the Issuing Lender to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) breach of representations, warranties or covenants of the Borrower under the Loan Documents, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, including any such items or losses relating to or arising under Environmental Laws or pertaining to environmental matters, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or such Indemnitees Subsidiaries or the officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives of such Indemnitee or its Subsidiaries, or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrower or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach of such Indemnitees obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrower or such Loan Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 11.3.2 [ Indemnification by the Borrower ] shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.
11.3.3 Reimbursement by Lenders . To the extent that the Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under Sections 11.3.1 [ Costs and Expenses ] or 11.3.2 [ Indemnification by the Borrower ] to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), the Issuing Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), the Issuing Lender
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or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lenders Ratable Share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount, provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or the Issuing Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or Issuing Lender in connection with such capacity.
11.3.4 Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Borrower shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in Section 11.3.2 [ Indemnification by Borrower ] shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
11.3.5 Payments . All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) days after demand therefor.
11.4 Holidays . Whenever payment of a Loan to be made or taken hereunder shall be due on a day which is not a Business Day such payment shall be due on the next Business Day (except as provided in Section 4.2 [ Interest Periods ]) and such extension of time shall be included in computing interest and fees, except that the Loans shall be due on the Business Day preceding the Expiration Date if the Expiration Date is not a Business Day. Whenever any payment or action to be made or taken hereunder (other than payment of the Loans) shall be stated to be due on a day which is not a Business Day, such payment or action shall be made or taken on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall not be included in computing interest or fees, if any, in connection with such payment or action.
11.5 Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication .
11.5.1 Notices Generally . Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in Section 11.5.2 [ Electronic Communications ]), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopier (i) if to a Lender, to it at its address set forth in its administrative questionnaire, or (ii) if to any other Person, to it at its address set forth on Schedule 1.1(B) .
Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 11.5.2 [ Electronic Communications ], shall be effective as provided in such Section.
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11.5.2 Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or the Issuing Lender if such Lender or the Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications. Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) 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, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.
11.5.3 Change of Address, Etc . Any party hereto may change its address, e mail address or telecopier number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.
11.6 Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
11.7 Duration; Survival . All representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained herein or made in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the completion of the transactions hereunder and Payment In Full. All covenants and agreements of the Borrower contained herein relating to the payment of principal, interest, premiums, additional compensation or expenses and indemnification, including those set forth in the Notes, Section 5 [ Payments ] and Section 11.3 [ Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver ], shall survive Payment In Full. All other covenants and agreements of the Loan Parties shall continue in full force and effect from and after the date hereof and until Payment In Full.
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11.8 Successors and Assigns .
11.8.1 Successors and Assigns Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.8.2 [ Assignments by Lenders ], (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.8.4 [ Participations ], or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 11.8.5 [ Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally ] (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 11.8.4 [ Participations ] and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.
11.8.2 Assignments by Lenders . Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it); provided that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:
(i) Minimum Amounts .
(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lenders Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and
(B) in any case not described in clause (i)(a) of this Section 11.8.2, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if Trade Date is specified in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $5,000,000 with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrower otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).
(ii) Proportionate Amounts . Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Loan or the Commitment assigned.
(iii) Required Consents . No consent shall be required for any assignment except for the consent of the Administrative Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed and shall not be required with respect an assignment to an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund), and:
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(A) the consent of the Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for an assignment unless (x) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (y) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; and
(B) the consent of the Issuing Lender (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment that increases the obligation of the assignee to participate in exposure under one or more Letters of Credit (whether or not then outstanding).
(iv) Assignment and Assumption Agreement . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, and the assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire provided by the Administrative Agent.
(v) No Assignment to Borrower . No such assignment shall be made to the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Affiliates or Subsidiaries.
(vi) No Assignment to Natural Persons . No such assignment shall be made to a natural person.
(vii) Disqualified Persons .
(A) No assignment shall be made to any Person that was a Disqualified Person as of the date (the Trade Date ) on which the assigning Lender entered into a binding agreement to sell and assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to such Person (unless the Borrower has consented to such assignment in writing in its sole and absolute discretion, in which case such Person will not be considered a Disqualified Person for the purpose of such assignment or participation). For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any assignee that becomes a Disqualified Person after the applicable Trade Date, (x) such assignee shall not retroactively be disqualified from becoming a Lender and (y) the execution by the Borrower of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement with respect to such assignee will not by itself result in such assignee no longer being considered a Disqualified Person. Any assignment in violation of this Section 11.8.2(vii) shall not be void, but the other provisions of Section 11.8.2 shall apply.
(B) If any assignment is made to any Disqualified Person without the Borrowers prior written consent in violation of Section 11.8.2(vii) or if any Person becomes a Disqualified Person after the applicable Trade Date, the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to the applicable Disqualified Person and the Administrative Agent, (1) purchase or prepay any Loans held by Disqualified Persons by paying the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Person paid to acquire such Loans, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than
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principal amounts) payable to it hereunder and/or (2) require such Disqualified Person to assign, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in this Section 11.8.2), all of its interest, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Eligible Assignees at the lesser of (x) the principal amount thereof and (y) the amount that such Disqualified Person paid to acquire such interests, rights and obligations, in each case plus accrued interest, accrued fees and all other amounts (other than principal amounts) payable to it hereunder.
(C) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Disqualified Persons (1) will not (x) have the right to receive information, reports or other materials provided to Lenders by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (y) attend or participate in meetings attended by the Lenders and the Administrative Agent or (z) access any electronic site established for the Lenders or confidential communications from counsel to or financial advisors of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders and (2) (x) for purposes of any consent to any amendment, waiver or modification of, or any action under, and for the purpose of any direction to the Administrative Agent or any Lender to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, each Disqualified Person will be deemed to have consented in the same proportion as the Lenders that are not Disqualified Persons consented to such matter, and (y) for purposes of voting on any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws (a Bankruptcy Plan ), each Disqualified Person party hereto hereby agrees (a) not to vote on such Bankruptcy Plan, (b) if such Disqualified Person does vote on such Bankruptcy Plan notwithstanding the restriction in the foregoing clause (a), such vote will be deemed not to be in good faith and shall be designated pursuant to Section 1126(e) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws), and such vote shall not be counted in determining whether the applicable class has accepted or rejected such Bankruptcy Plan in accordance with Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any other Debtor Relief Laws) and (c) not to contest any request by any party for a determination by court of competent jurisdiction effectuating the foregoing clause (b).
(D) The Administrative Agent shall have the right, and the Borrower hereby expressly authorizes the Administrative Agent, to (1) post the list of Disqualified Persons provided by the Borrower (collectively, the DQ List ) on any platform which is available for viewing by all Lenders and/or (2) provide the DQ List to each Lender requesting the same.
Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.8.3 [ Register ], from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption Agreement, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement covering all of the assigning Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.4 [ Rates Unascertainable; Etc. ], 5.8 [ Increased Costs ], and 11.3 [ Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver ] with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the
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effective date of such assignment. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 11.8.2 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 11.8.4 [ Participations ].
11.8.3 Register . The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a record of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts of the Loans owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time. Such register shall be conclusive, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may treat each Person whose name is in such register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. Such register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.
11.8.4 Participations . Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person or the Borrower or any of the Borrowers Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a Participant ) in all or a portion of such Lenders rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lenders obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, and the Issuing Lender shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lenders rights and obligations under this Agreement.
Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree (other than as is already provided for herein) to any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to Sections 11.1.1 [ Increase of Commitment ], 11.1.2 [ Extension of Payment, Etc. ], or 11.1.3 [ Release of Collateral or Guarantor ]) that affects such Participant. The Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.4 [ Rates Unascertainable, Etc. ], 5.8 [ Increased Costs ], 5.10 [ Indemnity ] and 5.9 [ Taxes ] (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 5.9.7 [ Status of Lenders ] (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 5.9.7 [ Status of Lenders ] shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 11.8.2 [ Assignments by Lenders ]; provided that such Participant (a) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 5.6.2 [ Replacement of a Lender ] and Section 5.6.3 [ Designation of a Different Lending Office ] as if it were an assignee under Section 11.8.2 [ Assignments by Lenders ]; and (b) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Sections 5.8 [ Increased Costs ] or 5.9 [ Taxes ], with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowers request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the
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Borrower to effectuate the provisions of Section 5.6.2 [ Replacement of a Lender ] and Section 5.6.3 [ Designation of Different Lending Office ] with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.2.3 [ Set-off ] as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 5.3 [ Sharing of Payments by Lenders ] as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participants interest in the Loans or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the Participant Register ); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participants interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.
11.8.5 Certain Pledges; Successors and Assigns Generally. Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.
11.9 Confidentiality .
11.9.1 General . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Lender agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information, except that Information may be disclosed (i) to each Lender, to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, advisors and other representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (ii) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (iii) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (iv) to any other party hereto, (v) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (vi) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (a) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement or (b) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrower and its obligations, (vii) with the consent of the Borrower or (viii) to the extent such Information (y) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (z) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, the Issuing Lender or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Borrower or the other Loan Parties. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.
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11.9.2 Sharing Information With Affiliates of the Lenders . Each Loan Party acknowledges that from time to time financial advisory, investment banking and other services may be offered or provided to the Borrower or one or more of its Affiliates (in connection with this Agreement or otherwise) by any Lender or by one or more Subsidiaries or Affiliates of such Lender and each of the Loan Parties hereby authorizes each Lender to share any information delivered to such Lender by such Loan Party and its Subsidiaries pursuant to this Agreement to any such Subsidiary or Affiliate subject to the provisions of Section 11.9.1 [ General ].
11.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness .
11.10.1 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof including any prior confidentiality agreements and commitments. Except as provided in Section 7 [ Conditions Of Lending And Issuance Of Letters Of Credit ], this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy or e mail shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
11.11 CHOICE OF LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF VENUE; SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .
11.11.1 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the Laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Each standby Letter of Credit issued under this Agreement shall be subject either to the rules of the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, as most recently published by the International Chamber of Commerce (the ICC ) at the time of issuance ( UCP ) or the rules of the International Standby Practices (ICC Publication Number 590) ( ISP98 ), as determined by the Issuing Lender, and each trade Letter of Credit shall be subject to UCP, and in each case to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the Laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflict of laws principles.
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11.11.2 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION . THE BORROWER, EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY, EACH LENDER, EACH ISSUING LENDER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH OTHER PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR OHIO STATE COURT SITTING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH OHIO STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, ANY LENDER OR THE ISSUING LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
11.11.3 WAIVER OF VENUE . THE BORROWER, EACH OTHER LOAN PARTY, EACH LENDER, EACH ISSUING LENDER, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND EACH OTHER PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION 11.11. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT AND AGREES NOT ASSERT ANY SUCH DEFENSE.
11.11.4 SERVICE OF PROCESS . EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 11.5 [ NOTICES; EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATION ]. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
11.11.5 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (a) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER
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PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (b) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
11.12 USA Patriot Act Notice . Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name and address of Loan Parties and other information that will allow such Lender or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Loan Parties in accordance with the USA Patriot Act.
11.13 Joinder of Loan Party .
Any Domestic Subsidiary which is required to join this Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1.11 [ Additional Guarantors ] or Section 8.2.9 [ Subsidiaries ] shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (i) a Guarantor Joinder in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1(G)(1) pursuant to which it shall join as Guarantor each of the documents to which the Guarantors are parties; (ii) documents in the forms described in Section 7.1 [ First Loans and Letters of Credit ] modified as appropriate to relate to such Subsidiary; and (iii) documents necessary to grant the Administrative Agent a Lien on the Collateral and create a security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in all Collateral held by such Subsidiary. In the case of a Permitted Acquisition, the Loan Parties shall cause such Guarantor Joinder and related documents to be delivered to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days of the closing of such Permitted Acquisition (or such longer period as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion); provided , however , if after taking into effect such Permitted Acquisition, the Loan Parties would be in violation of Section 8.2.4(v), the Loan Parties shall cause such Guarantor Joinder and related documents to be delivered to the Administrative Agent on the same day as the closing of such Permitted Acquisition and the effectiveness of such Guarantor Joinder shall be deemed to be simultaneous with the consummation of the Permitted Acquisition. In the case of a newly formed Person required to join this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2.9 [ Subsidiaries ], the Loan Parties shall deliver such Guarantor Joinder and related documents to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) after the date of the filing of such Subsidiarys articles of incorporation if the Subsidiary is a corporation, the date of the filing of its certificate of limited partnership if it is a limited partnership or the date of its organization if it is an entity other than a limited partnership or corporation. In the case of a Subsidiary designated or elected by the Borrower to be Guarantor, or required to join this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1.11 [Additional Guarantors], the Loan Parties shall cause such Guarantor Joinder and related documents to be delivered to the Administrative Agent within thirty (30) days of such election or designation (or such longer period as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion).
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11.14 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable, (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.
11.15 Amendment and Restatement, No Novation . This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement, and the Borrower and the Guarantors confirm that: the Existing Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and the Collateral for the Obligations thereunder (as all such capitalized terms are defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) have at all times, since the date of the execution and delivery of such documents, remained in full force and effect and continued to secure such obligations which are continued as the Obligations hereunder as amended hereby. The Loans hereunder are a continuation of the Loans under (and as such term is defined in) the Existing Credit Agreement. On the Closing Date the commitments, loans and participations in Letters of Credit in effect and outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement shall be reallocated by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders in accordance with the Revolving Credit Commitments set forth in Schedule 1.1(B) . The Borrower, the Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, and the Lenders acknowledge and agree that the amendment and restatement of the Existing Credit Agreement and any Loan Documents expressly amended by this Agreement is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, a novation, interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge or termination of the obligations, loans, liabilities, or indebtedness under the Existing Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents thereunder or the collateral security therefor (except as such collateral security is expressly modified in accordance with this Agreement and the other Loan Document amended in connection therewith), and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents are entitled to all rights and benefits originally pertaining to the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement). Notwithstanding that the Existing Credit Agreement is being amended and restated in its entirety by this Agreement, for purposes of the ADS Mexicana Credit Agreement, (i) the following defined terms as used in the ADS Mexicana Credit Agreement shall have the definitions (including any defined term used or referenced in such definition) as attributed to them in the Existing Credit Agreement: ESOP Compensation; ESOP Dividends on Unallocated Shares; Material Subsidiary; Permitted Acquisition (as used in the definition of Consolidated EBITDAE and Section 11.13 of the ADS Mexicana Credit Agreement); and Transactions, (ii) the references to the ADS Credit Agreement contained in the definition of Consolidated EBITDAE and Section 8.2.1(vi) of the ADS Mexicana Credit Agreement shall refer to the Existing Credit Agreement, and (iii) the Loan Parties acknowledge and agree that a separate Compliance Certificate shall be delivered under the ADS Mexicana Credit Agreement in connection with the determination of the Applicable Margin (as determined and defined under the ADS Mexicana Credit Agreement).
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
BORROWER: | ||
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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GUARANTOR: | ||
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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HANCOR, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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STORMTECH LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, individually and as Administrative Agent | ||
By: |
/s/ George M. Gevas |
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Name: |
George M. Gevas |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]
CITIZENS BANK, N.A. | ||
By: |
/s/ Carl S. Tabacjar, Jr. |
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Name: |
Carl S. Tabacjar, Jr. |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]
FIFTH THIRD BANK |
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By: |
/s/ William J. Whitley |
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Name: |
William J. Whitley |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | ||
By: |
/s/ Gregg A. Bush |
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Name: |
Gregg A. Bush |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]
BMO Harris Bank N.A. | ||
By: |
/s/ John Dillon |
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Name: |
John Dillon |
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Title: |
Director |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | ||
By: |
/s/ Erik Barragan |
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Name: |
Erik Barragan |
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Title: |
Authorized Officer |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT]
BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY | ||
By: |
/s/ Brain J. Blomeke |
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Name: |
Brain J. Blomeke |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
SCHEDULE 1.1(A)
PRICING GRID
VARIABLE PRICING AND FEES BASED ON LEVERAGE RATIO
(IN BASIS POINTS)
Level |
Leverage Ratio |
Commitment
Fee |
Letter of
Credit Fee |
Revolving Credit
Base Rate Spread |
Revolving Credit
Euro-Rate Spread |
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I | Less than 1.50 to 1.00 | 15.0 | 112.50 | 12.5 | 112.50 | |||||||||||||
II | Greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00 but less than 2.00 to 1.00 | 20.0 | 125.0 | 25.0 | 125.0 | |||||||||||||
III | Greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 but less than 2.50 to 1.00 | 22.5 | 150.0 | 50.0 | 150.0 | |||||||||||||
IV | Greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00 but less than 3.00 to 1.00 | 25.0 | 175.0 | 75.0 | 175.0 | |||||||||||||
V | Greater than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 but less than 3.50 to 1.00 | 30.0 | 187.50 | 87.5 | 187.50 | |||||||||||||
VI | Greater than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 | 35.0 | 212.50 | 112.5 | 212.50 |
For purposes of determining the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate and the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate:
(a) The Applicable Margin, the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate and the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate shall be at determined on the Closing Date based on the Leverage Ratio computed on such date pursuant to a Compliance Certificate to be delivered on the Closing Date.
(b) The Applicable Margin, the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate and the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate shall be recomputed as of the end of each fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date based on the Leverage Ratio as of such quarter end. Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Margin, the Applicable Commitment Fee Rate or the Applicable Letter of Credit Fee Rate computed as of a quarter end shall be effective on the date on which the Compliance Certificate evidencing such computation is due to be delivered under Section 8.3.3 [Certificate of Borrower]. If a Compliance Certificate is not delivered when due in accordance with such Section 8.3.3, then the rates in Level VI shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which such Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered and shall remain in effect until the date on which such Compliance Certificate is delivered.
(c) If, as a result of any restatement of or other adjustment to the financial statements of the Borrower or for any other reason, the Borrower or the Lenders determine that (i) the Leverage Ratio as calculated by the Borrower as of any applicable date was inaccurate and (ii) a proper calculation of the Leverage Ratio would have resulted in higher pricing for such period, the Borrower shall immediately and retroactively be obligated to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the applicable Lenders, promptly on demand by the Administrative Agent (or, after the occurrence of an actual or deemed entry of an order for relief with respect to the Borrower under Title 11 of the United States Code, automatically and without further action by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender), an amount equal to the excess of the amount of interest and fees that should have been paid for such period over the amount of interest and fees actually paid for such period. This paragraph shall not limit the rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the Issuing Lender, as the case may be, under Section 2.9 [Letter of Credit Subfacility] or Section 4.3 [Interest After Default] or Section 9 [Default]. The Borrowers obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.
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SCHEDULE 1.1(B)
COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS AND ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
Part 1 - Commitments of Lenders and Addresses for Notices to Lenders
Lender |
Amount of
Commitment for Revolving Credit Loans |
Ratable Share | ||||||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. |
$ | 55,000,000.00 | 10.000000000 | % | ||||
101 N. Tryon St. |
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Charlotte, NC 28255 |
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Attn: Bank Of America as Lender 1 |
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Telephone: (415) 436-3683 |
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Ext. 81270 |
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Telecopy: (312) 453-5117 |
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BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. |
$ | 55,000,000.00 | 10.000000000 | % | ||||
111 W. Monroe St. 5C |
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Chicago, IL 60603 |
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Attn: Michael Gift |
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Telephone: (312) 461-5111 |
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Telecopy: (312) 293-5811 |
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BRANCH BANKING & TRUST COMPANY |
$ | 25,000,000.00 | 4.545454545 | % | ||||
200 W. Second St., 16th Fl. |
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Winston Salem, NC 27101 |
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Attn: Brian Blomeke |
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Telephone: (336) 733-2741 |
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Telecopy: (336) 733-2740 |
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CITIZENS BANK, N.A. |
$ | 75,000,000.00 | 13.636363636 | % | ||||
525 William Penn Place |
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PW2625 |
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Pittsburgh, PA 15219 |
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Attn: Carl S. Tabacjar |
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Telephone: (412) 867-2432 |
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Telecopy: (412) 867-2223 |
Lender |
Amount of
Commitment for Revolving Credit Loans |
Ratable Share | ||||||
FIFTH THIRD BANK |
$ | 75,000,000.00 | 13.636363636 | % | ||||
21 E. State Street |
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MD 468371 |
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Columbus, OH 43215 |
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Attn: William Whitley |
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Telephone: (614) 744-7674 |
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Telecopy: (614) 744-7606 |
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HSBC BANK USA, N.A. |
$ | 25,000,000.00 | 4.545454545 | % | ||||
95 Washington St. |
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Floor 1 SW |
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Buffalo, NY 14203 |
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Attn: Meghan C. Quinn |
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Telephone: (716) 841-5182 |
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Telecopy: (716) 841-0750 |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. |
$ | 55,000,000.00 | 10.000000000 | % | ||||
10 S. Dearborn St., 9 th Floor |
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Chicago, IL 60603 |
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Attn: Eric Bergeson |
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Telephone: (312) 732-7212 |
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Telecopy: (312) 604-7813 |
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KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCATION |
$ | 30,000,000.00 | 5.454545455 | % | ||||
88 East Broad St., 2 nd Floor |
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Columbus, OH 43215 |
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Attn: Roger D. Campbell |
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Telephone: (614) 460-3435 |
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Telecopy: (614) 460-3469 |
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
$ | 100,000,000.00 | 18.181818182 | % | ||||
155 East Broad Street |
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Columbus, OH 43215 |
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Attention: George M. Gevas |
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Telephone: (614) 463-7346 |
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Telecopy: (614) 463-6770 |
2
Lender |
Amount of
Commitment for Revolving Credit Loans |
Ratable Share | ||||||
THE HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK. |
$ | 30,000,000.00 | 5.454545455 | % | ||||
41 S. High Street, HCO843 |
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Columbus, OH 43215 |
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Attn: Josh Elsea |
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Telephone: (614) 480-5429 |
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Telecopy: (614) |
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THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY |
$ | 25,000,000 | 4.545454545 | % | ||||
50 South LaSalle Street |
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Chicago, IL 60603 |
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Attention: Mike Fornal |
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Telephone: (312) 557-7324 |
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Telecopy: (312) 557-1425 |
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Total |
$ | 550,000,000.00 | 100.000000000 | % | ||||
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SCHEDULE 1.1(B)
COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS AND ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
Part 2 - Addresses for Notices to Borrower and Guarantors:
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
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SCHEDULE 1.1(P)
Permitted Liens
| Liens securing the obligations under each of the following: |
| The IDRB Facility |
| Commercial Term Note, dated as of August 17, 2004, from Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. in favor of PNC Bank, National Association (successor to National City Bank) with respect to property related to the premises located at 2650 Hamilton-Eaton Road, Hamilton, Ohio 45011 1 |
| Any Liens or security interests in Collateral or the Purchase Documents (both as defined in the Aircraft Lease described below as in effect on March 30, 2012) in favor of The Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement dated as of April 3, 2006 (the Lessor ), relating to that certain leased Cessna Model 560XL aircraft or arising under that certain (i) Aircraft Lease (S/N 560-6103) dated on or about March 30, 2012 between the Lessor and Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., (ii) that certain Assignment of Purchase Agreement, dated on or about March 30, 2012, among the Lessor, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. and Cessna Aircraft Company (as in effect on March 30, 2012) or (iii) any other documentation related to any of the foregoing documents or to the transactions described therein. |
| The following Liens: |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2238904 1 Filed 09/17/02
Continued 05/04/07 Continued 06/11/12 |
D.L. Peterson Trust | In lieu filing from multiple jurisdictions pertaining to specific leased equipment |
1 | The Commercial Term Note has been paid in full. PNC Bank, National Association is in the process of filing a mortgage release. |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
4054588 1 Filed 02/26/04
62 amendments to add collateral filed 2/27/04 through 07/19/06
Continued 12/19/13 |
D.L. Peterson Trust | Specific leased equipment (lift trucks/forklifts) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
6348376 5 Filed 10/09/06
Continued 08/10/11 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | Specific leased equipment (forklifts) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2007-1425312 Filed 04/17/07
4 amendments to add collateral filed 04/20/07 through 05/16/07
Continued 04/11/17 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | Specific leased equipment (forklifts) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2007-4445465 Filed 11/19/07
Continued 10/31/12 |
LaSalle National Leasing Corporation | Leased Cessna Citation Model 560XL aircraft |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2009-4121445 Filed 12/23/09
17 amendments to add collateral filed 12/28/09 through 04/18/11
Continued 10/27/14
Amendment filed 05/08/17 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | Specific leased equipment (lift trucks/forklifts) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2012 1442492 Filed 04/03/12
Continued 03/21/17 |
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee under trust agreement dated as of April 3, 2006 | Leased Cessna Model 560XL Aircraft, Serial Number 560-6103, two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C Engines, one Honeywell Model RE100(XL) Auxiliary Power Unit, all leased pursuant to Aircraft Lease Agreement dated as of 3/30/12 | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1170274 Filed 3/20/13 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1171009 Filed 03/20/13 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1172403 Filed 03/20/13 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1180299 Filed 03/27/13 | COMDOC, Inc. | Specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1226019 Filed 03/21/13 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1228221 Filed 03/21/13 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1231597 Filed 03/21/13 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1244616 Filed 03/21/13 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1254755 Filed 03/22/13 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1254987 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1255026 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1255091 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1256032 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1256057 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1658872 Filed 05/01/13 Assigned 08/08/13 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Hardware and other personal property identified in the Order, specified in Payment Schedule No. 55033 between secured party and debtor which incorporates the terms of the Payment Plan Agreement No. 5063 (server and database computer equipment) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 4447117 Filed 11/12/13 (6 Amendments filed between 8/3/16 and 3/10/17) |
Macquarie Equipment Finance, Inc. | All equipment and other goods currently or hereafter leased to Debtor under a master lease between Debtor as Lessee and Secured Party as Lessor. Amendments Deletion of specific pieces of leased equipment to collateral | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 4448198 Filed 11/12/13 (Assignment filed 12/10/13) |
RBS Asset Finance, Inc. | All equipment and other goods leased by Debtor as Lessee under Leaseline Schedule No. LL-001. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 5172243 Filed 12/31/13 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 001 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 2435526 Filed 06/08/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 003 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 2643780 Filed 06/19/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 004 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 3034427 Filed 07/14/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 002 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 3034948 Filed 07/14/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 005 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 4115431 Filed 09/15/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 007 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 4789987 Filed 10/20/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 008 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 5504898 Filed 11/20/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 009 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 5930986 Filed 12/10/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 010 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 2348611 Filed 04/20/16 |
Konica Minolta Premier Finance | Specific Leased Equipment | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 1699029 Filed 08/03/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 001 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578- 700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 4700033 Filed 08/03/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 003 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578- 700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 4933154 Filed 08/15/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 004 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578- 700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 5807332 Filed 09/22/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 005 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578- 700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 6284192 Filed 10/13/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 006 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578- 700000, dated June 2, 2016. |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 7969361 Filed 12/22/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 007 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578- 700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2017 1599072 Filed 03/10/17 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 008 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578- 700000, dated June 2, 2016. |
SCHEDULE 2.9
Existing Letters of Credit
The following letters of credit issued for the benefit of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. by PNC Bank, National Association:
Outstanding Balance as of Closing Date |
||||
St. Paul Travelers Insurance Co. |
$ | 8,305,000 | ||
The Hartford Insurance Co. |
$ | 50,000 | ||
State Health Commissioner (VA) |
$ | 100,000 | ||
State Health Commissioner (SC) |
$ | 100,000 | ||
Banco Bradesco S.A. |
$ | 3,431,018.22 | 2 | |
|
|
|||
Subtotal |
$ | 11,718,527 |
2 | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. is in the process of amending the letter of credit to reduce the credit amount by $267,226.40. |
SCHEDULE 6.1.1
Qualifications to do Business
Entity Name |
Jurisdiction of Organization |
Other Jurisdictions |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware | Ohio | ||
Hancor Holding Corporation | Delaware | None | ||
Hancor, Inc. | Ohio | None | ||
StormTech LLC | Delaware | Connecticut |
SCHEDULE 6.1.2
Subsidiaries and Owners
Subsidiary Equity Interests:
Name |
Jurisdiction |
Organization |
Equity Owner |
Percentage
Owned |
Certificate No. and No. of Shares |
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Advanced Drainage of Ohio, Inc. |
Ohio | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. N-2 (100 shares) |
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ADS Worldwide, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 1 (10 shares) |
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PSA, Inc. |
Maine | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 5 (100 shares) |
||||||
ADS Structures, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
||||||
ADS Ventures, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 1 (10 shares) |
||||||
Hancor Holding Corporation |
Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
||||||
Spartan Concrete, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
||||||
Sewer Tap, Inc. |
Oregon | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 2 (100 shares) |
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Green Line Polymers, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
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Inlet & Pipe Protection, Inc. |
Illinois | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert No. 6 (100 shares) |
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ADS International, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | ADS Worldwide, Inc. | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 2 (10 shares) |
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StormTech LLC |
Delaware |
Limited Liability Company |
ADS Ventures, Inc. | 100 | % | Uncertificated | ||||||
BaySaver Technologies, LLC |
Delaware | Limited Liability Company | ADS Ventures, Inc. | 65 | % | Uncertificated | ||||||
Hancor, Inc. |
Ohio | Corporation | Hancor Holding Corporation | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 2 (500 shares) |
Name |
Jurisdiction |
Organization |
Equity Owner |
Percentage
Owned |
Certificate No. and No. of Shares |
|||||||
Hancor Leasing Corp. |
Ohio | Corporation | Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 4 (100 shares) |
||||||
Media Plus, Inc. |
Ohio | Corporation | Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 2 (500 shares) |
||||||
Hancor International, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
||||||
Hancor, Inc. (NV) |
Nevada | Corporation | Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 100 | % |
Cert. No. 2 (10 shares) |
Subsidiary options, warrants or other rights: None.
SCHEDULE 7.1.1
Opinions of Counsel
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS
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June 22, 2017
To the Lenders and the Administrative Agent Referred to Below
c/o PNC Bank, National Association
Mail Stop:
P7-PFSC-04-I
Address: 500 First Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: Agency Services
Re: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
Ladies and
Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (ADS), StormTech LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (StormTech), Hancor Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (HHC) and Hancor, Inc., an Ohio corporation (Hancor) in connection with the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as
of June 22, 2017 (the Credit Agreement), among ADS, as Borrower, StormTech, HHC and Hancor, as Guarantors, various financial institutions (the Lenders) and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent for the
Lenders (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent). ADS, StormTech, HHC and Hancor are sometimes referred to herein individually as a Transaction Party and collectively as the Transaction Parties. ADS, StormTech and
HHC are sometimes referred to herein individually as a Delaware Transaction Party and collectively as the Delaware Transaction Parties.
This opinion letter is delivered to you pursuant to Section 7.1.1 (iv) of the Credit Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement. The Uniform Commercial Code, as amended and in effect in the State of Ohio on the date hereof, is referred to herein as the OH UCC. The Uniform Commercial Code, as amended
and in effect in the State of Delaware on the date hereof, is referred to herein as the Del. UCC. The OH UCC and the Del. UCC are referred to herein, collectively, as the UCC. With your permission, all assumptions and
statements of reliance herein have been made without any independent investigation or verification on our part except to the extent, if any, otherwise expressly stated, and we express no opinion with respect to the subject matter or accuracy of the
assumptions or items upon which we have relied.
In connection with the opinions expressed herein, we have examined such resolutions, shareholder or member actions,
other documents, records, and matters of law as we have
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deemed necessary for the purposes of such opinions. We have examined, among other
documents, the following:
1. an executed copy of the Credit Agreement;
2.
executed copies of the Revolving Credit Notes in the aggregate stated principal amount of up to $415,000,000, dated as of June 22, 2017, executed by the Borrower in favor of the Lenders (other than Bank of America, N.A., JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. and The Northern Trust Company) (the Revolving Notes);
3. an executed copy of the Swing Loan Note in the stated principal amount of up to
$50,000,000, dated as of June 22, 2017, executed by the Borrower in favor of the Swing Loan Lender (the Swing Loan Note);
4. an executed copy of
the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Security Agreement), executed by each of the Transaction Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent;
5. an executed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Pledge Agreement), executed by each of the Transaction
Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent;
6. an executed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of
June 22, 2017 (the Guaranty Agreement), executed by each of the Guarantors;
7. an executed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Intercompany
Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Intercompany Subordination Agreement), executed by each of the Transaction Parties;
8. an
executed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Intercreditor Agreement), executed by each of the Transaction Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent (as
therein defined), the Collateral Agent and the Senior Noteholders (2017);
9. the Officers Certificate of each Transaction Party delivered to us in connection
with this opinion letter, in the form of each of which is attached hereto as Exhibits
A-1
through
A-4
(as to each such Transaction Party, the Officers
Certificate);
10. an unfiled copy of a financing statement naming ADS as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party (the ADS Financing
Statement), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
B-1,
which ADS Financing Statement we understand will be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (such office, the
Delaware Filing Office);
11. an unfiled copy of a financing statement naming StormTech as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party (the
StormTech Financing Statement), a copy of which is
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attached hereto as Exhibit
B-2,
which StormTech
Financing Statement we understand will be filed in the Delaware Filing Office;
12. an unfiled copy of a financing statement naming HHC as debtor and the Collateral
Agent as secured party (the HHC Financing Statement and, collectively with the ADS Financing Statement and the StormTech Financing Statement, the Delaware Financing Statements), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit
B-3,
which HHC Financing Statement we understand will be filed in the Delaware Filing Office;
13. an unfiled copy of a financing
statement naming Hancor as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party (the Ohio Financing Statement and, together with the Delaware Financing Statements, the Financing Statements), a copy of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit
B-4,
which Ohio Financing Statement we understand will be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio (such office, the Ohio Filing Office);
14. a copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ADS, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 6, 2017 (the ADS
Organizational Document);
15. a copy of the Certificate of Formation of StormTech, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on
June 6, 2017 (the StormTech Organizational Document)
16. a copy of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of HHC, certified
by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 6, 2017 (the HHC Organizational Document; and, collectively with the ADS Organizational Document and the StormTech Organizational Document, the Delaware Organizational
Documents);
17. a copy of the Amended Articles of Incorporation of Hancor, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio on June 6, 2017 (the
Ohio Organizational Document);
18. a copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of ADS (the ADS Governing Document), certified to us by the
Secretary of ADS as being complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
19. a copy of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of
StormTech (the StormTech Governing Document), certified to us by the Secretary of StormTech as being complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
20. a copy of the Amended Bylaws of HHC (the HHC Governing Document and, collectively with the ADS Governing Document and the StormTech Governing Document, the
Delaware Governing Documents), certified to us by the Secretary of HHC as being complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
21. a copy of the Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of Hancor (the Ohio Governing Document), certified to us by the Secretary of Hancor as being
complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
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22. a copy of certificates, each dated June 1, 2017, of the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware, as to the good standing of each Delaware Transaction Party in the State of Delaware as of such date (collectively, the Delaware Good Standing Certificates);
23. a copy of the certificate, dated June 1, 2017, of the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, as to the good standing of Hancor in the State of Ohio as of such date (the
Ohio Good Standing Certificate; and together with the Delaware Good Standing Certificates, the Good Standing Certificates);
24. a copy of
the resolutions of the board of directors of ADS adopted by written consent as of June 15, 2017 authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents (defined below) to which ADS is a party, certified by the Secretary
of ADS as being true, complete, correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
25. a copy of the resolutions of the board of managers of StormTech
adopted by written consent as of June 22, 2017 authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents (defined below) to which StormTech is a party, certified by the Secretary of StormTech as being true, complete,
correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
26. a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of HHC adopted by written consent as of
June 22, 2017 authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents (defined below) to which HHC is a party, certified by the Secretary of HHC as being true, complete, correct and in full force and effect as of the
date hereof; and
27. a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of Hancor adopted by written consent as of June 22, 2017 authorizing its execution,
delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents (defined below) to which Hancor is a party, certified by the Secretary of Hancor as being true, complete, correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
The documents referred to in items (1) through (8) above, inclusive, are referred to herein collectively as the Transaction Documents, and the documents referred
to in items (4) and (5) are referred to herein collectively as the Security Documents. As used herein, security interest means security interest as defined in
Section 1-201(37)
of the OH UCC.
In all such examinations, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons
executing documents, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of original and certified documents and the conformity to original or certified copies of all copies submitted to us as conformed or reproduction copies. As to various
questions of fact relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon, and assume the accuracy of, recitals, representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents and certificates and oral or written statements and other
information of or from representatives of the Transaction Parties and others and assume compliance on the part of the Transaction Parties with their covenants and agreements contained therein.
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In connection with the opinions expressed in paragraph (a) below, we have relied
solely upon certificates of public officials as to the factual matters and legal conclusions set forth therein. With respect to the opinions expressed in clauses (i) and (iii) of paragraph (b) below, clause (ii) of paragraph
(c) below and clause (ii)(A) of paragraph (d) below, our opinions are limited (x) to our actual knowledge, if any, of the specially regulated business activities and properties of the Transaction Parties based solely upon an
Officers Certificate in respect of such matters and without any independent investigation or verification on our part and (y) to only those laws and regulations that, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type
contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the
opinion that:
a. Each Delaware Transaction Party is a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, existing in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware. Hancor is a corporation existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio.
b. Each Transaction Party has the corporate or limited
liability company, as applicable, power and authority (i) to conduct its business substantially as described in the Officers Certificate of such Transaction Party, (ii) to enter into and to incur and perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (iii) to own and operate its assets and properties and conduct its business substantially as presently conducted, operated and owned.
c. The execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by each of the Transaction Parties of the Transaction Documents, in each case to which it is a party, and
the performance by each such Transaction Party of its obligations thereunder, (i) have been authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action by such Transaction Party and (ii) do not require under present law or
present regulation of any governmental agency or authority of the State of Ohio, the United States of America, or, with respect to the Delaware Transaction Parties only, under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the
DGCL) or the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware (the DLLCA), as applicable, any filing or registration by such Transaction Party with, or approval or consent to such Transaction Party of, any governmental
agency or authority of the State of Ohio, the United States of America or, with respect to the Delaware Transaction Parties only, as specifically required by the DGCL or DLLCA, as applicable, that has not been made or obtained except (w) those
required in the ordinary course of business in connection with the performance by such Transaction Party of its obligations under certain covenants contained in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (x) those required to perfect
security interests, if any, granted by such Transaction Party thereunder, (y) those required pursuant to securities and other laws that may be applicable to the disposition of any collateral subject thereto and (z) filings, registrations,
consents or approvals in each case not required to be made or obtained by the date hereof.
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d. The execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by each of
the Transaction Parties of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by each such Transaction Party of its obligations thereunder, and the granting by each such Transaction Party of the security interests provided for in
the Security Documents, (i) (A) in the case of any Delaware Transaction Party, do not contravene any provision of any Delaware Organizational Document or Delaware Governing Document of such Delaware Transaction Party and (B) in the case of
Hancor, do not contravene any provision of the Ohio Organizational Document or Ohio Governing Document, (ii) do not violate (A) any present law, or present regulation of any governmental agency or authority, of the State of Ohio, the DGCL
or DLLCA, as applicable (with regard to the Delaware Transaction Parties or their property only), or the United States of America, applicable to such Transaction Party or its property, or (B) any agreement binding upon such Transaction Party or
its property that is listed on Annex I to the Officers Certificate or any court decree or order binding upon such Transaction Party or its property that is listed on Annex II to the Officers Certificate (this opinion being limited in
that we express no opinion with respect to any violation not readily ascertainable from the face of any such agreement, decree or order, or arising under or based upon any cross default provision insofar as it relates to a default under an agreement
not so identified to us, or arising under or based upon any covenant of a financial or numerical nature or requiring computation) and (iii) will not result in or require the creation or imposition of any security interest or lien upon any of
its properties pursuant to the provisions of any agreement binding upon such Transaction Party or its properties that is listed on Annex I to the Officers Certificate other than any security interests or liens created by the Transaction
Documents and any other security interests or liens in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Lenders arising under any of the Transaction Documents or applicable law.
e. Each Transaction Document to which each Transaction Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Transaction Party.
f. Each Transaction Document constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each Transaction Party signatory thereto enforceable against such Transaction Party in accordance with
its terms.
g. The borrowings by ADS under the Credit Agreement and the application of the proceeds thereof as provided in the Credit Agreement will not violate
Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Margin Regulations).
h. No Transaction Party is required to register
as an investment company (under, and as defined in, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act)) and is not is a company controlled by a company required to register as such under the 1940 Act.
i. The Security Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement), as security for the
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Senior Secured Obligations, a security interest in the right, title and interest of
each Transaction Party thereto in the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) to which Article 9 of the OH UCC is applicable (the Security Agreement Article 9 Collateral).
j. The Pledge Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), as security for the Senior Secured
Obligations, a security interest in the right, title and interest of each Transaction Party thereto in the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) to which Article 9 of the OH UCC is applicable (the Pledge Agreement Article 9
Collateral: and together with the Security Agreement Article 9 Collateral, the Article 9 Collateral).
k. Upon the effective filing of the Ohio
Financing Statement with the Ohio Filing Office, the Collateral Agent will have, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest against Hancor in that portion of Hancors Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest
may be perfected by filing an initial financing statement with the Ohio Filing Office under the OH UCC (the Ohio Filing Collateral). We express no opinion as to the priority of any security interest of any person identified above in the
Ohio Filing Collateral and we note, without expressing any opinion as to the issue, that the priority of a security interest in the Ohio Filing Collateral may be governed by laws other than the OH UCC (including, without limitation, the laws of
jurisdictions other than the State of Ohio) even if perfection of a security interest in the Ohio Filing Collateral is governed by the OH UCC.
I. Upon the
effective filing of the Delaware Financing Statements with the Delaware Filing Office, the Collateral Agent will have, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest against the Delaware Transaction Parties in that portion of
each Delaware Transaction Partys Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing an initial financing statement with the Delaware Filing Office under the Del. UCC (the Delaware Filing Collateral). We
express no opinion as to the priority of any security interest of any person identified above in the Delaware Filing Collateral and we note, without expressing any opinion as to the issue, that the priority of a security interest in the Delaware
Filing Collateral may be governed by laws other than the Del. UCC (including, without limitation, the laws of jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware) even if perfection of a security interest in the Delaware Filing Collateral is governed by
the Del. UCC.
m. The Pledge Agreement, together with physical delivery of the certificates representing the shares of stock of each entity listed on Exhibit C
hereto (collectively, the Pledged Entities) identified on Schedule A to the Pledge Agreement (the Pledged Equity Interests) to the Collateral Agent in the State of Ohio, accompanied by undated stock powers with respect to
such Pledged Equity Interests duly indorsed in blank by an effective indorsement, creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), as security for the Senior Secured Obligations,
a perfected security interest under the OH UCC in each of ADS,
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HHC and Hancor, as the case may be, in the Pledged Equity Interests issued by each
Pledged Entity, as the case may be, while the Pledged Equity Interests are located in the State of Ohio and in the possession of the Collateral Agent. Assuming that neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has notice of any adverse
claim to such Pledged Equity Interest and that the security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties is perfected as described above, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties will acquire its
security interest in such Pledged Equity Interests free of any adverse claim.
To Our Actual Knowledge there are no legal proceedings (i) pending before any
court or arbitration tribunal or (ii) overtly threatened in writing, in each case, against any Transaction Party that seek to enjoin or otherwise interfere directly with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than the
legal proceedings, if any, disclosed in the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, any schedules or exhibits thereto. For purposes of this paragraph, Actual Knowledge means, with respect to any person, the conscious
awareness of facts by such person; Our Actual Knowledge means the Actual Knowledge of any lawyer included in the Covered Lawyer Group; and the Covered Lawyer Group means lawyers currently at Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP who
have been actively involved in negotiating the Transaction Documents (including the disclosure schedules attached thereto) and the transactions contemplated thereby or preparing this opinion letter and the certificates attached hereto. In making the
foregoing statements, we have inquired as to the Actual Knowledge of the lawyers included in the Covered Lawyer Group with respect to the existence of the legal proceedings described above and we have relied on, and assumed the accuracy of,
representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents and certificates and oral or written statements and other information of or from officers or other representatives of the Transaction Parties. We have not, however, made any
review, search or investigation of any public or private records or files, including, without limitation, litigation dockets or other records or files of the Transaction Parties or of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications and limitations:
A.
Our opinions in paragraph (f) above are subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer and conveyance, voidable preference, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship, arrangement or similar laws, and
related regulations and judicial doctrines, from time to time in effect affecting creditors rights and remedies generally, (ii) general principles of equity (including, without limitation, standards of materiality, good faith, fair
dealing and reasonableness, equitable defenses, the exercise of judicial discretion and limits on the availability of equitable remedies, including without limitation specific performance), whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at
law or in equity, (iii) defenses arising from actions by a party seeking enforcement which may be unconscionable, inequitable or unreasonable or from the passage of time, and (iv) the qualification that certain provisions of the
Transaction Documents may be unenforceable in whole or in part under the
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laws (including judicial decisions) of the State of Ohio or the United States of
America, but the inclusion of such provisions does not make the remedies afforded by the Transaction Documents inadequate for the practical realization of the principal benefits provided by the Transaction Documents, in each case subject to the
other qualifications contained in this letter.
B. We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provision in the Transaction Documents:
(i) providing that any person or entity may sell or otherwise dispose of, or purchase, any collateral subject thereto, or enforce any other right or remedy thereunder (including
without limitation any self-help or taking-possession remedy), except in compliance with the OH UCC and other applicable laws;
(ii) establishing standards for the
performance of the obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care prescribed by the OH UCC or establishing standards measuring fulfillment of rights and duties other than as permitted by
Section 9-603
of the OH UCC;
(iii) relating to indemnification, contribution or exculpation in connection with
violations of any securities laws or statutory duties or public policy, or in connection with willful, reckless or unlawful acts or gross negligence of the indemnified or exculpated party or the party receiving contribution;
(iv) providing that any person or entity may exercise
set-off
rights other than in accordance with and pursuant to applicable law;
(v) relating to choice of governing law in any Transaction Document;
(vi)
waiving any rights to trial by jury;
(vii) waiving any rights to consequential damages;
(viii) purporting to confer, or constituting an agreement with respect to, subject matter jurisdiction of United States federal courts to adjudicate any matter;
(ix) purporting to create a trust or other fiduciary relationship;
(x) specifying that
provisions thereof may be waived only in writing, to the extent that an oral agreement or an implied agreement by trade practice or course of conduct has been created that modifies any provision of such Transaction Documents;
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(xi) giving any person or entity the power to accelerate obligations or to foreclose
upon collateral without any notice to the obligor;
(xii) purporting to grant a power to confess judgment;
(xiii) providing for the performance by any guarantor of any of the nonmonetary obligations of any person or entity not controlled by such guarantor;
(xiv) providing for restraints on alienation of property and purporting to render transfers of such property void and of no effect or prohibiting or restricting the assignment or
transfer of property or rights to the extent that any such prohibition or restriction is ineffective pursuant to Sections
9-406,
9-407,
9-408
or
9-409
of the OH UCC;
(xv) providing for the payment of attorneys
fees; and
(xvi) granting any party a power of attorney to act on behalf of the Transaction Parties.
C. Our opinions as to enforceability are subject to the effect of generally applicable rules of law that:
(i) provide that forum selection clauses in contracts are not necessarily binding on the court(s) in the forum selected; and
(ii) may, where less than all of a contract may be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to circumstances in which the unenforceable portion is not
an essential part of the agreed exchange, or that permit a court to reserve to itself a decision as to whether any provision of any agreement is severable.
D. We
express no opinion as to the enforceability of any purported waiver, release, variation, disclaimer, consent or other agreement to similar effect (all of the foregoing, collectively, a Waiver) by any Transaction Party under any of the
Transaction Documents to the extent limited by the OH UCC, including Sections
1-102(3),
9-602
or
9-624
thereof, or other
provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions), or to the extent that such a Waiver applies to a right, claim, duty or defense or a ground for, or a circumstance that would operate as, a discharge or release otherwise existing or
occurring as a matter of law (including judicial decisions), except to the extent that such a Waiver is effective under and is not prohibited by or void or invalid under the OH UCC, including Sections
9-602
or
9-624
thereof or other provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions).
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E. Our opinions in paragraphs (i) through (m) are subject to the following
assumptions, qualifications and limitations:
(i) Any security interest in the proceeds of collateral is subject in all respects to the limitations set forth in
Section 9-315
of the OH UCC.
(ii) We express no opinion as to the nature or extent of the rights, or the power to transfer
rights, of any Transaction Party in, or title of any Transaction Party to, any collateral under any of the Transaction Documents, or property purporting to constitute such collateral, or the value, validity or effectiveness for any purpose of any
such collateral or purported collateral, and we have assumed that each Transaction Party has sufficient rights in, or power to transfer rights in, all such collateral or purported collateral for the liens and security interests provided for under
the Transaction Documents to attach.
(iii) Other than as expressly noted in the last sentence of paragraph (m) above, we express no opinion as to the priority
of any pledge, security interest, assignment for security, lien or other encumbrance, as the case may be, that may be created or purported to be created under the Transaction Documents. Other than as expressly noted in paragraphs (k) through
(m) above, we express no opinion as to the perfection of, and other than as expressly noted in paragraphs (i) through (m) above, we express no opinion as to the creation, validity or enforceability of, any pledge, security interest, assignment
for security, lien or other encumbrance, as the case may be, that may be created or purported to be created under the Transaction Documents. We express no opinion as to the creation, validity or enforceability of any pledge, security interest,
assignment for security, lien or other encumbrance, as the case may be, that may be created or purported to be created under the Transaction Documents in any commercial tort claims.
(iv) In the case of property that becomes collateral under the Transaction Documents after the date hereof, Section 552 of the United States Bankruptcy Code limits the extent
to which property acquired by a debtor after the commencement of a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code may be subject to a lien arising from a security agreement entered into by the debtor before the commencement of such case.
(v) We express no opinion as to the enforceability of the liens and security interests under the Transaction Documents in any item of collateral subject to any restriction on or
prohibition against transfer contained in or otherwise applicable to such item of collateral or any contract, agreement, license, permit, security, instrument or document constituting, evidencing or relating to such item, except to the extent that
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any such restriction is rendered ineffective pursuant to any of Sections
9-406,
9-407,
9-408
and
9-409
of the OH UCC.
(vi) We call to your attention that Article 9 of each of the Del. UCC and the OH UCC requires the filing of continuation statements within the period of six months prior to the
expiration of five years from the date of original filing of financing statements under each of the Del. UCC and the OH UCC, as applicable, in order to maintain the effectiveness of such financing statements and that additional financing statements
may be required to be filed to maintain the perfection of security interests if the debtor granting such security interests makes certain changes to its name, or changes its location (including through a change in its jurisdiction of organization)
or the location of certain types of collateral, all as provided in each of the Del. UCC and the OH UCC, as applicable. We specifically disclaim any obligation to render further advice to you as to the need to file any such continuation statements or
additional financing statements.
(vii) We call to your attention that an obligor (as defined in the OH UCC) other than a debtor may have rights under Part 6 of
Article 9 of the OH UCC.
(viii) With respect to our opinions above as to the perfection of a security interest in the Article 9 Collateral through the filing of a
financing statement, we express no opinion with respect to the perfection of any such security interest in any Article 9 Collateral constituting timber to be cut, as extracted collateral, cooperative interests, or property described in
Section 9-311(a)
of the UCC (including, without limitation, property subject to a
certificate-of-title
statute), and we express no
opinion with respect to the effectiveness of any financing statement filed or purported to be filed as a fixture filing.
(ix) We have assumed that each Transaction
Party is organized solely under the laws of the state identified as such Transaction Partys jurisdiction of organization in such Transaction Partys applicable Organizational Document and Good Standing Certificate.
(x) We have assumed that the information pertaining to the Collateral Agent in the Financing Statements is correct in all respects.
F. To the extent it may be relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed that the parties to the Transaction Documents (other than the Transaction Parties): (i) are
validly existing and in good standing under their respective jurisdictions of organization, (ii) have the power to enter into and perform such agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iii) do not require the
consent or approval of any third party or
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governmental authority (which has not been obtained) to execute and deliver such
Transaction Documents. We have further assumed that with respect to each party to the Transaction Documents (other than the Transaction Parties): (i) such Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and constitute
legal, valid and binding obligation of, such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with their respective terms and (ii) such execution, delivery and performance do not violate any material agreements of such party, any applicable
laws or such partys constituent documents.
G. For purposes of the opinions set forth in paragraph (g) above, we have assumed that (i) neither the
Administrative Agent nor any of the Lenders has or will have the benefit of any agreement or arrangement pursuant to which any extensions of credit to any Transaction Party are directly or indirectly secured by margin stock (as defined
under the Margin Regulations), (ii) neither the Administrative Agent, any of the Lenders nor any of their respective affiliates has extended or will extend any other credit to any Transaction Party directly or indirectly secured by margin stock, and
(iii) neither the Administrative Agent nor any of the Lenders has relied or will rely upon any margin stock as collateral in extending or maintaining any extensions of credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
H. The opinions expressed herein are limited to (i) the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of Ohio and (ii) to the extent relevant to
the opinions expressed in paragraphs (a) through (d) above, the DGCL or DLLCA, as applicable, in each case, as currently in effect. Our opinions in paragraphs (i) through (k) above are limited to Article 9 of the OH UCC, our opinion in
paragraph (l) above is limited to Article 9 of the Del. UCC and our opinion in paragraph (m) above is limited to Articles 8 and 9 of the Ohio UCC. As such, the foregoing opinion paragraphs (i) through (m) do not address: (i) laws
of jurisdictions other than Ohio, Delaware and the United States of America, and laws of Ohio, Delaware and the United States of America except for Articles 8 and 9 of the OH UCC and Article 9 of the Del. UCC, (ii) collateral of a type not
subject to Articles 8 or 9 of the UCC and (iii) the choice of law rules of the OH UCC or Del. UCC with respect to the laws of other jurisdictions that may govern perfection and priority of security interests granted in the Collateral.
I. With respect to the enforceability of provisions in the Transaction Documents relating to the charging of interest, we note that that Section 1343.01 of
the Ohio Revised Code permits interest not exceeding eight percent (8%) per annum except as authorized in . . . this section. The authorized exceptions include, inter alia, indebtedness exceeding one hundred thousand dollars and business
loans to business associations or partnerships (Sections 1341.01(B)(1) and (B)(6)(a)). In addition, we note that (i) Section 1109.20 of the Ohio Revised Code prohibits banks from charging interest or finance charges at a rate in excess of
twenty-five percent (25%) per annum and (ii) the criminal statutes of
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the State of Ohio as set forth in Section 2905.21(H) and Section 2905.22 of
the Ohio Revised Code relating to criminal usury prohibit, inter alia, knowingly charging interest at a rate exceeding twenty-five percent per annum or the equivalent rate for a longer or shorter period, unless ... the rate of interest is
otherwise authorized by law. To date, however, there have not been any reported Ohio judicial decisions holding that the provisions of said Sections 2905.21(H) or 2905.22 are in any way applicable to commercial financing transactions with
corporations or to corporate finance transactions similar to those contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
J. For purposes of the opinions set forth in
paragraph (e) above, please note that we did not physically witness the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, and our opinion herein regarding the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents is based, in part, on our
review of copies of executed signature pages for such Transaction Documents provided to us (electronically or otherwise).
K. We render no opinion regarding the
effect on, the validity, binding effect or enforceability of, any Transaction Document with respect to any Transaction Party to the extent that it involves any actual or purported obligation (including any guaranty) with respect to any
swap (as defined under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act)) by such Transaction Party which is not an eligible contract participant (as such term is defined in the
Dodd-Frank Act) at the time such swap obligation is incurred or in the case of a guaranty at the later of the time such guaranty is entered into and the time such swap obligation being guaranteed is incurred.
L. Our opinions as to any matters governed by the Del. UCC are based solely upon our review of the Del. UCC as published in the compilation contained in the CCH Secured Transaction
Guide dated as of August 11, 2016, without any review or consideration of any decisions or opinions of courts or other adjudicative bodies or governmental authorities of the State of Delaware, whether or not reported or summarized in the
foregoing publication. Our opinions with respect to the DLLCA address only such laws as they are currently in effect and without any review or consideration of any decisions or opinions of courts or other adjudicative bodies or governmental
authorities of the State of Delaware.
Our opinions are limited to those expressly set forth herein, and we express no opinions by implication.
We express no opinion as to the compliance or noncompliance, or the effect of the compliance or noncompliance, of each of the addressees or any other person or entity with any
state or federal laws or regulations applicable by reason of their status as or affiliation with a federally insured depository institution, except as expressly set forth in paragraph (g) above.
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The opinions expressed herein are solely for the benefit of the addressees hereof and
of any other person or entity becoming a Lender or Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement, in each case above, in connection with the transaction referred to herein and may not be relied on by such addressees or such other persons or
entities for any other purpose or in any manner or for any purpose by any other person or entity.
The opinions expressed herein are valid as of the date hereof. We
do not undertake to advise you or anyone else of any changes in the views expressed herein resulting from matters that hereafter might occur or be brought to our attention.
Respectfully submitted,
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP
Exhibit
A-1
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned
officer of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby certifies, as of the date hereof in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Financing Agreement), among the Company, as Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Company, as Guarantors, the lending institutions party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as
Administrative Agent, and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (the Opinion) delivered in connection therewith, as follows:
1. Attached as (a) Annex I hereto is a list of all indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, security and/or pledge agreements, guarantees, loan and/or credit agreements and
other agreements or instruments (other than the Transaction Documents) and (b) Annex II hereto is a list of all decrees and orders, in each case in clause (a) and (b) above, to which the Company is a party or that are otherwise binding
upon the Company or any of its assets or property and that contain financial or other covenants or provisions for defaults or events of default or similar events or occurrences or other provisions that otherwise would or could have the effect of
(i) restricting the types of provisions that any other agreement to which the Company becomes a party may contain, (ii) restricting the conduct of the Companys business, the incurrence by the Company of indebtedness, guarantees, or
other liabilities or obligations, or the creation of liens upon any of the Companys property or assets, or otherwise restricting the execution, delivery, and performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the
Financing Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, or (iii) resulting in, or requiring the creation or imposition of, any lien upon any of the Companys assets or property as a result of the
execution, delivery or performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and in the case of clause (a) and (b) above, to the extent the violation or breach
of which, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company.
2.
A true and complete copy of each of the above agreements, instruments, decrees and orders has heretofore been furnished to Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
3. No
default or event of default under, or violation of, any such agreement, instrument, decree or order exists or, immediately after giving effect to entry into the Transaction Documents or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby,
will exist.
4. The nature of the Companys business and properties, and the purpose of the Company, is to engage in the following businesses and activities:
manufacture corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and related products for use in a wide range of drainage applications, including roadway construction, storm and sanitary sewer systems, storm water retention/detention systems, septic
systems,
residential and commercial construction, plastic structures, golf courses, athletic fields and agriculture and the ownership of equity
interests in subsidiaries which engage in the foregoing businesses and activities. The Company is not engaged in any activity or business, and does not own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Certificate of
Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended, specifying the nature of the Companys business and the purposes of the Company. The Company does not engage or propose to engage in any industry or business or activity, or own any property or asset, that
causes or would cause it to be subject to special local, state or federal regulation not applicable to business organizations generally (including, without limitation, those regulations applicable only to banks, savings and loan institutions,
insurance companies, public utilities or investment companies).
5. To the best knowledge of the Company (i) no proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for
the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the Companys
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws.
6. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP may rely upon the accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company
contained in the Transaction Documents, in this Officers Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith, including, without limitation, any secretarys or assistant
secretarys certificates.
7. The Company does not own or operate equipment or facilities, or engage in any other activity in the nature of a public utility,
including, without limitation, any such equipment, facilities or activity relating to garbage or sewage disposal or water production or transmission, that would subject the Company to regulation as a public utility of any nature.
8. The Company does not accept deposits or engage in any other business activity reserved exclusively to banks or other lenders or financial institutions, or engage in any trust or
insurance business.
9. Where the Company is engaged in the treatment, storage, production, processing, transportation or disposal of any toxic or hazardous waste
or other regulated substance, it is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, and such activity is not conducted by it as a business, but is an activity incidental to its normal business
activities.
10. The Company (a) is not engaged, and does not hold itself out as being engaged, and does not propose to engage, primarily in the business of
investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, (b) is not engaged and does not propose to engage in the business of issuing any certificate, investment contract, or other security which represents an obligation to pay a stated or determinable
sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated or determinable
amount (i.e., face-amount certificates of the installment type), and (c) is not engaged, and does not propose to engage, in the
business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, or if the company is so engaged or so proposes to engage, it does not own or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the
Companys total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. For purposes of this paragraph 10, (x) investment securities includes all securities except (A) government securities,
(B) securities issued by employees securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company that are not investment companies, and (y) government securities includes any security
issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the
United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.
11. There is no pending legal proceeding before, or pending investigation by, any court or
administrative agency or authority of the United States of America or the State of Ohio or the State of Delaware or any arbitration tribunal against or directly affecting the Company or any of its properties (a) with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (b) which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or each of its assets or properties.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officers Certificate have the meanings ascribed to them in the Opinion.
[Signature Follows on Next Page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the day of June, 2017.
Name:
Title:
ANNEX I
1. Documentation under the $9,000,000
Variable Rate Demand Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Project), Series 2007, of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
2. Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 12, 2013, with respect to the ADS Mexicana Credit Facility.
3. Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, between Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. and Prudential Investment
Management, Inc.
4. Interestholders Agreement of Tuberias
Tigre-ADS
Limitada, dated as of June 5, 2009, among Tubos y
Plasticos ADS Chile Limitada, Tigre Chile S.A., Tuberias
T-A
Limitada, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. and Tigre S.A. - Tubos e Conexoes.
ANNEX II
None.
Exhibit
A-2
STORMTECH LLC OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned officer of StormTech
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), hereby certifies, as of the date hereof in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 22, 2017 (the Financing Agreement), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower (including the Company), as Guarantors, the lending institutions party
thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (the Opinion) delivered in connection therewith, as
follows:
1. Attached as (a) Annex I hereto is a list of all indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, security and/or pledge agreements, guarantees, loan and/or
credit agreements and other agreements or instruments (other than the Transaction Documents) and (b) Annex II hereto is a list of all decrees and orders, in each case in clause (a) and (b) above, to which the Company is a party or that are
otherwise binding upon the Company or any of its assets or property and that contain financial or other covenants or provisions for defaults or events of default or similar events or occurrences or other provisions that otherwise would or could have
the effect of (i) restricting the types of provisions that any other agreement to which the Company becomes a party may contain, (ii) restricting the conduct of the Companys business, the incurrence by the Company of indebtedness,
guarantees, or other liabilities or obligations, or the creation of liens upon any of the Companys property or assets, or otherwise restricting the execution, delivery, and performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
by, the Financing Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, or
(iii) resulting in, or requiring the creation or
imposition of, any lien upon any of the Companys assets or property as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a
party, and in the case of clause (a) and (b) above, to the extent the violation or breach of which, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the
Company.
2. A true and complete copy of each of the above agreements, instruments, decrees and orders has heretofore been furnished to Squire Patton Boggs (US)
LLP.
3. No default or event of default under, or violation of, any such agreement, instrument, decree or order exists or, immediately after giving effect to entry
into the Transaction Documents or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, will exist.
4. The nature of the Companys business and
properties, and the purpose of the Company, is to engage in the following businesses and activities: manufacture corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and related products for use in a wide range of drainage applications, including
roadway construction, storm and sanitary sewer systems, storm water retention/detention systems, septic systems, residential and commercial construction, plastic structures, golf courses, athletic fields and agriculture. The Company is not engaged
in any activity or business, and does not own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Certificate of Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement, specifying the
nature of the Companys business and the purposes of the Company. The Company does not engage or propose to engage in any industry
or business or activity, or own any property or asset, that causes or would cause it to be subject to special local, state or federal regulation not applicable to business organizations generally (including, without limitation, those regulations
applicable only to banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance companies, public utilities or investment companies).
5. To the best knowledge of the Company
(i) no proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good
standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for
the revocation or forfeiture of the Companys Certificate of Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement.
6. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP may rely upon
the accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents, in this Officers Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, any secretarys or assistant secretarys certificates.
7. The Company does not own or operate equipment or facilities, or
engage in any other activity in the nature of a public utility, including, without limitation, any such equipment, facilities or activity relating to garbage or sewage disposal or water production or transmission, that would subject the Company to
regulation as a public utility of any nature.
8. The Company does not accept deposits or engage in any other business activity reserved exclusively to banks or
other lenders or financial institutions, or engage in any trust or insurance business.
9. Where the Company is engaged in the treatment, storage, production,
processing, transportation or disposal of any toxic or hazardous waste or other regulated substance, it is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, and such activity is not conducted by it as
a business, but is an activity incidental to its normal business activities.
10. The Company (a) is not engaged, and does not hold itself out as being
engaged, and does not propose to engage, primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, (b) is not engaged and does not propose to engage in the business of issuing any certificate, investment contract, or other
security which represents an obligation to pay a stated or determinable sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated
or determinable amount (i.e., face-amount certificates of the installment type), and (c) is not engaged, and does not propose to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, or if the company is
so engaged or so proposes to engage, it does not own or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the Companys total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated
basis. For purposes of this paragraph 10, (x) investment securities includes all securities except (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees securities companies, and (C) securities issued by
majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company that are not investment companies, and (y) government securities includes any security issued or
guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an
instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.
11. There is no pending legal proceeding before, or pending investigation by, any court or administrative agency or authority of the United States of America or the State of Ohio
or the State of Delaware or any arbitration tribunal against or directly affecting the Company or any of its properties (a) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (b) which could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or each of its assets or properties.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officers
Certificate have the meanings ascribed to them in the Opinion.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the [ ] day of June, 2017.
Name:
Title:
ANNEX I
1. Amended and Restated Continuing
Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 12, 2013, with respect to the ADS Mexicana Credit Facility.
2. Subsidiary Guaranty in connection with
the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, between Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. and Prudential Investment Management, Inc.
ANNEX II
None.
Exhibit
A-3
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned officer
of Hancor Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company), hereby certifies, as of the date hereof in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Financing Agreement), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower (including the Company), as Guarantors, the lending institutions
party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (the Opinion) delivered in connection
therewith, as follows:
1. Attached as (a) Annex I hereto is a list of all indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, security and/or pledge agreements,
guarantees, loan and/or credit agreements and other agreements or instruments (other than the Transaction Documents) and (b) Annex II hereto is a list of all decrees and orders, in each case in clause (a) and (b) above, to which the
Company is a party or that are otherwise binding upon the Company or any of its assets or property and that contain financial or other covenants or provisions for defaults or events of default or similar events or occurrences or other provisions
that otherwise would or could have the effect of (i) restricting the types of provisions that any other agreement to which the Company becomes a party may contain, (ii) restricting the conduct of the Companys business, the incurrence
by the Company of indebtedness, guarantees, or other liabilities or obligations, or the creation of liens upon any of the Companys property or assets, or otherwise restricting the execution, delivery, and performance of, or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by, the Financing Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, or
(iii) resulting in, or
requiring the creation or imposition of, any lien upon any of the Companys assets or property as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, any of the Transaction Documents
to which the Company is a party, and in the case of clause (a) and (b) above, to the extent the violation or breach of which, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations of the Company.
2. A true and complete copy of each of the above agreements, instruments, decrees and orders has heretofore been furnished
to Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
3. No default or event of default under, or violation of, any such agreement, instrument, decree or order exists or, immediately
after giving effect to entry into the Transaction Documents or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, will exist.
4. The nature of the
Companys business and properties, and the purpose of the Company, is to engage in the following businesses and activities: ownership of the equity interests in subsidiaries which manufacture corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and
related products for use in a wide range of drainage applications, including roadway construction, storm and sanitary sewer systems, storm water retention/detention systems, septic systems, residential and commercial construction, plastic
structures, golf courses, athletic fields and agriculture. The Company is not engaged in any activity or business, and does not own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws, as amended, specifying the nature of the Companys business and the purposes of the Company. The Company does not engage or
propose to engage in any industry or business or activity, or own any property or asset, that causes or would cause it to be subject to special local, state or federal regulation not applicable to business organizations generally (including, without
limitation, those regulations applicable only to banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance companies, public utilities or investment companies).
5. To the
best knowledge of the Company (i) no proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution, (ii) no event has occurred that has
adversely affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing and
(iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the Companys Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.
6. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP may rely
upon the accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents, in this Officers Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, any secretarys or assistant secretarys certificates.
7. The Company does not own or operate equipment or facilities, or
engage in any other activity in the nature of a public utility, including, without limitation, any such equipment, facilities or activity relating to garbage or sewage disposal or water production or transmission, that would subject the Company to
regulation as a public utility of any nature.
8. The Company does not accept deposits or engage in any other business activity reserved exclusively to banks or
other lenders or financial institutions, or engage in any trust or insurance business.
9. Where the Company is engaged in the treatment, storage, production,
processing, transportation or disposal of any toxic or hazardous waste or other regulated substance, it is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, and such activity is not conducted by it as
a business, but is an activity incidental to its normal business activities.
10. The Company (a) is not engaged, and does not hold itself out as being
engaged, and does not propose to engage, primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, (b) is not engaged and does not propose to engage in the business of issuing any certificate, investment contract, or other
security which represents an obligation to pay a stated or determinable sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated
or determinable amount (i.e., face-amount certificates of the installment type), and (c) is not engaged, and does not propose to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, or if the company is
so engaged or so proposes to engage, it does not own or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the Companys total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated
basis. For purposes of this paragraph 10, (x) investment securities includes all securities except (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees securities companies, and (C) securities issued by
majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company that are not investment companies, and (y) government securities includes any security issued or
guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an
instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.
11. There is no pending legal proceeding before, or pending investigation by, any court or administrative agency or authority of the United States of America or the State of Ohio
or the State of Delaware or any arbitration tribunal against or directly affecting the Company or any of its properties (a) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (b) which could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or each of its assets or properties.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officers
Certificate have the meanings ascribed to them in the Opinion.
[Signature Follows on Next Page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the [ ] day of June, 2017.
Name:
Title:
ANNEX I
1. Amended and Restated Continuing
Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 12, 2013, with respect to the ADS Mexicana Credit Facility.
2. Subsidiary Guaranty in connection with the
Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, between Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. and Prudential Investment Management, Inc.
ANNEX II
None.
Exhibit
A-4
HANCOR, INC.
OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned officer of Hancor, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the Company), hereby certifies, as of the date hereof in connection with the execution, delivery and
performance by the Company of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Financing Agreement), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the
Borrower (including the Company), as Guarantors, the lending institutions party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the opinion of Squire Patton
Boggs (US) LLP (the Opinion) delivered in connection therewith, as follows:
1. Attached as (a) Annex I hereto is a list of all indentures, mortgages,
deeds of trust, security and/or pledge agreements, guarantees, loan and/or credit agreements and other agreements or instruments (other than the Transaction Documents) and (b) Annex II hereto is a list of all decrees and orders, in each case in
clause (a) and (b) above, to which the Company is a party or that are otherwise binding upon the Company or any of its assets or property and that contain financial or other covenants or provisions for defaults or events of default or similar events
or occurrences or other provisions that otherwise would or could have the effect of (i) restricting the types of provisions that any other agreement to which the Company becomes a party may contain, (ii) restricting the conduct of the Companys
business, the incurrence by the Company of indebtedness, guarantees, or other liabilities or obligations, or the creation of liens upon any of the Companys property or assets, or otherwise restricting the execution, delivery, and performance
of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Financing Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, or (iii) resulting in, or requiring the creation or imposition of, any lien upon any of
the Companys assets or property as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and in the case of clause (a)
and (b) above, to the extent the violation or breach of which, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company.
2. A true and complete copy of each of the above agreements, instruments, decrees and orders has heretofore been furnished to Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
3. No default or event of default under, or violation of, any such agreement, instrument, decree or order exists or, immediately after giving effect to entry into the Transaction
Documents or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, will exist.
4. The nature of the Companys business and properties, and the purpose
of the Company, is to engage in the following businesses and activities: manufacture corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and related products for use in a wide range of drainage applications, including roadway construction, storm and
sanitary sewer systems, storm water retention/detention systems, septic systems, residential and commercial construction, plastic structures, golf courses, athletic fields and agriculture and the ownership of equity interests in subsidiaries which
engage in the foregoing businesses and activities. The Company is not engaged in any activity or business, and does not own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations, as
amended, specifying
the nature of the Companys business and the purposes of the Company. The Company does not engage or propose to engage in any
industry or business or activity, or own any property or asset, that causes or would cause it to be subject to special local, state or federal regulation not applicable to business organizations generally (including, without limitation, those
regulations applicable only to banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance companies, public utilities or investment companies).
5. To the best knowledge of
the Company (i) no proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good
standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for the
revocation or forfeiture of the Companys Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations, as amended.
6. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP may rely upon the
accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents, in this Officers Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, any secretarys or assistant secretarys certificates.
7. The Company does not own or operate equipment or facilities, or
engage in any other activity in the nature of a public utility, including, without limitation, any such equipment, facilities or activity relating to garbage or sewage disposal or water production or transmission, that would subject the Company to
regulation as a public utility of any nature.
8. The Company does not accept deposits or engage in any other business activity reserved exclusively to banks or
other lenders or financial institutions, or engage in any trust or insurance business.
9. Where the Company is engaged in the treatment, storage, production,
processing, transportation or disposal of any toxic or hazardous waste or other regulated substance, it is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, and such activity is not conducted by it as
a business, but is an activity incidental to its normal business activities.
10. The Company (a) is not engaged, and does not hold itself out as being engaged, and
does not propose to engage, primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, (b) is not engaged and does not propose to engage in the business of issuing any certificate, investment contract, or other security which
represents an obligation to pay a stated or determinable sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated or
determinable amount (i.e., face-amount certificates of the installment type), and (c) is not engaged, and does not propose to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, or if the company is so
engaged or so proposes to engage, it does not own or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the Companys total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated
basis. For purposes of this paragraph 10, (x) investment securities includes all securities except (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned
subsidiaries of the Company that are not investment companies, and (y) government securities includes any security issued or
guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an
instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.
11. There is no pending legal proceeding before, or pending investigation by, any court or administrative agency or authority of the United States of America or the State of Ohio
or the State of Delaware or any arbitration tribunal against or directly affecting the Company or any of its properties (a) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (b) which could reasonably be expected to have
a material adverse effect on the Company or each of its assets or properties.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officers Certificate have the
meanings ascribed to them in the Opinion.
[Signature Follows on Next Page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand as of the [ ] day of June, 2017.
Name:
Title:
ANNEX I
1. Amended and Restated Continuing
Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 12, 2013, with respect to the ADS Mexicana Credit Facility.
2. Subsidiary Guaranty in connection with the
Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, between Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. and Prudential Investment Management, Inc.
ANNEX II
None.
Exhibit B
Financing Statements
Exhibit
B-1
ADS Financing Statement
Exhibit
B-2
StormTech Financing Statement
Exhibit
B-3
HHC Financing Statement
Exhibit
B-4
Hancor Financing Statement
B-1
UCC
FINANCING STATEMENT
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
A. NAME & PHONE OF CONTACT AT
FILER (optional)
B.
E-MAIL
CONTACT AT FILER (optional)
C. SEND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO (Name and Address)
THE ABOVE SPACE IS FOR FILING OFFICE USE ONLY
1 DEBTORS NAME: Provide only one Debtor name (1a or 1b) (use exact, full name, do not omit, modify, or abbreviate any part of the Debtors name); if any
part of the Individual Debtors name will not fit in one 1b, leave a I of item 1 blank, check here Q and provide the Individual Debtor information in item 10 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad)
OR
1a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
1b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST PERSONAL NAME ADDITIONAL
NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
1c. MAILING ADDRESS CITY STATE POSTAL CODE COUNTRY
4640 Trueman Boulevard Hilliard OH 43026 USA
2. DEBTORS NAME Provide
only one Debtor name (2a or 2b) (use exact, full name do not omit, modify or abbreviate any part of the Debtors name); if any part of the Individual Debtors name will not fit in line 2b, leave all of item 2 blank, check here Q and
provide the individual Debtor information in item 10 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad)
2a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME
2b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST PERSONAL NAME ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
2c.
MAILING ADDRESS CITY STATE POSTAL CODE COUNTRY
3. SECURED PARTYS NAME (or NAME of ASSIGNEE of ASSIGNOR SECURED PARTY) Provide only one Secured Party name (3a
or 3b)
OR
3a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME
PNC Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent
3b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST
PERSONAL NAME ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
3c. MAILING ADDRESS CITY STATE POSTAL CODE COUNTRY
Commercial Lending Services/DCC, 500 First Avenue, 4th Fl
(P7-PFSC-04-L)
Pittsburgh PA 15219 USA
4.
COLLATERAL: This financing statement covers the following collateral
All assets of the Debtor now owned or hereafter acquired.
5. Check only if applicable and check only one box Collateral Is held in a Trust (see UCC1Ad item 17 and instructions) being administered by a Decedents Personal
Representative
6a. Check only if applicable and check only one box 6b Check only if applicable and check only one box
Public-Finance Transaction Manufactured-Home Transaction A Debtor s a Transmitting Utility Agricultural Lien
Non-UCC
Filling
7. ALTERNATIVE DESIGNATION (if applicable): Lessee/Lessor Consignee/Consignor Seller/Buyer Bailee/Bailor Licensee/Licensor
8. OPTIONAL FILER REFERENCE DATA DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
International Association of
Commercial Administrators (IACA)
FILING OFFICE COPY UCC FINANCING STATEMENT (Form UCC1) (Rev 04/20/11)
B-2
UCC FINANCING STATEMENT
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
A. NAME & PHONE OF CONTACT AT FILER (optional)
B. E-MAIL CONTACT AT FILER (optional)
C. SEND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO (Name and Address)
THE ABOVE SPACE IS FOR FILING OFFICE USE ONLY
1. DEBTORS NAME: Provide only one Debtor
name (1a or 1b) (use exact, full name do not omit, modify, or abbreviate any part of the Debtors name) H any part of the Individual Debtors name will not fit in one 1b, leave all of item 1 blank, check here and provide the Individual
Debtor information in item 10 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad)
OR
1a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME StormTech LLC
1b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST PERSONAL NAME
ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
1c. MAILING ADDRESS
4640 Trueman
Boulevard CITY Hilliard STATE OH POSTAL CODE 43026 COUNTRY USA
2. DEBTORS NAME: Provide only one Debtor name (2a or 2b) (use exact, full name do not omit,
modify, or abbreviate any part of the Debtors name); if any part of the Individual Debtors name will not fit in line 2b, leave all of item 2 blank, check here and provide the individual Debtor information in item 10 of the Financing
Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad)
OR
2a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME 2b,
INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST PERSONAL NAME ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
2c. MAILING ADDRESS CITY STATE POSTAL CODE COUNTRY
3. SECURED PARTYS NAME (or NAME of ASSIGNEE of ASSIGNOR SECURED PARTY) Provide only Secured Party name (3a or 3b)
OR
3a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME PNC Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent 3b,
INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST PERSONAL NAME ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
3c. MAILING ADDRESS
Commercial Lending Services/DCC, 500 First Avenue, 4th FI
(P7-PFSC-04-L)
CITY Pittsburgh STATE PA
POSTAL CODE 15219 COUNTRY USA
4. COLLATERAL This financing statement covers the following collateral
All assets of the Debtor now owned or hereafter acquired.
5. Check only if applicable and
check only one box Collateral is held in a Trust (see UCC1Ad item 17 and instructions) being administered by a Decedents Personal Representative
6a. Check
only if applicable and check only one box 6b. Check only if applicable and check only one box
Public-Finance Transaction Manufactured-Home Transaction A
Debtors a Transmitting Utility Agricultural Lien Non-UCC Filing
7. ALTERNATIVE DESIGNATION (if applicable): Lessee/Lessor Consignee/Consignor Seller/Buyer
Bailee/Bailor Licensee/Licensor
8. OPTIONAL FILER REFERENCE DATA DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
FILING OFFICE COPY UCC FINANCING STATEMENT (Form UCC1) (Rev. 04/20/11) International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA)
B-3
UCC FINANCING STATEMENT
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
A. NAME & PHONE OF CONTACT AT FILER (optional)
B.
E-MAIL
CONTACT AT FILER (optional)
C. SEND
ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO: (Name and Address)
THE ABOVE SPACE IS FOR FILING OFFICE USE ONLY
1. DEBTORS NAME: Provide only one Debtor name (1a or 1b) (use exact, full name, do not omit, modify or abbreviate any part of the Debtors name); if any part of the
Individual Debtors name will not fit in line 1b, leave all of item 1 blank check here and provide the individual Debtor information in item 10 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad)
OR
1a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME
Hancor Holding Corporation
1b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME
FIRST PERSONAL NAME
ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S)
SUFFIX
1c. MAILING ADDRESS
4640 Trueman Boulevard
CITY Hilliard STATE OH POSTAL CODE 43026 COUNTRY USA
2. DEBTORS NAME: Provide only one Debtor name (2a or 2b) (use exact, full name, do not omit modify, or abbreviate any part of the Debtors name), if any part of the
Individual Debtors name will not fit in line 2b, leave all of item 2 blank check here and provide the individual Debtor information in item 10 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad)
OR
2a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME
2b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME
FIRST PERSONAL NAME
ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S)
SUFFIX
2c. MAILING ADDRESS CITY STATE POSTAL CODE COUNTRY
3. SECURED PARTYS NAME (or NAME of
ASSIGNEE of ASSIGNOR SECURED PARTY) Provide only one Secured Party name (3a or 3b)
OR
3a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME
PNC Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent
3b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME
FIRST PERSONAL NAME
ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S)
SUFFIX
3c. MAILING ADDRESS
Commercial Lending Services/DCC, 500 First Avenue, 4th Fl
(P7-PFSC-04-L)
CITY Pittsburgh STATE PA POSTAL
CODE 15219 COUNTRY USA
4. COLLATERAL This financing statement covers the following collateral:
All assets of the Debtor now owned or hereafter acquired.
5. Check only if applicable and
check only one box Collateral is held in a Trust (see UCC1Ad item 17 and instructions) being administered by a Decedents Personal Representative 6a. Check only if applicable and check only one box:
6b. Check only if applicable and check only one box:
Public-Finance Transaction
Manufactured-Home Transaction A Debtor is a Transmitting Utility
Agricultural Lien
Non-UCC
Filing
7. ALTERNATIVE DESIGNATION (if applicable) Lessee/Lessor Consignee/Consignor
Seller/Buyer
Bailee/Bailor Licensee/Licensor
8. OPTIONAL FILER REFERENCE DATA DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF STATE
FILING OFFICE COPY UCC FINANCING STATEMENT (Form UCC1) (Rev. 04/20/11)
International
Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA)
B-4
UCC FINANCING STATEMENT
FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS
A NAME & PHONE OF CONTACT AT FILER (optional) THE ABOVE SPACE IS
FOR FILING OFFICE USE ONLY
B
E-MAIL
CONTACT AT FILER (optional)
C SEND ACKNOWLEDGMENT TO (Name and Address)
1. DEBTORS NAME: Provide only one Debtor
name (1 a or 1b) (use exact full name, do not omit, modify, or abbreviate any part of the Debtors name); if any part of the Individual Debtors name will not fit in line 1b, leave all of item 1 blank, check here and provide the Individual
Debtor information in item 10 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad)
1a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME Hancor, Inc. OR
1b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST PERSONAL NAME ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
1c.
MAILING ADDRESS
4640 Trueman Boulevard CITY Hilliard STATE OH POSTAL CODE 43026 COUNTRY USA
2. DEBTORS NAME: Provide only one Debtor name (2a or 2b) (use exact, full name, do not omit, modify, or abbreviate any part of the Debtors name); if any part of the
Individual Debtors name will not fit in line 2b, leave all of item 2 blank, check here and provide the Individual Debtor information in item 10 of the Financing Statement Addendum (Form UCC1Ad)
2a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME OR
2b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST PERSONAL NAME ADDITIONAL
NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
2c. MAILING ADDRESS CITY STATE POSTAL CODE COUNTRY
3. SECURED PARTYS NAME (or NAME of ASSIGNEE of ASSIGNOR SECURED PARTY) Provide only one Secured Party name (3a or 3b)
OR 3a. ORGANIZATIONS NAME PNC Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent 3b. INDIVIDUALS SURNAME FIRST PERSONAL NAME ADDITIONAL NAME(S)/INITIAL(S) SUFFIX
3c. MAILING ADDRESS
Commercial Lending Services/DCC, 500 First Avenue, 4th Fl
(P7-PFSC-04-L)
CITY Pittsburgh STATE PA POSTAL CODE 15219 COUNTRY USA
4. COLLATERAL: This financing statement covers the following collateral:
All assets of the
Debtor now owned or hereafter acquired.
5. Check only if applicable and check only one box Collateral is held in a Trust (see UCC1Ad item 17 and instructions)
being administered by a Decedents Personal Representative 6a. Check only if applicable and check only one box 6b. Check only if applicable and check only one box
Public-Finance Transaction Manufactured-Home Transaction A Debtor is a Transmitting Utility Agricultural Lien Non UCC Filling
7. ALTERNATIVE DESIGNATION (if applicable) Lessee/Lessor Consignee/Consignor Seller/Buyer Bailee/Bailor Licensee/Licensor
8. OPTIONAL FILER REFERENCE DATA:
OHIO SECRETARY OF STATE
FILING OFFICE COPY UCC FINANCING STATEMENT (Form UCC1) (Rev. 04/20/11) International Association of Commercial Administrators (IACA)
Exhibit C
Pledged Entities
Hancor Holding Corporation
ADS Ventures, Inc.
Sewer Tap, Inc.
Spartan Concrete, Inc.
PSA, Inc.
ADS Structures, Inc.
Advanced Drainage of Ohio,
Inc.
Green Line Polymers, Inc.
Inlet & Pipe Protection, Inc.
Hancor of Canada, Inc.
Hancor, Inc. (OH)
Hancor Leasing Corp.
Media Plus, Inc.
Hancor International, Inc.
Hancor, Inc. (NV)
SCHEDULE 8.1.3
INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE COLLATERAL
COVENANTS:
At the request of the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders (x) on the Closing Date and annually thereafter an original certificate of insurance signed by the Loan Parties independent insurance broker describing and certifying as to the existence of the insurance on the Collateral required to be maintained by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with a copy of the endorsement described in the next sentence attached to such certificate, and (y) from time to time a summary schedule indicating all insurance then in force with respect to each of the Loan Parties. Such policies of insurance shall contain special endorsements which include the provisions set forth below or are otherwise in form acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its discretion. The applicable Loan Parties shall notify the Administrative Agent promptly of any occurrence causing a material loss or decline in value of the Collateral and the estimated (or actual, if available) amount of such loss or decline. Any monies received by the Administrative Agent constituting insurance proceeds shall: (i) in the case of property insurance proceeds received during the existence of an Event of Default, be applied by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) in the case of property insurance proceeds received at all other times, be disbursed by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Loan Parties.
ENDORSEMENT:
(i) specify the Administrative Agent as an additional insured, mortgagee and lender loss payee as its interests may appear,
(ii) with respect to all property insurance policies, provide that the interest of the Lenders shall be insured regardless of any breach or violation by the applicable Loan Parties of any warranties, declarations or conditions contained in such policies or any action or inaction of the applicable Loan Parties or others insured under such policies, except that the insurer shall not be obligated to maintain the insurance if the breach consists of non-payment of premiums which continues for 30 days after written notice to Administrative Agent,
(iii) provide a waiver of any right of the insurers to set off or counterclaim or any other deduction, whether by attachment or otherwise,
(iv) provide that any and all rights of subrogation which the insurers may have or acquire against the Loan Parties shall be, at all times and in all respects, junior and subordinate to the prior Payment In Full of the Indebtedness hereunder and that no insurer shall exercise or assert any right of subrogation until such time as the Indebtedness hereunder has been paid in full and the Commitments have terminated,
(v) provide that no cancellation of such policies for any reason (other than for non-payment of premium, for which separate provision is made hereinafter) nor any change therein shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such cancellation or change,
(vi) provide that no cancellation of such policies by reason of non-payment of premium shall be effective until at least ten (10) days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice of such cancellation,
(vii) be primary without right of contribution of any other insurance carried by or on behalf of any additional insureds with respect to their respective interests in the Collateral, and
(viii) provide that inasmuch as the policy covers more than one insured, all terms, conditions, insuring agreements and endorsements (except limits of liability) shall operate as if there were a separate policy covering each insured.
SCHEDULE 8.2.1
Permitted Indebtedness
| Indebtedness in connection with the following: |
| The IDRB Facility |
| The following letter of credit issued for the benefit of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.: |
Outstanding Principal
Balance as of Closing Date |
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IDRB |
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New Jersey Economic Development Authority |
$ | 1,620,000 | ||
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SCHEDULE 8.2.3
Guaranties
| Guaranty by Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (up to $11,000,000, plus 50% of interest, fees and expenses related thereto) of the $22,000,000 credit facility of Tubos y Plásticos Tigre-ADS de Chile Limitada from Itau Corpbanca. |
| Guaranty by Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (up to $3,163,527.22, plus 49% of interest, fees and expenses related thereto) of the $6,456,178 credit facility of Tigre-ADS USA Inc. supported by a standby letter of credit issued by PNC Bank, National Association in favor of Banco Bradesco S.A. for the account of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. |
SCHEDULE 8.2.4
Investments in Non-Loan Parties
The September 30, 1993, $29,500,276 loan by Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. to the ESOP evidenced by a Limited Recourse Non-Negotiable Note dated September 30, 1993.
Investments by Loan Parties in Non-Loan Parties as of the Closing Date:
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Domicile | Entity Type |
Percentage
Ownership |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. |
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Inlet & Pipe Protection, Inc. |
Illinois | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 2,524 | ||||||||||
ADS Ventures, Inc. 1 |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 7,327 | ||||||||||
Green Line Polymers, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 27,718 | ||||||||||
Sewer Tap, Inc. |
Oregon | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 5,797 | ||||||||||
Spartan Concrete, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 1,355 | ||||||||||
PSA, Inc. |
Maine | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 53 | ||||||||||
ADS Structures, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 5,921 | ||||||||||
ADS Worldwide, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 22,118 | ||||||||||
Advanced Drainage of Ohio, Inc. |
Ohio | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 18,309 | ||||||||||
Hancor Holding Corporation |
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Hancor of Canada, Inc. |
Canada | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 43,834 | ||||||||||
Hancor, Inc. |
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Hancor Leasing Corp |
Ohio | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 0 | ||||||||||
Media Plus, Inc. |
Ohio | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 0 | ||||||||||
Hancor International, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 0 | ||||||||||
Hancor, Inc.(NV) 2 |
Nevada | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 0 | ||||||||||
StormTech, LLC |
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None |
$ | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Total Investments by Loan Parties in Non-Loan Parties |
$ | 134,956 | ||||||||||||||
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Notes:
1 | Excludes $43.7 million investment in subsidiaries related to StormTech LLC, which is a Loan Party under the Agreement. |
2 | Inactive. |
3 | Amounts shown in thousands. |
EXHIBIT 1.1(A)
FORM OF
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (the Assignment ) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [INSERT NAME OF ASSIGNOR] (the Assignor ) and [INSERT NAME OF ASSIGNEE] (the Assignee ). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement identified below (as may hereafter from time to time be further restated, amended, modified or supplemented, the Credit Agreement ), receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below (i) all of the Assignors rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the respective facilities identified below (including, without limitation, any Letters of Credit and guarantees included in such facilities), and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein (the Assigned Interest ). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.
1. | Assignor: | |||||
2. | Assignee: | [and is a(n) Affiliate of [identify Lender] / Lender / Approved Fund 1 ] | ||||
3. | Borrower(s): | ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | ||||
4. | Administrative Agent: | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the administrative agent under the Credit Agreement |
1 | Select as applicable. |
5. | Credit Agreement: | The Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | ||||
6. | Assigned Interest: |
Facility Assigned |
Aggregate Amount of
Commitment/ Loans for all Lenders |
Amount of
Commitment/Loans Assigned |
Percentage Assigned
of Commitment/ Loans 2 |
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Revolving Credit Commitment |
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7. | [Trade Date: | ] 3 |
Effective Date: , 20 [TO BE INSERTED BY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND WHICH SHALL BE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF RECORDATION OF TRANSFER IN THE REGISTER THEREFOR.]
The terms set forth in this Assignment are hereby agreed to:
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3 | To be completed if the Assignor and the Assignee intend that the minimum assignment amount is to be determined as of the Trade Date. |
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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent |
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[PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION] 5 , as Issuing Lender |
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5 | Insert name of Issuing Lender or other Issuing Lenders, if not PNC. |
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ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
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ANNEX 1
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
CREDIT FACILITY
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS
FOR
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
1. Representations and Warranties .
1.1 Assignor . The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim, (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and (iv) it is [not] a Defaulting Lender; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Loan Documents or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial condition of the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of any Loan Document, or (iv) the performance or observance by the Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any Loan Document.
1.2. Assignee . The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, (ii) it meets all requirements of an eligible assignee under the Credit Agreement (subject to receipt of such consents as may be required under the Credit Agreement), (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it is sophisticated with respect to decisions to acquire assets of the type represented by the Assigned Interest and either it, or the Person exercising discretion in making its decision to acquire the Assigned Interest, is experienced in acquiring assets of such type, (v) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 8.3 [Reporting Requirements] thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, (vi) it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment Agreement and to purchase such Assigned Interest and (vii) if Assignee is not incorporated or organized under the Laws of the United States of America or a state thereof, attached to the Assignment is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and
without reliance on the Administrative Agent, the Assignor or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Loan Documents, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Loan Documents are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payments . From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments of interest, fees or other amounts paid or payable in kind from and after the Effective Date to the Assignee.
3. General Provisions . This Assignment shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment. This Assignment shall be deemed to be a contract under the Laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
EXHIBIT 1.1(G)(1)
FORM OF
GUARANTOR JOINDER AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
THIS GUARANTOR JOINDER AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this Guarantor Joinder ) is made as of , 20 , by , a (the New Guarantor ).
Background
Reference is made to (i) the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as the same may be further restated, modified, supplemented, or amended from time to time, the Agreement ), by and among ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), EACH OF THE GUARANTORS now or hereafter party thereto (the Guarantors ), THE LENDERS now or hereafter party thereto (the Lenders ), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent ), (ii) Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as the same may be further restated, modified, supplemented, or amended from time to time, the Guaranty Agreement ), of the Guarantors given in favor of the Administrative Agent, (iii) the Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as the same may be further restated, modified, supplemented, or amended from time to time, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement ), among the Borrower, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, (iv) the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as the same may be further restated, modified, supplemented, or amended from time to time, the Security Agreement ), among the Loan Parties (as defined in the Agreement) and PNC Bank, National Association, as collateral agent, (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent ), (v) the Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as the same may be further restated, modified, supplemented, or amended from time to time, the Pledge Agreement ), among the Loan Parties and the Collateral Agent, (vi) the Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as the same may be further restated, modified, supplemented, or amended from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement ), among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Noteholders (each as defined therein), and as acknowledged and agreed to by the Loan Parties, and (vii) the other Loan Documents referred to in the Agreement (as the same may be modified, supplemented, restated or amended from time to time, the Loan Documents ).
Agreement
Capitalized terms defined in the Agreement are used herein as defined therein and the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 of the Agreement shall apply to this Guarantor Joinder.
New Guarantor hereby becomes a Guarantor under the terms of the Agreement and in consideration of the value of the synergistic and other benefits received by New Guarantor as a result of being or becoming affiliated with the Borrower and the Guarantors, the New Guarantor
hereby agrees that effective as of the date hereof it hereby is, and shall be deemed to be, and assumes the obligations of, a Loan Party and a Guarantor, jointly and severally with the existing Loan Parties and Guarantors under the Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement, a Guarantor, jointly and severally with the existing Guarantors under the Guaranty Agreement, a Company under the Intercompany Subordination Agreement, a Debtor, jointly and severally with the existing Debtors under the Security Agreement, [a Pledgor, jointly and severally with the existing Pledgors under the Pledge Agreement] , a Company under the Pledge Agreement and a Loan Party or Guarantor, as the case may be, under each of the other Loan Documents to which the Loan Parties or Guarantors are a party; and New Guarantor hereby agrees that from the date hereof and so long as any Loan or any Commitment of any Lender shall remain outstanding and until Payment In Full and the performance of all other obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, New Guarantor shall perform, comply with, and be subject to and bound by each of the terms and provisions of the Agreement, Guaranty Agreement, Intercompany Subordination Agreement, Security Agreement, Pledge Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents jointly and severally with the existing parties thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the New Guarantor hereby represents and warrants that (i) each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6 of the Agreement applicable to a Loan Party is true and correct as to New Guarantor on and as of the date hereof and (ii) New Guarantor has heretofore received a true and correct copy of the Agreement, Guaranty Agreement, Intercompany Subordination Agreement, Security Agreement, Pledge Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (including any modifications thereof or supplements or waivers thereto) in effect on the date hereof.
New Guarantor hereby makes, affirms, and ratifies in favor of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, the Agreement, Guaranty Agreement, Intercompany Subordination Agreement, Security Agreement, Pledge Agreement, Intercreditor Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents given by the Guarantors to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and any of the Lenders.
New Guarantor is simultaneously delivering to the Administrative Agent the documents together with this Guarantor Joinder, required under Sections 8.1.11 and 11.13 of the Agreement.
In furtherance of the foregoing, New Guarantor shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered at any time and from time to time such further instruments and documents and do or cause to be done such further acts as may be required by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in its discretion to carry out provisions and purposes of this Guarantor Joinder and the other Loan Documents.
New Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy or other electronic transmission to Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Lender of signature pages hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of New Guarantor shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by New Guarantor.
[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]
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NEW GUARANTOR SHALL CAUSE THE BORROWER TO PROVIDE SUCH ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 11.13 OF THE AGREEMENT.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the New Guarantor has duly executed this Guarantor Joinder and delivered the same to the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in and to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, as of the date and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT 1.1(G)(2)
FORM OF
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINUING AGREEMENT OF GUARANTY AND SURETYSHIP
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CONTINUING AGREEMENT OF GUARANTY AND SURETYSHIP (the Guaranty ), dated as of this 22nd day of June, 2017, is jointly and severally given by EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED AND EACH OF THE OTHER PERSONS WHICH BECOMES A GUARANTOR HEREUNDER FROM TIME TO TIME (each a Guarantor and collectively, the Guarantors ) in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the Administrative Agent ) in connection with that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), the Guarantors (as defined therein) now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders (as defined therein) now or hereafter party thereto (the Lenders ), and the Administrative Agent (as further amended, restated, modified, or supplemented from time to time, the Credit Agreement ). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement and the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Guaranty.
1. Guarantied Obligations . To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to make loans and grant other financial accommodations to the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement, each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranties to the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Affiliate of such Lender providing any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, or any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products, and becomes surety, as though it was a primary obligor for, the full and punctual payment and performance when due (whether on demand, at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise and including any amounts which would become due but for the operation of an automatic stay under the federal bankruptcy code of the United States or any similar Laws of any country or jurisdiction) of all of the following: (i) all now existing and hereafter arising Obligations of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, or any of their respective Affiliates under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, including all obligations, liabilities, and indebtedness, whether for principal, interest, fees, indemnities, expenses or otherwise, of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, or any of their respective Affiliates, now existing or hereafter incurred under the Credit Agreement or the Notes or any of the other Loan Documents as any of the same or any one or more of them may from time to time be amended, restated, modified, or supplemented, together with any and all extensions, renewals, refinancings, and refundings thereof in whole or in part, whether such obligations, liabilities, or indebtedness are direct or indirect, secured or unsecured, joint or several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, whether for payment or performance, now existing or hereafter arising (and including obligations, liabilities, and indebtedness arising or accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar proceeding with respect to the Borrower or any Guarantor or which would have arisen or accrued but for the commencement of such proceeding, even if the claim for such obligation, liability or indebtedness is not enforceable or allowable in such proceeding, and including all Obligations, liabilities and Indebtedness arising from any extensions of credit
under or in connection with any of the Loan Documents from time to time, regardless of whether any such extensions of credit are in excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by the Loan Documents or are made in circumstances in which any condition to extension of credit is not satisfied); (ii) all reimbursement obligations of the Borrower with respect to any one or more Letters of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates; (iii) all indebtedness, loans, obligations, expenses and liabilities of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders, or any such Affiliates, arising out of any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, and any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product; and (iv) any sums advanced by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or which may otherwise become due pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, the Notes, this Guaranty or any other Loan Document or pursuant to any other document or instrument at any time delivered to the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, including commitment, letter of credit, agent or other fees and charges, and indemnification obligations under any such document or instrument, together with all interest payable on any of the foregoing, whether such sums are advanced or otherwise become due before or after the entry of any judgment for foreclosure or any judgment on any Loan Document or with respect to any default under any of the foregoing (all of the foregoing obligations, liabilities and indebtedness are referred to herein collectively as the Guarantied Obligations and each as a Guarantied Obligation ). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this definition, Guarantied Obligations shall not include Excluded Hedge Liability or Liabilities. Without limitation of the foregoing, any of the Guarantied Obligations shall be and remain Guarantied Obligations entitled to the benefit of this Guaranty even if the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders (or any one or more assignees or transferees thereof) from time to time assigns or otherwise transfers all or any portion of their respective rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, or any other Guarantied Obligations, to any other Person. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Guarantor jointly and severally agrees as follows:
2. Guaranty . Each Guarantor hereby promises to pay and perform all such Guarantied Obligations when due (whether on demand, at stated maturity, by acceleration, or otherwise and including any amounts which would become due but for the operation of an automatic stay under the federal bankruptcy code of the United States or any similar Laws of any country or jurisdiction) immediately upon demand of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders or any one or more of them. All payments made hereunder shall be made by each Guarantor in immediately available funds in United States Dollars and shall be made without setoff, counterclaim, withholding, or other deduction of any nature. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein, to the extent that any of the undersigned or any other Guarantor is a Foreign Holding Company (as defined in the Credit Agreement), then recourse under the guarantee provided for herein by each such Foreign Holding Company shall be limited to the Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent by such Foreign Holding Company under the other Loan Documents.
3. Representations and Warranties of Guarantors . The Guarantors, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders as follows:
(a) Power and Authority . Each of the Guarantors has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, and to perform its Obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and all such actions have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on its part.
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(b) Validity and Binding Effect . This Guaranty and each of the other Loan Documents to which each Guarantor is a party (i) has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each Guarantor which is a party thereto, and (ii) constitutes, or will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of each Guarantor which is or will be a party thereto, enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with its 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.
(c) No Conflict; Material Agreements; Consents . Neither the execution and delivery of this Guaranty or the other Loan Documents by any Guarantor party thereto nor the consummation of the transactions herein or therein contemplated or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof by any of them will conflict with, constitute a default under or result in any breach of (i) the terms and conditions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents of any Guarantor, or (ii) any Law or any material agreement or instrument or order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which any Guarantor is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or encumbrance whatsoever upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of any Guarantor (other than Liens granted under such Loan Documents). No consent, approval, exemption, order or authorization of, or a registration or filing with, any Official Body or any other Person is required by any Law or any agreement in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which each Guarantor is a party except (A) for filings and recordings with respect to the Collateral to be made, or otherwise delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing and/or recordation, as of the Closing Date, (B) for those approvals, consents, exemptions, registrations, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and (C) with respect carrying out only, approvals, consents, exemptions, registrations, authorizations, actions, notices and filings, which are not material to the operation of the Guarantors or the rights of the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lender or the Lenders.
4. Obligations Absolute . The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise diminished by any failure, default, omission, or delay, willful or otherwise, by any Lender, the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other obligor on any of the Guarantied Obligations, or by 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 or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity. Each of the Guarantors agrees that the Guarantied Obligations will be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby consents to, at any time and from time to time, and the joint and several obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be diminished, terminated, or otherwise similarly affected by any of the following:
(a) Any lack of genuineness, legality, validity, enforceability or allowability (in a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, or otherwise), or any avoidance or
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subordination, in whole or in part, of any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations and regardless of any Law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of the Guarantied Obligations, any of the terms of the Loan Documents, or any rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or any other Person with respect thereto;
(b) Any increase, decrease, or change in the amount, nature, type or purpose of, or any release, surrender, exchange, compromise or settlement of, any of the Guarantied Obligations (whether or not contemplated by the Loan Documents as presently constituted); any change in the time, manner, method, or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, any of the Guarantied Obligations; any execution or delivery of any additional Loan Documents; or any amendment, modification or supplement to, or renewals, extensions, refinancing or refunding of, any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations;
(c) Any failure to assert any breach of or default under any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; any extensions of credit in excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by the Loan Documents, or in circumstances in which any condition to such extensions of credit has not been satisfied; any other exercise or non-exercise, or any other failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action in connection with any exercise or non-exercise, of any right or remedy against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person under or in connection with any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; any refusal of payment or performance of any of the Guarantied Obligations, whether or not with any reservation of rights against any Guarantor; or any application of collections (including but not limited to collections resulting from realization upon any direct or indirect security for the Guarantied Obligations) to other obligations, if any, not entitled to the benefits of this Guaranty, in preference to Guarantied Obligations entitled to the benefits of this Guaranty, or if any collections are applied to Guarantied Obligations, any application to particular Guarantied Obligations;
(d) Any taking, exchange, amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination, subordination, compromise, release, surrender, loss, or impairment of, or any failure to protect, perfect, or preserve the value of, or any enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or any failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, or any other Person in connection with the enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or any other action or inaction by any of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, or any other Person in respect of any direct or indirect security for any of the Guarantied Obligations. As used in this Guaranty, direct or indirect security for the Guarantied Obligations, and similar phrases, includes any collateral security, guaranty, suretyship, letter of credit, capital maintenance agreement, put option, subordination agreement, or other right or arrangement of any nature providing direct or indirect assurance of payment or performance of any of the Guarantied Obligations, made by or on behalf of any Person;
(e) Any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, charter revocation, or forfeiture, or other change in, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of, the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person; any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person; or any action taken or election made by the Administrative Agent or the
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Lenders, or any of them (including but not limited to any election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code), the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person in connection with any such proceeding;
(f) Any defense, setoff, or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other person with respect to any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; or, subject to Section 6 hereof, any discharge by operation of law or release of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person from the performance or observance of any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; or
(g) Any other event or circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, and whether known or unknown, which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or limit the liability of, any Guarantor, a guarantor or a surety, excepting only Payment In Full. Each Guarantor acknowledges, consents, and agrees that new Guarantors may join in this Guaranty pursuant to the Credit Agreement and each Guarantor affirms that its obligations shall continue hereunder undiminished. Each Guarantor consents to, and approves of, each of its Subsidiaries entering into and performing its obligations under the Loan Documents to which each such Subsidiary is a party.
5. Waivers, etc . Each of the Guarantors hereby waives any defense to or limitation on its obligations under this Guaranty arising out of or based on any event or circumstance referred to in Section 4 hereof. Without limitation and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, each Guarantor waives each of the following:
(a) All notices, disclosures and demand of any nature which otherwise might be required from time to time to preserve intact any rights against any Guarantor, including the following: any notice of any event or circumstance described in Section 4 hereof; any notice required by any Law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; any notice of nonpayment, nonperformance, dishonor, or protest under any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations; any notice of the incurrence of any Guarantied Obligation; any notice of any default or any failure on the part of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person to comply with any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Guarantied Obligations; and any notice of any information pertaining to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person;
(b) Any right to any marshalling of assets, to the filing of any claim against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person in the event of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, or to the exercise against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person of any other right or remedy under or in connection with any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Guarantied Obligations; any requirement of promptness or diligence on the part of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, or any other Person; any requirement to exhaust any remedies under or in connection with, or to mitigate the damages resulting from default under, any Loan Document or any of the Guarantied Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Guarantied Obligations; any benefit of any statute of limitations; and any requirement of acceptance of this Guaranty or any other Loan Document, and any requirement that any Guarantor receive notice of any such acceptance;
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(c) Any defense or other right arising by reason of any Law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction pertaining to election of remedies (including but not limited to anti-deficiency laws, one action laws or the like), or by reason of any election of remedies or other action or inaction by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them (including but not limited to commencement or completion of any judicial proceeding or nonjudicial sale or other action in respect of collateral security for any of the Guarantied Obligations), which results in denial or impairment of the right of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, to seek a deficiency against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person or which otherwise discharges or impairs any of the Guarantied Obligations; and
(d) Any and all defenses any Guarantor may now or hereafter have based on principles of suretyship, impairment of collateral, or the like.
6. Reinstatement . This Guaranty is a continuing obligation of each of the Guarantors and shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding that no Guarantied Obligations may be outstanding from time to time and notwithstanding any other event or circumstance. Upon Payment In Full, this Guaranty shall terminate; provided , however , that this Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, any time any payment of any of the Guarantied Obligations is rescinded, recouped, avoided, or must otherwise be returned or released by any Lender or the Administrative Agent upon or during the insolvency, bankruptcy, or reorganization of, or any similar proceeding affecting, the Borrower, any Guarantor or for any other reason whatsoever, all as though such payment had not been made and was due and owing.
7. Subrogation . No Guarantor shall, and each Guarantor waives and agrees that it will not, exercise any rights against the Borrower or any other Guarantor arising in connection with, or any Collateral securing, the Guarantied Obligations (including rights of subrogation, contribution, and the like, whether under any other agreement, contract or arrangement, available at law or in equity, or otherwise) until the Guarantied Obligations have been Paid In Full. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor by or on behalf of the Borrower or any other Guarantor by virtue of any right of subrogation, contribution, or the like, whether under any other agreement, contract or arrangement, available at law or in equity, or otherwise, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and shall be held in trust for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied upon the Guarantied Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement.
8. No Stay . Without limitation of any other provision of this Guaranty, if any declaration of default or acceleration or other exercise or condition to exercise of rights or remedies under or with respect to any Guarantied Obligation shall at any time be stayed, enjoined, or prevented for any reason (including but not limited to stay or injunction resulting from the pendency against the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Person of a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding), the Guarantors agree that, for the purposes of this Guaranty and their obligations hereunder, the Guarantied Obligations shall be deemed to have been declared in default or accelerated, and such other exercise or conditions to exercise shall be deemed to have been taken or met.
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9. Taxes . Each Guarantor hereby agrees to be bound by the provisions of Section 5.9 [Taxes] of the Credit Agreement and shall make all payments free and clear of Taxes as provided therein.
10. Notices . Each Guarantor agrees that all notices, statements, requests, demands and other communications under this Guaranty shall be given to such Guarantor at the address set forth on a Schedule to, or in a Guarantor Joinder given under, the Credit Agreement and in the manner provided in Section 11.5 [Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication] of the Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders may rely on any notice (whether or not made in a manner contemplated by this Guaranty) purportedly made by or on behalf of a Guarantor, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall have no duty to verify the identity or authority of the Person giving such notice.
11. Counterparts; Telecopy Signatures . This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy transmission to the Administrative Agent or any Lender of signature pages hereto purporting to be signed on behalf of any Guarantor shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by such Guarantor.
12. Setoff, Default Payments by Borrower .
(a) In the event that at any time any obligation of the Guarantors now or hereafter existing under this Guaranty shall have become due and payable, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, shall have the right from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, without notice to any Guarantor, to set off against and apply to such due and payable amount any obligation of any nature of any Lender or the Administrative Agent, or any subsidiary or affiliate of any Lender or the Administrative Agent, to any Guarantor, including but not limited to all deposits (whether time or demand, general or special, provisionally credited or finally credited, however evidenced) now or hereafter maintained by any Guarantor with the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof. Such right shall be absolute and unconditional in all circumstances and, without limitation, shall exist whether or not the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, shall have given any notice or made any demand under this Guaranty or under such obligation to any Guarantor, whether such obligation to such Guarantor is absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured (it being agreed that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, may deem such obligation to be then due and payable at the time of such setoff), and regardless of the existence or adequacy of any collateral, guaranty, or other direct or indirect security or right or remedy available to the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders. The rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section are in addition to such other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff and bankers lien) which the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, may have, and nothing in this Guaranty or in any other Loan Document shall be deemed a waiver of or restriction on the right of setoff or bankers lien of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees
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that, to the fullest extent permitted by Law, any affiliate or subsidiary of the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders and any holder of a participation in any Guarantied Obligation or in any obligation of any Guarantor under this Guaranty, shall have the same rights of setoff as the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as provided in this Section (regardless whether such affiliate or participant otherwise would be deemed a creditor of such Guarantor).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of any default under any Guarantied Obligation, if any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor by or for the account of the Borrower or another Guarantor, such amount shall be held in trust for the benefit of each Lender and the Administrative Agent and shall forthwith be paid to the Administrative Agent to be credited and applied to the Guarantied Obligations when due and payable.
13. Construction . The section and other headings contained in this Guaranty are for reference purposes only and shall not affect interpretation of this Guaranty in any respect. This Guaranty has been fully negotiated between the applicable parties, each party having the benefit of legal counsel, and accordingly neither any doctrine of construction of guaranties or suretyships in favor of the guarantor or surety, nor any doctrine of construction of ambiguities in agreements or instruments against the party controlling the drafting thereof, shall apply to this Guaranty.
14. S uccessors and Assigns . This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, and their successors and assigns, except that no Guarantor may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein and any such purported assignment or transfer shall be null and void. Without limitation of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them (and any successive assignee or transferee), from time to time may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights or obligations under the Loan Documents (including all or any portion of any commitment to extend credit), or any other Guarantied Obligations, to any other Person and such Guarantied Obligations (including any Guarantied Obligations resulting from an extension of credit by such other Person under or in connection with the Loan Documents) shall be and remain Guarantied Obligations entitled to the benefit of this Guaranty, and to the extent of its interest in such Guarantied Obligations such other Person shall be vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in this Guaranty or otherwise.
15. Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial .
(a) Governing Law . This Guaranty shall be deemed to be a contract under the Laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the Laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
(b) Certain Waivers . Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably:
(i) Consents and submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or Ohio state court sitting in Franklin County, Ohio, and waives personal service of any and all process upon it and consents that all such service of process be made by certified
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or registered mail directed to the Borrower at the address provided for in the Credit Agreement and service so made shall be deemed to be completed upon actual receipt thereof;
(ii) Waives any objection to jurisdiction and venue of any action instituted against it in any court referred to in Section 15(b)(i) and agrees not to assert any defense based on lack of jurisdiction or venue; and
(iii) WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING, OR COUNTERCLAIM OF ANY KIND ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS GUARANTY, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW.
16. Severability; Modification to Conform to Law .
(a) It is the intention of the parties that this Guaranty be enforceable to the fullest extent permissible under applicable Law, but that the unenforceability (or modification to conform to such Law) of any provision or provisions hereof shall not render unenforceable, or impair, the remainder hereof. If any provision in this Guaranty shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, this Guaranty shall, as to such jurisdiction, be deemed amended to modify or delete, as necessary, the offending provision or provisions and to alter the bounds thereof in order to render it or them valid and enforceable to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Law without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability or such provision or provisions in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
(b) Without limitation of the preceding Subsection (a), to the extent that applicable Law (including applicable Laws pertaining to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent or preferential transfer) otherwise would render the full amount of a Guarantors obligations hereunder invalid, voidable, or unenforceable on account of the amount of such Guarantors aggregate liability under this Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, the aggregate amount of such Guarantors liability shall, without any further action by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders or such Guarantor or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount which is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding, which (without limiting the generality of the foregoing) may be an amount which is equal to the greater of:
(i) the fair consideration actually received by such Guarantor under the terms and as a result of the Loan Documents and the value of the benefits described in this Section 16(b) hereof, including (and to the extent not inconsistent with applicable federal and state Laws affecting the enforceability of guaranties) distributions, commitments, and advances made to or for the benefit of such Guarantor with the proceeds of any credit extended under the Loan Documents, or
(ii) the excess of (A) the amount of the fair value of the assets of such Guarantor as of the date of this Guaranty as determined in accordance with applicable federal and state Laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors as in effect
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on the date hereof, over (B) the amount of all liabilities of such Guarantor as of the date of this Guaranty, also as determined on the basis of applicable federal and state Laws governing the insolvency of debtors as in effect on the date hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section or elsewhere in this Guaranty, this Guaranty shall be presumptively valid and enforceable to its full extent in accordance with its terms, as if this Section (and references elsewhere in this Guaranty to enforceability to the fullest extent permitted by law) were not a part of this Guaranty, and in any related litigation the burden of proof shall be on the party asserting the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof or asserting any limitation on any Guarantors obligations hereunder as to each element of such assertion.
17. Additional Guarantors . At any time after the initial execution and delivery of this Guaranty to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, additional Persons may become parties to this Guaranty and thereby acquire the duties and rights of being Guarantors hereunder by executing and delivering to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a Guarantor Joinder pursuant to the Credit Agreement. No notice of the addition of any Guarantor shall be required to be given to any pre-existing Guarantor, and each Guarantor hereby consents thereto.
18. Joint and Several Obligations . Each of the obligations and additional liabilities of each and every Guarantor under this Guaranty are joint and several obligations of the Guarantors, and each Guarantor hereby waives to the full extent permitted by Law any defense such Guarantor may otherwise have to the payment and performance of the Guarantied Obligations that such Guarantors liability hereunder is limited and not joint and several. Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers and those set forth below serve as a material inducement to the agreement of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to make the Loans and other financial accommodations under the Loan Documents, and that the Administrative Agent and each Lender is relying on each specific waiver and all such waivers in entering into this Guaranty. The undertakings of each Guarantor hereunder secure the obligations of itself and the other Guarantors. The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may, in its sole discretion, elect to enforce this Guaranty against any Guarantor without any duty or responsibility to pursue the Borrower or any other Guarantor, and such an election by the Administrative Agent shall not be a defense to any action the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, may elect to take against any Guarantor. Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby reserves all rights against each Guarantor.
19. Receipt of Credit Agreement, Other Loan Documents, Benefits .
(a) Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and each Guarantor certifies as of the date hereof that the representations and warranties made therein with respect to such Guarantor are true and correct in all material respects, provided, however, that to the extent any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Change, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all respects. Further, each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees to perform, comply with, and be bound by all of the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
(b) Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges, represents, and warrants that it receives direct and indirect benefits by virtue of its affiliation with the Borrower and the other Guarantors and that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Credit Agreement and that such benefits, together with the rights of contribution and subrogation that may arise in connection herewith are a reasonably equivalent exchange of value in return for providing this Guaranty.
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20. Miscellaneous .
(a) Generality of Certain Terms . As used in this Guaranty, the terms hereof , herein and terms of similar import refer to this Guaranty as a whole and not to any particular term or provision; the term including , as used herein, is not a term of limitation and means including without limitation.
(b) Amendments, Waivers . No amendment to or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty, and no consent to any departure by any Guarantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless in a writing manually signed by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers] of the Credit Agreement. Any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No delay or failure of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, or any of them, in exercising any right or remedy under this Guaranty shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Guaranty are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights or remedies available hereunder, under any other agreement or instrument, by Law, or otherwise.
(c) Telecommunications . Each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on the authority of any individual making any telecopy, electronic or telephonic notice, request, or signature without the necessity of receipt of any verification thereof.
(d) Expenses . Each Guarantor unconditionally agrees to pay all out of pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees incurred by the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders or any other Indemnitee in enforcing this Guaranty against any Guarantor and each Guarantor shall pay and indemnify each Lender and the Administrative Agent and each other Indemnitee for, and hold it harmless from and against, any and all obligations, liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses (including disbursements and legal fees of counsel to any Lender or the Administrative Agent or other Indemnitee), penalties, judgments, suits, actions, claims, and disbursements imposed on, asserted against, or incurred by any Lender or the Administrative Agent or other Indemnitee (A) relating to the preparation, negotiation, execution, administration, or enforcement of or collection under this Guaranty or any document, instrument, or agreement relating to any of the Obligations, including in any bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar proceeding in any jurisdiction or political subdivision thereof; (B) relating to any amendment, modification, waiver, or consent hereunder or relating to any telecopy or telephonic transmission purporting to be by any Guarantor or the Borrower; (C) in any way relating to or arising out of this Guaranty, or any document, instrument, or agreement relating to any of the Guarantied Obligations, or any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Lender or the
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Administrative Agent or any other Indemnitee hereunder, and including those arising directly or indirectly from the violation or asserted violation by any Guarantor or the Borrower or the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any other Indemnitee of any Law, rule, regulation, judgment, order, or the like of any jurisdiction or political subdivision thereof (including those relating to environmental protection, health, labor, importing, exporting, or safety) and regardless whether asserted by any governmental entity or any other Person.
(e) Prior Understandings . This Guaranty, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all other prior and contemporaneous understandings and agreements.
(f) Survival . All representations and warranties of the Guarantors made in connection with this Guaranty shall survive, and shall not be waived by, the execution and delivery of this Guaranty, any investigation by or knowledge of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, or any of them, any extension of credit, or any other event or circumstance whatsoever.
(g) This Guaranty hereby amends and restates, in its entirety, the existing Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the Existing Guaranty Agreement ), by and among the parties thereto, and the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Guaranty is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the guarantees, Liens, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Existing Guaranty or under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents amended in connection therewith).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, has executed this Guaranty as of the date first above written with the intention that this Guaranty constitute a sealed instrument.
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EXHIBIT 1.1(I)
FORM OF
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION
AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (the Agreement )is dated as of June 22, 2017 and is made by and among ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( ADS ), EACH GUARANTOR (as defined in the Credit Agreement, as defined herein), EACH PERSON WHO HEREAFTER BECOMES A GUARANTOR UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (ADS and each Guarantor being individually referred to herein as a Company and collectively as the Companies ), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent ) for the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among ADS, the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, and the Administrative Agent, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be hereafter amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), the Lenders intend to make Loans and grant other financial accommodations to the Loan Parties; and
WHEREAS, the Companies are or may become indebted to each other (the indebtedness of each of the Companies to any other Company, now existing or hereafter incurred (whether created directly or acquired by assignment or otherwise), and interest and premiums, if any, thereon and other amounts payable in respect thereof and all other obligations and other amounts payable by any Company to any other Company are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Subordinated Indebtedness ); and
WHEREAS, the obligations of the Lenders to maintain the Commitments and make Loans and grant other financial accommodations to the Loan Parties from time to time are subject to the condition, among others, that the Companies subordinate the Subordinated Indebtedness to the Obligations (the Senior Debt ) in the manner set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms . Each capitalized term used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement and the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement.
2. Subordinated Indebtedness Subordinated to Senior Debt . The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference. All Subordinated Indebtedness shall be subordinate and subject in right of Payment In Full pursuant to the provisions contained herein.
3. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc . Upon any distribution of assets of any Company in the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to such Company or to its creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshalling of assets and liabilities of such Company (a Company distributing assets as set forth herein being referred to in such capacity as a Distributing Company ), then and in any such event, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as their respective interests may appear, Payment In Full of all amounts due or to become due (whether or not an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of the Loan Documents or the Senior Debt has been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable) on or in respect of any and all Senior Debt before the holder of any Subordinated Indebtedness owed by the Distributing Company is entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of or interest on such Subordinated Indebtedness, and to that end, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment of the Senior Debt, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness owed by the Distributing Company in any such case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up event.
4. No Commencement of Any Proceeding . Each Company agrees that, so long as the Senior Debt shall remain unpaid, it will not commence, or join with any creditor other than the Lenders and the Administrative Agent in commencing, any proceeding, including those described in Section 3, or other enforcement action of any kind against any other Company.
5. Prior Payment of Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Subordinated Indebtedness . If any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness owed by any Company becomes or is declared due and payable before its stated maturity, then and in such event the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive Payment In Full of all amounts due and to become due on or in respect of the Senior Debt (whether or not an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of the Loan Documents or the Senior Debt has been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable) before the holder of any such Subordinated Indebtedness is entitled to receive any payment thereon.
6. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default . If any Event of Default or Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or such an Event of Default or Potential Default would result from or exist after giving effect to a payment with respect to any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, unless the Required Lenders shall have consented to or waived the same, so long as any of the Senior Debt shall remain outstanding, no payment shall be made by any Company owing such Subordinated Indebtedness on account of principal or interest on any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness.
7. Payment Permitted if No Default . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent any Company, at any time except during the pendency of any of the conditions described in Sections 3, 5 and 6, from making the regularly scheduled payments of principal of or interest on any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or the retention thereof by any Company of any money deposited with it for the payment of or on account of the principal of or interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness.
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8. Receipt of Prohibited Payments . If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 3, 5, 6 and 7, a Company that is owed Subordinated Indebtedness by a Distributing Company shall have received any payment or distribution of assets from the Distributing Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as their respective interests may appear, shall be segregated from other funds and property held by such Company, and shall be forthwith paid over to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be applied (in the case of cash) to or held as collateral (in the case of noncash property or securities) for the payment or prepayment of the Senior Debt in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9. Rights of Subrogation . Each Company agrees that no payment or distribution to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle it to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Senior Debt shall have been Paid In Full.
10. Instruments Evidencing Subordinated Indebtedness . Each Company shall cause each instrument that now or hereafter evidences all or a portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness to be conspicuously marked as follows:
This instrument is subject to the terms of a Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June , 2017, in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders referred to therein, which Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement is incorporated herein by reference. Notwithstanding any contrary statement contained in the within instrument, no payment on account of the principal thereof or interest thereon shall become due or payable except in accordance with the express terms of said Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement.
Each Company will further mark its books of account in such a manner as shall be effective to give proper notice to the effect of this Agreement.
11. Agreement Solely to Define Relative Rights . The purpose of this Agreement is solely to define the relative rights of the Companies, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair, as between any of the Companies and their creditors other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the obligation of the Companies to each other to pay the principal of and interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights among the Companies and their creditors other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, nor shall anything herein prevent any of the Companies from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted
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by applicable Law upon default under any agreement pursuant to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is created, subject to the rights, if any, under this Agreement of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to receive cash, property or securities otherwise payable or deliverable with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness.
12. No Implied Waivers of Subordination . No right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce subordination, as herein provided, shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Company or by any act or failure to act by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or by any non-compliance by any Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of any agreement pursuant to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is created, regardless of any knowledge thereof with which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have or be otherwise charged with. Each Company by its acceptance hereof shall agree that, so long as there is Senior Debt outstanding or Commitments in effect under the Credit Agreement, such Company shall not agree to sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or agree to compromise, the obligations of the other Companies with respect to their Subordinated Indebtedness, other than by means of payment of such Subordinated Indebtedness according to its terms, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to any of the Companies, without incurring responsibility to any of the Companies and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Agreement or the obligations hereunder of the Companies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment, or extend the time of payment, renew or alter the Senior Debt or otherwise amend or supplement the Senior Debt or the Loan Documents; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing the Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of the Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any of the Companies and any other Person.
13. Additional Subsidiaries . The Companies covenant and agree that they shall cause Subsidiaries required to join this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1.11 [Additional Guarantors] or otherwise under the Credit Agreement, to execute a Guarantor Joinder in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(1) to the Credit Agreement, whereby such Subsidiary joins this Agreement and subordinates all Indebtedness owed to any such Subsidiary by any of the Companies or other Subsidiaries hereafter created or acquired to the Senior Debt.
14. Continuing Force and Effect . This Agreement shall continue in force until all of the Senior Debt is Paid In Full, it being contemplated that this Agreement be of a continuing nature.
15. Modification, Amendments or Waivers . No amendment to or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any Company herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless in a writing manually signed by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers] of the Credit Agreement. Any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such written consent being effective to bind all the Lenders.
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16. Expenses . Each Company, unconditionally and jointly and severally, agrees upon demand to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the amount of any and all out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements for which reimbursement is customarily obtained, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel (including the allocated costs of staff counsel), which the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders may incur in connection with (a) the administration of this Agreement, (b) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder, or (c) the failure by any Company to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
17. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
18. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the Laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
19. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and the obligations of the Companies shall be binding upon their respective successors and permitted assigns, provided , that no Company may assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein and any such purported assignment or transfer shall be null and void. The duties and obligations of the Companies may not be delegated or transferred by the Companies without the written consent of the Lenders and any such delegation or transfer without such consent shall be null and void.
20. Joint and Several Obligations . Each of the obligations of each and every Company under this Agreement is joint and several. The Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Lenders, in its sole discretion, may elect to enforce this Agreement against any Company without any duty or responsibility to pursue any other Company and such an election by the Administrative Agent shall not be a defense to any action the Administrative Agent may elect to take against any Company. Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby reserve all right against each Company.
21. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
22. Attorneys-in-Fact . Each Company hereby authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent, at the election of the Administrative Agent and in the name of either the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as their
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respective interests may appear, or in the name of each such Company as is owed Subordinated Indebtedness, to execute and file proofs and documents and take any other action the Administrative Agent may deem advisable to completely protect the Administrative Agents and the Lenders interests in the Subordinated Indebtedness and the right of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of enforcement thereof, and to that end each Company hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent, its officers, employees and agents, or any of them, with full power of substitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of such Company, and with full power for such Company, and in the name, place and stead of such Company for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement, and taking any action and executing, delivering, filing and recording any instruments which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which power of attorney, being given for security, is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. Each Company hereby ratifies and confirms, and agrees to ratify and confirm, all action taken by the Administrative Agent, its officers, employees or agents pursuant to the foregoing power of attorney. Each Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the power of attorney herein granted shall in no way be construed as to benefit such Company; (b) the Administrative Agent herein granted this power of attorney shall have no duty to exercise any powers granted hereunder for the benefit of such Company; and (c) the Administrative Agent herein granted this power of attorney shall, to the extent exercisable, exercise any and all powers granted hereunder for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Administrative Agent hereby accepts this power of attorney and all powers granted hereunder for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
23. Application of Payments . In the event any payments are received by the Administrative Agent under the terms of this Agreement for application to the Senior Debt at any time when the Senior Debt has not been declared due and payable and prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, such payment shall constitute a voluntary prepayment of the Senior Debt for all purposes under the Credit Agreement.
24. Remedies . In the event of a breach by any of the Companies in the performance of any of the terms of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may demand specific performance of this Agreement and seek injunctive relief and may exercise any other remedy available at law or in equity, it being recognized that the remedies of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders at law may not fully compensate the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders for the damages they may suffer in the event of a breach hereof.
25. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR OHIO STATE COURT SITTING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH OHIO STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL
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COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
26. Notices . All notices, statements, requests and demands and other communications given to or made upon the Companies, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made in the manner as provided in Section 11.5 [Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication] of the Credit Agreement.
27. Amendment and Restatement; No Novation . This Agreement hereby amends and restates, in its entirety, the existing Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the Existing Intercompany Subordination Agreement ), by and among the parties thereto, and the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the Liens, guarantees, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Existing Intercompany Subordination Agreement or under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents amended in connection therewith).
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WITNESS the due execution hereof as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(1)
FORM OF
REVOLVING CREDIT NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (herein called the Borrower ), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of (herein called the Bank ), the lesser of (i) the principal sum of (US$ ), or (ii) the aggregate unpaid principal balance of all Revolving Credit Loans made by the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.1 of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Borrower, the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association as Administrative Agent (hereinafter referred to in such capacity as the Administrative Agent ), dated as of June 22, 2017 (as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), payable on the Expiration Date, together with interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof at the rate or rates per annum specified by the Borrower pursuant to, or as otherwise provided in, the Credit Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
Interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof will be payable at the times provided for in the Credit Agreement. Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Borrower shall pay interest on the entire principal amount of the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans evidenced by this Note and all other obligations due and payable to the Bank pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents at a rate per annum as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Credit Agreement. Such interest will accrue before and after any judgment has been entered with respect to this Note.
Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, payments of both principal and interest shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature at the office of the Administrative Agent located at 500 First Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, unless otherwise directed in writing by the Administrative Agent, in the same currency (whether Dollars or the applicable Optional Currency) in which such Revolving Credit Loan was made in immediately available funds.
This Note is one of the Notes referred to in, is subject to the provisions of, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the representations, warranties, covenants, conditions, security interests and Liens contained or granted therein. The Credit Agreement, among other things, contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated events and also for prepayment, in certain circumstances, on account of principal hereof prior to maturity upon the terms and conditions therein specified. The Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Credit Agreement.
This Note shall bind the Borrower and its successors and assigns, and the benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of the Bank and its successors and assigns. All references herein to the Borrower , the Administrative Agent and the Bank shall be deemed to apply to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Bank, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns.
The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy transmission to the Administrative Agent or the Bank of signature page hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of the Borrower shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by the Borrower.
This Note and any other documents delivered in connection herewith and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
[This Note amends and restates that certain Revolving Credit Note, dated , 201 , in the original principal amount of $ payable to the order of the Bank (the Existing Note ). However, without duplication, this Note shall in no way extinguish, cancel or satisfy the Borrowers unconditional obligation to repay all indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Note or constitute a novation of the Existing Note. Nothing herein is intended to extinguish, cancel or impair the lien priority or effect of any security agreement, pledge agreement or guaranty with respect to the Borrowers obligations hereunder and under any other document relating hereto (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents amended in connection therewith). Payment in full and satisfaction of all obligations under this Note shall also be deemed to be payment in full and satisfaction of the Existing Note.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the undersigned has executed this Note by its duly authorized officer with the intention that this Note constitutes a sealed instrument.
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EXHIBIT 1.1(N)(2)
FORM OF
SWING LOAN NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (herein called the Borrower ), hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the order of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (herein called the Bank ), on demand, the lesser of the principal sum of Fifty Million and 00/100 Dollars (US$50,000,000.00) or the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Swing Loans made by the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.1.2 of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement among the Borrower, the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, and the Bank, as Administrative Agent (hereinafter referred to in such capacity as the Administrative Agent ), dated as of June 22, 2017 (as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), together with interest on the unpaid principal balance hereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof at the rate provided in the Credit Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.
Interest hereon will be payable at the times specified in the Credit Agreement. After request for payment of any principal hereof or interest hereon shall have been made by the Bank or upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per annum as set forth in Section 4.3 of the Credit Agreement. Such interest will accrue before and after any judgment has been entered with respect to this Note.
Subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, payments of both principal and interest shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction of any nature at the office of the Administrative Agent located at 500 First Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219, unless otherwise directed in writing by the Administrative Agent, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds.
This Note is the Swing Loan Note referred to in, is subject to the provisions of, and is entitled to the benefits of, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including the representations, warranties, covenants conditions, security interests and Liens contained or granted therein. This Note shall be payable on demand and regardless of whether or not an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
The Borrower waives presentment, demand, notice, protest and all other demands and notices in connection with the delivery, acceptance, performance, default or enforcement of this Note and the Credit Agreement.
This Note shall bind the Borrower and its successors and assigns, and the benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of the Bank and its successors and assigns. All references herein to the Borrower , the Administrative Agent and the Bank shall be deemed to apply to the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Bank, respectively, and their respective successors and assigns.
The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy transmission to the Administrative Agent or the Bank of signature page hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of the Borrower shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by the Borrower.
This Note and any other documents delivered in connection herewith and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.
This Note amends and restates that certain Swing Loan Note, dated, June 12, 2013, in the original principal amount of $20,000,000 payable to the order of the Bank (the Existing Note ). However, without duplication, this Note shall in no way extinguish, cancel or satisfy the Borrowers unconditional obligation to repay all indebtedness evidenced by the Existing Note or constitute a novation of the Existing Note. Nothing herein is intended to extinguish, cancel or impair the lien priority or effect of any security agreement, pledge agreement or guaranty with respect to the Borrowers obligations hereunder and under any other document relating hereto (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents amended in connection therewith). Payment in full and satisfaction of all obligations under this Note shall also be deemed to be payment in full and satisfaction of the Existing Note.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the undersigned has executed this Note by its duly authorized officer with the intention that this Note constitutes a sealed instrument.
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EXHIBIT 1.1(P)
FORM OF
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT , dated as of June 22, 2017, (as further restated, amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the Agreement ), is given by EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO and EACH OF THE OTHER PERSONS AND ENTITIES THAT BECOMES BOUND HEREBY FROM TIME TO TIME by joinder, assumption or otherwise (each a Pledgor and collectively the Pledgors ), as a Pledgor of the each of the Companies (as defined herein), to PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent ) for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
RECITALS :
WHEREAS, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), is a party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Domestic Credit Agreement ), with certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent ), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Domestic Facility Lenders ) pursuant to which the Domestic Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility and a swing loan subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $550,000,000, as the same may be increased (or potential term loans could be added) to an aggregate amount not to exceed $700,000,000 pursuant to the terms of the Domestic Credit Agreement, which revolving credit loans and possible added term loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Bank Notes ); and
WHEREAS, ADS Mexicana S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation, is party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Mexican Credit Agreement ), with PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Mexican Facility Agent ), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Mexican Facility Lenders ) pursuant to which the Mexican Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000, which revolving credit loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Mexican Bank Notes ); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into a Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Note Agreement ) pursuant to which the Borrower issued and sold to each of the Noteholders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined
below)) the Borrowers 5.60% Senior Series A Secured Notes due September 24, 2018 in the original aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series A Notes ) and 4.05% Senior Series B Secured Notes due September 24, 2019 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series B Notes ) and pursuant to which the Borrower may from time to time hereafter issue and sell one or more additional series of Shelf Notes (as defined therein) (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Shelf Notes ; and, collectively with the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, the Senior Notes ); and
WHEREAS, the Bank Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement and the other Bank Loan Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates (each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) of the Borrower (each a Bank Guarantor and collectively, the Bank Guarantors ) pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Lender Guaranty Agreements ); and
WHEREAS, the Noteholders Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Borrower (the Noteholder Guarantors ) pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements ); and
WHEREAS, the Pledgors, the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Noteholders are entering into that certain Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement of even date herewith (as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement ) which among other things, appoints PNC Bank, National Association as the Collateral Agent thereunder and sets forth certain responsibilities and obligations of the Collateral Agent and establishes among the Secured Parties their respective rights with respect to certain payments that may be received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the Collateral (as defined therein), including without limitation, the Pledged Collateral (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, each Pledgor owns the outstanding capital stock, member interests and partnership interests of the Companies as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Domestic Facility Lenders to enter into the Domestic Credit Agreement, and as a condition to and to induce the Noteholders to enter into the Note Agreement, each Pledgor has agreed to pledge and grant a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and other property as security for the Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Recitals; Defined Terms.
(a) The Recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Other Interpretive Provisions] of the Intercreditor Agreement shall apply to this Agreement. Where applicable and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, terms used herein (whether or not capitalized) shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Article 8 and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in Ohio as amended from time to time, except to the extent that the conflict of law rules of such Uniform Commercial Code shall apply the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other state to specific property or other matters (the Code ).
CFC and CFCs shall mean one or more Controlled Foreign Corporations, as such term in Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company and Companies shall mean one or more of the entities issuing any of the Collateral which is or should be (in accordance with Section 5(g) hereto) described on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary that is organized or formed under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof.
Financing Documents shall mean (i) the Note Agreement and the Senior Notes, (ii) the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements, (iii) the Domestic Credit Agreement and the Domestic Bank Notes, (iv) the Mexican Credit Agreement and the Mexican Bank Notes, (v) the Lender Guaranty Agreements, (vi) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (vii) any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, (viii) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, (ix) this Agreement and the other Security Documents, and (x) any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications in respect of the foregoing.
Foreign Company shall mean one or more of the entities issuing any of the Pledged Collateral which is not organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America which is or should be (in accordance with Section 5(g) hereto) described on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Foreign Holding Company shall mean one or more Persons which has as its principal purpose the holding of ownership interest in one or more CFCs and has no other material assets or operations, and shall include, as of the date hereof, ADS Worldwide, Inc., and ADS International, Inc.
Payment In Full shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.
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Permitted Lien shall mean Liens for taxes, assessments, customs duties or similar charges incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not yet due and payable but only to the extent any applicable statute provides for a Lien on any of the Pledged Collateral.
Pledged Collateral shall mean and include the following: (i) the capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, warrants, options, put rights, call rights, similar rights, and all other ownership or participation interests owned or held by each Pledgor at any time and listed on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, all capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, warrants, options, put rights, call rights, similar rights, and all other ownership or participation interests in each Company owned or held by each Pledgor at any time and any and all other securities, shares, capital stock, investment property, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests hereafter pledged by a Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, (ii) all rights and privileges pertaining thereto, including all present and future securities, shares, capital stock, investment property, dividends, distributions and other ownership interests receivable in respect of or in exchange for any of the foregoing, all present and future rights to subscribe for securities, shares, capital stock, investment property or other ownership interests incident to or arising from ownership of any of the foregoing, all present and future cash, interest, stock or other dividends or distributions paid or payable on any of the foregoing, and all present and future books and records (whether paper, electronic or any other medium) pertaining to any of the foregoing, including all stock record and transfer books and (iii) whatever is received when any of the foregoing is sold, exchanged, replaced or otherwise disposed of, including all proceeds, as such term is defined in the Code, thereof; provided , however , that in no event shall any of the capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, and all other ownership or participation interests issued by any Foreign Holding Company, by ADS Latina, LLC, a Delaware corporation, by BaySaver Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (unless BaySaver Technologies, LLC becomes a wholly-owned Subsidiary), or by any Foreign Company that is not a first-tier Subsidiary directly owned by a Pledgor, be pledged hereunder or otherwise constitute Pledged Collateral, nor shall any rights and privileges pertaining to any such equity interests, or any assets received in respect thereof, be pledged hereunder or otherwise constitute Pledged Collateral.
Secured Party shall mean any one of the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Domestic Facility Lenders, the Mexican Facility Lenders, the Noteholders and any other holders of Senior Notes, the Lender Affiliates, the Collateral Agent, and any successors and permitted assigns to the interests in the Senior Secured Obligations owing to any such Persons.
2. Grant of Security Interests.
(a) To secure on a first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) perfected basis the indefeasible payment and performance in full of all Senior Secured Obligations when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) ( Payment In Full ), each Pledgor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent a continuing first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) security interest under the Code in and hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, in each case for the ratable benefit of each of the Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor
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Agreement, all of such Pledgors now existing and hereafter acquired or arising right, title and interest in, to, and under the Pledged Collateral whether now or hereafter existing and wherever located. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Financing Document, the Senior Secured Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement).
(b) Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Pledgor shall deliver to and deposit with the Collateral Agent (or with a Person designated by the Collateral Agent to hold the Pledged Collateral on behalf of the Collateral Agent) in pledge, all of such Pledgors certificates, instruments or other documents comprising or evidencing the Pledged Collateral, together with undated stock powers, instruments or other documents signed in blank by such Pledgor. In the event that any Pledgor should ever acquire or receive certificates, securities, instruments or other documents evidencing the Pledged Collateral, such Pledgor shall promptly deliver to and deposit with the Collateral Agent in pledge, all such certificates, securities, instruments or other documents which evidence the Pledged Collateral.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (i) the Pledged Collateral issued by any one Foreign Company shall not exceed sixty-five percent (65%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests entitled to vote issued by such Foreign Company, and (ii) this Agreement shall not apply to any such stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests or ownership interests which are in excess of such sixty-five percent (65%) limitation. To the extent the Collateral Agent receives more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests entitle to vote issued by any Foreign Company, the Collateral Agent shall return such excess stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests upon the request of a Pledgor.
3. Further Assurances.
Prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and thereafter at any time and from time to time upon reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent all financing statements, continuation financing statements, assignments, certificates and documents of title, affidavits, reports, notices, schedules of account, letters of authority, further pledges, powers of attorney and all other documents (collectively, the Security Documents ) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and take such other action which the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to perfect and continue perfected and to create and maintain the first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) status of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Pledged Collateral and to fully consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement. Each Pledgor agrees that the Collateral Agent may record any one or more financing statements under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code with respect to the pledge and security interest herein granted. Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and any of the Collateral Agents officers or employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Pledgors true and lawful attorney with power to
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sign the name of such Pledgor on all or any of the Security Documents which the Collateral Agent determines must be executed, filed, recorded or sent in order to perfect or continue perfected the Collateral Agents security interest in the Pledged Collateral in any jurisdiction. Such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until Payment In Full of all Senior Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything contained elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, no Pledgor shall be required to enter into or deliver any agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents, or make any filings, that are solely related to any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America (or its territories or possessions) in connection with the grant and perfection of the Liens and security interests set forth in this Agreement.
4. Representations and Warranties.
Each Pledgor hereby, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent as follows:
(a) The Pledged Collateral does not include Margin Stock and no loan under any of the Bank Credit Agreements nor proceeds from the issuance of notes under the Note Agreement shall be used for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock. Margin Stock as used in this clause (a) shall have the meaning ascribed to such term by Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States;
(b) [Intentionally omitted];
(c) The capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests constituting the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor have been duly authorized and validly issued to such Pledgor, are fully paid and nonassessable and constitute (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock, member interests or partnership interests of each Company that is a Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Holding Company) owned by such Pledgor, and (ii) no more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock, member interests or partnership interests of each Foreign Company and each Subsidiary of a Foreign Holding Company, all as set forth on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(d) The security interests in the Pledged Collateral granted hereunder are valid, perfected and of first priority, subject to the Lien of no other Person other than Permitted Liens and Liens of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement;
(e) There are no restrictions upon the transfer of the Pledged Collateral and such Pledgor has the power and authority and unencumbered right to transfer the Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor free of any Lien and without the necessity of obtaining the consent of any other Person;
(f) Such Pledgor has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and all such actions have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on its part;
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(g) There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to such Pledgors knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against such Pledgor or affecting such Pledgor with respect to, or otherwise affecting, the Pledged Collateral, at law or in equity or before or by any Governmental Authority, which individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Note Agreement), and such Pledgor is not in default with respect to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, rule, regulation, or any decree of any Governmental Authority which would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Note Agreement);
(h) This Agreement (i) has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Pledgor, and (ii) constitutes, or will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of such Pledgor, enforceable against such Pledgor in accordance with its 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;
(i) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Pledgor nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof by such Pledgor will conflict with, constitute a default under or result in any breach of (i) the terms and conditions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents of such Pledgor or (ii) any law or any material agreement or instrument or order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which such Pledgor is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or encumbrance whatsoever upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of such Pledgor (other than Liens of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement);
(j) Such Pledgors exact legal name is as set forth on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(k) The jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable, of such Pledgor is as set forth on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
(l) All rights of such Pledgor in connection with its ownership of each of the Companies are evidenced and governed solely by the stock certificates, instruments or other documents evidencing ownership and organizational documents of each of the Companies and no shareholder, voting, or other similar agreements are applicable to any of the Pledged Collateral or any of any Pledgors rights with respect thereto, and no such certificate, instrument or other document provides that any member interest, partnership interest or other intangible ownership interest constituting Pledged Collateral is a security within the meaning of and subject to Article 8 of the Code, except pursuant to Section 5(j) hereof; and the organizational documents of each Company contain no restrictions on the rights of shareholders, members or partners other than those that normally would apply to a company organized under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of each of the Companies.
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5. General Covenants.
Each Pledgor hereby, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) Such Pledgor shall do all reasonable acts that may be necessary and appropriate to maintain, preserve and protect the Pledged Collateral; such Pledgor shall be responsible for the risk of loss of, damage to, or destruction of the Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor, unless such loss is the result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent;
(b) Such Pledgor shall appear in and defend any action or proceeding of which such Pledgor is aware which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect such Pledgors title to, or the Collateral Agents interest in, the Pledged Collateral or the proceeds thereof; provided, however , that with the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, such Pledgor may settle such actions or proceedings with respect to the Pledged Collateral;
(c) Such Pledgor shall, and shall cause each of the Companies to, keep separate, accurate and complete records of the Pledged Collateral, disclosing the Collateral Agents security interest hereunder;
(d) Such Pledgor shall comply with all laws applicable to the Pledged Collateral unless any noncompliance would not individually or in the aggregate materially impair the use or value of the Pledged Collateral or the Collateral Agents rights hereunder;
(e) Such Pledgor shall pay all taxes, duties, fees or imposts of any nature imposed by any Governmental Authority ( Taxes ) on any of the Pledged Collateral before any penalty or fine accrues thereon; provided , that no such Tax needs to be paid to the extent it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (i) adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect from time to time, and applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts shall have been made therefor, and (ii) such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Pledged Collateral to satisfy such Tax;
(f) Such Pledgor shall permit the Collateral Agent, its officers, employees and agents at reasonable times to inspect all books and records related to the Pledged Collateral, all in such detail and at such times during normal business hours and as often as any of the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and with reasonable notice prior to any inspection; provided , that in the absence of an Event of Default, no more than two such visits for the Collateral Agent will be permitted in any fiscal year;
(g) Subject to Section 2(c) hereof, to the extent, following the date hereof, such Pledgor acquires capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests, investment property and other ownership interests of any of the Companies or any of the rights, property or securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests, investment property or any other ownership interests described in the definition of Pledged Collateral with respect to any of the Companies, all such ownership interests shall be subject to the terms hereof and, upon such acquisition, shall be deemed to be hereby pledged to the Collateral Agent; and, such Pledgor thereupon, in confirmation thereof, shall provide the Collateral Agent prompt
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written notice thereof and shall deliver all such securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests, investment property and other ownership interests together with an updated Schedule A hereto, to the Collateral Agent together with, subject to Section 3 hereof, all such control agreements, financing statements, and any other documents necessary to implement the provisions and purposes of this Agreement as the Collateral Agent may request;
(h) Except as otherwise expressly permitted under the Financing Documents, during the term of this Agreement, such Pledgor shall not sell, assign, replace, retire, transfer or otherwise dispose of its Pledged Collateral without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent;
(i) Such Pledgor shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing not less than fifteen (15) days (or such shorter period as agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) prior to any change in such Pledgors chief executive office address, legal name, or state of incorporation, formation or organization;
(j) During the term of this Agreement, such Pledgor shall not (i) permit any Company to issue any uncertificated ownership interests unless such ownership interests are immediately perfected by delivery to the Collateral Agent (in the manner required by Section 8-301(b) of the Code or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) upon issuance, together with all evidence of such election and issuance and all Security Documents as set forth in Section 3 hereof or (ii) elect to treat any ownership interests as securities that are subject to Article 8 of the Code; and
(k) Such Pledgor hereby (i) waives, and has caused each applicable Company to waive, any restrictions upon the pledge or any other transfer of the Pledged Collateral as contemplated hereby, by any of the other Financing Documents or by the Intercreditor Agreement; and (ii) acknowledges and agrees that (A) no other consent or approval of any other Person is required in connection herewith or therewith, (B) there exists no option, or other right outstanding to purchase any of the Pledged Collateral; and (C) as long as this Agreement remains in effect, the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, under any of the Financing Documents and under the Intercreditor Agreement are superior to any first refusal right with respect to the Pledged Collateral and any such first refusal right shall in no manner whatsoever affect any exercise of the Collateral Agent of any of the Collateral Agents rights under this Agreement, any of the other Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement.
6. Other Rights With Respect to Pledged Collateral.
In addition to the other rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, at any time and from time to time, after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent, at its option and at the expense of the Pledgors, may (a) transfer into its own name, or into the name of its nominee, all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, thereafter receiving all dividends, income or other distributions upon the Pledged Collateral; (b) take control of and manage all or any of the Pledged Collateral; (c) apply to the payment of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, whether any be due and payable or not, any moneys, including cash dividends and income from any Pledged Collateral, now or hereafter in the hands of the Collateral Agent or any Affiliate of the Collateral Agent, on deposit or
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otherwise, belonging to any Pledgor, as the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, shall determine; and (d) do anything which any Pledgor is required but fails to do hereunder.
7. Additional Remedies Upon Event of Default.
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and while such Event of Default shall be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have, in addition to all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code or other applicable law, and in addition to its rights under Section 6 above, under the other Financing Documents and under the Intercreditor Agreement, the following rights and remedies:
(a) The Collateral Agent may, after at least ten (10) days advance notice to a Pledgor (in any manner permitted by the Code), sell, assign, give an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of such Pledgors Pledged Collateral or any part thereof at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agents offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable. Each Pledgor agrees that at least ten (10) days advance notice (in any manner permitted by the Code) of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Pledged Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Pledgor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales of the Pledged Collateral to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests, investment property or ownership interests for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.
(b) The Pledgors and each of the Companies hereby agree that, at the joint and several expense of the Pledgors and the Companies, the Collateral Agent may have this Agreement translated into the official language of the Collateral Agent, any Pledgor or any Company at any time in the Collateral Agents discretion. In the event of any disagreement between the Collateral Agent and any Pledgor or any of the Companies regarding the translation of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent may submit this Agreement to an internationally recognized translator for translation, at the joint and several expense of Pledgors and the Companies, and each of the Pledgors and each of the Companies is hereby irrevocably deemed to accept as accurate and agree to the translation rendered thereby.
(c) The proceeds of any collection, sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, shall, after the Collateral Agent has made all deductions of expenses, including but not limited to attorneys fees (including the allocated costs of staff counsel) and other expenses incurred in connection with repossession, collection, sale or disposition of such Pledged Collateral or in connection with the enforcement of the Collateral Agents rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral, including in any insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings, be applied against the Senior Secured Obligations, whether or not all the same be then due and payable, be applied as set forth in Section 5.10 [Distribution of Proceeds] of the Intercreditor Agreement.
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8. Collateral Agents Duties.
The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Pledged Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Pledged Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Pledged Collateral.
9. Additional Pledgors.
It is anticipated that additional Persons may from time to time become Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower or a Guarantor, each of whom may be required to join this Agreement if and to the extent required pursuant to the terms of any of the Financing Documents. It is acknowledged and agreed that such new Subsidiaries of the Borrower or of a Guarantor may become Pledgors hereunder and will be bound hereby simply by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent one or more joinders hereto as set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement. In addition, a new Schedule A hereto shall be provided to the Collateral Agent showing the pledge of the ownership interest in such new Subsidiary and any ownership interests that such new Subsidiary owns in any other Person. No notice of the addition of any Pledgor shall be required to be given to any pre-existing Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby consents thereto.
10. No Discharge Until Indefeasible Payment of the Senior Secured Obligations.
The pledge, security interests, and other Liens and the obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise diminished by any failure, default, omission, or delay, willful or otherwise, by the Collateral Agent, or any other obligor on any of the Senior Secured Obligations, or by 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 such Pledgor or which would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Pledgor as a matter of law or equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby consents to, and the pledge, security interests, and other Liens given by such Pledgor hereunder shall not be diminished, terminated, or otherwise similarly affected by any of the following at any time and from time to time:
(i) Any lack of genuineness, legality, validity, enforceability, or allowability (in a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, or otherwise), or any avoidance or subordination, in whole or in part, of any of the Financing Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or any of the Senior Secured Obligations and regardless of any law, regulation, or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of the Senior Secured Obligations, any of the terms of any of the Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or any rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Person with respect thereto;
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(ii) Any increase, decrease, or change in the amount, nature, type or purpose of any of the Senior Secured Obligations (whether or not contemplated by any of the Financing Documents as presently constituted); any change in the time, manner, method, or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any execution or delivery of any additional Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement; or any amendment, modification or supplement to, or refinancing or refunding of, any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement;
(iii) Any failure to assert any breach of or default under any of the Financing Document, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement; any extensions of credit in excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by any of the Financing Documents, or in circumstances in which any condition to such extensions of credit has not been satisfied; any other exercise or non-exercise, or any other failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action in connection with any exercise or non-exercise, of any right or remedy against such Pledgor or any other Person under or in connection with any of the Financing Document, any of the Senior Secured Obligations, or the Intercreditor Agreement; any refusal of payment or performance of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, whether or not with any reservation of rights against any Pledgor; or any application of collections (including collections resulting from realization upon any direct or indirect security for the Senior Secured Obligations) to other obligations, if any, not entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, in preference to the Senior Secured Obligations or, if any collections are applied to the Senior Secured Obligations, any application to particular Senior Secured Obligations;
(iv) Any taking, exchange, amendment, modification, supplement, termination, subordination, release, loss, or impairment of, or any failure to protect, perfect, or preserve the value of, or any enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or any failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action by the Collateral Agent or any other Person in connection with the enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or, any other action or inaction by Collateral Agent or any other Person in respect of, any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations (including the Pledged Collateral). As used in this Agreement, direct or indirect security for the Senior Secured Obligations, and similar phrases, includes any collateral security, guaranty, suretyship, letter of credit, capital maintenance agreement, put option, subordination agreement, or other right or arrangement of any nature providing direct or indirect assurance of payment or performance of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, made by or on behalf of any Person;
(v) Any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, charter revocation, or forfeiture, or other change in, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of, any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person; any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person; or any action taken or election (including any election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable law of any jurisdiction) made by Collateral Agent or any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or by any other Person in connection with any such proceeding;
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(vi) Any defense, setoff, or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person with respect to any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement; or any discharge by operation of law or release of any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person from the performance or observance of any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement; or
(vii) Any other event or circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, and whether known or unknown, which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or limit the liability of a guarantor or a surety, including any Pledgor, excepting only performance and Payment In Full of the Senior Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations).
11. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver of a single Event of Default shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent Event of Default. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided under the other Financing Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or by law, rule or regulation and the Collateral Agent may enforce any one or more remedies hereunder successively or concurrently at its option. Each Pledgor waives any right to require the Collateral Agent to proceed against any other Person or to exhaust any of the Pledged Collateral or other security for the Senior Secured Obligations or to pursue any remedy in the Collateral Agents power.
12. Waivers.
Each Pledgor hereby waives any and all defenses that any Pledgor may now or hereafter have based on principles of suretyship, impairment of collateral, or the like and each Pledgor hereby waives any defense to or limitation on its obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Pledgor hereby further waives each of the following:
(a) All notices, disclosures and demands of any nature that otherwise might be required from time to time to preserve intact any rights against such Pledgor, including the following: any notice of any event or circumstance described in the immediately preceding Section hereof; any notice required by any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; any notice of nonpayment, nonperformance, dishonor or protest under any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement; any notice of the incurrence of any Senior Secured Obligations; any notice of any default or any failure on the part of such Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person to comply with
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any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement, or any requirement pertaining to any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; and any notice or other information pertaining to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person;
(b) Any right to any marshalling of assets, to the filing of any claim against such Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person in the event of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar proceeding, or to the exercise against such Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person of any other right or remedy under or in connection with any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement, or any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any requirement of promptness or diligence on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Person; any requirement to exhaust any remedies under or in connection with, or to mitigate the damages resulting from default under, any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement, or any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any benefit of any statute of limitations; and any requirement of acceptance of this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, and any requirement that any Pledgor receive notice of any such acceptance; and
(c) Any defense or other right arising by reason of any law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction pertaining to election of remedies (including anti-deficiency laws, one action laws, or the like), or by reason of any election of remedies or other action or inaction by the Collateral Agent (including commencement or completion of any judicial proceeding or nonjudicial sale or other action in respect of collateral security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations), which results in denial or impairment of the right of the Collateral Agent to seek a deficiency against the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person or which otherwise discharges or impairs any of the Senior Secured Obligations.
13. Taxes.
(a) [Intentionally omitted].
(b) Without limiting anything contained in any of the Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, each Pledgor acknowledges that the Pledged Collateral secures payment of all present and future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies which arise from any payment or collection made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as Other Taxes ).
(c) Each Pledgor acknowledges that the Pledged Collateral secures the full amount of Other Taxes (including any Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Collateral Agent and any liability (including penalties, interest, and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.
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(d) As soon as practicable after the payment of Other Taxes by any Pledgor to a Governmental Authority, such Pledgor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(e) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of any Pledgor hereunder, the agreements and obligations of each Pledgor contained in clauses (a) through (d) directly above shall survive Payment In Full.
14. Judgment Currency.
(a) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due under this Agreement in any currency (the Original Currency ) into another currency (the Other Currency ), each Pledgor hereby agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal lending procedures the Collateral Agent could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency after any premium and costs of exchange on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligation of each Pledgor in respect of any sum due from such Pledgor to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any judgment in an Other Currency, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Collateral Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in such Other Currency, the Collateral Agent may in accordance with normal lending procedures purchase the Original Currency with such Other Currency. If the amount of the Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Collateral Agent in the Original Currency, such Pledgor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment or payment, that Pledged Collateral secures payment to the Collateral Agent to indemnify it against such loss.
15. Waiver of Sovereign Immunity.
To the extent that any Pledgor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, such Pledgor hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any other document or agreement executed or given in connection therewith, and such Pledgor agrees that it will not raise or claim any such immunity at or in respect of any such action or proceeding.
16. Assignment.
All rights of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns. All obligations of each Pledgor shall bind its successors and assigns; provided , however , each Pledgor may not assign or transfer any of its rights and obligations hereunder or any interest herein, and any such purported assignment or transfer shall be null and void.
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17. Severability.
Any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement which shall be held invalid or unenforceable shall be ineffective without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or portions thereof.
18. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflicts of laws principles, except to the extent of any provision of the Code that applies the law of the jurisdiction in which the Pledged Collateral is located; provided , however , that in no event shall this Section be applied or interpreted to defeat a perfected security interest in the Pledged Collateral that would be valid under an otherwise applicable law.
19. Notices.
All notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications (collectively, notices ) given to or made upon any party hereto under the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made as set forth in Section 11.5 [Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication] of the Domestic Credit Agreement in the case of the Pledgors and as set forth in Section 7.9 [Notices] of the Intercreditor Agreement in the case of the Collateral Agent.
20. Specific Performance.
Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to the other rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, under the other Financing Documents and under the Intercreditor Agreement, because the Collateral Agents remedies at law for failure of such Pledgor to comply with the provisions hereof relating to the Collateral Agents rights (i) to inspect the books and records related to the Pledged Collateral, (ii) to receive the various notifications such Pledgor is required to deliver hereunder, (iii) to obtain copies of agreements and documents as provided herein with respect to the Pledged Collateral, (iv) to enforce the provisions hereof pursuant to which such Pledgor has appointed the Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact, and (v) to enforce the Collateral Agents remedies hereunder, would be inadequate and that any such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, such Pledgor agrees that each such provision hereof may be specifically enforced.
21. Voting Rights in Respect of the Pledged Collateral.
So long as no Event of Default shall occur and be continuing under any of the Financing Documents, each Pledgor may exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the other Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement; provided , however , that such Pledgor will not exercise or will refrain from exercising any such voting and other consensual right pertaining to the Pledged Collateral, as the case may be, if such action would impair any Pledged Collateral. At any time and from time to time, after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, no Pledgor shall be permitted to exercise any of its
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respective voting and other consensual rights whatsoever pertaining to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof; provided , however , in addition to the other rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder, at any time and from time to time, after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights of each and every Pledgor pertaining to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition thereto, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, the Pledgors shall not vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any of the Companies to issue any stock, member interests, partnership interests or other equity securities, member interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests of any nature or to issue any other securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any stock, member interests, partnership interests or other equity securities, member interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests of any nature of any such Company, unless all such additional stock, member interests, partnership interests, or other equity securities shall be Pledged Collateral subject to the terms of this Agreement. The Pledgors shall not enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Pledged Collateral.
22. Consent to Jurisdiction.
Each Pledgor and each of the Companies hereby irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or Ohio state court sitting in Franklin County, Ohio, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and Pledgors and each of the Companies hereby irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Ohio state or federal court. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies hereby waives to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such action or proceeding. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies hereby appoints the process agent identified below (the Process Agent ) as its agent to receive on behalf of such party and its respective property service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any action or proceeding. Such service may be made by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to any of the Pledgors or the Companies in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agents address, and each of the Pledgors and the Companies hereby authorizes and directs the Process Agent to receive such service on its behalf. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions (or any political subdivision thereof) by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies further agrees that it shall, for so long as any Commitment or any obligation of any Loan Party to any Secured Party remains outstanding, continue to retain the Process Agent for the purposes set forth in this Section. The Process Agent is Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with an office on the date hereof at 4640 Trueman Boulevard, Hilliard, Ohio 43026, United States of America. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies shall produce to the Collateral Agent evidence of the acceptance by Process Agent of such appointment.
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23. Waiver of Jury Trial.
EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PLEDGOR, EACH OF THE COMPANIES AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE SECURED PARTIES, HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY A JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING THERETO.
24. Entire Agreement; Amendments.
(a) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements relating to a grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral by any Pledgor to the Collateral Agent but solely to the extent irreconcilably inconsistent with this Agreement.
(b) Except as expressly provided in Section 5(g) with respect to additions to Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and in Section 9 with respect to additional Pledgors, this Agreement may not be amended or supplemented except by a writing signed by the Collateral Agent and the Pledgors.
25. Counterparts; Telecopy Signatures.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy or other electronic transmission to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of the signature pages hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of any Pledgor shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by such Pledgor.
26. Descriptive Headings.
The descriptive headings which are used in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of this Agreement.
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27. Amendment and Restatement; No Novation . This Agreement hereby amends and restates, in its entirety, the existing Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the Existing Pledge Agreement ), by and among the parties thereto, and the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the Liens, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Existing Pledge Agreement or under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Domestic Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents amended in connection therewith) or under the Note Agreement or any of the other Senior Note Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents amended in connection therewith).
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June , 2017, made by THE PLEDGORS PARTY THERETO for the benefit of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (the Pledge Agreement ). Each of the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, agrees for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties as follows:
1. Each of the undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Pledge Agreement and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the undersigned, including those terms in Sections 5(l), 22 and 23 of the Pledge Agreement.
2. Each of the undersigned will notify the Collateral Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5(g) of the Pledge Agreement.
3. The terms of Section 3 of the Pledge Agreement shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may facilitate, in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral Agent, the carrying out of Section 3 of the Pledge Agreement.
4. To the extent that any of undersigned has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, each of undersigned hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the Pledge Agreement and any other document or agreement executed in connection therewith, and each of undersigned agrees that it will not raise or claim any such immunity at or in respect of any such action or proceeding.
5. Each of the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that any notices sent to the Pledgor regarding any of the Pledged Collateral shall also be sent to the Collateral Agent in the manner and at the address of the Collateral Agent as indicated in Section 19 of the Pledge Agreement.
6. During the term of this Agreement, each of the undersigned shall not treat any uncertificated ownership interests in it as securities which are subject to Article 8 of the Code except pursuant to Section 5(j) of the Pledge Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 1.1(S)
FORM OF
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (the Agreement ), dated as of June 22, 2017, is entered into by and among ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), and EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO AND EACH OF THE OTHER PERSONS AND ENTITIES THAT BECOMES BOUND HEREBY FROM TIME TO TIME by joinder, assumption or otherwise (together with the Borrower, each a Debtor and, collectively, the Debtors ), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent ) for the Secured Parties (as defined below);
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Debtors are (or will be with respect to after-acquired property) the legal and beneficial owners and the holders of the Collateral (as defined in Section 1 hereof).
WHEREAS, the Debtors are party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Domestic Credit Agreement ), with PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent ), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Domestic Facility Lenders ) pursuant to which the Domestic Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility and a swing loan subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $550,000,000, as the same may be increased (or potential term loans could be added) to an aggregate amount not to exceed $700,000,000 pursuant to the terms of the Domestic Credit Agreement, which revolving credit loans and possible added term loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Domestic Bank Notes ).
WHEREAS, ADS Mexicana S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation, is party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Mexican Credit Agreement ), with PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Mexican Facility Agent ), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Mexican Facility Lenders ) pursuant to which the Mexican Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000, which revolving credit loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Mexican Bank Notes ).
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into a Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as amended, restated, replaced, modified and
supplemented from time to time, the Note Agreement ) pursuant to which the Borrower issued and sold to each of the Noteholders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below)) the Borrowers 5.60% Senior Series A Secured Notes due September 24, 2018 in the original aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series A Notes ) and 4.05% Senior Series B Secured Notes due September 24, 2019 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series B Notes ) and pursuant to which the Borrower may from time to time hereafter issue and sell one or more additional series of Shelf Notes (as defined therein) (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Shelf Notes ; and, collectively with the Series A Notes and Series B Notes, the Senior Notes ).
WHEREAS, the Bank Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement and the other Bank Loan Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates (each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) of the Borrower pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Lender Guaranty Agreements ).
WHEREAS, the Noteholders Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Borrower pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements ).
WHEREAS, the Debtors, the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Noteholders are entering into that certain Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement of even date herewith (as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement ) which among other things, continues the appointment of PNC Bank, National Association as the Collateral Agent thereunder and sets forth certain responsibilities and obligations of the Collateral Agent and establishes among the Secured Parties their respective rights with respect to certain payments that may be received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the Collateral (as defined below).
WHEREAS, to induce the Administrative Agent and the Domestic Facility Lenders to enter into the Domestic Credit Agreement, and to induce the Noteholders to enter into the Note Agreement, each Debtor has agreed to pledge and grant a security interest in the Collateral as security for the Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. Terms which are defined in the Intercreditor Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined therein and the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2
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[Other Interpretive Provisions] of the Intercreditor Agreement shall apply to this Agreement. The following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context hereof otherwise clearly requires:
(a) Code means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Ohio on the date hereof and as amended from time to time, except to the extent that the conflict of law rules of such Uniform Commercial Code shall apply the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other state to specific property or other matters.
(b) Collateral means all of any Debtors right, title and interest in, to and under the following described property of such Debtor (each capitalized term used in this Section 1(b) shall have in this Agreement the meaning given to it by the Code):
(i) all now existing and hereafter acquired or arising Accounts, Goods, General Intangibles, Payment Intangibles, Deposit Accounts, Chattel Paper (including Electronic Chattel Paper), Documents, Instruments, Software, Investment Property, Letters of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, advices of credit, money, Commercial Tort Claims as listed on Schedule B hereto (as such Schedule is amended or supplemented from time to time), Equipment, Inventory, Fixtures, and Supporting Obligations, together with all products of and Accessions to any of the foregoing and all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (including without limitation all insurance policies and proceeds thereof);
(ii) to the extent, if any, not included in clause (i) above, each and every other item of personal property and fixtures, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including, without limitation, all licenses, intellectual property, contracts and agreements, and all collateral for the payment or performance of any contract or agreement, together with all products and Proceeds (including all insurance policies and proceeds) of or any Accessions to any of the foregoing; and
(iii) all present and future business records and information, including computer tapes and other storage media containing the same and computer programs and software (including without limitation, source code, object code and related manuals and documentation and all licenses to use such software) for accessing and manipulating such information.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, the security interest created by this Agreement shall not extend to, and the term Collateral shall not include, any Excluded Property.
(c) Excluded Property means:
(i) after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Code (or any successor provision or provisions) or any other applicable law (including the United States Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity: (A) any permit or license issued by any Governmental Authority to any Debtor, (B) Equipment owned by any Debtor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is subject to a Lien securing a purchase money obligation or capitalized lease permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Financing Documents, and (C) Equipment subject to any equipment leases entered into by the
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Debtors to the extent that such leases are operating leases and not capital leases, but only in any of the foregoing cases, to the extent and for so long as (x) the terms of such permit or license or any requirement of law applicable thereto under clause (A), or (y) the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such purchase money obligation or capitalized lease) under clause (B) would prohibit the grant by Debtors of a security interest therein in favor of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement;
(ii) any intent-to-use trademark application to the extent and for so long as creation by a Debtor of a security interest therein would result in the loss by such Debtor of any material rights therein;
(iii) any capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, and all other ownership or participation interests issued by any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by a Debtor to the extent such ownership interests exceed 65% of the total voting power of all outstanding voting ownership interests of such Foreign Subsidiary;
(iv) any capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, and all other ownership or participation interests issued by any Foreign Subsidiary which is not a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of a Debtor;
(v) any capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, and all other ownership or participation interests issued by any Subsidiary that is a Foreign Holding Company; and
(vi) owned real property and leasehold interests in real property of a Debtor to the extent excluded from the Code;
provided , however , that Excluded Property shall not include any proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property).
(d) Financing Documents mean (i) the Note Agreement and the Senior Notes, (ii) the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements, (iii) the Domestic Credit Agreement and the Domestic Bank Notes, (iv) the Mexican Credit Agreement and the Mexican Bank Notes, (v) the Lender Guaranty Agreements, (vi) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (vii) any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, (viii) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, (ix) this Agreement and the other Security Documents, and (x) any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications in respect of the foregoing.
(e) Foreign Holding Company means any Person which has as its principal purpose the holding of ownership interest in one or more CFCs (for the purposes hereof, CFC and CFCs shall mean one or more Controlled Foreign Corporations, as such term is defined in Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) and has no other material assets or operations, and shall include, as of the Closing Date, ADS Worldwide, Inc., and ADS International, Inc.
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(f) Foreign Subsidiary means a Subsidiary that is not organized or formed under the laws of the United States of America or any state of the United States of America.
(g) Permitted Lien shall have the meaning set forth in the Financing Documents. (h) Receivables means all of the Accounts, Payment Intangibles, Chattel Paper (including, without limitation, Electronic Chattel Paper, all Proceeds of the foregoing and other Collateral arising from the foregoing, and all other rights to payment and all collateral support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all Records relating thereto).
(i) Secured Party means any one of the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Domestic Facility Lenders, the Mexican Facility Lenders, Noteholders and any other holders of Senior Notes, the Lender Affiliates, the Collateral Agent, and any successors and permitted assigns to the interests in the Senior Secured Obligations owing to any such Persons.
(j) Specified Collateral means any item of Collateral as to which the perfection of a valid and enforceable security interest and Lien therein under the Code cannot be accomplished by (i) the filing in the appropriate location of a Code financing statement naming the Collateral Agent as secured party, or (ii) in the case of certificated securities, possession by the Collateral Agent.
(k) Trigger Event means (i) an Event of Default (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) under Section 9.1.1 of the Domestic Credit Agreement, (ii) an Event of Default (as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement) under Section 9.1.1 of the Mexican Credit Agreement, or (iii) an Event of Default (as defined in the Note Agreement) under paragraph 7A(i) or 7A(ii) of the Note Agreement.
2. As security for the due and punctual payment and performance of the Senior Secured Obligations in full, each Debtor hereby agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have, and each Debtor hereby grants to and creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, a continuing Lien on and security interest under the Code in and to the Collateral which (a) with respect to Collateral other than Specified Collateral, is a first priority Lien and security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, and (b) with respect to Specified Collateral, only upon the occurrence and continuance of a Trigger Event and if the Collateral Agent has taken such steps to accomplish perfection as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 5(e) hereof, if applicable, shall be a first priority Lien and security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Financing Document, the Senior Secured Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement).
3. Each Debtor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that (a) except for the security interest granted to and created in favor of the Collateral Agent hereunder, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, and Permitted Liens, all the Collateral is free and clear of any Lien, (b) as of the date hereof, the
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exact legal name of such Debtor is as set forth on the applicable Schedule A hereto, (c) as of the date hereof, the state of incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable, of such Debtor is as set forth on the applicable Schedule A hereto, and (d) as of the date hereof, the chief executive office of such Debtor is as set forth on the applicable Schedule A hereto.
4. Each Debtor (a) will faithfully preserve and protect the Collateral Agents security interest in the Collateral (except Specified Collateral, unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent has taken such steps to accomplish perfection of its security interest in such Specified Collateral as provided in clause (ii) of Section 5(e), if applicable) as a perfected security interest under the Code, superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons, except for holders of Permitted Liens, and (b) will, upon the reasonable request therefor by the Collateral Agent, execute, deliver, file and record, and each Debtor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to so file, all such Code financing statements, and amendments thereto and continuations thereof, and powers of attorney with respect to the Collateral (except Specified Collateral unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 5(e)), and pay all filing fees and taxes related thereto, as the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion may deem necessary or advisable from time to time in order to (i) with respect to all Collateral, attach, and (ii) with respect to all Collateral, except Specified Collateral (unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent has taken such steps to accomplish perfection of its security interest in such Specified Collateral as provided in clause (ii) of Section 5(e), if applicable), continue, preserve, perfect, and protect said security interest (including the filing at any time or times after the date hereof of financing statements under, and in the locations advisable pursuant to, the Code); and each Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent, its officers, employees and agents, or any of them, as attorneys-in-fact for such Debtor to execute, deliver, file and record such items for such Debtor and in such Debtors name, place and stead. This power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything contained elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) no Debtor shall be required to enter into or deliver any agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents, or make any filings, that are solely related to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America (or its territories or possessions) in connection with the grant and perfection of the Liens and security interests set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 5(e), no Debtor shall be required to enter into or deliver any other or additional agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents, or make any filings with respect to any Specified Collateral.
5. Each Debtor jointly and severally covenants and agrees that:
(a) it will defend the Collateral Agents and each Secured Partys right, title and Lien on and security interest in and to the Collateral and the Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, other than any Person claiming a right in the Collateral pursuant to an agreement between such Person and the Collateral Agent and holders of Permitted Liens;
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(b) it will not suffer or permit to exist on any Collateral any Lien except for Permitted Liens;
(c) it will not take or omit to take any action, the taking or the omission of which could reasonably be expected to result in a material alteration (except as permitted by the Financing Documents) or impairment of the Collateral or of the Collateral Agents rights under this Agreement;
(d) it will not sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any portion of the Collateral except as permitted in the Financing Documents;
(e) it will (i) deliver to the Collateral Agent possession of all certificated securities representing the Collateral, (ii) upon the Collateral Agents request upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Trigger Event, execute control agreements and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause other Persons to execute control agreements or acknowledgments in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent evidencing the Collateral Agents control with respect to all Collateral the control or acknowledgment of which perfects the Collateral Agents security interest therein, including Letters of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Electronic Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts and Investment Property, and without prior notice to or consent of any Debtor, the Collateral Agent may at its option take such actions as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate to attach, perfect, continue, preserve and protect the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens) security interest in or Lien on such Specified Collateral, and (iii) keep materially accurate and complete books and records concerning the Collateral and such other books and records as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably require;
(f) without limiting the generality of Section 10 hereof, it will promptly furnish to the Collateral Agent such information and documents relating to the Collateral as the Collateral Agent, upon instruction from either the Required Lenders or the Required Holders, may reasonably request; provided that, prior to occurrence and continuance of a Trigger Event, no documents will be required in connection with the perfection of the security interest granted under this Agreement other than in connection with (i) the filing in the appropriate location of a Code financing statement naming the Collateral Agent as secured party, and (ii) in the case of certificated securities, delivery of possession to the Collateral Agent;
(g) such Debtor will not change its state of incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable, without providing at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice (or such shorter period as agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) to the Collateral Agent;
(h) such Debtor will not change its legal name or chief executive office without providing at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice (or such shorter period as agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) to the Collateral Agent;
(i) [Intentionally Omitted]
(j) such Debtor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to, at any time and from time to time, file in any one or more jurisdictions located within the United States of America (or its territories or possessions) financing statements that describe the Collateral, together with
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continuation statements thereof and amendments thereto, without the signature of such Debtor and which contain any information required by the Code or any other applicable statute applicable to such jurisdiction for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statements, continuation statements, or amendments. Such Debtor agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request. Any such financing statements, continuation statements, or amendments may be signed by Collateral Agent on behalf of such Debtor if the Collateral Agent so elects and may be filed at any time in any jurisdiction;
(k) such Debtor shall at any time and from time to time take such steps as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request as are necessary for the Collateral Agent to ensure the continued perfection of the Collateral Agents and each Secured Partys security interest in the Collateral (except for Specified Collateral, unless otherwise provided in, and as contemplated by, clause (ii) of Section 5(e), if applicable) with the same priority required hereby and the preservation of its rights therein; and
(l) such Debtor shall preserve its corporate existence and shall not (i) in one or a series of related transactions, merge into or consolidate with any other entity, or (ii) sell all or substantially all of its assets, in each case except as permitted by the Financing Documents.
6. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Collateral Agent, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of similar instruments or interests.
7. The pledge, security interests, and other Liens and the obligations of each Debtor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise diminished by any failure, default, omission, or delay, willful or otherwise, by Collateral Agent, or any other obligor on any of the Senior Secured Obligations, or by 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 such Debtor or which would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Debtor as a matter of law or equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Debtor hereby agrees that the pledge, security interests, and other Liens given by such Debtor hereunder shall not be diminished, terminated, or otherwise similarly affected by any of the following at any time and from time to time:
(a) Any lack of genuineness, legality, validity, enforceability, or allowability (in a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, or otherwise), or any avoidance or subordination, in whole or in part, of any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations and regardless of any law, regulation, or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of the Senior Secured Obligations, any of the terms of the Financing Documents, or any rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Person with respect thereto; provided , however , that the agreement above with respect to any lack of such allowability, or any avoidance or subordination shall not apply to any Specified Collateral unless and to the extent a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent has taken such steps to accomplish perfection of its security interest in such Specified Collateral as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 5(e);
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(b) Any increase, decrease, or change in the amount, nature, type or purpose of any of the Senior Secured Obligations (whether or not contemplated by the Financing Documents as presently constituted); any change in the time, manner, method, or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any execution or delivery of any additional Financing Documents; or any amendment, modification or supplement to, or refinancing or refunding of, any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations;
(c) Any failure to assert any breach of or default under any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any extensions of credit in excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by the Financing Documents, or in circumstances in which any condition to such extensions of credit has not been satisfied; any other exercise or non-exercise, or any other failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action in connection with any exercise or non-exercise, of any right or remedy against such Debtor or any other Person under or in connection with any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any refusal of payment or performance of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, whether or not with any reservation of rights against any Debtor; or any application of collections (including collections resulting from realization upon any direct or indirect security for the Senior Secured Obligations) to other obligations, if any, not entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, in preference to Senior Secured Obligations or, if any collections are applied to Senior Secured Obligations, any application to particular Senior Secured Obligations;
(d) Any taking, exchange, amendment, modification, supplement, termination, subordination, release, loss, or impairment of, or any failure to protect, perfect, or preserve the value of, or any enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or any failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action by the Collateral Agent or any other Person in connection with the enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or, any other action or inaction by Collateral Agent or any other Person in respect of, any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations (including the Collateral). As used in this Agreement, direct or indirect security for the Senior Secured Obligations, and similar phrases, includes any collateral security, guaranty, suretyship, letter of credit, capital maintenance agreement, put option, subordination agreement, or other right or arrangement of any nature providing direct or indirect assurance of payment or performance of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, made by or on behalf of any Person;
(e) Any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, charter revocation, or forfeiture, or other change in, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of, any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person; any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person; or any action taken or election (including any election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable law of any jurisdiction) made by Collateral Agent or any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or by any other Person in connection with any such proceeding;
(f) Any defense, setoff, or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person with respect to any Financing
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Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; or any discharge by operation of law or release of any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person from the performance or observance of any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; or
(g) Any other event or circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, and whether known or unknown, which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or limit the liability of a guarantor or a surety, including any Debtor, excepting only indefeasible payment and performance of the Senior Secured Obligations in full (other than (i) indemnity obligations that survive the termination of the Financing Documents for which no notice of claims has been received by the Debtors and (ii) Letters of Credit that have been cash collateralized to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer in their sole discretion).
8. Each Debtor hereby waives any and all defenses which such Debtor may now or hereafter have based on principles of suretyship, impairment of collateral, or the like and each Debtor hereby waives any defense to or limitation on its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or based on any event or circumstance referred to in the immediately preceding Section hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Debtor hereby further waives each of the following:
(a) All notices, disclosures and demands of any nature which otherwise might be required from time to time to preserve intact any rights against such Debtor, including the following: any notice of any event or circumstance described in the immediately preceding Section hereof; any notice required by any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; any notice of nonpayment, nonperformance, dishonor, or protest under any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any notice of the incurrence of any Senior Secured Obligations; any notice of any default or any failure on the part of such Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person to comply with any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations or any requirement pertaining to any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; and any notice or other information pertaining to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person;
(b) Any right to any marshalling of assets, to the filing of any claim against such Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person in the event of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar proceeding, or to the exercise against such Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person of any other right or remedy under or in connection with any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any requirement of promptness or diligence on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Person; any requirement to exhaust any remedies under or in connection with, or to mitigate the damages resulting from default under, any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any benefit of any statute of limitations; and any requirement of acceptance of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, and any requirement that any Debtor receive notice of any such acceptance; and
(c) Any defense or other right arising by reason of any law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction pertaining to election of remedies (including anti-deficiency laws, one action laws, or the like), or by reason of any election of remedies or other action or inaction by the Collateral Agent (including commencement or completion of any judicial proceeding or nonjudicial sale or other action in respect of collateral security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations), which results in denial or impairment of the right of the Collateral Agent to seek a deficiency against any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person or which otherwise discharges or impairs any of the Senior Secured Obligations.
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9. The Senior Secured Obligations and any additional liabilities of the Debtors under this Agreement are joint and several obligations of the Debtors, and each Debtor hereby waives to the full extent permitted by law any defense it may otherwise have to the payment and performance of the Senior Secured Obligations that its liability hereunder is limited and not joint and several. Each Debtor acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers serve as a material inducement to the agreement of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties to make the loans and other financial accommodations provided under the Financing Documents, and that the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties are relying on each specific waiver and all such waivers in entering into this Agreement. The undertakings of each Debtor hereunder secure the obligations of itself and the other Debtors. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, or any of them, may, in their sole discretion, elect to enforce this Agreement against any Debtor without any duty or responsibility to pursue any other Debtor and such an election by the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, or any of them, shall not be a defense to any action the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, or any of them, may elect to take against any Debtor. Each of the Secured Parties and Collateral Agent hereby reserve all right against each Debtor.
10. (a) At any time and from time to time whether or not an Event of Default then exists and is continuing, and without prior notice to or consent of any Debtor, the Collateral Agent may at its option take such actions as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate (i) except with respect to the Specified Collateral (as to which clause (ii) of Section 5(e) shall govern, if applicable), to attach, perfect, continue, preserve and protect the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens) security interest in or Lien on such Collateral, and/or (ii) to inspect, audit and verify the Collateral, including reviewing all of such Debtors books and records and copying and making excerpts therefrom, provided that the same is done with advance notice during normal business hours to the extent access to such Debtors premises is required and no more than two such visits for the Collateral Agent shall be permitted in any fiscal year, unless an Event of Default or an event or condition which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing during which period no such notice, timing or frequency requirements or restrictions shall apply, and (iii) to add all liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) to the Senior Secured Obligations, to be paid by the Debtors to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, upon demand, unless and to the extent the Financing Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement expressly otherwise provide;
(b) At any time and from time to time after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and without prior notice to or consent of any Debtor, the Collateral Agent may at its
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option take such action as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate (i) to maintain, repair, protect and insure the Collateral, and/or (ii) to perform, keep, observe and render true and correct any and all material covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of any Debtor hereunder, and (iii) to add all liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) to the Senior Secured Obligations, to be paid by any Debtor to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, upon demand.
11. After there exists any Event of Default under any of the Financing Documents which has not been cured or waived by the Secured Parties pursuant to the applicable Financing Documents:
(a) The Collateral Agent shall have and may exercise all the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the Code in effect at the time, and such other rights and remedies as may be provided by law and as set forth below, including without limitation to take over and collect all of any Debtors Receivables and all other Collateral, and to this end each Debtor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent, its officers, employees and agents, as its irrevocable, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact with all necessary power and authority to (i) take possession immediately, with or without notice, demand, or legal process, of any of or all of the Collateral wherever found, and for such purposes, enter upon any premises upon which the Collateral may be found and remove the Collateral therefrom, (ii) require any Debtor to assemble the Collateral and deliver it to the Collateral Agent or to any place designated by the Collateral Agent at the Debtors expense, (iii) receive and open of all mail addressed to any Debtor and notify postal authorities to change the address for delivery thereof to such address as the Collateral Agent may designate, (iv) demand payment of the Receivables, (v) enforce payment of the Receivables by legal proceedings or otherwise, (vi) exercise all of any Debtors rights and remedies with respect to the collection of the Receivables, (vii) settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew the Receivables, (viii) settle, adjust or compromise any legal proceedings brought to collect the Receivables, (ix) to the extent permitted by applicable law, sell or assign the Receivables upon such terms, for such amounts and at such time or times as the Collateral Agent deems advisable, (x) discharge and release the Receivables, (xi) take control, in any manner, of any item of payment or proceeds from any account debtor, (xii) prepare, file and sign any Debtors name on any proof of claim in bankruptcy or similar document against any account debtor, (xiii) prepare, file and sign any Debtors name on any notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document in connection with the Receivables, (xiv) do all acts and things necessary, in the Collateral Agents sole discretion, to fulfill any Debtors or the Mexican Borrowers obligations to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties under the Financing Documents or otherwise, (xv) endorse the name of any Debtor upon any check, Chattel Paper, Document, Instrument, invoice, freight bill, bill of lading or similar document or agreement relating to the Receivables or Inventory, (xvi) use any Debtors stationery and sign such Debtors name to verifications of the Receivables and notices thereof to account debtors, (xvii) access and use the information recorded on or contained in any data processing equipment or computer hardware or software relating to the Receivables, Inventory, or other Collateral or proceeds thereof to which any Debtor has access, (xviii) demand, sue for, collect, compromise and give acquittances for any and all Collateral, (xix) prosecute, defend or compromise any action, claim or proceeding with respect to any of the Collateral, and (xx) take such other action as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate, including extending or modifying the terms of payment
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of any Debtors debtors. This power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. To the extent permitted by law, each Debtor hereby waives all claims of damages due to or arising from or connected with any of the rights or remedies exercised by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, except claims for damage to the Collateral arising from gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Collateral Agent.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall have the right to lease, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the Collateral at public or private sale or sales for cash, credit or any combination thereof, with such notice as may be required by law (it being agreed by each Debtor that, in the absence of any contrary requirement of law, at least ten (10) days prior notice (in any manner permitted by the Code) of a public or private sale of Collateral as required by the Code shall be deemed reasonable notice), in lots or in bulk, for cash or on credit, all as the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, may deem advisable. Such sales may be adjourned from time to time with or without notice. The Collateral Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on any Debtors premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use any Debtors premises without charge for such sales for such time or times as the Collateral Agent may see fit. The Collateral Agent may purchase all or any part of the Collateral at public or, if permitted by law, private sale and, in lieu of actual payment of such purchase price, may set off the amount of such price against the Senior Secured Obligations.
(c) Each Debtor, at its cost and expense (including the cost and expense of any of the following referenced consents, approvals, etc.) will promptly execute and deliver or use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the execution and delivery of all applications, certificates, instruments, registration statements, and all other documents and papers the Collateral Agent may request in connection with the obtaining of any consent, approval, registration, qualification, permit, license, accreditation, or authorization of any Governmental Authority or other Person necessary or appropriate for the effective exercise of any rights hereunder or under the other Financing Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Debtor agrees that, in the event the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and/or the Secured Parties shall exercise its rights hereunder or pursuant to the other Financing Documents, to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, or vote, consent, operate, or take any other action in connection with any of the Collateral, such Debtor shall execute and deliver (or use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered) all applications, certificates, assignments and other documents that the Collateral Agent requests to facilitate such actions and shall otherwise promptly, fully, and diligently cooperate with the Collateral Agent and any other Persons in making any application for the prior consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any other Person to the exercise by the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and/or the Secured Parties or any such rights relating to all or any of the Collateral. Furthermore, because each Debtor agrees that the remedies at law of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and/or the Secured Parties, for failure of such Debtor to comply with this Subsection (c) would be inadequate, and that any such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, each Debtor agrees that this Subsection (c) may be specifically enforced.
(d) The Collateral Agent may request, without limiting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties otherwise provided hereunder and
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under the other Financing Documents, that each Debtor do any of the following: (i) give the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties specific assignments of the accounts receivable of such Debtor after such accounts receivable come into existence, and schedules of such accounts receivable, the form and content of such assignment and schedules to be satisfactory to Collateral Agent, and (ii) upon the occurrence and continuance of a Trigger Event and as part of the Collateral Agent taking such steps to accomplish perfection of its security interest in Specified Collateral as provided in clause (ii) of Section 5(e), if applicable, in order to better secure the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, to the extent permitted by law, enter into such lockbox agreements and establish such lockbox accounts as the Collateral Agent may require, all at the sole expense of the Debtors, and shall direct all payments from all payors due to such Debtor, to such lockbox accounts.
12. The Lien on and security interest in each Debtors Collateral granted to and created in favor of the Collateral Agent by this Agreement shall be for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement. Each of the rights, privileges, and remedies provided to the Collateral Agent hereunder or otherwise by law with respect to any Debtors Collateral shall be exercised by the Collateral Agent only for its own benefit and the ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, and any of such Debtors Collateral or proceeds thereof held or realized upon at any time by the Collateral Agent shall be applied as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Debtor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates for and shall pay to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of itself, the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, and any of their respective Affiliates, any deficiency which may remain after such sale or collection.
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14. It is contemplated by the parties hereto that there may be times when no Senior Secured Obligations are outstanding, but notwithstanding such occurrences, this Agreement shall remain valid and shall be in full force and effect as to subsequent outstanding Senior Secured Obligations. Upon the satisfaction in full of the Senior Secured Obligations and the termination or expiration of the Financing Documents and all commitments thereunder (other than (i) indemnity obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement for which no notice of claims has been received by the Debtors and (ii) Letters of Credit that have been cash collateralized to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer in their sole discretion), the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement shall terminate (other than those provisions expressly stated to survive such termination) and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Debtor, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party. The Collateral Agent will thereafter, upon any Debtors request and at such Debtors expense, (a) return to such Debtor such of the Collateral in the Collateral Agents possession as shall not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and (b) execute and deliver to such Debtor such documents as such Debtor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination. If any of the Collateral shall be sold or otherwise disposed of by any Debtor in a transaction
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permitted by the Financing Documents, then the Collateral Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Debtor, shall execute and deliver to such Debtor all releases or other documents necessary for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral. Each Debtor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement originally filed in connection herewith without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, subject to such Debtors rights under Sections 9-509(d)(2) and 9-518 of the Code.
15. No failure or delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in exercising any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege of the Collateral Agent hereunder; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. No waiver of a single Event of Default shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent Event of Default. All waivers under this Agreement must be in writing. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement are cumulative and in addition to any rights or remedies which it may otherwise have, and the Collateral Agent may enforce any one or more remedies hereunder successively or concurrently at its option.
16. All notices, statements, requests and demands given to or made upon either party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made as provided in Section 11.5 [Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications] of the Domestic Credit Agreement in the case of the Debtors and as set forth in Section 7.9 [Notices] of the Intercreditor Agreement in the case of the Collateral Agent.
17. Each Debtor agrees that, as of the date hereof, all information contained on the applicable Security Interest Data Summary attached hereto as Schedule A is accurate and complete and contains no omission or misrepresentation.
18. Each Debtor acknowledges that the provisions hereof giving the Collateral Agent rights of access to books, records and information concerning the Collateral and such Debtors operations and providing the Collateral Agent access to such Debtors premises are intended to afford the Collateral Agent with immediate access to current information concerning such Debtor and its activities, including without limitation, the value, nature and location of the Collateral so that the Collateral Agent can, among other things, make an appropriate determination after the occurrence of an Event of Default, whether and when to exercise its other remedies hereunder and at law, including without limitation, instituting a replevin action should any Debtor refuse to turn over any Collateral to the Collateral Agent. Each Debtor further acknowledges that should such Debtor at any time fail to promptly provide such information and access to the Collateral Agent, each Debtor acknowledges that the Collateral Agent would have no adequate remedy at law to promptly obtain the same. Each Debtor agrees that the provisions hereof may be specifically enforced by the Collateral Agent and waives any claim or defense in any such action or proceeding that the Collateral Agent has an adequate remedy at law.
19. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and each Debtor and each of its respective successors and assigns, except that no Debtor may assign or transfer such Debtors obligations hereunder or any interest herein.
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20. This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflicts of laws principles, except to the extent of any provision of the Code that applies the law of the jurisdiction in which the Collateral is located; provided, however, that in no event shall this Section be applied or interpreted to defeat a perfected security interest in the Collateral that would be valid under an otherwise applicable law.
21. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
22. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR OHIO STATE COURT SITTING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH OHIO STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTION RELATING HERETO OR THERETO SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE COLLATERAL AGENT, ANY SECURED PARTY OR ANY L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTION RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, AGAINST EACH PARTY HERETO OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
23. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY A JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING THERETO.
24. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each Debtor acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy transmission to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of the signature pages hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of any Debtor shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by such Debtor.
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25. At any time after the initial execution of this Agreement, additional Persons may become parties to this Agreement and thereby acquire the duties and rights of being Debtors hereunder by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties joinder agreements pursuant to the Financing Documents. No notice of the addition of any Debtor shall be required to be given to any pre-existing Debtor, and each Debtor hereby consents thereto.
26. This Agreement hereby amends and restates, in its entirety, the existing Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the Existing Security Agreement ), by and among the parties thereto, and the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the Liens, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Existing Security Agreement or under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement or any of the other Bank Loan Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Domestic Credit Agreement and the other Bank Loan Documents amended in connection therewith) or under the Note Agreement or any of the other Senior Note Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents amended in connection therewith).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth.
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SCHEDULE A
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY INTEREST DATA SUMMARY
1. The chief executive office of ( Debtor ) is located at:
2. Debtors true and full name is as follows: . Each Debtor uses no trade names or fictitious names, except as follows: .
3. Debtors form of organization is as follows:
4. Debtors state of organization is as follows:
5. Debtors Employer Identification Number is as follows:
6. Debtors organization ID # is (if any exists) is as follows:
SCHEDULE B
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
EXHIBIT 2.5.1
FORM OF
LOAN REQUEST
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
A. | Pursuant to Section 2.5.1 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby irrevocably requests [ check one line under 1.(a) below and fill in blank space next to the line as appropriate ]: |
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SUCH NEW, RENEWED OR CONVERTED LOAN SHALL BEAR INTEREST:
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Under the Base Rate Option . Such Loan shall have a Borrowing Date of , 20 (which date shall be (i) the Business Day of receipt by the Administrative Agent by 11:00 a.m. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania time, of this Loan Request for making a new Revolving Credit Loan in Dollars to which the Base Rate Option applies, or (ii) the last day of the preceding Euro-Rate Interest Period if a Loan in Dollars to which the Euro-Rate Option applies is being converted to a Loan in Dollars to which the Base Rate Option applies). | ||
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2. | Such Loan is in the principal amount of U.S. (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) $ or the principal amount to be renewed or converted is U.S. (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) $ [ the amount of such Loan to be in (x) integral multiples of $500,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) and not less than $1,000,000 (or the Dollar Equivalent thereof) for each Borrowing Tranche under the Euro-Rate Option, and (y) integral multiples of $100,000 and not less than $500,000 for each Borrowing Tranche under the Base Rate Option .] | |||
3. | [ Complete blank below if the Borrower is selecting the Euro-Rate Option ]: Such Loan shall have an Interest Period of [one, two, three or six] Months. | |||
4. | [Complete blank below if the Borrower is requesting the Loan be funded in an Optional Currency] : Such Loan shall be an Optional Currency Loan in the following currency: . |
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B. | As of the date hereof and the date of making of the above-requested Loan (and after giving effect thereto): all of the Loan Parties representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, provided, however, that to the extent any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Change, such representation or warranty is true and correct in all respects; no Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing or exists; and the making of such Loan does not contravene any Law applicable to any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, or any Lender. |
C. | The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests [check one line under (a) below and fill in blank spaces next to the line as appropriate] : |
(a) Funds to be deposited into the Administrative Agent bank account per our current standing instructions. Complete amount of deposit if not full loan advance amount: $ . | ||||||||
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The undersigned certifies to the Administrative Agent as to the accuracy of the foregoing.
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EXHIBIT 2.5.2
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SWING LOAN REQUEST
Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to them by the Credit Agreement.
Pursuant to Section 2.5.2 of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby makes the following Swing Loan Request:
1. | Aggregate Principal Amount of Swing Loans: [amount shall be not less than $100,000] | U.S.$ | ||
2. | Proposed Borrowing Date: [this Swing Loan Request must be received by PNC by 12:00 noon Pittsburgh time on the proposed Borrowing Date] | , 20 | ||
3. | As of the date hereof and the date of making of the above-requested Loan (and after giving effect thereto): all of the Loan Parties representations and warranties contained in Article 6 of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects, provided, however, that to the extent any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Change, such representation or warranty is true and correct in all respects; no Event of Default or Potential Default has occurred and is continuing or exists; and the making of such Loan does not contravene any Law applicable to any Loan Party, any Subsidiary of any Loan Party, or any Lender. |
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The undersigned hereby certifies the accuracy of the foregoing.
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EXHIBIT 2.10
FORM OF
LENDER JOINDER AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
THIS LENDER JOINDER AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (the Joinder ) is made as of , 20 (the Effective Date ) by , (the New Lender ).
BACKGROUND
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the Administrative Agent ) (as the same has been and may hereafter be further modified, supplemented, amended or restated, the Credit Agreement ). Capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the Lenders permitting the New Lender to become a Lender under the Credit Agreement, the New Lender agrees that effective as of the Effective Date it shall become, and shall be deemed to be, a Lender under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents and agrees that from the Effective Date and so long as the New Lender remains a party to the Credit Agreement, such New Lender shall assume the obligations of a Lender under and perform, comply with and be bound by each of the provisions of the Credit Agreement which are stated to apply to a Lender and shall be entitled (in accordance with its Ratable Share) to the benefits, rights and remedies set forth therein and in each of the other Loan Documents. The New Lender hereby acknowledges that it has heretofore received (i) a true and correct copy of the Credit Agreement (including any modifications thereof or supplements or waivers thereto) as in effect on the Effective Date , [(ii) its Revolving Credit Note dated the Effective Date issued by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement in the face amount of $ , if the New Lender is making a new Revolving Credit Loan, and (iii) a term note dated the Effective Date issued by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement in the face amount of $ , if the New Lender is making an Added Term Loan] .
The Commitments and Ratable Shares of the New Lender and each of the other Lenders are as set forth on Schedule 1.1(B) to the Credit Agreement. Schedule 1.1(B) to the Credit Agreement is being amended and restated effective as of the Effective Date hereof to read as set forth on Schedule 1.1(B) hereto. Schedule 1 hereto lists as of the date hereof the amount of Loans under each outstanding Borrowing Tranche. Notwithstanding the foregoing on the date hereof, the Borrower shall repay all outstanding Loans to which either the Base Rate Option or the Euro-Rate Option applies and simultaneously reborrow a like amount of Loans under each such Interest Rate Option from the Lenders (including the New Lender) according to the Ratable Shares set forth on attached Schedule 1.1(B) and shall be subject to breakage fees and other indemnities provided in Section 5.10 [Indemnity].
[The New Lender is executing and delivering this Joinder as of the Effective Date and acknowledges that it shall: (A) participate in all new Revolving Credit Loans borrowed by the Borrower on and after the Effective Date according to its Ratable Share; and (B) participate in all Letters of Credit outstanding on and after the Effective Date according to its Ratable Share.]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Lender has duly executed and delivered this Joinder as of the Effective Date.
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[ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO LENDER JOINDER AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT]
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SCHEDULE 1.1(B)
COMMITMENTS OF LENDERS
SCHEDULE 1
OUTSTANDING TRANCHES
EXHIBIT 5.9.7(A)
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), each of guarantor from time to time party thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.9 [ Taxes ] of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 5.9.7(B)
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Not Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), each of guarantor from time to time party thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.9 [ Taxes ] of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record and beneficial owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iii) it is not a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code, and (iv) it is not a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with a certificate of its non-U.S. Person status on IRS Form W-8BEN. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender in writing, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 5.9.7(C)
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Participants That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), each of guarantor from time to time party thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.9 [ Taxes ] of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the participation in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such participation, (iii) with respect such participation, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished its participating Lender with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partners/members beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform such Lender and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished such Lender with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 5.9.7(D)
FORM OF
U.S. TAX COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
(For Foreign Lenders That Are Partnerships For U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes)
Reference is hereby made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), each of guarantor from time to time party thereto, each lender from time to time party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 5.9 [ Taxes ] of the Credit Agreement, the undersigned hereby certifies that (i) it is the sole record owner of the Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)) in respect of which it is providing this certificate, (ii) its direct or indirect partners/members are the sole beneficial owners of such Loan(s) (as well as any Note(s) evidencing such Loan(s)), (iii) with respect to the extension of credit pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, neither the undersigned nor any of its direct or indirect partners/members is a bank extending credit pursuant to a loan agreement entered into in the ordinary course of its trade or business within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (iv) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a ten percent shareholder of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 871(h)(3)(B) of the Code and (v) none of its direct or indirect partners/members is a controlled foreign corporation related to the Borrower as described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code.
The undersigned has furnished the Administrative Agent and the Borrower with IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by one of the following forms from each of its partners/members that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption: (i) an IRS Form W-8BEN or (ii) an IRS Form W-8IMY accompanied by an IRS Form W-8BEN from each of such partners/members beneficial owners that is claiming the portfolio interest exemption. By executing this certificate, the undersigned agrees that (1) if the information provided on this certificate changes, the undersigned shall promptly so inform the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, and (2) the undersigned shall have at all times furnished the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with a properly completed and currently effective certificate in either the calendar year in which each payment is to be made to the undersigned, or in either of the two calendar years preceding such payments.
Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.
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EXHIBIT 8.3.3
FORM OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
PNC Bank, National Association,
as Administrative Agent
PNC Firstside Center 4 th Floor
500 First Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
P7-PFSC-04-I
Telephone No.: (412) 762-6442
Telecopier No.: (412) 762-8672
Attention: Agency Services
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the Credit Agreement ) by and among ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), each of the Guarantors from time to time party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the Administrative Agent ). Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.
I, , duly elected [Chief Executive Officer/President/Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] of the Borrower, do hereby certify on behalf of the Loan Parties as of the [quarter/year] ended [ , 20 ] (the Report Date ), as follows:
1. | To the best knowledge of the undersigned, the Loan Parties are in compliance with, and since the most recent prior Report Date have at all times complied with, the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the representations and warranties contained in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement and in the other Loan Documents are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of this certificate with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the date hereof (except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date), and the Loan Parties have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions thereof. |
2. | [To the best knowledge of the undersigned, no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Default.] |
OR
[To the best knowledge of the undersigned, the following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following is a list of each such Potential Default or Event of Default and its nature and status: ]
3. | Schedule I attached hereto sets forth the financial data and computations evidencing the Loan Parties compliance with the covenants in Section 8.2.14 and Section 8.2.15 of the Credit Agreement, all of which are true, complete, and correct [except as set forth below (if applicable): ]. |
4. | The aggregate amount of outstanding additional Investments by Loan Parties in Persons (including Joint Ventures and Subsidiaries) other than Loan Parties which are not otherwise listed on Schedule 8.2.4 is $ , which amount remains in compliance with the requirements of Section 8.2.4(v) of the Credit Agreement which requires that such amount not exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 or (y) 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case outstanding at any time, and calculated after giving effect to Investments which are Permitted Acquisitions taken into consideration for purposes of determining compliance with Section 8.2.4(v) pursuant to Section 8.2.4(xi); provided that any inadvertent inaccuracy in the reporting of the foregoing amount shall not cause this certification to be false or misleading in any material respect or otherwise result in a Potential Default or Event of Default under any Loan Document unless an accurate calculation of such amount would have resulted in such amount exceeding the requirements of Section 8.2.4(v). |
5. | [No additional Domestic Subsidiaries are required to join the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 8.1.11.] |
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[The following additional Domestic Subsidiar[y/ies] [is/are] required to join the Credit Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of Section 8.1.11: ].
The foregoing certifications, together with the computations documented on Schedule I hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this day of , 20 .
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Exhibit 10.2
E XECUTION C OPY
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PRIVATE SHELF AGREEMENT
$175,000,000
PRIVATE SHELF FACILITY
Dated as of June 22, 2017
Amending and Restating the Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement
Dated as of September 24, 2010, as amended prior to the date hereof
TABLE OF CONTENTS
(Not Part of Agreement)
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1. | AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT; AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUE OF SHELF NOTES | 2 | ||||||
1A. | Amendment and Restatement; Existing Notes | 2 | ||||||
1B. | Authorization of Issue of Shelf Notes | 2 | ||||||
2. | PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHELF NOTES | 2 | ||||||
2A. | Purchase and Sale of Shelf Notes | 2 | ||||||
3. | CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS AND EACH CLOSING | 7 | ||||||
3A. | Conditions of Effectiveness | 7 | ||||||
3B. | Conditions to each Closing | 10 | ||||||
4. | PREPAYMENTS | 13 | ||||||
4A(1). | Required Prepayments of Shelf Notes | 13 | ||||||
4A(2). | Required Prepayment Pursuant to Intercreditor Agreement | 14 | ||||||
4B. | Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount | 14 | ||||||
4C. | Notice of Optional Prepayment | 14 | ||||||
4D. | Application of Prepayments | 14 | ||||||
4E. | No Acquisition of Notes | 14 | ||||||
5. | AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS | 15 | ||||||
5A. | Financial Statements | 15 | ||||||
5B. | Information Required by Rule 144A | 18 | ||||||
5C. | Inspection of Property; Books and Records | 18 | ||||||
5D. | Covenant to Secure Notes Equally | 18 | ||||||
5E. | Compliance with Law | 18 | ||||||
5F. | Maintenance of Insurance | 19 | ||||||
5G. | Maintenance of Properties | 19 | ||||||
5H. | Payment of Taxes | 19 | ||||||
5I. | Corporate Existence | 20 | ||||||
5J. | Lines of Business | 20 | ||||||
5K. | Subsequent Guarantors | 20 | ||||||
5L. | Deliveries; Further Assurances | 20 | ||||||
5M. | Excess Leverage Fee | 21 | ||||||
6. | NEGATIVE COVENANTS | 21 | ||||||
6A. | Financial Covenants | 21 | ||||||
6A(1). | Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio | 21 |
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6A(2). | Maximum Leverage Ratio | 21 | ||||||
6B. | Indebtedness | 22 | ||||||
6C. | Liens; Lien Covenants | 23 | ||||||
6D. | Guaranties | 23 | ||||||
6E. | Loans and Investments | 24 | ||||||
6F. | Capital Distributions | 25 | ||||||
6G. | Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions | 25 | ||||||
6H. | Disposition of Assets or Subsidiaries | 27 | ||||||
6I. | Affiliate Transactions | 28 | ||||||
6J. | Subsidiaries and Partnerships | 28 | ||||||
6K. | Continuation or Change in Business | 28 | ||||||
6L. | Fiscal Period | 29 | ||||||
6M. | Issuance of Stock | 29 | ||||||
6N. | Changes in Organizational Documents | 29 | ||||||
6O. | Intentionally Omitted | 29 | ||||||
6R. | Terrorism Sanctions Regulations | 29 | ||||||
6S. | Most Favored Lender | 29 | ||||||
6T. | Limitation on Negative Pledges | 30 | ||||||
7. | EVENTS OF DEFAULT | 31 | ||||||
7A. | Acceleration | 31 | ||||||
7B. | Rescission of Acceleration | 34 | ||||||
7C. | Notice of Acceleration or Rescission | 34 | ||||||
7D. | Other Remedies | 34 | ||||||
8. | REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES | 35 | ||||||
8A(1). | Organization; Subsidiary Preferred Equity | 35 | ||||||
8A(2). | Power and Authority | 35 | ||||||
8A(3). | Execution and Delivery of Transaction Documents | 36 | ||||||
8B. | Financial Statements | 36 | ||||||
8C. | Actions Pending | 37 | ||||||
8D. | Outstanding Indebtedness | 37 | ||||||
8E. | Title to Properties | 37 | ||||||
8F. | Taxes | 37 | ||||||
8G. | Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters | 37 | ||||||
8H. | Offering of Notes | 38 | ||||||
8I. | Use of Proceeds | 38 | ||||||
8J. | ERISA | 38 | ||||||
8K. | Governmental Consent | 39 | ||||||
8L. | Compliance with Environmental and Other Laws | 39 | ||||||
8M. | Regulatory Status | 39 |
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8N. | Permits and Other Operating Rights | 39 | ||||||
8O. | Rule 144A | 40 | ||||||
8P. | Absence of Financing Statements, etc. | 40 | ||||||
8Q. | Establishment of Security Interest | 40 | ||||||
8R. | Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc. | 40 | ||||||
8S. | Disclosure | 41 | ||||||
8T. | Hostile Tender Offers | 42 | ||||||
8U. | Solvency | 42 | ||||||
9. | REPRESENTATIONS OF EACH PURCHASER | 42 | ||||||
9A. | Nature of Purchase | 42 | ||||||
9B. | Source of Funds | 42 | ||||||
10. | DEFINITIONS; ACCOUNTING MATTERS | 44 | ||||||
10A. | Yield-Maintenance Terms | 44 | ||||||
10B. | Other Terms | 45 | ||||||
10C. | Accounting and Legal Principles, Terms and Determinations | 64 | ||||||
11. | MISCELLANEOUS | 64 | ||||||
11A. | Note Payments | 64 | ||||||
11B. | Expenses | 65 | ||||||
11C. | Consent to Amendments | 66 | ||||||
11D. | Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes | 67 | ||||||
11G. | Persons Deemed Owners; Participations | 67 | ||||||
11H. | Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement | 68 | ||||||
11I. | Successors and Assigns | 68 | ||||||
11J. | Independence of Covenants; Beneficiaries of Covenants | 68 | ||||||
11K. | Notices | 68 | ||||||
11L. | Payments Due on Non-Business Days | 69 | ||||||
11M. | Satisfaction Requirement | 69 | ||||||
11N. | GOVERNING LAW | 69 | ||||||
11O. | SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 69 | ||||||
11P. | Severability | 70 | ||||||
11Q. | Descriptive Headings; Advice of Counsel; Interpretation; Time of the Essence | 71 | ||||||
11R. | Counterparts; Facsimile or Electronic Signatures | 71 | ||||||
11S. | Severalty of Obligations | 71 | ||||||
11T. | Independent Investigation | 71 | ||||||
11U. | Directly or Indirectly | 71 | ||||||
11V. | Transaction References | 71 |
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11W. | Confidential Information | 72 | ||||||
11X. | Binding Agreement | 73 |
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EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
INFORMATION SCHEDULE
EXHIBIT A | | FORM OF SHELF NOTE | ||
EXHIBIT B | | FORM OF DISBURSEMENT DIRECTION LETTER | ||
EXHIBIT C | | FORM OF REQUEST FOR PURCHASE | ||
EXHIBIT D | | FORM OF CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE | ||
EXHIBIT E-1 | | FORM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT | ||
EXHIBIT E-2 | | FORM OF CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY | ||
EXHIBIT F | | FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANY AND GUARANTOR COUNSEL(RESTATEMENT DATE) | ||
EXHIBIT G | | FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE | ||
SCHEDULE 6B | | EXISTING INDEBTEDNESS | ||
SCHEDULE 6C | | PERMITTED LIENS | ||
SCHEDULE 6D | | GUARANTIES | ||
SCHEDULE 6E | | EXISTING INVESTMENTS | ||
SCHEDULE 8A(1) | | SUBSIDIARIES | ||
SCHEDULE 8G | | AGREEMENTS RESTRICTING INDEBTEDNESS | ||
SCHEDULE 8K | | GOVERNMENTAL CONSENT | ||
SCHEDULE 8Q | | COLLATERAL |
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ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
4640 Trueman Blvd.
Hilliard, OH 43026
As of June 22, 2017
PGIM, Inc. ( Prudential )
Each of the holders of the Existing Notes
party hereto (the Existing Holders )
Each other Prudential Affiliate (as hereinafter
defined) which becomes bound by certain
provisions of this Agreement as hereinafter
provided
c/o Prudential Capital Group
Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (herein called the Company ), hereby agrees with you as set forth below. Reference is made to paragraph 10 hereof for definitions of capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein.
INTRODUCTION
The Company and Prudential are parties to the Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2010 (as heretofore amended, the Existing Agreement ) under which the Company has issued and sold, and the Existing Holders have purchased, the Existing Notes (as defined below).
The Company, Prudential and the Existing Holders desire to enter into this Agreement so as to, among other things, amend and restate the Existing Agreement to read as set forth herein. The Company, Prudential and the Existing Holders agree that, effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the Company, Prudential and the Existing Holders, the Existing Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in this Agreement.
1. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT; AUTHORIZATION OF ISSUE OF SHELF NOTES.
1A. Amendment and Restatement; Existing Notes .
1A(1). Amendment and Restatement of Existing Note Agreement . Effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the Company, Prudential and the Existing Holders and the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraph 3A hereof, the Company, Prudential and the Existing Holders agree that the Existing Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in this Agreement.
1A(2). Existing Notes. Under the Existing Agreement, the Company authorized and issued its (a) 5.60% Senior Series A Secured Notes due September 24, 2018 (the Existing Series A Notes ) in the original aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000, of which $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount is now outstanding, and (b) 4.05% Senior Series B Secured Notes due September 24, 2019 (the Existing Series B Notes ) in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 of which $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount is now outstanding. The Existing Series A Notes and Existing Series B Notes are collectively referred to as the Existing Notes . Effective upon the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in paragraph 3A hereof, the Company, Prudential and the Existing Holders agree that each of the Existing Notes shall be deemed to be outstanding under this Agreement and be entitled to the benefits hereof and all references therein to the Agreement, as defined in any Existing Note, shall be deemed to be references to this Agreement.
1B. Authorization of Issue of Shelf Notes . The Company will authorize the issue of its senior secured promissory notes (the Shelf Notes ) in the aggregate principal amount of up to the then applicable Available Facility Amount, to be dated the date of issue thereof, to mature, in the case of each Shelf Note so issued, no more than 10 years after the date of original issuance thereof, to have an average life, in the case of each Shelf Note so issued, of no more than 10 years after the date of original issuance thereof, to bear interest on the unpaid balance thereof from the date thereof at the rate per annum, and to have such other particular terms, as shall be set forth, in the case of each Shelf Note so issued, in the Confirmation of Acceptance with respect to such Shelf Note delivered pursuant to paragraph 2A(5), and to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. Shelf Notes which have (i) the same final maturity, (ii) the same principal prepayment dates, (iii) the same principal prepayment amounts (as a percentage of the original principal amount of each Shelf Note), (iv) the same interest rate, (v) the same interest payment periods and (vi) the same date of issuance (which, in the case of a Shelf Note issued in exchange for another Shelf Note, shall be deemed for these purposes the date on which such Shelf Notes ultimate predecessor Shelf Note was issued), are herein called a Series of Shelf Notes. The terms Shelf Note and Shelf Notes , Note and Notes as used herein shall include each Shelf Note delivered pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and each Shelf Note delivered in substitution or exchange for any such Shelf Note pursuant to any such provision and, without limiting the foregoing, the terms Note and Notes as used herein shall include each Existing Note, each note delivered in substitution or exchange for any such Existing Note pursuant to this Agreement and each Shelf Note.
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2. PURCHASE AND SALE OF SHELF NOTES.
2A. Purchase and Sale of Shelf Notes.
2A(1). Facility. Prudential is willing to consider, in its sole discretion and within limits which may be authorized for purchase by Prudential Affiliates from time to time, the purchase of Shelf Notes pursuant to this Agreement. The willingness of Prudential to consider such purchase of Shelf Notes is herein called the Facility . At any time, the Available Facility Amount shall equal $175,000,000, minus the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Notes, minus the aggregate principal amount of Accepted Notes (as hereinafter defined) which have not yet been purchased and sold hereunder prior to such time. NOTWITHSTANDING THE WILLINGNESS OF PRUDENTIAL TO CONSIDER PURCHASES OF SHELF NOTES BY PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATES, THIS AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO ON THE EXPRESS UNDERSTANDING THAT NEITHER PRUDENTIAL NOR ANY PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATE SHALL BE OBLIGATED TO MAKE OR ACCEPT OFFERS TO PURCHASE SHELF NOTES, OR TO QUOTE RATES, SPREADS OR OTHER TERMS WITH RESPECT TO SPECIFIC PURCHASES OF SHELF NOTES, AND THE FACILITY SHALL IN NO WAY BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY PRUDENTIAL OR ANY PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATE.
2A(2). Issuance Period. Shelf Notes may be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement until the earlier of (i) the third anniversary of the Restatement Date (or if the date of such anniversary is not a Business Day, the Business Day next preceding such anniversary), (ii) the 30 th day after Prudential shall have given to the Company, or the Company shall have given to Prudential, a written notice stating that it elects to terminate the issuance and sale of Shelf Notes pursuant to this Agreement (or if such 30 th day is not a Business Day, the Business Day next preceding such 30 th day), (iii) the last Closing Day after which there is no Available Facility Amount, (iv) the termination of the Facility under paragraph 7A of this Agreement, and (v) the acceleration of any Note under paragraph 7A of this Agreement. The period during which Shelf Notes may be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement is herein called the Issuance Period .
2A(3). Request for Purchase. The Company may from time to time during the Issuance Period make requests for purchases of Shelf Notes (each such request being herein called a Request for Purchase ). Each Request for Purchase shall be made to Prudential by facsimile transmission or overnight delivery service, and shall (i) specify the aggregate principal amount of Shelf Notes covered thereby, which shall not be less than $10,000,000 and not be greater than the Available Facility Amount at the time such Request for Purchase is made, (ii) specify the principal amounts, final maturities (which shall be no more than 10 years from the date of issuance), average life (which shall be no more than 10 years from the date of issuance), principal prepayment dates (if any) and amounts and interest payment periods (quarterly or semi-annually in arrears) of the Shelf Notes covered thereby, (iii) specify the use of proceeds of such Shelf Notes, (iv) specify the proposed day for the closing of the purchase and sale of such Shelf Notes, which shall be a Business Day during the Issuance Period not less than 10 days and not more than 25 days after the making of such Request for Purchase, (v) specify the number of the account and the name and address of the depository institution to which the purchase prices of such Shelf Notes are to be transferred on the Closing Day for such purchase and sale, (vi) certify that the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 are true on and as of the date of such Request for Purchase and that there exists on the date of such Request for Purchase no Event of Default or Default, and (vii) be substantially in the form of Exhibit C attached hereto. Each Request for Purchase shall be in writing and shall be deemed made when received by Prudential.
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2A(4). Rate Quotes. Not later than five Business Days after the Company shall have given Prudential a Request for Purchase pursuant to paragraph 2A(3), Prudential may, but shall be under no obligation to, provide to the Company by telephone or facsimile transmission, in each case between 9:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M. New York City local time (or such later time as Prudential may elect) interest rate quotes for the several principal amounts, maturities, principal prepayment schedules and interest payment periods of Shelf Notes specified in such Request for Purchase. Each quote shall represent the interest rate per annum payable on the outstanding principal balance of such Shelf Notes at which a Prudential Affiliate or Affiliates would be willing to purchase such Shelf Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof.
2A(5). Acceptance. Within the Acceptance Window with respect to any interest rate quotes provided pursuant to paragraph 2A(4), the Company may, subject to paragraph 2A(6), elect to accept such interest rate quotes as to not less than $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Shelf Notes specified in the related Request for Purchase. Such election shall be made by an Authorized Officer of the Company notifying Prudential by telephone or facsimile transmission within the Acceptance Window that the Company elects to accept such interest rate quotes, specifying the Shelf Notes (each such Shelf Note being herein called an Accepted Note ) as to which such acceptance (herein called an Acceptance ) relates. The day the Company notifies Prudential of an Acceptance with respect to any Accepted Notes is herein called the Acceptance Day for such Accepted Notes. Any interest rate quotes as to which Prudential does not receive an Acceptance within the Acceptance Window shall expire, and no purchase or sale of Shelf Notes hereunder shall be made based on such expired interest rate quotes. Subject to paragraph 2A(6) and the other terms and conditions hereof, the Company agrees to sell to a Prudential Affiliate or Affiliates, and Prudential agrees to cause the purchase by a Prudential Affiliate or Affiliates of, the Accepted Notes at 100% of the principal amount of such Notes. As soon as practicable following the Acceptance Day, the Company and each Prudential Affiliate which is to purchase any such Accepted Notes will execute a confirmation of such Acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto (herein called a Confirmation of Acceptance ). If the Company should fail to execute and return to Prudential within three Business Days following the Companys receipt thereof a Confirmation of Acceptance with respect to any Accepted Notes, Prudential or any Prudential Affiliate may at its election at any time prior to Prudentials receipt thereof cancel the closing with respect to such Accepted Notes by so notifying the Company in writing.
2A(6). Market Disruption. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2A(5), if Prudential shall have provided interest rate quotes pursuant to paragraph 2A(4) and thereafter prior to the time an Acceptance with respect to such quotes shall have been notified to Prudential in accordance with paragraph 2A(5) the domestic market for U.S. Treasury securities, derivatives or other financial instruments shall have closed or there shall have occurred a general suspension, material limitation, or significant disruption of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or in the domestic market for U.S. Treasury securities, derivatives or other financial instruments, then such interest rate quotes shall expire, and no purchase or sale of Shelf Notes hereunder shall be made based on such expired interest rate quotes. If the Company thereafter notifies Prudential of the Acceptance of any such interest rate quotes, such Acceptance shall be ineffective for all purposes of this Agreement, and Prudential shall promptly notify the Company that the provisions of this paragraph 2A(6) are applicable with respect to such Acceptance.
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2A(7). Facility Closings. Not later than 11:30 A.M. (New York City local time) on the Closing Day for any Accepted Notes, the Company will deliver to each Purchaser listed in the Confirmation of Acceptance relating thereto at the offices of Prudential Capital Group, 180 North Stetson Street, Suite 5600, Chicago, Illinois 60601, Attention: Law Department, or at such other place as Prudential may have directed, the Accepted Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser in the form of one or more Notes in authorized denominations as such Purchaser may request for each Series of Accepted Notes to be purchased on the Closing Day, dated the Closing Day and registered in such Purchasers name (or in the name of its nominee), against payment of the purchase price thereof by transfer of immediately available funds for credit to the Companys account specified in the Request for Purchase of such Notes. If the Company fails to tender to any Purchaser the Accepted Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser on the scheduled Closing Day for such Accepted Notes as provided above in this paragraph 2A(7), or any of the conditions specified in paragraph 3 shall not have been fulfilled by the time required on such scheduled Closing Day, the Company shall, prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City local time, on such scheduled Closing Day notify Prudential (which notification shall be deemed received by each Purchaser) in writing whether (i) such closing is to be rescheduled (such rescheduled date to be a Business Day during the Issuance Period not less than one Business Day and not more than 10 Business Days after such scheduled Closing Day (the Rescheduled Closing Day )) and certify to Prudential (which certification shall be for the benefit of each Purchaser) that the Company reasonably believes that it will be able to comply with the conditions set forth in paragraph 3 on such Rescheduled Closing Day and that the Company will pay the Delayed Delivery Fee in accordance with paragraph 2A(8)(iii) or (ii) such closing is to be canceled. In the event that the Company shall fail to give such notice referred to in the preceding sentence, Prudential (on behalf of each Purchaser) may at its election, at any time after 1:00 P.M., New York City local time, on such scheduled Closing Day, notify the Company in writing that such closing is to be canceled. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary appearing in this Agreement, the Company may not elect to reschedule a closing with respect to any given Accepted Notes on more than one occasion, unless Prudential shall have otherwise consented in writing.
2A(8). Fees.
2A(8)(i). Structuring and Amendment Fees. At the time of the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company, Prudential and the Existing Holders, the Company will pay to Prudential or at the direction of Prudential by wire transfer of immediately available funds (a) a structuring fee (herein called the Structuring Fee ) in the amount of $75,000 and (b) an amendment fee (herein called the Amendment Fee ) in the amount of $25,000.
2A(8)(ii). Issuance Fee. The Company will pay to each Purchaser in immediately available funds a fee (herein called the Issuance Fee ) on each Closing Day in an amount equal to 0.10% of the aggregate principal amount of Shelf Notes sold to such Purchaser on such Closing Day.
2A(8)(iii). Delayed Delivery Fee. If the closing of the purchase and sale of any Accepted Note is delayed for any reason beyond the original Closing Day for such Accepted Note, the Company will pay to each Purchaser which shall have agreed to purchase such Accepted Note (a) on the Cancellation Date or actual closing date of such purchase and sale and (b) if earlier, the next Business Day following 90 days after the Acceptance Day for such Accepted Note and on each Business Day following 90 days after the prior payment hereunder, a fee (herein called the Delayed Delivery Fee ) calculated as follows:
(BEY MMY) X DTS/360 X PA
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where BEY means Bond Equivalent Yield, i.e., the bond equivalent yield per annum of such Accepted Note; MMY means Money Market Yield, i.e., the yield per annum on a commercial paper investment of the highest quality selected by Prudential and having a maturity date or dates the same as, or closest to, the Rescheduled Closing Day or Rescheduled Closing Days for such Accepted Note (a new alternative investment being selected by Prudential each time such closing is delayed); DTS means Days to Settlement, i.e., the number of actual days elapsed from and including the original Closing Day for such Accepted Note (in the case of the first such payment with respect to such Accepted Note) or from and including the date of the next preceding payment (in the case of any subsequent Delayed Delivery Fee payment with respect to such Accepted Note) to but excluding the date of such payment; and PA means Principal Amount, i.e., the principal amount of the Accepted Note for which such calculation is being made. In no case shall the Delayed Delivery Fee be less than zero. Nothing contained herein shall obligate any Purchaser to purchase any Accepted Note on any day other than the Closing Day for such Accepted Note, as the same may be rescheduled from time to time in compliance with paragraph 2A(7).
2A(8)(iv). Cancellation Fee. If the Company at any time notifies Prudential in writing that the Company is canceling the closing of the purchase and sale of any Accepted Note, or if Prudential notifies the Company in writing under the circumstances set forth in the last sentence of paragraph 2A(5) or the penultimate sentence of paragraph 2A(7) that the closing of the purchase and sale of such Accepted Note is to be canceled, or if the closing of the purchase and sale of such Accepted Note is not consummated on or prior to the last day of the Issuance Period (the date of any such notification or the last day of the Issuance Period, as the case may be, being herein called the Cancellation Date ), the Company will pay on the Cancellation Date to each Purchaser which shall have agreed to purchase such Accepted Note in immediately available funds an amount (the Cancellation Fee ) calculated as follows:
PI X PA
where PI means Price Increase, i.e., the quotient (expressed in decimals) obtained by dividing (a) the excess of the ask price (as determined by Prudential) of the Hedge Treasury Note(s) on the Cancellation Date over the bid price (as determined by Prudential) of the Hedge Treasury Notes(s) on the Acceptance Day for such Accepted Note by (b) such bid price; and PA has the meaning ascribed to it in paragraph 2A(8)(iii). The foregoing bid and ask prices shall be as reported by TradeWeb LLC (or, if such data for any reason ceases to be available through TradeWeb LLC, any publicly available source of similar market data). Each price shall be based on a U.S. Treasury security having a par value of $100.00 and shall be rounded to the second decimal place. In no case shall the Cancellation Fee be less than zero.
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3. CONDITIONS OF EFFECTIVENESS AND EACH CLOSING.
3A. Conditions of Effectiveness . The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions (the date of such effectiveness, the Restatement Date ):
(a) Each Purchaser shall have received original counterparts or, if satisfactory to such Purchaser, certified or other copies of this Agreement and all of the following, each duly executed and delivered by the party or parties thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser dated the Restatement Date unless otherwise indicated, and, on the Restatement Date, in full force and effect with no event having occurred and being then continuing that would constitute a default thereunder or constitute or provide the basis for the termination thereof:
(i) (1) a Guaranty Agreement in favor of the holders of the Notes in the form of Exhibit E-1 hereto (including any joinder thereto and as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof, collectively called the Guaranty Agreement ), made by each Person which is, on the Restatement Date, a co-borrower or a co-obligor with the Company under, or is obligated under a Guaranty with respect to, any Indebtedness of the Company under the Primary Working Capital Facility and is not then a party to the Guaranty Agreement; and (2) an Officers Certificate certifying as to any Person which is then a co-borrower or co-obligor with the Company under, or obligated under a Guaranty with respect to, any Indebtedness of the Company under the Primary Working Capital Facility;
(ii) the Intercreditor Agreement;
(iii) the Intercompany Subordination Agreement;
(iv) the Security Agreement;
(v) the Pledge Agreement;
(vi) all chattel paper, instruments and documents of title in which the Collateral Agent has been granted a security interest and are then required under the Collateral Documents to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, together with the related transfer documents executed in blank, in each case received by the Collateral Agent, all Uniform Commercial Code financing statements perfecting the security interests and liens granted to the Collateral Agent, duly filed in all offices necessary to perfect such security interests and liens or deemed by such Purchaser to be advisable, and all such other certificates, documents, agreements, recording and filings necessary to establish a valid and perfected first priority lien and security interest (subject only to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Collateral Agent in all of the Collateral or deemed by such Purchaser to be advisable;
(vii) a Secretarys Certificate signed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and one other officer of the Company and each Guarantor certifying, among other things, (1) as to the names, titles and true signatures of the officers of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, authorized to sign the documents to be delivered in
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connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is a party, (2) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the certificate of incorporation or other formation document of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of organization of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, as of a recent date, (3) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the by-laws, operating agreement or other organizational document of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, which were duly adopted and are in effect as of the Restatement Date and have been in effect immediately prior to and at all times since the adoption of the resolutions referred to in clause (4), below, (4) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or other managing body of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, duly adopted at a meeting or by unanimous written consent of such board of directors or other managing body, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is a party, being delivered on the Restatement Date and the other documents to be delivered in connection with this Agreement and such other Transaction Documents to which the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is a party, and that such resolutions have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, and are in full force and effect and are the only resolutions of the shareholders, partners or members of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or of such board of directors or other managing body or any committee thereof relating to the subject matter thereof, (5) the Transaction Documents being delivered on the Restatement Date and the other documents to be delivered in connection with this Agreement executed and delivered to such Purchaser by the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, are in the form approved by its board of directors or other managing body in the resolutions referred to in clause (4), above and (6) that no dissolution or liquidation proceedings as to the Company or any Subsidiary have been commenced or are contemplated;
(viii) a certificate of corporate or other type of entity and tax good standing for each Transaction Party from the Secretary of State dated as of or as of a date reasonably prior to the Restatement Date (1) of the state of organization of such Transaction Party and (2) of each state in which such Transaction Party is required to be qualified to transact business as a foreign organization and where the failure to be so qualified or licensed could reasonably likely have a Material Adverse effect, in each case dated as of a recent date;
(ix) certified copies of Requests for Information or Copies (Form UCC-11) or equivalent reports in each case dated as of a date reasonably prior to the Restatement Date listing all effective financing statements which name any Transaction Party (under its present name and previous names used) as debtor and which are filed in the office of the Secretary of State (or such other office which is, under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction, the proper office in which to file a financing statement under Section 9-501(a)(2) of such Uniform Commercial Code) of the location (as determined under the Uniform Commercial Code) of such Transaction Party together with, to the extent requested by Prudential, copies of such financing statements, and lien and judgment search reports from the county recorder of any county in which such Transaction Party maintains an office or in which any assets of such Transaction Party are located; and
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(x) such other certificates, documents and agreements as such Purchaser may reasonably request.
(b) Each Purchaser shall have received from Scott B. Barnett, Vice President and Corporate Counsel of Prudential, or such other counsel who is acting as special counsel for such Purchaser in connection with this Agreement, a favorable opinion satisfactory to such Purchaser as to such matters incident to the matters herein contemplated as it may reasonably request.
(c) Each Purchaser shall have received from Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, special counsel for the Company and the Guarantors (or such other counsel designated by the Company and acceptable to such Purchaser), a favorable opinion satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated the Restatement Date, and substantially in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto and as to such other matters as such Purchaser may reasonably request. The Company, by its execution hereof, hereby requests and authorizes such special counsel to render such opinion and to allow such Purchaser to rely on such opinions and understands and agrees that each Purchaser receiving such an opinion will be relying on and is hereby authorized to rely on such opinion.
(d) The representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 and in the Guaranty Agreement shall be true on and as of the Restatement Date, both before and immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; there shall exist on the Restatement Date no Event of Default or Default, both before and immediately after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; the Company and each Guarantor shall have performed all agreements and satisfied all conditions required under this Agreement or the Guaranty Agreement to be performed or satisfied on or before the Restatement Date; and the Company and each Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officers Certificate, dated the Restatement Date, to each such effect.
(e) The Company shall have paid to each Purchaser in immediately available funds any fees due it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, including the Structuring Fee and the Amendment Fee due pursuant to paragraph 2A(8)(i).
(f) The Company shall have delivered from insurance carriers acceptable to each Purchaser certificates and/or other evidence of insurance in such forms and amounts acceptable to such purchaser evidencing insurance required to be maintained under paragraph 5F hereof or under any of the Collateral Documents under insurance policies with loss payable clauses in favor of the Collateral Agent and acceptable to such Purchaser.
(g) The Credit Agreement, providing for a $550,000,000 revolving credit facility to the Company (which may be increased (or potential term loans may be added) to an aggregate amount not to exceed $700,000,000) and having other terms and conditions satisfactory to such Purchaser, shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, the Bank Agent and the Banks, and shall be in full force and effect. All conditions precedent to the making of the initial revolving loans under the Credit Agreement shall have been satisfied except to the extent waived with the consent of such Purchaser (and, to the extent any part of any such condition requires that
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any matter be satisfactory to the Bank Agent, the Banks or any portion of the Banks, such matter shall be satisfactory to such Purchaser) and prior to, or concurrently with, the effectiveness of this Agreement, the Company shall have received the proceeds of the initial revolving loans thereunder. All necessary authorizations, consents, approvals, exceptions or other actions by or notices to or filings with any court or administrative or governmental body or other Person required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of the Credit Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby shall be final and in full force and effect and shall be in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser. Each Purchaser shall have received a copy of the Credit Agreement and all instruments, documents and agreements delivered at the closing of making of the initial revolving loans thereunder, certified by an Officers Certificate, dated the Restatement Date, as correct and complete, and such Officers Certificate shall confirm that the Mexicana Credit Agreement has not been amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified since March 15, 2017.
(h) Each Purchaser shall have received a duly completed certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Company demonstrating pro forma covenant compliance, after giving effect to the Transaction, with the financial covenants set forth in paragraphs 6A(1) and 6A(2) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended prior to the Restatement Date.
(i) Each Purchaser shall have received a financial forecast model for the Company and its Subsidiaries in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser.
(j) Without limiting the provisions of paragraph 11B hereof, the Company shall have paid the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any special counsel to the Purchasers in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
3B. Conditions to each Closing. Each Purchasers obligation to purchase and pay for Shelf Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder on any Closing Day is subject to the satisfaction, on or before such Closing Day, of the following conditions:
(a) Such Purchaser shall have received original counterparts or, if satisfactory to such Purchaser, certified or other copies of all of the following, each duly executed and delivered by the party or parties thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser and dated the date of the applicable Closing Day unless otherwise indicated, and, on the applicable Closing Day, the following shall be in full force and effect with no event having occurred and being then continuing that would constitute a default thereunder or constitute or provide the basis for the termination thereof:
(i) the Note(s) to be purchased by such Purchaser on such Closing Day in the form of Exhibit A hereto;
(ii) (1) a joinder to the Guaranty Agreement executed by each Person which, as of the date of such Closing Day, is not then a Guarantor and is a borrower, co-borrower, obligor or co-obligor under, or is obligated under a Guaranty with respect to any Indebtedness outstanding or able to be incurred under, the Primary Working Capital Facility; (2) a Confirmation of Guaranty made by each Guarantor as of such Closing Day
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in the form of Exhibit E-2 hereto (collectively, the Confirmation of Guaranty ); and (3) an Officers Certificate certifying as to any Person which is then a co-borrower or co-obligor with the Company under, or obligated under a Guaranty with respect to, any Indebtedness of the Company under the Primary Working Capital Facility;
(iii) a Secretarys Certificate signed by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and one other officer of the Company and each Guarantor certifying, among other things, (1) as to the names, titles and true signatures of the officers of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, authorized to sign the documents to be delivered in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is a party, (2) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the certificate of incorporation or other formation document of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of organization of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, as of a recent date, (3) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the by-laws, operating agreement or other organizational document of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, which were duly adopted and are in effect as of such Closing Day and have been in effect immediately prior to and at all times since the adoption of the resolutions referred to in clause (4), below, (4) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or other managing body of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, duly adopted at a meeting or by unanimous written consent of such board of directors or other managing body, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is a party, being delivered on such Closing Day and the other documents to be delivered in connection with this Agreement and such other Transaction Documents to which the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, is a party, and that such resolutions have not been amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, and are in full force and effect and are the only resolutions of the shareholders, partners or members of the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, or of such board of directors or other managing body or any committee thereof relating to the subject matter thereof, (5) this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents being delivered on such Closing Day and the other documents to be delivered in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents executed and delivered to such Purchaser by the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, are in the form approved by its board of directors or other managing body in the resolutions referred to in clause (4), above and (6) that no dissolution or liquidation proceedings as to the Company or any Subsidiary have been commenced or are contemplated; provided, however, that with respect to any Closing Day subsequent to the Restatement Date, if none of the matters certified to in the certificate delivered by the Company or any Guarantor under this clause (iii) on the Restatement Date or on any prior Closing Day have changed and the resolutions referred to in sub-clause (4) of this clause (iii) authorize the execution and delivery of the Notes being delivered on such subsequent Closing Day, then the Company or such Guarantor, as the case may be, may, in lieu of the certificate described above, deliver a Secretarys Certificate signed by its Secretary or Assistant Secretary certifying that there have been no changes to the matters certified to in the certificate delivered by the Company delivered on the Restatement Date or such prior Closing Day, as applicable, under this clause (iii);
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(iv) a certificate of corporate or other type of entity and tax good standing for the Company and each of its Subsidiaries from the Secretary of State dated as of or as of a date reasonably prior to each such Closing Day (1) of the state of organization of the Company and each such Subsidiary and (2) of each state in which the Company or any such Subsidiary is required to be qualified to transact business as a foreign organization and where the failure to be so qualified or licensed could reasonably likely have a Material Adverse effect, in each case dated as of a recent date;
(vi) to the extent requested by such Purchaser, evidence that the Credit Agreement has been amended in a manner satisfactory to Prudential and such Purchaser to, among other things, permit the Indebtedness under the Notes and the Guaranty Agreement; and
(vii) such other certificates, documents and agreements as such Purchaser may reasonably request.
(b) The offering, issuance, purchase and sale of, and payment for, the Notes to be purchased by the Purchasers on such Closing Day on the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including the use of proceeds of such Notes by the Company) shall not violate any applicable law or governmental regulation (including Section 5 of the Securities Act or Regulation T, U, or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) and shall not subject the Purchasers to any tax, penalty, liability or other condition adverse to such Purchaser under or pursuant to any applicable law or governmental regulation, and such Purchase shall have received such certificates or other evidence as such Purchaser may request to establish compliance with this condition.
(c) Such Purchaser shall have received from Scott B. Barnett, Vice President and Corporate Counsel of Prudential, or such other counsel who is acting as special counsel for such Purchaser in connection with this Agreement, a favorable opinion satisfactory to such Purchaser as to such matters incident to the matters herein contemplated as it may reasonably request.
(d) Such Purchaser shall have received from Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, special counsel for the Company and the Guarantors (or such other counsel designated by the Company and acceptable to such Purchaser), a favorable opinion satisfactory to such Purchaser, dated such Closing Day, in form and substance satisfactory to such Purchaser. The Company, by its execution hereof, hereby requests and authorizes such special counsel to render such opinions and to allow such Purchaser to rely on such opinions, agrees that the issuance and sale of any Notes will constitute a reconfirmation of such request and authorization, and understands and agrees that each Purchaser receiving such an opinion will be relying on and is hereby authorized to rely on such opinion.
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(e) The representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 and in the Guaranty Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects, in the case of any representation and warranty that is already qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of such Closing Day, both before and immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes to be issued on such Closing Day and to the consummation of any other transactions contemplated hereby; there shall exist on such Closing Day no Event of Default or Default, both before and immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes to be issued on such Closing Day and to the consummation of any other transactions contemplated hereby; the Company and each Guarantor shall have performed all agreements and satisfied all conditions required under this Agreement to be performed or satisfied on or before such Closing Day; and the Company and each Guarantor shall have delivered to such Purchaser an Officers Certificate, dated such Closing Day, to each such effect.
(f) Such Purchaser shall have received a duly completed certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Company demonstrating pro forma covenant compliance, after giving effect to the issuance of the Notes on such Closing Day, with the financial covenants set forth in paragraphs 6A(1) and 6A(2) as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended prior to such Closing Day.
(g) The Company shall have paid to such Purchaser in immediately available funds any fees due it pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, including any Issuance Fee due pursuant to paragraph 2A(8)(ii) and any Delayed Delivery Fee due pursuant to paragraph 2A(8)(iii).
(h) Without limiting the provisions of paragraph 11B hereof, the Company shall have paid the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any special counsel to the Purchasers in connection with this Agreement or such issuance.
(i) The Company shall have delivered from insurance carriers acceptable to such Purchaser certificates and/or other evidence of insurance in such forms and amounts acceptable to such purchaser evidencing insurance required to be maintained under paragraph 5F hereof or under any of the Collateral Documents under insurance policies with loss payable clauses in favor of the Collateral Agent and acceptable to such Purchaser.
(j) A Private Placement Number shall have been provided by the Company to such Purchaser from Standard & Poors CUSIP Service Bureau with respect to the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser on such Closing Day.
(k) All corporate and other proceedings taken or to be taken in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and all documents incident thereto shall be satisfactory in substance and form to such Purchaser, and such Purchaser shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as it may reasonably request.
4. PREPAYMENTS. The Shelf Notes shall be subject to prepayment only with respect to the required prepayments specified in paragraphs 4A and 4E, the optional prepayments permitted by paragraph 4B, and upon acceleration pursuant to paragraph 7A.
4A(1). Required Prepayments of Shelf Notes. Each Series of Shelf Notes shall be subject to required prepayments, if any, set forth in the Notes of such Series.
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4A(2). Required Prepayment Pursuant to Intercreditor Agreement. If any amounts are to be applied to the principal of the Notes on any date pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, such principal amount of the Notes, together with interest thereon to such date and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, shall be due and payable on such date. Any partial prepayment of the Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4A(2) shall be applied in satisfaction of the required payments of principal thereof (including the required payment of principal due upon the maturity thereof) in the inverse order of their scheduled due dates.
4B. Optional Prepayment With Yield-Maintenance Amount. The Notes of each Series shall be subject to prepayment, in whole at any time or from time to time in part (in integral multiples of $1,000,000 and in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 on any one occurrence), at the option of the Company, at 100% of the principal amount so prepaid plus interest thereon to the prepayment date and the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each such Note, so long as, at the time of such prepayment, and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall be in existence. Any partial prepayment of a Series of Notes pursuant to this paragraph 4B shall be applied in satisfaction of required payments of principal thereof (including the required payment of principal due upon the maturity thereof) in inverse order of their scheduled due dates.
4C. Notice of Optional Prepayment. The Company shall give the holder of each Note of a Series to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B irrevocable written notice of such prepayment not less than 10 Business Days prior to the prepayment date (which shall be a Business Day), specifying such prepayment date and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of such Series, and the Notes of such Series held by such holder, to be prepaid on such date, and stating that such prepayment is to be made pursuant to paragraph 4B. Notice of prepayment having been given as aforesaid, the principal amount of the Notes specified in such notice, together with interest thereon to the prepayment date and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect thereto, shall become due and payable on such prepayment date. The Company shall, on or before the day on which it gives written notice of any prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4B, give telephonic notice of the principal amount of the Notes to be prepaid and the prepayment date to each Significant Holder which shall have designated a recipient of such notices in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto or the applicable Confirmation of Acceptance or by notice in writing to the Company.
4D. Application of Prepayments. In the case of each prepayment of less than the entire outstanding principal amount of all Notes of any Series pursuant to paragraphs 4A(1), 4A(2) or 4B, the principal amount so prepaid shall be allocated pro rata to all Notes of such Series at the time outstanding in proportion to the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof.
4E. No Acquisition of Notes. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates to, prepay or otherwise retire in whole or in part prior to their stated final maturity (other than by prepayment pursuant to paragraph 4A or 4B or upon acceleration of such final maturity pursuant to paragraph 7A), or purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, Notes of any Series held by any holder unless the Company or such Subsidiary or Affiliate shall have offered to prepay or otherwise retire or purchase or otherwise acquire, as the
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case may be, the same proportion of the aggregate principal amount of Notes of such Series held by each other holder of Notes of such Series at the time outstanding upon the same terms and conditions. Any Notes so prepaid or otherwise retired or purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates shall not be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose under this Agreement. The Company will promptly cancel all such Series of Notes acquired by it or any Affiliate pursuant to any payment, prepayment or purchase of Notes of such Series pursuant to any provision of this Agreement and no such Notes may be issued in substitution or exchange for any such Notes of such Series.
5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS. During the Issuance Period and so long thereafter as any Note is outstanding and unpaid, the Company covenants as follows:
5A. Financial Statements. The Company covenants that it will deliver to each Significant Holder:
(i) within 45 days after the end of each quarterly period (other than the last quarterly period) in each fiscal year, consolidated statements of income, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the end of such quarterly period, and a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarterly period, setting forth in each case in comparative form figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applicable to quarterly financial statements and certified by an authorized financial officer of the Company as fairly presenting, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their results of operations and cash flows, subject to changes resulting from year-end adjustments; provided that delivery within the time period specified above of the Companys quarterly report on form 10-Q for such quarterly period prepared in compliance with the requirements therefor and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this clause (i);
(ii) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, consolidated statements of income and cash flows and a consolidated statement of stockholders equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such year, and a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form corresponding consolidated figures from the preceding annual audit, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and accompanied by an unqualified opinion thereon of Deloitte & Touche LLP or such other independent public accountants of recognized national standing selected by the Company and acceptable to the Required Holder(s); provided that the delivery within the time period specified above of the Companys annual report on form 10-K for such fiscal year (together with the Companys annual report to shareholders, if any, prepared pursuant to Rule 14a-3 under the Exchange Act) prepared in accordance with the requirements therefor and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, together with such auditors opinion, shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this clause (ii);
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(iii) promptly upon transmission thereof, copies of all such financial statements, proxy statements, notices and reports as it shall send to its public stockholders and copies of all registration statements (without exhibits) and all reports which it files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (or any governmental body or agency succeeding to the functions of the Securities and Exchange Commission);
(iv) promptly upon an Authorized Officer of any Transaction Party becoming aware thereof, written notice if: (a) any obligation (other than an obligation under this Agreement) of any Transaction Party for Indebtedness is declared or shall become due and payable prior to its stated maturity, or called and not paid when due, or (b) the holder of any note (other than the Notes), or other evidence of indebtedness, certificate or security evidencing any such obligation, or any obligee with respect to any other debt of any Transaction Party, declares such obligation due and payable prior to its stated maturity;
(v) promptly upon an Authorized Officer of any Transaction Party becoming aware thereof, written notice of: (a) any citation, summons, subpoena, order to show cause or other order naming any Transaction Party a party to any proceeding before any governmental body which may have a Material Adverse Effect, including with such notice a copy of such citation, summons, subpoena, order to show cause or other order, (b) any lapse or other termination of any license, permit, franchise or other authorization issued to any Transaction Party by any governmental body, which lapse or termination may have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) any refusal by any governmental body to renew or extend any such license, permit, franchise or other authorization which refusal may have a Material Adverse Effect, and (d) any dispute between any Transaction Party and any governmental body or Person which may have a Material Adverse Effect;
(vi) promptly upon an Authorized Officer of any Transaction Party becoming aware thereof, and in each case to the extent any of the following could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, written notice in the event that (a) the Company or any Subsidiary shall fail to make any payments when due and payable under any Plan, or (b) the Company or any Subsidiary shall receive notice from the Internal Revenue Service or the Department of Labor that the Company or such Subsidiary shall have failed to meet the minimum funding requirements of any Plan, including therewith a copy of such notice, or (c) the Company or any Subsidiary or any member of the controlled group has given or is required to give notice to the PBGC of any reportable event (as defined in section 4043 of ERISA) with respect to any Plan which might constitute grounds for a termination of such Plan under Title IV of ERISA, or knows that the plan administrator of any Plan has given or is required to give notice of any such reportable event;
(vii) by June 1st of each year, a projected balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement for each quarter of the fiscal year beginning April 1 st of such year.
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(viii) promptly, and in any event within 10 days after an Authorized Officer of any Transaction Party becomes aware of, any Reportable Event that has occurred with respect to any Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, a statement, signed by the Senior Vice President-Finance or Chief Financial Officer of the Company, describing said Reportable Event and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto;
(ix) promptly upon their becoming available, one copy of each material financial statement, report, circular, notice or proxy statement or similar document sent by any Transaction Party to its principal lending banks as a whole (excluding information sent to such banks in the ordinary course of administration of a bank facility, such as information relating to pricing and borrowing availability);
(x) simultaneously with the transmission thereof, copies of all notices, reports, financial statements or other communications given to the Bank Agent or the Banks under the Credit Agreement, excluding routine borrowing requests;
(xi) within five Business Days following the occurrence thereof, notice of a Reportable Compliance Event;
(xii) not less than 60 days nor more than 120 days prior to the expiration of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filed in favor of the Collateral Agent against any Transaction Party pursuant to the Collateral Documents, a certified copy of a Request for Information or Copies (Form UCC 11) or equivalent report in each case dated as of a recent date listing all effective financing statements which name such Transaction Party (under its present name and previous names used) as debtor and which are filed in the office of the Secretary of State (or such other office which is, under the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the applicable jurisdiction, the proper office in which to file a financing statement under Section 9-501(a)(2) of such Uniform Commercial Code) of the location (as determined under the Uniform Commercial Code) of such Transaction Party together with, to the extent requested by Prudential, copies of such financing statements; and
(xiii) with reasonable promptness, such other information and data with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as the Required Holders may reasonably request.
Within 15 days of each delivery of financial statements required by clause (i) above, and concurrently with each delivery of financial statements required by clause (ii) above, the Company will deliver to each Significant Holder an Officers Certificate (a Compliance Certificate ) substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto. In the event that the Company or any Subsidiary has made an election to measure any financial liability using fair value (which election is being disregarded for purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement pursuant to paragraph 10C) as to the period covered by any such financial statement, such Compliance Certificate as to such period shall include a reconciliation from generally accepted accounting principles with respect to such election. The Company also covenants that immediately after any Authorized Officer of any Transaction Party obtains knowledge of an Event of Default or Default, it will deliver to each Significant Holder an Officers Certificate specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.
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5B. Information Required by Rule 144A. The Company covenants that it will, upon the request of any holder of a Note, provide such holder of a Note, and any qualified institutional buyer designated by such holder of a Note, such financial and other information as such holder of a Note may reasonably determine to be necessary in order to permit compliance with the information requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act in connection with the resale of Notes. For the purpose of this paragraph 5B, the term qualified institutional buyer shall have the meaning specified in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.
5C. Inspection of Property; Books and Records. The Company covenants that it will (i) keep proper books of records and account which enable the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries to issue financial statements in accordance with GAAP and as otherwise required by applicable laws of any Governmental Authority or any group or body charged with setting financial accounting rules or standards (including the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereof), in each case having jurisdiction over the Company and (ii) permit any Person designated by any Significant Holder in writing, at such Significant Holders expense if no Default or Event of Default exists and at the Companys expense if a Default or an Event of Default exists, to visit and inspect any of the properties of the Transaction Parties, to examine the corporate books and financial records of the Transaction Parties and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any of such corporations with the principal officers of the Company and its independent public accountants (and by this provision the Company authorizes said accountants to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of the Transaction Parties with any such Person), provided the Company shall have been given an opportunity to have an Authorized Officer of the Company to be present for such discussions, all at such reasonable times and as often as such Significant Holder may reasonably request.
5D. Covenant to Secure Notes Equally. The Company covenants that, if it or any other Transaction Party shall create or assume any Lien upon any of its property or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Liens permitted by the provisions of paragraph 6C (unless prior written consent to the creation or assumption thereof shall have been obtained pursuant to paragraph 11C), it will make or cause to be made effective provision whereby the Notes will be secured by such Lien equally and ratably with any and all other Indebtedness thereby secured so long as any such other Indebtedness shall be so secured; provided that the creation and maintenance of such equal and ratable Lien shall not in any way limit or modify the right of the holders of the Notes to enforce the provisions of paragraph 6C.
5E. Compliance with Law. The Company covenants that it will, and will cause each other Transaction Party to, comply with all laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations to which each of them is subject (including environmental laws, the USA PATRIOT Act and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in paragraph 8R), and will obtain and maintain in full force and effect all licenses, certificates, permits, franchises, operating rights and other authorizations from federal, state, foreign, regional, municipal and other local regulatory bodies or administrative agencies or governmental bodies having jurisdiction over the Transaction Parties or any of their respective properties, products or services necessary to the ownership, operation or maintenance of their respective properties or to the conduct of their respective businesses, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that non-compliance with such laws, ordinances or governmental rules or regulations or failures to obtain or maintain in full force and effect such licenses, certificates, permits, franchises, operating rights and other authorizations could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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5F. Maintenance of Insurance. The Company covenants that it will, and will cause each other Transaction Party to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurers, insurance with respect to their respective properties and businesses against such casualties and contingencies, of such types, on such terms and in such amounts as is customary in the case of entities of established reputations engaged in the same or similar and similarly situated business. The Collateral Agent shall be named as loss payee on all property insurance policies, and the Collateral Agent and all holders of Notes shall be named as additional insureds on all liability insurance policies, obtained or maintained by or on behalf of the Company or any other Transaction Party. Each policy of insurance or endorsement shall contain a clause requiring the insurer to give not less than 10 days prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and the holders of the Notes in the event of cancellation of the policy for any reason whatsoever and a clause specifying that the interests of the Collateral Agent and the holders of the Notes shall not be impaired or invalidated by any act or neglect of any Transaction Party. If the Company fails to provide and pay for such insurance, the Collateral Agent or any holder of any Notes may, at its option, but shall not be required to, procure the same and charge the Company therefor.
5G. Maintenance of Properties. The Company covenants that it will, and will cause each other Transaction Party to, maintain and keep, or cause to be maintained and kept, their respective properties in good repair, working order and condition (other than ordinary wear and tear), so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, provided that this paragraph 5G shall not prevent the Company or any other Transaction Party from discontinuing the operation and the maintenance of any of its properties if such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business and such discontinuance could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5H. Payment of Taxes. The Company covenants that it will, and will cause each other Transaction Party to, file all income tax or similar tax returns required to be filed in any jurisdiction and to pay and discharge all taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and all other taxes, assessments, governmental charges or levies payable by any of them, and to pay and discharge all amounts payable for work, labor and materials, in each case to the extent such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and amounts payable have become due and payable and before they have become delinquent, provided that no Transaction Party need pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or amount payable if (i) the amount, applicability or validity thereof is being actively contested by the Company or such other Transaction Party on a timely basis in good faith and in appropriate and lawful proceedings, and the Company or such other Transaction Party has established adequate reserves therefor in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles on the books of the Company or such other Transaction Party or (ii) the nonpayment of all such taxes, assessments, charges, levies and amounts payable in the aggregate could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Transaction Party shall file or consent to the filing of any consolidated income tax return with any Person (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries).
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5I. Corporate Existence. The Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence. Subject to paragraph 6D, the Company will at all times preserve and keep in full force and effect the corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, existence of each other Transaction Party (unless merged in a transaction permitted under paragraph 6G), unless the termination of or failure to preserve and keep in full force and effect such corporate existence, could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
5J. Lines of Business. The Company covenants that it will not, and it will not permit any other Transaction Party to, engage in any business if, as a result thereof, the general nature of the businesses of the Transaction Parties, taken as a whole, would be substantially changed from the businesses of the Transaction Parties as conducted as of the Restatement Date.
5K. Subsequent Guarantors . If any Person that is not then party to the Guaranty Agreement at any time becomes a co-borrower or co-obligor with the Company under, or is obligated under a Guaranty with respect to, any Indebtedness of the Company under the Primary Working Capital Facility, then the Company will cause such Person at such time to execute and deliver to Prudential and the holders of the Notes a joinder to the Guaranty Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A to the Guaranty Agreement, accompanied by a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Person certifying such Persons charter and by-laws (or comparable governing documents), resolutions of the board of directors (or comparable governing body) of such Person authorizing the execution and delivery of such joinder to the Guaranty Agreement and incumbency and specimen signatures of the officers of such Person executing such documents and such instruments and documents as Prudential or the Required Holder(s) shall request in connection therewith and an opinion of counsel in form and substance acceptable to Prudential and the Required Holder(s) as to the enforceability of the Guaranty Agreement against such Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time subsequent to the Restatement Date, the consolidated total assets of the Domestic Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors at such time of determination, exceed 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Company will cause additional Domestic Subsidiaries (who are not then Guarantors) to execute and deliver to Prudential and the holders of the Notes a joinder to the Guaranty Agreement in the form of Exhibit A to the Guaranty Agreement and all such other documents required by this paragraph 5K or paragraph 5L to the extent necessary to cause the consolidated total assets of the Domestic Subsidiaries which are not Guarantors to be less than 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries. Such calculation shall be done quarterly and, if any additional Domestic Subsidiaries are required by the immediately preceding sentence to be joined as Guarantors, such information shall be reported concurrent with the delivery of the Compliance Certificate for the relevant period.
5L. Deliveries; Further Assurances. Subject to any applicable terms of the Intercreditor Agreement , the Company covenants to, and to cause each Guarantor to, at its sole expense, promptly execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, to the holders of the Notes or the Collateral Agent, in due form for filing or recording (the Company hereby agrees to pay the cost of filing or recording the same (including any and all filing fees and recording taxes)) in all public offices necessary or deemed necessary by the Required Holder(s) or the Collateral Agent, such collateral assignments, security agreements, pledge agreements, warehouse receipts, bailee letters, consents, waivers, financing statements and other instruments
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and documents, and do such other acts and things, including all acts and things as the Required Holder(s) or the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request, to establish and maintain to the satisfaction of the Required Holder(s) and the Collateral Agent a valid and perfected first priority security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent in all of the present and/or future Collateral free of all other Liens whatsoever (subject only to the Liens permitted by paragraph 6C), and to deliver to the Collateral Agent or the holders of the Notes such certificates, documents, instruments and opinions in connection therewith as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent or the Required Holder(s), each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Required Holder(s).
5M. Excess Leverage Fee. If the Leverage Ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter is greater than 3.00 to 1.00, then, in addition to accruing interest on the Notes, the Company agrees to pay each holder of a Note a fee (the Excess Leverage Fee ) on the daily average outstanding principal amount of such Note during such fiscal quarter at a rate per annum of (a) 2.00%, in the case of the Existing Notes (including each note delivered in substitution or exchange for any Existing Note), and (b) 1.00%, in the case of all other Notes (including any Notes issued at maturity of any Existing Note). The Excess Leverage Fee with respect to each Note for any fiscal quarter shall be calculated on a rate per annum on the same basis as interest on such Note is calculated and shall be paid in arrears on the 45th day after the end of such fiscal quarter. The payment of any Excess Leverage Fee shall not constitute a waiver of any Default or Event of Default. If for any reason the Company fails to deliver the financial statements required by paragraph 5A hereof for a fiscal quarter by the date the Excess Leverage Fee, if any, would be payable for such fiscal quarter, the Excess Leverage Fee shall be payable for such fiscal quarter.
6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS. During the Issuance Period and so long thereafter as any Note or other amount due hereunder is outstanding and unpaid, the Company covenants as follows:
6A. Financial Covenants.
6A(1). Minimum Interest Coverage Ratio. The Company covenants that it will not permit the ratio of Consolidated EBITDAE to consolidated interest expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended (or, if such date of determination is not a fiscal quarter end, most recently ended), to be less than 3.00 to 1.00.
6A(2). Maximum Leverage Ratio . The Company covenants that it will not permit the Leverage Ratio, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended (or, if such date is not a fiscal quarter end, most recently ended), to exceed 4.00 to 1.00; provided that with respect to any Permitted Acquisition(s) for which the aggregate consideration is $100,000,000 or greater, the Leverage Ratio at the time of such Permitted Acquisition(s) shall not exceed 4.25 to 1.00 as of the date such Permitted Acquisition(s) is (are) consummated (including for purposes of paragraph 6G(iii)(5)) and continuing for a period of four fiscal quarters following such Permitted Acquisition(s) (such period of time being an Increased Leverage Ratio Period ); and provided, further, that there shall be at least one fiscal quarter in which the Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.00 to 1.00 between any two Increased Leverage Ratio Periods.
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6B. Indebtedness . The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any liability for Indebtedness, except:
(i) | Indebtedness under this Agreement or any Note; |
(ii) | Existing Indebtedness as set forth on Schedule 6B, including extensions, renewals or Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided there is no increase in the amount thereof or other significant change in the terms thereof unless otherwise specified on Schedule 6B; |
(iii) | Indebtedness with respect to Purchase Money Security Interests and Capitalized Leases as and to the extent permitted under clause (viii) or clause (xx) of the definition of Permitted Liens with respect to the aggregate amount of unpaid principal loans and deferred payments (including imputed principal under Capitalized Leases); |
(iv) | any (a) Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (b) other Interest Rate Hedge approved by the Required Holder(s); (c) Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge or (d) other Indebtedness under any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product so long as the Intercreditor Agreement shall be in full force and effect with respect thereto; provided that the Transaction Parties shall enter into an Interest Rate Hedge or Foreign Currency Hedge only for hedging (rather than speculative) purposes; |
(v) | Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement and the Mexicana Credit Agreement in an aggregate outstanding principal amount not to exceed $712,000,000 (or, at any time after the termination or expiration of the Mexicana Credit Agreement and the repayment of the obligations thereunder, $700,000,000); |
(vi) | Indebtedness of a Transaction Party to another Transaction Party which is subordinated pursuant to the Intercompany Subordination Agreement; and Indebtedness of a Transaction Party to a Subsidiary which is not a Transaction Party and which Indebtedness is subordinated on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to the Required Holder(s); |
(vii) | Indebtedness secured by a Lien on real property, improvements to real property and fixtures permitted under clause (xix) of the definition of Permitted Liens; |
(viii) | Indebtedness secured by a Lien permitted under clause (xx) of the definition of Permitted Liens with respect to Permitted Acquisitions; |
(ix) | Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the payment of the Notes on terms and conditions acceptable to Required Holder(s); |
(x) | Guaranties permitted under paragraph 6D; |
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(xi) | Indebtedness for employer contributions to the ESOP not in excess of limitations set forth in Section 404 of the Code; |
(xii) | Indebtedness arising under the Companys stock repurchase liability under the ESOP; |
(xiii) | unsecured Indebtedness that (a) matures after, and does not require any scheduled amortization or other scheduled amortizations or other scheduled payments of principal prior to the latest maturity date of any outstanding Notes (it being understood that such Indebtedness may have mandatory prepayment, repurchase or redemption provisions satisfying the requirement of clause (b) hereof), and (b) has terms and conditions (other than interest rate, redemption premiums and subordination terms), taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the Company than the terms and conditions customary at the time for high-yield debt securities issued in a public offering (or if applicable, high-yield subordinated debt securities so issued); provided, however, that both immediately prior and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, (x) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (y) the Company shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in paragraphs 6A(1) and 6A(2); and |
(xiv) | other unsecured Indebtedness (in addition to and not subject to the limitations or conditions for any unsecured Indebtedness permitted pursuant to clauses (i) through (xiii) above) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000 at any time outstanding, provided that both immediately prior and after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, (a) no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom and (b) the Company shall be in compliance with the covenants set forth in paragraphs 6A(1) and 6A(2). |
6C. Liens; Lien Covenants . The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, at any time create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of its property or assets, tangible or intangible, now owned or hereafter acquired, or agree or become liable to do so, except Permitted Liens.
6D. Guaranties . The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, at any time, directly or indirectly, become or be liable in respect of any Guaranty, or assume, guarantee, become surety for, endorse or otherwise agree, become or remain directly or contingently liable upon or with respect to any obligation or liability of any other Person, except for:
(i) | Guaranties of Indebtedness or any other obligations or liabilities of the Transaction Parties or their Subsidiaries permitted hereunder; |
(ii) | Guaranties executed in connection with the Credit Agreement and the Mexicana Credit Agreement; |
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(iii) | Guaranties by any Transaction Party of Indebtedness or any other obligations or liabilities owing by any Joint Venture in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed $40,000,000 in any fiscal year; and |
(iv) | the Guaranties specified on Schedule 6D , including extensions, renewals or Permitted Refinancing thereof; provided there is no increase in the amount guaranteed or other significant change in the terms thereof. |
6E. Loans and Investments . The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, at any time make or suffer to exist any Investment, except:
(i) | trade credit extended on usual and customary terms in the ordinary course of business; |
(ii) | advances to employees to meet expenses incurred by such employees in the ordinary course of business; |
(iii) | Permitted Investments; |
(iv) | Investments by Transaction Parties in Persons other than Transaction Parties outstanding on the Restatement Date and set forth on Schedule 6E; |
(v) | additional Investments by Transaction Parties in Persons (including Joint Ventures and Subsidiaries) other than Transaction Parties in an aggregate amount by all Transaction Parties not exceeding the greater of (a) $150,000,000 or (b) 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case outstanding at any time, and calculated after giving effect to Investments which are Permitted Acquisitions taken into consideration for purposes of determining compliance with this clause (v) pursuant to clause (xi) below; |
(vi) | Investments by Transaction Parties in other Transaction Parties; |
(vii) | transfers of certain assets to Foreign Subsidiaries permitted by paragraph 6H in an amount not to exceed $30,000,000 in the aggregate; |
(viii) | Investments in any interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor or other interest rate management instrument permitted under paragraph 6B(iv); |
(ix) | Investments acquired by a Transaction Party: (A) in exchange for any other investment held by such Transaction Party in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other investment, or (B) as a result of a foreclosure by such Transaction Party with respect to any secured investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured investment in default; |
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(x) | advances to a Foreign Subsidiary consisting of raw materials purchased for consumption or processing in the ordinary course of business and otherwise permitted by paragraph 6I; |
(xi) | Permitted Acquisitions and Investments in third Persons by any Person which are outstanding at the time such Person becomes a Transaction Party as a result of a Permitted Acquisition, but not any increase in the amount of such loans and advances unless otherwise permitted by this Agreement; provided that any Permitted Acquisition which involves the acquisition of the Capital Stock of a Person which is not becoming a Guarantor shall be taken into consideration in determining compliance with clause (v) above; and |
(xii) | Guaranties permitted by paragraph 6D. |
6F . Capital Distributions . The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, make any Capital Distribution of any nature (whether in cash, property, securities or otherwise), except as follows:
(i) | any Transaction Party may make a Capital Distribution to another Transaction Party; |
(ii) | the Company may make Capital Distributions so long as, prior to and immediately after giving effect to the making of such Capital Distribution, no Default or Event of Default exists or will exist and be continuing and the Company shall be in pro forma compliance, after giving effect to the Transaction, with the covenants set forth in paragraphs 6A(1) and 6A(2); and |
(iii) | the Company may make Capital Distributions to repurchase stock as required by the ESOP so long as, prior to and immediately after giving effect to the making of such Capital Distribution, no Default or Event of Default exists or will exist and be continuing; provided that (i) if a Default or Event of Default exists (or would exist immediately after giving effect to the making of such Capital Distribution), the Company may make Capital Distributions to the extent necessary in order to satisfy its payment requirements under Code Section 409(h)(5) and (6) with respect to put options (within the meaning of Section 409(h) of the Code) exercised by ESOP participants and their beneficiaries and (ii) any such Capital Distributions shall be made in cash only to the extent necessary to comply with said provisions of the Code. |
6G. Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions . The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, dissolve, liquidate or wind-up its affairs, or become a party to any merger or consolidation, or acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of any other Person, except:
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(i) | any Transaction Party other than the Company may consolidate or merge into another Transaction Party; |
(ii) | any Transaction Party may (a) consolidate or merge with any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Transaction Party, provided such Transaction Party is the surviving entity and (b) acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise all or substantially all of the assets or Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company; |
(iii) | any Transaction Party may acquire, whether by merger or by purchase, lease or otherwise, (a) not less than 90% of the equity interests of another Person or (b) all or substantially all of the assets of another Person or of a business or division of another Person (each, a Permitted Acquisition ), provided that each of the following requirements is met: |
(1) if such Transaction Party is acquiring the equity interests of such Person and such Person, upon the consummation of the Permitted Acquisition, is required to become a Guarantor in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 5K, such Person shall (x) execute a joinder to the Guaranty Agreement not later than the time required by such paragraph 5K and (y) grant Liens pursuant to the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement and cause such Liens to be perfected in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents and otherwise comply with paragraph 5L not later than the time required by such paragraph 5L;
(2) the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person shall have approved such Permitted Acquisition and, if the Transaction Parties shall use any portion of the Notes to fund such Permitted Acquisition, the Transaction Parties also shall have delivered to the holders of the Notes written evidence of the approval of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of such Person for such Permitted Acquisition;
(3) the business or assets acquired, or the business conducted by the Person whose ownership interests are being acquired, as applicable, shall be reasonably related to as one or more line or lines of business conducted by the Transaction Parties and shall comply with paragraph 6K;
(4) no Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition;
(5) the Company shall demonstrate that it shall be in compliance with the covenants contained in paragraphs 6A(1) and 6A(2) hereof immediately after giving effect to the consummation of such Permitted Acquisition (including for purposes of the calculation of such covenants, Indebtedness assumed or incurred in connection with such Permitted Acquisition (but excluding Indebtedness of the type excluded
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from being considered as Indebtedness under the definition of Leverage Ratio) and income earned or expenses incurred by such Person (or by such assets of such Person or by a business or division of such Person) acquired for the four fiscal quarter period most recently ending prior to the date of consummation of such Permitted Acquisition); and
(6) if such Transaction Party is acquiring the Capital Stock of a Person which is not becoming a Guarantor, after giving effect to such acquisition of such Person, the Transaction Parties must be in compliance with paragraph 6(E)(v).
6H. Disposition of Assets or Subsidiaries . The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, sell, convey, assign, lease, abandon or otherwise transfer or dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily, any of its properties or assets, tangible or intangible (including sale, assignment, discount or other disposition of accounts, contract rights, chattel paper, equipment or general intangibles with or without recourse or of Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of such Transaction Party), except:
(i) | transactions involving the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business; |
(ii) | any disposal of damaged, obsolete, worn out or surplus assets or any sale, transfer or lease of assets in the ordinary course of business which are no longer necessary or required in the conduct of such Transaction Partys business; |
(iii) | any sale, transfer or lease of assets by any Transaction Party to another Transaction Party; |
(iv) | any sale, transfer or lease of assets in the ordinary course of business; |
(v) | any disposition of real property to a governmental authority; |
(vi) | the abandonment, cancellation or other disposition of intellectual property that is not material or is no longer used or useful in any material respect in the operation of the Transaction Parties; |
(vii) | the sale or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, of overdue accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables); |
(viii) | any sale, transfer or other disposition of equipment to a Foreign Subsidiary which equipment is not being used or necessary in the operations of a Transaction Party in the good faith reasonable judgment of such Transaction Party; |
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(ix) | the disposition of Capital Stock, partnership interests or limited liability company interests of a Subsidiary of such Transaction Party in a transaction permitted under paragraph 6G; and |
(x) | any sale, transfer or lease of assets, other than those specifically excepted pursuant to clauses (i) through (ix) above so long as (a) such disposition is for not less than fair market value, (b) the aggregate book value of such assets sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of in any fiscal year (other than those specifically excepted pursuant to clauses (i) through (ix) above) does not exceed 10% of the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year and (c) the aggregate book value of such assets sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of after the Restatement Date (other than those specifically excepted pursuant to clauses (i) through (ix) above) does not exceed 30% of the total consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the end of the immediately preceding fiscal year. |
6I. Affiliate Transactions. The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, enter into or carry out any transaction with any Affiliate of any Transaction Party (including purchasing property or services from or selling property or services to any Affiliate of any Transaction Party or other Person) unless such transaction is not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement (including any intercompany transaction expressly permitted under this Agreement) is entered into in the ordinary course of business upon fair and reasonable arms-length terms and conditions and is in accordance with all applicable Law.
6J. Subsidiaries and Partnerships . The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, (a) as of the Restatement Date, own directly or indirectly any Subsidiaries other than (i) Domestic Subsidiaries existing on the Restatement Date as disclosed on Schedule 8A(1) and (ii) Foreign Subsidiaries existing on the Restatement Date or (b) after the Restatement Date (i) form any Foreign Subsidiary, other than with Investments as permitted by paragraph 6E, (ii) acquire any Foreign Subsidiary other than as permitted under paragraph 6E or paragraph 6G, (iii) acquire any Domestic Subsidiary, other than as permitted under paragraph 6G and in full compliance with the provisions of paragraphs 5K and 5L, or (iv) form any Domestic Subsidiary unless the Transaction Parties are in full compliance with the provisions of paragraphs 5K and 5L.
6K. Continuation or Change in Business. The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, engage in any business other than the manufacture, sale and distribution of corrugated polyethylene, polypropylene and concrete pipe, storm and septic chambers, drainage structures and other related water drainage and water filtration products, and businesses which are related, supplemental or complementary thereto, including the processing, sale and distribution of recycled plastic resin. The Company shall not permit any Foreign Holding Company to engage in any business or operations or acquire any assets or incur any liabilities other than: (i) holding the ownership interests of one or more CFCs, and (ii) such other activities as are required or prudent in connection with the maintenance of good standing and administration of such Transaction Party.
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6L. Fiscal Period. The Company covenants that it will not change its fiscal year from the twelve-month period beginning April 1st and ending March 31st.
6M. Issuance of Stock . The Company covenants that it will not, will not permit any Transaction Party to, and will not permit any other Subsidiary whose Capital Stock is pledged as Collateral to, issue any additional shares of its Capital Stock or any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof to the extent that such issued shares, options, warrants and other rights are required to be Collateral, unless such shares, options, warrants and other rights are pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of the Pledge Agreement and only to the extent required by paragraph 6J; provided however, the foregoing restriction shall not apply to the issuance of additional shares of Capital Stock of the Company, or options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof.
6N. Changes in Organizational Documents. The Company covenants that it will not, will not permit any Transaction Party to, and will not permit any other Subsidiary whose Capital Stock is pledged as Collateral to, amend in any respect its certificate of incorporation (including any provisions or resolutions relating to Capital Stock), by-laws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents which change would be reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the holders of the Notes, without obtaining the prior written consent of the Required Holder(s).
6O. Intentionally Omitted .
6P. Intentionally Omitted .
6R. Terrorism Sanctions Regulations . The Company covenants that it will not and will not permit any Controlled Entity to (i) 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 imposed by the United Nations or by the European Union, or (ii) directly or indirectly have any investment in or engage in any dealing or transaction (including any investment, dealing or transaction involving the proceeds of any of the Notes) with any Person if such investment, dealing or transaction (a) would cause any holder of a Note to be in violation of any law or regulation applicable to such holder, or (b) is prohibited by or subject to sanctions under any U.S. Economic Sanctions, or (iii) engage, or permit any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any Controlled Entity to engage, in any activity that could subject such Person or any holder of a Note to sanctions under CISADA or any similar (federal or state) law or regulation with respect to Iran or any other country that is subject to U.S. Economic Sanctions.
6S. Most Favored Lender . The Company covenants that if, on any date, it or any Subsidiary enters into, assumes or otherwise becomes bound or obligated under the Primary Working Capital Facility or any related agreements that contain, or amends the Primary Working Capital Facility to contain or amend, one or more additional affirmative or negative (including financial) covenants (including definitions related thereto), or any additional or amended events of default (including definitions related thereto), then on such date the terms of this Agreement shall, without any further action on the part of the Company or any of the holders of the Notes, be deemed to be amended automatically to include each additional covenant and each additional
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event of default contained in such agreement, and the Company shall provide prompt written notice thereof to Prudential and the holders of the Notes of such event. The Company further covenants, upon the written request of the Required Holder(s), to promptly execute and deliver at its expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the holders of the Notes) an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holder(s) evidencing the amendment of this Agreement to include such additional covenants and additional events of default, provided that the execution and delivery of such amendment shall not be a precondition to the effectiveness of such amendment as provided for in this paragraph 6S, but shall merely be for the convenience of the parties hereto; provided that, upon the subsequent elimination of such additional covenant or additional event of default under the Primary Working Capital Facility and the Company providing notice thereof to Prudential and each holder of a Note, the same shall be deemed eliminated hereunder if (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists, (ii) such elimination of such additional covenant or additional event of default shall not make this Agreement any less restrictive with respect to the Company and the Guarantors than as in effect on the Restatement Date, as amended by any other amendments hereto, other than as a result of such additional covenant or additional event of default and (iii) if any fee or other compensation is paid to any person in respect of such elimination of such additional covenant or additional event of default, the Company shall pay each holder of a Note such fee or compensation on a ratable basis relative to the then outstanding aggregate principal amounts of the Notes. The Company further covenants to promptly execute and deliver at its expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the holders of the Notes) an amendment to this Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holder(s) evidencing (x) the amendment of this Agreement to include such additional covenants and additional events of default or (y) the elimination of such additional covenants and additional events of default, as applicable, provided that the execution and delivery of such amendment shall not be a precondition to the effectiveness of such amendment as provided for in this paragraph 6S, but shall merely be for the convenience of the parties hereto.
6T. Limitation on Negative Pledges. The Company covenants that it will not, and will not permit any other Transaction Party to, enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of such Transaction Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure any obligations of the Transaction Parties under the Transaction Documents, other than (a) this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement), (b) imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with a disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of such Subsidiary and relating only to the equity interests or assets of such Subsidiary, (c) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Capitalized Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereunder (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (d) customary provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement or operating lease agreement (in which a Transaction Party is the licensee or lessee) with respect to a contract entered into by a Transaction Party in the ordinary course of business and (e) customary provisions restricting subletting, sublicensing or assignment of any intellectual property license or any lease governing any leasehold interests of a Transaction Party.
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7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.
7A. Acceleration. If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing for any reason whatsoever (and whether such occurrence shall be voluntary or involuntary or come about or be effected by operation of law or otherwise):
(i) the Company defaults in the payment of any principal of, or Yield- Maintenance Amount payable with respect to, any Note when the same shall become due, either by the terms thereof or otherwise as herein provided; or
(ii) the Company defaults in the payment of any interest or any Excess Leverage Fee with respect thereto on any Note for more than three Business Days after the date due; or
(iii) any Transaction Party defaults (whether as primary obligor or as guarantor or other surety) in any payment of principal of or interest on any other obligation for money borrowed (or any Capitalized Lease Obligation, any obligation under a conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any obligation issued or assumed as full or partial payment for property whether or not secured by a purchase money mortgage or any obligation under notes payable or drafts accepted representing extensions of credit) beyond any period of grace provided with respect thereto, or any Transaction Party fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained in any agreement under which any such obligation is created (or if any other event thereunder or under any such agreement shall occur and be continuing) and the effect of such failure or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such obligation (or a trustee on behalf of such holder or holders) to cause, such obligation to become due (or to be repurchased by any Transaction Party) prior to any stated maturity, provided that the aggregate amount of all obligations as to which such a payment default shall occur and be continuing or such a failure or other event causing or permitting acceleration (or resale to any Transaction Party) shall occur and be continuing exceeds $75,000,000; or
(iv) any representation or warranty made by any Transaction Party herein or in any other Transaction Document or by any Transaction Party or any of their respective officers in any writing furnished in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or in any other Transaction Document shall be false or misleading in any material respect on the date as of which made; or
(v) the Company fails to perform or observe any agreement contained in paragraph 5C, or 6; or
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(vi) any Transaction Party fails to perform or observe any other agreement, term or condition contained herein or in any other Transaction Document and such failure shall not be remedied within 30 days after the earlier of (a) the date any Authorized Officer of any Transaction Party obtains actual knowledge thereof or (b) the date notice of such failure is given to such Transaction Party by any holder of any Note; or
(vii) any Transaction Party makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or is generally not paying its debts as such debts become due or the Transaction Parties and their Subsidiaries cease to be Solvent on a consolidated basis; or
(viii) any decree or order for relief in respect of any Transaction Party is entered under any bankruptcy, reorganization, compromise, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution or liquidation or similar law, whether now or hereafter in effect (herein called the Bankruptcy Law ), of any jurisdiction; or
(ix) any Transaction Party petitions or applies to any tribunal for, or consents to, the appointment of, or taking possession by, a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official of any Transaction Party, or of any substantial part of the assets of any Transaction Party, or commences a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Law of the United States or any proceedings relating to any Transaction Party under the Bankruptcy Law of any other jurisdiction; or
(x) any such petition or application described in clause (ix) of this paragraph 7A is filed, or any such case or proceedings described in clause (ix) of this paragraph 7A are commenced, against any Transaction Party and such Transaction Party by any act indicates its approval thereof, consent thereto or acquiescence therein, or an order, judgment or decree is entered appointing any such trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator or similar official, or approving the petition in any such proceedings, and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 days; or
(xi) any order, judgment or decree is entered in any proceedings against the Company decreeing the dissolution of the Company and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 30 days: or
(xii) any order, judgment or decree is entered in any proceedings against any Transaction Party decreeing a split-up of such Transaction Party which requires the divestiture of assets representing a substantial part, or the divestiture of the stock of a Transaction Party whose assets represent a substantial part, of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) or which requires the divestiture of assets, or stock of a Transaction Party, which shall have contributed a substantial part of the consolidated net income of the Company and its Subsidiaries (determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) for any of the three fiscal years then most recently ended, and such order, judgment or decree remains unstayed and in effect for more than 60 days; or
(xiii) one or more final judgments or orders, including any final order enforcing a binding arbitration decision, in an aggregate amount in excess of $75,000,000 (to the extent not adequately covered by insurance as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has acknowledged coverage) is rendered against any Transaction Party and within 60 days after entry thereof, any such judgment or order is not discharged, vacated or bonded or execution thereof stayed pending appeal, or within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay, such judgment or order is not discharged; or
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(xiv) (X)(a) any Plan shall fail to satisfy the minimum funding standards of ERISA or the Code for any plan year or part thereof or a waiver of such standards or extension of any amortization period is sought or granted under section 412 of the Code, (b) a notice of intent to terminate any Plan shall have been or is reasonably expected to be filed with the PBGC or the PBGC shall have instituted proceedings under ERISA section 4042 to terminate or appoint a trustee to administer any Plan or the PBGC shall have notified the Company or any ERISA Affiliate that a Plan may become a subject of such proceedings, (c) there shall exist any amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (within the meaning of section 4001(a)(18) of ERISA) under any Plan, determined in accordance with Title IV of ERISA, (d) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate shall have incurred or is reasonably expected to incur any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans, (e) the Company or any ERISA Affiliate withdraws from any Multiemployer Plan resulting in the incurrence by such withdrawing employer of a withdrawal liability or (f) the Company or any Subsidiary establishes or amends any employee welfare benefit plan that provides post-employment welfare benefits in a manner that would increase the liability of the Company or any Subsidiary thereunder and (Y) any such event or events described in clauses (a) through (f) above, either individually or together with any other such event or events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(xv) the Guaranty Agreement or any Collateral Document shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any Transaction Party shall contest or deny the validity or enforceability of, or deny that it has any liability or obligations under, the Guaranty Agreement (in the case of a Guarantor) or any Collateral Document, or the Collateral Agent does not have or ceases to have a valid first priority perfected security interest in any Collateral, to the extent required by the Collateral Documents, for the benefit of the holders of the Notes, in each case except as a result of actions or failures to take action within the control of the Collateral Agent or the Required Holder(s) so long as no Person has a perfected security interest in such Collateral (unless such Lien is a Permitted Lien (other than a Permitted Lien described in clause (xxi) of the definition of Permitted Lien or subclause (1) or (4) of clause (xxii) of the definition of Permitted Lien) or such Person is a party to the Intercreditor Agreement and the obligations secured by such security interest constitute Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)) that is prior to the security interest of the Collateral Agent therein for the benefit of the holders of the Notes;
(xvi) a Liquidity Event, as such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement, shall have occurred and not been waived by the parties to the Intercreditor Agreement; or
(xvii) a Change of Control shall occur;
then (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of this paragraph 7A, any holder of any Note (other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates) may at its option, by notice in writing to the Company, declare all of the Notes held by such holder to be, and all of the Notes held by such holder shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable at par together with interest accrued thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company, (B) if such event is an
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Event of Default specified in clause (viii), (ix) or (x) of this paragraph 7A with respect to the Company, all of the Notes at the time outstanding shall automatically become immediately due and payable together with interest accrued thereon and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company, and the Facility shall automatically terminate, and (c) if such event is not an Event of Default specified in clause (viii), (ix) or (x) of this paragraph 7A with respect to the Company, the Required Holder(s) may at its or their option, by notice in writing to the Company, declare all of the Notes to be, and all of the Notes shall thereupon be and become, immediately due and payable together with interest accrued thereon and together with the Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, with respect to each Note, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Company, and Prudential may at its option, by notice in writing to the Company, terminate the Facility. The Company acknowledges, and the parties hereto agree, that each holder of a Note has the right to maintain its investment in the Notes free from repayment by the Company (except as herein specifically provided for) and without the occurrence of an Event of Default and that the provision for payment of Yield-Maintenance Amount by the Company in the event the Notes are prepaid or are accelerated as a result of an Event of Default is intended to provide compensation for the deprivation of such right under such circumstances.
7B. Rescission of Acceleration. At any time after any or all of the Notes shall have been declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, the Required Holder(s) may, by notice in writing to the Company, rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if (i) the Company shall have paid all overdue interest on the Notes, the principal of and Yield-Maintenance Amount, if any, payable with respect to any Notes which have become due otherwise than by reason of such declaration, and interest on such overdue interest and overdue principal and Yield-Maintenance Amount at the Default Rate, (ii) the Company shall not have paid any amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, (iii) all Events of Default and Defaults, other than non-payment of amounts which have become due solely by reason of such declaration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to paragraph 11C, and (iv) no judgment or decree shall have been entered for the payment of any amounts due pursuant to the Notes of such Series or this Agreement. No such rescission or annulment shall extend to or affect any subsequent Event of Default or Default or impair any right arising therefrom.
7C. Notice of Acceleration or Rescission. Whenever any Note shall be declared immediately due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A or any such declaration shall be rescinded and annulled pursuant to paragraph 7B, the Company shall forthwith give written notice thereof to the holder of each Note of each Series at the time outstanding.
7D. Other Remedies. Subject to any applicable terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, if any Event of Default or Default shall occur and be continuing, the holder of any Note may proceed to protect and enforce its rights under this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and such Note by exercising such remedies as are available to such holder in respect thereof under applicable law, either by suit in equity or by action at law, or both, whether for specific performance of any covenant or other agreement contained in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Agreement or any Transaction Document. No remedy conferred in this Agreement upon the holder of any Note is intended to be exclusive of any other remedy, and each and every such remedy shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to every other remedy conferred herein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise.
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8. REPRESENTATIONS, COVENANTS AND WARRANTIES. The Company represents, covenants and warrants as follows:
8A(1). Organization; Subsidiary Preferred Equity. The Company is a corporation duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and each other Transaction Party is duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized. Each Transaction Party has duly qualified or been duly licensed, and are authorized to do business and are in good standing, in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of their respective properties or the nature of their respective businesses makes such qualification or licensing necessary and in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. Schedule 8A(1) hereto sets forth, as of the Restatement Date, a correct list of each Domestic Subsidiary, its jurisdiction of incorporation and its ownership and whether or not, as of the Restatement Date, such Subsidiary is a borrower, co-borrower, obligor or co-obligor with the Company under, or is obligated under any Guaranty with respect to, any Indebtedness of the Company outstanding or incurrable under the Primary Working Capital Facility. No Subsidiary has any outstanding shares of any class of Capital Stock which has priority over any other class of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as to dividends or distributions or in liquidation except as may be owned beneficially and of record by the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary. No Subsidiary is a party to, or otherwise subject to, any legal, regulatory, contractual or other restriction (other than this Agreement, the Credit Agreement, the Mexicana Credit Agreement and customary limitations imposed by corporate or limited liability company law or similar statutes) restricting the ability of such Subsidiary to pay dividends out of profits or make other distributions of profits to the Company or any of its other Subsidiaries that owns outstanding shares of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary.
8A(2). Power and Authority. Each Transaction Party has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power to own or hold under lease and operate their respective properties which it purports to own or hold under lease and to conduct its business as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted. The Company has all requisite corporate power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Notes. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Notes has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action, and this Agreement and the Notes have been duly executed and delivered by authorized officers of the Company and are valid obligations of the Company, legally binding upon and enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
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8A(3). Execution and Delivery of Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Party has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, action, and this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by authorized officers of each Transaction Party which is a party thereto and are valid obligations of such Transaction Party, legally binding upon and enforceable against such Transaction Party in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
8B. Financial Statements. The Company has furnished (in a manner contemplated by paragraph 5A(i) and (ii)) each Purchaser of any Note with the following financial statements, identified by an Authorized Officer of the Company: (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the last day of the fiscal year in each of the three fiscal years of the Company most recently completed prior to the date as of which this representation is made or repeated to such Purchaser (other than fiscal years completed within 90 days prior to such date for which audited financial statements have not been released) and consolidated statements of income and cash flows and a consolidated statement of shareholders equity of the Company and its Subsidiaries for each such year, all reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP (or such other nationally recognized accounting firm as may be reasonably acceptable to such Purchaser) and (ii) consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the quarterly period (if any) most recently completed prior to such date and after the end of such fiscal year (other than quarterly periods completed within 45 days prior to such date for which financial statements have not been released) and the comparable quarterly period in the preceding fiscal year and consolidated statements of income and cash flows and a consolidated statement of shareholders equity for the periods from the beginning of the fiscal years in which such quarterly periods are included to the end of such quarterly periods, prepared by the Company. Such financial statements (including any related schedules and/or notes) are true and correct in all material respects (subject, as to interim statements, to changes resulting from audits and year-end adjustments), have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently followed throughout the periods involved and show all liabilities, direct and contingent, of the Company and its Subsidiaries required to be shown in accordance with such principles. The balance sheets fairly present the condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof, and the statements of income, stockholders equity and cash flows fairly present the results of the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and their cash flows for the periods indicated. As of the time of the execution of this Agreement by Prudential, there has been no change in the business, property, assets, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole since the end of the most recent fiscal year for which such audited financial statements had been furnished to Prudential which would result in a Material Adverse Effect. In the case of the issuance of a Series of Shelf Notes, as of the time Prudential provided the interest rate quote to the Company pursuant to paragraph 2A(4) with respect to such Series of Shelf Notes, there shall have been no change in the business, property, assets, condition (financial or otherwise), operations or business prospects of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole since the end of the most recent fiscal year for which audited financial statements described in clause (i) of this paragraph 8B shall then have been provided to Prudential prior to the time Prudential provided the interest rate quote to the Company pursuant to paragraph 2A(4) with respect to such Series of Shelf Notes which would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
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8C. Actions Pending. There is no action, suit, investigation or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any properties or rights of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, by or before any court, arbitrator or administrative or governmental body which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in any Material Adverse Effect.
8D. Outstanding Indebtedness. No Transaction Party has outstanding any Indebtedness except as permitted by paragraph 6B. There exists no default, where such default would constitute an Event of Default pursuant paragraph 7A(iii) hereof, under the provisions of any instrument evidencing such Indebtedness or of any agreement relating thereto.
8E. Title to Properties. Each Transaction Party has good and indefeasible title to its respective material real properties (other than properties which it leases) and good title to all of its material other respective properties and assets, including the properties and assets reflected in the most recent audited balance sheet referred to in paragraph 8B (other than properties and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business), subject to no Lien of any kind except Liens permitted by this Agreement. All leases necessary in any material respect for the conduct of the respective businesses of the Transaction Parties are valid and subsisting and are in full force and effect.
8F. Taxes. The Company has, and each of its Subsidiaries has, filed all material federal, state and other income tax returns which, to the knowledge of the officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries, are required to be filed, and each has paid all taxes as shown on such returns and on all assessments received by it to the extent that such taxes have become due, except such taxes as are being actively contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
8G. Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters. No Transaction Party is a party to any contract or agreement or subject to any charter, by-law, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other corporate, limited liability company or partnership restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Documents, nor the offering, issuance and sale of the Notes, nor the performance of the terms and provisions hereof and of the Notes or any other Transaction Document will conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien other than Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents) upon any of the properties or assets of any Transaction Party pursuant to, the charter, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement or partnership agreement of any Transaction Party, any award of any arbitrator or any agreement (including any agreement with stockholders, members or partners), instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is subject. No Transaction Party is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in, any instrument evidencing
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Indebtedness of such Transaction Party, any agreement relating thereto or any other contract or agreement (including its charter, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement or partnership agreement) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, Indebtedness of the Company of the type to be evidenced by the Notes or the delivery of the Guaranty Agreement by any Guarantor except as set forth in the agreements listed in Schedule 8G attached hereto (as such Schedule 8G may have been modified from time to time by written supplements thereto delivered by the Company and accepted in writing by Prudential).
8H. Offering of Notes. Neither the Company nor any agent acting on its behalf has, directly or indirectly, offered the Notes, or the Guaranty Agreement or any similar security of the Company or any Guarantor for sale to, or solicited any offers to buy the Notes, the Guaranty Agreement or any similar security of the Company or any Guarantor from, or otherwise approached or negotiated with respect thereto with, any Person other than Institutional Investors, and neither the Company or any Guarantor nor any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action which would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes the Guaranty Agreement to the provisions of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the provisions of any securities or Blue Sky law of any applicable jurisdiction.
8I. Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of any Series of Shelf Notes will be used as specified in the Request for Purchase with respect to such Series. No Transaction Party owns or has any present intention of acquiring any margin stock as defined in Regulation U (12 CFR Part 221) of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (herein called margin stock). None of the proceeds of the sale of any Notes will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate, incidental or ultimate, of purchasing or carrying any margin stock or for the purpose of maintaining, reducing or retiring any Indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase or carry any stock that is then a margin stock or for any other purpose which might constitute the sale or purchase of any Notes a purpose credit within the meaning of such Regulation U. The Company is not engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Neither the Company nor any agent acting on its behalf has taken or will take any action which might cause this Agreement or any Note to violate Regulation T, Regulation U or any other regulation of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to violate the Exchange Act, in each case as in effect now or as the same may hereafter be in effect.
8J. ERISA. No accumulated funding deficiency (as defined in section 302 of ERISA and section 412 of the Code), whether or not waived, exists with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No liability to the PBGC has been or is expected by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate to be incurred with respect to any Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) by the Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company, any Subsidiary nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred or presently expects to incur any withdrawal liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Multiemployer Plan which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the issuance and sale of the Notes will be exempt from, or will not involve any transaction which is subject to the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA and will not involve any transaction in connection with which a penalty could be imposed under section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975 of the Code. The representation by the Company in the next preceding sentence is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of each Purchasers representation in paragraph 9B.
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8K. Governmental Consent. Neither the nature of the Company or of any other Transaction Party, nor any of their respective businesses or properties, nor any relationship between the Company or any other Transaction Party and any other Person, nor any circumstance in connection with the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Notes or the execution and delivery of the other Transaction Documents is such as to require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to or filing with any court or administrative or governmental body (other than routine filings after the applicable Closing Day for any Notes with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or state Blue Sky authorities) and other than the filings and recordings necessary to perfect the Liens in the Collateral intended to be created by the Collateral Documents described in Schedule 8K hereto in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents, the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Notes or fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or the other Transaction Documents or of the Notes.
8L. Compliance with Environmental and Other Laws. The Company and the other Transaction Parties and all of their respective properties and facilities have complied at all times and in all respects with all federal, state, local, foreign and regional statutes, laws, ordinances and judicial or administrative orders, judgments, rulings and regulations (including environmental laws, the USA PATRIOT Act and the other laws and regulations that are referred to in paragraph 8R) except, in any such case, where failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8M. Regulatory Status. Neither the Company nor any of the other Transaction Parties is (i) an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or an investment adviser within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) a holding company or a subsidiary company or an affiliate of a holding company or of a subsidiary company of a holding company, within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, or (iii) a public utility within the meaning of the Federal Power Act, as amended. Neither the Company nor any other Transaction Party is subject to regulation as a public utility (or any analogous term) under any state or local law or subject to regulation under the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended.
8N. Permits and Other Operating Rights. Each Transaction Party has all such valid and sufficient certificates of convenience and necessity, franchises, licenses, permits, operating rights and other authorizations from federal, state, foreign, regional, municipal and other local regulatory bodies or administrative agencies or other governmental bodies having jurisdiction over such Transaction Party or any of its properties, products or services, as are necessary for the ownership, operation and maintenance of its businesses and properties, as presently conducted and as proposed to be conducted while the Notes are outstanding, subject to exceptions and deficiencies which, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and such certificates of convenience and necessity, franchises, licenses, permits, operating rights and other authorizations from federal, state, foreign, regional, municipal
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and other local regulatory bodies or administrative agencies or other governmental bodies having jurisdiction over such Transaction Party or any of its properties, products or services are free from restrictions or conditions which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no Transaction Party is in violation of any thereof in any material respect.
8O. Rule 144A. The Notes are not of the same class as securities of the Company, if any, listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in a U.S. automated inter-dealer quotation system.
8P. Absence of Financing Statements, etc. Except with respect to the Permitted Liens, there is no financing statement, security agreement, chattel mortgage, real estate mortgage or other document filed or recorded with any filing records, registry or other public office, that purports to cover, affect or give notice of any present or possible future Lien on, or security interest in, any assets or property of the Company or any Subsidiary or any rights relating thereto.
8Q. Establishment of Security Interest. Schedule 8Q hereto sets forth as of the Restatement Date a complete and accurate list of (i) the name, jurisdiction of organization and organizational identification number of each Transaction Party and (ii) if any Transaction Party is not a registered organization (as defined in the UCC) organized under that law of a State (as defined in the UCC), the location of its place of business (if it has only one place of business) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of business). As of the Restatement Date, all filings, assignments, pledges and deposits of documents or instruments have been made, and all other actions have been taken, that are necessary or advisable under applicable law and are required under the Collateral Documents to be made or taken on or prior to the Restatement Date under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to create and perfect a security interest in the Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent to secure the Notes, the Companys obligations under the Credit Agreement and each Guarantors obligations under the Guaranty Agreement, subject to no Liens other than Liens permitted under paragraph 6C. The Collateral and the Collateral Agents rights with respect to the Collateral are not subject to any setoff, claims, withholdings or other defenses (except any such setoff, claim or defense which could not materially impair the rights of the Collateral Agent with respect to the Collateral, taken as a whole). A Transaction Party is the owner of the Collateral described in the Collateral Documents free from any Lien, security interest, encumbrance and any other claim or demand, except for Liens permitted under paragraph 6C.
8R. Foreign Assets Control Regulations, Etc.
(i) Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity (a) is a Blocked Person, (b) has been notified that its name appears or may in the future appear on a State Sanctions List or (c) is a target of sanctions that have been imposed by the United Nations or the European Union.
(ii) Neither the Company nor any Controlled Entity (a) has violated, been found in violation of, or been charged or convicted under, any applicable U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws or (b) to the Companys knowledge, is under investigation by any Governmental Authority for possible violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws or Anti-Corruption Laws.
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(iii) No part of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes hereunder:
(a) constitutes or will constitute funds obtained on behalf of any Blocked Person or will otherwise be used by the Company or any Controlled Entity, directly or indirectly, (1) in connection with any investment in, or any transactions or dealings with, any Blocked Person, or (2) for any purpose that would cause Prudential or any Purchaser to be in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or (3) otherwise in violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions. Laws;
(b) will be used, directly or indirectly, in violation of, or cause Prudential or any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws; or
(c) will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of making any improper payments, including bribes, to any Governmental Official or commercial counterparty in order to obtain, retain or direct business or obtain any improper advantage, in each case which would be in violation of, or cause Prudential or any Purchaser to be in violation of, any applicable Anti-Corruption Laws.
(iv) The Company has established procedures and controls which it reasonably believes are adequate (and otherwise comply with applicable law) to ensure that the Company and each Controlled Entity is and will continue to be in compliance with all applicable U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws, Anti-Money Laundering Laws and Anti-Corruption Laws.
8S. Disclosure. Neither this Agreement, any other Transaction Document nor any other document, certificate or statement furnished to Prudential or any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor in connection herewith when taken as a whole contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein and therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. There is no fact or facts peculiar to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which are known to the Authorized Officers of the Company which now or in the future may (so far as the Company can now reasonably foresee), individually or in the aggregate, can reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and which has not been set forth in this Agreement or in the other documents, certificates and statements furnished to Prudential and each Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company prior to, in the case of the making of this representation at the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Restatement Date, or, in the case of the making of this representation at the time of the issuance of a Series of Shelf Notes, prior to the time Prudential provided the interest rate quote to the Company pursuant to paragraph 2A(4) with respect to such Series of Shelf Notes in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby. Any financial projections delivered to Prudential or any Purchaser on or prior to the date this representation is made or repeated are reasonable in the good faith judgment of the Company based on the assumptions stated therein and the best information available to the Authorized Officers of the Company.
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8T. Hostile Tender Offers. None of the proceeds of the sale of any Notes will be used to finance a Hostile Tender Offer.
8U. Solvency. Before and immediately after giving effect to the Transaction (including the initial advance of loans under the Credit Agreement), the Transaction Parties and their Subsidiaries are Solvent on a consolidated basis.
9. REPRESENTATIONS OF EACH PURCHASER. Each Purchaser represents as follows:
9A. Nature of Purchase. Such Purchaser is not acquiring the Notes purchased by it hereunder with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof within the meaning of the Securities Act, provided that the disposition of such Purchasers property shall at all times be and remain within its control. Such Purchaser has had access to such financial and other information regarding the Company and such information regarding the Notes, and has had the opportunity to ask questions and receive answers with respect to such information, to the extent that such Purchaser has deemed necessary in connection with its purchase of the Notes, but the foregoing does not limit in any manner the right to rely upon the representations of the Company set forth herein. Such Purchaser understands that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any securities laws of any states and that the Notes may be resold only in accordance with applicable federal and state securities laws.
9B. Source of Funds. At least one of the following statements is an accurate representation as to each source of funds (a Source ) to be used by such Purchaser to pay the purchase price of the Notes to be purchased by such Purchaser hereunder:
(i) the Source is an insurance company general account (as that term is defined in the United States Department of Labors Prohibited Transaction Exemption ( PTE ) 95-60) in respect of which the reserves and liabilities (as defined by the annual statement for life insurance companies approved by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (the NAIC Annual Statement )) for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any employee benefit plan together with the amount of the reserves and liabilities for the general account contract(s) held by or on behalf of any other employee benefit plans maintained by the same employer (or affiliate thereof as defined in PTE 95-60) or by the same employee organization in the general account do not exceed 10% of the total reserves and liabilities of the general account (exclusive of separate account liabilities) plus surplus as set forth in the NAIC Annual Statement filed with such Purchasers state of domicile; or
(ii) the Source is a separate account that is maintained solely in connection with such Purchasers fixed contractual obligations under which the amounts payable, or credited, to any employee benefit plan (or its related trust) that has any interest in such separate account (or to any participant or beneficiary of such plan (including any annuitant)) are not affected in any manner by the investment performance of the separate account; or
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(iii) the Source is either (a) an insurance company pooled separate account, within the meaning of PTE 90-1, or (b) a bank collective investment fund, within the meaning of the PTE 91-38 and, except as disclosed by such Purchaser to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (iii), no employee benefit plan or group of plans maintained by the same employer or employee organization beneficially owns more than 10% of all assets allocated to such pooled separate account or collective investment fund; or
(iv) the Source constitutes assets of an investment fund (within the meaning of Part VI of PTE 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption )) managed by a qualified professional asset manager or QPAM (within the meaning of Part VI of the QPAM Exemption), no employee benefit plans assets that are managed by the QPAM in such investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization and managed by such QPAM, represent more than 20% of the total client assets managed by such QPAM, the conditions of Part I(c) and (g) of the QPAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the QPAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the QPAM maintains an ownership interest in the Company that would cause the QPAM and the Company to be related within the meaning of Part VI(h) of the QPAM Exemption and (i) the identity of such QPAM and (ii) the names of any employee benefit plans whose assets in the investment fund, when combined with the assets of all other employee benefit plans established or maintained by the same employer or by an affiliate (within the meaning of Part VI(c)(1) of the QPAM Exemption) of such employer or by the same employee organization, represent 10% or more of the assets of such investment fund, have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (iv); or
(v) the Source constitutes assets of a plan(s) (within the meaning of Part IV(h) of PTE 96-23 (the INHAM Exemption )) managed by an in-house asset manager or INHAM (within the meaning of Part IV(a) of the INHAM Exemption), the conditions of Part I(a), (g) and (h) of the INHAM Exemption are satisfied, neither the INHAM nor a person controlling or controlled by the INHAM (applying the definition of control in Part IV(d)(3) of the INHAM Exemption) owns a 10% or more interest in the Company and (a) the identity of such INHAM and (b) the name(s) of the employee benefit plan(s) whose assets constitute the Source have been disclosed to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (v); or
(vi) the Source is a governmental plan; or
(vii) the Source is one or more employee benefit plans, or a separate account or trust fund comprised of one or more employee benefit plans, each of which has been identified to the Company in writing pursuant to this clause (vii); or
(viii) the Source does not include assets of any employee benefit plan, other than a plan exempt from the coverage of ERISA.
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As used in this paragraph 9B, the terms employee benefit plan , governmental plan , and separate account shall have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in Section 3 of ERISA.
10. DEFINITIONS; ACCOUNTING MATTERS. For the purpose of this Agreement, the terms defined in paragraphs 10A and 10B (or within the text of any other paragraph) shall have the respective meanings specified therein and all accounting matters shall be subject to determination as provided in paragraph 10C.
10A. Yield-Maintenance Terms.
Called Principal shall mean, with respect to any Note, the principal of such Note that is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4A(1), 4A(2) or 4B or is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires.
Discounted Value shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (as converted to reflect the periodic basis on which interest on such Note is payable, if interest is payable other than on a semi-annual basis) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal.
Reinvestment Yield shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, 0.50% over the yield to maturity implied by (i) the ask-side yields reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City local time) on the Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal for the most recent actively traded on the run U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date on the display designated as Page PX1 on Bloomberg Financial Markets (or such other display as may replace Page PX1 on Bloomberg Financial Markets or, if Bloomberg Financial Markets shall cease to report such yields or shall cease to be Prudential Capital Groups customary source of information for calculating yield-maintenance amounts on privately placed notes, then such source as is then Prudential Capital Groups customary source of such information), or (ii) if such yields shall not be reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time shall not be ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields shall have been so reported as of the Business Day next preceding the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (or any comparable successor publication) for U.S. Treasury securities having a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. In the case of each determination under clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence, such implied yield shall be determined, if necessary, by (a) converting U.S. Treasury bill quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (b) interpolating linearly between (1) the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and greater than such Remaining Average Life and (2) the applicable U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and less than such Remaining Average Life. The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to that number of decimal places as appears in the coupon of the applicable Note.
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Remaining Average Life shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the number of years obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years, computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months and calculated to two decimal places, that will elapse between the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment.
Remaining Scheduled Payments shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due on or after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date.
Settlement Date shall mean, with respect to the Called Principal of any Note, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to paragraph 4B or is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and payable pursuant to paragraph 7A, as the context requires.
Yield -Maintenance Amount shall mean, with respect to any Note, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Called Principal of such Note over the sum of (i) such Called Principal plus (ii) interest accrued thereon as of (including interest due on) the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal. The Yield-Maintenance Amount shall in no event be less than zero.
10B. Other Terms.
Acceptance shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(5) hereof.
Acceptance Day shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(5) hereof.
Acceptance Window shall mean, with respect to any interest rate quotes provided by Prudential pursuant to paragraph 2A(4), the time period designated by Prudential as the time period during which the Company may elect to accept such interest rate quotes. If no such time period is designated by Prudential with respect to any such interest rate quotes, then the Acceptance Window for such interest rate quotes will be 2 minutes after the time Prudential shall have provided such interest rate quotes to the Company.
Accepted Note shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(5) hereof.
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly Controlling, Controlled by, or under direct or indirect common Control with, such first Person, except a Subsidiary of the Company shall not be an Affiliate of the Company, and with respect to Prudential, shall include any managed account, investment fund or other vehicle for which Prudential Financial, Inc. or any Affiliate of Prudential Financial, Inc. then acts as investment advisor or portfolio manager.
Amendment Fee shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(8)(i)(b) hereof.
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Anti-Corruption Laws shall mean any law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. jurisdiction regarding bribery or any other corrupt activity, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the U.K. Bribery Act 2010.
Anti-Money Laundering Laws shall mean any law or regulation in a U.S. or any non-U.S. jurisdiction regarding money laundering, drug trafficking, terrorist-related activities or other money laundering predicate crimes, including the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970 (otherwise known as the Bank Secrecy Act) and the USA PATRIOT Act.
Authorized Officer shall mean (i) in the case of any Transaction Party, the Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer or General Manager of such Transaction Party, or any other individual designated by written notice to Prudential from the Company authorized to execute notices, reports and other documents on behalf of such Transaction Party required hereunder, and (ii) in the case of Prudential or any Prudential Affiliate, any Person designated as an Authorized Officer of Prudential and Prudential Affiliates in the Information Schedule or any Person designated as its Authorized Officer for the purpose of this Agreement in a certificate executed by one of Prudentials Authorized Officers or a lawyer in Prudentials law department. Any action taken under this Agreement on behalf of any Transaction Party by any individual who on or after the Restatement Date shall have been an Authorized Officer of such Transaction Party and whom Prudential or any Prudential Affiliate in good faith believes to be an Authorized Officer of such Transaction Party at the time of such action shall be binding on such Transaction Party even though such individual shall have ceased to be an Authorized Officer of such Transaction Party, and any action taken under this Agreement on behalf of Prudential or any Prudential Affiliate by any individual who on or after the Restatement Date shall have been an Authorized Officer of Prudential or such Prudential Affiliate and whom the Company in good faith believes to be an Authorized Officer of Prudential or such Prudential Affiliate at the time of such action shall be binding on Prudential or such Prudential Affiliate even though such individual shall have ceased to be an Authorized Officer of Prudential or such Prudential Affiliate. The Company may amend such list of Authorized Officers of any Transaction Party from time to time by giving written notice of such amendment to Prudential.
Available Facility Amount shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(1) hereof.
Bank Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association as agent for the Banks under the Credit Agreement, and its successors and assigns in that capacity.
Bankruptcy Law shall have the meaning given in clause (viii) of paragraph 7A hereof.
Banks shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, and the lenders from time to time party to the Credit Agreement, and their respective successors and assigns.
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Blocked Person shall mean (i) a Person whose name appears on the list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons published by OFAC, (ii) a Person, entity, organization, country or regime that is blocked or a target of sanctions that have been imposed under U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws or (iii) a Person that is an agent, department or instrumentality of, or is otherwise beneficially owned by, controlled by or acting on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any Person, entity, organization, country or regime described in clause (i) or (ii).
Business Day shall mean any day other than (i) a Saturday or a Sunday, (ii) a day on which commercial banks in New York City are required or authorized to be closed and (iii) for purposes of paragraph 2A(3) hereof only, a day on which Prudential is not open for business.
Cancellation Date shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(8)(iv) hereof.
Cancellation Fee shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(8)(iv) hereof.
Capital Distribution shall mean a payment made, liability incurred or other consideration given for the purchase, acquisition, redemption or retirement of any Capital Stock of the Company or any Subsidiary or as a dividend, return of capital or other distribution (other than any stock dividend, stock split or other equity distribution payable only in Capital Stock of the Company or such Subsidiary) in respect of the Companys or any Subsidiarys Capital Stock.
Capital Stock shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including shares of beneficial interest, partnership interests and limited liability company interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.
Capitalized Lease shall mean any lease the obligations of the lessee under which constitute Capitalized Lease Obligations.
Capitalized Lease Obligation shall mean any rental obligation which, under generally accepted accounting principles, would be required to be capitalized on the books of the Company or any Subsidiary, taken at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness (net of interest expense) in accordance with such principles.
Cash Equivalents shall mean, at any time, any of the following investments which are not subject to a Lien in favor of any Person other than the Collateral Agent: (i) Indebtedness with a maturity of one year or less issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof), (ii) certificates of deposit or acceptances with a maturity of one year or less of any financial institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System having combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000, (iii) commercial paper with a maturity of 270 days or less issued by a corporation (except an Affiliate of the Company) organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia and rated at least A-1 by Standard & Poors or at least P-1 by Moodys Investors Services, Inc., (iv) repurchase agreements with institutions described in clause (ii) with respect to investments described in clause (i), (v) money market mutual funds
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or cash management trusts rated in the highest rating by Standard & Poors or Moodys Investors Services, Inc. (and not rated other than in the highest rating by Standard & Poors or Moodys Investors Services, Inc.) or investing solely in investments described in clauses (i) through (iv) above and (vi) in the case of Foreign Subsidiaries, Permitted Investments made locally of a type comparable to those described in clause (i) through (v) of this definition.
CFC shall mean a Controlled Foreign Corporation as such term is defined in Section 957 of the Code.
Change of Control shall mean any person or group (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding the ESOP, Management and their Permitted Transferees) shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means of warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 30% or more of the Capital Stock of the Company on a fully diluted basis.
CISADA shall mean the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions Accountability and Divestment Act.
Closing Day shall mean, with respect to any Accepted Note, the Business Day specified for the closing of the purchase and sale of such Accepted Note in the Confirmation of Acceptance for such Accepted Note, provided that (i) if the Company and the Purchaser which is obligated to purchase such Accepted Note agree on an earlier Business Day for such closing, the Closing Day for such Accepted Note shall be such earlier Business Day, and (ii) if the closing of the purchase and sale of such Accepted Note is rescheduled pursuant to paragraph 2A(7), the Closing Day for such Accepted Note, for all purposes of this Agreement except references to original Closing Day in paragraph 2A(8)(iii), shall mean the Rescheduled Closing Day with respect to such Accepted Note.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Collateral shall mean the collateral in which a Lien is granted to the Collateral Agent under any of the (i) Security Agreement or (ii) Pledge Agreement, which shall in any event not include: (w) equity interests in Domestic Subsidiaries which are Foreign Holding Companies, (x) any assets not located in the United States (other than assets which Liens against can be perfected against by the filing of a UCC financing statement), (y) any assets owned by a Foreign Subsidiary, and (z) any right, title and interest of any Transaction Parties or Subsidiaries of the Transaction Parties in any fee or leasehold interest in real property.
Collateral Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, in its capacity as collateral agent under the Intercreditor Agreement, and its successor and assigns in that capacity.
Collateral Documents shall mean the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement.
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Competitor shall mean, on any date, any Person that is a company a predominant portion of whose business is a business of a Transaction Party as described in paragraph 6K, which Person has been designated by the Company as a Competitor by written notice to Prudential not less than three Business Days prior to such date; provided that no Person a predominant portion of whose business involves banking, insurance, investment banking, broker/dealer, investment or similar activities (including, without limitation, any Person involved in the life insurance business or in the business of the investment of annuities or contributions to pension, retirement, medical or similar plans or arrangements) shall be deemed a Competitor. A holder of Notes shall be entitled to rely in good faith upon a certificate of a proposed transferee as to whether such Person is a Competitor.
Compliance Certificate shall have the meaning given in the last paragraph of paragraph 5A.
Confirmation of Acceptance shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(5).
Confirmation of Guaranty shall have the meaning given in paragraph 3B(a)(ii).
Consolidated EBITDAE for any period of determination shall mean, without duplication, (i) net income, plus, to the extent reducing net income, the sum, of amounts for (a) consolidated interest expense, (b) charges for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes, (c) total depreciation expense, (d) total amortization expense, (e) costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000, (f) non-cash charges reducing net income for such period, (g) ESOP Compensation, (h) non-cash compensation related to stock options and restricted stock and (i) one-time, nonrecurring expenses incurred on or prior to March 31, 2018 related to the restatement of the Transaction Parties financial statements for the trailing four fiscal quarters, minus (ii) the sum of (a) non-recurring one-time cash gains increasing net income and (b) non-cash gains increasing net income, in each case of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period determined and consolidated in accordance with GAAP.
For purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDAE (x) with respect to a business acquired by the Transaction Parties or Subsidiaries thereof pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDAE shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (determined on a basis consistent with Article 11 or Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act and as interpreted by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission), using historical numbers of any business so acquired, in accordance with GAAP as if the Permitted Acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period, and (y) with respect to a business or assets liquidated, sold or disposed of by the Transaction Parties or Subsidiaries pursuant to paragraph 6H, Consolidated EBITDAE shall be calculated on a pro forma basis (determined on the basis stated above), using historical numbers of any business or assets so liquidated, sold or disposed of, in accordance with GAAP as if such liquidation, sale or disposition had been consummated at the beginning of such period.
Control shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to either (i) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (ii) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto.
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Controlled Entity shall mean (i) any of the Subsidiaries of the Company and any of their or the Companys respective Controlled Affiliates and (ii) if the Company has a parent company, such parent company and its Controlled Affiliates.
Credit Agreement shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date by and among the Company, the guarantors and lenders party thereto from time to time, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the other agents party thereto from time to time, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Default shall mean any of the events specified in paragraph 7A, whether or not any requirement for such event to become an Event of Default has been satisfied.
Default Rate shall mean, with respect to any Note, a rate per annum from time to time equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, and (ii) the greater of (a) 2.00% per annum above the rate of interest stated in such Note, or (b) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate.
Delayed Delivery Fee shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(8)(iii) hereof.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary that is organized or formed under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof.
ERISA shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any corporation which is a member of the same controlled group of corporations as the Company within the meaning of section 414(b) of the Code, or any trade or business which is under common control with the Company within the meaning of section 414(c) of the Code.
ESOP shall mean the Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and the Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Trust.
ESOP Compensation shall mean the non-cash charge portion of the ESOP compensation expense reflected in Companys financial statements.
Event of Default shall mean any of the events specified in paragraph 7A, provided that there has been satisfied any requirement in connection with such event for the giving of notice, or the lapse of time, or the happening of any further condition, event or act.
Exchange Act shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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Excess Leverage Fee shall have the meaning given in paragraph 5M hereof.
Existing Agreement shall have the meaning given in the Introduction.
Existing Holders shall have the meaning given in the address block of this Agreement.
Facility shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(1) hereof.
Foreign Currency Hedge shall mean any foreign exchange transaction, including spot and forward foreign currency purchases and sales, listed or over-the-counter options on foreign currencies, non-deliverable forwards and options, foreign currency swap agreements, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangements, and any other similar transaction providing for the purchase of one currency in exchange for the sale of another currency.
Foreign Holding Company shall mean any Person which has as its principal purpose the holding of ownership interest in one or more CFCs and has no other material assets or operations, and shall include, as of the Restatement Date, ADS Worldwide, Inc. and ADS International, Inc.
Foreign Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.
Governmental Authority shall mean
(a) the government of
(i) the United States of America, any other nation (including, but not limited to, the United Kingdom) or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, or
(ii) any other jurisdiction in which the Company or any Subsidiary conducts all or any part of its business, or which asserts jurisdiction over any properties of the Company or any Subsidiary, or
(b) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of, or pertaining to, any such government.
Governmental Official shall mean any governmental official or employee, employee of any government-owned or government-controlled entity, political party, any official of a political party, candidate for political office, official of any public international organization or anyone else acting in an official capacity.
Guarantor shall mean each Person which may from time to time execute the Guaranty Agreement or a joinder thereto; provided that, to the extent that any Guarantor is a Foreign Holding Company, then recourse of such Guarantor under the Guaranty Agreement shall be limited to the Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent by such Foreign Holding Company under the Pledge Agreement.
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Guaranty of a Person shall mean any agreement by which such Person assumes, guarantees, endorses, contingently agrees to purchase or provide funds for the payment of, or otherwise becomes liable upon, the obligation of any other Person, or agrees to maintain the net worth or working capital or other financial condition of any other Person or otherwise assures any creditor of such other Person against loss, including any comfort letter, operating agreement or take-or-pay contract.
Guaranty Agreement shall have the meaning given in paragraph 3A(a)(i) hereof.
Hedge Treasury Note(s) shall mean, with respect to any Accepted Note, the United States Treasury Note or Notes whose duration (as determined by Prudential) most closely matches the duration of such Accepted Note.
Hostile Tender Offer shall mean, with respect to the use of proceeds of any Note, any offer to purchase, or any purchase of, shares of Capital Stock of any corporation or any other entity, or securities convertible into or representing the beneficial ownership of, or rights to acquire, any such shares or equity interests, if such shares, equity interests, securities or rights are of a class which is publicly traded on any securities exchange or in any over-the-counter market, other than purchases of such shares, equity interests, securities or rights representing less than 5% of the equity interests or beneficial ownership of such corporation or other entity for portfolio investment purposes, and such offer or purchase has not been duly approved by the board of directors of such corporation or the equivalent governing body of such other entity prior to the date on which the Company makes the Request for Purchase of such Note.
including shall mean, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, including without limitation, whether or not so stated.
Indebtedness shall mean, as to any Person at any time, without duplication, any and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect of: (i) borrowed money, (ii) amounts raised under or liabilities in respect of any note purchase or acceptance credit facility, (iii) reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under any letter of credit agreement, (iv) obligations under any currency swap agreement, interest rate swap, cap, collar or floor agreement or other interest rate management device, (v) any other transaction (including forward sale or purchase agreements, Capitalized Leases and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including, for purposes of this definition, trade payables and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not represented by a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness), or (vi) any Guaranty of Indebtedness for borrowed money.
Institutional Investor shall mean any insurance company, commercial, investment or merchant bank, finance company, mutual fund, registered money or asset manager, savings and loan association, credit union, registered investment advisor, pension fund, investment company, licensed broker or dealer, qualified institutional buyer (as such term is defined under Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act) or accredited investor (as such term is defined in Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act).
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Intercompany Subordination Agreement shall mean the Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date executed by the Transaction Parties in favor of Prudential and the Purchasers.
Intercreditor Agreement shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of the Restatement Date by and among the Bank Agent, on behalf of the Banks, the Mexican Bank Agent on behalf of the banks parties to the Mexicana Credit Agreement, the Collateral Agent, the Transaction Parties and the holder(s) of the Note(s), as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Interest Rate Hedge shall mean an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Transaction Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Transaction Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to Indebtedness.
Investment shall mean, as to any Person, any direct acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution by such Person to another Person, such Persons Guaranty or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or interest in, another Person (including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor guaranties Indebtedness of such other Person), or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of such Person. For purposes of this definition and the calculation of compliance with paragraph 6E, as of any date of determination:
(i) the amount of any Investment by such Person in the form of an acquisition or purchase of Capital Stock of, or capital contributions to, such other Person shall be the cost of such acquisition or purchase or the amount actually invested, as the case may be, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP, without regard to or adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment, or to write-ups, write-downs or write-offs of such Investment or to the existence of any undistributed earnings or accrued interest with respect thereto accrued after the date on which such Investment was made, minus the amount of such Investment that has been repaid to such Person as a return of capital realized and of any payments or other amounts actually received by such Person representing dividends or other distributions or similar payments in respect of such Investment (to the extent such amounts do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto) as of such date;
(ii) the amount of any Investment in the form of a loan or advance shall exclude: (x) accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business, and (y) in the case specifically of the Company, the September 30, 1993, $29,500,276 loan to the ESOP evidenced by a Limited Recourse Non-Negotiable Note dated September 30, 1993;
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(iii) any Investment in the form of a loan or advance by such Person to such other Person shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date;
(iv) any Investment in the form of direct purchase by such Person of the assets of a Person in the ordinary course of business (other than Capital Stock or other securities of such other Person and other than the purchase of assets of another Person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or of a division, line of business or other business unit of such Person) shall not constitute an Investment for purposes of paragraph 6E;
(v) any Investment in the form of a Guaranty shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guaranty is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum liability in respect thereof, as reasonably determined in good faith by an Authorized Officer; and
(vi) any Investment by such Person in the form of a transfer of Capital Stock or other non-cash property or services by such Person to such other Person, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the fair market value of such Capital Stock or other property or services as of the time of the transfer, minus the amount of such Investment that has been repaid to such Person as a return of capital realized and of any payments or other amounts actually received by such Person representing dividends or other distributions or similar payments in respect of such Investment (to the extent such amounts do not, in the aggregate, exceed the original cost of such Investment plus the costs of additions thereto) as of such date.
Issuance Fee shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(8)(ii) hereof.
Issuance Period shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(2) hereof.
Joint Venture shall mean a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement whether in corporate, partnership or other entity; provided that no Subsidiary of any Transaction Party shall be considered to be a Joint Venture. For the avoidance of doubt, any Subsidiary of a Joint Venture shall be considered to be a Joint Venture.
Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge shall mean a Foreign Currency Hedge which is provided by any Bank or an Affiliate of a Bank so long as the Intercreditor Agreement shall be in full force and effect with respect thereto.
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall mean an Interest Rate Hedge which is provided by a Bank or an Affiliate of a Bank so long as the Intercreditor Agreement shall be in full force and effect with respect thereto.
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Leverage Ratio shall mean ratio of consolidated total Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding (i) any Indebtedness arising from reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) under standby letters of credit in an aggregate amount not exceeding $10,000,000 and (ii) obligations with respect to interest rate swaps, fuel hedges and other commodity hedging arrangements and related marked-to-market liabilities, but including termination obligations arising by reason of the termination or close out of such interest rate swaps, fuel hedges and other commodity hedge arrangements the value of which being determined as of such time of such termination or close out in accordance with the terms of such agreements) to Consolidated EBITDAE, calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter for the four fiscal quarters then ended.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, lien, security interest, charge or other encumbrance or security arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether voluntarily or involuntarily given, including any conditional sale or title retention arrangement, and any assignment, deposit arrangement or lease intended as, or having the effect of, security and any filed financing statement or other notice of any of the foregoing (whether or not a lien or other encumbrance is created or exists at the time of the filing).
Management shall mean the current officers and directors of the Company that are serving as of the Restatement Date.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean a (i) material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, operations, or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (ii) material impairment of the Companys or any Guarantors ability to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document or (iii) material impairment of the validity or enforceability of the rights of, or the benefits available to, the holders of any of the Notes under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document, except in the case of this clause (iii) for any such impairment with respect to any Collateral Document as a result of actions or failures to take action within the control of the Collateral Agent or the Required Holder(s) so long as no Person has a perfected security interest in any Collateral (unless such Lien is a Permitted Lien (other than a Permitted Lien described in clause (xxi) of the definition of Permitted Lien or subclause (1) or (4) of clause (xxii) of the definition of Permitted Lien) or such Person is a party to the Intercreditor Agreement and the obligations secured by such security interest constitute Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)) that is prior to the security interest of the Collateral Agent therein for the benefit of the holders of the Notes.
Mexican Bank Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, as agent under the Mexicana Credit Agreement.
Mexicana Credit Agreement shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013, by and among ADS Mexicana, S.A. de C.V., as borrower, the various financial institutions party thereto, and the Mexican Bank Agent.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean any Plan which is a multiemployer plan (as such term is defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
Notes shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1 hereof.
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OFAC shall mean the Office of Foreign Assets Control, United States Department of the Treasury.
OFAC Sanctions Program shall mean any economic or trade sanction that OFAC is responsible for administering and enforcing. A list of OFAC Sanctions Programs may be found at http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx.
Officers Certificate shall mean a certificate signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Officer of the Company.
Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product shall mean agreements or other arrangements under which any Bank or Affiliate of a Bank provides any of the following products or services to any of the Transaction Parties or their Subsidiaries: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, overdrafts, accounts or services, or (g) commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts and any other similar transactions.
PBGC shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor or replacement entity thereto under ERISA.
Permitted Acquisition shall have the meaning assigned to that term in paragraph 6G.
Permitted Investments shall mean:
(i) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof or obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America maturing in 12 months or less from the date of acquisition;
(ii) commercial paper maturing in 180 days or less rated not lower than A-1, by Standard & Poors or P-1 by Moodys Investors Service, Inc. on the date of acquisition;
(iii) demand deposits, time deposits or certificates of deposit maturing within one year in commercial banks whose obligations are rated A-1, A or the equivalent or better by Standard & Poors on the date of acquisition;
(iv) money market or mutual funds whose investments are limited to those types of investments described in clauses (i)-(iii) above; and
(v) Cash Equivalents.
Permitted Liens shall mean:
(i) Liens for taxes, assessments, customs duties, or similar charges, incurred in the ordinary course of business and which are not yet due and payable;
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(ii) pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure payment of workmens compensation, or to participate in any fund in connection with workmens compensation, unemployment insurance, old-age pensions or other social security programs;
(iii) Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other like Liens, securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business that are not yet due and payable and Liens of landlords securing obligations to pay lease payments that are not yet due and payable or in default;
(iv) good-faith pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money or as security for obligations under Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedges or Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedges or margining related to commodities hedges) or leases, not in excess of the aggregate amount due thereunder, or to secure statutory obligations, or surety, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds required in the ordinary course of business;
(v) encumbrances consisting of zoning restrictions, easements or other restrictions on the use of real property, none of which materially impairs the use of such property or the value thereof, and none of which is violated in any material respect by existing or proposed structures or land use;
(vi) security interests and other Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent securing the Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents;
(vii) any Lien existing on the Restatement Date and described on Schedule 6C , and any renewals or extensions thereof, provided that the principal amount secured thereby is not hereafter or thereafter increased, and no additional assets become subject to such Lien;
(viii) Purchase Money Security Interests (including security interests in connection with Capitalized Leases); provided that the aggregate amount of loans and deferred payments secured by such Purchase Money Security Interests shall not exceed $130,000,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding (excluding for the purpose of this computation any loans or deferred payments secured by Liens described on Schedule 6C );
(ix) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease and covering only the assets so leased and any interest of non-exclusive licensors under license agreements in the ordinary course of business;
(x) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any Transaction Party in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;
(xi) purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property, consignments that are not Purchase Money Security Interests and similar arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business;
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(xii) non-exclusive outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by any Transaction Party in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of such Transaction Party;
(xiii) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory, contractual or common law provision relating to rights of set-off or similar rights relating to the establishment of depository relations in the ordinary course of business with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness;
(xiv) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection;
(xv) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods arising under Article 2 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code in the ordinary course of business securing such Persons obligations in respect of bankers acceptances and letters of credit issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods, in any case covering only goods actually sold;
(xvi) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of premiums with respect thereto to the extent permitted hereunder;
(xvii) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by any Transaction Party as the seller of such goods, and Liens incurred on specific items of inventory identified to any contract with the government of the United States in respect of progress payments received by any Transaction Party, in each case as made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with the past practices of such Transaction Party;
(xviii) Intentionally Omitted;
(xix) Liens on real property, improvements to real property and fixtures of a Transaction Party to secure Indebtedness of such Transaction Party in an aggregate amount for all Transaction Parties not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(xx) Liens not to exceed $25,000,000 at any time outstanding on fixed assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, excluding a Purchase Money Security Interest which secures a payment obligation to the seller of such assets or Subsidiary; provided however (a) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition or such Persons becoming a Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, (b) such Lien shall not attach or apply to any other property or assets of the Company or any Subsidiary, and (c) such Lien shall secure only those obligations which it secures on the date of such acquisition or the date such Person becomes a Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(xxi) Liens not otherwise permitted above in this definition securing Indebtedness in an amount not exceeding $25,000,000 at any time outstanding; and
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(xxii) the following, (a) if the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate and lawful proceedings diligently conducted so long as levy and execution thereon have been stayed and continue to be stayed or (b) if a final judgment is entered and such judgment is discharged within thirty (30) days of entry, and in either case they do not affect the Collateral in a material or adverse manner or, in the aggregate, materially impair the ability of any Transaction Party to perform its obligations hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents:
(1) claims or Liens for taxes, assessments or charges due and payable and subject to interest or penalty; provided that the applicable Transaction Party maintains such reserves or other appropriate provisions as shall be required by GAAP and pays all such taxes, assessments or charges forthwith upon the commencement of proceedings to foreclose any such Lien;
(2) claims, Liens or encumbrances upon, and defects of title to, real or personal property other than the Collateral, including any attachment of personal or real property or other legal process prior to adjudication of a dispute on the merits;
(3) claims or Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, carriers, or other statutory nonconsensual Liens; or
(4) Liens resulting from final judgments or orders described in paragraph 7A(xiii).
Permitted Refinancing means, with respect to any Person, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided , that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder; (b) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (except by virtue of amortization of or prepayment of Indebtedness prior to such date of determination); (c) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (d) to the extent such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the holders of the Notes as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; (e) the original obligors in respect of such Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended remain the only obligors thereon; and (f) the terms and conditions of any such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the holders of the Notes than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended.
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Permitted Transferee shall mean, with respect to the holder of beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Company, any person that is (i) a spouse or surviving spouse, descendant or sibling of such holder, any spouse or surviving spouse or descendant of any of these persons, any religious, charitable or educational organization, any trust of which any such holder, or any of these other persons or entities, or any combination thereof, are primary beneficiaries (such holder, any such other person or entity, and each settlor of any such trust, each a Permitted Beneficiary ), (ii) any Permitted Beneficiary of such holder that is a trust (determined, for this purpose, as if any settlor of the trust was the holder of such Voting Stock as of the Restatement Date), (iii) the estate of any such holder who is an individual, (iv) any Permitted Beneficiary of any such holder as a beneficiary of such holders estate or trust, including pursuant to applicable will, trust or contract provision or applicable law, (v) in the case of a holder that is a trust, any current or former employee of the Company as a beneficiary of the trust, (vi) in the case of a holder that is a partnership, limited liability company or other entity, any one or more partners, members or other owners of such entity as of the Restatement Date or to any Permitted Beneficiary of any such partner, member or other owner, or (vii) in the case of the ESOP, any person that receives distribution of shares of Voting Stock from the ESOP as a result of the termination of the ESOP or the retirement of such person, including in each such case any such Person that received such Persons beneficial ownership of the Voting Stock of the Company from such holder prior to the Restatement Date.
Person shall mean and include an individual, a partnership, a joint venture, a corporation, a trust, a limited liability company, an unincorporated organization and a government or any department or agency thereof.
Plan shall mean any employee pension benefit plan (as such term is defined in section 3 of ERISA) which is or has been established or maintained, or to which contributions are or have been made, by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate.
Pledge Agreement shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of the Restatement Date executed and delivered by each of the Transaction Parties to the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time.
Primary Working Capital Facility shall mean the Credit Agreement or any credit facility pursuant to which any Primary Working Capital Facility is extended, refinanced or replaced.
property shall mean all types of real, personal, tangible, intangible or mixed property.
Prudential shall have the meaning given in the address block of this Agreement.
Prudential Affiliate shall mean any Affiliate of Prudential.
Purchase Money Security Interests shall mean Liens (including security interests in connection with Capitalized Leases) upon tangible personal property securing loans to any Transaction Party or Subsidiary of a Transaction Party or deferred payments by such Transaction Party or Subsidiary for the purchase of such tangible personal property.
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Purchaser shall mean (a) with respect any Existing Note, the Existing Holder of such Note, and (b) with respect to any Accepted Note, the Prudential Affiliate which is purchasing such Accepted Note.
Reportable Compliance Event shall mean that the Company or any Controlled Entity becomes a Blocked Person, or is charged by indictment, criminal complaint or similar charging instrument, arraigned or custodially detained in connection with any U.S. Economic Sanctions Law or any predicate crime to any U.S. Economic Sanctions Law, or has knowledge of facts or circumstances to the effect that it is reasonably likely that any aspect of its operations is in actual or probable violation of any U.S. Economic Sanctions Law.
Reportable Event shall mean a reportable event as defined in section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued under such section, with respect to a Plan, excluding, however, such events as to which the PBGC by regulation waived the requirement of section 4043(a) of ERISA that it be notified within 30 days of the occurrence of such event, provided that a failure to meet the minimum funding standard of section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code and of section 302 of ERISA shall be a reportable event regardless of the issuance of any such waivers in accordance with section 412(d) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Request for Purchase shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(3) hereof.
Required Holder(s) shall mean the holder or holders of more than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes or, if the term is expressly used with respect to a Series of Notes, of such Series of Notes from time to time outstanding.
Rescheduled Closing Day shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(7) hereof.
Restatement Date shall have the meaning given in the introduction to paragraph 3A hereof.
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Agreement shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of the Restatement Date, executed and delivered by each of the Transaction Parties to the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, extended or restated from time to time.
Senior Secured Obligations shall have the meaning given in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Series shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1 hereof.
Shelf Notes shall have the meaning given in paragraph 1 hereof.
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Significant Holder shall mean (i) Prudential, (ii) each Purchaser, so long as such Purchaser or any of its Affiliates shall hold (or be obligated under this Agreement to purchase) any Note, or (iii) any other Person which, together with its Affiliates, is the holder of at least 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes of any Series from time to time outstanding.
Solvent shall mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, taking into account any right of reimbursement, contribution or similar right available to such Person from other Persons, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the normal course of business, (iv) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Persons ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and (v) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Persons property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.
Standard & Poors shall mean Standard & Poors Financial Services, LLC, or any successor thereto.
State Sanctions List shall mean a list that is adopted by any state Governmental Authority within the United States of America pertaining to Persons that engage in investment or other commercial activities in Iran or any other country that is a target of economic sanctions imposed under U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws.
Structuring Fee shall have the meaning given in paragraph 2A(8)(i)(a) hereof.
Subsidiary of any Person at any time shall mean any corporation, trust, partnership, limited liability company or other business entity: (i) of which more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities or other interests normally entitled to vote for the election of one or more directors or trustees (regardless of any contingency which does or may suspend or dilute the voting rights) is at such time owned directly or indirectly by such Person or one or more of such Persons Subsidiaries or (ii) which is controlled or capable of being controlled by such Person or one or more of such Persons Subsidiaries; provided that in determining the percentage of ownership interest of any Person , no ownership interest in the nature of a qualifying share of any such corporation, trust, partnership, any limited liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity shall be deemed outstanding. Unless expressly set forth herein or the context otherwise requires, any reference to a Subsidiary shall be deemed to refer to a Subsidiary of the Company.
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Transaction shall mean the transaction pursuant to which (i) existing Indebtedness is being refinanced, (ii) the credit facility evidenced by the Credit Agreement is being made available to the Company, (iii) this Agreement is being entered into, and (iv) fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing are paid.
Transaction Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Notes, each Collateral Document, the Guaranty Agreement, each Confirmation of Guaranty, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement and the other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments now or hereafter executed or delivered by the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate in connection with this Agreement.
Transaction Party shall mean the Company or any Guarantor.
Transferee shall mean any direct or indirect transferee of all or any part of any Note purchased by any Purchaser under this Agreement.
USA PATRIOT Act shall mean United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.
U.S. Economic Sanctions Laws shall mean those laws, executive orders, enabling legislation or regulations administered and enforced by the United States pursuant to which economic sanctions have been imposed on any Person, entity, organization, country or regime, including the Trading with the Enemy Act, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, the Iran Sanctions Act, the Sudan Accountability and Divestment Act and any other OFAC Sanctions Program.
Voting Stock shall mean, with respect to any corporation, any shares of stock of such corporation whose holders are entitled under ordinary circumstances to vote for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether at the time stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).
Weighted Average Life to Maturity shall mean, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Company all of the outstanding Capital Stock of every class of which is owned by the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, and which has outstanding no options, warrants, rights or other securities entitling the holder thereof (other than the Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary) to acquire shares of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary.
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10C. Accounting and Legal Principles, Terms and Determinations . All references in this Agreement to generally accepted accounting principles or GAAP shall be deemed to refer to generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States at the time of application thereof. Unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all determinations with respect to accounting matters hereunder shall be made, and all unaudited consolidated financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be furnished hereunder shall be prepared, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of paragraph 5A or, if no such statements have been so delivered, the most recent audited financial statements referred to in clause (i) of paragraph 8B. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company notifies the holders of Notes in writing that the Company wishes to amend any financial covenant in paragraph 6A hereof to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP occurring after the Restatement Date on the operation of such financial covenants (or if the Required Holder(s) notify the Company in writing that the Required Holder(s) wish to amend any financial covenant in paragraph 6A to eliminate the effect of any such change in GAAP), then the holders of the Notes and the Company shall negotiate in good faith to amend such ratios or requirements to preserve the original intent thereof, but would allow compliance therewith to be determined in accordance with the Companys financial statements at that time, in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Holder(s)); provided that, until so amended, the compliance by the Company and its Subsidiaries with such financial covenants shall continue to be computed on the basis of GAAP in effect immediately before the relevant change in GAAP became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such covenants or definitions are amended in a manner satisfactory to the Company and the Required Holder(s), and the Company shall provide to the holders of the Notes, when they deliver their financial statements pursuant to paragraph 5A(1) and 5A(2) hereof, such reconciliation statements as shall be reasonably requested by the Required Holder(s). For purposes of determining compliance with this Agreement (including Article 5, Article 6 and the definition of Indebtedness), any election by the Company to measure any financial liability using fair value (as permitted by Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 825-10-25 Fair Value Option, International Accounting Standard 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement or any similar accounting standard) shall be disregarded and such determination shall be made as if such election had not been made.
11. MISCELLANEOUS.
11A. Note Payments. The Company agrees that, so long as any Purchaser shall hold any Note, it will make payments of principal of, interest on, and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to, such Note, which comply with the terms of this Agreement, by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit (not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the date due) to (i) such Purchasers account or accounts specified in the Confirmation of Acceptance with respect to such Note in the case of any Shelf Note or (ii) such other account or accounts in the United States as such Purchaser may from time to time designate in writing, notwithstanding any contrary provision herein or in any Note with respect to the place of payment. Each Purchaser agrees that, before disposing of any Note, such Purchaser will make a notation thereon (or on a schedule attached thereto) of all principal payments previously made thereon and of the date to which interest thereon has been paid. The Company agrees to afford
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the benefits of this paragraph 11A to any Transferee which shall have made the same agreement as each Purchaser has made in this paragraph 11A. No holder shall be required to present or surrender any Note or make any notation thereon, except that upon the written request of the Company made concurrently with or reasonably promptly after the payment or prepayment in full of any Note, the applicable holder shall surrender such Note for cancellation, reasonably promptly after such request, to the Company at its principal office.
11B. Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, the Company shall pay, and save Prudential, each Purchaser and any Transferee harmless against liability for the payment of, all out-of-pocket expenses arising in connection with such transactions, including:
(i) (a) all stamp and documentary taxes and similar charges, (b) costs of obtaining a private placement number from Standard and Poors Ratings Group for the Notes and (c) fees and expenses of brokers, agents, dealers, investment banks or other intermediaries or placement agents, in each case as a result of the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the issuance of the Notes;
(ii) document production and duplication charges and the fees and expenses of any special counsel engaged by such Purchaser or such Transferee in connection with (a) this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (b) any subsequent proposed waiver, amendment or modification of, or proposed consent under, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, whether or not such proposed waiver, amendment, modification or consent shall be effected or granted;
(iii) the costs and expenses, including attorneys and financial advisory fees, incurred by such Purchaser or such Transferee in enforcing (or determining whether or how to enforce or cause the Collateral Agent to enforce) any rights under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document (including to protect, collect, lease, sell, take possession of, release or liquidate any of the Collateral) or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or by reason of your or such Transferees having acquired any Note, including costs and expenses incurred in any workout, restructuring or renegotiation proceeding or bankruptcy case;
(iv) all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys fees, preparing, recording and filing all financing statements, instruments and other documents to create, perfect and fully preserve and protect the Liens granted in the Collateral Documents and the rights of the holders of the Notes or of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of the Notes; and
(v) any judgment, liability, claim, order, decree, cost, fee, expense, action or obligation resulting from the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the use of the proceeds of the Notes by the Company.
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The Company also will promptly pay or reimburse each Purchaser or holder of a Note (upon demand, in accordance with each such Purchasers or holders written instruction) for all fees and costs paid or payable by such Purchaser or holder to the Securities Valuation Office of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners in connection with the initial filing of this Agreement and all related documents and financial information, and all subsequent annual and interim filings of documents and financial information related to this Agreement, with such Securities Valuation Office or any successor organization acceding to the authority thereof.
The obligations of the Company under this paragraph 11B shall survive the transfer of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein by any Purchaser or Transferee and the payment of any Note.
11C. Consent to Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, and the Company may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if the Company shall obtain the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Holder(s) except that, (i) with the written consent of the holders of all Notes of a particular Series, and, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, of the holders of all Notes of all Series at the time outstanding (and not without such written consents), the Notes of such Series may be amended or the provisions thereof waived to change the maturity thereof, to change or affect the principal thereof, or to change or affect the rate, method of computation or time of payment of interest on or any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to the Notes of such Series, in each case in any manner detrimental to, or disproportionate with respect to, any holder of a Note, (ii) without the written consent of the holder or holders of all Notes at the time outstanding, no amendment to or waiver of the provisions of this Agreement shall change or affect the provisions of paragraph 7A or this paragraph 11C insofar as such provisions relate to proportions of the principal amount of the Notes of any Series, or the rights of any individual holder of Notes, required with respect to any declaration of Notes to be due and payable or with respect to any consent, amendment, waiver or declaration, (iii) with the written consent of Prudential (and not without the written consent of Prudential) the provisions of paragraph 2A may be amended or waived (except insofar as any such amendment or waiver would affect any rights or obligations with respect to the purchase and sale of Notes which shall have become Accepted Notes prior to such amendment or waiver), and (iv) with the written consent of all of the Purchasers which shall have become obligated to purchase Accepted Notes of any Series (and not without the written consent of all such Purchasers), any of the provisions of paragraphs 2A and 3 may be amended or waived insofar as such amendment or waiver would affect only rights or obligations with respect to the purchase and sale of the Accepted Notes of such Series or the terms and provisions of such Accepted Notes. Each holder of any Note at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this paragraph 11C, whether or not such Note shall have been marked to indicate such consent, but any Notes issued thereafter may bear a notation referring to any such consent. No course of dealing between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and Prudential or the holder of any Note nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder, under any Note or under any other Transaction Document shall operate as a waiver of any rights of Prudential or any holder of any Note. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no negotiations or discussions in which Prudential or any holder of any Note may engage regarding any possible amendments, consents or waivers with respect to this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document shall constitute a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, any term of
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this Agreement, any Note or any other Transaction Document or any rights of Prudential or any such holder under this Agreement, the Notes or any other Transaction Document. As used herein and in the Notes, the term this Agreement and references thereto shall mean this Agreement as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented.
11D. Form, Registration, Transfer and Exchange of Notes; Lost Notes. The Notes are issuable as registered notes without coupons in denominations of at least $100,000, except as may be necessary to (i) reflect any principal amount not evenly divisible by $100,000 or (ii) enable the registration of transfer by a holder of its entire holding of any Series of Notes; provided, however, that no such minimum denomination shall apply to Notes issued upon transfer by any holder of the Notes to Prudential or Prudential Affiliates or to any other entity or group of Affiliates with respect to which the Notes so issued or transferred shall be managed by a single entity. The Company shall keep at its principal office a register in which the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the principal office of the Company, the Company shall promptly, at its expense, execute and deliver one or more new Notes of like tenor and of a like aggregate principal amount, registered in the name of such transferee or transferees. At the option of the holder of any Note, such Note may be exchanged for other Notes of like tenor and of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Note to be exchanged at the principal office of the Company. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall promptly, at its expense, execute and deliver the Notes which the holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Every Note surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the holder of such Note or such holders attorney duly authorized in writing. Any Note or Notes issued in exchange for any Note or upon transfer thereof shall carry the rights to unpaid interest and interest to accrue which were carried by the Note so exchanged or transferred, so that neither gain nor loss of interest shall result from any such transfer or exchange. Upon receipt of written notice from the holder of any Note of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such Note and, in the case of any such loss, theft or destruction, upon receipt of such holders unsecured indemnity agreement, or in the case of any such mutilation upon surrender and cancellation of such Note, the Company will make and deliver a new Note, of like tenor, in lieu of the lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated Note. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no transfer of a Note may be made to a Person that was a Competitor at the time of such transfer unless the Company has consented in writing to such transfer in its sole and absolute discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any transferee that becomes a Competitor after the applicable transfer, (x) such transferee shall not retroactively be disqualified from holding a Note and (y) the execution and delivery by the Company of a Note to such transferee will not by itself result in such transferee no longer being considered a Competitor.
11G. Persons Deemed Owners; Participations. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner and holder of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note shall be overdue, and the Company shall not be affected by notice to the contrary. Subject to the preceding sentence, the holder of any Note may from time to time grant participations in all or any part of such Note to any Person on such terms and conditions as may be determined by such holder in its sole and absolute discretion.
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11H. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement. All representations and warranties contained herein or in any other Transaction Document or made in writing by or on behalf of the Company or any Guarantor in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents and the Notes, the transfer by any Purchaser of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any Transferee, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of any Purchaser or any Transferee. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents and the Notes embody the entire agreement and understanding between the Purchasers and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter.
11I. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and other agreements in this Agreement by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto (including any Transferee) whether so expressed or not.
11J. Independence of Covenants; Beneficiaries of Covenants. All covenants hereunder and in the other Transaction Documents shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is prohibited by any one of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be in compliance within the limitations of, another covenant shall not (i) avoid the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default if such action is taken or such condition exists or (ii) in any way prejudice an attempt by Prudential or the holder of any Note to prohibit through equitable action or otherwise the taking of any action by the Company or any Subsidiary which would result in a Default or Event of Default. The covenants contained in this Agreement and in the other Transaction Documents are intended to be only for the benefit of Prudential, the Purchasers and the holders from time of the Notes, and their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any Transferee), and are not intended to be for the benefit of or enforceable by any other Person.
11K. Notices. All written communications provided for hereunder (other than communications provided for under paragraph 2) shall be sent by first class mail or nationwide overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid) and (i) if to Prudential or any Purchaser, addressed to Prudential or such Purchaser at the address specified for such communications in the Purchaser Schedule attached hereto (in the case of Prudential) or the Purchaser Schedule attached to the applicable Confirmation of Acceptance (in the case of any Purchaser of Shelf Notes) or at such other address as Prudential or such Purchaser shall have specified to the Company in writing, (ii) if to any other holder of any Note, addressed to such other holder at such address as such other holder shall have specified to the Company in writing or, if any such holder shall not have so specified an address to the Company, then addressed to such holder in care of the last holder of such Note which shall have so specified an address to the Company and (iii) if to the Company, addressed to it at 4640 Trueman Boulevard, Hilliard, Ohio 43026-2438, Attention: Chief Financial Officer or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the holder of each Note in writing, provided, however, that any such communication to the
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Company may also, at the option of the Person sending such communication, be delivered by any other means either to the Company at its address specified above or to any Authorized Officer of the Company. Any communication pursuant to paragraph 2 shall be made by the method specified for such communication in paragraph 2, and shall be effective to create any rights or obligations under this Agreement only if, in the case of a telephone communication, an Authorized Officer of the party conveying the information and of the party receiving the information are parties to the telephone call, and in the case of a facsimile transmission communication, the communication is signed by an Authorized Officer of the party conveying the information, addressed to the attention of an Authorized Officer of the party receiving the information, and in fact received at the facsimile terminal the number of which is listed for the party receiving the communication in the Information Schedule or at such other facsimile terminal as the party receiving the information shall have specified in writing to the party sending such information.
11L. Payments Due on Non-Business Days. Anything in this Agreement or the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding, any payment of principal of, interest on, or Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to, any Note that is due on a date other than a Business Day shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day without including the additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day; provided that if the maturity date of, or any date for a principal prepayment on, any Note is other than a Business Day, then all payments due on such Note on such maturity date or principal prepayment date that are to be made on such next succeeding Business Day shall include such additional days elapsed in the computation of the interest payable on such next succeeding Business Day.
11M. Satisfaction Requirement. If any agreement, certificate or other writing, or any action taken or to be taken, is by the terms of this Agreement required to be satisfactory to any Purchaser, to any holder of Notes or to the Required Holder(s), the determination of such satisfaction shall be made by such Purchaser, such holder or the Required Holder(s), as the case may be, in the sole and exclusive judgment (exercised in good faith) of the Person or Persons making such determination.
11N. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS AGREEMENT TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, OR THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES TO BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION).
11O. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTES OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF
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THIS AGREEMENT, THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS, UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NON EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. THE COMPANY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 11I OR TO CT CORPORATION SYSTEM AT 208 SOUTH LASALLE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60604, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON RECEIPT. THE COMPANY AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY HOLDER OF A NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST THE COMPANY IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT THE NOTES OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS BROUGHT IN ANY OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT THE COMPANY HAS OR MAY HEREAFTER ACQUIRE IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OF NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY), THE COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT THE NOTES OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS. THE COMPANY, PRUDENTIAL AND EACH PURCHASER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES, OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (INCLUDING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES RELATING THERETO, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT).
11P. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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11Q. Descriptive Headings; Advice of Counsel; Interpretation; Time of the Essence. The descriptive headings of the several paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Agreement. Each party to this Agreement represents to the other parties to this Agreement that such party has been represented by counsel in connection with this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents, that such party has discussed this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents with its counsel and that any and all issues with respect to this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents have been resolved as set forth herein and therein. No provision of this Agreement, the Notes or the other Transaction Documents shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of any party hereto by any court or other governmental or judicial authority by reason of such party having or being deemed to have structured, drafted or dictated such provision. Time is of the essence in the performance of this Agreement, the Notes and the other Transaction Documents.
11R. Counterparts; Facsimile or Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (or counterpart signature pages), each of which counterparts shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
11S. Severalty of Obligations. The sales of Notes to the Purchasers are to be several sales, and the obligations of Prudential and the Purchasers under this Agreement are several obligations. No failure by Prudential or any Purchaser to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall relieve any other Purchaser or the Company of any of its obligations hereunder, and neither Prudential nor any Purchaser shall be responsible for the obligations of, or any action taken or omitted by, any other such Person hereunder.
11T. Independent Investigation. Each Purchaser represents to and agrees with each other Purchaser that it has made its own independent investigation of the condition (financial and otherwise), prospects and affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with its purchase of the Notes hereunder and has made and shall continue to make its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Company. No holder of Notes shall have any duties or responsibility to any other holder of Notes, either initially or on a continuing basis, to make any such investigation or appraisal or to provide any credit or other information with respect thereto. No holder of Notes is acting as agent or in any other fiduciary capacity on behalf of any other holder of Notes.
11U. Directly or Indirectly. Where any provision in this Agreement refers to actions to be taken by any Person, or which such Person is prohibited from taking, such provision shall be applicable whether the action in question is taken directly or indirectly by such Person.
11V. Transaction References. The Company agrees that Prudential and Prudential Capital Group may (a) refer to its role in establishing the Facility, as well as the identity of the Company and the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and the date on which the Facility was established, on its internet site or in marketing materials, press releases, published tombstone announcements or any other print or electronic medium and (b) display the Companys corporate logo in conjunction with any such reference.
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11W. Confidential Information. For the purposes of this paragraph 11W, Confidential Information means information delivered to Prudential or any Purchaser by or on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement that is proprietary in nature and that was clearly marked or labeled or otherwise adequately identified when received by Prudential or such Purchaser as being confidential information of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that such term does not include information that (a) was publicly known or otherwise known to Prudential or such Purchaser prior to the time of such disclosure, (b) subsequently becomes publicly known through no act or omission by Prudential or such Purchaser or any person acting on Prudentials or such Purchasers behalf, (c) otherwise becomes known to Prudential or such Purchaser other than through disclosure by the Company or any Subsidiary or (d) constitutes financial statements delivered to Prudential or such Purchaser under paragraph 5A that are otherwise publicly available. Prudential and each Purchaser will maintain the confidentiality of such Confidential Information in accordance with procedures adopted by Prudential or such Purchaser in good faith o protect confidential information of third parties delivered to Prudential or such Purchaser, provided that Prudential or such Purchaser may deliver or disclose Confidential Information to (i) its directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys, trustees and affiliates (to the extent such disclosure reasonably relates to the administration of this Agreement or the investment represented by its Notes), (ii) its auditors, financial advisors and other professional advisors who agree to hold confidential the Confidential Information substantially in accordance with the terms of this paragraph 11W, (iii) any other holder of any Note or any other security of the Company (other than any such holder that is a Competitor at the time of such disclosure), (iv) any Institutional Investor (other than an Institutional Investor that is a Competitor at the time of such disclosure) to which it sells or offers to sell such Note or any part thereof or any participation therein (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph 11W), (v) any Person (other than a Person that is a Competitor at the time of such disclosure) from which it offers to purchase any security of the Company (if such Person has agreed in writing prior to its receipt of such Confidential Information to be bound by the provisions of this paragraph 11W), (vi) any federal or state regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such Purchaser, (vii) the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any successor thereto (the NAIC) or the Capital Markets & Investment Analysis Office of the NAIC or any successor to such Office or, in each case, any similar organization, or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about Prudential or such Purchasers investment portfolio, or (viii) any other Person to which such delivery or disclosure may be necessary or appropriate (w) to effect compliance with any law, rule, regulation or order applicable to Prudential or such Purchaser, (x) in response to any subpoena or other legal process, (y) in connection with any litigation to which Prudential or such Purchaser is a party or (z) if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to the extent Prudential or such Purchaser may reasonably determine such delivery and disclosure to be necessary or appropriate in the enforcement or for the protection of the rights and remedies under such Purchasers Notes, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document. Each holder of a Note, by its acceptance of a Note, will be deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to be entitled to the benefits of this paragraph 11W as though it were a party to this Agreement. On reasonable request by the Company in connection with the delivery to any holder of a Note of information required to be delivered to such holder under this Agreement or requested by such holder (other than a holder that is a party to this Agreement or its nominee), such holder will enter into an agreement with the Company embodying the provisions of this paragraph 11W.
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In the event that as a condition to receiving access to information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the transactions contemplated by or otherwise pursuant to this Agreement, Prudential, any Purchaser or any holder of a Note is required to agree to a confidentiality undertaking (whether through IntraLinks, another secure website, a secure virtual workspace or otherwise) which is different from this paragraph 11W, this paragraph 11W shall not be amended thereby and, as between Prudential, such Purchaser or such holder and the Company, this paragraph 11W shall supersede any such other confidentiality undertaking.
11X. Binding Agreement. When this Agreement is executed and delivered by the Company and Prudential, it shall become a binding agreement between the Company, on one hand, and Prudential, on the other hand. This Agreement shall also inure to the benefit of each Purchaser which shall have executed and delivered a Confirmation of Acceptance and each such Purchaser shall be bound by this Agreement to the extent provided in such Confirmation of Acceptance.
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Very truly yours, | ||
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: Joseph A. Chlapaty | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
S IGNATURE P AGE TO S ECOND A MENDED AND R ESTATED P RIVATE S HELF A GREEMENT
The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted as of the date first above written. |
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PGIM, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President | ||
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA |
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By: |
/s/ Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President | ||
PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY |
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By: | PGIM, Inc., | |
as investment manager | ||
By: |
/s/ Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President | ||
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | ||
By: |
/s/ Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President |
S IGNATURE P AGE TO S ECOND A MENDED AND R ESTATED P RIVATE S HELF A GREEMENT
PURCHASER SCHEDULE
PGIM, INC. | ||||||
(1) |
All payments to Prudential shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to:
Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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(2) |
Address for all notices relating to payments:
PGIM, Inc. c/o The Prudential Insurance Company of America Investment Operations Group Gateway Center Two, 10th Floor 100 Mulberry Street Newark, New Jersey 07102-4077
Attention: Manager |
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(3) |
Address for all other communications and notices:
PGIM, Inc. c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Attention: Managing Director |
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(4) |
Recipient of telephonic prepayment notices:
Manager, Trade Management Group Telephone: (973) 367-3141 Facsimile: (800) 224-2278 |
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(5) |
Tax Identification No.: Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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Original Aggregate
Principal Amount of Series A Notes Purchased |
Note
Denomination(s) |
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THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA |
$ | 60,750,000.00 | $ | 56,160,000.00 | ||||||
$ | 4,590,000.00 | |||||||||
(1) | All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: | |||||||||
Delivered to Company under separate cover. | ||||||||||
(2) | Address for all notices relating to payments: | |||||||||
The Prudential Insurance Company of America c/o Investment Operations Group Gateway Center Two, 10th Floor 100 Mulberry Street Newark, NJ 07102-4077 |
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Attention: Manager, Billings and Collections | ||||||||||
(3) | Address for all other communications and notices: | |||||||||
The Prudential Insurance Company of America c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 180 North Stetson, Suite 5600 Chicago, IL 60601-6716 |
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Attention: Managing Director | ||||||||||
(4) | Recipient of telephonic prepayment notices: | |||||||||
Manager, Trade Management Group | ||||||||||
Telephone: (973) 367-3141 | ||||||||||
Facsimile: (888) 889-3832 | ||||||||||
(5) | Address for Delivery of Notes and Closing Sets: | |||||||||
Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service to:
Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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(6) | Tax Identification No.: Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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PURCHASER SCHEDULE
Original Aggregate
Principal Amount of Series A Notes Purchased |
Note
Denomination(s) |
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PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY |
$ | 2,300,000.00 | $ | 2,300,000.00 | ||||||
(1) | All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: | |||||||||
Delivered to Company under separate cover. | ||||||||||
(2) | Address for all notices relating to payments: | |||||||||
Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company c/o PGIM, Inc. Private Placement Trade Management PRIAC Administration Gateway Center Four, 7th Floor 100 Mulberry Street Newark, NJ 07102
Telephone: (973) 802-8107 Facsimile: (888) 889-3832 |
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(3) | Address for all other communications and notices: | |||||||||
Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 180 North Stetson, Suite 5600 Chicago, IL 60601-6716 |
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Attention: Managing Director | ||||||||||
(4) | Address for Delivery of Notes and Closing Sets: | |||||||||
Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service to:
Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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(5) | Tax Identification No.: Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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PURCHASER SCHEDULE
Original Aggregate
Principal Amount of Series A Notes Purchased |
Note
Denomination(s) |
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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
$ | 11,950,000.00 | $ | 11,950,000.00 | ||||||
(1) | All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: | |||||||||
Delivered to Company under separate cover. | ||||||||||
(2) | Address for all notices relating to payments: | |||||||||
Pruco Life Insurance Company c/o The Prudential Insurance Company of America c/o Investment Operations Group Gateway Center Two, 10th Floor 100 Mulberry Street Newark, NJ 07102-4077 |
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Attention: Manager, Billings and Collections | ||||||||||
(3) | Address for all other communications and notices: | |||||||||
Pruco Life Insurance Company c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 180 North Stetson, Suite 5600 Chicago, IL 60601-6716 |
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Attention: Managing Director | ||||||||||
(4) | Recipient of telephonic prepayment notices: | |||||||||
Manager, Trade Management Group | ||||||||||
Telephone: (973) 367-3141 | ||||||||||
Facsimile: (888) 889-3832 | ||||||||||
(5) | Address for Delivery of Notes and Closing Sets: | |||||||||
Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service to:
Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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(6) | Tax Identification No.: Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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Original Aggregate
Principal Amount of Series B Notes Purchased |
Note
Denomination |
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THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA |
$ | 12,500,000.00 | $ | 12,500,000.00 | ||||||
(1) | All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: | |||||||||
Delivered to Company under separate cover. | ||||||||||
(2) | Address for all notices relating to payments: | |||||||||
The Prudential Insurance Company of America c/o Investment Operations Group Gateway Center Two, 10th Floor 100 Mulberry Street Newark, NJ 07102-4077
Attention: Manager, Billings and Collections |
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(3) | Address for all other communications and notices: | |||||||||
The Prudential Insurance Company of America c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 180 N. Stetson Avenue Suite 5600 Chicago, IL 60601
Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance |
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(4) | Recipient of telephonic prepayment notices: | |||||||||
Manager, Trade Management Group
Telephone: (973) 367-3141 Facsimile: (888) 889-3832 |
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(5) | Address for Delivery of Notes: | |||||||||
Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service to:
Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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(6) | Tax Identification No.: Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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PURCHASER SCHEDULE
Original Aggregate
Principal Amount of Series B Notes Purchased |
Note
Denomination |
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THE GIBRALTAR LIFE INSURANCE CO., LTD. |
$ | 11,500,000.00 | $ | 11,500,000.00 | ||||||
(1) | All principal, interest and Yield-Maintenance Amount payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: | |||||||||
Delivered to Company under separate cover. | ||||||||||
(2) | All payments, other than principal, interest or Yield-Maintenance Amount, on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: | |||||||||
Delivered to Company under separate cover. | ||||||||||
(3) | Address for all notices relating to payments: | |||||||||
The Gibraltar Life Insurance Co., Ltd. 2-13-10, Nagata-cho Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8953, Japan
Telephone: 81-3-5501-6680 Facsimile: 81-3-5501-6432 E-mail: mizuho.matsumoto@gib-life.co.jp
Attention: Mizuho Matsumoto, Team Leader of Investment Administration Team |
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(4) | Address for all other communications and notices: | |||||||||
Prudential Private Placement Investors, L.P. c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 180 N. Stetson Avenue Suite 5600 Chicago, IL 60601
Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance |
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(5) | Address for Delivery of Notes: | |||||||||
Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service to:
Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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(6) | Tax Identification No.: Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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PURCHASER SCHEDULE
Original Aggregate
Principal Amount of Series B Notes Purchased |
Note
Denomination |
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PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY |
$ | 1,000,000.00 | $ | 1,000,000.00 | ||||||
(1) | All payments on account of Notes held by such purchaser shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds for credit to: | |||||||||
Delivered to Company under separate cover. | ||||||||||
(2) | Address for all notices relating to payments: | |||||||||
Pruco Life Insurance Company c/o The Prudential Insurance Company of America c/o Investment Operations Group Gateway Center Two, 10th Floor 100 Mulberry Street Newark, NJ 07102-4077
Attention: Manager, Billings and Collections |
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(3) | Address for all other communications and notices: | |||||||||
Pruco Life Insurance Company c/o Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza 180 N. Stetson Avenue Suite 5600 Chicago, IL 60601
Attention: Managing Director, Corporate Finance |
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(4) | Recipient of telephonic prepayment notices: | |||||||||
Manager, Trade Management Group
Telephone: (973) 367-3141 Facsimile: (888) 889-3832 |
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(5) | Address for Delivery of Notes: | |||||||||
Send physical security by nationwide overnight delivery service to:
Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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(6) | Tax Identification No.: Delivered to Company under separate cover. |
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INFORMATION SCHEDULE
Authorized Officers for Prudential and Prudential Affiliates
P. Scott von Fischer Managing Director Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-4225 Facsimile: (312) 540-4222 |
Marie L. Fioramonti Managing Director Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-4233 Facsimile: (312) 540-4222 |
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Mathew Douglass Managing Director Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-5435 Facsimile: (312) 540-4222 |
William S. Engelking Managing Director Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-4214 Facsimile: (312) 540-4222 |
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Peter Pricco Senior Vice President Prudential Capital Group 60 South 6 th Street, Suite 3710 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402
Telephone: (612) 326-2200 Facsimile: (612) 326-2222 |
G. Anthony Coletta Senior Vice President Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-4226 Facsimile: (312) 540-4222 |
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Tan Vu Managing Director Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-5437 Facsimile: (312) 540-4222 |
James J. McCrane Senior Vice President Prudential Capital Group 4 Gateway Center Newark, New Jersey 07102-4062
Telephone: (973) 802-4222 Facsimile: (973) 624-6432 |
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Charles J. Senner Director Prudential Capital Group 4 Gateway Center Newark, New Jersey 07102-4062
Telephone: (973) 802-6660 Facsimile: (973) 624-6432 |
Dianna D. Carr Senior Vice President Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-4224 Facsimile: (312) 540-4222 |
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David S. Quackenbush Senior Vice President Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-4222 Facsimile: (312) 540-4245 |
Joshua Shipley Senior Vice President Prudential Capital Group Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600 Chicago, Illinois 60601
Telephone: (312) 540-4220 Facsimile: (312) 540-4245 |
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David Levine Vice President Prudential Capital Group 4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2700 San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 291-5056 Facsimile: (415) 632-9819 |
Mitch Reed Senior Vice President Prudential Capital Group 4 Embarcadero Center, Suite 2700 San Francisco, CA 94111
Telephone: (415) 291-5059 Facsimile: (415) 632-9819 |
Authorized Officers for the Transaction Parties
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Joseph A. Chlapaty
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0050
Facsimile: (614) 658-0052
Scott A. Cottrill
Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice
President and Secretary
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0149
Facsimile: (614) 658-0052
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Hancor Holding Corporation
Joseph A. Chlapaty
President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0050
Facsimile: (614) 658-0052
Scott A. Cottrill
Assistant Secretary
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0149
Facsimile: (614) 658-0052
Dean G. Bruno
Treasurer
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0296
Facsimile: (614) 658-0286
Hancor, Inc.
Joseph A. Chlapaty
President and Chief Executive Officer
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0050
Facsimile: (614) 658-0052
Scott A. Cottrill
Assistant Secretary
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0149
Facsimile: (614) 658-0052
Dean G. Bruno
Treasurer
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0296
Facsimile: (614) 658-0286
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StormTech LLC
Joseph A. Chlapaty
President and Chief Executive Officer
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0050
Facsimile: (614) 658-0052
Scott A. Cottrill
Assistant Secretary
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0149
Facsimile: (614) 658-0052
Dean G. Bruno
Treasurer
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
Telephone: (614) 658-0296
Facsimile: (614) 658-0286
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF SHELF NOTE]
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
% SENIOR SERIES SECURED NOTE DUE
No.
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
INTEREST RATE:
INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:
FINAL MATURITY DATE:
PRINCIPAL PREPAYMENT DATES AND AMOUNTS:
PPN
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the Company), hereby promises to pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of DOLLARS [on the Final Maturity Date specified above] [, payable on the Principal Prepayment Dates and in the amounts specified above, and on the Final Maturity Date specified above in an amount equal to the unpaid balance of the principal hereof,] with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year30-day month) (a) on the unpaid balance thereof at the Interest Rate per annum specified above (or, during any period when an Event of Default shall be in existence, at the election of the Required Holder(s) of this Series of Notes at the Default Rate (as defined below)), from the date hereof, payable on each Interest Payment Date specified above and on the Final Maturity Date specified above, commencing with the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) on any overdue payment (including any overdue prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of Yield-Maintenance Amount and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any overdue payment of interest, payable on each Interest Payment Date as aforesaid (or, at the option of the registered holder hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the Default Rate. The Default Rate shall mean a rate per annum from time to time equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law, and (ii) the greater of (a) 2.00% over the Interest Rate specified above or (b) 2.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate.
Payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount payable with respect to this Note are to be made at the main office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, in New York City or at such other place as the holder hereof shall designate to the Company in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America.
A-1
This Note is one of a series of Senior Notes (herein called the Notes) issued pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (herein called the Agreement), between the Company, on the one hand, and PGIM, Inc. and each Prudential Affiliate from time to time party thereto, on the other hand, and is entitled to the benefits thereof.
This Note is a registered Note and, as provided in the Agreement, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof or such holders attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Note for a like principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
[ The Company agrees to make required prepayments of principal on the dates and in the amounts specified above or in the Agreement. ] [ This Note is [ also ] subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in part, on the terms specified in the Agreement. ]
The Company and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties severally waive grace, demand, presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration (except to the extent required in the Agreement), protest and diligence in collecting in connection with this Note, whether now or hereafter required by applicable law.
In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Agreement.
Capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings as defined in the Agreement.
THIS NOTE IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS NOTE TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION).
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EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF DISBURSEMENT DIRECTION LETTER]
[On Company Letterhead - place on one page]
[Date]
[Names and Addresses of
Initial Purchasers]
Re: % Senior Series Secured Notes due , (the Notes)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement (the Note Agreement), dated as of June 22, 2017, between Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), PGIM, Inc., and you. Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Note Agreement.
You are hereby irrevocably authorized and directed to disburse the $ purchase price of the Notes by wire transfer of immediately available funds to [bank name and address], ABA # , for credit to the account of , account no. .
Disbursement when so made shall constitute payment in full of the purchase price of the Notes and shall be without liability of any kind whatsoever to you.
Very truly yours, |
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ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
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By: |
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Title: |
EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF REQUEST FOR PURCHASE]
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
REQUEST FOR PURCHASE
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement (the Agreement), dated as of June 22, 2017, between Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the Company), on the one hand, and PGIM, Inc. (Prudential) and each Prudential Affiliate from time to time party thereto, on the other hand. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings specified in the Agreement.
Pursuant to Paragraph 2A(3) of the Agreement, the Company hereby makes the following Request for Purchase:
1. | Aggregate principal amount of the Notes covered hereby (the Notes) $ 1 |
2. | Individual specifications of the Notes: |
Principal Amount |
Final Maturity Date |
Principal Prepayment Dates and Amounts |
Interest Payment Period 2 |
3. | Use of proceeds of the Notes: |
4. | Proposed day for the closing of the purchase and sale of the Notes: |
5. | The purchase price of the Notes is to be transferred to: |
Name, Address and ABA Routing Number of Bank |
Number of Account |
6. | The Company certifies (a) that the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 of the Agreement are true on and as of the date of this Request for Purchase, and (b) that there exists on the date of this Request for Purchase no Event of Default or Default. |
1 | Minimum principal amount of $10,000,000 |
2 | Specify quarterly or semiannually in arrears |
7. | The Issuance Fee to be paid pursuant to the Agreement will be paid by the Company on the closing date. |
Dated:
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
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Authorized Officer |
EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE]
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
CONFIRMATION OF ACCEPTANCE
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement (the Agreement), dated as of June 22, 2017 between Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the Company), on the one hand, and PGIM, Inc. (Prudential) and each Prudential Affiliate from time to time party thereto, on the other hand. All terms used herein that are defined in the Agreement have the respective meanings specified in the Agreement.
Prudential or the Prudential Affiliate which is named below as a Purchaser of Notes hereby confirms the representations as to such Notes set forth in paragraph 9 of the Agreement, and agrees to be bound by the provisions of paragraphs 2A(5) and 2A(7) of the Agreement relating to the purchase and sale of such Notes and by the provisions of the second sentence of paragraph 11A of the Agreement.
Pursuant to paragraph 2A(5) of the Agreement, an Acceptance with respect to the following Accepted Notes is hereby confirmed:
I. | Accepted Notes: Aggregate principal amount $ |
(A) | (a) Name of Purchaser: |
(b) Principal amount:
(c) Final maturity date:
(d) Principal prepayment dates and amounts:
(e) Interest rate:
(f) Interest payment period:
(g) Payment and notice instructions: As set forth on attached Purchaser Schedule
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(c) Final maturity date:
(d) Principal prepayment dates and amounts:
(e) Interest rate:
(f) Interest payment period:
(g) Payment and notice instructions: As set forth on attached Purchaser Schedule
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Dated:
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
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[PRUDENTIAL AFFILIATE] |
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EXHIBIT E-1
[FORM OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT]
AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED GUARANTY AGREEMENT (the Guaranty ), dated as of June 22, 2017, is made by the guarantors named in the Guarantor Schedule attached hereto and each guarantor that may become a party to this Guaranty by executing a joinder hereto (herein referred to, individually, as a Guarantor and, collectively, as Guarantors ), in favor of PGIM, Inc. ( Prudential ) and the holders of the Notes (as defined below) from time to time (the Holders ).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Company ), has entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, between the Company, on the one hand, and Prudential and each Prudential Affiliate from time to time party thereto, on the other hand (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Note Agreement ), pursuant to which the Company may have outstanding senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of up to $175,000,000, from time to time (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Notes );
WHEREAS, each Guarantor is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Guarantors will derive substantial value and benefit from the Notes issued or deemed issued pursuant to the Note Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to the effectiveness of the Note Agreement and the obligation of any Prudential Affiliate to purchase Shelf Notes under the Note Agreement, each Purchaser and Prudential has required that the Guarantors execute and deliver this Guaranty for the benefit of Prudential and the Holders.
NOW THEREFORE, for value received, to satisfy one of the conditions precedent to issuance of the Shelf Notes and to induce any Prudential Affiliate to purchase any Shelf Notes under the Note Agreement, for the reasons set forth above and set forth in the Note Agreement, for and in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, each Guarantor, intending to be legally bound, does hereby covenant and agree as follows:
1. DEFINITIONS; RECITALS. Capitalized terms that are used in this Guaranty and not defined in this Guaranty shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Note Agreement. The recitals in this Guaranty are incorporated into this Guaranty.
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2. THE GUARANTY.
2A. Guaranty of Payment of Obligations. Each Guarantor, jointly and severally with each other Guarantor, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the full and prompt payment in United States currency when due (whether at maturity, a stated prepayment date or earlier by reason of acceleration or otherwise) and at all times thereafter, of all of the indebtedness, obligations and liabilities existing on the Restatement Date or arising from time to time hereafter, whether direct or indirect, joint or several, actual, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise, of the Company to Prudential or any Holder under or in respect of the Note Agreement, the Notes, the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments now or hereafter executed or delivered by the Company, such Guarantor or any other Guarantor in connection with the Note Agreement, including the principal of and interest (including interest accruing before, during or after any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, readjustment of debt, liquidation or dissolution proceeding, and, if interest ceases to accrue by operation of law by reason of any such proceeding, interest which otherwise would have accrued in the absence of such proceeding, whether or not allowed as a claim in such proceeding) on the Notes and any Yield-Maintenance Amount with respect to any of the Notes (collectively, the Guarantied Obligations ). This is a continuing guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the aggregate amount of any Guarantors liability under this Guaranty shall not exceed the maximum amount that such Guarantor can guaranty without violating, or causing this Guaranty or such Guarantors obligations under this Guaranty to be void, voidable or otherwise unenforceable under, any fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer law, including Section 548(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code and (ii) recourse under this Guaranty provided for herein by ADS Worldwide, Inc. and ADS International, Inc. or by any other Foreign Holding Company which becomes a Guarantor hereunder, shall be limited to the Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent by such Foreign Holding Company under the Pledge Agreement. Each Guarantor hereby agrees to pay and indemnify and save each Holder harmless from and against any damage, loss, cost or expense (including attorneys fees and expenses) which such Holder may incur or be subject to as a consequence of endeavoring to enforce this Guaranty or to collect all or any part of the Guarantied Obligations from, or in pursuing any action against, the Company or any other Guarantor or enforcing any rights of any Holder in any security for Guarantied Obligations or the liabilities of any Guarantor hereunder, and any taxes, fees or penalties which may be paid or payable in connection therewith. Notwithstanding any provision of this Guaranty, all covenants, obligations, waivers, and agreements of the Guarantors under this Guaranty shall be joint and several.
Upon an Event of Default, Prudential or any Holder may, at its sole election and without notice, proceed directly and at once against any Guarantor to seek and enforce performance of, and to collect and recover, the Guarantied Obligations, or any portion thereof, without first proceeding against the Company or any other Person or the Collateral any other security for the Guarantied Obligations or for the liability of any such other Person or the Guarantors hereunder. Prudential and each Holder shall have the exclusive right to determine the application of payments and credits, if any, from any Guarantor, the Company or from any other Person on account of the Guarantied Obligations or otherwise. Subject to Section 2E of this Guaranty, this Guaranty and all covenants and agreements of each Guarantor contained herein shall continue in full force and effect and shall not be discharged until such a time as all of the Guarantied Obligations shall be paid in full in cash and no Holder shall have any commitment under the Note Agreement.
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2B. Obligations Unconditional. The obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be continuing, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of (i) the invalidity or unenforceability of the Note Agreement, the Notes, the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments now or hereafter executed or delivered by the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person in connection with the Note Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any provision thereof; (ii) the absence of any attempt by Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent to collect the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof from the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or other action to enforce the same; (iii) any action taken by Prudential or any Holder whether or not authorized by this Guaranty; (iv) any failure by Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent to acquire, perfect or maintain any security interest or lien in, or take any steps to preserve its rights to, any security for the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof or for the liability of such Guarantor hereunder or the liability of the Company, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any or all of the Guarantied Obligations; (v) any defense arising by reason of any disability or other defense (other than a defense of payment, unless the payment on which such defense is based was or is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, otherwise avoided and/or required to be repaid to the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or the estate of any such party, a trustee, receiver or any other Person under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, in which case there shall be no defense of payment with respect to such payment) of the Company or any other Person liable on the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof; (vi) Prudentials, any Holders or the Collateral Agents election, in any proceeding instituted under Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.) (the Bankruptcy Code ), of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; (vii) any borrowing or grant of a security interest to Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent by the Company as debtor-in-possession, or extension of credit, under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code; (viii) the disallowance or avoidance of all or any portion of Prudentials or any Holders claim(s) for repayment of the Guarantied Obligations under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar state law or the avoidance, invalidity or unenforceability of any Lien securing the Guarantied Obligations or the liability of any Guarantor hereunder or under any of the other Transaction Documents or of the Company or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guarantied Obligations; (ix) any amendment to, waiver or modification of, or consent, extension, indulgence or other action or inaction under or in respect of the Note Agreement, the Notes, the other Transaction Documents or any other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments now or hereafter executed or delivered by the Company or any Guarantor or any other guarantor in connection with the Note Agreement (including the issuance of Notes from time to time under the Note Agreement and any increase in the interest rate on the Notes); (x) any change in any provision of any applicable law or regulation; (xi) any order, judgment, writ, award or decree of any court, arbitrator or governmental authority, domestic or foreign, binding on or affecting any Guarantor, the Company or any other guarantor or any of their assets; (xii) the articles of incorporation or articles of organization (as the case may be), or the by-laws or limited liability company agreement (as the case may be) of any Guarantor or the Company or any other guarantor; (xiii) any mortgage, indenture, lease, contract, or other agreement (including any agreement with
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stockholders), instrument or undertaking to which any Guarantor or the Company is a party or which purports to be binding on or affect any such Person or any of its assets; (xiv) any bankruptcy, insolvency, readjustment, composition, liquidation or similar proceeding with respect to the Company, any Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any portion of any Guarantied Obligations or any such Persons property and any failure by Prudential or any Holder to file or enforce a claim against the Company, any Guarantor or any such other Person in any such proceeding; (xv) any failure on the part of the Company for any reason to comply with or perform any of the terms of any other agreement with any Guarantor; or (xvi) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.
2C. Obligations Unimpaired. Prudential, each Holder and the Collateral Agent is authorized, without demand or notice, which demand and notice are hereby waived, and without discharging or otherwise affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder (which shall remain absolute and unconditional notwithstanding any such action or omission to act), from time to time to (i) renew, extend, accelerate or otherwise change the time for payment of, or other terms relating to, the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof, or otherwise modify, amend or change the terms of the Note Agreement, the Notes, any other Transaction Documents or any other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments now or hereafter executed or delivered by the Company, any Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any of the Guarantied Obligations in connection with the Note Agreement; (ii) accept partial payments on the Guarantied Obligations; (iii) take and hold security for the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof or any other liabilities of the Company, the obligations of any Guarantor under this Guaranty and the obligations under any other guaranties and sureties of all or any of the Guarantied Obligations, and exchange, enforce, waive, release, sell, transfer, assign, abandon, fail to perfect, subordinate or otherwise deal with any such security (including the collateral); (iv) apply such security and direct the order or manner of sale thereof as Prudential or any Holder may determine in its sole discretion; (v) settle, release, compromise, collect or otherwise liquidate the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof and any security therefor or guaranty thereof in any manner; (vi) extend additional loans, credit and financial accommodations to the Company and otherwise create additional Guarantied Obligations, including by the purchase of Notes from time to time under the Note Agreement; (vii) waive strict compliance with the terms of the Note Agreement, the Notes, any other Transaction Document or any other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments now or hereafter executed or delivered by the Company, any Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any of the Guarantied Obligations in connection with the Note Agreement and otherwise forbear from asserting Prudentials, any Holders or the Collateral Agents rights and remedies thereunder; (viii) take and hold additional guaranties or sureties and enforce or forbear from enforcing any guaranty or surety of any other guarantor or surety of the Guarantied Obligations, any portion thereof or release or otherwise take any action (or omit to take any action) with respect to any such guarantor or surety; (ix) assign this Guaranty in part or in whole in connection with any assignment of the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof; (x) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company or any Guarantor; and (xi) apply any sums, by whomsoever paid or however realized, to the payment of the Guarantied Obligations as Prudential or any Holder in its sole discretion may determine.
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2D. Waivers of Guarantors. Each Guarantor waives for the benefit of Prudential and the Holders:
(i) any right to require Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor or otherwise to (a) proceed against the Company, any other Guarantor, any other guarantor of the Guarantied Obligations or any other Person, (b) proceed against or exhaust any security given to or held by Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent in connection with the Guarantied Obligations or any other guaranty, or (c) pursue any other remedy available to Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent whatsoever;
(ii) any defense arising by reason of (a) the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Company, including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, (b) the cessation of the liability of the Company from any cause other than indefeasible payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations in cash or (c) any act or omission of Prudential, any Holder, the Collateral Agent or any other Person which directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, results in or aids the discharge or release of the Company or any security given to or held by Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent in connection with the Guarantied Obligations or any other guaranty;
(iii) 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;
(iv) any defense based upon Prudentials, any Holders or the Collateral Agents errors or omissions in the administration of the Guarantied Obligations;
(v) (a) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of this Guaranty and any legal or equitable discharge of such Guarantors obligations hereunder, (b) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting the Guarantied Obligations or such Guarantors liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (c) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (d) promptness, diligence and any requirement that Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent protect, maintain, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto;
(vi) notices (a) of nonperformance or dishonor, (b) of acceptance of this Guaranty by Prudential, any Holder, such Guarantor or any other Guarantor, (c) of default in respect of the Guarantied Obligations or any other guaranty, (d) of the existence, creation or incurrence of new or additional indebtedness, arising either from additional loans extended to the Company or otherwise, including as a result of the issuance of any Notes, (e) that the principal amount, or any portion thereof, and/or any interest or Yield-Maintenance Amount on any document or instrument evidencing all or any part of the Guarantied Obligations is due, (f) of any and all proceedings to collect from the Company, any Guarantor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Guarantied Obligations, or from anyone else, (g) of exchange, sale, surrender or other handling of any security or collateral given to Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent to secure payment of the Guarantied Obligations or any guaranty therefor, (h) of renewal, extension or modification of any of the Guarantied Obligations, (i) of assignment, sale or other transfer of any Note to a Transferee, or (j) of any of the matters referred to in paragraph 2B and any right to consent to any thereof;
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(vii) presentment, demand for payment or performance and protest and notice of protest with respect to the Guarantied Obligations or any guaranty with respect thereto; and
(viii) 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 of this Guaranty.
Each Guarantor agrees that neither Prudential, any Holder nor the Collateral Agent shall be under any obligation to marshall any assets in favor of such Guarantor or against or in payment of any or all of the Guarantied Obligations.
No Guarantor will exercise any rights which it may have acquired by way of subrogation under this Guaranty, by any payment made hereunder or otherwise, or accept any payment on account of such subrogation rights, or any rights of exoneration, reimbursement or indemnity or contribution or any rights or recourse to any security for the Guarantied Obligations or this Guaranty unless at the time of such Guarantors exercise of any such right there shall have been performed and indefeasibly paid in full in cash all of the Guarantied Obligations.
2E. Revival. Each Guarantor agrees that, if any payment made by the Company or any other Person is applied to the Guarantied Obligations and is at any time annulled, set aside, rescinded, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or otherwise required to be refunded or repaid, or the proceeds of the Collateral or any other security are required to be returned by Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent to the Company, its estate, trustee, receiver or any other Person, including such Guarantor, under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, then, to the extent of such payment or repayment, such Guarantors liability hereunder (and any lien, security interest or other collateral securing such liability) shall be and remain in full force and effect, as fully as if such payment had never been made, or, if prior thereto this Guaranty shall have been canceled or surrendered (and if any lien, security interest or other collateral securing such Guarantors liability hereunder shall have been released or terminated by virtue of such cancellation or surrender), this Guaranty (and such lien, security interest or other collateral) shall be reinstated and returned in full force and effect, and such prior cancellation or surrender shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of such Guarantor in respect of the amount of such payment (or any lien, security interest or other collateral securing such obligation). The provisions of this paragraph 2E shall survive termination of the covenants and agreements of each Guarantor contained in this Guaranty.
2F. Obligation to Keep Informed. Each Guarantor shall be responsible for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Company and any other Persons primarily or secondarily liable on the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guarantied Obligations or any portion thereof, and each Guarantor agrees that neither Prudential nor any Holder shall have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to Prudential or such Holder regarding such condition or any such circumstance. If Prudential or any Holder, in its discretion, undertakes at
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any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any Guarantor, neither Prudential nor such Holder shall be under any obligation (i) to undertake any investigation, whether or not a part of its regular business routine, (ii) to disclose any information which Prudential or such Holder wishes to maintain confidential, or (iii) to make any other or future disclosures of such information or any other information to any Guarantor.
2G. Bankruptcy. If any Event of Default specified in clauses (vii), (viii) (ix), (x) or (xi) of paragraph 7A of the Note Agreement shall occur and be continuing, then each Guarantor agrees to immediately pay to the Holders the full outstanding amount of the Guarantied Obligations without notice.
3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
Each Guarantor represents, covenants and warrants as follows:
3A. Organization. Such Guarantor is a company duly organized and existing in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has been duly qualified or been duly licensed, and is authorized to do business and is in good standing in, each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary and in which the failure to be so qualified or licensed could be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
3B. Power and Authority. Such Guarantor has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power to own or hold under lease and operate its properties which it purports to own or holder under lease and to conduct its business as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted. Such Guarantor has all requisite corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, power to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Guaranty. The execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty have been duly authorized by all requisite action and this Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered by authorized officers of such Guarantor and are valid obligations of such Guarantor, legally binding upon and enforceable against such Guarantor in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
3C. Conflicting Agreements and Other Matters. Such Guarantor is not a party to any contract or agreement or subject to any charter, by law, limited liability company operating agreement, partnership agreement or other corporate, limited liability company or partnership restriction which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty, the offering, issuance and sale of the Notes, and the performance of the terms and provisions hereof will not conflict with, or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in any violation of, or result in the creation of any Lien, other than Liens created pursuant to the Collateral Documents, upon any of the properties or assets of such Guarantor pursuant to, the certificate of incorporation or articles of organization (as the case may be), the charter, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement or partnership agreement of such Guarantor, any award of
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any arbitrator or any agreement (including any agreement with stockholders, members or partners), instrument, order, judgment, decree, statute, law, rule or regulation to which such Guarantor is subject. Such Guarantor is not is a party to, or otherwise subject to any provision contained in any instrument evidencing any Indebtedness of such Guarantor, any agreement relating thereto or any other contract or agreement (including its charter, by-laws, limited liability company operating agreement or partnership agreement) which limits the amount of, or otherwise imposes restrictions on the incurring of, obligations of such Guarantor of the type to be evidenced by this Guaranty except as set forth in the agreements listed in Schedule 8G attached to the Note Agreement (as such Schedule 8G may have been modified from time to time by written supplements thereto delivered by the Company and accepted in writing by Prudential).
3D. ERISA. The execution and delivery of this Guaranty will be exempt from, or will not involve any transaction which is subject to, the prohibitions of section 406 of ERISA and will not involve any transaction in connection with which a penalty could be imposed under section 502(i) of ERISA or a tax could be imposed pursuant to section 4975 of the Code. The representation by such Guarantor in the next preceding sentence is made in reliance upon and subject to the accuracy of each Purchasers representation in paragraph 9B of the Note Agreement.
3E. Governmental Consent. Neither the nature of such Guarantor nor any of its businesses or properties, nor any relationship between such Guarantor and any other Person, nor any circumstance in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Guaranty, nor the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Notes is such as to require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to or filing with any court or administrative or governmental body is such as to require any authorization, consent, approval, exemption or other action by or notice to or filing with any court or administrative or governmental body (other than routine filings after the Restatement Date with the Securities and Exchange Commission and/or state Blue Sky authorities) and other than the filings and recordings necessary to perfect the Liens in the Collateral intended to be created by the Collateral Documents described in Schedule 8K to the Note Agreement in connection with the execution and delivery of this Guaranty or the other Transaction Documents, the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Notes or fulfillment of or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or the other Transaction Documents or of the Notes.
3F. Regulatory Status. Such Guarantor is not (i) an investment company or a company controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or an investment adviser within the meaning of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, (ii) a holding company or a subsidiary company or an affiliate of a holding company or of a subsidiary company of a holding company, within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended, or (iii) a public utility within the meaning of the Federal Power Act, as amended. Such Guarantor is not subject to regulation as a public utility (or any analogous term) under any state or local law or subject to regulation under the ICC Termination Act of 1995, as amended.
3G. Actions by the Guarantor. Each Guarantor covenants that it will not take any action that would directly or indirectly result in an Event of Default or Default.
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4. MISCELLANEOUS.
4A. Successors, Assigns and Participants. This Guaranty shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of Prudential and each Holder and their respective successors, transferees and assigns; all references herein to each Guarantor shall be deemed to include its successors and assigns, and all references herein to Prudential or any Holder shall be deemed to include their respective successors and assigns. This Guaranty shall be enforceable by Prudential and each Holder and any of Prudentials or such Holders successors, assigns and participants, and any such successors and assigns shall have the same rights and benefits with respect to each Guarantor under this Guaranty as Prudential or such Holder hereunder.
4B. Consent to Amendments. This Guaranty may be amended, and each Guarantor may take any action herein prohibited, or omit to perform any act herein required to be performed by it, if such Guarantor shall obtain the written consent to such amendment, action or omission to act, of the Required Holder(s) of the Notes, except that, without the written consent of all of the Holders, (i) no amendment to or waiver of the provisions of this Guaranty shall change or affect the provisions of this paragraph 4B insofar as such provisions relate to proportions of the principal amount of the Notes, or the rights of any individual Holder, required with respect to any consent, (ii) no Guarantor shall be released from this Guaranty, and (iii) no amendment, consent or waiver with respect to paragraph 2A or the definition of Guarantied Obligations (except to add additional obligations of the Company) shall be effective. Each Holder at the time or thereafter outstanding shall be bound by any consent authorized by this paragraph 4B, whether or not the Notes held by such Holder shall have been marked to indicate such consent, but any Notes issued thereafter may bear a notation referring to any such consent. No course of dealing between any Guarantor and Prudential, any Holder or the Collateral Agent nor any delay in exercising any rights hereunder or under any Note shall operate as a waiver of any rights of Prudential or any Holder. As used herein, the term this Guaranty and references thereto shall mean this Guaranty as it may from time to time be amended or supplemented. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Guaranty may be amended by the addition of additional Guarantors pursuant to a Guaranty Joinder in the form of Exhibit A hereto without any consent by any Guarantor, Prudential or any Holder.
4C. Survival of Representations and Warranties; Entire Agreement. All representations and warranties contained herein or made in writing by or on behalf of each Guarantor in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Guaranty, the transfer by any Holder of any Note or portion thereof or interest therein and the payment of any Note, and may be relied upon by any Transferee, regardless of any investigation made at any time by or on behalf of Prudential, any Holder or any Transferee. Subject to the two preceding sentences, this Guaranty embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof.
4D. Notices. All written communications provided for hereunder shall be sent by first class mail or telegraphic notice or nationwide overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid) or by hand delivery or telecopy and addressed:
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(i) in the case of any Guarantor, to:
c/o Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio
43026-2438
(ii) in the case of Prudential or any Holder, to the address specified for notices to Prudential or such Holder under the Note Agreement;
or, in either case, at such other address as shall be designated by such Person in a written notice to the other parties hereto.
4E. Descriptive Headings; Advice of Counsel; Interpretation. The descriptive headings of the several sections of this Guaranty are inserted for convenience only and do not constitute a part of this Guaranty. Each Guarantor represents to Prudential and the Holders that such Guarantor has been represented by counsel in connection with this Guaranty, that such Guarantor has discussed this Guaranty with its counsel and that any and all issues with respect to this Guaranty have been resolved as set forth herein. No provision of this Guaranty shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of Prudential or any Holder by any court or other governmental or judicial authority by reason of Prudential or such Holder having or being deemed to have structured, drafted or dictated such provision.
4F. Satisfaction Requirement. If any agreement, certificate or other writing, or any action taken or to be taken, is by the terms of this Guaranty required to be satisfactory to Prudential, any Holder or the Required Holder(s) of the Notes, the determination of such satisfaction shall be made by Prudential, such Holder or such Required Holder(s), as the case may be, in the sole and exclusive judgment (exercised in good faith) of the Person or Persons making such determination.
4G. Governing Law. THIS GUARANTY SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS GUARANTY OR IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY (WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS GUARANTY TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, OR THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES TO BE GOVERNED BY, THE LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION).
4H. Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Guaranty may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Guaranty to produce or account for more than one such counterpart. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Guaranty.
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4I. Counsels Opinion. Each Guarantor authorizes the counsel referred to in paragraph 3C of the Note Agreement to deliver the opinion referred to in such paragraph.
4J. SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS GUARANTY, EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS, UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. EACH GUARANTOR FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN PARAGRAPH 4D(i), SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE UPON RECEIPT. EACH GUARANTOR AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION BY SUIT ON SUCH JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF PRUDENTIAL OR ANY HOLDER TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY GUARANTOR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY BROUGHT IN ANY OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE EXTENT THAT ANY GUARANTOR HAS OR MAY HEREAFTER ACQUIRE IMMUNITY FROM JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OF NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, SUCH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS GUARANTY. EACH GUARANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (INCLUDING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES RELATING THERETO, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT OR TORT).
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4K. Independence of Covenants; Beneficiaries of Covenants. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is prohibited by any one of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or otherwise be in compliance 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 such condition exists. The covenants contained in this Guaranty are intended to be only for the benefit of Prudential, the Purchasers and the holders from time of the Notes, and their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any Transferee), and are not intended to be for the benefit of or enforceable by any other Person.
4L. Severability. Any provision of this Guaranty which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
4M. Contribution with Respect to Guaranty Obligations. At all times when there is more than one Guarantor party hereto, each Guarantor party hereto agrees as follows:
(i) To the extent any Guarantor shall make a payment of all or any of the Guarantied Obligations (a Guarantor Payment ) that exceeds the amount that such Guarantor would otherwise have paid, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Guarantor, if each Guarantor had paid the aggregate Guarantied Obligations satisfied by all such Guarantor Payments in the same proportion that such Guarantors Allocable Amount (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of all Guarantors (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment), then, after the Guarantied Obligations shall be indefeasibly paid in full in cash and no Holder shall have any commitment under the Note Agreement, such Guarantor shall be entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from and be reimbursed by each other Guarantor for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.
(ii) As of any date of determination, the Allocable Amount of any Guarantor shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim that could then be recovered from such Guarantor under this Section 4M without rendering such claim void, voidable or otherwise unenforceable under, any fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer law, including Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code.
(iii) This Section 4M is intended only to define the relative rights of Guarantors, and nothing in this Section 4M is intended to or shall impair the obligations of Guarantors, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with this Guaranty.
(iv) The rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Guarantor to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.
(v) The rights of the indemnifying Guarantors against other Guarantors under this Section 4M shall be exercisable once the Guarantied Obligations shall be indefeasibly paid in full in cash and no Holder shall have any commitment under the Note Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Guarantor has caused this Guaranty Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
HANCOR, INC. | ||
STORMTECH LLC | ||
By: |
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Name: Joseph A. Chlapaty | ||
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
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GUARANTOR SCHEDULE
Hancor Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation
Hancor, Inc., an Ohio corporation
StormTech LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT TO GUARANTY AGREEMENT]
JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. TO GUARANTY AGREEMENT
RE: ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
This Joinder Agreement is made as of , in favor of PGIM, Inc. ( Prudential ) and the Holders (as such term is defined in the Guaranty, as hereinafter defined).
A. Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement made as of June 22, 2017 (as supplemented, amended, restated or consolidated from time to time, the Guaranty ) by certain Persons in favor of Prudential and the Holders, under which such Persons have guaranteed to Prudential and the Holders the due payment and performance by Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. a Delaware corporation ( the Company ) of the Guarantied Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty).
B. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Joinder Agreement have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Guaranty, including the definitions of terms incorporated in the Guaranty by reference to other agreements.
C. Section 4B of the Guaranty provides that additional Persons may from time to time after the date of the Guaranty become Guarantors under the Guaranty by executing and delivering to Prudential and the Holders a supplemental agreement to the Guaranty in the form of this Joinder Agreement.
For valuable consideration, each of the undersigned (each a New Guarantor ) severally (and not jointly, or jointly and severally) agrees as follows:
1. Each of the New Guarantors has received a copy of, and has reviewed, the Guaranty and the Transaction Documents in existence on the date of this Joinder Agreement and is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to Prudential and the Holders pursuant to paragraph 4B of the Guaranty.
2. Effective from and after the date this Joinder Agreement is executed and delivered to Prudential and the Holders by any one of the New Guarantors (and irrespective of whether this Joinder Agreement has been executed and delivered by any other Person), such New Guarantor is, and shall be deemed for all purposes to be, a Guarantor under the Guaranty with the same force and effect, and subject to the same agreements, representations, guarantees, indemnities, liabilities and obligations, as if such New Guarantor was, effective as of the date of this Joinder Agreement, an original signatory to the Guaranty as a Guarantor. In furtherance of the foregoing, each of the New Guarantors jointly and severally guarantees to Prudential and the Holders in accordance with the provisions of the Guaranty the due and punctual payment and performance in full of each of the Guarantied Obligations as each such Guarantied Obligation becomes due from time to time (whether because of maturity, default, demand, acceleration or otherwise) and understands, agrees and confirms that Prudential and the Holders may enforce the Guaranty and this Joinder Agreement against such New Guarantor for the benefit of Prudential
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and the Holders up to the full amount of the Guarantied Obligations without proceeding against any other Guarantor, the Company, any other Person, or any collateral securing the Guarantied Obligations; provided, however, with respect to any Foreign Holding Company which is a Guarantor hereunder, recourse against any such Foreign Holding Company shall be limited to the Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent by such Foreign Holding Company under the Pledge Agreement. The terms and provisions of the Guaranty are incorporated by reference in this Joinder Agreement.
3. Upon this Joinder Agreement bearing the signature of any Person claiming to have authority to bind any New Guarantor coming into the hands of Prudential or any Holder, and irrespective of whether this Joinder Agreement or the Guaranty has been executed by any other Person, this Joinder Agreement will be deemed to be finally and irrevocably executed and delivered by, and be effective and binding on, and enforceable against, such New Guarantor free from any promise or condition affecting or limiting the liabilities of such New Guarantor and such New Guarantor shall be, and shall be deemed for all purposes to be, a Guarantor under the Guaranty. No statement, representation, agreement or promise by any officer, employee or agent of Prudential or any Holder forms any part of this Joinder Agreement or the Guaranty or has induced the making of this Joinder Agreement or the Guaranty by any of the New Guarantors or in any way affects any of the obligations or liabilities of any of the New Guarantors in respect of the Guarantied Obligations.
4. This Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts. Each executed counterpart shall be deemed to be an original and all counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same Joinder Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Joinder Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.
5. This Joinder Agreement is a contract made under, and will for all purposes be governed by and interpreted and enforced according to, the internal laws of the State of New York excluding any conflict of laws rule or principle which might refer these matters to the laws of another jurisdiction.
6. This Joinder Agreement and the Guaranty shall be binding upon each of the New Guarantors and the successors of each of the New Guarantors. None of the New Guarantors may assign any of its obligations or liabilities in respect of the Guarantied Obligations.
IN WITNESS OF WHICH this Joinder Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the New Guarantors as of the date indicated on the first page of this Joinder Agreement.
[NEW GUARANTOR] | ||
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
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EXHIBIT E-2
[Form of Confirmation of Guaranty Agreement]
CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT
THIS CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY AGREEMENT (this Confirmation ) is entered into on a joint and several basis by each of the undersigned (which parties are hereinafter referred to individually as a Guarantor and collectively as the Guarantors ) in favor of the holders of the Notes (as defined below) from time to time (the Holders ).
WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors is a direct or indirect Subsidiary of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (the Company );
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into that certain Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, between the Company, on one hand, and PGIM, Inc., and each Prudential Affiliate from time to time party thereto, on the other hand (the Note Agreement ), pursuant to which the Company may have outstanding promissory notes in the aggregate principal amount of up to $175,000,000, from time to time (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Shelf Note or, Notes );
WHEREAS, the Guarantors have guarantied the obligations of the Company under the Note Agreement and the Notes pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, made by certain of the undersigned[, and joined by certain of the undersigned pursuant to that certain Joinder Agreement dated as of ], in favor of each holder (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Guaranty ). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given in the Guaranty;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Request for Purchase dated as of and that certain Confirmation of Acceptance dated as of , the Company will issue and certain Prudential Affiliates (the Series Purchasers ) will purchase the Companys % Series Senior Notes Due (the Series Notes );
WHEREAS, each Guarantor will benefit from the proceeds of the issuance of the Series Notes; and
WHEREAS, the Holders have required as a condition to the effectiveness of the Series Purchasers obligation to purchase the Series Notes that each of the Guarantors execute and deliver this Confirmation and reaffirm that the Guaranty secures and guarantees the liabilities and obligations of the Company under the Series Notes.
NOW, THEREFORE , in order to induce, and in consideration of, the purchase of the Series Notes by the Series Purchasers, each Guarantor hereby, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees with, and represents and warrants to, each of the Series Purchasers and each Holder from time to time of the Notes as follows:
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1. Confirmation . Each Guarantor, hereby ratifies and reaffirms all of its payment and performance obligations, contingent or otherwise, under the Guaranty, and confirms and agrees that each reference in the Guaranty to the Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Guaranty) is construed to hereafter include the Series Notes. Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Guaranty remains in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and confirms that it intends that the Guaranty will continue to secure, to the fullest extent provided thereby, the payment and performance of all Guarantied Obligations, including, without limitation, the payment and performance of the Series Notes. Each Guarantor confirms and agrees that, with respect to the Guaranty, each and every covenant, condition, obligation, representation (except those representations which relate only to a specific date, which are confirmed as of such date only), warranty and provision set forth therein is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects; provided, however, with respect to any Foreign Holding Company which is a Guarantor hereunder, recourse against any such Foreign Holding Company shall be limited to the Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent by such Foreign Holding Company under the Pledge Agreement.
2. Successors and Assigns . All covenants and other agreements contained in this Confirmation by or on behalf of any of the parties hereto bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns (including, without limitation, any subsequent Holder of a Note) whether so expressed or not.
3. No Waiver . The execution of this Confirmation shall not operate as a novation, waiver of any right, power or remedy of Prudential or any holder, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Note Purchase Agreement or any Note.
4. Governing Law . This Confirmation shall be construed and enforced in accordance with, and the rights of the parties under this Confirmation or in connection with any claims or disputes arising out of or relating to this Confirmation (whether sounding in contract or tort) shall be governed by, the law of the State of New York excluding choice-of-law principles of the law of such State that would require the application of the laws of a jurisdiction other than such State.
5. Severability . Any provision of this Confirmation that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall (to the full extent permitted by law) not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
6. Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures . This Confirmation may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. Each counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof, each signed by less than all, but together signed by all, of the parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Confirmation by facsimile or electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Confirmation.
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7. Section Headings . The section headings herein are for convenience of reference only, and shall not affect in any way the interpretation of any of the provisions hereof.
8. Authorization . Each Guarantor is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Confirmation, and, is and will continue to be duly authorized to perform its obligations under the Guaranty.
9. No Defenses . Each Guarantor hereby represents and warrants to, and covenants that, as of the date hereof, (a) such Guarantor has no defenses, offsets or counterclaims of any kind or nature whatsoever against Prudential or any Holder with respect to the Guarantied Obligations, or any action previously taken or not taken by Prudential or any holder with respect thereto, and (b) Prudential and each Holder has fully performed all obligations to such Guarantor which it may have had or has on and as of the date hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , this Confirmation of Guaranty Agreement has been duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
[GUARANTORS]
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EXHIBIT F
[FORM OF OPINION OF COMPANYS AND GUARANTORS COUNSEL
(RESTATEMENT DATE)]
June 22, 2017
PGIM, Inc. ( Prudential )
and
The Prudential Insurance Company of America
Prudential Retirement Insurance and Annuity Company
Pruco Life Insurance Company (collectively, the Existing Holders )
c/o Prudential Capital Group
Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Re: Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation ( ADS ), StormTech LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( StormTech ), Hancor Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation ( HHC ) and Hancor, Inc., an Ohio corporation ( Hancor ) in connection with the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Note Agreement ), between ADS, on the one hand, and Prudential, the Existing Holders and each other Prudential Affiliate which becomes bound by certain provisions thereof as provided therein (collectively, with the Existing Holders, the Purchasers ), on the other hand, pursuant to which (i) the Existing Notes are deemed to be issued and outstanding thereunder and (ii) ADS may issue additional Shelf Notes from time to time. ADS, StormTech, HHC and Hancor are sometimes referred to herein individually as a Transaction Party and collectively as the Transaction Parties . ADS, StormTech and HHC are sometimes referred to herein individually as a Delaware Transaction Party and collectively as the Delaware Transaction Parties . The Transaction Parties other than ADS are sometimes referred to herein individually as a Guarantor and collectively as the Guarantors .
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This opinion letter is delivered to you pursuant to paragraph 3A(c) of the Note Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Note Agreement. The Uniform Commercial Code, as amended and in effect in the State of Ohio on the date hereof, is referred to herein as the OH UCC . The Uniform Commercial Code, as amended and in effect in the State of Delaware on the date hereof, is referred to herein as the Del. UCC . The OH UCC and the Del. UCC are referred to herein, collectively, as the UCC . With your permission, all assumptions and statements of reliance herein have been made without any independent investigation or verification on our part except to the extent, if any, otherwise expressly stated, and we express no opinion with respect to the subject matter or accuracy of the assumptions or items upon which we have relied.
In connection with the opinions expressed herein, we have examined such resolutions, shareholder or member actions, other documents, records, and matters of law as we have deemed necessary for the purposes of such opinions. We have examined, among other documents, the following:
1. an executed copy of the Note Agreement;
2. an executed copy of the Amended and Restated Guaranty Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Guaranty Agreement ), executed by each of the Guarantors in favor of the Purchasers;
3. an executed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Security Agreement ), executed by each of the Transaction Parties in favor of PNC Bank, National Association, as collateral agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent );
4. an executed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Pledge Agreement ), executed by each of the Transaction Parties in favor of the Collateral Agent;
5. an executed copy of the Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Intercompany Subordination Agreement ), executed by each of the Transaction Parties in favor of Prudential and the Purchasers;
6. an executed copy of the Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Intercreditor Agreement ), executed by each of the Transaction Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent and the Senior Noteholders (2017) (as each such term is more particularly identified and described in the Intercreditor Agreement);
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7. the Officers Certificate of each Transaction Party delivered to us in connection with this opinion letter, the form of each of which is attached hereto as Exhibits A-1 through A-4 (as to each such Transaction Party, the Officers Certificate );
8. an unfiled copy of a financing statement naming ADS as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party (the ADS Financing Statement ), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-1 , which ADS Financing Statement we understand will be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (such office, the Delaware Filing Office );
9. an unfiled copy of a financing statement naming StormTech as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party (the StormTech Financing Statement ), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-2 , which StormTech Financing Statement we understand will be filed in the Delaware Filing Office;
10. an unfiled copy of a financing statement naming HHC as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party (the HHC Financing Statement and, collectively with the ADS Financing Statement and the StormTech Financing Statement, the Delaware Financing Statements ), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-3 , which HHC Financing Statement we understand will be filed in the Delaware Filing Office;
11. an unfiled copy of a financing statement naming Hancor as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party (the Ohio Financing Statement and, together with the Delaware Financing Statements, the Financing Statements ), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B-4 , which Ohio Financing Statement we understand will be filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio (such office, the Ohio Filing Office );
12. a copy of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of ADS, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 6, 2017 (the ADS Organizational Document );
13. a copy of the Certificate of Formation of StormTech, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 6, 2017 (the StormTech Organizational Document )
14. a copy of the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of HHC, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 6, 2017 (the HHC Organizational Document ; and, collectively with the ADS Organizational Document and the StormTech Organizational Document, the Delaware Organizational Documents );
15. a copy of the Amended Articles of Incorporation of Hancor, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio on June 6, 2017 (the Ohio Organizational Document );
16. a copy of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of ADS (the ADS Governing Document ), certified to us by the Secretary of ADS as being complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
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17. a copy of the Limited Liability Company Agreement of StormTech (the StormTech Governing Document ), certified to us by the Secretary of StormTech as being complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
18. a copy of the Amended Bylaws of HHC (the HHC Governing Document and, collectively with the ADS Governing Document and the StormTech Governing Document, the Delaware Governing Documents ), certified to us by the Secretary of HHC as being complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
19. a copy of the Amended and Restated Code of Regulations of Hancor (the Ohio Governing Document ), certified to us by the Secretary of Hancor as being complete and correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
20. copies of certificates, each dated June 1, 2017, of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, as to the good standing of each Delaware Transaction Party in the State of Delaware as of such date (collectively, the Delaware Good Standing Certificates );
21. a copy of the certificate, dated June 1, 2017, of the Secretary of State of the State of Ohio, as to the good standing of Hancor in the State of Ohio as of such date (the Ohio Good Standing Certificate ; and together with the Delaware Good Standing Certificates, the Good Standing Certificates );
22. a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of ADS adopted by written consent as of June 15, 2017 authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents (defined below) to which ADS is a party, certified by the Secretary of ADS as being true, complete, correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
23. a copy of the resolutions of the board of managers of StormTech adopted by written consent as of June 22, 2017 authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which StormTech is a party, certified by the Secretary of StormTech as being true, complete, correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof;
24. a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of HHC adopted by written consent as of June 22, 2017 authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which HHC is a party, certified by the Secretary of HHC as being true, complete, correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof; and
25. a copy of the resolutions of the board of directors of Hancor adopted by written consent as of June 22, 2017 authorizing its execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which Hancor is a party, certified by the Secretary of Hancor as being true, complete, correct and in full force and effect as of the date hereof.
The documents referred to in items (1) through (6) above, inclusive, are referred to herein collectively as the Transaction Documents , and the documents referred to in items (3) and (4) are referred to herein collectively as the Security Documents . As used herein, security interest means security interest as defined in Section 1-201(37) of the OH UCC.
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In all such examinations, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons executing documents, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of original and certified documents and the conformity to original or certified copies of all copies submitted to us as conformed or reproduction copies. As to various questions of fact relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon, and assume the accuracy of, recitals, representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents and certificates and oral or written statements and other information of or from representatives of the Transaction Parties and others and assume compliance on the part of the Transaction Parties with their covenants and agreements contained therein.
In connection with the opinions expressed in paragraph (a) below, we have relied solely upon certificates of public officials as to the factual matters and legal conclusions set forth therein. With respect to the opinions expressed in clauses (i) and (iii) of paragraph (b) below, clause (ii) of paragraph (c) below and clause (ii)(A) of paragraph (d) below, our opinions are limited (x) to our actual knowledge, if any, of the specially regulated business activities and properties of the Transaction Parties based solely upon an Officers Certificate in respect of such matters and without any independent investigation or verification on our part and (y) to only those laws and regulations that, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
a. Each Delaware Transaction Party is a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Hancor is a corporation existing in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio.
b. Each Transaction Party has the corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority (i) to conduct its business substantially as described in the Officers Certificate of such Transaction Party, (ii) to enter into and to incur and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (iii) to own and operate its assets and properties and conduct its business substantially as presently conducted, operated and owned.
c. The execution and delivery to the Collateral Agent, Prudential, the Purchasers or any other party, as applicable, by each of the Transaction Parties of the Transaction Documents, in each case to which it is a party, and the performance by each such Transaction Party of its obligations thereunder, and the granting by each such Transaction Party of the security interests provided for in the Security Documents, (i) have been authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action by such Transaction Party and (ii) do not require under present law or present regulation of any governmental agency or authority of the State of Ohio, the State of New York, the United States of America, or, with respect to the Delaware Transaction Parties only,
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under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL ) or the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware (the DLLCA ), as applicable, any filing or registration by such Transaction Party with, or approval or consent to such Transaction Party of, any governmental agency or authority of the State of Ohio, the State of New York, the United States of America or, with respect to the Delaware Transaction Parties only, as specifically required by the DGCL or DLLCA, as applicable, that has not been made or obtained except (w) those required in the ordinary course of business in connection with the performance by such Transaction Party of its obligations under certain covenants contained in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, (x) those required to perfect security interests, if any, granted by such Transaction Party thereunder, (y) those required pursuant to securities and other laws that may be applicable to the disposition of any collateral subject thereto and (z) filings, registrations, consents or approvals in each case not required to be made or obtained by the date hereof.
d. The execution and delivery to the Collateral Agent, Prudential, the Purchasers or any other party, as applicable by each of the Transaction Parties of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, and the performance by each such Transaction Party of its obligations thereunder, and the granting by each such Transaction Party of the security interests provided for in the Security Documents, (i) (A) in the case of any Delaware Transaction Party, do not contravene any provision of any Delaware Organizational Document or Delaware Governing Document of such Delaware Transaction Party and (B) in the case of Hancor, do not contravene any provision of the Ohio Organizational Document or Ohio Governing Document, (ii) do not violate (A) any present law, or present regulation of any governmental agency or authority, of the State of Ohio, the State of New York, the DGCL or DLLCA, as applicable (with regard to the Delaware Transaction Parties or their property only), or the United States of America, applicable to such Transaction Party or its property, or (B) any agreement binding upon such Transaction Party or its property that is listed on Annex I to the Officers Certificate or any court decree or order binding upon such Transaction Party or its property that is listed on Annex II to the Officers Certificate (this opinion being limited in that we express no opinion with respect to any violation not readily ascertainable from the face of any such agreement, decree or order, or arising under or based upon any cross default provision insofar as it relates to a default under an agreement not so identified to us, or arising under or based upon any covenant of a financial or numerical nature or requiring computation) and (iii) will not result in or require the creation or imposition of any security interest or lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the provisions of any agreement binding upon such Transaction Party or its properties that is listed on Annex I to the Officers Certificate other than any security interests or liens created by the Transaction Documents and any other security interests or liens in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement) arising under any of the Transaction Documents or applicable law.
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e. Each Transaction Document to which each Transaction Party is a party has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Transaction Party.
f. Each Transaction Document constitutes a valid and binding obligation of each Transaction Party signatory thereto enforceable against such Transaction Party in accordance with its terms.
g. [Reserved].
h. No Transaction Party is required to register as an investment company (under, and as defined in, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act )) and is not is a company controlled by a company required to register as such under the 1940 Act.
i. The Security Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Security Agreement), as security for the Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement), a security interest in the right, title and interest of each Transaction Party in the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) to which Article 9 of the OH UCC is applicable (the Security Agreement Article 9 Collateral ).
j. The Pledge Agreement creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), as security for the Senior Secured Obligations, a security interest in the right, title and interest of each Transaction Party party thereto in the Pledged Collateral (as defined in the Pledge Agreement) to which Article 9 of the OH UCC is applicable (the Pledge Agreement Article 9 Collateral ; and together with the Security Agreement Article 9 Collateral, the Article 9 Collateral ).
k. Upon the effective filing of the Ohio Financing Statement with the Ohio Filing Office, the Collateral Agent will have, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest against Hancor in that portion of Hancors Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing an initial financing statement with the Ohio Filing Office under the OH UCC (the Ohio Filing Collateral ). We express no opinion as to the priority of any security interest of any person identified above in the Ohio Filing Collateral and we note, without expressing any opinion as to the issue, that the priority of a security interest in the Ohio Filing Collateral may be governed by laws other than the OH UCC (including, without limitation, the laws of jurisdictions other than the State of Ohio) even if perfection of a security interest in the Ohio Filing Collateral is governed by the OH UCC.
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l. Upon the effective filing of the Delaware Financing Statements with the Delaware Filing Office, the Collateral Agent will have, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected security interest against the Delaware Transaction Parties in that portion of each Delaware Transaction Partys Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing an initial financing statement with the Delaware Filing Office under the Del. UCC (the Delaware Filing Collateral ). We express no opinion as to the priority of any security interest of any person identified above in the Delaware Filing Collateral and we note, without expressing any opinion as to the issue, that the priority of a security interest in the Delaware Filing Collateral may be governed by laws other than the Del. UCC (including, without limitation, the laws of jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware) even if perfection of a security interest in the Delaware Filing Collateral is governed by the Del. UCC.
m. The Pledge Agreement, together with physical delivery of the certificates representing the shares of stock of each entity listed on Exhibit C hereto (collectively, the Pledged Entities ) identified on Schedule A to the Pledge Agreement (the Pledged Equity Interests ) to the Collateral Agent in the State of Ohio, accompanied by undated stock powers with respect to such Pledged Equity Interests duly indorsed in blank by an effective indorsement, creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined in the Pledge Agreement), as security for the Senior Secured Obligations, a perfected security interest under the OH UCC in each of ADS, HHC and Hancor, as the case may be, in the Pledged Equity Interests issued by each Pledged Entity, as the case may be, while the Pledged Equity Interests are located in the State of Ohio and in the possession of the Collateral Agent. Assuming that neither the Collateral Agent nor any other Secured Party has notice of any adverse claim to such Pledged Equity Interest and that the security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties is perfected as described above, the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties will acquire its security interest in such Pledged Equity Interests free of any adverse claim.
To Our Actual Knowledge there are no legal proceedings (i) pending before any court or arbitration tribunal or (ii) overtly threatened in writing, in each case, against any Transaction Party that seek to enjoin or otherwise interfere directly with the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than the legal proceedings, if any, disclosed in the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, any schedules or exhibits thereto. For purposes of this paragraph, Actual Knowledge means, with respect to any person, the conscious awareness of facts by such person; Our Actual Knowledge means the Actual Knowledge of any lawyer included in the Covered Lawyer Group; and the Covered Lawyer Group means lawyers currently at Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP who have been actively involved in negotiating the Transaction Documents (including the disclosure schedules attached thereto) and the transactions contemplated thereby or preparing this opinion letter and the certificates attached hereto. In making the foregoing statements, we have inquired as to the Actual Knowledge of the lawyers included in the Covered Lawyer Group with respect to the existence of the legal
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proceedings described above and we have relied on, and assumed the accuracy of, representations and warranties contained in the Transaction Documents and certificates and oral or written statements and other information of or from officers or other representatives of the Transaction Parties. We have not, however, made any review, search or investigation of any public or private records or files, including, without limitation, litigation dockets or other records or files of the Transaction Parties or of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications and limitations:
A. Our opinions in paragraph (f) above are subject to (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent transfer and conveyance, voidable preference, moratorium, receivership, conservatorship, arrangement or similar laws, and related regulations and judicial doctrines, from time to time in effect affecting creditors rights and remedies generally, (ii) general principles of equity (including, without limitation, standards of materiality, good faith, fair dealing and reasonableness, equitable defenses, the exercise of judicial discretion and limits on the availability of equitable remedies, including without limitation specific performance), whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, (iii) defenses arising from actions by a party seeking enforcement which may be unconscionable, inequitable or unreasonable or from the passage of time, and (iv) the qualification that certain provisions of the Transaction Documents may be unenforceable in whole or in part under the laws (including judicial decisions) of the State of New York, the State of Ohio or the United States of America, but the inclusion of such provisions does not make the remedies afforded by the Transaction Documents inadequate for the practical realization of the principal benefits provided by the Transaction Documents, in each case subject to the other qualifications contained in this letter.
B. We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any provision in the Transaction Documents:
(i) providing that any person or entity may sell or otherwise dispose of, or purchase, any collateral subject thereto, or enforce any other right or remedy with respect to collateral subject thereto (including without limitation any self-help or taking-possession remedy), except in compliance with the OH UCC, the Del. UCC and other applicable laws;
(ii) establishing standards for the performance of the obligations of good faith, diligence, reasonableness and care prescribed by the OH UCC or establishing standards measuring fulfillment of rights and duties other than as permitted by Section 9-603 of the OH UCC;
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(iii) relating to indemnification, contribution or exculpation in connection with violations of any securities laws or statutory duties or public policy, or in connection with willful, reckless or unlawful acts or gross negligence of the indemnified or exculpated party or the party receiving contribution;
(iv) providing that any person or entity may exercise set-off rights other than in accordance with and pursuant to applicable law;
(v) relating to choice of governing law in any Transaction Document;
(vi) waiving any rights to trial by jury;
(vii) waiving any rights to consequential damages;
(viii) purporting to confer, or constituting an agreement with respect to, subject matter jurisdiction of United States federal courts to adjudicate any matter;
(ix) purporting to create a trust or other fiduciary relationship;
(x) specifying that provisions thereof may be waived only in writing, to the extent that an oral agreement or an implied agreement by trade practice or course of conduct has been created that modifies any provision of such Transaction Documents;
(xi) giving any person or entity the power to accelerate obligations or to foreclose upon collateral without any notice to the obligor;
(xii) purporting to grant a power to confess judgment;
(xiii) providing for the performance by any guarantor of any of the nonmonetary obligations of any person or entity not controlled by such guarantor;
(xiv) providing for restraints on alienation of property and purporting to render transfers of such property void and of no effect or prohibiting or restricting the assignment or transfer of property or rights to the extent that any such prohibition or restriction is ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the OH UCC or of the Del. UCC, as applicable;
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(xv) providing for the payment of attorneys fees; and
(xvi) granting any party a power of attorney to act on behalf of the Transaction Parties.
C. Our opinions as to enforceability are subject to the effect of generally applicable rules of law that:
(i) provide that forum selection clauses in contracts are not necessarily binding on the court(s) in the forum selected; and
(ii) may, where less than all of a contract may be unenforceable, limit the enforceability of the balance of the contract to circumstances in which the unenforceable portion is not an essential part of the agreed exchange, or that permit a court to reserve to itself a decision as to whether any provision of any agreement is severable.
D. We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any purported waiver, release, variation, disclaimer, consent or other agreement to similar effect (all of the foregoing, collectively, a Waiver ) by any Transaction Party under any of the Transaction Documents to the extent limited by the OH UCC, including Sections 1-102(3), 9-602 or 9-624 thereof, or other provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions), or to the extent that such a Waiver applies to a right, claim, duty or defense or a ground for, or a circumstance that would operate as, a discharge or release otherwise existing or occurring as a matter of law (including judicial decisions), except to the extent that such a Waiver is effective under and is not prohibited by or void or invalid under the OH UCC, including Sections 9-602 or 9-624 thereof or other provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions).
E. Our opinions in paragraphs (i) through (m) are subject to the following assumptions, qualifications and limitations:
(i) Any security interest in the proceeds of collateral is subject in all respects to the limitations set forth in Section 9-315 of the OH UCC or the Del. UCC, as applicable.
(ii) We express no opinion as to the nature or extent of the rights, or the power to transfer rights, of any Transaction Party in, or title of any Transaction Party to, any collateral under any of the Transaction Documents, or property purporting to constitute such collateral, or the value, validity or effectiveness for any purpose of any such collateral or purported collateral, and we have assumed that each Transaction Party has sufficient rights in, or power to transfer rights in, all such collateral or purported collateral for the liens and security interests provided for under the Transaction Documents to attach.
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(iii) Other than as expressly noted in the last sentence of paragraph (m) above, we express no opinion as to the priority of any pledge, security interest, assignment for security, lien or other encumbrance, as the case may be, that may be created or purported to be created under the Transaction Documents. Other than as expressly noted in paragraphs (k) through (m) above, we express no opinion as to the perfection of, and other than as expressly noted in paragraphs (i), (j) and (m) above, we express no opinion as to the creation, validity or enforceability of, any pledge, security interest, assignment for security, lien or other encumbrance, as the case may be, that may be created or purported to be created under the Transaction Documents. We express no opinion as to the creation, validity or enforceability of any pledge, security interest, assignment for security, lien or other encumbrance, as the case may be, that may be created or purported to be created under the Transaction Documents in any commercial tort claims.
(iv) In the case of property that becomes collateral under the Transaction Documents after the date hereof, Section 552 of the United States Bankruptcy Code limits the extent to which property acquired by a debtor after the commencement of a case under the United States Bankruptcy Code may be subject to a lien arising from a security agreement entered into by the debtor before the commencement of such case.
(v) We express no opinion as to the enforceability of the liens and security interests under the Transaction Documents in any item of collateral subject to any restriction on or prohibition against transfer contained in or otherwise applicable to such item of collateral or any contract, agreement, license, permit, security, instrument or document constituting, evidencing or relating to such item, except to the extent that any such restriction is rendered ineffective pursuant to any of Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 and 9-409 of the OH UCC.
(vi) We call to your attention that Article 9 of each of the Del. UCC and the OH UCC requires the filing of continuation statements within the period of six months prior to the expiration of five years from the date of original filing of financing statements under each of the Del. UCC and the OH UCC, as applicable, in order to maintain the
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effectiveness of such financing statements and that additional financing statements may be required to be filed to maintain the perfection of security interests if the debtor granting such security interests makes certain changes to its name, or changes its location (including through a change in its jurisdiction of organization) or the location of certain types of collateral, all as provided in each of the Del. UCC and the OH UCC, as applicable. We specifically disclaim any obligation to render further advice to you as to the need to file any such continuation statements or additional financing statements.
(vii) We call to your attention that an obligor (as defined in the OH UCC) other than a debtor may have rights under Part 6 of Article 9 of the OH UCC.
(viii) With respect to our opinions above as to the perfection of a security interest in the Article 9 Collateral through the filing of a financing statement, we express no opinion with respect to the perfection of any such security interest in any Article 9 Collateral constituting timber to be cut, as extracted collateral, cooperative interests, or property described in Section 9-311(a) of the UCC (including, without limitation, property subject to a certificate-of-title statute), and we express no opinion with respect to the effectiveness of any financing statement filed or purported to be filed as a fixture filing.
(ix) We have assumed that each Transaction Party is organized solely under the laws of the state identified as such Transaction Partys jurisdiction of organization in such Transaction Partys applicable Organizational Document and Good Standing Certificate.
(x) We have assumed that the information pertaining to the Collateral Agent in the Financing Statements is correct in all respects.
F. To the extent it may be relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed that the parties to the Transaction Documents (other than the Transaction Parties): (i) are validly existing and in good standing under their respective jurisdictions of organization, (ii) have the power to enter into and perform such agreements and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, and (iii) do not require the consent or approval of any third party or governmental authority (which has not been obtained) to execute and deliver such Transaction Documents. We have further assumed that with respect to each party to the Transaction Documents (other than the Transaction Parties): (i) such Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by,
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and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of, such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with their respective terms and (ii) such execution, delivery and performance do not violate any material agreements of such party, any applicable laws or such partys constituent documents.
G. The opinions expressed herein are limited to (i) the federal laws of the United States of America, the laws of the State of New York and the laws of the State of Ohio and (ii) to the extent relevant to the opinions expressed in paragraphs (a) through (d) above, the DGCL or DLLCA, as applicable, in each case, as currently in effect. Our opinions in paragraphs (i) through (k) above are limited to Article 9 of the OH UCC, our opinion in paragraph (l) above is limited to Article 9 of the Del. UCC and our opinion in paragraph (m) above is limited to Articles 8 and 9 of the Ohio UCC. As such, the foregoing opinion paragraphs (i) through (m) do not address: (i) laws of jurisdictions other than Ohio, Delaware and the United States of America, and laws of Ohio, Delaware and the United States of America except for Articles 8 and 9 of the OH UCC and Article 9 of the Del. UCC, (ii) collateral of a type not subject to Articles 8 or 9 of the UCC and (iii) the choice of law rules of the OH UCC or Del. UCC with respect to the laws of other jurisdictions that may govern perfection and priority of security interests granted in the Collateral.
H. For purposes of the opinions set forth in paragraph (e) above, please note that we did not physically witness the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, and our opinion herein regarding the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents is based, in part, on our review of copies of executed signature pages for such Transaction Documents provided to us (electronically or otherwise).
I. We render no opinion regarding the effect on, the validity, binding effect or enforceability of, any Transaction Document with respect to any Transaction Party to the extent that it involves any actual or purported obligation (including any guaranty) with respect to any swap (as defined under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act ( Dodd-Frank Act )) by such Transaction Party which is not an eligible contract participant (as such term is defined in the Dodd-Frank Act) at the time such swap obligation is incurred or in the case of a guaranty at the later of the time such guaranty is entered into and the time such swap obligation being guaranteed is incurred.
J. Our opinions as to any matters governed by the Del. UCC are based solely upon our review of the Del. UCC as published in the compilation contained in the CCH Secured Transaction Guide dated as of August 11, 2016, without any review or consideration of any decisions or opinions of courts or
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other adjudicative bodies or governmental authorities of the State of Delaware, whether or not reported or summarized in the foregoing publication. Our opinions with respect to the DLLCA address only such laws as they are currently in effect and without any review or consideration of any decisions or opinions of courts or other adjudicative bodies or governmental authorities of the State of Delaware.
Our opinions are limited to those expressly set forth herein, and we express no opinions by implication.
We express no opinion as to the compliance or noncompliance, or the effect of the compliance or noncompliance, of each of the addressees or any other person or entity with any state or federal laws or regulations applicable by reason of their status as or affiliation with a federally insured depository institution.
The opinions expressed herein are solely for the benefit of the addressees hereof and of any other person or entity becoming a Purchaser under the Note Agreement or a transferee of a Note, in each case above, in connection with the transaction referred to herein and may not be relied on by such addressees or such other persons or entities for any other purpose or in any manner or for any purpose by any other person or entity.
The opinions expressed herein are valid as of the date hereof. We do not undertake to advise you or anyone else of any changes in the views expressed herein resulting from matters that hereafter might occur or be brought to our attention.
Respectfully submitted,
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS (US) LLP
Exhibit A-1
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC.
OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned officer of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), hereby certifies, as of the date hereof in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Note Agreement ), among the Company, PGIM, Inc. and each Prudential Affiliate party thereto, and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (the Opinion ) delivered in connection therewith, as follows:
1. | Attached as (a) Annex I hereto is a list of all indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, security and/or pledge agreements, guarantees, loan and/or credit agreements and other agreements or instruments (other than the Transaction Documents) and (b) Annex II hereto is a list of all decrees and orders, in each case in clause (a) and (b) above, to which the Company is a party or that are otherwise binding upon the Company or any of its assets or property and that contain financial or other covenants or provisions for defaults or events of default or similar events or occurrences or other provisions that otherwise would or could have the effect of (i) restricting the types of provisions that any other agreement to which the Company becomes a party may contain, (ii) restricting the conduct of the Companys business, the incurrence by the Company of indebtedness, guarantees, or other liabilities or obligations, or the creation of liens upon any of the Companys property or assets, or otherwise restricting the execution, delivery, and performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Note Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, or (iii) resulting in, or requiring the creation or imposition of, any lien upon any of the Companys assets or property as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and in the case of clause (a) and (b) above, to the extent the violation or breach of which, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company. |
2. | A true and complete copy of each of the above agreements, instruments, decrees and orders has heretofore been furnished to Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP. |
3. | No default or event of default under, or violation of, any such agreement, instrument, decree or order exists or, immediately after giving effect to entry into the Transaction Documents or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, will exist. |
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The nature of the Companys business and properties, and the purpose of the Company, is to engage in the following businesses and activities: manufacture corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and related products for use in a wide range of drainage applications, including roadway construction, storm and sanitary sewer systems, storm water retention/detention systems, septic systems, residential and commercial construction, plastic structures, golf courses, athletic |
fields and agriculture and the ownership of equity interests in subsidiaries which engage in the foregoing businesses and activities. The Company is not engaged in any activity or business, and does not own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended, specifying the nature of the Companys business and the purposes of the Company. The Company does not engage or propose to engage in any industry or business or activity, or own any property or asset, that causes or would cause it to be subject to special local, state or federal regulation not applicable to business organizations generally (including, without limitation, those regulations applicable only to banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance companies, public utilities or investment companies). |
5. | To the best knowledge of the Company (i) no proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the Companys Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws. |
6. | Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP may rely upon the accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents, in this Officers Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith, including, without limitation, any secretarys or assistant secretarys certificates. |
7. | The Company does not own or operate equipment or facilities, or engage in any other activity in the nature of a public utility, including, without limitation, any such equipment, facilities or activity relating to garbage or sewage disposal or water production or transmission, that would subject the Company to regulation as a public utility of any nature. |
8. | The Company does not accept deposits or engage in any other business activity reserved exclusively to banks or other lenders or financial institutions, or engage in any trust or insurance business. |
9. | Where the Company is engaged in the treatment, storage, production, processing, transportation or disposal of any toxic or hazardous waste or other regulated substance, it is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, and such activity is not conducted by it as a business, but is an activity incidental to its normal business activities. |
10. |
The Company (a) is not engaged, and does not hold itself out as being engaged, and does not propose to engage, primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, (b) is not engaged and does not propose to engage in the business of issuing any certificate, investment contract, or other security which represents an obligation to pay a stated or determinable sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated or determinable amount ( i.e. , face-amount certificates of the installment type), and (c) is not engaged, |
and does not propose to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, or if the company is so engaged or so proposes to engage, it does not own or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the Companys total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. For purposes of this paragraph 10, (x) investment securities includes all securities except (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company that are not investment companies, and (y) government securities includes any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing. |
11. | There is no pending legal proceeding before, or pending investigation by, any court or administrative agency or authority of the United States of America or the State of Ohio or the State of Delaware or any arbitration tribunal against or directly affecting the Company or any of its properties (a) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (b) which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or each of its assets or properties. |
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officers Certificate have the meanings ascribed to them in the Opinion.
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ANNEX I
1. Documentation under the $9,000,000 Variable Rate Demand Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Project), Series 2007, of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
2. Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 12, 2013, with respect to the Mexicana Credit Agreement.
3. Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 22, 2017, with respect to the Credit Agreement.
4. Interestholders Agreement of Tuberias Tigre-ADS Limitada, dated as of June 5, 2009, among Tubos y Plásticos ADS Chile Limitada, Tigre Chile S.A., Tuberías T-A Limitada, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. and Tigre S.A.Tubos e Conexões.
ANNEX II
None.
Exhibit A-2
STORMTECH LLC
OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned officer of StormTech LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company ), hereby certifies, as of the date hereof in connection with the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Note Agreement ), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., PGIM, Inc. and each Prudential Affiliate party thereto, and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (the Opinion ) delivered in connection therewith, as follows:
1. Attached as (a) Annex I hereto is a list of all indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, security and/or pledge agreements, guarantees, loan and/or credit agreements and other agreements or instruments (other than the Transaction Documents) and (b) Annex II hereto is a list of all decrees and orders, in each case in clause (a) and (b) above, to which the Company is a party or that are otherwise binding upon the Company or any of its assets or property and that contain financial or other covenants or provisions for defaults or events of default or similar events or occurrences or other provisions that otherwise would or could have the effect of (i) restricting the types of provisions that any other agreement to which the Company becomes a party may contain, (ii) restricting the conduct of the Companys business, the incurrence by the Company of indebtedness, guarantees, or other liabilities or obligations, or the creation of liens upon any of the Companys property or assets, or otherwise restricting the execution, delivery, and performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Note Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, or (iii) resulting in, or requiring the creation or imposition of, any lien upon any of the Companys assets or property as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and in the case of clause (a) and (b) above, to the extent the violation or breach of which, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company.
2. A true and complete copy of each of the above agreements, instruments, decrees and orders has heretofore been furnished to Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
3. No default or event of default under, or violation of, any such agreement, instrument, decree or order exists or, immediately after giving effect to entry into the Transaction Documents or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, will exist.
4. The nature of the Companys business and properties, and the purpose of the Company, is to engage in the following businesses and activities: manufacture corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and related products for use in a wide range of drainage applications, including roadway construction, storm and sanitary sewer systems, storm water retention/detention systems, septic systems, residential and commercial construction, plastic structures, golf courses, athletic fields and agriculture. The Company is not engaged in any activity or business, and does not own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Certificate of Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement, specifying the nature of the Companys business and the purposes of the Company. The Company does not engage or propose to engage in any industry or business or activity, or own any property or asset, that causes or would cause it to be subject to special local, state or federal regulation not applicable to business organizations generally (including, without limitation, those regulations applicable only to banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance companies, public utilities or investment companies).
5. To the best knowledge of the Company (i) no proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the Companys Certificate of Formation or Limited Liability Company Agreement.
6. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP may rely upon the accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents, in this Officers Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith, including, without limitation, any secretarys or assistant secretarys certificates.
7. The Company does not own or operate equipment or facilities, or engage in any other activity in the nature of a public utility, including, without limitation, any such equipment, facilities or activity relating to garbage or sewage disposal or water production or transmission, that would subject the Company to regulation as a public utility of any nature.
8. The Company does not accept deposits or engage in any other business activity reserved exclusively to banks or other lenders or financial institutions, or engage in any trust or insurance business.
9. Where the Company is engaged in the treatment, storage, production, processing, transportation or disposal of any toxic or hazardous waste or other regulated substance, it is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, and such activity is not conducted by it as a business, but is an activity incidental to its normal business activities.
10. The Company (a) is not engaged, and does not hold itself out as being engaged, and does not propose to engage, primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, (b) is not engaged and does not propose to engage in the business of issuing any certificate, investment contract, or other security which represents an obligation to pay a stated or determinable sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated or determinable amount ( i.e. , face-amount certificates of the installment type), and (c) is not engaged, and does not propose to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, or if the company is so engaged or so proposes to engage, it does not own or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the Companys total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. For purposes of this paragraph 10, (x) investment securities includes all securities except (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company that are not investment companies, and (y) government securities includes any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.
11. There is no pending legal proceeding before, or pending investigation by, any court or administrative agency or authority of the United States of America or the State of Ohio or the State of Delaware or any arbitration tribunal against or directly affecting the Company or any of its properties (a) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (b) which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or each of its assets or properties.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officers Certificate have the meanings ascribed to them in the Opinion.
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ANNEX I
1. Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 22, 2017, with respect to the Credit Agreement.
2. Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 12, 2013, with respect to the Mexicana Credit Agreement.
ANNEX II
None.
Exhibit A-3
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION
OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned officer of Hancor Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the Company ), hereby certifies, as of the date hereof in connection with the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Note Agreement ), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., PGIM, Inc. and each Prudential Affiliate party thereto, and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (the Opinion ) delivered in connection therewith, as follows:
1. Attached as (a) Annex I hereto is a list of all indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, security and/or pledge agreements, guarantees, loan and/or credit agreements and other agreements or instruments (other than the Transaction Documents) and (b) Annex II hereto is a list of all decrees and orders, in each case in clause (a) and (b) above, to which the Company is a party or that are otherwise binding upon the Company or any of its assets or property and that contain financial or other covenants or provisions for defaults or events of default or similar events or occurrences or other provisions that otherwise would or could have the effect of (i) restricting the types of provisions that any other agreement to which the Company becomes a party may contain, (ii) restricting the conduct of the Companys business, the incurrence by the Company of indebtedness, guarantees, or other liabilities or obligations, or the creation of liens upon any of the Companys property or assets, or otherwise restricting the execution, delivery, and performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Note Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, or (iii) resulting in, or requiring the creation or imposition of, any lien upon any of the Companys assets or property as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and in the case of clause (a) and (b) above, to the extent the violation or breach of which, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company.
2. A true and complete copy of each of the above agreements, instruments, decrees and orders has heretofore been furnished to Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
3. No default or event of default under, or violation of, any such agreement, instrument, decree or order exists or, immediately after giving effect to entry into the Transaction Documents or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, will exist.
4. The nature of the Companys business and properties, and the purpose of the Company, is to engage in the following businesses and activities: ownership of the equity interests in subsidiaries which manufacture corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and related products for use in a wide range of drainage applications, including roadway construction, storm and sanitary sewer systems, storm water retention/detention systems, septic systems, residential and commercial construction, plastic structures, golf courses, athletic fields and agriculture. The Company is not engaged in any activity or business, and does not own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as amended, specifying the nature of the Companys business and the purposes of the Company. The Company does not engage or propose to engage in any industry or business or
activity, or own any property or asset, that causes or would cause it to be subject to special local, state or federal regulation not applicable to business organizations generally (including, without limitation, those regulations applicable only to banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance companies, public utilities or investment companies).
5. To the best knowledge of the Company (i) no proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the Companys Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws.
6. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP may rely upon the accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents, in this Officers Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith, including, without limitation, any secretarys or assistant secretarys certificates.
7. The Company does not own or operate equipment or facilities, or engage in any other activity in the nature of a public utility, including, without limitation, any such equipment, facilities or activity relating to garbage or sewage disposal or water production or transmission, that would subject the Company to regulation as a public utility of any nature.
8. The Company does not accept deposits or engage in any other business activity reserved exclusively to banks or other lenders or financial institutions, or engage in any trust or insurance business.
9. Where the Company is engaged in the treatment, storage, production, processing, transportation or disposal of any toxic or hazardous waste or other regulated substance, it is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, and such activity is not conducted by it as a business, but is an activity incidental to its normal business activities.
10. The Company (a) is not engaged, and does not hold itself out as being engaged, and does not propose to engage, primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, (b) is not engaged and does not propose to engage in the business of issuing any certificate, investment contract, or other security which represents an obligation to pay a stated or determinable sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated or determinable amount ( i.e. , face-amount certificates of the installment type), and (c) is not engaged, and does not propose to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, or if the company is so engaged or so proposes to engage, it does not own or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the Companys total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. For purposes of this paragraph 10, (x) investment securities includes all securities except (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company that are not investment companies, and (y) government securities includes any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.
11. There is no pending legal proceeding before, or pending investigation by, any court or administrative agency or authority of the United States of America or the State of Ohio or the State of Delaware or any arbitration tribunal against or directly affecting the Company or any of its properties (a) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (b) which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or each of its assets or properties.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officers Certificate have the meanings ascribed to them in the Opinion.
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ANNEX I
1. Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 22, 2017, with respect to the Credit Agreement.
2. Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 12, 2013, with respect to the Mexicana Credit Agreement.
ANNEX II
None.
Exhibit A-4
HANCOR, INC.
OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
The undersigned officer of Hancor, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the Company ), hereby certifies, as of the date hereof in connection with the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (the Note Agreement ), among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., PGIM, Inc. and each Prudential Affiliate party thereto, and with the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the opinion of Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP (the Opinion ) delivered in connection therewith, as follows:
1. Attached as (a) Annex I hereto is a list of all indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, security and/or pledge agreements, guarantees, loan and/or credit agreements and other agreements or instruments (other than the Transaction Documents) and (b) Annex II hereto is a list of all decrees and orders, in each case in clause (a) and (b) above, to which the Company is a party or that are otherwise binding upon the Company or any of its assets or property and that contain financial or other covenants or provisions for defaults or events of default or similar events or occurrences or other provisions that otherwise would or could have the effect of (i) restricting the types of provisions that any other agreement to which the Company becomes a party may contain, (ii) restricting the conduct of the Companys business, the incurrence by the Company of indebtedness, guarantees, or other liabilities or obligations, or the creation of liens upon any of the Companys property or assets, or otherwise restricting the execution, delivery, and performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, the Note Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, or (iii) resulting in, or requiring the creation or imposition of, any lien upon any of the Companys assets or property as a result of the execution, delivery or performance of, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by, any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party, and in the case of clause (a) and (b) above, to the extent the violation or breach of which, could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse effect on the business, condition (financial or otherwise) or operations of the Company.
2. A true and complete copy of each of the above agreements, instruments, decrees and orders has heretofore been furnished to Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP.
3. No default or event of default under, or violation of, any such agreement, instrument, decree or order exists or, immediately after giving effect to entry into the Transaction Documents or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, will exist.
4. The nature of the Companys business and properties, and the purpose of the Company, is to engage in the following businesses and activities: manufacture corrugated high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe and related products for use in a wide range of drainage applications, including roadway construction, storm and sanitary sewer systems, storm water retention/detention systems, septic systems, residential and commercial construction, plastic structures, golf courses, athletic fields and agriculture and the ownership of equity interests in subsidiaries which engage in the foregoing businesses and activities. The Company is not engaged in any activity or business, and does not own any properties, not permitted pursuant to those provisions of its Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations, as amended, specifying the nature of the Companys business and the purposes of the Company. The Company does
not engage or propose to engage in any industry or business or activity, or own any property or asset, that causes or would cause it to be subject to special local, state or federal regulation not applicable to business organizations generally (including, without limitation, those regulations applicable only to banks, savings and loan institutions, insurance companies, public utilities or investment companies).
5. To the best knowledge of the Company (i) no proceeding is pending in any jurisdiction for the dissolution or liquidation of the Company, and the Company has not filed any certificate or order of dissolution, (ii) no event has occurred that has adversely affected the good standing of the Company under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and the Company has paid all taxes currently due, if any, and taken all other action required by state law to maintain such good standing and (iii) no grounds exist for the revocation or forfeiture of the Companys Articles of Incorporation or Code of Regulations, as amended.
6. Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP may rely upon the accuracy of all factual representations and warranties of the Company contained in the Transaction Documents, in this Officers Certificate and in all documents and certificates referred to therein or delivered in connection therewith, including, without limitation, any secretarys or assistant secretarys certificates.
7. The Company does not own or operate equipment or facilities, or engage in any other activity in the nature of a public utility, including, without limitation, any such equipment, facilities or activity relating to garbage or sewage disposal or water production or transmission, that would subject the Company to regulation as a public utility of any nature.
8. The Company does not accept deposits or engage in any other business activity reserved exclusively to banks or other lenders or financial institutions, or engage in any trust or insurance business.
9. Where the Company is engaged in the treatment, storage, production, processing, transportation or disposal of any toxic or hazardous waste or other regulated substance, it is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, and such activity is not conducted by it as a business, but is an activity incidental to its normal business activities.
10. The Company (a) is not engaged, and does not hold itself out as being engaged, and does not propose to engage, primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting or trading in securities, (b) is not engaged and does not propose to engage in the business of issuing any certificate, investment contract, or other security which represents an obligation to pay a stated or determinable sum or sums at a fixed or determinable date or dates more than twenty-four months after the date of issuance in consideration of the payment of periodic installments of a stated or determinable amount ( i.e. , face-amount certificates of the installment type), and (c) is not engaged, and does not propose to engage, in the business of investing, reinvesting, owning, holding or trading in securities, or if the company is so engaged or so proposes to engage, it does not own or propose to acquire investment securities having a value exceeding 40% of the value of the Companys total assets (exclusive of Government securities and cash items) on an unconsolidated basis. For purposes of this paragraph 10, (x) investment securities includes all securities except (A) government securities, (B) securities issued by employees securities companies, and (C) securities issued by majority-owned subsidiaries of the Company that are not investment companies, and (y) government securities includes any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States, or by a person or entity controlled or supervised by and acting as an instrumentality of the Government of the United States pursuant to authority granted by the Congress of the United States; or any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing.
11. There is no pending legal proceeding before, or pending investigation by, any court or administrative agency or authority of the United States of America or the State of Ohio or the State of Delaware or any arbitration tribunal against or directly affecting the Company or any of its properties (a) with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or (b) which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company or each of its assets or properties.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Officers Certificate have the meanings ascribed to them in the Opinion.
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ANNEX I
1. Second Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 22, 2017, with respect to the Credit Agreement.
2. Amended and Restated Continuing Agreement of Guaranty and Suretyship, dated as of June 12, 2013, with respect to the Mexicana Credit Agreement.
ANNEX II
None.
Exhibit B
Financing Statements
Exhibit B-1 | ADS Financing Statement | |
Exhibit B-2 | StormTech Financing Statement | |
Exhibit B-3 | HHC Financing Statement | |
Exhibit B-4 | Hancor Financing Statement |
Exhibit C
Pledged Entities
Hancor Holding Corporation | ||
ADS Ventures, Inc. | ||
Sewer Tap, Inc. | ||
Spartan Concrete, Inc. | ||
PSA, Inc. | ||
ADS Structures, Inc. | ||
Advanced Drainage of Ohio, Inc. | ||
Green Line Polymers, Inc. | ||
Inlet & Pipe Protection, Inc. | ||
Hancor of Canada, Inc. | ||
Hancor, Inc. (OH) | ||
Hancor Leasing Corp. | ||
Media Plus, Inc. | ||
Hancor International, Inc. | ||
Hancor, Inc. (NV) |
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Significant Holders
c/o Prudential Capital Group
Two Prudential Plaza, Suite 5600
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as further amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the Note Agreement ) by and among Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), on the one hand, and PGIM, Inc. ( Prudential ) and each Prudential Affiliate from time to time party thereto, on the other hand. Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Note Agreement are used herein with the same meanings.
I, , the duly elected [Chief Executive Officer/President/Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer] of the Company, do hereby certify on behalf of the Transaction Parties as of the [quarter/year] ended [ , 20 ] (the Report Date ), as follows:
1. | The Transaction Parties are in compliance with, and since the most recent prior Report Date have at all times complied with, the provisions of the Note Agreement and the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 of the Note Agreement and in the other Transaction Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects, to the extent any such representation or warranty is qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the date of this certificate with the same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the date hereof (except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case they are true and correct in all material respects (or in all respects, as applicable) as of such earlier date), and the Transaction Parties have performed and complied with all covenants and conditions thereof; provided that such certifications with respect to covenants required to be complied with by, or representations and warranties made with respect to, Joint Ventures are made solely to the best knowledge of the undersigned and provided further that any disclosure related to an affirmative covenant in paragraph 5 of the Note Agreement (other than with respect to paragraph 5C thereof) shall be limited to the best knowledge of the undersigned. |
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2. | [No event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes an Event of Default or Default; provided that such certification with respect to Events of Default or Defaults applicable to Joint Ventures is made solely to the best knowledge of the undersigned and provided further that any Default or Event of Default related to an affirmative covenant in paragraph 5 of the Note Agreement (other than with respect to paragraph 5C thereof) shall be limited to the best knowledge of the undersigned.] |
OR |
[The following covenants or conditions have not been performed or observed and the following is a list of each such Default or Event of Default and its nature and status; provided that such certification with respect to Defaults or Events of Default applicable to Joint Ventures is made solely to the best knowledge of the undersigned and provided further that any Default or Event of Default related to an affirmative covenant in paragraph 5 of the Note Agreement (other than with respect to paragraph 5C thereof): [ ].] |
3. | Schedule I attached hereto sets forth the financial data and computations evidencing the Transaction Parties compliance with the covenants in paragraphs 6A(1) and 6A(2) of the Note Agreement, all of which are true, complete, and correct [except as set forth below (if applicable): ]. |
4. | The aggregate amount of outstanding additional Investments by Transaction Parties in Persons (including Joint Ventures and Subsidiaries) other than Transaction Parties which are not otherwise listed on Schedule 6E to the Note Agreement is $ , which amount remains in compliance with the requirements of paragraph 6E(v) of the Note Agreement which requires that such amount not exceed the greater of (x) $150,000,000 or (y) 10% of the consolidated total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case outstanding at any time, and calculated after giving effect to Investments which are Permitted Acquisitions taken into consideration for purposes of determining compliance with paragraph 6E(v) of the Note Agreement pursuant to paragraph 6E(xi) of the Note Agreement; provided that any inadvertent inaccuracy in the reporting of the foregoing amount shall not cause this certification to be false or misleading in any material respect or otherwise result in a Default or Event of Default under any Transaction Document unless an accurate calculation of such amount would have resulted in such amount exceeding the requirements of paragraph 6E(v). |
5. | [No additional Domestic Subsidiaries are required to join the Guaranty Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 5K of the Note Agreement.] |
OR |
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[The following additional Domestic Subsidiar[y/ies] [is/are] required to join the Guaranty Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant to the requirements of paragraph 5K of the Note Agreement: ].
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The foregoing certifications, together with the computations documented on Schedule I hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this day of , 20 .
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | ||||||||
Date: , 20 | By: | |||||||
Name: | ||||||||
Title: |
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SCHEDULE 6B
Existing Indebtedness
| Indebtedness in connection with the following: |
| The $9,000,000 Variable Rate Demand Industrial Development Revenue Bonds (Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Project), Series 2007, of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, having an outstanding principal balance on the Restatement Date in the amount of approximately $1,620,000 (the IDRB Facility ) |
| The following letter of credit issued for the benefit of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.: |
Outstanding
Principal Balance as of Restatement Date |
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IDRB |
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New Jersey Economic Development Authority |
$ | 1,620,000 | ||
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SCHEDULE 6C
Permitted Liens
| Liens securing the obligations under each of the following: |
| The IDRB Facility |
| Commercial Term Note, dated as of August 17, 2004, from Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. in favor of PNC Bank, National Association (successor to National City Bank) with respect to property related to the premises located at 2650 Hamilton-Eaton Road, Hamilton, Ohio 45011 3 |
| Any Liens or security interests in Collateral or the Purchase Documents (both as defined in the Aircraft Lease described below as in effect on March 30, 2012) in favor of The Wilmington Trust Company, as Owner Trustee under the Trust Agreement dated as of April 3, 2006 (the Lessor ), relating to that certain leased Cessna Model 560XL aircraft or arising under that certain (i) Aircraft Lease (S/N 560-6103) dated on or about March 30, 2012 between the Lessor and Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., (ii) that certain Assignment of Purchase Agreement, dated on or about March 30, 2012, among the Lessor, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. and Cessna Aircraft Company (as in effect on March 30, 2012) or (iii) any other documentation related to any of the foregoing documents or to the transactions described therein. |
| The following Liens: |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2238904 1 Filed 09/17/02
Continued 05/04/07 Continued 06/11/12 |
D.L. Peterson Trust | In lieu filing from multiple jurisdictions pertaining to specific leased equipment |
3 | The Commercial Term Note has been paid in full. PNC Bank, National Association is in the process of filing a mortgage release. |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
4054588 1 Filed 02/26/04
62 amendments to add collateral filed 2/27/04 through 07/19/06
Continued 12/19/13 |
D.L. Peterson Trust | Specific leased equipment (lift trucks/forklifts) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
6348376 5 Filed 10/09/06
Continued 08/10/11 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | Specific leased equipment (forklifts) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2007-1425312 Filed 04/17/07
4 amendments to add collateral filed 04/20/07 through 05/16/07
Continued 04/11/17 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | Specific leased equipment (forklifts) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2007-4445465 Filed 11/19/07
Continued 10/31/12 |
LaSalle National Leasing Corporation | Leased Cessna Citation Model 560XL aircraft |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2009-4121445 Filed 12/23/09
17 amendments to add collateral filed 12/28/09 through 04/18/11
Continued 10/27/14
Amendment filed 05/08/17 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | Specific leased equipment (lift trucks/forklifts) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2012 1442492 Filed 04/03/12
Continued 03/21/17 |
Wilmington Trust Company, not in its individual capacity, but solely as owner trustee under trust agreement dated as of April 3, 2006 | Leased Cessna Model 560XL Aircraft, Serial Number 560-6103, two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW545C Engines, one Honeywell Model RE100(XL) Auxiliary Power Unit, all leased pursuant to Aircraft Lease Agreement dated as of 3/30/12 | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1170274 Filed 3/20/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1171009 Filed 03/20/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1172403 Filed 03/20/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1180299 Filed 03/27/13 |
COMDOC, Inc. | Specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1226019 Filed 03/21/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1228221 Filed 03/21/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1231597 Filed 03/21/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1244616 Filed 03/21/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1254755 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State | 2013 1254987 | Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1255026 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1255091 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1256032 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1256057 Filed 03/22/13 |
Chesapeake Funding LLC | All goods (including equipment and inventory) leased or financed pursuant to Lease Agreement dated 3/31/78, including, but not limited to, specific leased equipment described therein |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 1658872 Filed 05/01/13 Assigned 08/08/13 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Hardware and other personal property identified in the Order, specified in Payment Schedule No. 55033 between secured party and debtor which incorporates the terms of the Payment Plan Agreement No. 5063 (server and database computer equipment) | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 4447117 Filed 11/12/13 (6 Amendments filed between 8/3/16 and 3/10/17) |
Macquarie Equipment Finance, Inc. |
All equipment and other goods currently or hereafter leased to Debtor under a master lease between Debtor as Lessee and Secured Party as Lessor. Amendments Deletion of specific pieces of leased equipment to collateral |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 4448198 Filed 11/12/13 (Assignment filed 12/10/13) |
RBS Asset Finance, Inc. | All equipment and other goods leased by Debtor as Lessee under Leaseline Schedule No. LL-001. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2013 5172243 Filed 12/31/13 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 001 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 2435526 Filed 06/08/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 003 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 2643780 Filed 06/19/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 004 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 3034427 Filed 07/14/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 002 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 3034948 Filed 07/14/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 005 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 4115431 Filed 09/15/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 007 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 4789987 Filed 10/20/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 008 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 5504898 Filed 11/20/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 009 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2015 5930986 Filed 12/10/15 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Leased Equipment subject to Schedule No. 010 to Master Lease Agreement No. 26578-90000, dated December 12, 2013. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 2348611 Filed 04/20/16 |
Konica Minolta Premier Finance | Specific Leased Equipment | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 1699029 Filed 08/03/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 001 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578-700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 4700033 Filed 08/03/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 003 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578-700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 4933154 Filed 08/15/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 004 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578-700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 5807332 Filed 09/22/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 005 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578-700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 6284192 Filed 10/13/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 006 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578-700000, dated June 2, 2016. |
ENTITY |
JURISDICTION |
FILE NO. & DATE |
SECURED PARTY |
COLLATERAL |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2016 7969361 Filed 12/22/16 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 007 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578-700000, dated June 2, 2016. | ||||
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware Secretary of State |
2017 1599072 Filed 03/10/17 |
Banc of America Leasing & Capital, LLC | Equipment subject to Equipment Security Note No. 008 to Master Loan and Security Agreement No. 26578-700000, dated June 2, 2016. |
SCHEDULE 6D
Guaranties
| Guaranty by Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (up to $11,000,000, plus 50% of interest, fees and expenses related thereto) of the $22,000,000 credit facility of Tubos y Plásticos Tigre-ADS de Chile Limitada from Itau Corpbanca. |
| Guaranty by Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (up to $3,163,527.22, plus 49% of interest, fees and expenses related thereto) of the $6,456,178 credit facility of Tigre-ADS USA Inc. supported by a standby letter of credit issued by PNC Bank, National Association in favor of Banco Bradesco S.A. for the account of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. |
SCHEDULE 6E
Existing Investments
The September 30, 1993, $29,500,276 loan by Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. to the ESOP evidenced by a Limited Recourse Non-Negotiable Note dated September 30, 1993.
Investments by Loan Parties in Non-Loan Parties as of the Restatement Date:
Entity |
Domicile |
Entity Type |
Percentage
Ownership |
Investment in Non-
Loan Parties 3 |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. |
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Inlet & Pipe Protection, Inc. |
Illinois | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 2,524 | ||||||
ADS Ventures, Inc. 1 |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 7,327 | ||||||
Green Line Polymers, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 27,718 | ||||||
Sewer Tap, Inc. |
Oregon | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 5,797 | ||||||
Spartan Concrete, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 1,355 | ||||||
PSA, Inc. |
Maine | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 53 | ||||||
ADS Structures, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 5,921 | ||||||
ADS Worldwide, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 22,118 | ||||||
Advanced Drainage of Ohio, Inc. |
Ohio | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 18,309 | ||||||
Hancor Holding Corporation |
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Hancor of Canada, Inc. |
Canada | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 43,834 | ||||||
Hancor, Inc. |
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Hancor Leasing Corp |
Ohio | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 0 | ||||||
Media Plus, Inc. |
Ohio | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 0 | ||||||
Hancor International, Inc. |
Delaware | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 0 | ||||||
Hancor, Inc.(NV) 2 |
Nevada | Corporation | 100 | % | $ | 0 | ||||||
StormTech, LLC |
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None |
$ | 0 | ||||||||||
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Total Investments by Loan Parties in Non-Loan Parties |
$ | 134,956 | ||||||||||
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Notes:
1 | Excludes $43.7 million investment in subsidaries related to StormTech LLC, which is a Loan Party under the Agreement. |
2 | Inactive. |
3 | Amounts shown in thousands. |
SCHEDULE 8A(1)
Domestic Subsidiaries
Subsidiary Equity Interests:
Name |
Jurisdiction |
Organization |
Equity Owner |
Percentage Owned |
Certificate No. and
|
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Advanced Drainage of Ohio, Inc. | Ohio | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. N-2 (100 shares) |
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ADS Worldwide, Inc. | Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 1 (10 shares) |
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PSA, Inc. | Maine | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 5 (100 shares) |
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ADS Structures, Inc. | Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
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ADS Ventures, Inc. | Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 1 (10 shares) |
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Hancor Holding Corporation | Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
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Spartan Concrete, Inc. | Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
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Sewer Tap, Inc. | Oregon | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 2 (100 shares) |
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Green Line Polymers, Inc. | Delaware | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
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Inlet & Pipe Protection, Inc. | Illinois | Corporation | Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 100% |
Cert No. 6 (100 shares) |
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ADS International, Inc. | Delaware | Corporation | ADS Worldwide, Inc. | 100% |
Cert. No. 2 (10 shares) |
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StormTech LLC | Delaware | Limited Liability Company | ADS Ventures, Inc. | 100% | Uncertificated | |||||||
BaySaver Technologies, LLC | Delaware | Limited Liability Company | ADS Ventures, Inc. | 65% | Uncertificated | |||||||
Hancor, Inc. | Ohio | Corporation | Hancor Holding Corporation | 100% |
Cert. No. 2 (500 shares) |
Name |
Jurisdiction |
Organization |
Equity Owner |
Percentage Owned |
Certificate No. and
|
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Hancor Leasing Corp. | Ohio | Corporation | Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 100% |
Cert. No. 4 (100 shares) |
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Media Plus, Inc. | Ohio | Corporation | Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 100% |
Cert. No. 2 (500 shares) |
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Hancor International, Inc. | Delaware | Corporation | Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 100% |
Cert. No. 1 (100 shares) |
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Hancor, Inc. (NV) | Nevada | Corporation | Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 100% |
Cert. No. 2 (10 shares) |
Subsidiary options, warrants or other rights: None.
The following Domestic Subsidiaries are obligated under a Guaranty with respect to Indebtedness of Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. outstanding under the Primary Working Capital Facility:
| Hancor Holding Corporation |
| Hancor, Inc. |
| StormTech LLC |
SCHEDULE 8G
Agreements Restricting Indebtedness
1. | The Credit Agreement. |
2. | The Mexicana Credit Agreement. |
SCHEDULE 8K
Governmental Consents and Filings, etc.
The UCC-1 Financing Statements to be filed with the secretaries of state of the following states in order to perfect the security interests created pursuant to the Collateral Documents:
Delaware
Ohio
SCHEDULE 8Q
Collateral
Entity Name |
Jurisdiction of Organization |
Organizational Identification Number |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware | 0648730 | ||
Hancor Holding Corporation | Delaware | 2077993 | ||
Hancor, Inc. | Ohio | 377794 | ||
StormTech LLC | Delaware | 3673164 |
Exhibit 10.3
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT (the Agreement ), dated as of June 22, 2017, is entered into by and among ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. , a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), and EACH OF THE GUARANTORS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO AND EACH OF THE OTHER PERSONS AND ENTITIES THAT BECOMES BOUND HEREBY FROM TIME TO TIME by joinder, assumption or otherwise (together with the Borrower, each a Debtor and, collectively, the Debtors ), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent ) for the Secured Parties (as defined below);
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Debtors are (or will be with respect to after-acquired property) the legal and beneficial owners and the holders of the Collateral (as defined in Section 1 hereof).
WHEREAS, the Debtors are party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Domestic Credit Agreement ), with PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent ), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Domestic Facility Lenders ) pursuant to which the Domestic Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility and a swing loan subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $550,000,000, as the same may be increased (or potential term loans could be added) to an aggregate amount not to exceed $700,000,000 pursuant to the terms of the Domestic Credit Agreement, which revolving credit loans and possible added term loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Domestic Bank Notes ).
WHEREAS, ADS Mexicana S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation, is party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Mexican Credit Agreement ), with PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Mexican Facility Agent ), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Mexican Facility Lenders ) pursuant to which the Mexican Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000, which revolving credit loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Mexican Bank Notes ).
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into a Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Note Agreement ) pursuant to which the Borrower issued
and sold to each of the Noteholders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined below)) the Borrowers 5.60% Senior Series A Secured Notes due September 24, 2018 in the original aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series A Notes ) and 4.05% Senior Series B Secured Notes due September 24, 2019 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series B Notes ) and pursuant to which the Borrower may from time to time hereafter issue and sell one or more additional series of Shelf Notes (as defined therein) (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Shelf Notes ; and, collectively with the Series A Notes and Series B Notes, the Senior Notes ).
WHEREAS, the Bank Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement and the other Bank Loan Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates (each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) of the Borrower pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Lender Guaranty Agreements ).
WHEREAS, the Noteholders Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Borrower pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements ).
WHEREAS, the Debtors, the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Noteholders are entering into that certain Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement of even date herewith (as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement ) which among other things, continues the appointment of PNC Bank, National Association as the Collateral Agent thereunder and sets forth certain responsibilities and obligations of the Collateral Agent and establishes among the Secured Parties their respective rights with respect to certain payments that may be received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the Collateral (as defined below).
WHEREAS, to induce the Administrative Agent and the Domestic Facility Lenders to enter into the Domestic Credit Agreement, and to induce the Noteholders to enter into the Note Agreement, each Debtor has agreed to pledge and grant a security interest in the Collateral as security for the Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. Terms which are defined in the Intercreditor Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined therein and the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Other Interpretive Provisions] of the Intercreditor Agreement shall apply to this Agreement. The following words and terms shall have the following meanings, respectively, unless the context hereof otherwise clearly requires:
(a) Code means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of Ohio on the date hereof and as amended from time to time, except to the extent that the conflict of law rules of such Uniform Commercial Code shall apply the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other state to specific property or other matters.
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(b) Collateral means all of any Debtors right, title and interest in, to and under the following described property of such Debtor (each capitalized term used in this Section 1(b) shall have in this Agreement the meaning given to it by the Code):
(i) all now existing and hereafter acquired or arising Accounts, Goods, General Intangibles, Payment Intangibles, Deposit Accounts, Chattel Paper (including Electronic Chattel Paper), Documents, Instruments, Software, Investment Property, Letters of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, advices of credit, money, Commercial Tort Claims as listed on Schedule B hereto (as such Schedule is amended or supplemented from time to time), Equipment, Inventory, Fixtures, and Supporting Obligations, together with all products of and Accessions to any of the foregoing and all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (including without limitation all insurance policies and proceeds thereof);
(ii) to the extent, if any, not included in clause (i) above, each and every other item of personal property and fixtures, whether now existing or hereafter arising or acquired, including, without limitation, all licenses, intellectual property, contracts and agreements, and all collateral for the payment or performance of any contract or agreement, together with all products and Proceeds (including all insurance policies and proceeds) of or any Accessions to any of the foregoing; and
(iii) all present and future business records and information, including computer tapes and other storage media containing the same and computer programs and software (including without limitation, source code, object code and related manuals and documentation and all licenses to use such software) for accessing and manipulating such information.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, the security interest created by this Agreement shall not extend to, and the term Collateral shall not include, any Excluded Property.
(c) Excluded Property means:
(i) after giving effect to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the Code (or any successor provision or provisions) or any other applicable law (including the United States Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity: (A) any permit or license issued by any Governmental Authority to any Debtor, (B) Equipment owned by any Debtor on the date hereof or hereafter acquired that is subject to a Lien securing a purchase money obligation or capitalized lease permitted to be incurred pursuant to the Financing Documents, and (C) Equipment subject to any equipment leases entered into by the Debtors to the extent that such leases are operating leases and not capital leases, but only
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in any of the foregoing cases, to the extent and for so long as (x) the terms of such permit or license or any requirement of law applicable thereto under clause (A), or (y) the contract or other agreement in which such Lien is granted (or the documentation providing for such purchase money obligation or capitalized lease) under clause (B) would prohibit the grant by Debtors of a security interest therein in favor of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement;
(ii) any intent-to-use trademark application to the extent and for so long as creation by a Debtor of a security interest therein would result in the loss by such Debtor of any material rights therein;
(iii) any capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, and all other ownership or participation interests issued by any first-tier Foreign Subsidiary owned by a Debtor to the extent such ownership interests exceed 65% of the total voting power of all outstanding voting ownership interests of such Foreign Subsidiary;
(iv) any capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, and all other ownership or participation interests issued by any Foreign Subsidiary which is not a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary of a Debtor;
(v) any capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, and all other ownership or participation interests issued by any Subsidiary that is a Foreign Holding Company; and
(vi) owned real property and leasehold interests in real property of a Debtor to the extent excluded from the Code;
provided , however , that Excluded Property shall not include any proceeds, substitutions or replacements of any Excluded Property (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute Excluded Property).
(d) Financing Documents mean (i) the Note Agreement and the Senior Notes, (ii) the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements, (iii) the Domestic Credit Agreement and the Domestic Bank Notes, (iv) the Mexican Credit Agreement and the Mexican Bank Notes, (v) the Lender Guaranty Agreements, (vi) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (vii) any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, (viii) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, (ix) this Agreement and the other Security Documents, and (x) any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications in respect of the foregoing.
(e) Foreign Holding Company means any Person which has as its principal purpose the holding of ownership interest in one or more CFCs (for the purposes hereof, CFC and CFCs shall mean one or more Controlled Foreign Corporations, as such term is defined in Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) and has no other material assets or operations, and shall include, as of the Closing Date, ADS Worldwide, Inc., and ADS International, Inc.
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(f) Foreign Subsidiary means a Subsidiary that is not organized or formed under the laws of the United States of America or any state of the United States of America.
(g) Permitted Lien shall have the meaning set forth in the Financing Documents.
(h) Receivables means all of the Accounts, Payment Intangibles, Chattel Paper (including, without limitation, Electronic Chattel Paper, all Proceeds of the foregoing and other Collateral arising from the foregoing, and all other rights to payment and all collateral support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all Records relating thereto).
(i) Secured Party means any one of the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Domestic Facility Lenders, the Mexican Facility Lenders, Noteholders and any other holders of Senior Notes, the Lender Affiliates, the Collateral Agent, and any successors and permitted assigns to the interests in the Senior Secured Obligations owing to any such Persons.
(j) Specified Collateral means any item of Collateral as to which the perfection of a valid and enforceable security interest and Lien therein under the Code cannot be accomplished by (i) the filing in the appropriate location of a Code financing statement naming the Collateral Agent as secured party, or (ii) in the case of certificated securities, possession by the Collateral Agent.
(k) Trigger Event means (i) an Event of Default (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) under Section 9.1.1 of the Domestic Credit Agreement, (ii) an Event of Default (as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement) under Section 9.1.1 of the Mexican Credit Agreement, or (iii) an Event of Default (as defined in the Note Agreement) under paragraph 7A(i) or 7A(ii) of the Note Agreement.
2. As security for the due and punctual payment and performance of the Senior Secured Obligations in full, each Debtor hereby agrees that the Collateral Agent shall have, and each Debtor hereby grants to and creates in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, a continuing Lien on and security interest under the Code in and to the Collateral which (a) with respect to Collateral other than Specified Collateral, is a first priority Lien and security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens, and (b) with respect to Specified Collateral, only upon the occurrence and continuance of a Trigger Event and if the Collateral Agent has taken such steps to accomplish perfection as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 5(e) hereof, if applicable, shall be a first priority Lien and security interest, subject only to Permitted Liens. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Financing Document, the Senior Secured Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement).
3. Each Debtor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that (a) except for the security interest granted to and created in favor of the Collateral Agent hereunder, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, and Permitted Liens, all the Collateral is free and clear of any Lien, (b) as of the date hereof, the
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exact legal name of such Debtor is as set forth on the applicable Schedule A hereto, (c) as of the date hereof, the state of incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable, of such Debtor is as set forth on the applicable Schedule A hereto, and (d) as of the date hereof, the chief executive office of such Debtor is as set forth on the applicable Schedule A hereto.
4. Each Debtor (a) will faithfully preserve and protect the Collateral Agents security interest in the Collateral (except Specified Collateral, unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent has taken such steps to accomplish perfection of its security interest in such Specified Collateral as provided in clause (ii) of Section 5(e), if applicable) as a perfected security interest under the Code, superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons, except for holders of Permitted Liens, and (b) will, upon the reasonable request therefor by the Collateral Agent, execute, deliver, file and record, and each Debtor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to so file, all such Code financing statements, and amendments thereto and continuations thereof, and powers of attorney with respect to the Collateral (except Specified Collateral unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 5(e)), and pay all filing fees and taxes related thereto, as the Collateral Agent in its reasonable discretion may deem necessary or advisable from time to time in order to (i) with respect to all Collateral, attach, and (ii) with respect to all Collateral, except Specified Collateral (unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent has taken such steps to accomplish perfection of its security interest in such Specified Collateral as provided in clause (ii) of Section 5(e), if applicable), continue, preserve, perfect, and protect said security interest (including the filing at any time or times after the date hereof of financing statements under, and in the locations advisable pursuant to, the Code); and each Debtor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent, its officers, employees and agents, or any of them, as attorneys-in-fact for such Debtor to execute, deliver, file and record such items for such Debtor and in such Debtors name, place and stead. This power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything contained elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) no Debtor shall be required to enter into or deliver any agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents, or make any filings, that are solely related to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America (or its territories or possessions) in connection with the grant and perfection of the Liens and security interests set forth in this Agreement, and (ii) unless a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 5(e), no Debtor shall be required to enter into or deliver any other or additional agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents, or make any filings with respect to any Specified Collateral.
5. Each Debtor jointly and severally covenants and agrees that:
(a) it will defend the Collateral Agents and each Secured Partys right, title and Lien on and security interest in and to the Collateral and the Proceeds thereof against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, other than any Person claiming a right in the Collateral pursuant to an agreement between such Person and the Collateral Agent and holders of Permitted Liens;
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(b) it will not suffer or permit to exist on any Collateral any Lien except for Permitted Liens;
(c) it will not take or omit to take any action, the taking or the omission of which could reasonably be expected to result in a material alteration (except as permitted by the Financing Documents) or impairment of the Collateral or of the Collateral Agents rights under this Agreement;
(d) it will not sell, assign or otherwise dispose of any portion of the Collateral except as permitted in the Financing Documents;
(e) it will (i) deliver to the Collateral Agent possession of all certificated securities representing the Collateral, (ii) upon the Collateral Agents request upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Trigger Event, execute control agreements and use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause other Persons to execute control agreements or acknowledgments in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent evidencing the Collateral Agents control with respect to all Collateral the control or acknowledgment of which perfects the Collateral Agents security interest therein, including Letters of Credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Electronic Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts and Investment Property, and without prior notice to or consent of any Debtor, the Collateral Agent may at its option take such actions as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate to attach, perfect, continue, preserve and protect the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens) security interest in or Lien on such Specified Collateral, and (iii) keep materially accurate and complete books and records concerning the Collateral and such other books and records as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably require;
(f) without limiting the generality of Section 10 hereof, it will promptly furnish to the Collateral Agent such information and documents relating to the Collateral as the Collateral Agent, upon instruction from either the Required Lenders or the Required Holders, may reasonably request; provided that, prior to occurrence and continuance of a Trigger Event, no documents will be required in connection with the perfection of the security interest granted under this Agreement other than in connection with (i) the filing in the appropriate location of a Code financing statement naming the Collateral Agent as secured party, and (ii) in the case of certificated securities, delivery of possession to the Collateral Agent;
(g) such Debtor will not change its state of incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable, without providing at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice (or such shorter period as agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) to the Collateral Agent;
(h) such Debtor will not change its legal name or chief executive office without providing at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice (or such shorter period as agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) to the Collateral Agent;
(i) [Intentionally Omitted]
(j) such Debtor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to, at any time and from time to time, file in any one or more jurisdictions located within the United States of America (or its territories or possessions) financing statements that describe the Collateral, together with
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continuation statements thereof and amendments thereto, without the signature of such Debtor and which contain any information required by the Code or any other applicable statute applicable to such jurisdiction for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statements, continuation statements, or amendments. Such Debtor agrees to furnish any such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request. Any such financing statements, continuation statements, or amendments may be signed by Collateral Agent on behalf of such Debtor if the Collateral Agent so elects and may be filed at any time in any jurisdiction;
(k) such Debtor shall at any time and from time to time take such steps as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request as are necessary for the Collateral Agent to ensure the continued perfection of the Collateral Agents and each Secured Partys security interest in the Collateral (except for Specified Collateral, unless otherwise provided in, and as contemplated by, clause (ii) of Section 5(e), if applicable) with the same priority required hereby and the preservation of its rights therein; and
(l) such Debtor shall preserve its corporate existence and shall not (i) in one or a series of related transactions, merge into or consolidate with any other entity, or (ii) sell all or substantially all of its assets, in each case except as permitted by the Financing Documents.
6. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equivalent to that which the Collateral Agent, in its individual capacity, accords its own property consisting of similar instruments or interests.
7. The pledge, security interests, and other Liens and the obligations of each Debtor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise diminished by any failure, default, omission, or delay, willful or otherwise, by Collateral Agent, or any other obligor on any of the Senior Secured Obligations, or by 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 such Debtor or which would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Debtor as a matter of law or equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Debtor hereby agrees that the pledge, security interests, and other Liens given by such Debtor hereunder shall not be diminished, terminated, or otherwise similarly affected by any of the following at any time and from time to time:
(a) Any lack of genuineness, legality, validity, enforceability, or allowability (in a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, or otherwise), or any avoidance or subordination, in whole or in part, of any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations and regardless of any law, regulation, or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of the Senior Secured Obligations, any of the terms of the Financing Documents, or any rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Person with respect thereto; provided , however , that the agreement above with respect to any lack of such allowability, or any avoidance or subordination shall not apply to any Specified Collateral unless and to the extent a Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing and the Collateral Agent has taken such steps to accomplish perfection of its security interest in such Specified Collateral as contemplated by clause (ii) of Section 5(e);
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(b) Any increase, decrease, or change in the amount, nature, type or purpose of any of the Senior Secured Obligations (whether or not contemplated by the Financing Documents as presently constituted); any change in the time, manner, method, or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any execution or delivery of any additional Financing Documents; or any amendment, modification or supplement to, or refinancing or refunding of, any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations;
(c) Any failure to assert any breach of or default under any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any extensions of credit in excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by the Financing Documents, or in circumstances in which any condition to such extensions of credit has not been satisfied; any other exercise or non-exercise, or any other failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action in connection with any exercise or non-exercise, of any right or remedy against such Debtor or any other Person under or in connection with any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any refusal of payment or performance of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, whether or not with any reservation of rights against any Debtor; or any application of collections (including collections resulting from realization upon any direct or indirect security for the Senior Secured Obligations) to other obligations, if any, not entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, in preference to Senior Secured Obligations or, if any collections are applied to Senior Secured Obligations, any application to particular Senior Secured Obligations;
(d) Any taking, exchange, amendment, modification, supplement, termination, subordination, release, loss, or impairment of, or any failure to protect, perfect, or preserve the value of, or any enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or any failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action by the Collateral Agent or any other Person in connection with the enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or, any other action or inaction by Collateral Agent or any other Person in respect of, any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations (including the Collateral). As used in this Agreement, direct or indirect security for the Senior Secured Obligations, and similar phrases, includes any collateral security, guaranty, suretyship, letter of credit, capital maintenance agreement, put option, subordination agreement, or other right or arrangement of any nature providing direct or indirect assurance of payment or performance of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, made by or on behalf of any Person;
(e) Any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, charter revocation, or forfeiture, or other change in, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of, any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person; any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person; or any action taken or election (including any election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable law of any jurisdiction) made by Collateral Agent or any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or by any other Person in connection with any such proceeding;
(f) Any defense, setoff, or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person with respect to any Financing
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Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; or any discharge by operation of law or release of any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person from the performance or observance of any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; or
(g) Any other event or circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, and whether known or unknown, which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or limit the liability of a guarantor or a surety, including any Debtor, excepting only indefeasible payment and performance of the Senior Secured Obligations in full (other than (i) indemnity obligations that survive the termination of the Financing Documents for which no notice of claims has been received by the Debtors and (ii) Letters of Credit that have been cash collateralized to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer in their sole discretion).
8. Each Debtor hereby waives any and all defenses which such Debtor may now or hereafter have based on principles of suretyship, impairment of collateral, or the like and each Debtor hereby waives any defense to or limitation on its obligations under this Agreement arising out of or based on any event or circumstance referred to in the immediately preceding Section hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Debtor hereby further waives each of the following:
(a) All notices, disclosures and demands of any nature which otherwise might be required from time to time to preserve intact any rights against such Debtor, including the following: any notice of any event or circumstance described in the immediately preceding Section hereof; any notice required by any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; any notice of nonpayment, nonperformance, dishonor, or protest under any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any notice of the incurrence of any Senior Secured Obligations; any notice of any default or any failure on the part of such Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person to comply with any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations or any requirement pertaining to any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; and any notice or other information pertaining to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person;
(b) Any right to any marshalling of assets, to the filing of any claim against such Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person in the event of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar proceeding, or to the exercise against such Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person of any other right or remedy under or in connection with any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any requirement of promptness or diligence on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Person; any requirement to exhaust any remedies under or in connection with, or to mitigate the damages resulting from default under, any Financing Document or any of the Senior Secured Obligations or any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any benefit of any statute of limitations; and any requirement of acceptance of this Agreement or any other Financing Document, and any requirement that any Debtor receive notice of any such acceptance; and
(c) Any defense or other right arising by reason of any law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction pertaining to election of remedies (including anti-deficiency laws, one action laws, or the like), or by reason of any election of remedies or other action or inaction by the Collateral Agent (including commencement or completion of any judicial proceeding or nonjudicial sale or other action in respect of collateral security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations), which results in denial or impairment of the right of the Collateral Agent to seek a deficiency against any Debtor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person or which otherwise discharges or impairs any of the Senior Secured Obligations.
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9. The Senior Secured Obligations and any additional liabilities of the Debtors under this Agreement are joint and several obligations of the Debtors, and each Debtor hereby waives to the full extent permitted by law any defense it may otherwise have to the payment and performance of the Senior Secured Obligations that its liability hereunder is limited and not joint and several. Each Debtor acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing waivers serve as a material inducement to the agreement of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties to make the loans and other financial accommodations provided under the Financing Documents, and that the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties are relying on each specific waiver and all such waivers in entering into this Agreement. The undertakings of each Debtor hereunder secure the obligations of itself and the other Debtors. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, or any of them, may, in their sole discretion, elect to enforce this Agreement against any Debtor without any duty or responsibility to pursue any other Debtor and such an election by the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, or any of them, shall not be a defense to any action the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, or any of them, may elect to take against any Debtor. Each of the Secured Parties and Collateral Agent hereby reserve all right against each Debtor.
10. (a) At any time and from time to time whether or not an Event of Default then exists and is continuing, and without prior notice to or consent of any Debtor, the Collateral Agent may at its option take such actions as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate (i) except with respect to the Specified Collateral (as to which clause (ii) of Section 5(e) shall govern, if applicable), to attach, perfect, continue, preserve and protect the Collateral Agents and the Secured Parties first priority (subject only to Permitted Liens) security interest in or Lien on such Collateral, and/or (ii) to inspect, audit and verify the Collateral, including reviewing all of such Debtors books and records and copying and making excerpts therefrom, provided that the same is done with advance notice during normal business hours to the extent access to such Debtors premises is required and no more than two such visits for the Collateral Agent shall be permitted in any fiscal year, unless an Event of Default or an event or condition which, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing during which period no such notice, timing or frequency requirements or restrictions shall apply, and (iii) to add all liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) to the Senior Secured Obligations, to be paid by the Debtors to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, upon demand, unless and to the extent the Financing Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement expressly otherwise provide;
(b) At any time and from time to time after an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and without prior notice to or consent of any Debtor, the Collateral Agent may at its
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option take such action as the Collateral Agent deems appropriate (i) to maintain, repair, protect and insure the Collateral, and/or (ii) to perform, keep, observe and render true and correct any and all material covenants, agreements, representations and warranties of any Debtor hereunder, and (iii) to add all liabilities, obligations, costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) to the Senior Secured Obligations, to be paid by any Debtor to the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, upon demand.
11. After there exists any Event of Default under any of the Financing Documents which has not been cured or waived by the Secured Parties pursuant to the applicable Financing Documents:
(a) The Collateral Agent shall have and may exercise all the rights and remedies available to a secured party under the Code in effect at the time, and such other rights and remedies as may be provided by law and as set forth below, including without limitation to take over and collect all of any Debtors Receivables and all other Collateral, and to this end each Debtor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent, its officers, employees and agents, as its irrevocable, true and lawful attorneys-in-fact with all necessary power and authority to (i) take possession immediately, with or without notice, demand, or legal process, of any of or all of the Collateral wherever found, and for such purposes, enter upon any premises upon which the Collateral may be found and remove the Collateral therefrom, (ii) require any Debtor to assemble the Collateral and deliver it to the Collateral Agent or to any place designated by the Collateral Agent at the Debtors expense, (iii) receive and open of all mail addressed to any Debtor and notify postal authorities to change the address for delivery thereof to such address as the Collateral Agent may designate, (iv) demand payment of the Receivables, (v) enforce payment of the Receivables by legal proceedings or otherwise, (vi) exercise all of any Debtors rights and remedies with respect to the collection of the Receivables, (vii) settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew the Receivables, (viii) settle, adjust or compromise any legal proceedings brought to collect the Receivables, (ix) to the extent permitted by applicable law, sell or assign the Receivables upon such terms, for such amounts and at such time or times as the Collateral Agent deems advisable, (x) discharge and release the Receivables, (xi) take control, in any manner, of any item of payment or proceeds from any account debtor, (xii) prepare, file and sign any Debtors name on any proof of claim in bankruptcy or similar document against any account debtor, (xiii) prepare, file and sign any Debtors name on any notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document in connection with the Receivables, (xiv) do all acts and things necessary, in the Collateral Agents sole discretion, to fulfill any Debtors or the Mexican Borrowers obligations to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties under the Financing Documents or otherwise, (xv) endorse the name of any Debtor upon any check, Chattel Paper, Document, Instrument, invoice, freight bill, bill of lading or similar document or agreement relating to the Receivables or Inventory, (xvi) use any Debtors stationery and sign such Debtors name to verifications of the Receivables and notices thereof to account debtors, (xvii) access and use the information recorded on or contained in any data processing equipment or computer hardware or software relating to the Receivables, Inventory, or other Collateral or proceeds thereof to which any Debtor has access, (xviii) demand, sue for, collect, compromise and give acquittances for any and all Collateral, (xix) prosecute, defend or compromise any action, claim or proceeding with respect to any of the Collateral, and (xx) take such other action as the Collateral Agent may deem appropriate, including extending or modifying the terms of payment
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of any Debtors debtors. This power of attorney, being coupled with an interest, shall be irrevocable for the term of this Agreement. To the extent permitted by law, each Debtor hereby waives all claims of damages due to or arising from or connected with any of the rights or remedies exercised by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement, except claims for damage to the Collateral arising from gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Collateral Agent.
(b) The Collateral Agent shall have the right to lease, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any of the Collateral at public or private sale or sales for cash, credit or any combination thereof, with such notice as may be required by law (it being agreed by each Debtor that, in the absence of any contrary requirement of law, at least ten (10) days prior notice (in any manner permitted by the Code) of a public or private sale of Collateral as required by the Code shall be deemed reasonable notice), in lots or in bulk, for cash or on credit, all as the Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, may deem advisable. Such sales may be adjourned from time to time with or without notice. The Collateral Agent shall have the right to conduct such sales on any Debtors premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use any Debtors premises without charge for such sales for such time or times as the Collateral Agent may see fit. The Collateral Agent may purchase all or any part of the Collateral at public or, if permitted by law, private sale and, in lieu of actual payment of such purchase price, may set off the amount of such price against the Senior Secured Obligations.
(c) Each Debtor, at its cost and expense (including the cost and expense of any of the following referenced consents, approvals, etc.) will promptly execute and deliver or use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause the execution and delivery of all applications, certificates, instruments, registration statements, and all other documents and papers the Collateral Agent may request in connection with the obtaining of any consent, approval, registration, qualification, permit, license, accreditation, or authorization of any Governmental Authority or other Person necessary or appropriate for the effective exercise of any rights hereunder or under the other Financing Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Debtor agrees that, in the event the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and/or the Secured Parties shall exercise its rights hereunder or pursuant to the other Financing Documents, to sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of, or vote, consent, operate, or take any other action in connection with any of the Collateral, such Debtor shall execute and deliver (or use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be executed and delivered) all applications, certificates, assignments and other documents that the Collateral Agent requests to facilitate such actions and shall otherwise promptly, fully, and diligently cooperate with the Collateral Agent and any other Persons in making any application for the prior consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any other Person to the exercise by the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and/or the Secured Parties or any such rights relating to all or any of the Collateral. Furthermore, because each Debtor agrees that the remedies at law of the Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and/or the Secured Parties, for failure of such Debtor to comply with this Subsection (c) would be inadequate, and that any such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, each Debtor agrees that this Subsection (c) may be specifically enforced.
(d) The Collateral Agent may request, without limiting the rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties otherwise provided hereunder and
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under the other Financing Documents, that each Debtor do any of the following: (i) give the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties specific assignments of the accounts receivable of such Debtor after such accounts receivable come into existence, and schedules of such accounts receivable, the form and content of such assignment and schedules to be satisfactory to Collateral Agent, and (ii) upon the occurrence and continuance of a Trigger Event and as part of the Collateral Agent taking such steps to accomplish perfection of its security interest in Specified Collateral as provided in clause (ii) of Section 5(e), if applicable, in order to better secure the Collateral Agent on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties, to the extent permitted by law, enter into such lockbox agreements and establish such lockbox accounts as the Collateral Agent may require, all at the sole expense of the Debtors, and shall direct all payments from all payors due to such Debtor, to such lockbox accounts.
12. The Lien on and security interest in each Debtors Collateral granted to and created in favor of the Collateral Agent by this Agreement shall be for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement. Each of the rights, privileges, and remedies provided to the Collateral Agent hereunder or otherwise by law with respect to any Debtors Collateral shall be exercised by the Collateral Agent only for its own benefit and the ratable benefit of the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, and any of such Debtors Collateral or proceeds thereof held or realized upon at any time by the Collateral Agent shall be applied as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Debtor shall remain liable to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates for and shall pay to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of itself, the other Secured Parties and any of their respective Affiliates to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement, and any of their respective Affiliates, any deficiency which may remain after such sale or collection.
13. [Intentionally Omitted]
14. It is contemplated by the parties hereto that there may be times when no Senior Secured Obligations are outstanding, but notwithstanding such occurrences, this Agreement shall remain valid and shall be in full force and effect as to subsequent outstanding Senior Secured Obligations. Upon the satisfaction in full of the Senior Secured Obligations and the termination or expiration of the Financing Documents and all commitments thereunder (other than (i) indemnity obligations that survive the termination of this Agreement for which no notice of claims has been received by the Debtors and (ii) Letters of Credit that have been cash collateralized to the satisfaction of the Collateral Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer in their sole discretion), the Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement shall terminate (other than those provisions expressly stated to survive such termination) and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Debtor, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party. The Collateral Agent will thereafter, upon any Debtors request and at such Debtors expense, (a) return to such Debtor such of the Collateral in the Collateral Agents possession as shall not have been sold or otherwise disposed of or applied pursuant to the terms hereof, and (b) execute and deliver to such Debtor such documents as such Debtor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination. If any of the Collateral shall be sold or otherwise disposed of by any Debtor in a transaction
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permitted by the Financing Documents, then the Collateral Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Debtor, shall execute and deliver to such Debtor all releases or other documents necessary for the release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral. Each Debtor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement originally filed in connection herewith without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, subject to such Debtors rights under Sections 9-509(d)(2) and 9-518 of the Code.
15. No failure or delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in exercising any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege of the Collateral Agent hereunder; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. No waiver of a single Event of Default shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent Event of Default. All waivers under this Agreement must be in writing. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement are cumulative and in addition to any rights or remedies which it may otherwise have, and the Collateral Agent may enforce any one or more remedies hereunder successively or concurrently at its option.
16. All notices, statements, requests and demands given to or made upon either party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made as provided in Section 11.5 [Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications] of the Domestic Credit Agreement in the case of the Debtors and as set forth in Section 7.9 [Notices] of the Intercreditor Agreement in the case of the Collateral Agent.
17. Each Debtor agrees that, as of the date hereof, all information contained on the applicable Security Interest Data Summary attached hereto as Schedule A is accurate and complete and contains no omission or misrepresentation.
18. Each Debtor acknowledges that the provisions hereof giving the Collateral Agent rights of access to books, records and information concerning the Collateral and such Debtors operations and providing the Collateral Agent access to such Debtors premises are intended to afford the Collateral Agent with immediate access to current information concerning such Debtor and its activities, including without limitation, the value, nature and location of the Collateral so that the Collateral Agent can, among other things, make an appropriate determination after the occurrence of an Event of Default, whether and when to exercise its other remedies hereunder and at law, including without limitation, instituting a replevin action should any Debtor refuse to turn over any Collateral to the Collateral Agent. Each Debtor further acknowledges that should such Debtor at any time fail to promptly provide such information and access to the Collateral Agent, each Debtor acknowledges that the Collateral Agent would have no adequate remedy at law to promptly obtain the same. Each Debtor agrees that the provisions hereof may be specifically enforced by the Collateral Agent and waives any claim or defense in any such action or proceeding that the Collateral Agent has an adequate remedy at law.
19. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and each Debtor and each of its respective successors and assigns, except that no Debtor may assign or transfer such Debtors obligations hereunder or any interest herein.
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20. This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflicts of laws principles, except to the extent of any provision of the Code that applies the law of the jurisdiction in which the Collateral is located; provided, however, that in no event shall this Section be applied or interpreted to defeat a perfected security interest in the Collateral that would be valid under an otherwise applicable law.
21. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
22. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR OHIO STATE COURT SITTING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH OHIO STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH PARTY HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTION RELATING HERETO OR THERETO SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE COLLATERAL AGENT, ANY SECURED PARTY OR ANY L/C ISSUER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENT OR TRANSACTION RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, AGAINST EACH PARTY HERETO OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
23. EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY A JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING THERETO.
24. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each Debtor acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy transmission to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of the signature pages hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of any Debtor shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by such Debtor.
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25. At any time after the initial execution of this Agreement, additional Persons may become parties to this Agreement and thereby acquire the duties and rights of being Debtors hereunder by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties joinder agreements pursuant to the Financing Documents. No notice of the addition of any Debtor shall be required to be given to any pre-existing Debtor, and each Debtor hereby consents thereto.
26. This Agreement hereby amends and restates, in its entirety, the existing Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the Existing Security Agreement ), by and among the parties thereto, and the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the Liens, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Existing Security Agreement or under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement or any of the other Bank Loan Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Domestic Credit Agreement and the other Bank Loan Documents amended in connection therewith) or under the Note Agreement or any of the other Senior Note Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents amended in connection therewith).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year first above set forth.
DEBTORS: | ||
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
HANCOR, INC. |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
STORMTECH LLC |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
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COLLATERAL AGENT: | ||
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
By: |
/s/ George M. Gevas |
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Name: |
George M. Gevas |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
SCHEDULE A
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
SECURITY INTEREST DATA SUMMARY
1. The chief executive office of each of ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC., HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION, HANCOR, INC. and STORMTECH LLC (each a Debtor ) is located at:
4640 Trueman Boulevard
Hilliard, Ohio 43026
2. Except as set forth below, each Debtor uses no trade names or fictitious names. Each Debtors true and full name is as follows:
Entity Name |
Other Name(s) |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. |
ADS (Unregistered Trade Name)
ADS, Inc. (Unregistered Trade Name)
Century Plastics (Assumed Name)
Century Plastics, Inc. (Assumed Name) |
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StormTech LLC | None | |
Hancor Holding Corporation | None | |
Hancor, Inc. | Hancor of Michigan, Inc. (Former Legal Name of Entity Merged into Hancor, Inc. in 2006) |
3. Each Debtors form of organization is as follows:
Entity Name |
Form of Organization |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Corporation | |
StormTech LLC | Limited Liability Company | |
Hancor Holding Corporation | Corporation | |
Hancor, Inc. | Corporation |
4. Each Debtors state of organization is as follows:
Entity Name |
Jurisdiction of Organization |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | Delaware | |
StormTech LLC | Delaware | |
Hancor Holding Corporation | Delaware | |
Hancor, Inc. | Ohio |
5. Each Debtors Employer Identification Number is as follows:
Entity Name |
Employer Identification Number |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 51-0105665 | |
StormTech LLC | 56-2372585 | |
Hancor Holding Corporation | 34-1524217 | |
Hancor, Inc. | 34-1034349 |
6. Each Debtors organization ID # (if any exists) is as follows:
Entity Name |
Organizational Identification Number |
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. | 0648730 | |
StormTech LLC | 3673164 | |
Hancor Holding Corporation | 2077993 | |
Hancor, Inc. | 377794 |
SCHEDULE B
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITY AGREEMENT
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
None.
Exhibit 10.4
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT , dated as of June 22, 2017, (as further restated, amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the Agreement ), is given by EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED PARTIES LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO and EACH OF THE OTHER PERSONS AND ENTITIES THAT BECOMES BOUND HEREBY FROM TIME TO TIME by joinder, assumption or otherwise (each a Pledgor and collectively the Pledgors ), as a Pledgor of the each of the Companies (as defined herein), to PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the Collateral Agent ) for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
RECITALS :
WHEREAS, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower ), is a party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Domestic Credit Agreement ), with certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent ), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Domestic Facility Lenders ) pursuant to which the Domestic Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility and a swing loan subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $550,000,000, as the same may be increased (or potential term loans could be added) to an aggregate amount not to exceed $700,000,000 pursuant to the terms of the Domestic Credit Agreement, which revolving credit loans and possible added term loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Bank Notes ); and
WHEREAS, ADS Mexicana S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation, is party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (as it may be further amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Mexican Credit Agreement ), with PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the Mexican Facility Agent ), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Mexican Facility Lenders ) pursuant to which the Mexican Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000, which revolving credit loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Mexican Bank Notes ); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into a Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Note Agreement ) pursuant to which the Borrower issued and sold to each of the Noteholders (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined
below)) the Borrowers 5.60% Senior Series A Secured Notes due September 24, 2018 in the original aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series A Notes ) and 4.05% Senior Series B Secured Notes due September 24, 2019 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series B Notes ) and pursuant to which the Borrower may from time to time hereafter issue and sell one or more additional series of Shelf Notes (as defined therein) (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Shelf Notes ; and, collectively with the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, the Senior Notes ); and
WHEREAS, the Bank Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement and the other Bank Loan Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates (each as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) of the Borrower (each a Bank Guarantor and collectively, the Bank Guarantors ) pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Lender Guaranty Agreements ); and
WHEREAS, the Noteholders Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by certain Subsidiaries and Affiliates of the Borrower (the Noteholder Guarantors ) pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements ); and
WHEREAS, the Pledgors, the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Noteholders are entering into that certain Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement of even date herewith (as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement ) which among other things, appoints PNC Bank, National Association as the Collateral Agent thereunder and sets forth certain responsibilities and obligations of the Collateral Agent and establishes among the Secured Parties their respective rights with respect to certain payments that may be received by the Collateral Agent in respect of the Collateral (as defined therein), including without limitation, the Pledged Collateral (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, each Pledgor owns the outstanding capital stock, member interests and partnership interests of the Companies as set forth on Schedule A attached hereto and made a part hereof, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, as a condition to and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Domestic Facility Lenders to enter into the Domestic Credit Agreement, and as a condition to and to induce the Noteholders to enter into the Note Agreement, each Pledgor has agreed to pledge and grant a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and other property as security for the Senior Secured Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).
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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Recitals; Defined Terms.
(a) The Recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth herein.
(b) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, (i) capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Other Interpretive Provisions] of the Intercreditor Agreement shall apply to this Agreement. Where applicable and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, terms used herein (whether or not capitalized) shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in Article 8 and Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted in Ohio as amended from time to time, except to the extent that the conflict of law rules of such Uniform Commercial Code shall apply the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in any other state to specific property or other matters (the Code ).
CFC and CFCs shall mean one or more Controlled Foreign Corporations, as such term in Section 957 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company and Companies shall mean one or more of the entities issuing any of the Collateral which is or should be (in accordance with Section 5(g) hereto) described on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Domestic Subsidiary shall mean a Subsidiary that is organized or formed under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof.
Financing Documents shall mean (i) the Note Agreement and the Senior Notes, (ii) the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements, (iii) the Domestic Credit Agreement and the Domestic Bank Notes, (iv) the Mexican Credit Agreement and the Mexican Bank Notes, (v) the Lender Guaranty Agreements, (vi) any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, (vii) any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, (viii) any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product, (ix) this Agreement and the other Security Documents, and (x) any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications in respect of the foregoing.
Foreign Company shall mean one or more of the entities issuing any of the Pledged Collateral which is not organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America which is or should be (in accordance with Section 5(g) hereto) described on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
Foreign Holding Company shall mean one or more Persons which has as its principal purpose the holding of ownership interest in one or more CFCs and has no other material assets or operations, and shall include, as of the date hereof, ADS Worldwide, Inc., and ADS International, Inc.
Payment In Full shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.
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Permitted Lien shall mean Liens for taxes, assessments, customs duties or similar charges incurred in the ordinary course of business which are not yet due and payable but only to the extent any applicable statute provides for a Lien on any of the Pledged Collateral.
Pledged Collateral shall mean and include the following: (i) the capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, warrants, options, put rights, call rights, similar rights, and all other ownership or participation interests owned or held by each Pledgor at any time and listed on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, all capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, warrants, options, put rights, call rights, similar rights, and all other ownership or participation interests in each Company owned or held by each Pledgor at any time and any and all other securities, shares, capital stock, investment property, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests hereafter pledged by a Pledgor to the Collateral Agent, (ii) all rights and privileges pertaining thereto, including all present and future securities, shares, capital stock, investment property, dividends, distributions and other ownership interests receivable in respect of or in exchange for any of the foregoing, all present and future rights to subscribe for securities, shares, capital stock, investment property or other ownership interests incident to or arising from ownership of any of the foregoing, all present and future cash, interest, stock or other dividends or distributions paid or payable on any of the foregoing, and all present and future books and records (whether paper, electronic or any other medium) pertaining to any of the foregoing, including all stock record and transfer books and (iii) whatever is received when any of the foregoing is sold, exchanged, replaced or otherwise disposed of, including all proceeds, as such term is defined in the Code, thereof; provided , however , that in no event shall any of the capital stock, shares, securities, investment property, member interests, partnership interests, and all other ownership or participation interests issued by any Foreign Holding Company, by ADS Latina, LLC, a Delaware corporation, by BaySaver Technologies, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (unless BaySaver Technologies, LLC becomes a wholly-owned Subsidiary), or by any Foreign Company that is not a first-tier Subsidiary directly owned by a Pledgor, be pledged hereunder or otherwise constitute Pledged Collateral, nor shall any rights and privileges pertaining to any such equity interests, or any assets received in respect thereof, be pledged hereunder or otherwise constitute Pledged Collateral.
Secured Party shall mean any one of the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Domestic Facility Lenders, the Mexican Facility Lenders, the Noteholders and any other holders of Senior Notes, the Lender Affiliates, the Collateral Agent, and any successors and permitted assigns to the interests in the Senior Secured Obligations owing to any such Persons.
2. Grant of Security Interests.
(a) To secure on a first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) perfected basis the indefeasible payment and performance in full of all Senior Secured Obligations when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) ( Payment In Full ), each Pledgor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent a continuing first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) security interest under the Code in and hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent, in each case for the ratable benefit of each of the Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor
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Agreement, all of such Pledgors now existing and hereafter acquired or arising right, title and interest in, to, and under the Pledged Collateral whether now or hereafter existing and wherever located. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Financing Document, the Senior Secured Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement).
(b) Upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each Pledgor shall deliver to and deposit with the Collateral Agent (or with a Person designated by the Collateral Agent to hold the Pledged Collateral on behalf of the Collateral Agent) in pledge, all of such Pledgors certificates, instruments or other documents comprising or evidencing the Pledged Collateral, together with undated stock powers, instruments or other documents signed in blank by such Pledgor. In the event that any Pledgor should ever acquire or receive certificates, securities, instruments or other documents evidencing the Pledged Collateral, such Pledgor shall promptly deliver to and deposit with the Collateral Agent in pledge, all such certificates, securities, instruments or other documents which evidence the Pledged Collateral.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (i) the Pledged Collateral issued by any one Foreign Company shall not exceed sixty-five percent (65%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests entitled to vote issued by such Foreign Company, and (ii) this Agreement shall not apply to any such stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests or ownership interests which are in excess of such sixty-five percent (65%) limitation. To the extent the Collateral Agent receives more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests entitle to vote issued by any Foreign Company, the Collateral Agent shall return such excess stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests upon the request of a Pledgor.
3. Further Assurances.
Prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, and thereafter at any time and from time to time upon reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, each Pledgor shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent all financing statements, continuation financing statements, assignments, certificates and documents of title, affidavits, reports, notices, schedules of account, letters of authority, further pledges, powers of attorney and all other documents (collectively, the Security Documents ) that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and take such other action which the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, to perfect and continue perfected and to create and maintain the first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) status of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Pledged Collateral and to fully consummate the transactions contemplated under this Agreement. Each Pledgor agrees that the Collateral Agent may record any one or more financing statements under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code with respect to the pledge and security interest herein granted. Each Pledgor hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and any of the Collateral Agents officers or employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Pledgors true and lawful attorney with power to
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sign the name of such Pledgor on all or any of the Security Documents which the Collateral Agent determines must be executed, filed, recorded or sent in order to perfect or continue perfected the Collateral Agents security interest in the Pledged Collateral in any jurisdiction. Such power, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable until Payment In Full of all Senior Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything contained elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, no Pledgor shall be required to enter into or deliver any agreements, instruments, certificates or other documents, or make any filings, that are solely related to any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America (or its territories or possessions) in connection with the grant and perfection of the Liens and security interests set forth in this Agreement.
4. Representations and Warranties.
Each Pledgor hereby, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent as follows:
(a) The Pledged Collateral does not include Margin Stock and no loan under any of the Bank Credit Agreements nor proceeds from the issuance of notes under the Note Agreement shall be used for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock. Margin Stock as used in this clause (a) shall have the meaning ascribed to such term by Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States;
(b) [Intentionally omitted];
(c) The capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests and other ownership interests constituting the Pledged Collateral of such Pledgor have been duly authorized and validly issued to such Pledgor, are fully paid and nonassessable and constitute (i) one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock, member interests or partnership interests of each Company that is a Domestic Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Holding Company) owned by such Pledgor, and (ii) no more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the issued and outstanding capital stock, member interests or partnership interests of each Foreign Company and each Subsidiary of a Foreign Holding Company, all as set forth on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(d) The security interests in the Pledged Collateral granted hereunder are valid, perfected and of first priority, subject to the Lien of no other Person other than Permitted Liens and Liens of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement;
(e) There are no restrictions upon the transfer of the Pledged Collateral and such Pledgor has the power and authority and unencumbered right to transfer the Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor free of any Lien and without the necessity of obtaining the consent of any other Person;
(f) Such Pledgor has full power to enter into, execute, deliver and carry out this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and all such actions have been duly authorized by all necessary proceedings on its part;
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(g) There are no actions, suits, proceedings or investigations pending or, to such Pledgors knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against such Pledgor or affecting such Pledgor with respect to, or otherwise affecting, the Pledged Collateral, at law or in equity or before or by any Governmental Authority, which individually or in the aggregate would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Note Agreement), and such Pledgor is not in default with respect to any judgment, order, writ, injunction, rule, regulation, or any decree of any Governmental Authority which would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Change (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Note Agreement);
(h) This Agreement (i) has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Pledgor, and (ii) constitutes, or will constitute, legal, valid and binding obligations of such Pledgor, enforceable against such Pledgor in accordance with its 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;
(i) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Pledgor nor the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated or compliance with the terms and provisions hereof or thereof by such Pledgor will conflict with, constitute a default under or result in any breach of (i) the terms and conditions of the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or other organizational documents of such Pledgor or (ii) any law or any material agreement or instrument or order, writ, judgment, injunction or decree to which such Pledgor is a party or by which it is bound or to which it is subject, or result in the creation or enforcement of any Lien, charge or encumbrance whatsoever upon any property (now or hereafter acquired) of such Pledgor (other than Liens of the Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement);
(j) Such Pledgors exact legal name is as set forth on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(k) The jurisdiction of incorporation, formation or organization, as applicable, of such Pledgor is as set forth on Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and
(l) All rights of such Pledgor in connection with its ownership of each of the Companies are evidenced and governed solely by the stock certificates, instruments or other documents evidencing ownership and organizational documents of each of the Companies and no shareholder, voting, or other similar agreements are applicable to any of the Pledged Collateral or any of any Pledgors rights with respect thereto, and no such certificate, instrument or other document provides that any member interest, partnership interest or other intangible ownership interest constituting Pledged Collateral is a security within the meaning of and subject to Article 8 of the Code, except pursuant to Section 5(j) hereof; and the organizational documents of each Company contain no restrictions on the rights of shareholders, members or partners other than those that normally would apply to a company organized under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of each of the Companies.
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5. General Covenants.
Each Pledgor hereby, jointly and severally, covenants and agrees as follows:
(a) Such Pledgor shall do all reasonable acts that may be necessary and appropriate to maintain, preserve and protect the Pledged Collateral; such Pledgor shall be responsible for the risk of loss of, damage to, or destruction of the Pledged Collateral owned by such Pledgor, unless such loss is the result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent;
(b) Such Pledgor shall appear in and defend any action or proceeding of which such Pledgor is aware which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect such Pledgors title to, or the Collateral Agents interest in, the Pledged Collateral or the proceeds thereof; provided, however , that with the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, such Pledgor may settle such actions or proceedings with respect to the Pledged Collateral;
(c) Such Pledgor shall, and shall cause each of the Companies to, keep separate, accurate and complete records of the Pledged Collateral, disclosing the Collateral Agents security interest hereunder;
(d) Such Pledgor shall comply with all laws applicable to the Pledged Collateral unless any noncompliance would not individually or in the aggregate materially impair the use or value of the Pledged Collateral or the Collateral Agents rights hereunder;
(e) Such Pledgor shall pay all taxes, duties, fees or imposts of any nature imposed by any Governmental Authority ( Taxes ) on any of the Pledged Collateral before any penalty or fine accrues thereon; provided , that no such Tax needs to be paid to the extent it is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted, so long as (i) adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions as shall be required in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as are in effect from time to time, and applied on a consistent basis both as to classification of items and amounts shall have been made therefor, and (ii) such contest proceedings conclusively operate to stay the sale of any portion of the Pledged Collateral to satisfy such Tax;
(f) Such Pledgor shall permit the Collateral Agent, its officers, employees and agents at reasonable times to inspect all books and records related to the Pledged Collateral, all in such detail and at such times during normal business hours and as often as any of the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and with reasonable notice prior to any inspection; provided , that in the absence of an Event of Default, no more than two such visits for the Collateral Agent will be permitted in any fiscal year;
(g) Subject to Section 2(c) hereof, to the extent, following the date hereof, such Pledgor acquires capital stock, shares, securities, member interests, partnership interests, investment property and other ownership interests of any of the Companies or any of the rights, property or securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests, investment property or any other ownership interests described in the definition of Pledged Collateral with respect to any of the Companies, all such ownership interests shall be subject to the terms hereof and, upon such acquisition, shall be deemed to be hereby pledged to the Collateral Agent; and, such Pledgor thereupon, in confirmation thereof, shall provide the Collateral Agent prompt
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written notice thereof and shall deliver all such securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests, investment property and other ownership interests together with an updated Schedule A hereto, to the Collateral Agent together with, subject to Section 3 hereof, all such control agreements, financing statements, and any other documents necessary to implement the provisions and purposes of this Agreement as the Collateral Agent may request;
(h) Except as otherwise expressly permitted under the Financing Documents, during the term of this Agreement, such Pledgor shall not sell, assign, replace, retire, transfer or otherwise dispose of its Pledged Collateral without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent;
(i) Such Pledgor shall notify the Collateral Agent in writing not less than fifteen (15) days (or such shorter period as agreed by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion) prior to any change in such Pledgors chief executive office address, legal name, or state of incorporation, formation or organization;
(j) During the term of this Agreement, such Pledgor shall not (i) permit any Company to issue any uncertificated ownership interests unless such ownership interests are immediately perfected by delivery to the Collateral Agent (in the manner required by Section 8-301(b) of the Code or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) upon issuance, together with all evidence of such election and issuance and all Security Documents as set forth in Section 3 hereof or (ii) elect to treat any ownership interests as securities that are subject to Article 8 of the Code; and
(k) Such Pledgor hereby (i) waives, and has caused each applicable Company to waive, any restrictions upon the pledge or any other transfer of the Pledged Collateral as contemplated hereby, by any of the other Financing Documents or by the Intercreditor Agreement; and (ii) acknowledges and agrees that (A) no other consent or approval of any other Person is required in connection herewith or therewith, (B) there exists no option, or other right outstanding to purchase any of the Pledged Collateral; and (C) as long as this Agreement remains in effect, the rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, under any of the Financing Documents and under the Intercreditor Agreement are superior to any first refusal right with respect to the Pledged Collateral and any such first refusal right shall in no manner whatsoever affect any exercise of the Collateral Agent of any of the Collateral Agents rights under this Agreement, any of the other Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement.
6. Other Rights With Respect to Pledged Collateral.
In addition to the other rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent hereunder, at any time and from time to time, after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent, at its option and at the expense of the Pledgors, may (a) transfer into its own name, or into the name of its nominee, all or any part of the Pledged Collateral, thereafter receiving all dividends, income or other distributions upon the Pledged Collateral; (b) take control of and manage all or any of the Pledged Collateral; (c) apply to the payment of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, whether any be due and payable or not, any moneys, including cash dividends and income from any Pledged Collateral, now or hereafter in the hands of the Collateral Agent or any Affiliate of the Collateral Agent, on deposit or
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otherwise, belonging to any Pledgor, as the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, shall determine; and (d) do anything which any Pledgor is required but fails to do hereunder.
7. Additional Remedies Upon Event of Default.
Upon the occurrence of any Event of Default and while such Event of Default shall be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall have, in addition to all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code or other applicable law, and in addition to its rights under Section 6 above, under the other Financing Documents and under the Intercreditor Agreement, the following rights and remedies:
(a) The Collateral Agent may, after at least ten (10) days advance notice to a Pledgor (in any manner permitted by the Code), sell, assign, give an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of such Pledgors Pledged Collateral or any part thereof at public or private sale, at any of the Collateral Agents offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable. Each Pledgor agrees that at least ten (10) days advance notice (in any manner permitted by the Code) of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of Pledged Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Pledgor recognizes that the Collateral Agent may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales of the Pledged Collateral to a restricted group of purchasers who will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests, investment property or ownership interests for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.
(b) The Pledgors and each of the Companies hereby agree that, at the joint and several expense of the Pledgors and the Companies, the Collateral Agent may have this Agreement translated into the official language of the Collateral Agent, any Pledgor or any Company at any time in the Collateral Agents discretion. In the event of any disagreement between the Collateral Agent and any Pledgor or any of the Companies regarding the translation of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent may submit this Agreement to an internationally recognized translator for translation, at the joint and several expense of Pledgors and the Companies, and each of the Pledgors and each of the Companies is hereby irrevocably deemed to accept as accurate and agree to the translation rendered thereby.
(c) The proceeds of any collection, sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral, or any part thereof, shall, after the Collateral Agent has made all deductions of expenses, including but not limited to attorneys fees (including the allocated costs of staff counsel) and other expenses incurred in connection with repossession, collection, sale or disposition of such Pledged Collateral or in connection with the enforcement of the Collateral Agents rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral, including in any insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings, be applied against the Senior Secured Obligations, whether or not all the same be then due and payable, be applied as set forth in Section 5.10 [Distribution of Proceeds] of the Intercreditor Agreement.
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8. Collateral Agents Duties.
The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Pledged Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for the safe custody of any Pledged Collateral in its possession and the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to any Pledged Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining to any Pledged Collateral.
9. Additional Pledgors.
It is anticipated that additional Persons may from time to time become Domestic Subsidiaries of the Borrower or a Guarantor, each of whom may be required to join this Agreement if and to the extent required pursuant to the terms of any of the Financing Documents. It is acknowledged and agreed that such new Subsidiaries of the Borrower or of a Guarantor may become Pledgors hereunder and will be bound hereby simply by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent one or more joinders hereto as set forth in the Recitals to this Agreement. In addition, a new Schedule A hereto shall be provided to the Collateral Agent showing the pledge of the ownership interest in such new Subsidiary and any ownership interests that such new Subsidiary owns in any other Person. No notice of the addition of any Pledgor shall be required to be given to any pre-existing Pledgor, and each Pledgor hereby consents thereto.
10. No Discharge Until Indefeasible Payment of the Senior Secured Obligations.
The pledge, security interests, and other Liens and the obligations of each Pledgor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise diminished by any failure, default, omission, or delay, willful or otherwise, by the Collateral Agent, or any other obligor on any of the Senior Secured Obligations, or by 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 such Pledgor or which would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Pledgor as a matter of law or equity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Pledgor hereby consents to, and the pledge, security interests, and other Liens given by such Pledgor hereunder shall not be diminished, terminated, or otherwise similarly affected by any of the following at any time and from time to time:
(i) Any lack of genuineness, legality, validity, enforceability, or allowability (in a bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, or otherwise), or any avoidance or subordination, in whole or in part, of any of the Financing Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or any of the Senior Secured Obligations and regardless of any law, regulation, or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of the Senior Secured Obligations, any of the terms of any of the Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, or any rights of the Collateral Agent or any other Person with respect thereto;
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(ii) Any increase, decrease, or change in the amount, nature, type or purpose of any of the Senior Secured Obligations (whether or not contemplated by any of the Financing Documents as presently constituted); any change in the time, manner, method, or place of payment or performance of, or in any other term of, any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any execution or delivery of any additional Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement; or any amendment, modification or supplement to, or refinancing or refunding of, any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement;
(iii) Any failure to assert any breach of or default under any of the Financing Document, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement; any extensions of credit in excess of the amount committed under or contemplated by any of the Financing Documents, or in circumstances in which any condition to such extensions of credit has not been satisfied; any other exercise or non-exercise, or any other failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action in connection with any exercise or non-exercise, of any right or remedy against such Pledgor or any other Person under or in connection with any of the Financing Document, any of the Senior Secured Obligations, or the Intercreditor Agreement; any refusal of payment or performance of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, whether or not with any reservation of rights against any Pledgor; or any application of collections (including collections resulting from realization upon any direct or indirect security for the Senior Secured Obligations) to other obligations, if any, not entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, in preference to the Senior Secured Obligations or, if any collections are applied to the Senior Secured Obligations, any application to particular Senior Secured Obligations;
(iv) Any taking, exchange, amendment, modification, supplement, termination, subordination, release, loss, or impairment of, or any failure to protect, perfect, or preserve the value of, or any enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or any failure, omission, breach, default, delay, or wrongful action by the Collateral Agent or any other Person in connection with the enforcement of, realization upon, or exercise of rights or remedies under or in connection with, or, any other action or inaction by Collateral Agent or any other Person in respect of, any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations (including the Pledged Collateral). As used in this Agreement, direct or indirect security for the Senior Secured Obligations, and similar phrases, includes any collateral security, guaranty, suretyship, letter of credit, capital maintenance agreement, put option, subordination agreement, or other right or arrangement of any nature providing direct or indirect assurance of payment or performance of any of the Senior Secured Obligations, made by or on behalf of any Person;
(v) Any merger, consolidation, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up, charter revocation, or forfeiture, or other change in, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of, any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person; any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person; or any action taken or election (including any election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any comparable law of any jurisdiction) made by Collateral Agent or any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or by any other Person in connection with any such proceeding;
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(vi) Any defense, setoff, or counterclaim which may at any time be available to or be asserted by any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person with respect to any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement; or any discharge by operation of law or release of any Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person from the performance or observance of any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement; or
(vii) Any other event or circumstance, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, and whether known or unknown, which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or limit the liability of a guarantor or a surety, including any Pledgor, excepting only performance and Payment In Full of the Senior Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations).
11. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies.
No failure to exercise, and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Collateral Agent, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. No waiver of a single Event of Default shall be deemed a waiver of a subsequent Event of Default. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided under the other Financing Documents, the Intercreditor Agreement or by law, rule or regulation and the Collateral Agent may enforce any one or more remedies hereunder successively or concurrently at its option. Each Pledgor waives any right to require the Collateral Agent to proceed against any other Person or to exhaust any of the Pledged Collateral or other security for the Senior Secured Obligations or to pursue any remedy in the Collateral Agents power.
12. Waivers.
Each Pledgor hereby waives any and all defenses that any Pledgor may now or hereafter have based on principles of suretyship, impairment of collateral, or the like and each Pledgor hereby waives any defense to or limitation on its obligations under this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Pledgor hereby further waives each of the following:
(a) All notices, disclosures and demands of any nature that otherwise might be required from time to time to preserve intact any rights against such Pledgor, including the following: any notice of any event or circumstance described in the immediately preceding Section hereof; any notice required by any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction; any notice of nonpayment, nonperformance, dishonor or protest under any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement; any notice of the incurrence of any Senior Secured Obligations; any notice of any default or any failure on the part of such Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person to comply with
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any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement, or any requirement pertaining to any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; and any notice or other information pertaining to the business, operations, condition (financial or otherwise), or prospects of the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person;
(b) Any right to any marshalling of assets, to the filing of any claim against such Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person in the event of any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or similar proceeding, or to the exercise against such Pledgor, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person of any other right or remedy under or in connection with any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement, or any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any requirement of promptness or diligence on the part of the Collateral Agent or any other Person; any requirement to exhaust any remedies under or in connection with, or to mitigate the damages resulting from default under, any of the Financing Documents, any of the Senior Secured Obligations or the Intercreditor Agreement, or any direct or indirect security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations; any benefit of any statute of limitations; and any requirement of acceptance of this Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, and any requirement that any Pledgor receive notice of any such acceptance; and
(c) Any defense or other right arising by reason of any law now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction pertaining to election of remedies (including anti-deficiency laws, one action laws, or the like), or by reason of any election of remedies or other action or inaction by the Collateral Agent (including commencement or completion of any judicial proceeding or nonjudicial sale or other action in respect of collateral security for any of the Senior Secured Obligations), which results in denial or impairment of the right of the Collateral Agent to seek a deficiency against the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower or any other Person or which otherwise discharges or impairs any of the Senior Secured Obligations.
13. Taxes.
(a) [Intentionally omitted].
(b) Without limiting anything contained in any of the Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, each Pledgor acknowledges that the Pledged Collateral secures payment of all present and future stamp or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, charges, or similar levies which arise from any payment or collection made hereunder or from the execution, delivery, or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement (hereinafter referred to as Other Taxes ).
(c) Each Pledgor acknowledges that the Pledged Collateral secures the full amount of Other Taxes (including any Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section) paid by the Collateral Agent and any liability (including penalties, interest, and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.
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(d) As soon as practicable after the payment of Other Taxes by any Pledgor to a Governmental Authority, such Pledgor shall furnish to the Collateral Agent, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.
(e) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement of any Pledgor hereunder, the agreements and obligations of each Pledgor contained in clauses (a) through (d) directly above shall survive Payment In Full.
14. Judgment Currency.
(a) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert a sum due under this Agreement in any currency (the Original Currency ) into another currency (the Other Currency ), each Pledgor hereby agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal lending procedures the Collateral Agent could purchase the Original Currency with the Other Currency after any premium and costs of exchange on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given.
(b) The obligation of each Pledgor in respect of any sum due from such Pledgor to the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall, notwithstanding any judgment in an Other Currency, whether pursuant to a judgment or otherwise, be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Collateral Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in such Other Currency, the Collateral Agent may in accordance with normal lending procedures purchase the Original Currency with such Other Currency. If the amount of the Original Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Collateral Agent in the Original Currency, such Pledgor agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment or payment, that Pledged Collateral secures payment to the Collateral Agent to indemnify it against such loss.
15. Waiver of Sovereign Immunity.
To the extent that any Pledgor has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, such Pledgor hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any other document or agreement executed or given in connection therewith, and such Pledgor agrees that it will not raise or claim any such immunity at or in respect of any such action or proceeding.
16. Assignment.
All rights of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of its successors and assigns. All obligations of each Pledgor shall bind its successors and assigns; provided , however , each Pledgor may not assign or transfer any of its rights and obligations hereunder or any interest herein, and any such purported assignment or transfer shall be null and void.
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17. Severability.
Any provision (or portion thereof) of this Agreement which shall be held invalid or unenforceable shall be ineffective without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof or portions thereof.
18. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio without regard to its conflicts of laws principles, except to the extent of any provision of the Code that applies the law of the jurisdiction in which the Pledged Collateral is located; provided , however , that in no event shall this Section be applied or interpreted to defeat a perfected security interest in the Pledged Collateral that would be valid under an otherwise applicable law.
19. Notices.
All notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications (collectively, notices ) given to or made upon any party hereto under the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made as set forth in Section 11.5 [Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication] of the Domestic Credit Agreement in the case of the Pledgors and as set forth in Section 7.9 [Notices] of the Intercreditor Agreement in the case of the Collateral Agent.
20. Specific Performance.
Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that, in addition to the other rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, under the other Financing Documents and under the Intercreditor Agreement, because the Collateral Agents remedies at law for failure of such Pledgor to comply with the provisions hereof relating to the Collateral Agents rights (i) to inspect the books and records related to the Pledged Collateral, (ii) to receive the various notifications such Pledgor is required to deliver hereunder, (iii) to obtain copies of agreements and documents as provided herein with respect to the Pledged Collateral, (iv) to enforce the provisions hereof pursuant to which such Pledgor has appointed the Collateral Agent its attorney-in-fact, and (v) to enforce the Collateral Agents remedies hereunder, would be inadequate and that any such failure would not be adequately compensable in damages, such Pledgor agrees that each such provision hereof may be specifically enforced.
21. Voting Rights in Respect of the Pledged Collateral.
So long as no Event of Default shall occur and be continuing under any of the Financing Documents, each Pledgor may exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof for any purpose not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the other Financing Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement; provided , however , that such Pledgor will not exercise or will refrain from exercising any such voting and other consensual right pertaining to the Pledged Collateral, as the case may be, if such action would impair any Pledged Collateral. At any time and from time to time, after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, no Pledgor shall be permitted to exercise any of its
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respective voting and other consensual rights whatsoever pertaining to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof; provided , however , in addition to the other rights with respect to the Pledged Collateral granted to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties hereunder, at any time and from time to time, after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may exercise any and all voting and other consensual rights of each and every Pledgor pertaining to the Pledged Collateral or any part thereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition thereto, without the written consent of the Collateral Agent, the Pledgors shall not vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any of the Companies to issue any stock, member interests, partnership interests or other equity securities, member interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests of any nature or to issue any other securities, shares, capital stock, member interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any stock, member interests, partnership interests or other equity securities, member interests, partnership interests or other ownership interests of any nature of any such Company, unless all such additional stock, member interests, partnership interests, or other equity securities shall be Pledged Collateral subject to the terms of this Agreement. The Pledgors shall not enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of the Pledgor or the Collateral Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Pledged Collateral.
22. Consent to Jurisdiction.
Each Pledgor and each of the Companies hereby irrevocably submits to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any U.S. federal or Ohio state court sitting in Franklin County, Ohio, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, and Pledgors and each of the Companies hereby irrevocably agree that all claims in respect of such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such Ohio state or federal court. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies hereby waives to the fullest extent it may effectively do so, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any such action or proceeding. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies hereby appoints the process agent identified below (the Process Agent ) as its agent to receive on behalf of such party and its respective property service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any action or proceeding. Such service may be made by mailing or delivering a copy of such process to any of the Pledgors or the Companies in care of the Process Agent at the Process Agents address, and each of the Pledgors and the Companies hereby authorizes and directs the Process Agent to receive such service on its behalf. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions (or any political subdivision thereof) by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies further agrees that it shall, for so long as any Commitment or any obligation of any Loan Party to any Secured Party remains outstanding, continue to retain the Process Agent for the purposes set forth in this Section. The Process Agent is Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with an office on the date hereof at 4640 Trueman Boulevard, Hilliard, Ohio 43026, United States of America. Each Pledgor and each of the Companies shall produce to the Collateral Agent evidence of the acceptance by Process Agent of such appointment.
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23. Waiver of Jury Trial.
EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PLEDGOR, EACH OF THE COMPANIES AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE SECURED PARTIES, HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY A JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS OR TRANSACTIONS RELATING THERETO.
24. Entire Agreement; Amendments.
(a) This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements relating to a grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral by any Pledgor to the Collateral Agent but solely to the extent irreconcilably inconsistent with this Agreement.
(b) Except as expressly provided in Section 5(g) with respect to additions to Schedule A hereto, as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and in Section 9 with respect to additional Pledgors, this Agreement may not be amended or supplemented except by a writing signed by the Collateral Agent and the Pledgors.
25. Counterparts; Telecopy Signatures.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each Pledgor acknowledges and agrees that a telecopy or other electronic transmission to the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of the signature pages hereof purporting to be signed on behalf of any Pledgor shall constitute effective and binding execution and delivery hereof by such Pledgor.
26. Descriptive Headings.
The descriptive headings which are used in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only and shall not affect the meaning of any provision of this Agreement.
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27. Amendment and Restatement; No Novation . This Agreement hereby amends and restates, in its entirety, the existing Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the Existing Pledge Agreement ), by and among the parties thereto, and the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the Liens, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Existing Pledge Agreement or under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Domestic Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents amended in connection therewith) or under the Note Agreement or any of the other Senior Note Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents amended in connection therewith).
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Collateral Agent |
By: |
/s/ George M. Gevas |
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George M. Gevas |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT]
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
HANCOR, INC. |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
STORMTECH LLC |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT
Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, made by THE PLEDGORS PARTY THERETO for the benefit of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent (the Pledge Agreement ). Each of the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, agrees for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties as follows:
1. Each of the undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Pledge Agreement and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the undersigned, including those terms in Sections 5(l), 22 and 23 of the Pledge Agreement.
2. Each of the undersigned will notify the Collateral Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5(g) of the Pledge Agreement.
3. The terms of Section 3 of the Pledge Agreement shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may facilitate, in the reasonable judgment of the Collateral Agent, the carrying out of Section 3 of the Pledge Agreement.
4. To the extent that any of undersigned has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from the jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution, or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, each of undersigned hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under the Pledge Agreement and any other document or agreement executed in connection therewith, and each of undersigned agrees that it will not raise or claim any such immunity at or in respect of any such action or proceeding.
5. Each of the undersigned acknowledges and agrees that any notices sent to the Pledgor regarding any of the Pledged Collateral shall also be sent to the Collateral Agent in the manner and at the address of the Collateral Agent as indicated in Section 19 of the Pledge Agreement.
6. During the term of this Agreement, each of the undersigned shall not treat any uncertificated ownership interests in it as securities which are subject to Article 8 of the Code except pursuant to Section 5(j) of the Pledge Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto have caused this Acknowledgement and Consent to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
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SCHEDULE A
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AGREEMENT
Description of Pledged Collateral
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Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (Delaware) |
Hancor Holding Corporation | 100 common shares | ||
ADS Ventures, Inc. | 10 common shares | |||
Sewer Tap, Inc. | 100 common shares | |||
Spartan Concrete, Inc. | 100 common shares | |||
PSA, Inc. | 100 common shares | |||
ADS Structures, Inc. | 100 common shares | |||
Advanced Drainage of Ohio, Inc. | 100 common shares | |||
Green Line Polymers, Inc. | 100 common shares | |||
Inlet & Pipe Protection, Inc. | 100 common shares | |||
Hancor Holding Corporation (Delaware) |
Hancor of Canada, Inc. |
650 common shares 1365 common shares |
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Hancor, Inc. (OH) | 500 common shares | |||
Hancor, Inc. (Ohio) |
Hancor Leasing Corp. | 100 common shares | ||
Media Plus, Inc. | 500 common shares | |||
Hancor International, Inc. | 100 common shares | |||
Hancor, Inc. (NV) | 10 common shares |
B. | Limited Liability Companies: |
Pledgor and Pledgors jurisdiction of formation |
Pledged Limited Liability Company Interests |
Type and Amount of Ownership |
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None |
None | None |
C. | Partnerships: |
Pledgor and Pledgors jurisdiction of formation |
Pledged Partnership Interests |
Type and Amount of Ownership |
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None |
None | None |
Exhibit 10.5
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (the Agreement ) is dated as of June 22, 2017 and is made by and among ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( ADS ), EACH GUARANTOR (as defined in the Credit Agreement, as defined herein), EACH PERSON WHO HEREAFTER BECOMES A GUARANTOR UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (ADS and each Guarantor being individually referred to herein as a Company and collectively as the Companies ), and PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent ) for the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement by and among ADS, the Guarantors now or hereafter party thereto, the Lenders now or hereafter party thereto, and the Administrative Agent, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be hereafter amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Credit Agreement ), the Lenders intend to make Loans and grant other financial accommodations to the Loan Parties; and
WHEREAS, the Companies are or may become indebted to each other (the indebtedness of each of the Companies to any other Company, now existing or hereafter incurred (whether created directly or acquired by assignment or otherwise), and interest and premiums, if any, thereon and other amounts payable in respect thereof and all other obligations and other amounts payable by any Company to any other Company are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Subordinated Indebtedness ); and
WHEREAS, the obligations of the Lenders to maintain the Commitments and make Loans and grant other financial accommodations to the Loan Parties from time to time are subject to the condition, among others, that the Companies subordinate the Subordinated Indebtedness to the Obligations (the Senior Debt ) in the manner set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms . Each capitalized term used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement and the rules of construction set forth in Section 1.2 [Construction] of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Agreement.
2. Subordinated Indebtedness Subordinated to Senior Debt . The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference. All Subordinated Indebtedness shall be subordinate and subject in right of Payment In Full pursuant to the provisions contained herein.
3. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc . Upon any distribution of assets of any Company in the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or
any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to such Company or to its creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshalling of assets and liabilities of such Company (a Company distributing assets as set forth herein being referred to in such capacity as a Distributing Company ), then and in any such event, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as their respective interests may appear, Payment In Full of all amounts due or to become due (whether or not an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of the Loan Documents or the Senior Debt has been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable) on or in respect of any and all Senior Debt before the holder of any Subordinated Indebtedness owed by the Distributing Company is entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of or interest on such Subordinated Indebtedness, and to that end, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment of the Senior Debt, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness owed by the Distributing Company in any such case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up event.
4. No Commencement of Any Proceeding . Each Company agrees that, so long as the Senior Debt shall remain unpaid, it will not commence, or join with any creditor other than the Lenders and the Administrative Agent in commencing, any proceeding, including those described in Section 3, or other enforcement action of any kind against any other Company.
5. Prior Payment of Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Subordinated Indebtedness . If any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness owed by any Company becomes or is declared due and payable before its stated maturity, then and in such event the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to receive Payment In Full of all amounts due and to become due on or in respect of the Senior Debt (whether or not an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of the Loan Documents or the Senior Debt has been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable) before the holder of any such Subordinated Indebtedness is entitled to receive any payment thereon.
6. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default . If any Event of Default or Potential Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or such an Event of Default or Potential Default would result from or exist after giving effect to a payment with respect to any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, unless the Required Lenders shall have consented to or waived the same, so long as any of the Senior Debt shall remain outstanding, no payment shall be made by any Company owing such Subordinated Indebtedness on account of principal or interest on any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness.
7. Payment Permitted if No Default . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent any Company, at any time except during the pendency of any of the conditions described in Sections 3, 5 and 6, from making the regularly scheduled payments of principal of or interest on any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or the retention thereof by any Company of any money deposited with it for the payment of or on account of the principal of or interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness.
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8. Receipt of Prohibited Payments . If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 3, 5, 6 and 7, a Company that is owed Subordinated Indebtedness by a Distributing Company shall have received any payment or distribution of assets from the Distributing Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as their respective interests may appear, shall be segregated from other funds and property held by such Company, and shall be forthwith paid over to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be applied (in the case of cash) to or held as collateral (in the case of noncash property or securities) for the payment or prepayment of the Senior Debt in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
9. Rights of Subrogation . Each Company agrees that no payment or distribution to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle it to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Senior Debt shall have been Paid In Full.
10. Instruments Evidencing Subordinated Indebtedness . Each Company shall cause each instrument that now or hereafter evidences all or a portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness to be conspicuously marked as follows:
This instrument is subject to the terms of a Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June , 2017, in favor of PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders referred to therein, which Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement is incorporated herein by reference. Notwithstanding any contrary statement contained in the within instrument, no payment on account of the principal thereof or interest thereon shall become due or payable except in accordance with the express terms of said Second Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement.
Each Company will further mark its books of account in such a manner as shall be effective to give proper notice to the effect of this Agreement.
11. Agreement Solely to Define Relative Rights . The purpose of this Agreement is solely to define the relative rights of the Companies, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair, as between any of the Companies and their creditors other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, the obligation of the Companies to each other to pay the principal of and interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights among the Companies and their creditors other than the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, nor shall anything herein prevent any of the Companies from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable Law upon default under any agreement pursuant to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is created, subject to the rights, if any, under this Agreement of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to receive cash, property or securities otherwise payable or deliverable with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness.
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12. No Implied Waivers of Subordination . No right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to enforce subordination, as herein provided, shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Company or by any act or failure to act by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or by any non-compliance by any Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of any agreement pursuant to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is created, regardless of any knowledge thereof with which the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have or be otherwise charged with. Each Company by its acceptance hereof shall agree that, so long as there is Senior Debt outstanding or Commitments in effect under the Credit Agreement, such Company shall not agree to sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or agree to compromise, the obligations of the other Companies with respect to their Subordinated Indebtedness, other than by means of payment of such Subordinated Indebtedness according to its terms, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to any of the Companies, without incurring responsibility to any of the Companies and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Agreement or the obligations hereunder of the Companies to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment, or extend the time of payment, renew or alter the Senior Debt or otherwise amend or supplement the Senior Debt or the Loan Documents; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing the Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of the Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any of the Companies and any other Person.
13. Additional Subsidiaries . The Companies covenant and agree that they shall cause Subsidiaries required to join this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1.11 [Additional Guarantors] or otherwise under the Credit Agreement, to execute a Guarantor Joinder in substantially the form of Exhibit 1.1(G)(1) to the Credit Agreement, whereby such Subsidiary joins this Agreement and subordinates all Indebtedness owed to any such Subsidiary by any of the Companies or other Subsidiaries hereafter created or acquired to the Senior Debt.
14. Continuing Force and Effect . This Agreement shall continue in force until all of the Senior Debt is Paid In Full, it being contemplated that this Agreement be of a continuing nature.
15. Modification, Amendments or Waivers . No amendment to or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by any Company herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless in a writing manually signed by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent and the requisite Lenders pursuant to Section 11.1 [Modifications, Amendments or Waivers] of the Credit Agreement. Any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such written consent being effective to bind all the Lenders.
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16. Expenses . Each Company, unconditionally and jointly and severally, agrees upon demand to pay to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders the amount of any and all out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements for which reimbursement is customarily obtained, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel (including the allocated costs of staff counsel), which the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders may incur in connection with (a) the administration of this Agreement, (b) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder, or (c) the failure by any Company to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
17. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
18. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the Laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
19. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, and the obligations of the Companies shall be binding upon their respective successors and permitted assigns, provided , that no Company may assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein and any such purported assignment or transfer shall be null and void. The duties and obligations of the Companies may not be delegated or transferred by the Companies without the written consent of the Lenders and any such delegation or transfer without such consent shall be null and void.
20. Joint and Several Obligations . Each of the obligations of each and every Company under this Agreement is joint and several. The Administrative Agent, acting on behalf of the Lenders, in its sole discretion, may elect to enforce this Agreement against any Company without any duty or responsibility to pursue any other Company and such an election by the Administrative Agent shall not be a defense to any action the Administrative Agent may elect to take against any Company. Each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent hereby reserve all right against each Company.
21. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
22. Attorneys-in-Fact . Each Company hereby authorizes and empowers the Administrative Agent, at the election of the Administrative Agent and in the name of either the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as their respective interests may appear, or in the name of each such Company as is owed Subordinated Indebtedness, to execute and file proofs and documents and take any other action the Administrative Agent may deem advisable to completely protect the Administrative Agents and
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the Lenders interests in the Subordinated Indebtedness and the right of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of enforcement thereof, and to that end each Company hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent, its officers, employees and agents, or any of them, with full power of substitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of such Company, and with full power for such Company, and in the name, place and stead of such Company for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement, and taking any action and executing, delivering, filing and recording any instruments which the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which power of attorney, being given for security, is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. Each Company hereby ratifies and confirms, and agrees to ratify and confirm, all action taken by the Administrative Agent, its officers, employees or agents pursuant to the foregoing power of attorney. Each Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the power of attorney herein granted shall in no way be construed as to benefit such Company; (b) the Administrative Agent herein granted this power of attorney shall have no duty to exercise any powers granted hereunder for the benefit of such Company; and (c) the Administrative Agent herein granted this power of attorney shall, to the extent exercisable, exercise any and all powers granted hereunder for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders. The Administrative Agent hereby accepts this power of attorney and all powers granted hereunder for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.
23. Application of Payments . In the event any payments are received by the Administrative Agent under the terms of this Agreement for application to the Senior Debt at any time when the Senior Debt has not been declared due and payable and prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, such payment shall constitute a voluntary prepayment of the Senior Debt for all purposes under the Credit Agreement.
24. Remedies . In the event of a breach by any of the Companies in the performance of any of the terms of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may demand specific performance of this Agreement and seek injunctive relief and may exercise any other remedy available at law or in equity, it being recognized that the remedies of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders at law may not fully compensate the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders for the damages they may suffer in the event of a breach hereof.
25. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR OHIO STATE COURT SITTING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH OHIO STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY
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OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ANY LENDER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AGAINST THE BORROWER OR ANY OTHER LOAN PARTY OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
26. Notices . All notices, statements, requests and demands and other communications given to or made upon the Companies, the Administrative Agent or the Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made in the manner as provided in Section 11.5 [Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communication] of the Credit Agreement.
27. Amendment and Restatement; No Novation . This Agreement hereby amends and restates, in its entirety, the existing Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (the Existing Intercompany Subordination Agreement ), by and among the parties thereto, and the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the Liens, guarantees, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Existing Intercompany Subordination Agreement or under the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents amended in connection therewith).
[SIGNATURES APPEAR ON THE FOLLOWING PAGES]
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
WITNESS the due execution hereof as of the day and year first above written.
COMPANIES: | ||
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
HANCOR, INC. |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
STORMTECH LLC |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: |
Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Title: |
President and Chief Executive Officer |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION , as Administrative Agent |
By: |
/s/ George M. Gevas |
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Name: |
George M. Gevas |
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Title: |
Senior Vice President |
Exhibit 10.6
E XECUTION C OPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT is dated as of June 22, 2017 and is made by and among ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( ADS ), EACH GUARANTOR (as defined in the Credit Agreement, as defined herein), EACH PERSON WHO HEREAFTER BECOMES A GUARANTOR UNDER THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PRIVATE SHELF AGREEMENT (ADS and each Guarantor being individually referred to herein as a Company and collectively as the Companies ), and PGIM, INC. ( Prudential ) for its own benefit and the benefit of the Purchasers (as defined in the Shelf Agreement).
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, ADS has entered into a Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as it may be hereafter amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Shelf Agreement ) pursuant to which (a) ADS senior secured notes consisting of (i) its 5.60% Senior Series A Secured Notes due September 24, 2018 in the original aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000, of which $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount is now outstanding (the Existing Series A Notes ), and (ii) its 4.05% Senior Series B Secured Notes due September 24, 2019 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000, of which $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount is now outstanding (the Existing Series B Notes and together with the Existing Series A Notes, the Existing Notes ), will be deemed to be issued and outstanding under the Shelf Agreement, and (b) ADS may from time to time hereafter issue and sell one or more series of Shelf Notes (as defined therein) (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Shelf Notes ; and, collectively with the Existing Notes (as amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified and supplemented from time to time), the Senior Notes ); and
WHEREAS, the Companies are or may become indebted to each other (the indebtedness of each of the Companies to any other Company, now existing or hereafter incurred (whether created directly or acquired by assignment or otherwise), and interest and premiums, if any, thereon and other amounts payable in respect thereof and all other obligations and other amounts payable by any Company to any other Company are hereinafter collectively referred to as the Subordinated Indebtedness ); and
WHEREAS, the obligations of Prudential and the Existing Holders (as defined in the Shelf Agreement) to enter into the Shelf Agreement and of the Purchasers to purchase the Shelf Notes from time to time are subject to the condition, among others, that the Companies subordinate the Subordinated Indebtedness to the Noteholders Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) (the Senior Debt ) in the manner set forth herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:
1. Defined Terms . Each capitalized term used herein shall, unless otherwise defined herein, have the meaning specified in the Shelf Agreement and the rules of construction set forth in paragraph 10 of the Shelf Agreement shall apply to this Agreement.
2. Subordinated Indebtedness Subordinated to Senior Debt . The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference. All Subordinated Indebtedness shall be subordinate and subject in right of the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Senior Notes and the other Senior Debt (other than contingent indemnification obligations) ( Payment in Full ) pursuant to the provisions contained herein.
3. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc . Upon any distribution of assets of any Company in the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, relative to such Company or to its creditors, as such, or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of such Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any marshalling of assets and liabilities of such Company (a Company distributing assets as set forth herein being referred to in such capacity as a Distributing Company ), then and in any such event, Prudential shall be entitled to receive, for the benefit of itself and the Purchasers as their respective interests may appear, Payment in Full of all amounts due or to become due (whether or not an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of the Transaction Documents or the Senior Debt has been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable) on or in respect of any and all Senior Debt before the holder of any Subordinated Indebtedness owed by the Distributing Company is entitled to receive any payment on account of the principal of or interest on such Subordinated Indebtedness, and to that end, the Purchasers shall be entitled to receive, for application to the payment of the Senior Debt, any payment or distribution of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, which may be payable or deliverable in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness owed by the Distributing Company in any such case, proceeding, dissolution, liquidation or other winding up event.
4. No Commencement of Any Proceeding . Each Company agrees that, so long as the Senior Debt shall remain unpaid, it will not commence, or join with any creditor other than the Purchasers and Prudential in commencing, any proceeding, including those described in Section 3, or other enforcement action of any kind against any other Company.
5. Prior Payment of Senior Debt Upon Acceleration of Subordinated Indebtedness . If any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness owed by any Company becomes or is declared due and payable before its stated maturity, then and in such event Prudential and the Purchasers shall be entitled to receive Payment in Full of all amounts due and to become due on or in respect of the Senior Debt (whether or not an Event of Default has occurred under the terms of the Transaction Documents or the Senior Debt has been declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable) before the holder of any such Subordinated Indebtedness is entitled to receive any payment thereon.
6. No Payment When Senior Debt in Default . If any Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or such an Event of Default or Default would result from
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or exist after giving effect to a payment with respect to any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, unless the Required Holder(s) shall have consented to or waived the same, so long as any of the Senior Debt shall remain outstanding, no payment shall be made by any Company owing such Subordinated Indebtedness on account of principal or interest on any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness.
7. Payment Permitted if No Default . Nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent any Company, at any time except during the pendency of any of the conditions described in Sections 3, 5 and 6, from making the regularly scheduled payments of principal of or interest on any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or the retention thereof by any Company of any money deposited with it for the payment of or on account of the principal of or interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness.
8. Receipt of Prohibited Payments . If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Sections 3, 5, 6 and 7, a Company that is owed Subordinated Indebtedness by a Distributing Company shall have received any payment or distribution of assets from the Distributing Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, then and in such event such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of Prudential and the Purchasers as their respective interests may appear, shall be segregated from other funds and property held by such Company, and shall be forthwith paid over to the Purchasers the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be applied (in the case of cash) to or held as collateral (in the case of noncash property or securities) for the payment or prepayment of the Senior Debt in accordance with the terms of the Shelf Agreement, the Senior Notes and the other Transaction Documents.
9. Rights of Subrogation . Each Company agrees that no payment or distribution to Prudential or the Purchasers pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle it to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until Payment in Full of the Senior Debt.
10. Instruments Evidencing Subordinated Indebtedness . Each Company shall cause each instrument that now or hereafter evidences all or a portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness to be conspicuously marked as follows:
This instrument is subject to the terms of an Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017, in favor of PGIM, INC. for its own benefit and the benefit of the Purchasers referred to therein, which Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement is incorporated herein by reference. Notwithstanding any contrary statement contained in the within instrument, no payment on account of the principal thereof or interest thereon shall become due or payable except in accordance with the express terms of said Amended and Restated Intercompany Subordination Agreement.
Each Company will further mark its books of account in such a manner as shall be effective to give proper notice to the effect of this Agreement.
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11. Agreement Solely to Define Relative Rights . The purpose of this Agreement is solely to define the relative rights of the Companies, on the one hand, and Prudential and the Purchasers, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair, as between any of the Companies and their creditors other than Prudential and the Purchasers, the obligation of the Companies to each other to pay the principal of and interest on the Subordinated Indebtedness as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with its terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights among the Companies and their creditors other than Prudential and the Purchasers, nor shall anything herein prevent any of the Companies from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under any agreement pursuant to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is created, subject to the rights, if any, under this Agreement of Prudential and the Purchasers to receive cash, property or securities otherwise payable or deliverable with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness.
12. No Implied Waivers of Subordination . No right of Prudential and the Purchasers to enforce subordination, as herein provided, shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Company or by any act or failure to act by Prudential or any Purchaser, or by any non-compliance by any Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of any agreement pursuant to which the Subordinated Indebtedness is created, regardless of any knowledge thereof with which Prudential or any Purchaser may have or be otherwise charged with. Each Company by its acceptance hereof shall agree that, so long as there is Senior Debt outstanding, such Company shall not agree to sell, assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of, or agree to compromise, the obligations of the other Companies with respect to their Subordinated Indebtedness, other than by means of payment of such Subordinated Indebtedness according to its terms, without the prior written consent of the Purchasers.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph, Prudential or any of the Purchasers may, at any time and from time to time, without the consent of or notice to any of the Companies, without incurring responsibility to any of the Companies and without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Agreement or the obligations hereunder of the Companies to Prudential and the Purchasers, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment, or extend the time of payment, renew or alter the Senior Debt or otherwise amend or supplement the Senior Debt or the Transaction Documents; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing the Senior Debt; (iii) release any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of the Senior Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any of the Companies and any other Person.
13. Additional Subsidiaries . The Companies covenant and agree that they shall cause Subsidiaries required to join this Agreement pursuant to the Guaranty Agreement or otherwise under the Shelf Agreement, including Subsidiaries created or acquired after the date of this Agreement to the extent required by the foregoing, to execute a guarantor joinder in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holder(s), whereby such Subsidiary joins this Agreement and subordinates all Indebtedness owed to any such Subsidiary by any of the Companies or other Subsidiaries hereafter created or acquired to the Senior Debt.
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14. Continuing Force and Effect . This Agreement shall continue in force until Payment in Full of all of the Senior Debt, it being contemplated that this Agreement be of a continuing nature.
15. Modification, Amendments or Waivers . Any and all (i) agreements amending or changing any provision of this Agreement or the rights of Prudential or the Purchasers hereunder shall be made only by a written agreement signed by each Company, and Prudential, acting on behalf of all the Purchasers, with the written consent of the Required Holder(s), and (ii) waivers or consents to Events of Default or other departures from the due performance of any Company hereunder, shall be made only by written agreement, waiver or consent signed by Prudential, acting on behalf of all the Purchasers, with the written consent of the Required Holder(s). Any such agreement, waiver or consent made with such written consent being effective to bind all the Purchasers.
16. Expenses . Each Company, unconditionally and jointly and severally, agrees upon demand to pay to Prudential and the Purchasers the amount of any and all out-of-pocket costs, expenses and disbursements for which reimbursement is customarily obtained, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel (including the allocated costs of staff counsel), which Prudential or any of the Purchasers may incur in connection with (a) the administration of this Agreement, (b) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of Prudential and the Purchasers hereunder, or (c) the failure by any Company to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.
17. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be severable. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part in any jurisdiction, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or unenforceability without in any manner affecting the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction or the remaining provisions hereof in any jurisdiction.
18. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be deemed to be a contract under the Laws of the State of Ohio and shall for all purposes shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio.
19. Successors and Assigns . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of Prudential and the Purchasers and their respective successors and assigns, and the obligations of the Companies shall be binding upon their respective successors and permitted assigns, provided , that no Company may assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein and any such purported assignment or transfer shall be null and void. The duties and obligations of the Companies may not be delegated or transferred by the Companies without the written consent of the Purchasers and any such delegation or transfer without such consent shall be null and void.
20. Joint and Several Obligations . Each of the obligations of each and every Company under this Agreement is joint and several. Prudential, acting on behalf of the Purchasers, in its sole discretion, may elect to enforce this Agreement against any Company without any duty or responsibility to pursue any other Company and such an election by Prudential shall not be a defense to any action Prudential may elect to take against any Company. Each of the Purchasers and Prudential hereby reserve all right against each Company.
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21. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
22. Attorneys-in-Fact . Each Company hereby authorizes and empowers Prudential, at the election of Prudential and in the name of either Prudential, for the benefit of Prudential and the Purchasers as their respective interests may appear, or in the name of each such Company as is owed Subordinated Indebtedness, to execute and file proofs and documents and take any other action Prudential may deem advisable to completely protect Prudentials and the Purchasers interests in the Subordinated Indebtedness and the right of Prudential and the Purchasers of enforcement thereof, and to that end each Company hereby irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Prudential, its officers, employees and agents, or any of them, with full power of substitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent of such Company, and with full power for such Company, and in the name, place and stead of such Company for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement, and taking any action and executing, delivering, filing and recording any instruments which Prudential may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which power of attorney, being given for security, is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable. Each Company hereby ratifies and confirms, and agrees to ratify and confirm, all action taken by Prudential, its officers, employees or agents pursuant to the foregoing power of attorney. Each Company acknowledges and agrees that (a) the power of attorney herein granted shall in no way be construed as to benefit such Company; (b) Prudential herein granted this power of attorney shall have no duty to exercise any powers granted hereunder for the benefit of such Company; and (c) Prudential herein granted this power of attorney shall, to the extent exercisable, exercise any and all powers granted hereunder for the benefit of Prudential and the Purchasers. Prudential hereby accepts this power of attorney and all powers granted hereunder for the benefit of Prudential and the Purchasers.
23. Application of Payments . In the event any payments are received by Prudential under the terms of this Agreement for application to the Senior Debt at any time when the Senior Debt has not been declared due and payable and prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, such payment shall constitute a voluntary prepayment of the Senior Debt for all purposes under the Shelf Agreement.
24. Remedies . In the event of a breach by any of the Companies in the performance of any of the terms of this Agreement, Prudential, on behalf of the Purchasers, may demand specific performance of this Agreement and seek injunctive relief and may exercise any other remedy available at law or in equity, it being recognized that the remedies of Prudential on behalf of the Purchasers at law may not fully compensate Prudential on behalf of the Purchasers for the damages they may suffer in the event of a breach hereof.
25. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH COMPANY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR OHIO STATE COURT SITTING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF
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THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH OHIO STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT PRUDENTIAL OR ANY PURCHASER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT AGAINST ADS OR ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ITS PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.
EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
26. Notices . All notices, statements, requests and demands and other communications given to or made upon the Companies, Prudential or the Purchasers in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be given or made in the manner as provided in paragraph 11K of the Shelf Agreement.
27. Amendment and Restatement; No Novation. This Agreement hereby amends and restates, in its entirety, the existing Intercompany Subordination Agreement, dated as of September 24, 2010 (the Existing Intercompany Subordination Agreement ), by and among the parties thereto, and the parties hereto agree and acknowledge that this Agreement is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, an interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge of prior duties, novation, or termination of the Liens, guarantees, security interests, indebtedness, loans, liabilities, expenses, or obligations under the Existing Intercompany Subordination Agreement or under the Shelf Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents (except in each case as expressly modified in accordance with the Shelf Agreement and the other Transaction Documents amended in connection therewith).
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E XECUTION C OPY
[SIGNATURE PAGE 1 OF 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
WITNESS the due execution hereof as of the day and year first above written.
COMPANIES: | ||
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: | Joseph A. Chlapaty | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: | Joseph A. Chlapaty | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
HANCOR, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: | Joseph A. Chlapaty | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
STORMTECH LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: | Joseph A. Chlapaty | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
[SIGNATURE PAGE 2 OF 2 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCOMPANY SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT]
PGIM, INC. | ||
By: |
Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President |
Exhibit 10.7
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR
AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
This Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (this Agreement), is entered into by and among PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, in its capacity as collateral agent pursuant to Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement (the Collateral Agent), PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (as hereinafter defined) on behalf of each of the Domestic Facility Lenders (as hereinafter defined), PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, in its capacity as Mexican Facility Agent (as hereinafter defined) on behalf of each of the Mexican Facility Lenders (as hereinafter defined) and each of the NOTEHOLDERS (as hereinafter defined).
Recitals:
A. Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Borrower) is a party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 22, 2017 (as it may be amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Domestic Credit Agreement), with PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent (the Administrative Agent), the other agents party thereto, and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Domestic Facility Lenders) pursuant to which the Domestic Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility and a swing loan subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $550,000,000, as the same may be increased (or potential term loans could be added) to an aggregate amount not to exceed $700,000,000 pursuant to the terms of the Domestic Credit Agreement, which revolving credit loans and possible added term loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Domestic Bank Notes, and all such loans, whether or not represented by Domestic Bank Notes shall be referred to as the Domestic Bank Loans). The Domestic Facility Lenders and/or certain of their Affiliates (as hereinafter defined) may from time to time enter into Interest Rate Hedges (as hereinafter defined), Foreign Currency Hedges (as hereinafter defined) and/or Other Lender Provided Financial Service Products (as hereinafter defined).
B. ADS Mexicana S.A. de C.V., a Mexican corporation (the Mexican Borrower) is a party to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2013 (as it may be amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Mexican Credit Agreement), with PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent (the Mexican Facility Agent), and the other lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Mexican Facility Lenders) pursuant to which the Mexican Facility Lenders are providing, among other things, for revolving credit loans (including a letter of credit subfacility) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $12,000,000, which revolving credit loans may be evidenced by notes (as may be amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified, supplemented, extended and increased from time to time, the Mexican Bank Notes, and all such revolving credit loans, whether or not represented by Mexican Bank Notes shall be referred to as the Mexican Bank Loans).
C. The Borrower has entered into a Second Amended and Restated Private Shelf Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017 (as amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Note Agreement) pursuant to which the Borrower has issued and sold the Borrowers 5.60% Senior Series A Secured Notes due September 24, 2018 in the original aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series A Notes) and 4.05% Senior Series B Secured Notes due September 24, 2019 in the original aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Series B Notes) and pursuant to which the Borrower may from time to time hereafter issue and sell one or more additional series of Shelf Notes (as defined therein) (such notes, as amended, restated, replaced, Refinanced, modified and supplemented from time to time, the Shelf Notes; and, collectively with the Series A Notes and the Series B Notes, the Senior Notes).
D. The Bank Obligations (as hereinafter defined) under the Domestic Credit Agreement, the Mexican Credit Agreement and the other Bank Loan Documents (as hereinafter defined), have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Hancor Holding Corporation, Hancor, Inc., and StormTech LLC (and, in the case of the Mexican Credit Agreement, the Borrower) and may hereafter be guaranteed by certain other Subsidiaries of the Borrower (each a Bank Guarantor and collectively, the Bank Guarantors) pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Lender Guaranty Agreements).
E. The Noteholders Obligations (as hereinafter defined) under the Note Agreement and the other Senior Note Documents (as hereinafter defined), have been absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by Hancor Holding Corporation, Hancor, Inc., and StormTech LLC and may hereafter be guaranteed by certain other Subsidiaries of the Borrower (the Noteholder Guarantors) pursuant to one or more guaranties (as may be amended, restated, replaced, modified, and supplemented from time to time and including all joinders thereto, collectively, the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements).
F. The Bank Obligations and the Noteholders Obligations are to be secured equally and ratably, subject to distribution of proceeds as provided in Section 5.10 hereof, by the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) pursuant to (i) that certain Second Amended and Restated Security Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017, by and between the Borrower, each of the Debtors (as hereinafter defined) party thereto and the Collateral Agent (the Security Agreement,) and (ii) that certain Second Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement dated as of June 22, 2017, by and between the Borrower, each of the Debtors (as hereinafter defined) party thereto and the Collateral Agent (the Pledge Agreement), along with the other Security Documents (as hereinafter defined). The Lenders and the Noteholders desire to appoint PNC Bank, National Association as the Collateral Agent to act on behalf of the Creditors (as hereinafter defined) regarding the Collateral, all as more fully provided herein. The parties hereto have entered into this Agreement to, among other things, define the rights, duties, authority and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent and the relationship between the Creditors regarding their pari passu (subject to distribution of proceeds as provided in Section 5.10 hereof) interests in the Collateral.
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N OW , THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
Section 1.1 Definitions . The following terms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1 or in the provisions of this Agreement referred to below:
Administrative Agent shall mean the party identified as such in the Recitals hereof, and its successors and permitted assigns, or, in the case of a Refinancing of the Domestic Credit Agreement, the agent for Lenders thereunder.
Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. Controlling and Controlled have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the Voting Equity Interests of such Person.
Agent-Related Person means the Collateral Agent, together with its Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, co-trustees or separate trustees of the Collateral Agent and its Affiliates.
Aggregate Commitments shall mean the aggregate of (i) the Revolving Credit Commitments (or similar terms) as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement as in effect from time to time of all of the Domestic Facility Lenders under the Domestic Credit Agreement, (ii) in the event that term loans are added to the Domestic Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 2.10 thereof, the principal balance of the term loans of the Domestic Facility Lenders under the Domestic Credit Agreement as in effect from time to time, and (iii) the Revolving Credit Commitments (or similar terms) as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement as in effect from time to time of all of the Mexican Facility Lenders under the Mexican Credit Agreement.
Agreement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Preamble hereof, and shall include such agreement as amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.
Bank Credit Agreements shall mean collectively, and Bank Credit Agreement shall mean separately, the Domestic Credit Agreement and the Mexican Credit Agreement, and shall include each such agreement as amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.
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Bank Loan Documents shall mean the Bank Credit Agreements, the Bank Notes, the Lender Guaranty Agreements and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected therewith or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, as each may be amended, supplemented, replaced, restated, increased, extended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Bank Loans shall mean collectively, and Bank Loan shall mean separately, the Domestic Bank Loans and the Mexican Bank Loans, each as defined in the Recitals above.
Bank Notes shall mean collectively, and Bank Note shall mean separately, the Domestic Bank Notes and the Mexican Bank Notes, each as defined in the Recitals above.
Bank Obligations shall mean and include (a) all Obligations (or other similar terms) as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement, including all L/C Exposure, (b) all Obligations (or other similar terms) as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement, including all L/C Exposure, (c) all Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge Obligations owed to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate, (d) all Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge Obligations owed to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate, and (e) all Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product Obligations owed to a Lender or a Lender Affiliate.
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11, U.S.C., as amended from time to time.
Bankruptcy Event of Default shall mean the commencement of a Bankruptcy Proceeding with respect to the Borrower or any Guarantor.
Bankruptcy Proceeding shall mean, with respect to any Person, a general assignment by such Person for the benefit of its creditors, or the institution by or against such Person of any proceeding seeking relief as debtor, or seeking to adjudicate such Person as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of such Person or its debts, under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its property.
Borrower shall mean the Person identified as such in the Recitals hereof, and its successors and permitted assigns.
Business Day shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state where the Collateral Agents office is located.
Cash Equivalent Investments shall mean: (a) direct obligations of the United States government or any agencies thereof and obligations guaranteed by the United States government, in each case having remaining terms to maturity of not more than 30 days; and (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits and acceptances, having remaining terms to maturity of not more than 30 days issued by United States banks which have a combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000 and having an A rating or better assigned thereto by Standard & Poors Financial Services, LLC or Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
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Collateral shall mean (a) all collateral under, and cash received in respect of, the Security Documents, (b) all collateral held by the Collateral Agent or any other Creditor under the Bank Loan Documents or the Senior Note Documents, in each case as security for the Senior Secured Obligations and (c) all cash received in payment of the Senior Secured Obligations as a result of the exercise of any setoff rights of any Creditor.
Collateral Agent shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, and its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity.
Commitment shall mean the commitment of the Lenders to fund borrowing requests by the Borrower or the Mexican Borrower, participate in L/C Exposure and otherwise extend credit, in each case, in accordance with the Bank Credit Agreements.
Creditor shall mean any one of the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Lenders, the Noteholders, and any successors and assigns to the interests in the Senior Secured Obligations owing to any such Persons.
Debtor shall mean (i) any Debtor as defined in the Security Agreement, and (ii) any Pledgor as defined in the Pledge Agreement.
Equity Interest means shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), beneficial, partnership or membership interests, participations or other equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or equivalent entity, whether voting or non-voting.
Event of Default shall mean any event or occurrence which would constitute an Event of Default (or similar terms) under the terms of either of the Bank Credit Agreements or under the Note Agreement, or an event of default under the terms of any Security Document or any Guaranty Agreement.
Financial Covenant Default shall mean (i) a default by the Borrower under Section 8.2.14 or Section 8.2.15 of the Domestic Credit Agreement (or any section with similar provisions), or (ii) a default by the Borrower under paragraph 6A(1) or 6A(2) of the Note Agreement (or any section with similar provisions).
Foreign Currency Hedge shall mean any foreign exchange transaction, including spot and forward foreign currency purchases and sales, listed or over-the-counter options on foreign currencies, non-deliverable forwards and options, foreign currency swap agreements, currency exchange rate price hedging arrangements, and any other similar transaction providing for the purchase of one currency in exchange for the sale of another currency.
Governmental Authority shall mean the government of the United States or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
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Guarantors shall mean the Bank Guarantors and the Noteholder Guarantors and their successors and permitted assigns.
Guaranty Agreements shall mean the Lender Guaranty Agreements and the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements, as each may be amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Interest Rate Hedge shall mean an interest rate exchange, collar, cap, swap, floor, adjustable strike cap, adjustable strike corridor, cross-currency swap or similar agreements entered into by any Loan Party in order to provide protection to, or minimize the impact upon, such Loan Party of increasing floating rates of interest applicable to indebtedness of such Loan Party.
L/C Exposure shall mean, as of any date of determination and without duplication, the aggregate amount available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit under either of the Bank Credit Agreements on such date (if any Letter of Credit shall increase in amount automatically in the future, such aggregate amount available to be drawn shall currently give effect to any such future increase) plus the aggregate Reimbursement Obligations (as such term is defined in each of the Bank Credit Agreements) and Letter of Credit Borrowings (as such term is defined in each of the Bank Credit Agreements) on such date.
L/C Issuer shall mean PNC Bank, National Association, and its successors and permitted assigns, and any other Lender which is designated as an Issuing Lender of the Letters of Credit under either of the Bank Credit Agreements.
Lender Affiliate shall mean any Affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge, any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge, or any Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.
Lender Exposure shall mean, as of any date of determination, the Aggregate Commitments; provided that if a Liquidity Event shall exist or the Commitments under the Bank Credit Agreements shall have expired or been terminated or, as of such date, the Lenders are currently refusing to make any advance requested under the Bank Loan Documents (or any notice has been given and has not been withdrawn or revoked by the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Agent, the Domestic Facility Lenders or the Mexican Facility Lenders that any request for such an advance will not be honored), then Lender Exposure shall mean the outstanding Bank Obligations (including L/C Exposure) under the Bank Credit Agreements.
Lender Guaranty Agreements shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Recitals hereof, and shall include each additional guaranty and joinder thereof.
Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge shall mean a Foreign Currency Hedge which is provided by any Lender or its Affiliate (provided that such Affiliate has become a party to this Agreement or its Affiliated Lender has agreed to cause such Affiliate to comply with the obligations of a Lender hereunder) in accordance with the Domestic Credit Agreement.
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Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender, any and all obligations under or in connection with or otherwise owed by the Loan Parties in respect of any Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge.
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge shall mean an Interest Rate Hedge which is provided by any Lender or its Affiliate (provided that such Affiliate has become a party to this Agreement or its Affiliated Lender has agreed to cause such Affiliate to comply with the obligations of a Lender hereunder) in accordance with the Domestic Credit Agreement.
Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender, any and all obligations under or in connection with or otherwise owed by the Loan Parties in respect of any Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge.
Lenders shall mean collectively, and Lender shall mean separately, the Domestic Facility Lenders, the Mexican Facility Lenders, and their successors and permitted assigns, provided that such Domestic Facility Lender, Mexican Facility Lender or successor or assign has become a party to this Agreement or agreed to be bound by this Agreement, including authorizations provided to such Lenders for the Administrative Agent or Mexican Facility Agent to bind such Lenders.
Letters of Credit shall mean all letters of credit issued under or pursuant to either of the Bank Credit Agreements.
Letters of Credit Collateral Account shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.10 hereof.
Lien means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
Liquidity Event shall mean (a) the occurrence of a Financial Covenant Default or of any default in the payment of any Senior Secured Obligations, (b) the acceleration of (i) the Senior Notes by the Required Holders or (ii) the Bank Notes and/or Bank Loans by the Administrative Agent or the Mexican Facility Agent in its discretion or upon the request of the Required Lenders under the Domestic Credit Agreement or the Mexican Credit Agreement, (c) the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments under either of the Bank Credit Agreements for any reason (other than as a voluntary reduction or termination effected by the Borrower or the Mexican Borrower in accordance with the terms of the Bank Credit Agreements or in connection with the expiration of the Mexican Credit Agreement according to its terms), (d) a Bankruptcy Event of Default, (e) the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent or any Creditor commences the judicial enforcement of any rights or remedies under or with respect to either of the Bank Credit Agreements, any Bank Note, the Note Agreement, any Senior Note or any Senior Secured Obligations, or to setoff, freeze or otherwise appropriate any balances held by it for the account of any Loan Party or any other property at any time held or owing by it to or
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for the credit or for the account of any Loan Party, or (f) the Collateral Agent commences the judicial enforcement of any rights or remedies under any Collateral Document (other than an action solely for the purpose of establishing or defending the security interest or other Lien intended to be created by any Collateral Document upon or in any Collateral as against or from claims of third parties on or in such Collateral), to setoff, freeze or otherwise appropriate any balances held by it for the account of any Loan Party or any other property at any time held or owing by it to or for the credit or for the account of any Loan Party or to otherwise take any action (whether judicial or non-judicial) to realize upon the Collateral, or (g) the exercise of any right under any Guaranty Agreement or the exercise of any right of setoff, recoupment or similar right by any Creditor; in each case as to which written notice shall have been provided to the Collateral Agent.
Loan Parties shall mean the Borrower and the Guarantors.
Majority Creditors shall mean each of (a) the Required Lenders, and (b) the Required Holders, each voting as a separate class.
Make-Whole Amount shall mean the Yield-Maintenance Amount as such term is defined in the Note Agreement, or any similar term defined in a Note Agreement.
Noteholder Guaranty Agreements shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Recitals hereof, and shall include each additional guaranty and joinder thereof.
Noteholder Guarantors shall mean those parties identified as such in the Recitals hereof, each other Person that shall become obligated under the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements, and their successors and assigns.
Noteholders shall mean the holders of the Senior Notes, and their successors and assigns.
Noteholders Obligations shall mean all advances to, and debt, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, the Borrower and any Noteholder Guarantor under the Senior Note Documents, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, and including interest pursuant to the Senior Note Documents that accrues after the commencement by or against the Borrower, any Noteholder Guarantor or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Proceeding naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, and any and all Make-Whole Amounts.
Notice of Default shall mean a notice pursuant to Section 5.2 hereof from the Collateral Agent to the Creditors of the occurrence of an Event of Default.
Notice of Special Default shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.11(a) .
Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product shall mean agreements or other arrangements under which any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender (provided that such Affiliate has become a party to this Agreement or its Affiliated Lender has agreed to cause such Affiliate to comply with the obligations of a Lender hereunder) provides any of the following products or
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services to any of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries: (a) credit cards, (b) credit card processing services, (c) debit cards, (d) purchase cards, (e) ACH transactions, (f) cash management, including controlled disbursement, overdrafts, accounts or services, or (g) commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts and any other similar transactions.
Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender, any and all obligations under or in connection with or otherwise owed by any of the Loan Parties or their Subsidiaries in respect of an Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product.
Person shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.
Pledge Agreement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Recitals hereof.
Refinance means, for any Senior Secured Obligation, to refinance, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such indebtedness in whole or in part, whether with the same or different lenders, agents, or arrangers provided the following conditions have been satisfied:
(a) Each Creditor with respect to such Senior Secured Obligations shall have executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent and each other Creditor a joinder agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Majority Creditors, under which such Creditor becomes a party to this Agreement and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof with respect to such indebtedness;
(b) Such indebtedness shall comply with the restrictions in Section 2.7 hereof; and
(c) If there will be a change in the Collateral Agent in connection with the issuance of such indebtedness, the new Collateral Agent shall be satisfactory to the Majority Creditors and the Collateral Agent being replaced and such new Collateral Agent shall have executed and delivered instruments transferring to such new Collateral Agent all the Collateral, properties, rights, powers, trusts, duties, authority and title of such replaced Collateral Agent.
Refinanced and Refinancing have correlative meanings.
Required Creditors shall mean Lenders and Noteholders whose outstanding principal balances of the Bank Loans (including L/C Exposure) under the Bank Credit Agreements plus the outstanding principal balances under the Senior Notes exceed 50% of the aggregate of outstanding principal balances of the Bank Loans (including L/C Exposure) under the Bank Credit Agreements and outstanding principal balances under the Senior Notes; provided however, that any Bank Loan or any Senior Note held by a Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall be disregarded in any determination of Required Creditors.
Required Holders shall mean Noteholders holding Senior Notes the outstanding principal balances under which exceed 50% of the aggregate outstanding principal balances under the Senior Notes; provided, however, that any Senior Notes held by a Loan Party and any Affiliate of a Loan Party shall be disregarded in any determination of Required Holders.
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Required Lenders shall mean Lenders whose pro rata portions of Aggregate Commitments exceed 50% of the Aggregate Commitments; provided however, that if the Aggregate Commitments have terminated or expired, the computation in this clause shall be determined based upon the Aggregate Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments; provided, further , however, that any pro rata portion of Aggregate Commitments held by a Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall be disregarded in any determination of Required Lenders.
Security Agreement shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Recitals hereof.
Security Documents shall mean the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement and all other agreements, documents and instruments relating to or arising out of any of the foregoing or granting to the Collateral Agent Liens to secure the Senior Secured Obligations, whether now or hereafter executed, as may be amended, supplemented, replaced, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
Senior Note Documents shall mean the Note Agreement, the Senior Notes, the Noteholder Guaranty Agreements and all other agreements, documents, certificates and instruments relating to, arising out of, or in any way connected therewith or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, as each may be amended, supplemented, replaced, restated, increased, extended or otherwise modified from time to time.
Senior Preferential Payment shall mean any payments, property constituting Collateral, or proceeds of the Collateral, from any Loan Party with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations (including, without limitation, any payments from the exercise of any setoff, recoupment or similar right) which are received by a Creditor upon or after the occurrence of a Liquidity Event. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that Bank Loans or Shelf Notes not in excess of $10,000,000 are advanced by the Lenders under the Bank Credit Agreements or purchased under the Note Agreement after the occurrence of a Liquidity Event caused by a Financial Covenant Default but before any other Liquidity Event, payments or proceeds of Collateral received by such Lenders or the purchasers of such Shelf Notes, as the case may be, in repayment of such Bank Loans or Senior Notes shall not constitute a Senior Preferential Payment to the extent the outstanding principal balance of the Bank Loans or Senior Notes remains greater than the outstanding principal balance of Bank Loans or Senior Notes as of the date of the occurrence of such Liquidity Event.
Senior Secured Documents shall mean the Senior Note Documents and the Bank Loan Documents.
Senior Secured Obligations shall mean collectively (a) the Bank Obligations, (b) the Noteholders Obligations, (c) the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under the Bank Loan Documents or the Senior Note Documents, and (d) the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party to the Collateral Agent under the Security Documents, in each case whether now existing or hereafter arising, joint or several, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to
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become due, matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, arising by contract, operation of law or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the foregoing, the Senior Secured Obligations shall not include any Excluded Hedge Liabilities (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
Special Collateral Account shall mean that certain interest bearing restricted account maintained by the Collateral Agent for the purpose of receiving and holding Senior Preferential Payments.
Subsidiary of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the Voting Equity Interests (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a Subsidiary or to Subsidiaries shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Voting Equity Interests of any Person means any Equity Interests of any class or classes having ordinary voting power for the election of at least a majority of the members of the board of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent governing body of such Person, irrespective of whether, at the time, any Equity Interests of any other class or classes or such entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency.
Section 1.2 Other Interpretive Provisions . With reference to this Agreement, unless otherwise specified herein:
(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, (ii) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import when used in this Agreement, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, and (iii) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word from means from and including; the words to and until each mean to but excluding; and the word through means to and including.
(c) Section headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
Section 1.3 Effectiveness of this Agreement . The effectiveness of this Agreement is conditioned upon (a) the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Collateral Agent, the
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Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Domestic Lenders), the Mexican Facility Agent (on behalf of the Mexican Facility Lenders) and the Noteholders, the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower and the Guarantors, (b) the execution and delivery by the Borrower and the Guarantors of the Domestic Credit Agreement, and (c) the execution and delivery by the Borrower, the Existing Holders (as defined in the Note Agreement) and PGIM, Inc. of the Note Agreement.
SECTION 2. Relationships Among Secured Parties.
Section 2.1 Restrictions on Actions . Each Creditor agrees that, so long as any Senior Secured Obligations are outstanding, the provisions of this Agreement shall provide the exclusive method by which any Creditor may exercise rights and remedies under the Security Documents. For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall have no effect whatsoever on the rights or remedies of any Creditor under any credit or note document relating to the Senior Secured Obligations to which it is party other than a Security Document. Therefore, each Creditor shall, for the mutual benefit of all Creditors, except as permitted under this Agreement:
(a) Refrain from taking or filing any action, judicial or otherwise, to enforce any rights or pursue any remedy under the Security Documents, except for delivering notices hereunder;
(b) Refrain from accepting any guaranty of, or any other security for, the Senior Secured Obligations from the Borrower, any Guarantor or any of their Affiliates, except for (A) the Guaranty Agreements, (B) any cash collateral received by the Administrative Agent or any other Creditor pursuant to the requirements of the Bank Loan Documents or the Senior Note Documents (which cash collateral shall constitute Collateral for purposes of this Agreement) and (C) any security granted to the Collateral Agent to secure the Senior Secured Obligations for the equal and ratable benefit of all Creditors;
(c) Refrain from exercising any rights or remedies with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations under the Security Documents which have or may have arisen or which may arise as a result of an Event of Default; and
(d) Refrain from accepting any collateral granted under the Collateral Documents as security for obligations owed to such Creditor for obligations other than the Senior Secured Obligations unless the Lien on such collateral is permitted under the terms of the Bank Credit Agreements and the Note Agreement.
provided , however , that nothing contained in subsections (a) through (d) above, shall prevent any Creditor from (1) imposing a default rate of interest in accordance with either of the Bank Credit Agreements or the Note Agreement, as applicable, (2) raising any defenses in any action in which it has been made a party defendant or has been joined as a third party, except that the Collateral Agent may direct and control any defense directly relating solely to the Collateral or any one or more of the Security Documents but not relating to any Creditor, which shall be governed by the provisions of this Agreement, or (3) exercising any right under the Guaranty Agreements or, subject to receiving a direction from the requisite parties required to give directions to the Collateral Agent to realize upon the Collateral pursuant to Section 5.3, any right
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of setoff, recoupment or similar right; provided that the amounts received pursuant to enforcement of the Guaranty Agreements, or so setoff or recouped shall constitute Collateral for purposes of this Agreement and such Creditor shall promptly cause such amounts to be delivered to the Collateral Agent to be distributed pursuant to Section 5.10 .
Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties . Each of the Creditors represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that:
(a) the execution, delivery and performance by such Creditor of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar proceedings and do not and will not contravene any provision of law, its charter or by-laws or any amendment thereof, or of any indenture, agreement, instrument or undertaking binding upon such Creditor; and
(b) the execution, delivery and performance by such Creditor of this Agreement will result in a valid and legally binding obligation of such Creditor enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 2.3 Cooperation; Accountings . Each of the Creditors will, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, from time to time execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such further instruments, and do and cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the provisions of this Agreement. Each Creditor agrees to provide the Collateral Agent upon reasonable request a statement of all payments received by it in respect of Senior Secured Obligations.
Section 2.4 Termination of Bank Credit Agreements or the Note Agreement . Upon (a) the indefeasible payment in full of all Senior Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) owing to any Creditor in accordance with the terms hereof (other than as a result of payments constituting Senior Preferential Payments), and (b) in the case of any Lender, the termination of such Lenders Commitment and the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or Mexican Facility Agent, as the case may be, and the applicable Issuing Lender (as defined in the applicable Bank Credit Agreement) shall have been made), this Agreement shall terminate as to such Creditor except for those provisions hereof that by their express terms shall survive the termination of this Agreement; provided , however , if all or any part of any payments to such Creditor are thereafter invalidated or set aside or required to be repaid to any Person in any Bankruptcy Proceeding, then this Agreement in respect of such Creditor shall be renewed as of such date and shall thereafter continue in full force and effect to the extent of the Senior Secured Obligations so invalidated, set aside or repaid.
Section 2.5 Priority of Liens . Notwithstanding any contrary provision contained in any Security Document or in the Uniform Commercial Code, any applicable law or judicial decision, or whether any Creditor has possession of all or any part of the Collateral, as among the
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Creditors the respective rights of each Creditor in respect of the Collateral shall at all times remain on a parity with one another without preference, priority or distinction and shall be shared as provided herein.
Section 2.6 Prohibition on Contesting Liens . Each Creditor agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) at any time institute, encourage or join in as a party in the institution of, or assist in the prosecution of, any action, suit or proceeding (including any Bankruptcy Proceeding) (a) contesting or challenging the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Senior Secured Obligation, any Security Document, any Guaranty Agreement, or any Lien held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and the Noteholders to secure the Senior Secured Obligations, or otherwise seeking a determination that any such Senior Secured Obligations or Liens securing such Senior Secured Obligations are invalid, unperfected or avoidable or are or should be subordinated to the interests of any Person, (b) contesting or challenging any collection, enforcement, disposition or acceptance of, or other remedial action with respect to, the Collateral by the Collateral Agent to the extent related to satisfying Senior Secured Obligations and permitted by this Agreement, or (c) contesting or challenging the validity or enforceability of this Agreement.
Section 2.7 Restrictions on Material Amendments . Each of the Bank Loan Documents and the Senior Note Documents may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their respective terms or Refinanced; provided , however , no such amendment, supplement, Refinancing or modification shall (i) provide for Senior Notes to be outstanding in an aggregate outstanding principal amount at any time in excess of $175,000,000, and (ii) provide for Aggregate Commitments in an aggregate amount at any time in excess of $712,000,000 (or, at any time after the termination or expiration of the Mexican Credit Agreement and the repayment of the obligations thereunder, $700,000,000), less principal payments made on any term loans advanced under the Domestic Credit Agreement.
SECTION 3. Appointment and Authorization of Collateral Agent; Appointment of Co-Agents.
Section 3.1 Appointment and Authorization of Collateral Agent .
(a) Each Creditor hereby designates and appoints PNC Bank, National Association, as the Collateral Agent of such Creditor under this Agreement and the Security Documents and PNC Bank, National Association hereby accepts such designation and appointment. The appointment made by this Section 3.1(a) is given for valuable consideration and coupled with an interest and, subject to Section 4.8(a) hereof, is irrevocable so long as (i) the Senior Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations), or any part thereof, shall remain unpaid or (ii) any Lender is obligated to fund any borrowing under the Bank Loan Documents.
(b) Each Creditor has reviewed the Security Documents in effect on the effective date of this Agreement and hereby irrevocably authorizes PNC Bank, National Association, as the Collateral Agent for such Creditor, to (1) execute and enter into each of the Security Documents and all other instruments relating to said Security Documents, (2) take action on its behalf expressly permitted to perfect, maintain and preserve the Liens granted
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thereby, (3) execute instruments of release or to take such other action necessary to release Liens upon the Collateral to the extent authorized by this Agreement, the relevant Security Documents or the requisite Creditors, and (4) exercise such other powers and perform such other duties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement as are, in each case, expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement or the Security Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein or therein or any trust or fiduciary relationship with any Creditor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any Security Document or otherwise exist against the Collateral Agent.
Section 3.2 Appointment of Co-Agents . At any time or times, in order to comply with any legal requirement in any jurisdiction, the Collateral Agent may appoint a bank or trust company or one or more other Persons reasonably acceptable to the Majority Creditors, either to act as co-agent or co-agents, jointly with the Collateral Agent, or to act as separate agent or agents on behalf of the Creditors with such power and authority as may be necessary for the effectual operation of the provisions hereof and of the Security Documents and as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.
Section 3.3 Collateral Agents Expenses . The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for reasonable costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel to the Collateral Agent) incurred by the Collateral Agent including, but not limited to, those costs and expenses incurred in connection with: (i) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Security Documents, and (ii) the negotiation and preparation of this Agreement and all other documents, instruments and certificates executed in connection therewith.
Section 3.4 Indemnification by Borrower . By its execution of this Agreement, the Borrower and each other Loan Party agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and its affiliates, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (each such person being called an Indemnitee) against and to hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Indemnitees, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in any way connected with, or as a result of the execution, performance or delivery of this Agreement, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder and any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating specifically to the foregoing; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee.
SECTION 4. Agency Provisions.
Section 4.1 Delegation of Duties . The Collateral Agent may exercise its powers and execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the Security Documents jointly with any
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co-trustee or co-trustees appointed pursuant to Section 3.2 or by or through employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or separate trustees appointed pursuant to Section 3.2 and shall be entitled to take and to rely on advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such powers and duties. The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents, attorneys-in-fact, co-trustees or separate trustees selected by it with reasonable care. Subject to Section 3.2 , the Collateral Agent may utilize the services of such Persons as the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion may determine, and all reasonable fees and expenses of such Persons shall be borne by the Borrower.
Section 4.2 Exculpatory Provisions . No Agent-Related Person shall be (a) liable for any action reasonably believed by it to be lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it under or in connection with this Agreement or any Security Document (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (b) responsible in any manner to any of the Creditors for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by the Borrower, any Guarantor, any other Debtor or any Creditor or any officer of any thereof contained in any Security Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by, the Collateral Agent under or in connection with this Agreement, any Security Document or any other document in any way connected therewith, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Security Documents or any Lien under the Security Documents or the perfection or priority of any such Lien or for any failure of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Debtor to perform its obligations thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to the Creditors to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, the Security Documents.
Section 4.3 Reliance by Collateral Agent . The Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take action under the Security Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Majority Creditors, or to the extent permitted under Section 5.3 , the Required Creditors as is contemplated by Section 5 hereof and it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Creditors against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking, continuing to take or refraining from taking any such action. The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under the Security Documents in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.5 hereof and in accordance with written instructions of the Majority Creditors or, to the extent permitted under Section 5.3 , the Required Creditors pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Creditors and all future holders of the Senior Secured Obligations.
Section 4.4 Knowledge or Notice of Event of Default, Bankruptcy Event of Default or Acceleration . The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default, Bankruptcy Event of Default or the acceleration of any of the Senior Secured Obligations unless the Collateral Agent has received written notice thereof from a Creditor, the Borrower or a Guarantor.
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Section 4.5 Non-Reliance on Collateral Agent and Other Creditors . Each Creditor expressly acknowledges that except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, neither the Collateral Agent nor any of the Collateral Agents officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, co-trustees, separate trustees or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Collateral Agent hereinafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Debtor, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Collateral Agent to any Creditor. Each Creditor represents that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Creditor, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Each Creditor also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Creditor, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Security Documents and this Agreement and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Creditors by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any Security Document, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide the Creditors with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of the Loan Parties which may come into the possession of the Collateral Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact co-trustees, separate trustees or Affiliates.
Section 4.6 INDEMNIFICATION . EACH CREDITOR SHALL SEVERALLY INDEMNIFY EACH AGENT-RELATED PERSON (TO THE EXTENT NOT REIMBURSED BY THE BORROWER AND WITHOUT LIMITING THE OBLIGATION OF ANY LOAN PARTY TO DO SO), RATABLY ACCORDING TO ITS RESPECTIVE SHARE, IF ANY, AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH SUCH ALLEGED ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS AS DESCRIBED BELOW IN THIS SECTION 4.6 OCCUR OR ARE ALLEGED TO HAVE OCCURRED, OF THE SUM OF (A) THE LENDER EXPOSURE AND (B) THE AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF INDEBTEDNESS EVIDENCED BY THE SENIOR NOTES, FROM AND AGAINST ANY AND ALL LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, EXPENSES OR DISBURSEMENTS OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER WHICH MAY AT ANY TIME (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, AT ANY TIME FOLLOWING AN EVENT OF DEFAULT OR THE PAYMENT OF THE SENIOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS) BE IMPOSED ON, INCURRED BY OR ASSERTED AGAINST ANY AGENT-RELATED PERSON ARISING OUT OF ACTIONS OR OMISSIONS OF ANY AGENT-RELATED PERSON SPECIFICALLY REQUIRED OR PERMITTED BY THIS AGREEMENT OR BY THE EXERCISE OF REMEDIES PURSUANT TO WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS OF THE MAJORITY CREDITORS OR, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER SECTION 5.3 HEREOF, THE REQUIRED CREDITORS PURSUANT TO SECTION 5.3 HEREOF (INCLUDING WHETHER OR NOT CAUSED BY OR ARISING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART,
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OUT OF THE COMPARATIVE, CONTRIBUTORY OR SOLE NEGLIGENCE OF ANY AGENT-RELATED PERSON); PROVIDED THAT NO CREDITOR SHALL BE LIABLE FOR THE PAYMENT OF ANY PORTION OF SUCH LIABILITIES, OBLIGATIONS, LOSSES, DAMAGES, PENALTIES, ACTIONS, JUDGMENTS, SUITS, COSTS, EXPENSES OR DISBURSEMENTS RESULTING SOLELY FROM ANY AGENT-RELATED PERSONS GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. THE AGREEMENTS IN THIS SECTION 4.6 SHALL SURVIVE THE PAYMENT OF THE SENIOR SECURED OBLIGATIONS.
Section 4.7 Collateral Agent in Its Individual Capacity . PNC Bank, National Association and its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Loan Parties and their Affiliates as though such Person was not the Collateral Agent hereunder. With respect to any obligations owed to it under the Bank Credit Agreements, PNC Bank, National Association shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any Creditor and may exercise the same as though it were not the Collateral Agent, and the terms Creditor and Creditors shall include PNC Bank, National Association in its individual capacity and in its capacity as Administrative Agent and as Mexican Facility Agent.
Section 4.8 Successor Collateral Agent .
(a) The Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon 60 days written notice to the Creditors and the Borrower, and may be removed, with or without cause, by the Majority Creditors, by written notice to the Borrower, the Collateral Agent and the Creditors. After any resignation or removal hereunder of the Collateral Agent, the provisions of this Section 4 shall continue to inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it in its capacity as the Collateral Agent hereunder while it was the Collateral Agent under this Agreement.
(b) Upon receiving written notice of any such resignation or removal, a successor Collateral Agent shall be appointed by the Majority Creditors; provided , however , that such successor Collateral Agent shall be (1) a bank or trust company having a combined capital and surplus of at least $1,000,000,000, subject to supervision or examination by a Federal or state lending authority and (2) authorized under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization to assume the functions of the Collateral Agent, and provided that such successor shall not be a Defaulting Lender or a Disqualified Person (each as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement). If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been appointed pursuant to this Section 4.8(b) within such 60 day period after the Collateral Agents resignation or upon removal of the Collateral Agent, then any Creditor or the Collateral Agent (unless the Collateral Agent is being removed) may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent. Such court shall, after such notice as it may deem proper, appoint a successor Collateral Agent meeting the qualifications specified in this Section 4.8(b) . The Creditors hereby consent to such petition and appointment so long as such criteria are met. If a successor Collateral Agent shall not have been appointed by the Majority Creditors pursuant to this Section 4.8(b) within 60 days after the Collateral Agents resignation or upon removal of the Collateral Agent, then the Collateral Agent may designate a successor Collateral Agent which meets the requirements set forth above, and the resignation or removal shall nonetheless become effective. Such successor Collateral Agent shall serve until a successor Collateral Agent has
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been appointed by the Majority Creditors or a court of competent jurisdiction and has accepted such appointment. The appointment of a successor Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 4.8(b) shall become effective upon the acceptance of the appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder by a successor Collateral Agent. Upon such effective appointment, the successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent.
(c) The resignation or removal of a Collateral Agent shall take effect on the date when a successor Collateral Agent shall have been appointed pursuant to Section 4.8(b) hereof and shall have accepted such appointment.
(d) Upon the effective appointment of a successor Collateral Agent, the successor Collateral Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Collateral Agent and the predecessor Collateral Agent hereby appoints the successor Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such predecessor Collateral Agent to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment is coupled with an interest. Such appointment and designation shall be full evidence of the right and authority to act as Collateral Agent hereunder and all Collateral, power, trusts, duties, documents, rights and authority of the previous Collateral Agent shall rest in the successor, without any further deed or conveyance. The predecessor Collateral Agent shall, nevertheless, on the written request of the Majority Creditors or successor Collateral Agent, execute and deliver any other such instrument transferring to such successor Collateral Agent all the Collateral, properties, rights, power, trust, duties, authority and title of such predecessor. The Loan Parties, to the extent requested by the Majority Creditors or the Collateral Agent shall procure any and all documents, conveyances or instruments and execute same, to the extent required, in order to reflect the transfer to the successor Collateral Agent.
Section 4.9 Determination of Amounts of Senior Secured Obligations . Whenever the Collateral Agent is required to determine the existence or amount of any of the Senior Secured Obligations or any portion thereof, it shall be entitled, absent manifest error, to make such determination on the basis of one or more certificates of the Creditor holding such Senior Secured Obligations (or of an authorized agent of the same); provided, however, that if, notwithstanding the written request of the Collateral Agent, any Creditor shall fail or refuse within ten (10) Business Days of such written request to certify as to the existence or amount of any Senior Secured Obligations or any portion thereof owed to it, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to determine such existence or amount by such method as the Collateral Agent may, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Borrower; provided, further, that, promptly following determination of any such amount, the Collateral Agent shall notify such Creditor, in writing, of such determination and thereafter shall correct any error that such Creditor brings to the attention of the Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to the Borrower, any Subsidiary, any Creditor or any other person as a result of any action taken by the Collateral Agent based upon such determination prior to receipt of notice of any error in such determination.
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SECTION 5. Actions by the Collateral Agent.
Section 5.1 Duties and Obligations . The duties and obligations of the Collateral Agent are only those expressly set forth in this Agreement and in the Security Documents.
Section 5.2 Notification of Event of Default or Acceleration . If the Collateral Agent has been notified in writing as provided in Section 4.4 that an Event of Default has occurred or that any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Creditors and may notify the Borrower of such determination. Any Creditor that has actual knowledge of an Event of Default or that any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated, or facts which indicate that an Event of Default has occurred or that any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated, shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a written statement to such effect. Failure to do so, however, does not constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default by any Creditor or create a cause of action against such Creditor. Upon receipt of a notice described herein or in Section 4.4 from a Creditor of the occurrence of an Event of Default or that any of the Senior Secured Obligations have been accelerated, the Collateral Agent shall promptly (and in any event no later than ten (10) Business Days after receipt of such notice in the manner provided in Section 7.9 hereof) issue its Notice of Default to all Creditors. The Notice of Default may contain a recommendation of actions by the Creditors and/or request instructions from the Creditors as to specific matters and shall specify the date on which responses are due in order to be timely within Section 5.4 hereof.
Section 5.3 Actions of Collateral Agent; Exercise of Remedies . Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, then (a) upon the request of the Majority Creditors, or (b) upon the request of the Required Creditors so long as each Creditor has received notice of the taking of such action at least five (5) Business Days prior to the time such action is taken, the Collateral Agent shall promptly initiate and prosecute proceedings to foreclose or otherwise realize upon the Collateral, the proceeds of which shall be distributed as provided herein. Except as described in the preceding sentence and for actions taken pursuant to Section 5.8 , the Collateral Agent shall take only such actions and exercise only such remedies under the Security Documents as are approved in a written notice delivered to the Collateral Agent and signed by the Majority Creditors. The Creditors shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide instructions to the Collateral Agent in a prompt manner.
Section 5.4 [Intentionally Omitted] .
Section 5.5 Protective Advances . If the Collateral Agent has asked the Creditors for instruction to make a payment with regard to an Event of Default which the Collateral Agent, in good faith, believes to be required to maintain and protect the Collateral and if the Majority Creditors have not yet responded to such request before the time the Collateral Agent reasonably believes such payment should be made, the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to make such payment, but shall not be required to make such payment and shall in no event have any liability for failure to make such payment.
Section 5.6 Changes to Security Documents . Any term of the Security Documents may be amended, and the performance or observance by the parties to a Security Document of any term of such Security Document may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance
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and either retroactively or prospectively) by the Collateral Agent only upon the written consent of the Majority Creditors; provided that no amendment to the Security Documents which changes the obligations being secured thereby, releases all or substantially all of the Collateral, changes any payment (whether by altering the amount, priority, timing or other thereof) to any Creditor shall be effective without the written consent of the Majority Creditors, and that no such amendment which materially and adversely affects the rights of any Creditor relative to the rights of the other Creditors may be made without the written consent of all of the Creditors.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may, without the consent of the Majority Creditors, amend the Security Documents (a) to add property hereafter acquired by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any other Debtor intended to be subjected to the Security Documents or to correct or amplify the description of any property subject to the Security Documents and (b) to cure any ambiguity or cure, correct or supplement any defective provisions of the Security Documents (so long as the same shall in no respect be adverse to the interest of any Creditor).
Section 5.7 Release of Collateral . The Collateral Agent may, without the approval of the Majority Creditors as required by Section 5.6 hereof, release any Collateral under the Security Documents which is expressly permitted to be sold or disposed of by the Borrower and its Affiliates, including, without limitation, the Guarantors, pursuant to all Senior Secured Documents and execute and deliver such releases as may be necessary to terminate of record the Collateral Agents security interest in such Collateral. In determining whether any such release is permitted, the Collateral Agent in its discretion shall rely upon instructions from the Required Lenders in respect of the Bank Loan Documents and the Required Holders in respect of the Note Agreement.
Section 5.8 Other Actions . The Collateral Agent shall have the right to take such actions, or omit to take such actions, hereunder and under the Security Documents not inconsistent with the written instructions of the Majority Creditors or the Required Creditors delivered pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof or the terms of this Agreement as the Collateral Agent deems necessary or appropriate to perfect or continue the perfection of the Liens on the Collateral, or protect the Collateral, for the benefit of the Creditors. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as to the collection or protection of the Collateral or any income thereon, nor as to the preservation of rights against prior parties, nor as to the preservation of rights pertaining to the Collateral beyond the safe custody of any Collateral in the Collateral Agents actual possession.
Section 5.9 Cooperation . To the extent that the exercise of the rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement requires that any action be taken by any Creditor, such Creditor shall take such action and otherwise reasonably cooperate with the Collateral Agent (at the sole cost of the Loan Parties) to ensure that the rights, powers and remedies of all Creditors are exercised in full.
Section 5.10 Distribution of Proceeds . All amounts owing with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations shall be secured pro rata by the Collateral without distinction as to whether some Senior Secured Obligations are then due and payable and other Senior Secured Obligations are not then due and payable. Upon the occurrence of and following a Liquidity Event with
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respect to any amounts received by the Collateral Agent from any Creditor under Section 5.11 hereof, or upon any realization upon the Collateral and/or the receipt of any payments under any Security Document, enforcement of any Guaranty Agreement or exercise of any right of setoff or recoupment by any Creditor, the Creditors agree that the proceeds thereof shall be applied as follows: (a) first , to the amounts owing to the Collateral Agent (solely in its capacity as such) by the Loan Parties or the Creditors pursuant to this Agreement or the Security Documents, including, without limitation, payment of expenses incurred by the Collateral Agent with respect to maintenance and protection of the Collateral and of expenses incurred with respect to the sale of or realization upon any of the Collateral or the perfection, enforcement or protection of the rights of the Creditors (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses of every kind); (b) second , to the payment of all unreimbursed amounts paid by the Creditors to each Agent-Related Person pursuant to Section 4.6 hereof, pro rata in proportion to the respective unreimbursed amounts thereof paid by each such Creditor; (c) third , equally and ratably to the payment of all amounts of accrued interest outstanding which constitute the Senior Secured Obligations according to the aggregate amounts of such interest then owing to each Creditor; (d) fourth , equally and ratably to all other amounts then due to the Creditors under the Bank Credit Agreements and the Note Agreement, including without limitation, principal, L/C Exposure outstanding with respect to the Senior Secured Obligations, Other Lender Provided Financial Service Product Obligations, Lender Provided Interest Rate Hedge Obligations, Lender Provided Foreign Currency Hedge Obligations, breakage costs, Make-Whole Amounts, letter of credit fees, commitment fees and fees and expenses not theretofore paid above according to the aggregate amounts of the foregoing then owing to each Creditor; provided that such equal and ratable distribution shall be undertaken in a manner which does not apply Collateral of any Guarantor to Excluded Hedge Liabilities (as defined in the Domestic Credit Agreement) or Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Mexican Credit Agreement); and (e) fifth, the balance, if any, shall be returned to the Borrower, the applicable Guarantor, or such other Persons as are entitled thereto.
Any payment required to be made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 5.10 with respect to the outstanding amount of any undrawn Letters of Credit shall be held by the Collateral Agent on deposit in an account (the Letters of Credit Collateral Account) to be held as collateral for the Senior Secured Obligations and disposed of as provided herein. On each date on which a payment is made to a beneficiary pursuant to a draw on a Letter of Credit, the Collateral Agent shall distribute from the Letters of Credit Collateral Account for application to the payment of the reimbursement obligation due to the Lenders with respect to such draw an amount equal to the product of (1) the amount then on deposit in the Letters of Credit Collateral Account, and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of such draw and the denominator of which is the outstanding amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit immediately prior to such draw. On each date on which a reduction in the outstanding amount of undrawn Letters of Credit occurs other than on account of a payment made to a beneficiary pursuant to a draw on a Letter of Credit, then the Collateral Agent shall distribute from the Letters of Credit Collateral Account an amount equal to the product of (1) the amount then on deposit in the Letters of Credit Collateral Account, and (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the amount of such reduction in the outstanding amount of undrawn Letters of Credit and the denominator of which is the outstanding amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit immediately prior to such reduction, which amount shall be distributed as provided in the first paragraph of this Section 5.10 . At such time as the outstanding amount of all undrawn Letters of Credit is reduced
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to zero, any amount remaining in the Letters of Credit Collateral Account, after the distribution therefrom as provided above, shall be distributed as provided in the first paragraph of this Section 5.10 .
Section 5.11 Senior Preferential Payments and Special Collateral Account .
(a) The Collateral Agent shall give each Creditor a written notice (a Notice of Special Default) promptly, but no later than, ten (10) Business Days after being notified in writing by a Creditor that a Liquidity Event has occurred.
(b) Each Creditor agrees that upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event it shall (1) promptly notify the Collateral Agent of the receipt of any Senior Preferential Payments, (2) hold such amounts in trust for the Creditors and act as agent of the Creditors during the time any such amounts are held by it and (3) deliver to the Collateral Agent such amounts for deposit into the Special Collateral Account.
(c) If (i) a Liquidity Event shall have occurred and shall be continuing, or (ii) the Majority Creditors or, pursuant to Section 5.3, the Required Creditors have instructed the Collateral Agent to foreclose on the Collateral, seek the appointment of a receiver, commence litigation against any Borrower or any Guarantor, liquidate or seize the Collateral, or exercise other remedies of similar character, then all funds, together with interest earned thereon, held in the Special Collateral Account and all subsequent Senior Preferential Payments shall be applied promptly in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.10 above.
Section 5.12 Authorized Investments . Any and all funds held by the Collateral Agent in its capacity as Collateral Agent, whether pursuant to any provision of any of the Security Documents or otherwise, may to the extent feasible within a reasonable time be invested by the Collateral Agent in Cash Equivalent Investments. Any interest earned on such funds shall be disbursed to the Creditors in accordance with Section 5.10 or Section 5.11 , as applicable. The Collateral Agent may hold any such funds in a common interest bearing account. To the extent that the interest rate payable with respect to any such account varies over time, the Collateral Agent may use an average interest rate in making the interest allocations among the respective Creditors. The Collateral Agent shall have no duty to place funds held pursuant to this Section 5.12 in investments which provide a maximum return; provided , however , that the Collateral Agent may to the extent feasible invest funds in Cash Equivalent Investments with reasonable promptness. In the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct, the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for any loss of any funds invested in accordance with this Section 5.12 .
Section 5.13 Restoration of Obligations . For the purposes of determining the amount of outstanding Senior Secured Obligations, if any Creditor is required to deposit any Senior Preferential Payment in the Special Collateral Account, then the obligations intended to be satisfied by such Senior Preferential Payment shall be revived, as of the date of the deposit of such amount with the Collateral Agent, in the amount of such Senior Preferential Payment and such obligation shall continue in full force and effect (and bear interest from such deposit date at the rate provided in the underlying document) as if such Creditor had not received such payment. All such revived obligations shall be included as Senior Secured Obligations for purposes of
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allocating any payments under Section 5.10 and for applying the definition of Required Lenders, Required Holders, Required Creditors and Majority Creditors. If any such revived obligation shall not be allowed as a claim under the Bankruptcy Code due to the fact that the Senior Preferential Payment has in fact been made by the Borrower, the Creditors shall make such other equitable arrangements for the purchase and sale of participations in the Senior Secured Obligations and shall execute and deliver such agreements as are necessary to evidence such arrangements, in each case in order to effectuate the intent of this Section 5.13 .
Section 5.14 Bankruptcy Preferences . If any payment on account of a Senior Secured Obligation to a Creditor is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential or set aside and is required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, state or federal law, common law or equitable cause, and such Creditor has previously made a deposit in respect of such payment into the Special Collateral Account pursuant to Section 5.11 , then the Collateral Agent shall distribute to such Creditor proceeds from the Special Collateral Account in an amount equal to such deposit or so much thereof as is affected by such events together with any interest earned thereon (which amount of interest shall not exceed the amount of interest, if any, such Creditor is then required to repay) and if, due to previous disbursements to the Creditors pursuant to Section 5.11(c) , the proceeds in the Special Collateral Account are insufficient for such purpose, then each other Creditor shall pay to such Creditor upon demand an amount equal to a ratable portion of such disbursements of the deposit and interest thereon which was distributed to each such Creditor according to the aggregate amounts so distributed to each such Creditor.
SECTION 6. Bankruptcy Proceedings.
The following provisions shall apply during any Bankruptcy Proceeding of the Borrower or any Guarantor:
(a) The Collateral Agent shall represent all Creditors in connection with all matters directly relating solely to the Collateral, including, without limitation, use, sale or lease of Collateral, use of cash collateral, relief from the automatic stay and adequate protection. The Collateral Agent shall act solely on the instructions of the Majority Creditors; provided that no such vote by the Majority Creditors shall treat the Lenders and the Noteholders differently with respect to rights in the Collateral.
(b) Each Creditor shall be free to act independently on any issue not directly relating solely to the Collateral.
(c) Any proceeds of the Collateral received by any Creditor as a result of, or during, any Bankruptcy Proceeding will be delivered promptly to the Collateral Agent for distribution in accordance with Section 5.10 .
Nothing herein shall be interpreted to preclude any Creditor from filing a proof of claim with respect to its Senior Secured Obligations or from casting its vote, or abstaining from voting, for or against confirmation of a plan of reorganization in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Majority Creditors have not agreed upon the directions to be given to the Collateral Agent in connection with a particular issue in a
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Bankruptcy Proceeding, each Creditor (if such Creditor has reasonably determined that the Majority Creditors have not agreed upon the directions to be given to the Collateral Agent in connection with a particular issue, and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to determine if the Majority Creditors have not agreed on a particular issue) shall have the independent right to initiate an action or actions in such Bankruptcy Proceeding in its individual capacity and to appear and be heard on such issue before the bankruptcy or other applicable court in such Bankruptcy Proceeding with respect to such disputed issue, and such disputed issue may include, without limitation, issues with respect to any question concerning relief from the automatic stay, the post-petition usage of Collateral and post-petition financing arrangements.
SECTION 7. Miscellaneous.
Section 7.1 Creditors; Other Collateral . The Creditors agree that all of the provisions of this Agreement shall apply to any and all assets and rights of the Loan Parties in which the Collateral Agent or any Creditor at any time acquires a security interest or Lien pursuant to the Security Documents, the Bank Loan Documents or the Senior Note Documents as security for the Senior Secured Obligations, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any document purporting to grant or perfect any Lien in favor of the Creditors or any of them or the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Creditors as security for the Senior Secured Obligations. The execution and delivery of this Agreement shall not constitute an amendment, waiver, novation or other modification of any other credit document related to the Senior Secured Obligations.
Section 7.2 Marshalling . The Collateral Agent shall not be required to marshal any present or future security for (including, without limitation, the Collateral), or guaranties of (including, without limitation, the Guaranty Agreements), the Senior Secured Obligations or any of them, or to resort to such security or guaranties in any particular order; and all of each of such Persons rights in respect of such security and guaranties shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising. To the extent that they lawfully may, the Creditors hereby agree that they will not invoke any law relating to the marshalling of collateral which might cause delay in or impede the enforcement of the Creditors rights under the Security Documents or under any other instrument evidencing any of the Senior Secured Obligations or under which any of the Senior Secured Obligations is outstanding or by which any of the Senior Secured Obligations is secured or guaranteed.
Section 7.3 Consents, Amendments, Waivers . All amendments, waivers or consents of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective only if the same shall be in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Domestic Facility Lenders), the Mexican Facility Agent (on behalf of the Mexican Facility Lenders) and the Required Holders.
Section 7.4 Governing Law: Jurisdiction, etc .
(a) GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF OHIO APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE; PROVIDED THAT THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH CREDITOR SHALL RETAIN ALL RIGHTS ARISING UNDER FEDERAL LAW.
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(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION . THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH CREDITOR, FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY, SUBMITS TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF OHIO SITTING IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT OF THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR FOR RECOGNITION OR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH OHIO STATE COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW.
(c) WAIVER OF VENUE . THE COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH CREDITOR IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.
(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS . EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 7.9. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Section 7.5 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.
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Section 7.6 Parties in Interest .
(a) All terms of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and assigns of the parties hereto, including, without limitation, any future holder of the Senior Secured Obligations; provided that no Creditor may assign or transfer its rights hereunder or under the Security Documents or Guaranty Agreements without such assignees or transferees (to the extent not already Creditors) agreeing, by executing an instrument in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, to be bound by the terms of this Agreement as though named herein. Prior to or substantially currently with the issuance of any new Senior Notes after June 22, 2017, in accordance with Section 2.7, each new Noteholder shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a Joinder Agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A pursuant to which such new Noteholder becomes a party to this agreement and agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions hereof with respect to such new Senior Notes and the related Senior Secured Obligations.
(b) In the event that the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower shall at any time become a Creditor as a result of the purchase or other acquisition of any Senior Secured Obligations, the Borrower or any such Affiliates shall have no right whatsoever: (i) to consent to any amendment, modification, waiver, consent or other such action with respect to any of the terms of this Agreement and shall not be included in the determination of Required Lenders, Required Holders or Majority Creditors, as the case may be, (ii) to require the Collateral Agent to undertake any action (or refrain from taking any action) with respect to this Agreement, (iii) to attend (or receive any notice of) any meeting, conference call or correspondence with the Collateral Agent or any other Creditors or to receive any information (including, without limitation, any notices delivered to or by the Creditors hereunder), or (iv) to make or bring any claim, in its capacity as a Creditor, against the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent or any Creditor with respect to the duties and obligations of such Persons hereunder or under the Bank Loan Documents, the Senior Note Documents, or the Security Documents.
(c) The Collateral Agent has no duty to acknowledge, and shall be deemed to not have any knowledge of, any notice from or for the benefit of any Creditor or Person claiming to be a Creditor, or to provide any notice or other communication to any Creditor, unless such Creditor or Person claiming to be a Creditor has complied with Section 7.6(a) .
Section 7.7 Counterparts . This Agreement and any amendment hereof may be executed in several counterparts and by each party on a separate counterpart, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original (including electronic copies thereof), but all of which together shall constitute one instrument. In proving this Agreement it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.
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Section 7.8 Termination . Upon indefeasible payment in full of any Creditors Senior Secured Obligation (other than contingent indemnification obligations) in accordance with its terms (other than as a result of payments constituting Senior Preferential Payments) and in the case of any Lender, the termination of such Lenders Commitment and the cancellation or expiration of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or Mexican Facility Agent, as the case may be, and the applicable Issuing Lender (as defined in the applicable Bank Credit Agreement) shall have been made), this Agreement shall terminate as to such Creditor except for those provisions hereof that by their express terms shall survive the termination of this Agreement. Upon payment in full of all Senior Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) in accordance with their respective terms and the termination of the Commitment and expiration or cancellation of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements with respect thereto satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or Mexican Facility Agent, as the case may be, and the applicable Issuing Lender (as defined in the applicable Bank Credit Agreement) shall have been made), this Agreement shall terminate except for those provisions hereof that by their express terms shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
Section 7.9 Notices . Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices, consents and waivers and other communications made or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand, mailed by registered or certified mail or prepaid overnight air courier, or by facsimile communications, addressed as follows:
If to the Collateral Agent, at: | PNC Bank, National Association | |
155 East Broad Street | ||
Columbus, OH 43215 | ||
Attention: George M. Gevas | ||
Telephone: 614-463-7346 | ||
Telecopy: 614-463-6770 | ||
with a copy to: | PNC Bank, National Association | |
Mail Stop: P7 PFSC-04-I | ||
500 First Avenue | ||
Pittsburgh, PA 15219 | ||
Phone: 412-762-6442 | ||
Facsimile: 412-762-8672 | ||
Attn.: Agency Services | ||
If to any Creditor, at: | Such address as set forth on Exhibit B hereto |
or at such other address for notice as the Collateral Agent or such Creditor shall last have furnished in writing to the Person giving the notice, provided that a notice by overnight air courier shall only be effective if delivered at a street address designated for such purpose and a notice by facsimile communication shall only be effective if made by confirmed transmission at a telephone number designated for such purpose.
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Section 7.10 Amendment and Restatement . This Agreement amends and restates in its entirety the Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of June 12, 2013 (the Prior Intercreditor Agreement) among, inter alia , the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Mexican Facility Agent, the Noteholders, the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower and the other parties thereto. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the amendment and restatement of this Agreement and the Security Documents is not intended to constitute, nor does it constitute, a novation, interruption, suspension of continuity, satisfaction, discharge or termination of the obligations, loans, liabilities, or indebtedness of the Borrower, the Mexican Borrower or any Bank Guarantor or any Note Guarantor. By their execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Noteholders hereby consent and agree to the changes effected in the Security Documents from the collateral documents addressed in the Prior Intercreditor Agreement.
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
I N WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have caused these presents to be duly executed as an instrument under seal by their authorized representatives as of the date first written above.
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent |
By: |
/s/ George M. Gevas |
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Name: | George M. Gevas | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent on behalf of the Domestic Facility Lenders |
By: |
/s/ George M. Gevas |
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Name: | George M. Gevas | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Mexican Facility Agent on behalf of the Mexican Facility Lenders |
By: |
/s/ George M. Gevas |
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Name: | George M. Gevas | |
Title: | Senior Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
PGIM, INC. | ||
By: |
/s/ Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President | ||
THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA |
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By: |
/s/ Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President | ||
PRUDENTIAL RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY |
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By: | PGIM, Inc., | |
as investment manager | ||
By: |
/s/ Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President | ||
PRUCO LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY | ||
By: |
/s/ Joshua Shipley |
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Vice President |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
The undersigned hereby acknowledge (a) the terms of the foregoing Agreement and agree to abide by any of the terms applicable to it, (b) that the foregoing Agreement is for the sole benefit of the Creditors and that it has no rights or benefits under such Agreement, (c) that the foregoing Agreement is for the purpose of defining the rights, duties authority and responsibilities of the Collateral Agent and the relationship among the Creditors regarding their pari passu interest in the Collateral and that nothing therein shall impair, as between the Borrower or any Guarantor and any Creditor, the obligations of such Borrower or such Guarantor under the Bank Loan Documents or the Senior Note Documents and (d) that the provisions of the foregoing Agreement may be waived, amended or modified without its consent.
ADVANCED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, INC. |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: | Joseph A. Chlapaty | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
ADS MEXICANA S.A. de C.V. |
By: |
/s/ Ewout Leeuwenburg |
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Name: | Ewout Leeuwenburg | |
Title: | Attorney-In-Fact |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT]
HANCOR HOLDING CORPORATION |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: | Joseph A. Chlapaty | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
STORMTECH LLC |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: | Joseph A. Chlapaty | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
HANCOR, INC. |
By: |
/s/ Joseph A. Chlapaty |
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Name: | Joseph A. Chlapaty | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer |
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
Joinder Agreement
Reference is made to the Second Amended and Restated Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement, dated June , 2017, by and among PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as collateral agent (the Collateral Agent), PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as Administrative Agent (as therein defined) on behalf of each of the Domestic Facility Lenders (as therein defined), PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking association, in its capacity as Mexican Facility Agent (as therein defined) on behalf of each of the Mexican Facility Lenders (as therein defined) and each of the Noteholders (as therein defined) (Intercreditor Agreement). Terms used in this Joinder Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given in the Intercreditor Agreement.
The undersigned hereby advises the Collateral Agent that as of the date set forth below the undersigned became a holder of new Senior Notes and, pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.6(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement and be bound by the terms and conditions thereof with respect to such new Senior Notes and the related Senior Secured Obligations.
Please be advised that for the purposes of Section 7.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement the address for notices to the undersigned is as follows:
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EXHIBIT B
ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES
With respect to the Domestic Facility Lenders :
c/o PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
155 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Attention: George M. Gevas
Telephone: | (614) 463-7346 | |
Telecopy: | (614) 463-6770 |
With a Copy To:
Agency Services, PNC Bank, National Association
Mail Stop: P7-PFSC-04-I
500 First Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: | Agency Services |
With respect to the Mexican Facility Lenders :
c/o PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent
155 East Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43215
Attention: George M. Gevas
Telephone: | (614) 463-7346 | |
Telecopy: | (614) 463-6770 |
With a Copy To:
Agency Services, PNC Bank, National Association
Mail Stop: P7-PFSC-04-I
500 First Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Attention: | Agency Services |
With respect to the Noteholders :
c/o Prudential Capital Group
Two Prudential Plaza
180 North Stetson, Suite 5600
Chicago, IL 60601-6716
Attention: Law Department